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Synonyms: Aria The Masterpiece

Japanese: ARIA

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 12

Chapters: 67

Status: Finished

Published: Feb 28, 2002 to Feb 29, 2008

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life

Theme: Iyashikei

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Comic Blade

Authors: Amano, Kozue (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.63¹ (scored by 10,681 users)

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Ranked: #80²

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Popularity: #458

Members: 39,387

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MangaComic BladeAmano, Kozue (Story & Art)

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Chapters: /67

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In the distant future, humanity has terraformed Mars into an oceanic planet to suit their needs. Now known as Aqua, the planet serves as a new home for people discontent with living on Manhome—the planet formerly known as Earth. Being a perfect imitation of Manhome's Venice, the town of Neo-Venezia has inherited all of the rustic charms of the original. Gondolas weave their way through the waterways of the dreamy town while nostalgic alleys await those who travel on foot.

Akari Mizunashi, a young Manhome native, has recently made Neo-Venezia her new home. To pursue her dream of becoming a gondolier tour guide—or Undine—Akari joins the Aria Company, one of the most renowned water guide companies in town. As she basks in a simple lifestyle unavailable on Manhome, Akari cheerily ambles through her daily life in Neo-Venezia: the town where magic and miracles abound.

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Aria was published in English by ADV Manga, releasing the first three volumes from April 1, 2004, to November 1, 2004, before dropping the license. Tokyopop published the first six volumes from January 8, 2008, to December 28, 2010, before publication was discontinued. The publisher rereleased the series as Aria: The Masterpiece in 2-in-1 omnibus volumes. The manga was also published in Spanish by Ivrea España from July 2006 to April 2010.

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Mar 24, 2010

AngeVNs

Recommended

For the purpose of this review, I’m going to write a review for both people who have watched the Aria anime already, and who have not and are only reading the manga.

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Review for those HAVE NOT watched the anime:

Aria is a very nice and relaxing slice of life manga that definitely deserves reading.

One interesting thing about Aria is that it can be a bit hard to recommend to other people. Basically you follow the 3 main characters: Akari Mizunashi, Aika Granzchesta, and Alice Caroll as they work hard to become great undines… which are basically tour gondola rowers.

While that might seem a bit odd, ...

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Jun 23, 2010

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Mixed Feelings

While Aria is not of my typical genre of manga, I managed to find enjoyment in it.

I picked up a few volumes from a friend, then moved away and hadn't finished it. I cosplayed one of the characters and figured I should at least finish the series. 12 Volumes isn't a bad number at all. Found it online and completed it.

I kept reading thinking something interesting would happen. But wait, this is a Slice of Life series; Nothing dramatic or terribly interesting happens! Yet, I still found myself reading it. The art is definitely engaging and charming. The characters are sweet and silly. Slice ...

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Jan 5, 2016

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Not Recommended

Preliminary (6/67 eps)

This review only applies for the first 6 chapters of the series and it does not constitute for the overall experience of the manga itself and it will be comprised of what I liked and disliked about the manga and the reason I have had dropped it for.

So the best way to describe this manga is by putting it in terms it has put it in itself. I'm gonna give a synopsis for one of the chapters I read and don't worry, it shouldn't impact the way you will experience it once you read it. So there's one chapter of this manga where basically the ... main character is supposed to meet another character. But the person ends up running late and she ends up meeting another character. So they pass the time. The other character was growing more bored and bored and was curious about how the MC could handle wasting time so well. Then they continue to waste their time until the person who was to meet other character appears, after 6 hours. Then MC turns out to have misunderstood and she was supposed to meet with the person she was supposed to next week.

This is how all the chapters go, with basically you waiting for something to happen and nothing happening and then expecting something happening later on. So the story is basically comprised of the main character doing things that amount to nothing that could interest anyone. The manga is uneventful and there's nothing really to draw out from its chapters, except for the fact that, perhaps, you should try enjoying the time in which you are doing nothing a little more. I'll give it that the fact that they had the tact to establish the theme as bluntly as they did is at the very least refreshing since they establish the the purpose of the manga early, wasting time that is. I'll also give the manga the fact that it does develop on the traditions of its people and does talk about the universe it's set so you might develop some interest in the world's setting I suppose, but I personally didn't find it that interesting.

Something I'd like to bring up is that the character's designs are kinda dull, in the sense, most characters look very similar, having similar faces and such. The Undines you can't tell apart at times, especially if they are of the same height and if it just so happens you don't pay attention to their hairstyles, you'll confuse who they are. The most recognizable out of all of them is the one who constantly has this face: -_- . The overall design of the manga is simple and decent, but I am personally not a fan of some of the character designs I've seen so far in it due to how similar they were. (As far as Undines went at least)

The manga does try to convince you early that you should enjoy wasting your time and every moment of your life and treasure it, sure, that's a good idea to pass on, but unfortunately, what you didn't pass on for me at least, is any events and characters that would keep me interested in it, nor do you exactly try. The manga is mostly comprised of nothing happening and there's no conclusions to draw on from it other than the main theme. To be carefree you have to have cares to free yourself from. There's nothing to free yourself from here.

I guess my point is, is that if you would like to read something about how to enjoy wasting your time, this is it. There you have it. But if you put significance in wasting your time, then perhaps you have better ways to waste your time, more enjoyable ways. I know that I have. Thanks for the lesson, however, Aria. If you wanna find something bigger than wasting your time in this manga however, at least from what I've seen so far, I doubt something will come. But I waited for 6 chapters and nothing came. You could wait for more if you think you can enjoy that.

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