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Most of the manga are written in Japanese and have been fan-subbed on the internet for people to read, like at [http://www.zeldalegends.net/index.php?n=manga Zelda Legends]. Official English translations have been released, one every few months, since 2008.

* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]: Link's Logbook'', a collection of humorous Yonkoma (4-panel strips) rather than an adaptation.

 

 

== General ==

* [[Adaptation Distillation]]

* [[This Cannot Be!]]: Some villains when they're defeated in the adaptions made by Akira Himekawa.

* [[This Is Unforgivable!]]: The adaptations made by Akira Himekawa seem to admire this trope. Link calmly declares this to Ganondorf in Part 1 of ''Ocarina of Time'' after being forced to kill his old friend Volvagia in order to free him from Ganon's curse and awaken Darunia as the Sage of Fire. He also shouts this at Agahnim in ''A Link to the Past'' as he absorbs his magic with the Master Sword and sends it right back at him after he sends Zelda to the Dark World encased in a crystal as part of a sacrifice ritual to open a portal to said realm itself.

 

== The Legend Of Zelda - Yuu Mishouzaki ==

* [[Adaptational Attractiveness]]: Impa is decades younger then she was in the source games.

* [[Adaptational Badass]]: Zelda. She received quite a bit of [[Xenafication]].

* [[Bloodier and Gorier]]: Let's just say that the demons don't eff around. The manner in which Pell and Gray's parents died is ''horrific''.

* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: The character designs are wildly different from any game version of the characters. Link is considerably less heroic then in other adaptations and in the games, and he doesn't wear his iconic tunic (instead he wears overalls). {{spoiler|Link is a half-elf. Link and Zelda are brother and sister.}}

* [[Eye Scream]]: So much, it occasionally looks like [[Berserk]] with different main characters.

 

== [[A Link to The Past]] - Multiple Versions ==

* [[Dark World]]: The [[Trope Namer]] world of ''[[A Link to The Past]]'', of course.

* [[Death by Adaptation]]: {{spoiler|In all three manga adaptations, Link's uncle remains dead at the end of the story and is not revived.}}

* [[Legacy Character]]: The Master Sword's guardian is strongly implied to be a hero from centuries in the past who had previously wielded the Master Sword.

* [[Named by the Adaptation]]: Link's uncle is given the name Zanji in the manga.

* [[The Rival]]: Rasuka was always fighting duels with Link since they were children and even when they go on a quest to save Hyrule together, they still end up competing against each other.

* [[This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself]]: Rasuka and Leader walk in on Link's fight against Agahnim, but stand aside to let Link fight Agahnim himself.

* [[Blood Knight]]: Master Drona, the Hinox warrior, fights Link for the enjoyment of fighting.

* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Felicia, the [[Tsundere]] [[Fairy Companion]]. She's another Canon Foreigner fairy companion that predates Navi. There are also several original villains like Karuna, the Moblin swordsman, and Master Drona, the Hinox warrior.

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: There seems to be a G-rated equivalent of [[Did You Just Have Sex?]] during a [http://www.otakuworks.com/view/87922/the-legend-of-zelda-links-awakening/vol-01/read/140 dialog exchange between Link and Felicia]. Of course, that isn't what actually happened, this is a Nintendo game after all.

* [[Girl Next Door]]: Interpretations of Marin in the game range from exotic islander to girl next door, the manga goes heavily into a girl next door interpretation.

* [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]: Link's fight against Volvagia is presented as this. {{spoiler|It only regains its memories after Link injuries it fatally.}}

* [[Ship Tease]]: Link with just about every main female character in his age group: Saria, Zelda, Malon, Ruto (although he does seem to be leaning towards Zelda). [[Lampshaded]] by Navi:

** Even Navi herself got some with him. Her last line is different from the games a bit, and seems to portray attraction, which is [[Word of God|canon in the games]].

* [[Shoot the Dog]]: {{spoiler|Volvagia was changed to be Link's childhood pet in the manga and Link's fight with Volvagia who has been brainwashed by Ganon is presented as a Shoot The Dog moment.}}

* [[Prequel]]: The ''Majora's Mask'' manga includes a bonus story illustrating the creation of the titular mask.

* [[Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory]]: Link and Tatl are the only ones to experience it.

* [[This Is Unforgivable!]]: Link's reaction to Majora's Mask vagabonding the Skull Kid after he said the mask was his only friend, calling him worthless and trying to kill him. To put this in perspective, Majora's Mask gives Link the Fierce Deity's Mask (going by it's Japanese name the "Oni Mask") and tells him to become the oni a game of tag (Japanese terms for someone being "it"), and he agrees to the idea without a second thought.

* [[Tsundere]]: Tatl is a Type A example, as she was in the game.

 

== [[Four Swords]] - Akira Himekawa ==

* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Link's father. This is the only manga where Link's father is still alive.

* [[The Chessmaster]]: Possibly Vio , though from Shadow Link's point of view, he probably seems more like a [[Manipulative Bastard]].

* [[Cloning Blues]]: Brought up occasionally in the beginning, while the four Links are still getting used to working as a team. Which leads to ...

* [[Sibling Seniority Squabble|Clone Originality Squabble]]: The newly-separated Links have an argument about which of them is the "original" Link. The scene would be a bit [[Wangst|overly angsty]] if not for the fact that the entire thing is a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]].

'''Blue''': Rats! }}

** Also, a different texture is used for each Link's tunic. (For more on how to tell them apart, see [[Twin Desynch]] below.)

** In addition, there are differences in their eyes.

* [[Literal Split Personality]]: Each Link supposedly represents a facet of Link's personality. In Vio's words, [[The Determinator|Green is focused and motivated]], [[Hot-Blooded|Blue is hotheaded and aggressive]], [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness|Red is innocent and optimistic]], and [[The Stoic|Vio is calm and collected]].

* [[Medium Awareness]]: Just one moment, after Red thaws out Blue with the Fire Rod - and scorches his rear:

'''Red:''' The readers expect me to get even... a little! }}

* [[Neat Freak]]: Blue is revealed to be one in an omake. He can't sleep at night unless he knows his clothes are neatly folded before he goes to bed.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Partially subverted. We never see Link's mother but we do see his father...one of the plot important knights of Hyrule!

* [[Punny Name]]/[[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: While Link's name is not meant to be a pun, it hasn't stopped the English translators of ''Four Swords'' from having some fun with it. Some examples:

Vio (about to duel Green): Green is about to learn who the weak Link is. }}

* [[Reverse Mole]]/[[Fake Defector]]: {{spoiler|Vio}}

* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Between Linebeck and Jolene and also Linebeck and Ciela.

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Linebeck's Member Card for Eddo's:

* [[Scenery Censor]]: Yes there is, involving Link. It's just as ridiculous as it sounds.

* [[Tsundere]]: Tetra is arguably Type A of this trope.

* [[Affectionate Parody]]: It's 4-koma for crying out loud.

* [[The Ditz]]: Link. However, it's frequently subverted in that he's either a [[Genius Ditz]] or a [[Cloudcuckoolander]]. [[Lampshaded]] by a certain talking boat:

* [[Heroic Mime]]: Used frequently.

* [[Lighter and Softer]]

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