History Manga / ArataKangatari

** Arguably, Kadowaki may be a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, seeing his interaction with his assigned Unemezoku and MoralityPet, Miyabi.

* MegaManning: If you can get another Shou to submit to you, you can use their Hayagami's abilities.

* HeelFaceTurn: Surprisingly, [[spoiler: Kannagi, the one who assassinates the princess and frames Arata, ends up pulling one after he loses his Hayagami.]]

** All the Shinshou that have submited to Hinohara or are otherwise allied to him in some way use the five classic Japanese elements.
*** PlayingWithFire: Kannagi.
*** MakingASplash: Yorunami.
*** BlowYouAway: Kugura.

* WholesomeCrossdresser: Arata in the first chapter. [[spoiler:Mikusa of the Himezoku]] is also this.
** And then Kannagi, Mikusa, and Hinohara get [[HilarityEnsues into the fun]] in the Kugura arc. [[spoiler: Only, [[RecursiveCrossdressing Mikusa isn't really crossdressing.]]]]

* {{Bifauxnen}}: [[spoiler:Mikusa]]

* [[spoiler:DeadLittleSister]]: [[spoiler:Nagu's little sister Naru is dead. The Naru we meet is a copy created by Nagu's hayagami.]]

* TheFaceless: In Chapter 144, [[spoiler:the Hayagami of the five out of twelve Shinshou to join under Arata's cause (including Akachi) make their appearances in humanoid form. Tsukuyo appears soon after them, but unlike the others, [[TheUnreveal her entire figure is surrounded by a blinding light that obscures their appearance.]]]]

* [[spoiler: EyeScream]]: In chapter 108, [[spoiler: Kadowaki has an eye torn out of its socket with the tip of Akachi's sword. It is almost immediately replaced with Akachi's own eye.]]

* ElementalPowers: Some of the Shinshou, including...
** PlayingWithFire: Kannagi.
** MakingASplash: Yorunami.
** BlowYouAway: Kugura.

* CuteClumsyGirl: Miyabi.

* {{Dojikko}}: Miyabi.

* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Rami of the Unemezoku has pink hair.

* CallBack: In chapter 45. [[spoiler: Kadowaki steps into Amawakuni in the exact same way as Hinohara, with the same tilted-angle shot of the capitol.]]

* YamatoNadeshiko: Kotoha.

** TheHero: Hinohara.

''ArataKangatari'' is a {{shounen}} manga by YuuWatase about two teenage boys from different worlds, [[OneSteveLimit both named Arata]], who [[InAnotherMansShoes magically trade places]].

!!''ArataKangatari'' provides examples of:

''Arata Kangatari'' has been licensed by Creator/VizMedia as ''Arata: The Legend'' and was serialised on their [[http://www.shonensunday.com/series/arata/index.shtml Shonen Sunday site]] before the it quietly stopped updating. To date, nine paper volumes of the manga have been released in English, while the Japanese version is up to 15 volumes and still going.

* FoeYay: Hinohara and Kadowaki. [[spoiler:The more overt hints don't come until after TheReveal that the two used to be friends. Sort of lampshaded when Miyabi suspects that Kadowaki actually likes Hinohara, then immediately adds that she doesn't mean it in a "weird" way.]]

* [[spoiler:IntimateHealing]]: Two instances in Volume 12. [[spoiler:One with Kotaha, and one with Mikusa in the chapter afterward.]]

* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Kikuri-hime, with her long white RapunzelHair. Subverted, as Kikuri-hime only [[OlderThanTheyLook ''looks'']] like a young girl.

* TheFaceless: In Chapter 144, [[spoiler:the Hayagami of the five out of twelve Shinshou to join under Arata's cause (including Akachi) make their appearances in humanoid form. Tsukuyo appears soon after them, but unlike the others, [[TheUnrevel her entire figure is surrounded by a blinding light that obscures their appearance.]]]]

''Arata Kangatari'' has been licensed by VizMedia as ''Arata: The Legend'' and was serialised on their [[http://www.shonensunday.com/series/arata/index.shtml Shonen Sunday site]] before the it quietly stopped updating. To date, nine paper volumes of the manga have been released in English, while the Japanese version is up to 15 volumes and still going.

''Arata Kangatari'' has been licensed by VizMedia and is currently being serialised on their [[http://www.shonensunday.com/series/arata/index.shtml Shonen Sunday site]] as ''Arata: The Legend''. To date, nine paper volumes of the manga have been released in English, while the Japanese version is up to 14 volumes and still going.

* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: How is it that Hinohara's school uniform still isn't replaced with more practical traveling clothes despite all the damage it has taken while WalkingTheEarth and making Shou submit? Also played straight with Kadowaki.

* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Kotoha.

* PaleSkinnedBrunette: Kotoha.

''Arata Kangatari'' has been licensed by VizMedia and is currently being serialised on their [[http://www.shonensunday.com/series/arata/index.shtml Shonen Sunday site]] as ''Arata: The Legend''. To date, seven paper volumes of the manga have been released in English, while the Japanese version is up to 12 volumes and still going.

* ElementalPowers: Some of the Shinshou. So far we have-

* HoYay: Not much yet, but Hinohara seems to like Kannagi's transvestite version way too much. Also played with during the Kugura arc, wherein [[spoiler:Kugura falls in love with trannie!Hinohara, much to the latter's chagrin. The BishieSparkle that Kugura views Hinohara with ''after'' the UnsettlingGenderReveal don't help matters much]].
** Rami's declaration of[[spoiler: "Mikusa-sama's the only one for me!" isn't so LesYay to the cast who are in the dark about Mikusa's true gender, but it's another thing for the spoilered audience.]]

* AuthorAppeal: An in-universe example, where Hinohara dresses Kotoha in clothing imagined-to-life with Sarae. It borders into cosplay fetishism, but played for laughs and oddly enough, a heartwarming moment.

* AuthorAppeal: An in-universe example, where Hinohara dresses Kotoha in clothing imagined-to-life with [[ArtInitiatesLife Nagu's hayagami]]. It borders into cosplay fetishism, but played for laughs and oddly enough, a heartwarming moment.

The first Arata we meet lives with his grandmother Makari and LikeBrotherAndSister Kotoha in magical world where [[OurGodsAreGreater gods inhibit swords named Hayagami]] and let their [[ChosenOne chosen wielders]], named Shou, use their special powers. Arata is the next in line to become the [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]], the world's ruler. Too bad [[DroppedABridgetOnHim he was born a man]], so he has to [[WholesomeCrossdresser crossdress]] and hope nobody finds out, in which case he will be executed. However, during the crowning ceremony he is not only exposed, [[ItGotWorse but the current princess Kikuri is assassinated and Arata gets the blame]]. As he tries to escape into a mystical forest, he is swallowed by trees.

* HoYay: Not much yet, but Hinohara seems to like Kannagi's transvestite version way too much. Also played with during the Kugura arc, wherein [[spoiler:Kugura falls in love with trannie!Hinohara, much to the latter's chagrin. The BishieSparkle that Kugura views Hinohara with ''after'' they DroppedABridgetOnHim don't help matters much]].

** [[YourMileageMayVary Kadowaki]] may qualify.