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The Legend of Zelda, Vol. 9: A Link to the Past

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I have all of the Zelda graphic novels so far, and I've played all of the games. LTP was always one of my favorites and it had a deep enough story to become a novelization without needing to be changed too much. Unfortunately, the writers took a lot of liberties and ended up losing a lot of the game's storyline in the process. They made a lot of changes, for example, to the story of the flute boy, made Blind totally different, and didn't really touch on the Light/Dark World principles very much. That's only naming a few. To be fair, though, maybe they didn't have enough space to do so, since it was only one volume. For its time, LTP had a very engrossing storyline, and it wasn't transcribed very well here. They also added a new character that was okay but could have been left out completely.

The artwork, however, was beautiful and was like the artwork for the drawings for the game. I've loved all of the Zelda graphic novels so far, and despite what I just said I did enjoy it enough that I'm glad I got it. It's just that rabid LTP fans might be a bit disappointed.

You have the main components of "A Link to the Past", but gracious, what deviation! If you love the original LttP exactly as it was/is (as I do), you WILL be disappointed. On its own merit, though, it's not too bad; just forget it's supposed to be based on the legendary game.

The story really moves quickly once it starts. The dungeons and their classic bosses (which have, for the most part, been substituted with non-malevolent entities) are covered in a few brief pages -- yep, just a few pages. Instead of attending to the original story, "Akira Himekawa" invested in characters that didn't/don't exist in the original story. Sucks. To the author's credit, however, she does propose interesting background for the original story.

Great illustration, though sometimes it's goofy. Since this is kids' manga, I guess that's inevitable. Most of the characters are very accurate, but Zelda looks like an anime fairy (or some similar crap). Again, the trick to enjoying this is not to compare it to the original LttP.

Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is a wonderful adaption of the famous game. The art work is inspiring and really brings to life the characters we know and love, along with some new Original Characters. I love all the manga adaptions and highly recommend adding this one to your collection.

I consider myself a very dedicated Zelda fan. About once a year I wind up playing through several of them and one of my favorite's has always been 'A Link to the Past'. I was thrilled to see a Manga adaptation had been made as I enjoyed the 'Ocarina of Time' Manga 2-parter so very much. Sadly everything the 'Ocarina' Manga got right this adaptation got wrong. The art is wonderful but fails to capture the settings from its source material. Whereas the 'Ocarina' Manga brought Hyrule to life (look at Link's village, it's EXACTLY as depicted in the game) this version barely resembles anything from the actual game itself. The plot is mess. It deviates from the original game in many, many ways, the most absurd being the introduction of a new female character who sports a modern star tattoo on her cheek, looking very out of place in a Zelda setting. Perhaps this story could been better served in two parts. The flute boy story, one of the saddest from the original game, retains a little similarity from its original version but not much. If you're coming into this story fresh chances are you'll love this book. The dialogue and character development are fairly stiff, even for a book aimed at teens, and when compared to the 'Ocarina' version (written by the same author) it just doesn't hold up. If you're a diehard fan of the original game steer clear of this one. It shares a few things with the game upon which it is based, but not many. Had I not read the awesome 'Ocarina' series before this one I may not have been as let down, but as I read this book I found myself wondering if the writer had even played the game.

Whenever I think about "Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past", I hear "You Are Not Alone" playing in my head, which I guess I know why since it mentioned about being lonely a few times in this manga.
Akira Himekawa was brave enough to insert an original character, Ghanti, into here. She was interesting, but I know there are some who think that said character wasn't needed.

Even though I never was able to play the game (I was pretty young when it came out, actually), it was obvious that the story was shortened down. At times, things would go fast while others tend to drag on and on.

Link, in this story, is not a little boy, but rather a teenager. He's a sweet boy, learning to "be a man" and, of course, save the world and all of mankind.

I enjoy reading this when I'm upset since it makes me feel happy on the inside thanks to Link's character.

"Final Chapter!"? That seems to be wrong, since it was announced that the next Akira Himekawa LoZ manga will be released in September.
"The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass".

Still, I really liked it and I hope you guys will as well! : )

As all the Zelda Manga collection its a retold storyline of the game with some brief turns and new characters that enrich zelda's world, don't wait u are going to read how link resolves each dungeon puzzle he encounters, only that some more action wouldn't harm anyone, but whats done its done and the artwork is great!!!!!! some if u are a zelda fan this is a must have, enjoy ur reading!!!

My kids are great Legend of Zelda fans and love this series. The newest book didn't disappoint them!