#Arisa Narumi

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Arisa Narumi Transparents from the Magia Archive

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Requested by @gorochuva

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Character of the day is... Arisa Narumi!

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ROUND 1, Part 36

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Arisa Narumi, Puella Magi's bully-busting badass

Arisa Narumi is a character from the Puella Magi Suzune Magica spinoff. And although Mami Tomoe will always be my favorite Puella Magi character, Arisa is definitely up in my top five.

But why? What's so great about Arisa?

Arisa starts out as a shrinking violet who is brutally bullied, tormented, and beaten at school on a daily basis. So when Kyubey comes into her life? Her wish is obvious.

The day after her wish is granted, a group of girls comes around to mock her and demand tons of money from her or else they'll beat her down. And nervously, she finally speaks up for herself, letting them know that she'd like them to please leave her alone from now on.

They don't respond well. One immediately launches into attacking her. And Arisa? She catches the attacker's fist in midair...

...and slowly CRUSHES it.

The next day, we learn she sent the entire gang of bullies to the hospital. Even Arisa is shocked at her strength. Talk of it spreads throughout the school. The result is that now, she's no longer the pathetic target of everyone's unjustified hatred; now she's feared. And it gives her a confidence she's never experienced before.

It's such a satisfying, powerful turnaround, and it fills me with absolute delight every time I read it.

Now the other students whisper about her in hushed tones. They scurry away when she approaches. She's finally free to live her life, although it's not like any of this earns her any friends. Curious, she thinks, how her an increase in her strength has completely changed the way people interact with her.

But Arisa's newfound confidence soon turns to cockiness. She starts to skip school whenever she feels like, flouts school rules by eating during class, and during a montage we also see her using her newfound strength to rough up some guy—there's no context in the there, so we're left to wonder what he did to provoke this, but we can probably all fucking imagine. (The manga's artist later creates shareda short strip on his Twitter showing Arisa standing up to and beating two men who are sexually harrassing her, so... yeah.)

All of this earns her negative attention from another magical girl in her school—Chisato Shion. Chisato is a pretty strict rule-follower and decides to provoke a fight over it, but when she beats Arisa in combat? Arisa becomes positively suicidal. Poor Arisa felt like the ONLY thing she had going for her was her strength and ability to fight for herself now, and if she can't win a fight? She might as well die; after all, she claims it's not like she has anyone who'd care.

Luckily, Chisato cares. She dextends her hand in friendship, offering to bring Arisa into her own squad of magical girls and help her grow stronger in the process. So concludes the origin of Arisa Narumi.

What else can I say? Arisa's depression, loneliness, vengeful justice— I both relate to and adore it SO HARD. She is an inspiration, frankly.

If I have one complaint about her? It's that, well, her magical girl outfit is a bit tacky for my taste. Of course she can wear whatever she wants, but ultimately, this outfit was designed by a male artist; it wasn't truly chosen by the fictional teenage girl in question, ofc. :P Although it's not as revealing as most of the outfits the girls in Suzune Magica wear—which is a whole other kettle—she's still rocking some sort of weird boob targets, which comes up in damn near EVERY conversation you see about this character. Suffice to say that there's a reason why multiple users such as @thefairywithdrawings and @dullanyan took the time to make costume edits for the Magia Record art of damn near every Suzune Magica character or at least Arisa in particular, respectively.

I suppose that, given that we live in a world where I see girls of all ages walking around daily with similar clothing that puts focal patterns on their breasts and/or butt cheeks (spiral-boob shirts and "JUICY" shorts, anyone?), I can't say it's not realistic... but it feels like carrying that sort of self-sexualization into our fictional teenage girls feels unnecessary and a bit distasteful. You could argue it's representative of Arisa's newfound self-confidence, though?

Ultimately, I'm not going to let one pattern on her outfit define her character. Make no mistake: Arisa Narumi is a badass among magical girls and still an absolute legend in my book.

Keep on crushing bullies' fists, Arisa.

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Top 10 Roles of Kana Ueda: INPO

10. Yoimiya - Genshin Impact

9. Neon Nostrade - Hunter X Hunter 2011

8. Pascal - Tales of Graces

7. Rin Tohsaka - Nasuverse

6. Skyla - Pokémon

5. Arisa Narumi - Magia Record

4. Anastasia Hoshin - Re:Zero

3. Hayate Yagami - Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha

2. Mikan Sakura - Gakuen Alice

1. Sara - Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch

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Favorite Magia Record quest victory quotes 76/91

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Round 1, Match 10

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Arisa Narumi - Puella Magi Suzune Magica

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Tried to do some chibis of my fave 4 ♡

1/4 married, 2/4 dating, come on Aiyuu you guys are next just confess already

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he doesnt look that good chizurun im sorry

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I'm looking forward to this more than I could ever explain

I don't know if the Hiyoko song is about mona, but I hope it is...

Also, a koichiro song is not something I saw coming.

But we have a new Mona and a new Sena song!!

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Narumi Sena/Takamizawa Arisa (Confession Executive Committee)

Important: Please do not vote if you don't know the characters.

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Leila Ibuki, Kokoro Awane

Himika Mao, Kuroe

Kazumi, Jun Kazari

Chisato Shion, Arisa Narumi

Akari Mai, Ebony

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Character Masterpost

Original series: Madoka Kaname Ultimate Madoka Homura Akemi Homura Akemi (glasses/plaits)/Moemura Devil Homura Mami Tomoe Sayaka Miki Kyoko Sakura Hitomi Shizuki Nagisa Momoe

Kazumi Magica: Kazumi Subaru Kaoru Maki Umika Misaki Saki Asami Mirai Wakaba Satomi Usagi Niko Kanna Kanna Hijiri Airi Anri ‘Yuuri’/Yuuri Asuka Ayase/Luca Souju Akane Sumire

Oriko Magica: Oriko Mikuni Kirika Kure Yuma Chitose Sasa Yuuki Komaki Asako Lina Hitomi Mio Miyako Saki Mai Akane Erika Mamiya Koito Asako Akira Namekata Miyuki Nagatsuki Futaba Chihana Masumi

Suzune Magica: Suzune Amano Arisa Narumi Chisato Shion Haruka Kanade Matsuri Hinata Kagari Hinata Tsubaki Mikoto Kanami Honoka

Tart Magica: Tart/Jeanne d’Arc Riz Hawkwood Melissa de Vignolles Eliza Celjska Corbeau Lapin Minou Isabeau Pernelle Fleche Lame

Magia Record: Iroha Tamaki Yachiyo Nanami Tsuruno Yui Sana Futaba Felicia Mitsuki Mifuyu Azusa Touka Satomi Alina Gray Nemu Hiiragi Ui Tamaki Rena Minami Momoko Togame Kaede Akino Karin Misono Kanagi Izumi Mitama Yakumo Tsukuyo Amane Tsukasa Amane Kuroe

Kagome Satori Yuna Kureha Hikaru Kirari Ao Kasane Juri Oba Shizuka Tokime Chiharu Hiroe Sunao Toki Himena Aika Shigure Miyabi Hagumu Azumi San Kagura Miyuri Yukari Lavi/Rabi Himuro Asahi Miura Alexandra Kurusu Urara/Ulala Yume Nayuta Satomi Mikage Yakumo Sudachi Sawa Yozuru Sasame Livia Medeiros Mikoto Sena Tsuyu Mizuna Chizuru

Asuka Tatsuki Kanoko Yayoi Natsuki Utsuho Hinano Miyako Sasara Minagi Nanaka Tokiwa Emiri Kisaki Shizuku Hozumi Akira Shinobu Manaka Kurumi Ria Ami Kako Natsume Meiyui Chun Leila Ibuki Seika Kumi

Mito Aino Kokoro Awane Yukika Nanase Hanna Sarasa Ayaka Mariko Himika Mao Sakuya Suzuka Aimi Eri Tsumugi Wakana Ren Isuzu Konoha Shizumi Hazuki Yusa Ayame Mikuri Masara Kagami Konomi Haruna

Rika Ayano Mayu Kozue Sayuki Fumino Moka Megumi Riko Chiaki Maria Yuki Mel Anna Mikura Komachi Seira Mihono Temari Kira Hotori Yuzuki Meguru Hibiki Eternal Sakura/Sakurako Ranka Chizu Rion Yuzuki

Ryo Midori Chika Aoba Hotaru Yura Kanae Yukino Yuuna Kaharu Jun Kazari Ashley Taylor Ikumi Makino Mitsune Miwa Sae Kirino Rui Mizuki Akari Mai Ryoko Natsu Kushu Irina Kuro Mabayu Aki

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