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Yuu Watase: Arata: The Legend Heading Toward Climax
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
Manga inspired 12-episode anime series last year
In her New Year's Day blog entry, manga creator Twitter .
Watase launched Arata: The Legend in publishes the manga in North America, and it shipped the 16th compiled volume on December 10.
Viz Media describes the manga's story as follows:
In a mythical world where humans and gods co-exist, Arata has the unfortunate honor of being the successor to the matriarchal Hime Clan. This means he has to pretend to be a girl or face death if his true gender is discovered! On the day of his inauguration, an assassination plot forces him to flee - and he somehow winds up in modern-day Japan! Meanwhile, a boy named Arata Hinohara gets sucked into the first Arata's world and finds himself dealing with people after his life!
The manga received a 12-episode anime streamed the series as it aired.
Watase published several Fushigi Yûgi: Genbu Kaiden manga spinoff in February 2013 after nearly 10 years of serialization.