Sakigake!! Cromartie Koukou
Cromartie High School
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Sakigake!! Cromartie Koukou

Alternative Titles

Japanese: 魁!! クロマティ高校
English: Cromartie High School
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 17
Chapters: 335
Status: Finished
Published: Jul 19, 2000 to May 17, 2006
Genres: Award Winning Award Winning, Comedy Comedy
Themes: Delinquents Delinquents, Gag Humor Gag Humor
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Authors: Nonaka, Eiji (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 8.101 (scored by 38823,882 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #5752
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1439
Members: 14,433
Favorites: 315

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Synopsis

Welcome to Cromartie High—a melting pot of underachievers and overzealous bullies, where the fist rules and the student body has the combined I.Q. of a rusty nail. After a whole lot of bad judgment and a little bad luck, Takashi Kamiyama is now attending this academy of dunces. Here, his only homework will be defending himself against the foul-mouthed robots, semi-intelligent apes and masked villains that roam the halls of Cromartie High School!

(Source: ADV)

Background

Sakigake!! Cromartie Koukou won the 26th Kodansha Manga Award in a tie alongside Beck for Best Shounen Manga in 2002.

Sakigake!! Cromartie Koukou had twelve volumes released in English as Cromartie High School by ADV Manga from March 1, 2005 to November 6, 2007 before the license was dropped and the publisher went defunct.

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Reviews

Jul 30, 2012
Story - 9

Like any slice of life/school oriented manga there is not exactly a continuous story. Each short "arc" introduces new characters and scenarios that keep the manga new and exciting. Overall every new chapter is funny and gripping and will make you want to keep reading.


Art - 10

In any gag manga the artwork of the characters and their expressions is one of the biggest factors. Cromartie is not exception. The unique way in which Eiji draws faces is a huge contribution to the hilarity of the series.


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Jan 8, 2023
Despite this being a comedy manga about really dumb badasses partaking in nonsensical jokes, written by someone whose music tastes would probably make him friends with Araki, I couldn't help but being occasionally reminded of Blue Spring while reading it.

It starts off really well with a lot of unexplained hilarious incidents, things like the school having a mute Freddie (Mercury) character, but that sentiment wears off along the way as, at 17 volumes, Cromartie just missed its chance to end. Over-repetition of jokes, more and more additions to the cast, plot points that are completely forgotten (whatever happened to the sumo club guys?), there was ...
Jul 12, 2016
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (223/335 eps)
Cromartie Koukou is a high-school in Tokyo with loose entrance requirements. How loose? A gorilla (an actual simian primate) and a middle aged man (that resembles a certain deceased rock-star) are students there. Not even the worst students mind you; Cromartie has a collection of the dumbest and most hardcore delinquents in all of Tokyo.

A good premise for a gag manga, but where is the straight guy? Enter Kamiyama, a painfully mainstream character that makes the dubious choice to attend Cromartie. The mangaka, Eiji Nonaka, has created a good setting and takes advantage of both his premise and ...

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Poll: Cromartie High School Chapter 13 Discussion
AlexSadist-sama - Sep 10, 2011
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AlexSadist-sama - Sep 10, 2011
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Nov 19, 2023 12:24 PM
Where can I read it in English?
Plavuus - Apr 11, 2023
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