Arata: The Legend, Vol. 16

アラタカンガタリ~ 革神語 [Arata Kangatari] #16

by Yuu Watase

Arata Hinohara and his friends enter the territory of Kikutsune, one of the Six Sho, a group comprised of Arata’s most formidable adversaries. The greeting they receive from Kikutsune’s lieutenants is anything but friendly, and only Arata, by sheer chance, escapes injury. This, however, does little to help him figure out how to defeat Kikutsune—if that’s even possible!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Shonen, Young Adult

192 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 17, 2012

About the author

Yuu Watase (渡瀬悠宇) is a Japanese shoujo manga-ka. She is known for her works Fushigi Yūgi, Alice 19th, Ceres: The Celestial Legend, Fushigi Yūgi Genbu Kaiden and Absolute Boyfriend. She likes all music, except heavy metal and old traditional music.

She received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Ceres, Celestial Legend in 1997. Since writing her debut short story "Pajama de Ojama" ("An Intrusion in Pajamas"), Watase has created more than 80 compiled volumes of short stories and continuing series. Because of her frequent use of beautiful male characters in her works, she is widely regarded in circles[which?] as a bishōnen manga artist.[citation needed] In October 2008, Watase began her first shōnen serialization, Arata: The Legend in Weekly Shōnen Sunday.
Her name is romanized as "Yû Watase" in earlier printings of Viz Media's publications of Fushigi Yūgi, Alice 19th, and Ceres, The Celestial Legend, while in Viz Media's Fushigi Yūgi Genbu Kaiden and Absolute Boyfriend her name is romanized as "Yuu Watase". In Chuang Yi's English-language versions of Fushigi Yugi (spelled without a macron or circumflex), her name is romanized as "Yu Watase".

Reviews

[Derek · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume is all about music. While it's an interesting hayagami and kamui, the overall story was only decent. I'd say that Watase made a few leaps and the story wasn't as rock solid as some previous volumes.

There were also at least two translation/misspelling issues in this volume. I still understood what was going on. (The errors weren't as bad as in Volume 13 where hayagami were referred to by the wrong name.)

[Amanda Setasha · Rating 4 out of 5]

The plot is a little weird, but it (mostly makes sense). I really missed the art style of this series.

I was wondering where the fan service was in this series... Then they shredded everyone's clothes... FOUND IT.

[Chris · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's only marginally better than the one before it. Music plays and everyone loses their clothes. Where have I seen that before?

[Yumiko_Youku · Rating 3 out of 5]

This series suddenly gets awfully sexualising towards the girls - who are minors I might add.

[Jenny Derochemont · Rating 4 out of 5]

This novel was pretty good. Arata was starting to get boring, but now the book is picking up again. Plus it was hilarious when all there clothes starting to disolve. Poor Mikusa. I would have been scarred too.

[Darkwing Meta Knight · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yuu Watase has done it again!