manga04_jpg login_tab_left_jpg
Username:   Password:    Forgot Password?
App
Try out our new iPhone application!
App
Manga Poll
Do you think manga would be better as color or black and white?
Color
Black and white
No preference
 
See Old Polls

Manga is the Japanese equivalent of comics
with a unique style and following. Join the revolution! Read some manga today!



Coded in ConTEXT

Join #baka-updates @irc.irchighway.net

RSS Feed
 
center_left_tab Manga Info center_right_tab
 
ALL    A    B    C    D    E    F    G    H    I    J    K    L    M    N    O    P    Q    R    S    T    U    V    W    X    Y    Z   
Arisa  
Login to add items to your list, keep track of your progress, and rate series!
Description
For years the rash tomboyish Tsubasa had communicated with her twin through letters. She had formed the idea that the gentle Arisa led a joyful school life. But upon Arisa's sudden suicide attempt, Tsubasa vows to find the reason behind her twin's actions by taking her place at school. But will this supposed joyful life be too much for Tsubasa to handle? What does it have to do with the people disappearing from Arisa's school...

Type
Manga

Related Series
N/A

Associated Names
ありさ
アリサ
ARISA亚里纱
ARISA双子迷情

Groups Scanlating
Animanga Cafe
Loyal Kiss
Nagareboshi Manga
Titania

Latest Release(s)
v.12 c.44 + Special (end) by Titania (41d ago)
v.12 c.43 by Titania (92d ago)
v.12 c.42 by Titania (104d ago)
Search for all releases of this series

Status in Country of Origin
12 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?
Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A

User Reviews
N/A

Forum
2 topics, 10 posts
Click here to view the forum

User Rating
Average: 8.1 / 10.0 (472 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.03 / 10.0
10
 29% (137 votes)
9+
 17% (79 votes)
8+
 20% (95 votes)
7+
 16% (75 votes)
6+
 8% (38 votes)
5+
 5% (23 votes)
4+
 2% (10 votes)
3+
 1% (5 votes)
2+
 0% (2 votes)
1+
 2% (8 votes)

Last Updated
May 23rd 2013, 7:10am PST

Sponsored Links
Game advertisements by <a href="http://www.game-advertising-online.com" target="_blank">Game Advertising Online</a> require iframes.

Image [Report Inappropriate Content]

Genre
Drama  Mystery  Psychological  School Life  Shoujo 
Search for series of same genre(s)

Categories

Category Recommendations (beta!)
Samurai High School (weight: 160.67)
A Tackle on My Life (weight: 151.66)
Twins Game (weight: 148.32)
Inochi (weight: 142.79)
Alfheim no Kishi (weight: 137.17)

Recommendations

Author(s)
ANDOU Natsumi

Artist(s)
ANDOU Natsumi

Year
2009

Original Publisher
Kodansha

Serialized In (magazine)
Nakayoshi (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)
Yes

English Publisher
Del Rey (1 Volume - Defunct)
JManga (Defunct)
Kodansha USA (9 Volumes - Ongoing)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #656 increased(+81)
Monthly Pos #918 decreased(-90)
3 Month Pos #446 increased(+4)
6 Month Pos #354 decreased(-84)

List Stats
On 1715 reading lists
On 778 wish lists
On 342 completed lists
On 97 unfinished lists
On 302 custom lists

Note: You must be logged in to update information on this page.

Forum Posts
Arisa Ends In Japan 268 days, 8 hours, 1 minutes ago
Kings 829 days, 12 hours, 11 minutes ago

Click to view the forum

tickmark preloadxmark preloadxmark preload
User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]
 

You must login to comment for this series! Register an account.

avatar
 Insane   
Rating: 8.9 / 10.0
by yennyenn
August 30th, 2012, 2:42am
This manga is insane. Basically, almost everyone in the story is craving for love and attention to the extent that they would kill anyone just to obtain their goal.

My thoughts: Just because you're abused or unloved or whatever, doesn't give you the rights to kill/torture others. A total different mindset from Naruto. Pessimistic.

But if you enjoy crazy killing scenes, I guess this is for you.
Was this comment useful?  Yes tickmark  No xmark    
avatar
 Annoying manga   
Rating: 4.0 / 10.0
by RaeBabeeyx3
August 30th, 2012, 1:46am
Became really really really really shitty at around volume 8-9. Particularly became very effing annoying as soon as
Spoiler (mouse over to view)
Arisa woke up.
This story became suuuuuuuuuuuuuper unrealistic. The class is effed up and the adults? Well, there are NONE of them around. Lol.. It's not even cliche, because nobody is stupid enough to come up with such a story like this.
I used to love this manga. But now I really hate it. Not recommended.

... Last updated on August 30th, 2012, 1:48am
Was this comment useful?  Yes tickmark  No xmark    
avatar
 Dragged on too long...   
Rating: N/A
by ZL11
July 17th, 2012, 6:31pm
This should've probably been better as say 4-5 volumes than 10+ volumes. The story starts to seem too long, and we're waiting and waiting to find out who the King is, although there is a lot of foreshadowing and random action.

Tsubasa's lack of interest in the boys around her was surprising, especially her little boy buddy who breaks laws to help her investigate. And the boys are the ones who are really doing the work, although Tsubasa is taking the risks... which endlessly backfires and she needs saving.

And twins
Spoiler (mouse over to view)
hating each other to the point of trying to kill the other
was kind of interesting... although
Spoiler (mouse over to view)
the boyfriend was probably the biggest surprise, and I mean his cheating ways among other things.


Regardless, this is not a manhwa sitch where the rowdy twin gets her man and overpowers the school with sheer strength and character (if you read manhwa, you know what I mean), but it feels similar in that respect. Better plotted, more controlled, but similar.

There was a comment about adults being almost completely absent from the comic, and that's true. Where are the teachers and parents in all this? Isn't anyone paying attention to the number of injuries and deaths in that class? Sheesh.

So, if you're looking for something that's shoujo-ish in looks and nature, but has a mystery-thriller type plot, this might be your manga. But, really, there are much better mystery-thriller manga out there. If you're hard up to kill some time, give it a try. But I still think it's too long, and would've done better to have been cut in half...
Was this comment useful?  Yes tickmark  No xmark    
avatar
 not for the thoughtful reader   
Rating: 7.5 / 10.0
by xdeLiiRiOus
June 5th, 2012, 7:05pm
Its good in the sense that its pretty Unpredictable. Except it has some major flaws as pointed out by PrincessVera. The manga feels all over the place thus i cannot give it anything above a 7. Like where is the law in this? It feels like te mangaka is making stuff up as she goes and throwing the plot around.

... Last updated on June 5th, 2012, 7:13pm
Was this comment useful?  Yes tickmark  No xmark    
avatar
 YAY!!! Not another typical shoujo!   
Rating: 9.7 / 10.0
by Sakura29
March 16th, 2012, 8:33pm
The plot is really interesting and will suck you in as it is unique and original. The art is not perfect but fairly great and you can tell everyone apart because no one looks the same. I like the mysteries and how there isn't too much drama from wrecking the manga like other. If you love your romance and are a hard-core shoujo, I'm sorry to say this isn't for you. There isn't much romance which is just really good for people like me who extremely hate those cliche romance scenes.
Was this comment useful?  Yes tickmark  No xmark    
avatar
 You would think...but no.   
Rating: 8.5 / 10.0
by CurlyJoe
February 1st, 2012, 9:17pm
By looking at the cover, and the synopsis, that this is an ordinary, soppy shoujo. But no, what it really is is far more sinister. There are so many twists that it is hard to tell lies from the truth, and who to trust. The art is good and tidy. The heroine is strong and likeable. My complaints are that it sometimes leaps from one scene to the next, so that the reader has to fill things in, the heroine's life as herself is erased (as in no one cares that she's suddenly not going to school) without a bat of an eyelash, and characters will suddenly stop showing up. If you are looking for romantic fluff, maybe not this one. Did not make me cry (not that that's easy) like I thought that it was intended to. It kept me guessing. I would definitely recommend it! Just wish it would update more sad

... Last updated on February 1st, 2012, 10:27pm
Was this comment useful?  Yes tickmark  No xmark    
avatar
 Don't judge a book by its cover   
Rating: N/A
by xorisa
January 17th, 2012, 3:57am
This manga is surprisingly better than I expected. At first glance, my initial thoughts were those typical shoujo mangas where the same/similar kind of plot is used. However the twists and build-up of suspense gives a better story-line compared to other shoujo mangas. Definitely doesn't contain those "overly romantic , lovey dovey" scenes where the main couples are involved. Definitely a recommend!
Was this comment useful?  Yes tickmark  No xmark    
avatar
 Not bad if you're into shoujo but don't need all the mushy stuff   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by PrincessVera
December 17th, 2011, 7:55pm
This is better than much of the shoujo out there, if only because it doesn't rely entirely on romantic drama. It's a shoujo-style young girl's mystery and suspense with a fairly intelligent, strong, and somewhat hot-headed female lead. There's actually not much romance at all, as Tsubasa never ever seems to get close to the two possible love interests and doesn't have truly romantic "doki-doki" moments.

The series depends entirely on plot twists. You will get your chain yanked over and over thinking, "Are they close to catching him? Is THIS character the king?" You'll also see some fairly dark moments in the manga: attempted suicide, attempted murder, a bomb, serious injuries, painful revelations, a death. Judging by Andou-sensei's other works, it'll probably have a bittersweet ending. Some dark themes dealt with, shoujo-style.


Here's some of the big flaws:
- Characters appear and disappear, including Tsubasa's delinquent (?) friend from school Takeru, Manabe the reformed delinquent, his childhood friend Shizuka (who becomes an important character and disappears), and Arisa's 'best' friend Mariko. They're forgotten about for chapters at a time before coming back.
- Tsubasa sometimes does things you'll think are pretty dumb. But she's not colossally shoujo-clutzy and dumb, just a hot-headed middle school girl. Not too bad on this account.
- They all live in the world of no responsibility. Parents and teachers, school rules, laws, etc. may as well not exist. The main character stops going to her own school to attend her sister's... and her dad just lets it go? Then she returns (much later) and it's not that big of a deal, either. The issue of parents does come in later, though, and the parent-child relationship becomes crucial to character backstories.
- The class cult thing feels really undeveloped and stupid. The entire class is just an easily manipulated bunch of middle schoolers who just turn creepy every once in a while. But the characters and events are interesting enough to me to balance this out.
- You get a lot of false leads, bad hints, and misleading foreshadowing. But you may actually like red herrings, if you're into mysteries.
- The titular character Arisa has been in a coma since chapter 2. You know absolutely nothing about her thoughts and motivations... which actually makes it interesting. Again, not a problem but perhaps a gripe for some people.

If you persist, the events and two big plot twists from volume 8 made it all really worth reading to me. Judging from the latest chapter (42) it should be ending pretty soon... possibly with a tragedy tag, seeing what happened in the last volumes of Kitchen Princess. The drama/potential tragedy part of the plot really accelerates starting in the mid-20's or so...

... Last updated on July 8th, 2012, 1:46am
Was this comment useful?  Yes tickmark  No xmark    
avatar
 End it now please...   
Rating: N/A
by Orulyon
October 16th, 2011, 9:47am
It started GREAT. the first 3 vols were amazing. Not the typical shoujo i must say, and for that got my attention. the heroine is also very strong. But after vol.4 started to become repetitive and senseless. this could have been rated by me with a 9 if this kept being like the beggining, but instead ill give it a 7 now, that is, if the author stops dragging the story and end it already...
jeez, so much potential to waste.
Was this comment useful?  Yes tickmark  No xmark    
avatar
 meh   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by orangitude
September 19th, 2011, 8:53pm
Not exactly what I expected, but it seems like the author is just making it up as she goes. All the twists don't really make sense unless the King is a new character, which is really stupid in these kinds of stories, as far as I'm concerned. I might come back when it is completed, but for now ARISA is dropped. :l
Was this comment useful?  Yes tickmark  No xmark    
Previous Page Pages (5) [ 1 2 3 4 5 ] Next Page
Show  entries per page 

You must login to comment for this series! Register an account.
Manga Search
 
MANGA Fu
News
What's New!
Series Stats
Forums
Chat
Releases
Scanlators
Series Info
Mangaka
Publishers
Reviews
Genres
Categories
FAQ
Affiliates
Members
BU Forum
Baka-Updates
MEMBERS
Sign Up
TEAM-BU
Admin CP
About Us

footer