Back In February Of 1999, Kiyohiko Azuma introduced the world to the most zaniest group of High School Girls to hit the world of Manga. Their Antics have made them the most lovable group of characters around.
No Mechs, no magical girls. Just funny school humor.
They continued to make us laugh when they became an anime, just seeing them come to life on TV must have been fun to watch.
Well here we are 10 years later and they are still making a lot of people laugh to this day.
Well to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Azumanga Daioh, I've decided to write a special fic that will only feature the classic Azu-girls, because I feel that would be the most enjoyable way to write this.
And so…here we go…..
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Azumanga Daioh Is not Mine, It belongs to Kiyohiko Azuma
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(Their Story Begins near the end of Episode 26 of the Anime)
It was a nice sunny afternoon, Yomi was excited that she did managed to get into college, despite the prank Tomo played by saying she didn't see her number on the list that was posted showing the ones who had been accepted. After Yomi uppercut her, Kagura suggested that they toss someone. But Tomo suggested they toss Chiyo because Yomi was to heavy, and they proceeded to do just that.
But now it was time for them to go and celebrate.
"Okay Let's get going." Tomo said.
"It'll Be fun Sakaki-san." Chiyo added.
"I'm Gonna have fun Today." Kagura told everyone.
"LET'S GET GOING!!!!" Tomo demanded.
"Hey how do we get there?" Osaka asked.
"Let's go to the train station for now." Kagura said as she turned to Sakaki. "Okay Sakaki, let's race to the station."
"No…I'm." Sakaki responded.
"I'm going to try the roller coaster first." Yomi told Tomo.
"It's so scary your legs might turn to goo." Tomo warned.
"I'll be fine." Yomi responded.
Chiyo just started to stare at her friends, her memories with them would be with her forever…..
"There's a new ride." Kagura told everyone as they started to walk off as Chiyo stayed behind still looking at them.
"That also looks scary." Osaka responded.
"I'll defiantly try that one." Tomo said. "Is it really scary?"
Chiyo still kept staring at her best friends that she had ever made. "That's right." she thought. "Even though we graduated……we'll all still be together."
"Chiyo-Chan…." Osaka started. "Let's go Chiyo-Chan."
"Okay." Chiyo said as she ran up to them.
And with that the six friends made their way to the train station, so that they could go to Magical Land….
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Azumanga Daioh: Invading America
By Anime Rebirth
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(Part 1)
It had been 5 years…. 5 years since they have graduated high school. Chiyo woke up and got out of bed. As she headed to the bathroom something approached her as he wagged his tail weakly.
"Good Morning Mr. Tadakichi." Chiyo said as she patted his head. Tadakichi was finally coming on in years, but he was still loyal to Chiyo. "Guess We'd better get this day started huh?"
Chiyo had gone to America to attend college and she had graduated the top of her class which came as no surprise to nobody.
And now she was back in Tokyo to begin her career as a Math Teacher at her old high school. She of course was the most talked about person around the school, it's not often a school would have an 18 year old for a teacher.
As she looked herself in the mirror she got a small smile on her face, this was weekend she would reunite with all of her old dear friends, in fact,, it would be the first time that she would see them since they saw her off at the airport to go to America. They were all meeting in front of her apartment building except for Osaka who was going to meet them at the beach house because of her busy schedule. She was also disappointed because Kagura had said that she had no intention of going.
"I wonder how the others are doing anyway." she thought.
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"Hello Miss, I'd like a dozen roses please." A man said.
A tall woman turned around and gave a warm smile. "Of course, what kind of roses would you like." She asked politely.
The man was caught off guard by the size of the woman.
The woman gave a small frown. "Is something wrong?" she asked.
"Uh… no, just give me red roses, the best you have." he responded.
"Very well." The tall woman then went over to a refrigeration unit. "These are the best I have." she said.
"They'll do." The man responded as the tall woman made her way back to charge him.
"Thank you." The man said as he left.
The woman just smiled. "I am finally living one of my dreams." She thought as her phone rang. "Sakaki's Flower shop." she said.
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"This is Koyomi Mitzuhara and welcome to the Romance Network, where we help those who seek advice in the world of love…"
Yes after years of listening to those radio shows about diets and romance, Yomi actually ended up being a host of one. In fact hers was one of the top shows in all of Japan.
"Today our final letter is from someone called Broken in Okinawa, she says… 'My boyfriend doesn't seem to take our relationship seriously, he says nothing is wrong, but I can tell he is lying, maybe the fact that he started to flirt with other women may be a bad sign as well, what can I do?'"
Yomi just sighed. "Well Broken, the first thing you have to do is confront your boyfriend about his flirting ways, otherwise, you may have to accept the fact that he is not the one for you and move on, I know it will be hard, but trust me, hurting now will be better than the hurt you will feel later on." Music started to play in the background . "Well that's all the time we have for now, this is Koyomi saying, 'Love is a battlefield.' 'till next time."
"And… we're off the air." The director said.
"God, what a day." Yomi said as she took her headset off.
"Miss Koyomi?" Kenji, her producer said as he walked up. "I know this is last minute, but you've been scheduled to make a live show at the Juban Shopping District this weekend."
"Sure why not… wait did you say this weekend?" Yomi asked.
"Yes, so be there by….." Kenji started.
"Sorry, I can't I have something important to do this weekend." Yomi responded.
"What can be more important than your career." Kenji asked.
Yomi just gave a little smirk. "So Kenji, how are your old classmates?" she asked.
"What are you talking about, they're the last thing on my mind." Kenji responded.
"And you just answered your own question." Yomi said as she left.
"WHAT DID I ANSWER?!!!!" Kenji screamed.
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"HEY YOU DON'T RUN!!!!!!"……
"HEY CAN'T YOU SEE THE STOP SIGN IN MY HAND?!!!"…….
"What did I do to deserve this."………
These were the thoughts that were in Tomo Takino's head, or should I say Officer Tomo Takino. Yes she managed to join the police academy and she was actually very good at it, in fact she actually managed to come in third in her class.
So why is she working at a school crossing?……
"Hey there Takino." an officer said as she got out of her patrol car. "How's crossing duty."
"Buzz off Sagamiono." Tomo said in an angry tone. "Can't you see I'm busy."
"Busy making a fool of yourself." Sagamiono who the officer was now known as said as she started to laugh. "But it's your own fault to begin with, who else would be stupid enough to give the Prime Minister's mother a parking ticket."
"No one is above the law." Tomo replied as her grip tightend around the stop sign she was holding.
"Whatever." Sagamiono said as she smirked. "Anyway, I'm off to do some real police work, Ta-ta." and with that she got into her patrol car and drove off with her partner.
"Jerk." Tomo said as she sighed. "You'll see one day I'll do something that will make me the best policewoman in all of Tokyo….. No Japan… NO THE WORLD!!!!!" she yelled as she pumped her fist in the air.
"Um, excuse me officer, but I need to cross." A little boy said.
Tomo just sighed. "Wait a second." Tomo said as she blew her whistle.
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"COME ON GIRLS YOU CALL THAT A BACKTROKE, MY GRANDMA CAN SWIM BETTER THAN THAT!!!!!!" KAgura yelled.
"Don't you think you're a bit hard on the girls Coach?" A boy asked.
"When I want your opinion, I'll ask for it." Kagura responded.
Kagura ended up being the coach at a high school. She was given the job at the reccomndation Of Minamo.
The reason Kagura was always in an angry mood was back she failed to compete in the Athens summer games. It's not that she didn't make the team she qualified in record time, it's that when she was so excited that she made the team she leaped for joy…. And landed hard and broke her leg. Ever since then, everyone was afraid to be near her.
A girl got out of the pool and was shivering. "Kagura-Sensei, I really need to see the nurse, I'm not feeling well."
"Oh what are you a wimp?" Kagura said as she narrowed her eyes.
"Please Sensei, I really feel bad." The girl replied.
"Fine, but this means your off the team." Kagura replied.
"But you can't, swimming is my life, I have a dream to make the Olympic team." the girl replied.
"Dreams?" Kagura said as she just stared at her. "You wanna hear about dreams….. THEY WERE MADE TO BE BROKEN!!!!!!"
"KAGURA!!!!!" a voice said.
Kagura turned around and saw Minamo standing there.
"What's happened to you, you've changed." Minamo told her.
"Everything changes, get used to it." Kagura said as she walked away. "What's the matter, is checking up on your former students your thing now."
"I just came by to see how you were doing." Minamo responded. "But it seems that it's not going well." She then turned to the shivering girl. "Come on, I'll take you to the nurse." She then turned to Kagura. "Don't let the past eat you up." she said in a concerned tone.
Kagura just stared as Minamo and the girl left. She then blew her whistle. "FOCUS GIRLS FOCUS!!!!!!"
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"IT'S HAPPY TIME AGAIN……."
"THE FUN WILL NEVER END…."
"YOU ARE OUR SPECIAL FRIEND….."
"HERE IN PLEASANT VALLEY LAND!!!!!"
In a TV station in Osaka, a children's show was being taped in front of an audience full of children and their parents that was hosted by a Girl named Sugar Abby.
Sugar Abby was surrounded by several woodland creatures in Pleasant Valley land.
"Okay boys and girls, it's time for us to go and see if the mail came in today." Sugar Abby said. "Oh and look here comes Tetra Turtle now."
'Tetra Turtle' walked up carrying a mailbag. "Hello Tetra Turtle, how are you today."
"Well…. To be honest, my butt itches something powerful." Tetra answered. "I guess this costume is to scratchy for me." It was then that Tetra removed her head.
"AYUMU DON'T!!!!!!!!" Sugar Abby yelled but it was too late as children screamed in horror at the site of one of their beloved characters losing her head.
"I made an oopsie." Osaka said.
"You're…. fired." Sugar Abby said.
"Really." Osaka said as she quickly took out her cell phone and dialed. "Chiyo-chan guess what, I can leave with you guys after all, my schedule just opened up."
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The weekend finally came and they were all there outside Chiyo's apartment building….almost.
"Hey where's Kagura?" Tomo asked.
"She's… not coming." Chiyo responded.
"What do you mean she's not coming." Yomi added. "She's part of the group."
"Is she still sad about what happened to her?" Sakaki asked.
Chiyo just nodded.
"Well we can't have this now can we." Tomo said. "Come on, we're going on a mission."
Everyone just smiled at the way Tomo was acting.
"Just like the good 'ol days." Osaka said.
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Kagura was sitting in her apartment watching an old tape from when she qualified for the Olympics.
"And everyone has high hopes as Kagura will represent this country well." The announcer said. "WAIT SOMETHING HAPPENED… OH MY GOD KAGURA IS DOWN….. We await word on how…. Wait I'm just receiving word…. SHE TRIED TO WHAT?!!!!!"
Kagura then turned of the TV and took a sip of her beer. "What was I thinking." She grumbled.
It was then that a knock was heard on the door.
"GO AWAY!!!! I GAVE AT THE OFFICE!!!!" Kagura screamed.
Another knock was heard.
Kagura then stormed up to the door and opened it. "I SAID!!!!!"
"PARTY TIME!!!!" All the Azu-Girls yelled as they grabbed her.
"HEY WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!!!!" Kagura demanded.
"You're gonna have a good time even if it kills you." Tomo said.
"Sakaki, you too?" A surprised Kagura said.
"Times change." Sakaki said as she gave a small grin.
And so all of them headed to Chiyo's Summer house to begin their reunion……. But we'll save that for next time.
DA DA DAA DA DA DAA DA DA DAAA DAAA DAAA!!!!!
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And there you have it the first part of the Azumanga Daioh 10th Anniversary fanfic.
Now to celebrate 10 Years of Azu-Fun, I would like for everyone to share their fave azu memories.
First let's start with your fave Chiyo Moment.
Mine was when Chiyo got angry at Tomo when the wildcat teased Chiyo about her favorite team the Giants. Seeing her react like that was so cool.
Well hope to hear your fave Chiyo-Chan moment so until then, take care….AR
'TILL NEXT TIME!!!!!!