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->''"Can you pledge secrecy when you are... a human being?"''

[[SpeciesSurname Neko Fukuta]], nicknamed "Fune", just can't seem to get into a high school. However, her prayers are answered when the mysterious Morimori High School accepts her application. Unfortunately, when Neko applied, she didn't realize Morimori [[StrangerInAStrangeSchool isn't a school for humans]]. Instead, it is a high school for magical animals to attend in order to learn how to be human and live among them disguised as such. With no other options, Neko persuades the headmaster to let her in, under one condition: she must not reveal to the others that she is human.

''Animal Academy: Hakobune Hakusho'' (simply ''Hakobune Hakosho'' in Japan, literally "Noah's Ark White Paper") is a manga by Asa Kuwayoshi, which was serialized in ''Comic Blade'' from 2006 to 2008 and compiled into seven volumes. The manga was licensed in English by Creator/{{Tokyopop}}.
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!!Tropes:
* AsianFoxSpirit: Kotaro, [[spoiler:Yuuichi and his parents]], and some of the other students.
%%* BookDumb: Neko.
%%* CainAndAbel: Yusuke and Sasuke, respectively.
* CarnivoreConfusion: Subverted. There are signs posted up telling students not to eat or drink their classmates.
* CatsAreMean: Miiko has a tendency to slap people for so much as touching her, and is highly selfish as well. CatsAreSuperior also qualifies.
%%* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Nearly every character.
%%* CuteKitten: What motivates people to stick around Miiko despite the above.
* EvilTwin: Yusuke isn't outright evil, but he's certainly more malicious than his brother.
* HighlyVisibleNinja: Yusuke is part of the ninja club. Subverted in that he's a ''very'' competent ninja. [[spoiler:Later, Neko expresses confusion when she tries to find the ninja that is in her school to observe the other students. Yusuke comes to mind, but the very fact that he is in the ninja club makes her think otherwise.]]
* InterspeciesRomance: Comes up between humans and animals and in one case, a cat and a fox.
* MagicalAccessory: Ume has a flower she wears in her hair to help her transform.
* MissingMom: [[spoiler: Sasuke and Yusuke's mother died.]]
%%* ManipulativeBastard: Yusuke.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: [[spoiler:Miiko outlives Teruo due to becoming a bakeneko.]]
%%* {{Ninja}}: Sasuke and Yusuke.
%%* ShrinkingViolet: Ume shows traits of this.
* SpeciesSurname: Neko, although for her first name.
* StrangerInAStrangeSchool: Neko is the only human in a school for magical animals.
%%* TalkingAnimal: All of the students.
* {{Tanuki}}: Ume, her sister, Watanuki, and a number of the other students.
* ThemeTwinNaming: Sasuke and Yusuke again, whose names include the kanji for left and right respectively.
%%* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:Yuuichi is indeed a fox.]]
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