You are all different from normal humans. You are clones.
Aside from that we would like for you to learn something called individuality.
Aside from that we would like for you to learn something called individuality.
Another high school slice of life manga from Nico Tanigawa of Watamote fame. The twist is that the focus is on a class of sixteen clones with the goal of teaching them each to be their own person. This isn't an easy task considering that the girls would be considered strange even if they weren't clones.
The manga was serialized in Dengeki Daioh G from 2010 to 2015 for 51 chapters.
This work provides examples of the following:
- All Just a Dream: Played for laughs with one of the clones revealing they killed Eleven, only for their teacher to point out that Eleven is standing right next to her. Turns out the girls didn't know were dreams were.
- Anti-Role Model: After Eight steals Senshi's clothes while she's in the shower, Senshi puts on the uniform Eight left behind. When the clones fail to recognize her, and Eight begins teaching the class, Senshi rolls with it to see what the clones are like when she's not around. Her actions during this period, backtalking Eight, smoking e-cigarettes, and having no athletic ability whatsoever, convince the clones that she is a year-repeating delinquent. The next day, Senshi comes to class normally and the clones report their decision that, after meeting their senpai, it would be best to not become like her.
- Apocalyptic Log: Parodied. In Chapter 32, Fifth reads the diary entries of another clone detailing how the latter is spending her summer vacation. She starts off energetic enough, but over time complains more and more about feeling hot and tired and her entries grow increasingly shorter and bleaker, with the last entry being simply: "Hot. Tired." Fifth wonders if the clone is even still alive.
- Artificial Human: An entire class full of them.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Basically all clones are by default.
- Innocent Fanservice Girl: None of the clones have a nudity taboo. When Senshi tells them they cannot wear their school uniforms on their days off, they all go naked without a second thought, much to her shock and horror.
- Nature Versus Nurture: Alluded to. Since the girls are all clones with the same genetic makeup, they have the same thought patterns, behaviors, habits, and preferences, which makes it difficult for them to become individuals in the institute's very controlled setting. In order for them to become more distinct from one another, it takes making them go through different experiences, either through happenstance (such as when Eleventh develops a phobia of chestnuts after one falls on her head) or through deliberate engineering (like when the teacher has them all buy clothes at different stores, resulting in Tenth developing a taste for skimpy outfits).
- Rock–Paper–Scissors: Azuma tries to teach the girls this game. It doesn't go over well and the clones end up hating it because they all play the same hand each round, resulting in never-ending ties.
- Shout-Out:
- The teacher at one point, in lieu of teaching the class, has the clones watch a video instead. It's Kiki's Delivery Service.
- The aforementioned Apocalyptic Log serves as one for Resident Evil, with the "Hot. Tired." entry evoking the infamous "Itchy. Tasty" text.
- Sleeps in the Nude: The clones don't wear anything when they go to sleep. This is justified at the beginning because they don't own any other clothes besides their school uniforms, but even after they acquire more, they all still choose to sleep nude.
- Strange Minds Think Alike: The clones do try to do things to be different from one another, or at least one-up their sisters, but it often turns out to be a vain effort because most if not all of them usually come up with the same idea.
- You Are Number 6: The clones are all identified by their numbers, which can be seen in their right eyes.
