Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3
Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3, also known by the abbreviation C3-Bu, is a manga series written by Ikoma and illustrated by Tomomoka Midori. The manga, which is a follow-up to the 2010 web manga series Tokurei Sochi Dantai Stella Jo-Gakuin Chūtō-ka C3-Bu, was published in Kodansha's Monthly Young Magazine from May 2012 to December 2013. An anime television adaptation by Gainax aired in Japan between July and September 2013.
Plot
Yura Yamato has just transferred to the prestigious Stella Women's Academy and discovers that it is difficult to find friends in her first day at school. It is there that she comes across the school's airsoft club, aptly named the C3 Club, and winds up becoming one of its members. The story revolves around Yura's experiences as a member of the C3 Club and her interactions with her fellow members.
Characters
Stella Women's Academy
;Yura Yamato
;Sonora Kashima
;Rento Kirishima
;Karila Hatsuse
;Honoka Mutsu
;Yachiyo Hinata
Other characters
;Rin Haruna
;Aoi Seto
;Aila Hatsuse
Media
Manga
Stella Women’s Academy, High School Division Class C3 is a sequel of the web manga series, Tokurei Sochi Dantai Stella Jo-Gakuin Chūtō-ka C3-Bu, that was written by Ikoma and Getsumin and illustrated by Kokudō 12-gō and Getsumin, and published by Enterbrain on their Famitsu Comic Clear site between April 1, 2010, and February 24, 2012. There have been two volumes of the web series published on January 15, 2011, and May 14, 2011. Stella Women’s Academy, High School Division Class C3 is written by Ikoma and illustrated by Tomomoka Midori, and published by Kodansha in their Monthly Young Magazine. The series was published from May 9, 2012, to December 16, 2013, and compiled into three tankōbon volumes, released between January 4, 2013, and February 6, 2014. A 4-panel manga series also by Ikoma and Tomomoka Midori, titled 4-koma Shīkyūbu was published on Kodansha's Comic Plus website. The series' 252 strips were published between February 14 and October 5, 2013, and half of them were collected in a tankōbon volume, released on August 6, 2013.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation aired on TBS between July 4 and September 26, 2013, and was simulcast by Crunchyroll. The series is directed by Masayoshi Kawajiri and produced by Gainax, with character designs by Manami Umeshita and music by Kōtarō Nakagawa. The opening theme is "Shape My Story" by Anna Yano and the ending theme, "Hajikero! Shīkyūbu!" by Yui Makino, Miyuki Sawashiro, Ai Kayano, Chiwa Saitō, Rima Nishizaki and Madoka Yonezawa. The anime has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America and released on home video in 2014.