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Zero-Sum Ward One-Shot: "Please Leave, Hero!"

Labels: Demon King, heroes, Okaeri Kudasai Yuushasama, one-shot, parody, Please Leave Hero, RPG, zero-sum ward

Here's another short-gag one-shot from Zero-Sum Ward. I got a giggle out of it :) It's only 8 pages so there's not much to say about it. If you like RPGs, this will be extra enjoyable!
Link to "Please Leave, Hero!": (PDF)

I am learning to love the second "e" in "heroes".

I don't know what's next up, but I guarantee that it won't depress you ;p

One-Shot: "Twelve o'Clock Bell Rings"

Labels: Cinderella, one-shot, parody, spider, Twelve o'Clock Bell Rings, witch

We had originally planned to release this one-shot a little over the week ago, but there was a duplication with Turtle Paradise so I cancelled it even though it was almost ready. But we talked it over within the group and received some encouragement from Turtle Paradise and, as a result, I decided to go ahead and finish it and release it. Suzume, Ichigo Stars, and I spent too much time cleaning and redrawing the images to let the work go to waste.

This one-shot is more about the artist style than the story for me, although the end is pretty funny, even though it's gruesome. The English adaptation is somewhat different than Turtle Paradise's so our version may have somewhat of a different feel. This version is benign in comparison in my humble opinion. I. personally, enjoyed the "bite" of the Turtle Paradise version. Regardless, it's always interesting to see how different people choose to adapt the same work. There are many ways to say the same thing :). And now onto the links!

"Twelve o'Clock Bell Rings": (Zip) (PDF -- mobiles and tablets)

Up next is Magnolia Chp 11!

One-Shot: "3 Hearts" by Ichinose Kaoru

Labels: 3 Hearts, airship, diamond, eagles, manga, one-shot, parody, thieves

I love stories with handsome rogues, mysterious women, moonlit nights, and stolen treasure. Ah, yes, the romance of it all is the best and, in my humble opinion, this one-shot delivers. Sigh...I would love this one-shot to be translated into a live action or animated movie. It would be so beautiful!

Don't have many deep thoughts about this one-shots. It's just a confections to enjoy. I do wonder whether calling the main character "Jin Tonic" is a little bit of call back to "King of Bandits Jing". In that series all the "Jing Girls" were named after mixed drinks. I love that series and the follow on series "Twilight Tales". Those series are out of print in English, but it you ever do find a complete set, I highly recommend reading the series.

Update 05/19/2011: Small Edits from Lakshmi that don't impact story. Also added a note about reading Tarot cards (reversed "Wheel of Fortune" = very bad luck -- Thanks to Zuu for that bit of information.)
Links to "3 Hearts": (Zip) (PDF -- mobiles and tablets)

Silver Lunar, who did a wonderful job cleaning and redrawing some of the pages, made a nice parody of the title page:

Hahaha! It really does look like cover art for a Final Fantasy game :). Thanks, Silver Lunar for the giggle.

Next Up!
I think I've kept you all waiting long enough. I was planning to release "Twelve O'Clock Bells Rings" first, but I will get to work on "Junketsu + Kareshi"chapter 9 tomorrow.