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As stated on the synopsis page: '''''HERO''''' is a story about a perfectly ordinary boy with no memory of the past and no urgency for the future, who one day accepts a most extraordinary offer to travel to distant places and invisible cities.
It is a fantasy [[Web Comic]] with allegorical overtones, written and drawn by Malaysian artist Hwei-Lin Lim. Its plot follows the travels of the boy as he sets out to see the world and attempts to answer lingering questions about his identity. Currently it spans over 270 pages of a planned 300-some. The first page is [http://invisiblecities.comicgenesis.com/001.html here].
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Hwei Lin Lim acknowledges influence by Italo Calvino (see: [[Invisible Cities|cities invisible]] and otherwise), Albert Camus (see: absurd heroes), and the Japanese band Mr. Children -- specifically their single ''Hero'', which originally inspired the creation of the webcomic.
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* [[A Boy and His X]] -- {{spoiler|Averted, although the initial act(s) somewhat set the reader up to expect A Boy and His Cat.}} See: the image on this page, which is clipped from the end of the first act.▼
* [[Alt Text]] -- Narration and dialogue in one Alty package!
* [[Animal Motifs]] -- In abundance, pertaining both to individual characters (the Serpent is a pretty obvious example) and to recurring metaphors such as cats and dogs.
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** The creator had planned for it to be a black and white comic, which is why it starts out monochrome, and gradually segues into full color.
* [[The Beautiful Elite]]: Women are alluring, men are handsome, children are adorable. Unless they're not meant to be.
▲* [[A Boy and His X]] -- {{spoiler|Averted, although the initial act(s) somewhat set the reader up to expect A Boy and His Cat.}} See: the image on this page, which is clipped from the end of the first act.
* [[Cast of Snowflakes]]: No two faces look alike. Even siblings are easily distinguishable from each other.
* [[Cool Horse]]:
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* [[Mood Whiplash]] -- The adjacent acts "City of Delight" and "City of Despair" are so named for a ''reason'', but even with advance warning the whiplash is pretty jarring.
* [[Nameless Narrative]] -- It's not just the protagonist who goes without a name and/or a capitalized title. We have the witch, the priest, the fisherman...
* [[Odd
* [[Oh Crap]] -- Several such moments, actually. Valentine realizing that D'Urfe's people are following them from the air, the protagonist and Valentine running into Ganymar and Juno just when they think they've escaped the enormous monster...
* ...OurMonstersAreDifferent -- Golems, gods, various implicit weresomethings...
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* [[Scenery Porn]] -- At times, heartbreakingly atmospheric and watercoloresque scenery porn.
* [[Schedule Slip]] -- Remarkable for commonly having delays of weeks or even months, but fortunately neither dying nor noticeably slipping in quality.
* [[Shout
* [[Slice of Life]] -- How the story begins and what it seems to be for a while.
* [[Soul Jar]] -- Of the first subtype (and not without negative consequences), these are possessed by more than one character, including a main player: {{spoiler|Valentine, the red rider, and possibly all the demons.}}
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* [[Title Drop]] -- A buildup from page 120 leads to a [[Tear Jerker|sad and nearly-literal example]] on page 125.
* [[War Is Hell]] -- It killed {{spoiler|Eira, for one}}, and what may or may not have been a different war killed {{spoiler|Eira's parents}}.
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* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]] -- The Serpent's answer: He's not meant to protect humans, he's meant to protect people -- and people are individuals who have "made spaces between each other."
* [[X Meets Y]] -- One reviewer, whose website unfortunately no longer exists, described HERO as "''[[The Little Prince]]'' if it had been written by [[Neil Gaiman]], set in the world of ''[[Final Fantasy]] VIII'' and illustrated by [[Yoshitaka Amano]]."
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[[Category:Fantasy Webcomics]]
▲[[Category:HERO]]
▲[[Category:Web Comic]]
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