media: Matsuri is shown to be a little more defensive in the manga than her anime counterpart, which was demonstrated by her slapping or shoving Miu away when the latter got overboard with her pranks, while she never (deliberately) laid a finger on Miu in the anime. There are also subtle differences in Miu and Chika's personalities between the manga and the anime: Miu is more random and unpredictable in the manga compared to her anime counterpart. Chika is also targeted by Miu more often in the manga as compared to the anime (but not as much as Matsuri is), resulting in more outbursts of anger from her in the manga. Reception Strawberry Marshmallow has received positive reviews in English. Carlo Santos from Anime News Network has described Strawberry Marshmallow as "a clever little comedy that delivers laughs via its straight-faced approach" and has mentioned that "There is something uniquely appealing about Marshmallow'''s deadpan delivery". Dirk Deppey from The Comics Journal stated that "Barasui sets up his comic situations with little if any extraneous padding and plays out the resulting gags with the skill and grace of a master craftsman". Erica Friedman of Yuricon has called the series "too-cute-to-hate". Friedman has also criticized the English-language adaptation of the manga for not providing any translations for sound effects and not giving any explanations for some puns. Jason Thompson, writing about The Last Uniform for the appendix to Manga: The Complete Guide, contrasts the two series and calls Strawberry Marshmallow "purely juvenile gaze-into-the-girls-world stuff". References External links Strawberry Marshmallow at Dengeki Daioh'' Strawberry Marshmallow at TBS 2005 anime television series debuts 2005 video games 2007 anime OVAs 2009 anime OVAs ASCII Media Works manga Bishōjo games Comedy anime and manga Dengeki Comics Dengeki Daioh Geneon USA Japan-exclusive video games MediaWorks games NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan PlayStation 2 games PlayStation 2-only games Sentai Filmworks Shōnen manga Slice of life anime and manga TBS Television (Japan) original programming Tokyopop titles Visual novels Video games developed in Japan