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Hiromu Arakawa (荒川 弘 ''Arakawa Hiromu'', born May 8, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaidō mainly known for ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Born and raised on a dairy farm, Arakawa spent several years helping out her family farm while taking painting lessons after graduating high school before moving to Tokyo to become a manga assistant[[note]]to Hiroyuki Eto of ''Manga/MagicalCircleGuruGuru'' fame[[/note]].

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Hiromu Arakawa (荒川 弘 ''Arakawa Hiromu'', born May 8, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist mangaka from Hokkaidō mainly known for ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Born and raised on a dairy farm, Arakawa spent several years helping out her family farm while taking painting lessons after graduating high school before moving to Tokyo to become a manga assistant[[note]]to Hiroyuki Eto of ''Manga/MagicalCircleGuruGuru'' fame[[/note]].
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* MistakenIdentity: If you do an image search for "Hiromu Arakawa", you will get a lot of pictures of Creator/RomiPark, the voice of Edward Elric in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. This is due to some past misidentification that the internet won't forget.

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* MistakenIdentity: If you do an image search for "Hiromu Arakawa", you will get a lot of pictures of Creator/RomiPark, the voice seiyū of Edward Elric in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. This is due to some past misidentification that the internet won't forget.
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* ''Manga/YomiNoTsugai'' (2021-ongoing)
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Hiromu Arakawa (荒川 弘 ''Arakawa Hiromu'', born May 8, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaidō mainly known for ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Born and raised on a dairy farm, Arakawa spent several years helping out her family farm while taking painting lessons after graduating high school before moving to Tokyo to become a manga assistant [[note]]to Hiroyuki Eto of ''Manga/MagicalCircleGuruGuru'' fame[[/note]].

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Hiromu Arakawa (荒川 弘 ''Arakawa Hiromu'', born May 8, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaidō mainly known for ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Born and raised on a dairy farm, Arakawa spent several years helping out her family farm while taking painting lessons after graduating high school before moving to Tokyo to become a manga assistant [[note]]to assistant[[note]]to Hiroyuki Eto of ''Manga/MagicalCircleGuruGuru'' fame[[/note]].
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Hiromu Arakawa (荒川 弘 ''Arakawa Hiromu'', born May 8, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaidō mainly known for ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Born and raised on a dairy farm, Arakawa spent several years helping out her family farm while taking painting lessons after graduating high school before moving to Tokyo to become a manga assistant [[note]] to Hiroyuki Eto of ''Manga/MagicalCircleGuruGuru'' fame [[/note]].

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Hiromu Arakawa (荒川 弘 ''Arakawa Hiromu'', born May 8, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaidō mainly known for ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Born and raised on a dairy farm, Arakawa spent several years helping out her family farm while taking painting lessons after graduating high school before moving to Tokyo to become a manga assistant [[note]] to [[note]]to Hiroyuki Eto of ''Manga/MagicalCircleGuruGuru'' fame [[/note]].fame[[/note]].
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* TheRemake: Made her own rendition of ''Literature/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan'' that has recently gotten an anime adaptation.

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* TheRemake: Made her own rendition of ''Literature/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan'' that has recently gotten ''Literature/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan'', which began in 2013 and had an anime adaptation.adaptation in 2015.
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** Arakawa has also stated that the plight of the Ishvalans was inspired by the Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan and Russia; the Ainu are the original inhabitants of her native Hokkaido.

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** Arakawa has also stated that the plight of the Ishvalans in ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' was inspired by the Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan and Russia; the Ainu are the original inhabitants of her native Hokkaido.

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* WriteWhatYouKnow: ''Manga/SilverSpoon'' takes place in Hokkaido, and features the life and times of Agricultural high school students. Arakawa was herself born from a farming family and attended such a school. Naturally, the depiction of the life there is very accurate. ''Noble Farmer'' describes her life on her parents' farm; the protagonists of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' have their adventures all over the place, but they're ''from'' a small town in the country.

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''Manga/SilverSpoon'' takes place in Hokkaido, and features the life and times of Agricultural students at an agricultural high school students. school. Arakawa was herself born from into a farming family in Hokkaido and attended such a school. Naturally, school, so naturally, the depiction of the life there is very accurate. ''Noble Farmer'' describes her life on her parents' farm; the protagonists of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' have their adventures all over the place, but they're ''from'' a small town in the country.
** Arakawa has also stated that the plight of the Ishvalans was inspired by the Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan and Russia; the Ainu are the original inhabitants of her native Hokkaido.
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* MoustacheDePlume: Her real name is Hiromi, but she writes under the name "Hiromu", which is a [[GenderBlenderName more gender-neutral]] version of her name.

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* MoustacheDePlume: Her real name is Hiromi, but she writes under the name "Hiromu", which is a [[GenderBlenderName more gender-neutral]] version of her name. She hasn't been very secretive about her gender otherwise, since she mentions things like being pregnant on her blog more than once.

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Adding a more extensive and organized list of Arakawa's works.


Hiromu Arakawa (荒川 弘 ''Arakawa Hiromu'', born May 8, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaidō mainly known for ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Born and raised on a dairy farm, Arakawa spent several years helping out her family farm while taking painting lessons after graduating high school before moving to Tokyo to become a manga assistant [[note]] to Hiroyuki Eto of ''Manga/MagicalCircleGuruGuru'' fame [[/note]]. Before ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', she made the short series ''Manga/ShanghaiYoumaKikai'' and ''Manga/StrayDog'', and her next series was ''Manga/SilverSpoon'', a SliceOfLife manga focused on agricultural school life. She's also the artist for the second manga adaptation of ''Literature/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan''.

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Hiromu Arakawa (荒川 弘 ''Arakawa Hiromu'', born May 8, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaidō mainly known for ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Born and raised on a dairy farm, Arakawa spent several years helping out her family farm while taking painting lessons after graduating high school before moving to Tokyo to become a manga assistant [[note]] to Hiroyuki Eto of ''Manga/MagicalCircleGuruGuru'' fame [[/note]]. Before ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', she made the short series

!!Works by Hiromu Arakawa:
* ''Manga/StrayDog'' (1999)
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''Manga/ShanghaiYoumaKikai'' and ''Manga/StrayDog'', and her next series was ''Manga/SilverSpoon'', a SliceOfLife (2000)
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' (2001-2010)
* ''Manga/SoutenNoKoumori'' (2006)
* ''Manga/HeroTales'' (2006-2010)
* ''Noble Farmer'' (2006-ongoing)
* ''Manga/SilverSpoon'' (2011-2019)
* ''Literature/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan'' (second
manga focused on agricultural school life. She's also the artist for the second manga adaptation of ''Literature/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan''.
adaptation) (2013-ongoing)
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* GenreAdultery: Most of her works are action/fantasy with brutal fight scenes. ''Silver Spoon,'' however, is a Slice of Life, with animals dying instead of humans. Despite this, ''Silver Spoon'' is now her second most popular work, and Arakawa has said this was intentional since she wanted to challenge herself by writing a more realistic work.

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* GenreAdultery: Most of her works are action/fantasy with brutal fight scenes. ''Silver Spoon,'' however, is a Slice of Life, SliceOfLife, with animals dying instead of humans. Despite this, ''Silver Spoon'' is now her second most popular work, and Arakawa has said this was intentional since she wanted to challenge herself by writing a more realistic work.
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Hiromu Arakawa (荒川 弘 ''Arakawa Hiromu'', born May 8, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaidō mainly known for ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Born and raised on a dairy farm, Arakawa spent several years helping out her family farm while taking painting lessons after graduating high school before moving to Tokyo to become a manga assistant [[note]] to Hiroyuki Eto of ''Manga/MagicalCircleGuruGuru'' fame [[/note]]. Before ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', she made the short series ''Manga/ShanghaiYoumaKikai'' and ''Manga/StrayDog'', and her next series was ''Manga/SilverSpoon'', a SliceOfLife manga focused on agricultural school life. She's also the artist for the manga adaptation of ''Literature/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan''.

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Hiromu Arakawa (荒川 弘 ''Arakawa Hiromu'', born May 8, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaidō mainly known for ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Born and raised on a dairy farm, Arakawa spent several years helping out her family farm while taking painting lessons after graduating high school before moving to Tokyo to become a manga assistant [[note]] to Hiroyuki Eto of ''Manga/MagicalCircleGuruGuru'' fame [[/note]]. Before ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', she made the short series ''Manga/ShanghaiYoumaKikai'' and ''Manga/StrayDog'', and her next series was ''Manga/SilverSpoon'', a SliceOfLife manga focused on agricultural school life. She's also the artist for the second manga adaptation of ''Literature/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan''.
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* GenreAdultery: Most of her works are action/fantasy with brutal fight scenes. ''Silver Spoon,'' however, is a Slice of Life, with animals dying instead of humans. Despite this, ''Silver Spoon'' is now her second most popular work.

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* GenreAdultery: Most of her works are action/fantasy with brutal fight scenes. ''Silver Spoon,'' however, is a Slice of Life, with animals dying instead of humans. Despite this, ''Silver Spoon'' is now her second most popular work, and Arakawa has said this was intentional since she wanted to challenge herself by writing a more realistic work.
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* MoustacheDePlume: Her real name is Hiromi, but she writes under the more androgynous version "Hiromu".

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* MoustacheDePlume: Her real name is Hiromi, but she writes under the name "Hiromu", which is a [[GenderBlenderName more androgynous gender-neutral]] version "Hiromu".of her name.
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Pothole is for a YMMV-only trope and was generating a warning.


* TakeThat: In a 4koma for ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', her cowsona drunkenly rants about ''Franchise/StarWars'', specifically, [[StrangledByTheRedString "Why would Padme fall in love with Anakin?!"]].

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* TakeThat: In a 4koma for ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', her cowsona drunkenly rants about ''Franchise/StarWars'', specifically, [[StrangledByTheRedString "Why would Padme fall in love with Anakin?!"]].Anakin?!".
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Silver Spoon ended a few weeks ago.


Hiromu Arakawa (荒川 弘 ''Arakawa Hiromu'', born May 8, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaidō mainly known for ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Born and raised on a dairy farm, Arakawa spent several years helping out her family farm while taking painting lessons after graduating high school before moving to Tokyo to become a manga assistant [[note]] to Hiroyuki Eto of ''Manga/MagicalCircleGuruGuru'' fame [[/note]]. Before ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', she made the short series ''Manga/ShanghaiYoumaKikai'' and ''Manga/StrayDog'', and she currently works on ''Manga/SilverSpoon'', a SliceOfLife manga focused on agricultural school life. She's also the artist for the manga adaptation of ''Literature/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan''.

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Hiromu Arakawa (荒川 弘 ''Arakawa Hiromu'', born May 8, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaidō mainly known for ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Born and raised on a dairy farm, Arakawa spent several years helping out her family farm while taking painting lessons after graduating high school before moving to Tokyo to become a manga assistant [[note]] to Hiroyuki Eto of ''Manga/MagicalCircleGuruGuru'' fame [[/note]]. Before ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', she made the short series ''Manga/ShanghaiYoumaKikai'' and ''Manga/StrayDog'', and she currently works on her next series was ''Manga/SilverSpoon'', a SliceOfLife manga focused on agricultural school life. She's also the artist for the manga adaptation of ''Literature/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan''.

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* ReclusiveArtist: To a degree; it is really hard to find her ''actual'' image, as opposed to her bespectacled cow form.
** She's an unusual example because while she's reclusive about her appearence she's quite willing to talk about herself. Heck, ''Noble Farmer'' is basically her autobiography!

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* ReclusiveArtist: To a degree; it is really hard Zigzagged; it's very difficult to find her ''actual'' image, an actual photo of her, as opposed to her the bespectacled cow form.
** She's an unusual example because
she always draws herself as. However, while she's reclusive about her appearence appearance, she's quite willing to talk about herself.herself and her life, particularly in {{Omake}}. Heck, ''Noble Farmer'' is basically her autobiography!
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Hiromu Arakawa (荒川 弘 ''Arakawa Hiromu'', born May 8, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaidō mainly known for ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Born and raised on a dairy farm, Arakawa spent several years helping out her family farm while taking painting lessons after graduating high school before moving to Tokyo to become a manga assistant [[note]] to Hiroyuki Eto of ''Manga/MagicalCircleGuruGuru'' fame [[/note]]. Before ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', she made the short series ''Manga/ShanghaiYoumaKikai'' and ''Manga/StrayDog'', and she currently works on ''Manga/SilverSpoon'', a SliceOfLife manga focused on agricultural school life. She's also the artist for the manga adaptation of ''Manga/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan''.

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Hiromu Arakawa (荒川 弘 ''Arakawa Hiromu'', born May 8, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaidō mainly known for ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Born and raised on a dairy farm, Arakawa spent several years helping out her family farm while taking painting lessons after graduating high school before moving to Tokyo to become a manga assistant [[note]] to Hiroyuki Eto of ''Manga/MagicalCircleGuruGuru'' fame [[/note]]. Before ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', she made the short series ''Manga/ShanghaiYoumaKikai'' and ''Manga/StrayDog'', and she currently works on ''Manga/SilverSpoon'', a SliceOfLife manga focused on agricultural school life. She's also the artist for the manga adaptation of ''Manga/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan''.
''Literature/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan''.
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Hiromu Arakawa (荒川 弘 ''Arakawa Hiromu'', born May 8, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaidō mainly known for ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Born and raised on a dairy farm, Arakawa spent several years helping out her family farm while taking painting lessons after graduating high school before moving to Tokyo to become a manga assistant [[note]] to Hiroyuki Eto of ''Manga/MagicalCircleGuruGuru'' fame [[/note]]. Before ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', she made the short series ''Manga/ShanghaiYoumaKikai'' and ''Manga/StrayDog'', and she currently works on ''Manga/SilverSpoon'', a SliceOfLife manga focused on agricultural school life.

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Hiromu Arakawa (荒川 弘 ''Arakawa Hiromu'', born May 8, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaidō mainly known for ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Born and raised on a dairy farm, Arakawa spent several years helping out her family farm while taking painting lessons after graduating high school before moving to Tokyo to become a manga assistant [[note]] to Hiroyuki Eto of ''Manga/MagicalCircleGuruGuru'' fame [[/note]]. Before ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', she made the short series ''Manga/ShanghaiYoumaKikai'' and ''Manga/StrayDog'', and she currently works on ''Manga/SilverSpoon'', a SliceOfLife manga focused on agricultural school life.
life. She's also the artist for the manga adaptation of ''Manga/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan''.

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* AuthorAppeal: Now memetic. "[[HeroicBuild Men should be buff! Women should be vavoom!]]"

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* AuthorAppeal: Now memetic. "[[HeroicBuild Men should be buff! Women muscular and women should be vavoom!]]"va-va-voom!]]"



* MenAreStrongWomenArePretty: She designs her characters with a specific variation on this principle: "men should be buff! women should be va-voom!"
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* MenAreStrongWomenArePretty: She designs her characters with a specific variation on this principle: "men should be buff! women should be va-voom!"
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Hiromu Arakawa (荒川 弘 ''Arakawa Hiromu'', born May 8, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaidō mainly known for ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Born and raised on a dairy farm, Arakawa spent several years helping out her family farm while taking painting lessons after graduating high school before moving to Tokyo to become a manga assistant. Before ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', she made the short series ''Manga/ShanghaiYoumaKikai'' and ''Manga/StrayDog'', and she currently works on ''Manga/SilverSpoon'', a SliceOfLife manga focused on agricultural school life.

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Hiromu Arakawa (荒川 弘 ''Arakawa Hiromu'', born May 8, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaidō mainly known for ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Born and raised on a dairy farm, Arakawa spent several years helping out her family farm while taking painting lessons after graduating high school before moving to Tokyo to become a manga assistant.assistant [[note]] to Hiroyuki Eto of ''Manga/MagicalCircleGuruGuru'' fame [[/note]]. Before ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', she made the short series ''Manga/ShanghaiYoumaKikai'' and ''Manga/StrayDog'', and she currently works on ''Manga/SilverSpoon'', a SliceOfLife manga focused on agricultural school life.
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[[caption-width-right:200:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/arakawa_sensei.jpg[[/labelnote]] for her actual photo.]]

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* TakeThat: In a 4koma for ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', her cowsona drunkenly rants about ''Franchise/StarWars'', specifically, [[StrangledByTheRedString "Why would Padme fall in love with Anakin?!"]].
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* ArtShift: She'll use ''any'' style to make a point... or a point-of-view scene make a statement. From Gag to stock-Shojo and/or Josei to realistic-Seinen to Sport to ''Bara-esque'' -- anything goes. In a normally very-much-a-Shonin style.

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* ArtShift: She'll use ''any'' style to make a point... or a point-of-view scene make a statement. From Gag to stock-Shojo and/or Josei to realistic-Seinen to Sport to ''Bara-esque'' -- anything goes. In a normally very-much-a-Shonin very-much-a-Shonen style.
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* {{Shonen}}: Most of her works are this, though they have more mature theme and are BloodierAndGorier than most.

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* {{Shonen}}: Most of her works are this, though they have more mature theme themes and are BloodierAndGorier than most.

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* GenreAdultery: Most of her works are action/fantasy with brutal fight scenes. ''Silver Spoon,'' however, is a Slice of Life, with animals dying instead of humans. Despite this, ''Silver Spoon'' is now her second most popular work.



* ReclusiveArtist: To a degree; it is really hard to find her ''actual'' image, as opposed to her bespectacled cow form.
** She's an unusual example because while she's reclusive about her appearence she's quite willing to talk about herself. Heck, ''Noble Farmer'' is basically her autobiography!




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* WriteWhatYouKnow: ''Manga/SilverSpoon'' takes place in Hokkaido, and features the life and times of Agricultural high school students. Arakawa was herself born from a farming family and attended such a school. Naturally, the depiction of the life there is very accurate. ''Noble Farmer'' describes her life on her parents' farm; the protagonists of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' have their adventures all over the place, but they're ''from'' a small town in the country.
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* ReclusiveArtist: To a degree; it is really hard to find her ''actual'' image, as opposed to her bespectacled cow form.
** She's an unusual example because while she's reclusive about her appearence she's quite willing to talk about herself. Heck, ''Noble Farmer'' is basically her autobiography!

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