Arisa

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...

Notes:
Extras in volume 6 and 7 have not been scanlated.

Official English Releases: Azuki, INKR, Kodansha

Type

Manga

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Alisa

ARISA亚里纱

ARISA亞裡紗

ARISA双子迷情

ARISA雙子迷情

Ариса

أريسا

ありさ

アリサ

아리사

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Latest Release(s)

v.12 c.44 + Special (end) by Titania 12 years ago

v.12 c.43 by Titania 12 years ago

v.12 c.42 by Titania 12 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

12 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

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Forum

2 topics, 10 posts

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User Rating

Average: 7.7 / 10.0 (623 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.64 / 10.0

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Last Updated

June 12th, 2024 1:38pm PDT - 11 months ago

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Genre

Drama Mystery Psychological School Life Shoujo
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Kodansha

Serialized In (magazine)

Nakayoshi (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Azuki (digital)

Del Rey (Defunct / 1 Vol)

INKR Comics

Kodansha USA (12 Vols - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #693

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Monthly Pos #1871 (No change)

3 Month Pos #3147

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6 Month Pos #4298

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Year Pos #5091

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List Stats

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Arisa Ends In Japan

13 years ago

Kings

14 years ago

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Annoying manga

by RaeBabeeyx3
13 years ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

Became really really really really shitty at around volume 8-9. Particularly became very effing annoying as soon as

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 13 years ago

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Dragged on too long...

by ZL11
13 years ago

Rating: N/A

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

hating each other to the point of trying to kill the other was kind of interesting... although ! 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...

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not for the thoughtful reader

by xdeLiiRiOus
13 years ago

Rating: 7.5 / 10.0

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 13 years ago

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YAY!!! Not another typical shoujo!

by Sakura29
13 years ago

Rating: 9.7 / 10.0

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.

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You would think...but no.

by CurlyJoe
13 years ago

Rating: 8.5 / 10.0

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 🙁

... Last updated 13 years ago

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Don't judge a book by its cover

by xorisa
13 years ago

Rating: N/A

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!

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Not bad if you're into shoujo but don't need all the mushy stuff

by PrincessVera
13 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

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 13 years ago

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End it now please...

by Orulyon
14 years ago

Rating: N/A

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.

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meh

by orangitude
14 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

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

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Nothing Great

by Saons
14 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

I actually thought this had something going for it, at the beginning. It was cutesy, Arina Tanemura-like artwork, yet the plot took a step away from its demographic. A rarity, in that aspect, for sure.
In that respect though, it became double the disappointment when the recycled plot devices and plot twists got out of hand. It could've gone much farther, but it appears that the author ran out of ideas very early on. It's not by any means horrible, it's just not what it could have been were the creator more competent. I won't be finishing this one.

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