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The Legend of Zelda manga are a series of manga created by based on the Legend of Zelda videogame series. Though Akira Himekawa (姫川明) is the one who makes them, they are considered to be official manga for the videogames. The protagonist is Link or a descendant of him. Due to an apparent low demand there are no future plans to translate this manga into English and release it outside of Japan.

A Link to the Past

Three separate novelizations were made for the game, each with unqiue characters and touches to the game's storyline.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Graphic Novel

It was created as a serial comic for Nintendo Power magazine by the acclaimed manga author Shotaro Ishinomori, and later collected in graphic novel form, this told an alternate version of the events from ALttP. Though Link starts out a hapless, bumbling kid, caught up in something bigger than he ever imagined, he displays great courage and ultimately proves himself a determined and competent adventurer. This telling portrays Link's parents as Knights of Hyrule, lost to the Dark World. And Link becomes a werewolf instead of a bunny.

Original Characters
*Epheremelda: Link's fairy guide and companion. She has an annoying crush on Link.
*Roam: A descendant of the Knights of Hyrule who fought in the imprisoning war. A master of archery, hee is intent on killing Ganon by finding the Silver Arrows. Roam can turn himself into a hawk-like monster. (His basic design was modeled after Jet Link/002 from Ishinomori's first successful creation, Cyborg 009.)
Chapters
*Chapter 1: Hero's Awakening
*Chapter 2: Wise Man's Warning
*Chapter 3: The Book of Mudora
*Chapter 4: The Master Sword
*Chapter 5: An Old Enemy
*Chapter 6: A Fool In The Shape of a Tree
*Chapter 7: Zora's Mask
*Chapter 8: Roam, The Mystery Knight
*Chapter 9: Wizzrobe's Trap
*Chapter 10: To Turtle Rock...And Zelda!
*Chapter 11: Ganon's Tower
*Chapter 12: The Final Battle

Triforce of the Gods

The most recent and shortest manga, it is considered as more 'official' than the others as it was done by Akira Himegawa. In it's telling, Agahnim is revealed was a friend of Link's father. Agahnim took to magic and learned how to break the Seal of the Sages, being recuited to Ganon's services. When confronted by his friend, Agahnim killed him and his wife.

Original Characters
*Ganty: A thief whose troupe were killed by Hyrulian Knights. She befriended Link until she learned he was a descendant of the knights, but only time she learned the man who raised her was a Hyrulian Knight too, as she originated from Hyrule as a descendant of the Hyrulian Knights herself, carrying an arrowhead, part of the Silver Arrow. She took on the form of a fox in the Dark World and was turned into Trinexx by Agahnim to fight Link. She helped in the final battle against Ganon.

Chapters
*Prolouge
*Act 1: A Voice
*Act 2: Legend
*Act 3: Sacrifice
*Act 4: A Link to the Past

Ocarina of Time by Akira Himekawa

Released in 1998, it is an interesting adaptation of the classic videogame. There are two parts to this manga: こども編 (Child Saga) and おとな編 (Adult Saga). The protagonist is Link either as a child or an adult (こどもリンク or おとなリンク, respectively) and during the course of the book he is on his quest to stop Ganondorf (がノンドロフ) from taking over Hyrule (ハイリア). Princess Zelda (ゼルだ姫) is helping him on his quest. The book follows the same plot basically as the game. There are ten chapters in the first book, and eight in the second one. Some of the added information in the comic may not be official; for example, pierces ears is a traditional rite of Sheikah passage.

Chapters(Child)
*1. The Deku Tree's Crisis: Link gets ragged on by Mido on not being a true Kokiri. Later that night, the Great Deku Tree is attacked by the Armored Parasite Queen Gohma. He sends Navi to get Link for him...
*2. Link Sets off: Link and Mido venture into the Great Deku Tree to fight Queen Gohma. They manage to defeat her, forcing her to regress to her original beetle-state. But despite it, the Great Deku Tree still dies, though he reveals to Link that he must stop the evil man responsible for this act from obtaining the Triforce...
*3. The Mysterious Triforce: On the Great Deku Tree's instructions, Link journeys to Hyrule in search of Princess Zelda. However, he gets in trouble over the matter of taking food without paying. But a mysterious girl saves Link and offers to help him find Zelda if he spends a day playing with her. But the two part when a group of Gerudo mercenaries show up after the girl. Losing her in the chaos, Link eventually travels to Hyrule Castle on his own only to find out the girl he met was Zelda herself and the identity of the evil man who sent Gohma, Ganondorf...
*4. Search for the Spiritual Stone of Flame: Learning the location of Goron Ruby, Link sets off for Death Mountain. On the way, Link attracts a colt with his Ocarina which allows him to reach Death Mountain much faster. Once there however, the keeper of the ruby, Goron chief Darunia, refuses to part with the gem. That is unless Link defeats the Dodongo King that is preventing the Gorons from getting their food supply...
*5. Jabu Jabu's Stomach: Obtaining the Goron Ruby, Link ends up at Lon Lon Ranch where the colt Epona lives. There he meets Malon and the giant owl Kaepora Gaebora, an old friend of the Great Deku Tree. The owl carries link to Zora's Domain where the final gem, the Zora Sapphire, is; however, the holder of it, Princess Ruto, was swallowed by Lord Jabu-Jabu, the Zora's guardian deity whom she is in charge of caring for. Link gets swallow himself and faces Barinade. After defeating the monster, it turns out Ruto was hiding because she had no interest in the arranged marriage her father set up...
*6. The Hero of Time is Born: With three jewels, Link returns to Hyrule, which is now under attack by Ganondorf and his monsters. In the midst of the chaos, Zelda and Impa escape, but not before the princess throws the Ocarina of Time to Link. Ganondorf tries to take it from Link after easily defeating him, but he takes the ocarina Saria gave to Link by mistake. With the Ocarina, Link decides to get the Triforce himself before Ganondorf does. He finds the Master Sword and takes it out, only to be placed in suspended animation for seven years. As revealed to him by the Sage Rauru, while Link was suspended Ganondorf took the Triforce and plunged Hyrule into darkness. Link also learns of his true heritage as a Hyrulian. Now Link must wake the other five Sages to stop Ganondorf...

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