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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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4.0

3,5 Sterne

Süße Zusammenfassung der Orcarina of Time Games, das ich nie gespielt habe, aber ziemlich viel davon wusste. Zeichnungen sind gut, für Zelda Fans sicher ansprechend.

Overall, I quite enjoyed this manga. I never played Zelda as a kid, and so I went in to it knowing little to nothing about it. It really gave me Rayman vibes, which is the epitome of my childhood, and so I really enjoyed that.

I thought the art style was really cool, and the drawings were the perfect mixture of cute little ones (baby Dyuk tree was the world's cutest little thing) and awesome, powerful ones of Zelda fighting off enemies (although, some of these were kind of hard to see exactly what was going on in them).

I also really liked the artistic styling of the box layouts, and how it was different on every page. This is only my second manga, and so I'm not sure if its the norm for boxes to be drawn like this, but even if it is, I loved it! Especially when characters would sometimes come out of the box and overlap another, giving them a 3D effect.

The only reason I deducted a star was because the storyline was a bit rushed. I understand and appreciate that they were probably trying to recreate the video-game vibe where as soon as you defeat an enemy, another pops up, and everything seems to be in constant chaos, however on page, I think it would have helped to slow the pacing down ever so slightly outside of the battle scenes.

On the whole though, this was great, and I can't wait to read the next instalment!
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Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This wasn’t what I was expecting. Himekawa Akira takes a lot of liberties with the story but most are understandable—this is a two volume manga trying to tell an epic video game, after all. The artwork is fantastic and the storytelling is genuinely funny, poking fun at some of the plot holes and mistakes in the game, but it speeds through so much of the story that a lot is lost in this medium, not to mention how abrupt or nonexistent the transitions are. Overall, I enjoyed it and it made me desperately want to play the game again. 
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Actual rating: 4.5 stars

I really enjoyed all the extra stuff in this manga collection that you don't get to see in the game. However some of the stuff in the manga happened out of order or in different locations entirely. I am looking forward to the next 4 legendary editions though.

Rating: 4 1/2 stars out of 5
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Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This manga is absolutely amazing! I've never played the Ocarina of Time game but I have played other Zelda games so I'm familiar with the franchise. I loved the story in this, and the artwork really brought the story to life. It makes me wonder if I can get this game on Virtual Console because now I really want to play it!