#takahiro arai

[your-villainous-neighbour]

bringing your attention to Takahiro Arai's sketch of victor hugo:

exquisite.

#considering making this my pfp #actually i will #takahiro arai #les miserables #les mis #victor hugo #les misérables

[sirgawainofgalifrey]

Okay don't come at me for this but I 100% judge any and all Les Mis adaptations almost completely by their design and characterization of Javert.

Like if he's not on point then I'm sorry, I'm done, I can't.

#i love the other characters but still #and also by how much romantic tension there is between him and Jean Valjean #No hes not my favorite character why do you ask? #les mis #les miserables #les amis de l'abc #Javert #jean valjean #valvert #barricade boys #Les Mis manga #les mis arai #takahiro arai #the brick #phillip quast #russel crowe

[readtilyoudie]

Cirque Du Freak Vol 3

#manga(visual)monday #cirque du freak #Daren Shan #the saga of darren shan #darren shan #takahiro arai #larten crepsley #action #horror #paranormal #vampires #manga

[maripr]

I continued feeling under the weather but!!! At least!!! First 3 volumes of the 8 volumes series of Les mis by Arai, in Italian. The one with gorgeous blonde emo bangs Javert!

Now I only need to find the strength to read them (or read at all orz)! Little by little, I'll get there uwu.

#les miserables #les miserables manga #takahiro arai #les mis #les mis manga #personal #my pictures #i love les mis so much sometimes i need to scream it to the universe

[thatbarricadebitch]

Ok so I started reading Takahiro Arai’s Les Mis manga, and I genuinely love it so much.

All the visual symbolism is incredible. I’ve read up to fan times death so far, and it’s just such a great adaptation!!!

It’s clear the artist has a great appreciation for Hugo’s work.

#les mis #les miserables #Juli rambles and raves abt smthn lesmus #les mis manga #takahiro arai

[smhalltheurlsaretaken]

I FOUND THE ENTIRE LES MISERABLES MANGA BY TAKAHIRO ARAI ONLINE YESSSSSSSSS

(one day i'll make a gigantic post/full on presentation about why it's quite literally the best adaptation of Les Misérables ever because I go crayzee every time I read it)

#les misérables #les misérables manga #takahiro arai #i can't stand the les misérables fandom (DNI if you call it 'les mis' lmao) mostly because it's primarily a musical fandom #it has 0 of the mindset of the book itself (DNI if you call it 'the brick' lmao) but exactly the same energy as the hamilton fandom #(see: drawing bisexual thomas jefferson in a cutesy anime binder vs the friends of the ABC headcanons/incorrect quotes) #anyway gatekeeping is okay as long as i'm doing it and it's about les misérables #my point being: i don't like adaptations that aren't directly sucking on the very ESSENCE of victor hugo's text and the manga does that #the manga is a gift to me specifically #the manga GETS It #not any manga tho i know there are a couple of those #but arai's manga #it's so fricking good #IT GETS ALL THE SYMBOLISM AND PUTS SOME MORE IN THERE IN THE EXACT RIGHT PLACES #JEAN VALJEAN LITERALLY GETS BORN AGAIN FGHJHGFGHJHGFHJ #THE CHARACTERS' SOULS SHOW UP AS ANIMALS

[writtenbyleguin]

does any1 know where i can read the full les mis manga by arai online please i'm desperate&broke

#les mis #les mis manga #takahiro arai

[graphicpolicy]

Review: Les Misérables the Manga Omnibus Vol. 1

Les Misérables the Manga Omnibus Vol. 1 is an excellent adaptation with some fantastic art #comics #comicbooks #manga #graphicnovel

The Les Misérables the Manga Omnibus Vol. 1 collects the first two volumes of the manga series. It’s a fantastic depiction of the Victor Hugo classic with impressive visuals that really add to the characters. Based on the novel by: Victor HugoStory: Takahiro AraiArt: Takahiro AraiTranslation: Adrienne BeckAdaptation: Molly TanzerLetterer: Aidan Clarke Get your copy now! To find a comic shop…

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#adrienne beck #aidan clarke #les miserables #les miserables the manga #manga #molly tanzer #seven seas entertainment #takahiro arai #victor hugo

[hayzeydayzey]

Reworking of Arai Les Mis panels for funsies!!

#marius pontmercy #courfeyrac #les miserables #les mis #victor hugo #arai takahiro #manga #comic #les amis de l'abc #art #traditional art #graphite #my art #courfius

[justgayrevolutionnaries]

The Arai manga >>>>> any on-screen adaptation ever

You can argue with the wall

#les mis #les miserables #arai manga #takahiro arai les mis #les amis de l'abc #les miserables manga #les mis manga #the brick #victor hugo #les mis movie

[secretmellowblog]

Les Mis Hidden Name Meanings: “Fantine” (posting here because it got popular on TikTok)

Every character in Les Mis has a name with a deeper symbolic meaning— here’s a video I made for the official @barricadescon TikTok about the meaning behind “Fantine!”

Transcript and Digressions I left out of the video, under the cut:

Every charcater’s name in Les Mis is either a pun, a reference to a historical/mythological figure, or had some deep symbolic meaning — and sometimes it’s all of them at on.

The name “Fantine” comes from the french word “enfantine” or “childike, infant-like.” Her name basically means “Baby.” And obviously this speaks to her innocence and niavetee. But also “baby” is kind of,.,, well it sounds more like an informal term of endearment than an actual legal name?

And that’s because– Plot twist– Fantine isn’t her legal name! What is her legal name? She doesn’t have one.

And the reason she doesn’t have one is directly tied to political turmoil of the era she was born into.

Fantine grew up an orphan living on the streets, without a family without parents. Hugo tells us the origin of her name:

“she bore on her brow the sign of the anonymous and the unknown. (...)She was called Fantine. Why Fantine? She had never borne any other name. At the epoch of her birth the Directory still existed. She had no family name; she had no family; no baptismal name; the Church no longer existed. She bore the name which pleased the first random passer-by, who had encountered her, when a very small child, running bare-legged in the street. She received the name as she received the water from the clouds upon her brow when it rained.”

This moment is adapted beautifully in the Manga adaptation by Takahiro Arai, which I recommend to anyone who loves Les mis, manga, or any combination of those things.

But now let’s talk about the Directory.

To wildly oversimplifly a lot of complex history: Before the French Revolution, the Catholic Church’s records of baptismal ceremonies were often used as a registry of people’s legal names. During the French Revolution, the Revolutionary government– including the Directory– put in place a series of policies we now call “dechristianization,” where they attempted to dismantle the power of Catholic church.

Fantine was born during the age of these dechristianization policies. So she was never baptised, her baptismal name was never recorded, so she has no recorded legal or family name. She’s slipped through the cracks of the legal system, and ended up completely anonymous.

It sets Fantine up as this anonymous child of the Revolution– a stand in for everyone who was left behind when the Revolution was left behind, and kings were restored to the throne.

Fantine’s namelessness is meant to show atomized . How she has NO support system. She has nothing to connect her to other people, nothing to connect her to a support system.

Finally, the way Fantine tends to “slip through the cracks” is something that follows her throughout her life. When she’s fired from her job at a factory, Maroy Madeleine never learns of it– Fantine has this tendency to overlooked and forgotten. She is born anonymous and she dies anonymous. At the end of the story, she is buried in an unmarked grave, with not even the name “Fantine” on her headstone.

It ties into novel’s questions about which people we consider worth remembering, whose lives are worth being records.

And obviously Fantine is not the only character in Les Mis whose name has a deeper symbolic meaning. If you have any other Les Mis character names you’d like to explain, leave their name in the comments below.

Thank you for watching!

From the description of the original tiktok, here are some things that were left out of the video for time:

How this all relates to Cosette’s name(s)

Fantine’s nickname “The Blonde,” and how this relates to the way she’s dehumanized by Tholomyes

How the 2018 Bbc series fundamentally misunderstands Fantine’s character, and how one sign of this is that they give her a full legal first and last name

How Fantine’s name shows up/is revealed is significant parts of the story (like when Valjean reveals her signature on a letter to Thenardier, allowing him to take Cosette away)

How Fantine’s inability to write ties into the way it’s difficult for her to record her own story

How some of Valjean’s last words are revealing Fantine’s name to Cosette

Thanks again for reading!

#les mis #les miserables #Fantine #:3 #tiktok #barricades con

[your-villainous-neighbour]

can't stop thinking abt takahiro arai's evaluation of jean and javert's dynamic, coupled with the massive bold "LOVE IT!!!" at the bottom

exactly, mr arai.

exactly.

#he gets it better than anyone ever has or ever will #jean valjean #police inspector javert #javert #valvert #jean x javert #jean valjean x javert #les mis #les miserables #takahiro arai #les mis manga

[yirafter]

Jean Valjean and Javert

I really like the description of Javert and Jean Valjean in Les Misérables painted by Takahiro Arai.

#javert #valvert #jean valjean #les miserables #les mis #my fanart #les mis fanart

[readtilyoudie]

Cirque du Freak Vol 2

#halloween booktacular #manga(visual)monday #cirque du freak #darren shan #takahiro arai #larten crepsley #action #horror #paranormal #manga

[maripr]

I think takahiro arai should do more Victor Hugo manga adaptations, you know as a treat. Just imagining that version of Notre dame or the man who laughs...

#takahiro arai #les mis manga #victor hugo #notre dame the paris #the man who laughs #l'homme qui rit #les Miserables #the hunchback of notre dame #speaking of notre dame i did have part 1 of a graphic novel adaptation #should maybe search for the rest

[erosyrup]

Had these sketches of Anime-eyed Enjolras in my files for months. Inspired by Takahiro Arai's incredible Enjolras.

#enjolras having big ol eyes is so important to me #👁👄👁 #les mis #les mis fanart #enjolras #enjolras fanart #syrup art tag