Arisa, Vol. 09

Arisa [アリサ] #9

by Natsumi Andō

SHE'S AWAKE

After what seems like an eternity hanging between life and death, Arisa finally awakens, but she has amnesia. Or so she claims... but when King Midori arrives at the hospital, her attitude takes a sudden and--for Tsubasa--heartbreaking turn! Wracked by doubt and without her twin sister at her side, does Tsubasa have any hope of stopping the devious King?

Genres: Manga, Mystery, Shojo, Graphic Novels, Drama, Contemporary, Comics

156 pages, Paperback

First published December 6, 2011

About the author

安藤なつみ, Andō Natsumi is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for Zodiac P.I. as well as Kitchen Princess, for which she won the Kodansha Manga Award for children's manga in 2006.

Favorites: Donald Duck
Favourite manga: Ossu! Ichijin and Kimagure Orange Road
Favourites: meats and fruits
Hobbies: shopping, reading and watching TV

Reviews

[Shelley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Why you do this to me? Such a cliffhanger at the end.....

[DonutKnow · Rating 4 out of 5]

Midori, what is your problem???!

Also, I love Manabe and I really hate Arisa.

[(• ֊ •)੭ amyfish ~ love2love · Rating 5 out of 5]

Arisa awoke but only to have her memory lost????? Turns out, she is faking. With Midori, she sneaks to class 2-B where the class it excited to have her back and finally learns that she was the one who started King Time. Now the class calls her the King's representative. Meanwhile, Tsubasa runs to the hospital only to find Arisa was gone............... And checks the school. There, she finds Arisa with her memory back. Arisa wished for Tsubasa to be gone, and Midori, who is the true King for real this time, ties up Tsubasa with a bomb............ OMG WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DO THAT?????!!!!!!!! MIDORI WAS SOOOO NICE! THIS IS ALSO THE TIME FANS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR SO LONG......... WE FINALLY FOUND OUT WHY THE REAL KING WAS!!!!!!!! EVERYTHING IS FINALLY COMING TO AN END:(

My emotions:
When Arisa lost her memory: 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 WHYYYYYYYYYY
When Arisa was faking: 😰😰😰😰😰😩😩😩😩😩😩😱😱😱😱😱😭😭😭😭😭😭 WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Class 2-B loves Arisa: 😶😶😶😶😶😶😶😶 How am I supposed to react to this??
Arisa wished for Tsubasa to disappear: 😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 THIS WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!!
Midori is the King: 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😞😞😞😞😞😞 but but but but but...........
Tsubasa with the bomb: 😾😾😾😾😾😾😾😾😾😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 COME ON I BELIEVE IN YOUUUUU

[♡Kayla♡ · Rating 2 out of 5]

You know what? Fuck Arisa, she's a bitch and doesn't deserve such a wonderful sister like Tsubasa. I cannot believe she wakes up from her coma, and pretends to have amnesia, playing the part of a loving sister, only to go back to her class and make a wish to "the king" to have Tsubasa disappear. And fuck Midori too, absolute asshat that he is. Those two are so psychotic, and awful, they deserve each other.

[miné]

Arisa akhirnya sadar lho. Eh bukannya terima kasih ama Tsubasa dia malah kurang ngajar. Adek gak tau diri emang. Ditolongin malah ngadi-ngadiiiii~

Midori si kampret muka dua, mending kemampuan lo buat jadi aktor aja dah. Lebih psikopat dari si Kudo. Kalo diliat-liat polosan Kudo njir lah..

Buku ke-9 bikin gue emosi ajeeeeee!!!!

[ChelseaFace · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like this manga, but still some of the plot is a little weak sauce. I like how it ended on this volume. I cannot understand what is going on fully, but I hope it is revealed before it ends. Am enjoying it though!

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

What is going on??? Arisa???!!!?!!?? Midori?!!??!? I don't like this!! What is even going on??

[Tris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vaya lío ):< Esto se vuelve muy raro

[Cecilia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow shit just keeps going down and down and down

[R · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome. So beautifully illustrated with amazing suspense and characters you love to hate or love to love.

[-moonprismpower- · Rating 3 out of 5]

I can’t believe this ridiculous story but… I have to know the ending….
So further down the rabbit hole, I go! lol

[Moza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Midori is a psychopath and i like it😂

[Amacina · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[LG (A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Arisa wakes up but appears to have amnesia, because of course. Rei is shocked she's awake even thought he hasn't gotten rid of Tsubasa yet, so Midori knocks him out to keep him out of the way. Then Midori visits Arisa and says something to her (reminds her of her secret) that prompts her to go back to class with all four phones. She says she's going to protect the class, but then she sees Tsubasa and acts like she hates her, like the things Rei said about her being afraid their mom preferred Tsubasa over her were true. Tsubasa goes to Rei's house with Midori and Midori kisses her and then knocks her out with a pill and ties her up.

WTF, Ando? I don't care what Arisa's secret is, it can't possibly be worth hurting her twin and setting her up to be offed by the King (the wish she transmitted on the phones is pretty unambiguous, considering what the King has done up to this point: "Get rid of my twin sister."). I'm also annoyed at the indication that that stupid story about Arisa being worried their mom liked her sister more might actually be true.

I know I said this in my comments for the previous volume, but Tsubasa is an absolute moron. By this point it should have been crystal clear to her that Rei wasn't the King, leaving Midori the only candidate. And yet she went to Rei's house with Midori as her only backup.

And as far as the pill went, WTF Ando? You had Midori drug Tsubasa via a pill he forced into her during a kiss. Are you kidding me? Besides the general grossness of the whole situation, I want to know how something that knocked Tsubasa out that fast didn't affect Midori in the slightest. He had to have had that in his mouth for at least a few minutes.

(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)

[Jamie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Arisa finally woke up! Tsubasa rushes to her side and she tries to tell Midori the truth about Arisa. Midori, however, was able to try to meet Tsubasa. Tsubasa becomes confused for her own affection for Midori and the fact that he is her sister's boyfriend. Midori is being very sketchy and seems to know more than Tsubasa does. Due to the fact that Arisa has awaken, she wanted to return to school. In doing so, Tsubasa is allowed to return to her usualy self. However, she is concerned about Arisa because she does not remember anything and she has taken Arisa's place in class in the time that she was absent. Unable to help herself, she goes to Arisa's school to check up on her. However, she finds herself being chased down by a bunch of boys. Midori saves Tsubasa and tries to explain that the King has ordered people to try to take her down because she has been hurting Arisa. Midori seems to be playing coy and is continuing to try to make Tsubasa fall for him. When she leans in closer to kiss, she blacks out and appears in a room full of clocks.

I am confused and eager to know who the King is and why s/he is willing to go as far as to hurt people in order to bring the class together. It's sad that Arisa doesn't remember much and she doesn't seem to want to talk about whatever has happened to led to her falling out of the window. I need answers!

[Mike · Rating 5 out of 5]

Arisa is a multiple layered story with mystery elements, which are all coming together in these later volumes. It would be pointless to start here - go back to the beginning and proceed in order.

** This review contains no spoilers for Arisa 9 but will have minor ones for previous volumes. **

Natsumi Ando's suspenseful tale of Tsubasa's battle with the mysterious and danger King comes roaring into it's ninth volume after the unexpected end to volume 8. The reader is ahead of Tsubasa as to the King's identity and the foreknowledge of her unknown peril dramatically increases the tension. There's a laser focus now on the main plot and all of it's components. All of the characters are expertly handled and have a lot of depth.

The twists here are really amazing. There are pieces I'd figured out but this series still manages a lot of surprises. What's even more impressive is that they all fit perfectly - everything is fair play with what's come before. Tsubasa's situation gets rough and I have no idea where things will go from here. Certain things seem like they'll be very hard to tie up, but I have no reason to start doubting Ando now.

Still a fantastic series. Heading towards the end now and I can't wait.

Highly recommended.

[Luna's Little Library · Rating 3 out of 5]

Series Rating: 3.5Stars (first few volumes are 4 Stars)

I read this series in one sitting, which is quite telling in itself. However I will say now that the story does lag a bit after a few volumes and loses something of the great set up it had at the beginning. That said, the author Natsumi Ando is good at ending chapters/volumes with cliff-hangers. So you get to the end of one book and immediately want to pick up the next one. (Case in point – me.)

The art is excellent and was part of the reason I decided to pick this series up. As much as story is important if you don’t like that images it’s a struggle to continue but for this genre (shojo) Natsumi Ando style fits beautifully.

Tsubasa is likable and determined to find out what happened to her sister. As reader it was easy to be on her side. This series requires suspension of disbelief to some extent but you’ll enjoy Arisa more for it.

[Chelsea · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume was great! It is interesting to see how Arisa and Tsubasa interact with each other and the King's identity is finally officially revealed in this volume. I am looking forward to seeing how Tsubasa gets out of her newest problem.

Contains Chapters: 31 - 34
Chapter 31: Lost Time
Chapter 32: Memory's Truth
Chapter 33: Betrayal
Chapter 34: False Embrace

[Lara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting--Ando throws out another plot twist I didn't see coming. She's actually really good at that! Tsubasa's in a tight spot. I'm totally looking forward to the next volume to find out how she gets out of it!

[Denise みか Hutchins · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story is moving along but I feel a bit frustrated after finishing this volume. There was more defeat than anything else, bad turn after bad turn. I hope the next installment will show us some success for our heroes!

[Sumaya Musse · Rating 5 out of 5]

Now that Tsubasa knows that Midori's the king, I wonder what'll happen next. Will Arisa learn the error of her ways? Will Manabe come to save her? Will this end in book 10? Stay tuned and find out! :)

[Mikaela · Rating 5 out of 5]

Holy crap! I thought Arisa really has amnesia but she freaking lied. What the heck?! Seriously. Almost everyone here is so mysterious and manipulative. So many sides we dont know... i dont which is real.

Midori is THE King. Shit.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

The king is revealed, Arisa is awake and causing trouble, and Midori gets super freaky.

[Rachael · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit different from your average shojo with elements of mystery, suspense and LOTS of twists. Good fun.

[Miss Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

WHAT IS HAPPENING


















3 stars

[Katt Hansen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I never saw this twist coming and should have. Talk about intense!

[anne⁷]

3.5 - This line tho: "Sorry the shoujo manga act is going to end right here."

The funny thing is it already ended even before it started! >o<

[Nina · Rating 4 out of 5]

OMG! The story is so much better!

[Ravenhats · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent plot twists