Aria 4

アリア [Aria] #4

by Kozue Amano

Andiamo alla scoperta della vita sul pianeta Aqua, una volta noto come Marte, e oggi terraformato a immagine e somiglianza della bellissima Venezia. Insieme ad Akari ci avventureremo tra fenomeni misteriosi e favole fantastiche, fino a partecipare alle meravigliose feste di Neo Venezia. Un manga che ha la capacità di farti sentire presente nel luogo della narrazione, di coinvolgerti piacevolmente con il suo ritmo delicato… un’esperienza new age finora mai sperimentata in un fumetto giapponese, che ha già attirato l’attenzione del pubblico italiano!

Genres: Manga, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels, Slice Of Life, Comics, Fantasy, Comics Manga

192 pages, Paperback

Published January 8, 2007

About the author

Kozue Amano (天野こずえ Amano Kozue) is a female Japanese manga artist. She is widely known as the creator of Aria, which proved to be a best-selling hit, and was adapted into an anime television series consisting of 3 seasons and an OVA.

Reviews

[Coke Fernández · Rating 5 out of 5]

Otro hermoso tomo de Aria.

[vanessa♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

their uniform is so pretty

[Jenny Clark · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ah, returning to Neo Venizia. This was the first series I picked up by myself, and not because of a friend. I was so sad when ADV droped it, and even sader to find out it will never be completed in America... Akari is a model for young people- be happy and good things will happen.

[Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Akari's second summer in Neo-Venezia has arrived, and along with it come sweltering heat, fireworks, and the inevitable swimsuit episode.

I enjoy the art in this manga, which shows an excellent level of attention to detail, and likely also a good amount of effort put into researching Venice on our Earth. The mystical episodes featuring the king of cats and his subjects are some of my favorites, and there's one in this volume.

Still, there's enough here that's mildly cringe-y or that I'm indifferent to, that I'm unlikely to be fully invested in this story. First off, the fan service. I don't think it's overt enough to justify the "older teen" rating on its back cover, but it's definitely a thing. None of the characters are particularly appealing to me, including its main character, who parses more like a five-year-old than a sixteen-year-old to me. And some of them, like Woody and the ubiquitous Aria-shacho, are just weird and unsettling.

Why on earth would any entity take such effort to re-create an old-fashioned Japanese country town in its Martian terraforming project? If you're not going to make it a tourist site--and there's no evidence that it was--surely there are more efficient ways to produce food, or house people. This manga is obviously more about vibes than pragmatic science fictional questions like that, though.

[Necoli · Rating 5 out of 5]

J'ai lu ce volume sans avoir lu les autres si ce n'est le premier volume d'Aqua, la préquelle. Cependant j'ai vu la première et deuxième saison de l'animé.

Comme je m'y attendais, ce manga est reposant et plein de bonne humeur. C'est un véritable délice de le lire.

[Kellean · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series just keeps getting more charming by the book! Though episodic in nature, the characters, stories, and art are simply wonderful and lovely.

[Brandon · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's summertime, which means it's hot and we should all spend time around the water- on a water planet, so that's easy enough. We got an obligatory beach chapter! And a fireworks celebration!

[The Poor Person's Book Reviewer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Summer is here and it’s so hot we get transported to a cat mirage cafe and a very fun tasteful beach party

[Phil · Rating 3 out of 5]

Completely cute and tame. Adventures all around Aqua!

[Mo · Rating 4 out of 5]

good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Selena Pigoni · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love Aria. Just one complaint. Tokyopop! Why you make book so flimsy?! I got it from the library and literally went, "Oh God, did someone rip the pages out again?!"