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Nagisa Aoi is a [[New Transfer Student]] at St. Miator high, one of three [[Elaborate University High]] all-girls schools on Astraea Hill. The three schools share a common set of "strawberry-shaped dorms" as well as a reputation for "[[Schoolgirl Lesbians|interschool romances]]". On her first day, Nagisa stumbles into [[Onee-Sama|a mysterious figure known as the "Etoile"]] and finds herself uncontrollably drawn to her. Her new roommate, in turn, [[Fan of Underdog|promptly develops a crush]] on Nagisa.

 

 

 

 

The anime in particular has proven to be a very [[Love It or Hate It]] series, with many detesting it for its stereotype characters, simple plot and ridiculous scenarios, while many love it for its genuine "Pure Love Story" style (in an academic sense, a sort of Neo-Dolce Stil Novo), great amount of character development, and moments of true drama.

 

 

* [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]]

* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Miyuki

* [[Attempted Rape]]: Hikari by Kaname, twice. Yaya even does it once too. Oh, poor Hikari always being taken advantage of by everyone.

** The light novel and manga also gives us Kusanagi Makoto (who also happens to attend Spica).

* [[Bifauxnen and Ladette]]: Amane and Kaname again.

* [[Broken Bird]]: Shizuma

* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]

* [[Chick Magnet]]: Nagisa, Hikari, and Kizuna in the visual novel; each one has nine potential girls they can end up with: Chiyo, Tsubomi, Kagome, Tamao, Yaya, Remon, Shizuma, Amane, and Chikaru.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Kagome is not involved in any of the intrigue going on, instead preferring to stare at nearby butterflies, pick flowers, or take sudden naps with her teddy bear, Percival.

* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Chikaru seems to be as much therapist to the younger girls (especially Nagisa and Hikari) as any of her (many) other duties.

* [[Cosplay Otaku Girl]]: Chikaru runs the costume club and enjoys putting her "favourite" girls in alluring, lolita-style costumes.

* [[Dead Little Sister]]

* [[Dojikko]]: Chiyo.

* [[Dreaming of a White Christmas]]

* [[Elaborate University High]]: Three different ones on the same campus. Its the trope picture as well.

* [[Fan Service]]

* [[First Girl Wins]]

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Kaname in episode 25; low-key, but she did do something nice for no particular personal benefit.

* [[Hide Your Lesbians]]: Inversion; [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]] tends to be the ''exception'' and mostly affects the younger characters.

* [[Ill Girl]]: {{spoiler|Kaori}}

* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]

* [[Knight in Shining Armour]]: Amane, who even pulls off a horseback rescue at one point.

* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: [[Amnesiac Lover|Amane]] in episode 24 and 25.

* [[Late for School]]

* [[Love Triangle]]: Yaya/Hikari/Amane and Tamao/Nagisa/Shizuma.

* [[Love Dodecahedron]]: Most of them center on the Miator students and eventually lead back to Nagisa and/or Shizuma, but unrequited crushes abound. Shizuma herself is the universally idolized [[Onee-Sama]] of Astraea.

** The library is used as a place for couples to have romantic trysts.

** Shizuma and {{spoiler|Kaori, who is ''terminally ill''}} once make love outdoors, in the evening.

* [[Meido]]: Anime episode 5. It's a custom at Miator to help your seniors clean up their room and wear a maid dress doing it. Of course, thanks to a useful plot turn, everyone ends up as maids as punishment.

* [[Meet Cute]]: Nagisa and Shizuma in the forest. Nagisa asks her for directions, and Shizuma leans in to kiss a captivated Nagisa... who faints.

* [[Naive Newcomer]]: Nagisa. And Chiyo.

* [[Not So Stoic]]: Shizuma, episode 18: {{spoiler|"Kaori...Kaori...Kaori..."}} [[Tear Jerker|Holy fucking shit]]! Shizuma again in episode 23.

* [[Overtook the Manga]]: The manga series was canceled after two volumes, although the story is finished in the light novels.

* [[Panty Shot]]: Doesn't happen, but it was lampshaded.

* [[Posthumous Character]]: {{spoiler|Shizuma's deceased lover Kaori.}}

* [[Psycho Lesbian]]: Two of them, Kaname and Momoni, who double as [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] [[Chessmaster|Chessmasters]] that launch an [[Evil Plan]] to threaten Amane into become Etoile... a plan which involves molesting Hikari. However, everyone ''else'' is a lesbian as well, so the [[Unfortunate Implications]] typically inherent in the trope are pretty much absent.

* [[Red String of Fate]]: In the form of Tamao's ribbon.

* [[Renaissance Man|Renaissance Woman]]: Chikaru is the head of Lulim's student council, which means she is great in any school subject. She leads the costume club and makes the costumes herself, is a highly talented actress, can cook really well and can help on any problem you might ever have. All this and more come with her being always friendly, cheerful and nice as well as being a real beauty, even for this series' standards. There is a reason why she is so popular in-universe as well as the [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] of the story.

* '''[[Schoolgirl Lesbians]]'''

* [[Series Hiatus]]: The third volume of the manga is likely never going to be released, although the two existing volumes, plus two never-before-published chapters were eventually published. Poor sales kept Seven Seas from releasing the third light novel, resulting in a [[No Export for You]]; however, the complete novel, including the final volume was released in June 2011.

* [[Shower of Angst]]: As a result of rampant unrequited love and general [[Fan Service]]

* [[Shy Blue-Haired Girl]]: Chiyo

* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: Arguably, the second ED. Just as the series is taking a turn for the dramatic the original ED is replaced by a very happy go lucky song filled with [[Les Yay]] overtones in which the singers are two dimensional paper dolls in several colourful settings. At one point the contrast is nothing short of appalling, after Nagisa breaks down crying in a very emotional moment the episode comes to an end with her sobbing and then [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKqYdEab234 Extreme Sugariness follows]. However, this is only the ending credits track, the opposite happens to the opening theme, turning from a quite light-hearted but still [[Les Yay]] soft rock song to a serious, emotional piece (complete with new title animation).

* [[Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace]]: This is kind of {{spoiler|the series finale, getting used in [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]] fashion}}

* [[Squee]]: In the English translation of the ''Strawberry Panic!'' manga, Shizuma's fangirls react to her this way.

* [[Stealth Parody]]: Although it could well be that the makers are actually being ''serious'' - heaven forbid!

* [[Strawberry Shorthand]]

* [[The Seven Mysteries]]: Figures heavily in one episode, with Nagisa and Tamao deciding to investigate the first mystery, "The Girl in the Hallway" despite the latter's fear of ghosts.

* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Kaname and Momoni; Amane and Hikari.

* [[Tsundere]]: Tsubomi, in spades.

* [[Umbrella of Togetherness]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] even when Shizuma exclaims that she found out the secret of the umbrella: "It is actually too big. It's made for two."

* [[Visual Novel]]: One for ''Strawberry Panic!'' was released in 2006.

* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]: Shizuma.

* [[Yaoi Guys]]: In the light novel and manga, Shion had this in mind when she paired up Amane and Kaname together for the Etoile competition. Amane is not amused.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]

 

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