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(4.50/5)February 11, 2023
January 12, 2025
I’ve only read 6 manga volumes so far, but this one is by far my favorite. It’s deeply nostalgic. The art style is beautiful and captures the characters perfectly. I think the pacing was good and the deviations from the video game were very well done. Great adaptation and can’t want to read the next one.
August 3, 2025
September 21, 2023
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A great adaptation of Ocarina of Time!
This review only covers the first book, so for those of you who have the newer (combined) edition, this is all of the こども chapters and chapters 1-4 of the おとな section. For the rest, see my other review.
Enjoyment: 5/5
I really enjoyed this manga! To be honest, while I do like the game Ocarina of Time, it's far from my favorite Zelda, but I adored this manga. The events from the game translate well to a manga format, and unlike 神々のトライフォース, the authors stretched this story over two volumes instead of just one, so the pacing was much better.
There are quite a few changes from the game, but they were reasonable, and some were even more impactful than the original game. At first I wasn't sure about Link's characterization in this manga; it's so different from how I imagine his personality to be. But I quickly got used to it. I really felt for him the whole time too; the emotional story beats hit so hard.
Language Learning: 5/5
Not much to say here, it's about the same difficulty as 神々のトライフォース (this is the only other Zelda manga I've read so far which is why I keep bringing it up). If you've read any other Zelda manga you'll notice a lot of the same vocab. It's medieval fantasy, but the writing's not archaic, and I'd say it's a good introduction to the genre.