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Arisa (2000)

by Natsumi Ando(Favorite Author)

4.08 of 5 Votes: 5

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Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction

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Arisa

review 1: I am still in awe that Midori, Arisa's boyfriend, is the one who schemed and plotted all the terrible incidents that has taken place. He genuinely believes that he is carrying out the wishes of his girlfriend. Tsubasa, Arisa's twin sister, demands for her side of the story. Arisa then explains that she and Midori share the same story where they were both essentially abandoned by their mother during their early childhoods. Through this connection, they both formed a romantic relationship. Midori did not know that Arisa created "King time" or so she thought. Her version of "King time" consisted of giving people advice and such. As time progresses and "King time becomes more popular, people in her class began to demand for more such as test answers so that they can all pass. ... moreTempted to do so, Arisa gets the test answers but she finds herself unable to cheat. Midori steps in and confronts Arisa for being the King and he promised to take care of the test answers. In truth, he took over King time and soon, terrible and mean acts occurred in their class: bullying, getting rid of teachers, etc. Midori became mean and it scared Arisa to the point where she felt as if she had to kill herself in order to run away.Tsubasa now understands her sister and explains to her sister that she is always going to be her ally despite her course of actions. However, Arisa returns to Midori's side because she doesn't want to run away anymore. The next day was the welcoming ceremony that class 2B was hosting. As Tsubasa tries to unravel Midori's past and reason for such destruction, Arisa finds that Midori was seeking for revenge on Arisa and Tsubasa's mother because his mother and baby brother already died. Midori believed that by hurting Arisa's mom, Arisa would be happy. Tsubasa and Arisa, on the other hand, was able to unravel his plans. Midori still believing that he is doing the right thing, tigers a bomb where Arisa throws herself in place of her mother and ends up at the hospital. Later that evening Midori comes to find Arisa in the hospital, but gets stabbed by another wounded patient and ends up in a hospital room himself. In the process of all this chaos, Arisa and Tsubasa's mother came to the realization that she was hurting Arisa and promises to try her best. Furthermore, Arisa proclaims her love for Midori and promises to be by his side in exchange for him to give up his schemes on vengeance. It concludes with Arisa, Tsubasa, and their mother having dinner and then, the two girls having a sleep over.The plot although interesting was very cliche to me. I liked the ending, but after carefully analyzing the plot of the story, I felt like I some parts were very typical and, therefore, the ending was not very surprising. However, it was an interesting read and it does keep you hooked on to the story until the very end.
review 2: 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.** Since we are so close to the end of the series and it is a mystery at heart I will keep all discussion in this review general and it will have NO SPOILERS for any volumes. Although it is worth mentioning that the publisher's description of this volume spoils the King's identity, so if you're new to the series try to avoid reading it if you haven't already.**Here we have the penultimate volume of Tsubasa's ongoing cat and mouse game with The King. We're given a lot of information about The King's past and motivations. Tsubasa continues to be a worthy adversary and my favorite part of the series is still the wonderful back and forth nature of their conflict and the story in general. There are a couple of coincidental twists in this one, but they make sense and fit logically so I didn't mind too much.This is another volume that devotes about a quarter of it's length to a side story. As I'm anxious to find out how the main story ends I originally wished it comprised the entire volume, but I did like really enjoy the accompanying tale. It features a character from earlier in the series and is both intriguing and creepy, capturing the atmosphere of the main story excellently.As a series Arisa has been really surprising in how well Ando has kept up the suspense, mystery and tension through 11 volumes. Very excited in seeing how it all wraps up. less

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