<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><em>"It is an ancient Japanese custom to construct all-girls high schools, populate them with exceptionally nubile, well-endowed students<del>, and then to admit one boy, under ridiculous circumstances, to study alongside them</del>, and to let them get on with their business."</em> <div style="text-align: right;"><strong>- Uncyclopedia</strong></div></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>(http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/7701/4908830893bfd4f33a3.jpg)<br/><sub>The front gates of Hanjuku High.</sub><br/><br/>Hanjuku High is a semi-prestigious Girl’s Academy located in on the outskirts of Tokyo, prestigious enough that it attracts students from all over Japan and beyond. As a natural consequence, most of its students board at dorms on school grounds, or at boarding houses owned by the Academy in suburbs a mere train-ride away. The city proper is around a half-hour to an hour train-ride away.<br/><br/>(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/7156/23027855129517186bdb.jpg)<br/><sub>The common room of a typical dorm house.</sub><br/><br/>The school offers exceptional schooling in most areas on the national curriculum, and private tuition in other areas not generally addressed by most other high schools: philosophy, information technology, various musical instruments, etc. Additionally, as with many other schools, a variety of clubs are on offer for the interested student; notable ones include the Light Music Club, the Tea Ceremony Club, Calligraphy Club, the Swimming Club, Literature Club, Computer Society,<del>SOS Brigade</del>and a variety of others.<br/><br/>(http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/2447/schoolgroundslake.jpg)<br/><sub>The school's private lake and gardens, alongside the building housing clubrooms.</sub><br/><br/>By an outrageous set of bizarre coincidences (something in the air? In the water? Mystical portal to some weird realm? Who knows – who cares?) Hanjuku High is a hotbed of what is sometimes termed “Yuri”, “Shoujo-ai” or “Yuri”. Simply put, girls don’t tend to get boyfriends from outside at Hanjuku. Girls tend to get girlfriends. Sure, it’s not the focus of life here – despite what everybody thinks, adolescents don’t only think about sex all the time – but it’s just, y’know. It’s just what happens.<br/><br/>(http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/8930/4987260382daa179110o.jpg)<br/><sub>Students waiting for a train at Hanjuku's local station.</sub><br/><br/>Girls holding hands, quietly kissing behind doors, in rooms; it’s not blatent, but it’s not hidden. That’s just what life’s like here.<br/><br/>(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/6455/2684837231971eef6d5c.jpg)<br/><sub>A corridor. Nothing super special about it.</sub><br/><br/>In any case, this is Homeroom for Class 2-A, one of several Second-Year Classes for students. It’s the first day of a New School Year.<br/><br/>(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/1411/10450888143786b83717b.jpg)<br/><sub>Class 2-A's homeroom, oddly devoid of students.</sub><br/><br/><br/>