History Manga / AkatsukiNoAria

* HotForStudent: Shiroyuki loves Aria, but cannot date her because he's her teacher and he's married to an IllGirl. [[spoiler: And later he dies of his own illnesss.]]
* IllGirl: Two of these:
** [[spoiler: Aria turns out to have [[CareerEndingInjury a serious hand injury]] that leaves her unable to play piano. She still has her gorgeous singing voice, however.]]
** Also Shirayuki's wife Kimie, who is hospitalized due to her illness. [[spoiler: She [[DyingAlone dies alone]] when Shirayuki is helping Aria because of her wounded hand, [[MistakenForCheating and many people believe he was fooling around with Aria while poor Kimie was dying]].]]

* {{Yandere}}: What Beniko ''actually'' is. [[spoiler: She snaps and ''[[KnifeNut stabs]] Natsuo'' at some point, leaving him unable to join Aria in her trip to Europe]]

''Akatsuki no Aria'' (''Aria at Dawn'') is a manga by Creator/MichiyoAkaishi, dated to the tumultuous and ever-changing Japan of the ''Taisho'' era (1912-1926). It was released in 14 volumes, [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes but there are scanlations only up to volume 3 in English]].

* PluckyGirl: Aria, and holy shit how. The plot bends over to break her, but she keeps going on.

Not to be confused with ''Manga/AkatsukiNoYona'', ''VideoGame/AkatsukiBlitzkampf'', or ''LightNovel/AriaTheScarletAmmo'' (''Hidan no Aria'').

* HotForStudent: Shiroyuki loves Aria, but cannot date her because he's her teacher [[YourCheatingHeart and he's married]] to an IllGirl. [[spoiler: And later he dies of his own illnesss.]]

* {{Yandere}}: What Beniko ''actually'' is. [[spoiler: She snaps and ''[[KnifeNut stabs]] Natsuo'' at some point, leaving him unable to join Aria in her trip to Europe]]
* YourCheatingHeart: While Shirayuki never outright cheats on Kimie with Aria, he still harbors romantic feelings for the latter and feels ''horrible'' about it. [[spoiler: When it turns out he has tuberculosis, he refers to it as his punishment for not having taken care of Kimie properly.]]

From then on, Aria starts living her life in Tokyo and honing her piano playing skills so she can become the best pianist. Her love life, however, begins to get heated -- not only she finds her half-brother Natsuo Nishimikado, the rightful heir to her father's state, but she begins to ''fall for him''! Not to mention, her teacher Shiroyuki also starts developing more-than-platonic feelings for her, '''and''' soon she is publically presented to the Tokyo society as a member of the Nishimikado clan -- which also marks her and Natsuo discovering what their bond actually is. What follows is a ComingOfAge story with lots of romance, confrontations and discoveries...

Not to be confused with ''Manga/AkatsukiNoYona'', ''VideoGame/AkatsukiBlitzkampf'', or ''LightNovel/AriaTheScarletAmmo''.

* ImperialJapan: The story takes place in 1923, [[spoiler: which includes the charas going through the Great Kanto Earthquake that destroyed Tokyo.]]

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Natsuo's younger sister [[SpoiledBrat Ayako]].

* BrotherSisterIncest: The main couple, Aria and Mikado, are half-siblings from their father's side. [[spoiler: [[NotBloodSiblings Except not]]: Aria's actual father is a foreigner musician who was an acquintance of Mr. Nishimikado, and Aria later starts searching for him]].

* CoolBigSis: Shouko is this for Aria.

* LoveDodecahedron: Aria loves Natsuo. Natsuo loves her back. Shiroyuki-sensei, Tsukio, Daidouji and others love Aria. Shouko, Beniko and others love Natsuo.

* BrotherSisterIncest: The main couple, Aria and Mikado, are half-siblings from their father's side. [[spoiler: [[NotBloodSiblings Except not]]: Aria's actual father is a foreigner, and Aria later starts searching for him]].

Not to be confused with ''Manga/AkatsukiNoYona'' or ''LightNovel/AriaTheScarletAmmo''.

Not to be confused with ''Manga/AkatsukiNoYona'' or ''LightNovel/HidanNoAria''.

Not to be confused with ''Manga/AkatsukiNoYona'' or ''Manga/HidanNoAria''.

Not to be confusing with ''Manga/AkatsukiNoYona'' or ''Manga/HidanNoAria''.

* MommyIssues: Aria has ''huge'' problems with how, in her opinion, her mother only "waited" around for the man she loved. [[spoiler: And then Mrs. Kanbara dies after being gravely wounded in the Great Kanto Earthquake, leaving Aria quite sad... and leading her to realize that her mom's deals weren't ''that'' simple. (She ''always'' knew that her lover/Aria's actual father would never return to her.)]]

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Natsuo's younger sister Ayako

* FirstGirlWins: The whole story was sealed by Natsuo and Aria meeting as children.

* IllGirl: [[spoiler: Aria turns out to have [[CareerEndingInjury a serious hand injury]] that leaves her unable to play piano. She still has her gorgeous singing voice, however.]]

* KimonoIsTraditional: Aria wears ''hakama'' all the time, a JustifiedTrope since ''hakamas'' were used as school uniforms for girls. [[spoiler: Her mother's favorite kimono becomes her TragicKeepsake after her mom dies, [[ChekhovsGun and it's a clue on who her actual father is]].]] Also, Ayako and Beniko are always wearing kimonos.

* YourCheatingHeart: While Shirayuki never outright cheats on Kimie with Aria, he does still harbor romantic feelings for the latter and he feels ''horrible'' about it. [[spoiler: When it turns out he has tuberculosis, he refers to it as his punishment for not having taken care of Kimie properly.]]

The protagonist of this story is a young girl named Aria Kanbara, the illegitimate daughter of a rich man and a former geisha. Aria herself is beautiful, stubborn, emotional, ambitious, and specially ''blessed'' with an incredible potential for piano playing and singing. She wants nothing more than getting away from her very severe mother and start making it big in the world, and her chance comes in when she applies to the Tokyo Music Academy.

* ArrangedMarriage: Aria and Natsuo find themselves engaged to either marry or date [[PrincelyYoungMan Daidouji]] and [[{{Yandere}} Beniko]] respectively.

* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler: Natsuo's father dies at some point, making him swear that he and Aria will be LikeBrotherandSister]]. Additionally, [[spoiler: Aria's actual father left her mother to return to Europe, and Aria sets out to find him.]]

* IllGirl: [[spoiler: Aria turns out to have [[HeroicRROD a serious hand injury]] that leaves her unable to play piano. She still has her gorgeous singing voice, however.]]\\
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Also Shirayuki's wife Kimie, who is hospitalized due to her illness. [[spoiler: She dies alone in the hospital when Shirayuki is helping Aria because of her wounded hand, [[MistakenForCheating and many people believe he was fooling around with Aria while poor Kimie was dying]].]]

* MommyIssues: Aria has ''huge'' problems with how, in her opinion, her mother only "waited" around for the man she loved. [[spoiler: And then Mrs. Kanbara dies after being gravely wounded in the Great Kanto Earthquake, leaving Aria quite sad... and leading her to realize that her mom's deals weren't ''that'' simple.]]

* WickedStepmother: While Mrs. Nishimikado isn't as throughly evil as other cases, she still treats Aria with disdain. [[spoiler: When her husband dies, she tells Aria that she'll pay for her education but will never let her into the family home again.]]

* LoveDodecahedron: Aria loves Natsuo. Natsuo loves her backj. Shiroyuki-sensei, Tsukio, Daidouji and others love Aria. Shouko, Benio and others love Natsuo.

* MommyIssues: Aria has ''huge'' problems with how, in her opinion, her mother only "waited" around for the man she loved. [[spoiler: And then Mrs. Kanbara dies after being gravely wounded in the Great Kanto Earthquake, leaving Aria quite sad... and leading her to realize that her mom's weren't ''that'' simple.]]

The protagonist of this story is a young girl named Aria Kanbara, the illegitimate daughter of a rich man and a former geisha; Aria herself is beautiful, stubborn, emotional and she's specially ''blessed'' with an incredible potential for piano playing and singing. She wants nothing more than getting away from her very severe mother and start making it big in the world, and her chance comes in when she applies to the Tokyo Music Academy.

From then on, Aria starts living her life in Tokyo and honing her piano playing skills so she can become the best pianist. Her love life, however, begins to get heated -- not only she finds her half-brother Natsuo Nishimikado, the rightful heir to her father's state, but she begins to ''fall for him''! Not to mention, her teacher Shiroyuki also starts developing more-than-platonic feelings '''and''' she is publically presented to the Tokyo society as a member of the Nishimikado clan -- which also marks her and Natsuo discovering what their bond actually is. What follows is a ComingOfAge story with lots of romance, confrontations and discoveries...

* ElegantClassicalMusician: Aria's goal is to become this, and not only she's pretty enough but she has enough talent to [[spoiler: completely switch from piano to opera singing when she can't play anymore.]]

Also Shirayuki's wife Kimie, who is hospitalized due to her illness. [[spoiler: She dies alone in the hospital when Shirayuki is helping Aria because of her hand, [[MistakenForCheating and many people believe he was fooling around with Aria while poor Kimie was dying]].]]

* LoveDodecahedron: Aria loves Natsuo. Natsuo, Shiroyuki-sensei, Tsukio, Daidouji and others love Aria. Shouko, Benio and others love Natsuo.

* MommyIssues: Aria has ''huge'' problems with how, in her opinion, her mother only "waited" around for the man she loved. [[spoiler: And then Mrs. Kanbara dies after being gravely wounded in the Great Kanto Earthquake, leaving Aria quite sad...]]

* YamatoNadeshiko: Subverted with Beniko Kujou, Natsuo's fiancée. She looks the part eerily well with her dark hair and super beautiful kimonos -- but she's also rude, arrogant and stuck-up. So much that Aria and Ayako team up in their shared dislike of her, Aria slaps her at some point, [[spoiler: Natsuo calls of the engagement... and see below for what she does later.]]

* YamatoNadeshiko: Subverted with Beniko Kujou, Natsuo's fiancée. She looks the part eerily well with her dark hair and super beautiful kimonos -- but she's also rude, arrogant and stuck-up. So much that Aria and Ayako team up in their shared dislike of her.
* {{Yandere}}: What Beniko ''actually'' is. [[spoiler: She even stabs Natsuo at some point, leaving him unable to join Aria in her trip to Europe]]

* KimonoIsTraditional: Aria wears ''hakama' all the time. [[spoiler: Her mother's favorite kimono becomes her TragicKeepsake after her mom dies, [[ChekhovsGun and it's a clue on who her actual father is]].]]

* KimonoIsTraditional: Aria is often seen a ''hakama''. [[spoiler: Her mother's favorite kimono becomes her TragicKeepsake after her mom dies, [[ChekhovsGun and it's a clue on who her actual father is]].]]

* BrotherSisterIncest: The main couple, Aria and Mikado, are half-siblings from their father's side. [[spoiler: [[NotBloodSiblings Except not]]: Aria's actual father is a foreigner, and Aria later starts seatching for him]].

* IllGirl: [[spoiler: Aria turns out to have [[HeroicRROD a serious hand injury]] that leaves her unable to play piano. She still has her gorgeous singing voice, then.]]

* {{Yandere}}: Beniko, a girl whom Natsuo almost married. [[spoiler: She even stabs Natsuo at some point, leaving him unable to join Aria in her trip to Europe]]

* LovingAShadow: [[spoiler: Tsukio's French girlfriend, whom he dates because she is Aria's IdentialStranger.]]