Umezawa, Shun

Charlie, the half-human, half-chimpanzee, has entered high school, in spite of the danger posed by the Animal Liberation Alliance terrorist group. Together with his new friend, Lucy, Charlie does his best to fit in, until a parent's worst nightmare occurs at Shrews High and he must do what only he is capable of.

The Animal Liberation Alliance, an eco-terrorist organization, rescues a pregnant chimpanzee from an animal testing lab--only for it to give birth to a half-human, half-chimpanzee "humanzee" named Charlie! Fifteen years later, Charlie's human foster parents are finally ready to send him to a normal high school, where he makes his first friend: a human girl named Lucy. In the meantime, however, the ALA's stance has become ever more extreme, and now they're here to drag Charlie into their terrorist plot...