Arisa Manga Style

This review of style will be on Arisa.

Arisa is probably my favorite of the new manga I've been checking out. The style just makes me want to stare forever. When learning I may look back to this manga.
Arisa is about twins who have been separated for a long time due to their parent's divorce. When they finally meet back up, Tsubasa finds out that her twin, Arisa has been hiding something about her life in their letters. Arisa jumps out of a window, and survives but won't wake up from the coma that she's in. In order to find out the secrets that Arisa was hiding in her seemingly perfect life, Tsubasa pretends to be her sister and goes to her school. Over time she learns about the creepy secret of the 'King Time' that the class holds every Friday, where one wish of a student is granted by 'The King' no matter how sinister the wish may be (anything from cancelling field day to making someone disappear).

So first of all we have the cover. I actually really like the cover. The covers for all of the volumes of this series really dragged me in and made me want to read it. Also, Arisa is the one on the left and Tsubasa on the right. Just for reference.

This manga is filled with drawings that I adore. Here are some of the ones that I really loved.

 

  

 

 

Tsubasa is one of those characters who look really menacing when they get angry. It's pretty interesting the way that her normally really round eyes turn sort of triangular and pointy. They look a lot sharper. Also, the shading over her eyes makes her stand out too.

I think one of my favorite things about manga is the use of 'chibis' to convey the extreme or funny emotions. Here are some that I particularly liked.

 

 

  

Because of the sinister aspect of this manga, there are a lot of creepy smiles and scary looking people. These are some. I've found that as the manga progresses into the next few volumes There are more and more of these creepy or disturbing scenes.

 

  

  

 

This is one of my favorite things that I've ever seen in a manga. This explains the honorifics that are used in Japan. In Japan it's considered rude to not use an honorific when speaking to someone who isn't close to you or hasn't given permission. For example, if I were to speak to my sister, I would call her Julia, but if I were to talk to my friend KC I would call her KC-chan. I've made these larger so that they might be easier to see.

Again, here we have the author drawing themselves. I don't like this style really. I've found that authors often draw themselves in a weird or different way.

OVERVIEW:

Plot- This plot is totally awesome. I love it, and I'm dying to know what happens next.

Style - I can't say enough good things about the style of this manga. It's gorgeous.

Read Again? - I've been getting the new volumes of this as quickly as possible. I believe I'm on 5 or 6 actually. I would definitely read it again.