is the title of thirty Japanese fictional short stories which focus on a group of teenage girls attending three affiliated all-girl schools. A common theme throughout the stories are the intimate lesbian relationships between the characters. The stories, while written by Sakurako Kimino and illustrated by Chitose Maki, were the product of a reader participation game run by MediaWorks in the bishōjo magazine Dengeki G's Magazine. The game started in the January 2004 issue of the magazine and concluded in the February 2005 issue; this resulted in twenty-five short stories (except for the first) which had been directly influenced by reader participation votes in ten separate rounds of voting. The short stories later spawned many other adaptations in the Strawberry Panic! series, including an anime, manga, and light novel series.
The first three stories appeared in the February 2004 issue of the magazine which was released on December 30, 2003. Three more were published each month up to May 30, 2004, which at the time meant that eighteen stories had been published. This was the completion of the first story arc entitled the Etoile Chapter. The next story arc entitled the Dormitory Panic Chapter comprised seven stories in greater length than the earlier stories. These seven stories were published between June 30 and December 30, 2004, which corresponds to the August 2004 through February 2005 issues of Dengeki G's Magazine. This concluded the reader participation game at twenty-five stories.
After a three-month hiatus, more stories returned in the May 2005 issue of Dengeki G's Magazine on March 30, 2005. This small series of five separate stories was written as a supplementary bibliography of the twelve girls in the story. The series concluded in the September 2005 issue on July 30, 2005. None of the original thirty stories were ever published again in bound volumes.
Short stories list
Etoile Chapter # Coupling Issue01Nagisa/ShizumaFebruary 200402Kizuna/RemonFebruary 200403Hikari/TsubomiFebruary 200404Nagisa/TamaoMarch 200405Hikari/AmaneMarch 200406Kizuna/ChikaruMarch 200407Nagisa/ChiyoApril 200408Hikari/YayaApril 200409Kizuna/ChikaruApril 200410Nagisa/TamaoMay 200411Nagisa/AmaneMay 200412Hikari/AmaneMay 200413Nagisa/TamaoJune 200414Hikari/AmaneJune 200415Kizuna/KagomeJune 200416Nagisa/TamaoJuly 200417Kizuna/ChikaruJuly 200418Hikari/AmaneJuly 2004
Dormitory Panic Chapter # Subject Issue01Nagisa, Shizuma, Chiyo, and TamaoAugust 200402Hikari, Amane, Tsubomi, and YayaSeptember 200403Kizuna, Chikaru, Kagome, and RemonOctober 200404The story revolves around NagisaNovember 200405The story revolves around HikariDecember 200406The story revolves around KizunaJanuary 200507Nagisa/Shizuma, Hikari/Amane, and Kizuna/ChikaruFebruary 2005
Supplementary short stories # Title Issue01May 200502June 200503July 200504August 200505September 2005
Voting results
Round 1 (March 2004 issue) Ranking Coupling Votes01Nagisa/Tamao48102Hikari/Amane34303Kizuna/Chikaru26004Nagisa/Shizuma24605Hikari/Yaya19906Kizuna/Kagome12107Nagisa/Chiyo12007Hikari/Tsubomi12009Kizuna/Remon89
Round 2 (May 2004 issue) Ranking Coupling Votes01Nagisa/Tamao15002Nagisa/Amane11403Hikari/Amane10204*Tamao/Amane9105Nagisa/Chikaru9006*Tamao/Chikaru7807Nagisa/Hikari6108Amane/Chikaru5809Nagisa/Kizuna5610Hikari/Tamao5411Shizuma/Amane5212Hikari/Chikaru5113Hikari/Shizuma4814Kizuna/Chikaru4615Chiyo/Amane3416Kizuna/Tamao3217Shizuma/Chikaru3018Chiyo/Kagome2919Nagisa/Shizuma2819Hikari/Chiyo2821Hikari/Kizuna2622Kizuna/Chiyo2422Chiyo/Chikaru2424Kizuna/Shizuma2024Hikari/Kagome2024Kizuna/Amane2024Amane/Kagome2028Hikari/Yaya1829Nagisa/Yaya1529Nagisa/Kagome1529Shizuma/Kagome1529Tamao/Tsubomi1533Nagisa/Tsubomi1333Tamao/Kagome1333Kizuna/Yaya1336Shizuma/Tsubomi1136Shizuma/Yaya1136Chiyo/Yaya1136Tsubomi/Chikaru1136Yaya/Chikaru1136Kizuna/Remon1142Shizuma/Tamao1042Kizuna/Kagome1044Tamao/Yaya944Yaya/Kagome946Nagisa/Chiyo847Chiyo/Tamao647Hikari/Tsubomi647Tsubomi/Remon650Nagisa/Remon550Chiyo/Tsubomi550Tamao/Remon550Amane/Tsubomi550Amane/Remon550Tsubomi/Kagome556Shizuma/Chiyo456Kizuna/Tsubomi456Chikaru/Remon459Tsubomi/Yaya359Yaya/Remon361Amane/Yaya261Chikaru/Kagome261Kagome/Remon264Shizuma/Remon165Chiyo/Remon065Hikari/Remon0*The magazine printed both of these as "Tamao/Amane", though one of them should have been "Tamao/Chikaru". It is uncertain which coupling received more votes.
Round 3 (July 2004 issue) Ranking Coupling Votes01Nagisa/Tamao121502Kizuna/Chikaru*37503Hikari/Amane*37604Nagisa/Amane28105Kizuna/Kagome22106Tamao/Amane13507Nagisa/Hikari12508Nagisa/Chikaru10109Tamao/Chikaru9010Nagisa/Shizuma7411Hikari/Yaya6812Nagisa/Kizuna6513Hikari/Tamao6214Hikari/Chiyo5615Amane/Chikaru5216Tsubomi/Yaya5117Nagisa/Chiyo4917Chiyo/Amane4919Kizuna/Remon4620Kizuna/Amane4521Hikari/Chikaru4422Shizuma/Amane4123Kizuna/Chiyo3924Nagisa/Tsubomi3324Hikari/Tsubomi3326Hikari/Kagome2927Tamao/Remon2828Chiyo/Yaya2629Tamao/Tsubomi2330Yaya/Chikaru2131Shizuma/Tsubomi1931Chiyo/Tsubomi1933Chiyo/Kagome1833Kizuna/Tamao1835Hikari/Shizuma1735Tsubomi/Kagome1737Chiyo/Tamao1537Chiyo/Chikaru1537Tamao/Yaya1540Chiyo/Remon1441Nagisa/Yaya1241Shizuma/Chikaru1241Tamao/Kagome1241Amane/Yaya1241Kizuna/Tsubomi1246Tsubomi/Chikaru1147Amane/Tsubomi1047Chikaru/Kagome1049Kizuna/Shizuma950Hikari/Kizuna851Amane/Kagome752Shizuma/Kagome652Kizuna/Yaya654Amane/Remon555Shizuma/Chiyo455Yaya/Kagome455Chikaru/Remon455Kagome/Remon459Nagisa/Kagome359Nagisa/Remon359Shizuma/Yaya359Yaya/Remon363Shizuma/Tamao063Shizuma/Remon063Hikari/Remon063Tsubomi/Remon0*This is how the results appeared in the magazine. It is possible that the publishers accidentally switched them.
Round 4 (August 2004 issue) Individual results were not given for the character rankings; there were 1034 votes total.
Round 5 (September 2004 issue) Ranking Character Votes01Amane45402Yaya12503Chiyo8404Nagisa8205Shizuma7606Tamao6707Kizuna6308Tsubomi5809Chikaru5010Kagome2911Remon14Hikari was exempt; the girl ranked first was coupled with her.
Round 6 (October 2004 issue) Ranking Character Votes01Chikaru31902Amane10303Hikari8104Nagisa7805Kagome7706Remon7507Chiyo6708Tamao5109Yaya3810Tsubomi3611Shizuma30Kizuna was exempt; the girl ranked first was coupled with her.
Round 7 (November 2004 issue) Ranking Character Votes01Tamao21702Amane20403Hikari10504Shizuma9905Kizuna9606Chiyo7907Chikaru6808Yaya4209Tsubomi3210Kagome2811Remon24Nagisa was exempt; the girl ranked first was coupled with her.
Round 8 (December 2004 issue) Ranking Character Votes01Amane31002Yaya13903Nagisa10504Tamao9305Chikaru8206Kizuna7006Tsubomi7008Shizuma6109Kagome4410Chiyo4311Remon21Hikari was exempt; the girl ranked first was coupled with her.
Round 9 (January 2005 issue) Ranking Character Votes01Chikaru21402Amane16303Hikari12104Kagome11005Remon9906Nagisa7707Tamao6708Chiyo6609Yaya5810Shizuma4811Tsubomi20Kizuna was exempt; the girl ranked first was coupled with her.
Final round (February 2005 issue) Ranking Coupling Votes01Nagisa/Tamao165302Hikari/Amane95003Kizuna/Chikaru72804Nagisa/Amane50305Hikari/Yaya39106Kizuna/Kagome30207Nagisa/Shizuma29408Nagisa/Hikari26409Tamao/Amane25910Nagisa/Chikaru25511Tamao/Chikaru19212Nagisa/Kizuna17613Amane/Chikaru14014Hikari/Chikaru13915Hikari/Tamao13716Shizuma/Amane13517Chiyo/Kagome11918Kizuna/Remon10619Tsubomi/Yaya10220Hikari/Chiyo10121Chiyo/Amane9722Nagisa/Chiyo9323Kizuna/Amane8924Kizuna/Chiyo8225Chiyo/Chikaru7426Hikari/Shizuma6927Hikari/Kizuna5728Shizuma/Chikaru5528Kizuna/Tamao5530Shizuma/Yaya5130Hikari/Tsubomi5132Hikari/Kagome5033Amane/Yaya4934Nagisa/Tsubomi4735Nagisa/Yaya4335Yaya/Chikaru4337Tamao/Tsubomi3938Shizuma/Tamao3838Amane/Tsubomi3840Chiyo/Yaya3741Kizuna/Shizuma3642Tamao/Remon3343Chiyo/Tsubomi3243Tamao/Yaya3245Amane/Kagome2845Kizuna/Yaya2847Nagisa/Kagome2748Chiyo/Tamao2648Tamao/Kagome2650Nagisa/Remon2551Tsubomi/Chikaru2251Tsubomi/Kagome2251Chikaru/Kagome2254Shizuma/Kagome2154Kizuna/Tsubomi2156Yaya/Remon1657Chiyo/Remon1458Shizuma/Chiyo1360Amane/Remon1160Chikaru/Remon1162Shizuma/Tamao1063Tsubomi/Remon663Kagome/Remon665Shizuma/Remon166Hikari/Remon0
References
External links Strawberry Panic! at MediaWorks