“Medaka leads a four-member student council tackling school problems via the "Medaka Box" suggestion system.”
Medaka Box
めだかボックス
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Synopsis
Medaka leads a four-member student council tackling school problems via the "Medaka Box" suggestion system.
Kurokami Medaka, a first year, is elected as Student Council President, and the first thing she does is establish a suggestion box, later dubbed by students the "Medaka Box." Medaka encourages students to submit any problem to the box without hesitation and promises to take on any issue from anyone. Since Medaka won the Student Council elections with a staggering 98% of the vote, she ends up as the Council's only member. She asks her childhood friend, Hitoyoshi Zenkichi, for help and he grudgingly agrees, becoming the Student Council's lowest ranking member. Soon Medaka recruits two more people to the Student Council, the former judo club member Akune Kouki as secretary and the current swim club member Kikaijima Mogana, on loan for 300 yen a day, as treasurer. Now the Student Council members spend their days solving the problems submitted through the Medaka Box, whether they be hooligans in clubs where they don't belong, girls who need help writing love letters or people who've lost their pets, gradually earning the respect and admiration of the entire school.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 35 sampled reviews
What 35 readers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.43 · split reception
6.7 pts
Recommenders 8.7 · others 2.0
↓ 1.37
Running avg · Jul 2009 → Jun 2023
- 7 “I had to drop this one after one volume. The story itself seems nice enough, but the art/translation are not good! the black/white balance is skewed towards black, and I have a hard time following...”
- 10 “Hands down, one of the best manga I have ever read. The only huge negative about this manga is its purposely made 50 mediocre chapters until the Kumagawa Incident Arc. This manga is not for...”
- 7 “Well, If you want to read this manga you have to know that is just fine because Kumagawa the rest of characters are "meh". If you want to really enjoy this manga you must only read the chapters...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 194 × 22 ch × vol
- Total read 25h 52m approx
- Published May 2009 – Apr 2013
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M9192 catalog