For the sooty industrial town’s lads there’s only one point of light: The Light Club, a secret brotherhood they’ve organized in an abandoned factory. They’re on the verge of booting up their crowning achievement, a “thinking machine” fueled by lychee fruits. At the same time, the middle schoolers’ cooties-fearing solidarity is devolving into a downright National Socialist muck…
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About a girl with stammer aggravated by social anxiety, and her early days in her high school class.
Chronicles the events leading up to the development and eventual downfall of the Hikari Club.
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1, 7. Ashita no Atashi (Tomorrow's Me)
2. Mienai Atashi (Invisible Me)
3, 8, 10. Hen na Nee-san (Odd Sister)
4, 9. Hakase to Atashi (Professor and Me)
5. Chiisai Atashi (Little Me)
6. Hen na Kaa-san (Odd Mother)
11. Atashi wa Lupina (I'm Lupina)
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From Viz:
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From Vertical:
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