The chapters of the mystery manga series Arisa were written and illustrated by Natsumi Ando . The series appeared as a serial in Kodansha 's monthly shōjo (targeted towards girls) manga magazine Nakayoshi from the February 2009 issue to the September 2012 issue.[1] [2] Kodansha has collected the chapters into twelve bound volumes and published them from April 28, 2009, to September 6, 2012.[3] [4]
North American publisher Del Rey announced in September 2009 to have the series licensed for North America.[5] Del Rey released the first volume, but shortly after Kodansha announced that they would be taking over from Del Rey on a case to case basis.[6] On December 12, 2010, Kodansha Comics officially announced that they would be continuing Arisa in North America starting in May 2011.[7]
Volume List [ edit ] No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN 01 April 28, 2009[3] 978-4-06-364218-6 October 26, 2010[8] 978-0-345-52241-2 01 Tsubasa and Arisa 02 Himetsubaki Junior High, Class 2-B 03 King Time 04 Akira Manabe
02 September 4, 2009[9] 978-4-06-364234-6 May 17, 2011[7] 978-1-93-542916-6 05 The Athletics Festival is Targeted 06 Fragments of Truth 07 Warning 08 8001
03 December 25, 2009[10] 978-4-06-364246-9 July 12, 2011[7] 978-1-93-542917-3 09 Planetarium 10 Mariko Takagi 11 The Owner of the Number 12 Transfer Student
04 April 30, 2010[11] 978-4-06-364264-3 September 6, 2011[12] 978-1-93-542918-0 13 Flames 14 Darkness and Light 15 The Last Number 16 Sneaking In
05 September 6, 2010[13] 978-4-06-364277-3 November 8, 2011[14] 978-1-93-542919-7 17 The First Victim 18 Something Precious 19 Six Months Ago 20 Another Shizuka
06 December 6, 2010[15] 978-4-06-364287-2 January 17, 2012[16] 978-1-61-262039-8 21 Revelations 22 The Whereabouts of a Wish 23 Gift Bonus Story: Promise of Fireworks
07 March 4, 2011[17] 978-4-06-364301-5 April 3, 2012 978-1-61-262114-2 24 The Truth of June 6th 25 The Last Chosen One 26 The Best Class in the World Bonus Story: Takeru
08 July 6, 2011[18] 978-4-06-364312-1 July 17, 2012 978-1-61-262162-3 27 Crime and Punishment 28 Elimination 29 Break Down 30 Confinement
09 December 6, 2011[19] 978-4-06-364326-8 October 2, 2012 978-1-61-262240-8 31 The Lost Time 32 The Truth of Memory 33 Betrayal 34 Hug of Lies
10 April 6, 2012[20] 978-4-06-364347-3 April 16, 2013[21] 978-1-61262-251-4 35 The Clockwork Clown 36 The Flower Bouquet Given To K 37 The Two Kings 38 The King's Faint Smile
11 September 6, 2012[22] 978-4-06-364361-9 September 10, 2013[23] 978-1-61262-252-1 39 The King's Letter 40 Sorrowful Twins 41 The Targeted Summit 41.2 (Special) Mariko
12 September 6, 2012[4] 978-4-06-364363-3 January 21, 2014[24] 978-1-61262-439-6 42 Blade of Revenge 43 True Wish 44 Last Wish (Special Chapter)Tsubasa
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