What are you looking for in a story? If your looking for action (shounen style), an adventerous tale, and some drama with a little romance then you've got Arata Kangatari.
The Story: The concept itself is rather interesting: Two boys of the same name 'Arata' (but different surnames, and differing personalities) accidently switch worlds, but the people of their world see them as 'them' even though their looks actually differ. What makes it even more interesting is that the communication from one world to the other isn't entirely cut off. Thus forcing the author to strike a balance between the characters and occurances in both worlds,
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 Alternative TitlesJapanese: アラタカンガタリ～革神語～ More titlesInformationType: Manga
Volumes: 24
Chapters: 237
Status: Discontinued
Published: Oct 1, 2008 to Aug 26, 2015
Theme:
Isekai
Demographic:
Shounen
Serialization:
Shounen Sunday Authors:
Watase, Yuu (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #41072 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #2549
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Apr 21, 2013
I don't know what it is about Yu Watase's work, as formulaic and sometimes tedious as her stories tend to be, and as annoying as some of her female protagonists are. I somehow keep coming back for more.
I think it has to be the characters of her works. ARATA is a little different than Watase's usual fare, have a male as the main character and being a shonen rather than a shoujo, however, a lot of the same elements are there as you go through this layered quest story. Two boys from two different worlds, both named Arata, switch worlds and are both thrust into ... 
Dec 14, 2011
This series has been a really strange discoverment. I´m not going to tell you what actually happens, because that will be spoiler and goes against my policy.
In the beginnig, what atracted me was the plot, that seems to be able to appear in any other place, but that as it starts to move gets deepper and focused. It wisely involves various concepts used in other mangas and makes them blend in a rather amazing way, that lets you with that feeling of wanting to read more. The arcs are subsequents and don´t have any wastes, and in most of the chapters you´re able ... 
Jul 4, 2015
For my first review, I choose one of my favorite mangas: Arata Kangatari, or Arata the Legend.
This manga was a surprise. I really didn't expected too much, maybe because it's a little... Unknown. And I discover it by a friend, so, yeah, that was lucky. The story is basically about a boy, Arata Hinohara, that goes to another world, changing place with another Arata. That sounds like a cliche, right? But Yuu Watase transform the story that "we all alright know" into something really good and enjoyable - thing that I miss in a lot of mangas today. Well, at last this is what I ... |
