History Manga / GearsMaiden

''Gears Maiden'' is a two-chapter manga created by Akihito Tsukushi of ''Manga/MadeInAbyss'' fame in 2008 up to 2010, which was self-published by himself. Despite being an incomplete work by the author, ''Gears Maiden'' is often considered as the starting point to ''Made in Abyss'' due to Tsukushi's signature artstyle that would be later present in his smash-hit manga series. Some of the characters in [=MiA=] were heavily inspired from this work, including Nishigaora, whose design borrows heavily from the unnamed physician; as well as Prushka whose design is closely similar to Tino, even attributing her as a GenderFlip version of him.

* WhenSheSmiles: At the end of Chapter, the usually quiet and unsmiling Rokka is seen smiling.

''Gears Maiden'' is a two-chapter manga created by Akihito Tsukushi of ''Manga/MadeInAbyss'' fame in 2008 up to 2010, which was self-published by himself. Despite being an incomplete work by the author, ''Gears Maiden'' is often considered as the starting point to ''Made in Abyss'' due to Tsukushi's signature artstyle that would be later present in his smash-hit manga series. Some of the characters in [=MiA=] were heavily inspired from this work, including Nishigaora, whose design borrows heavily from the Doctor; as well as Prushka whose design is closely similar to Tino, even attributing her as a GenderFlip version of him.

In Chapter 2: The Guardian of the Millennium Graveyard, a girl known by just her name as Rokka is firstly encountered by Tino. She has no memories of her past of her own life, but he befriends her easily before recounting about Jima's first encounter with the Saw Monster in the wilderness. But it turned out that Rokka lost her memories one month ago, where her only memory shown was her being in a forest. But just like Jima who encounters the Saw Monster, Rokka later encounters an old village that turns out to be the home of a warlow, an abandoned machine who is known as the "graves of villages" due to its nature of humans using it as a graveyard.

** Rokka also does this during the attack of the swamp serpent when she uses the shovel-shaped key to awaken the warlow. Albeit unlike Jima's case, [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu it came with a heavy cost]], namely her sacrificing the machine to destroy the serpent and breaking her own right arm.
* BittersweetEnding: A recurring occurrence in both chapters. Chapter 1 sees a badly-injured Jima leaving after being treated as an outcast by the caravanners whom she saved from a huge attack. In Chapter 2 while Rokka saved the town from the swamp monster's terror, she ultimately had to sacrifice warlow to defeat it once and for all, as well as breaking her right arm in the process; before she finally leaves Tino at the end with the parting phrase "until we meet again".
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Rokka uses the warlow to put a stop to the [[EldritchAbomination swamp monster]] who is terrorising an entire town by sacrificing it through the monster devouring it. At the cost of her victory, not only the warlow was destroyed for good which almost killed Rokka in the process, but her right arm was also literally broken at the end of her chapter.

* HumongousMecha: The warlow towers significantly higher that it is toe-in-toe towards the large swamp serpent.

** Rokka also disappears after stopping the swamp serpent using the warlow, whose last appearance shows her [[WhenSheSmiles smiling for the first time]] in front of Tino.

* OutOfFocus: Tino, despite being the viewpoint character, largely has no impact to the plot on both chapters since they're often focused on Jima and Rokka.

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Rokka uses the warlow to put a stop to the [[EldritchAbomination swamp monster]] who is terrorising an entire town by sacrificing it througt the monster devouring it. At the cost of her victory, not only the warlow was destroyed for good which almost killed Rokka in the process, but her right arm was also literally broken at the end of her chapter.

* UngratefulTownsfolk: The entire reaction of the caravanners upon seeing Jima, badly wounded, who stopped the ogre attack with Buzsaa. One of them even threw a rock at her!

* BittersweetEnding: A recurring occurrence in both chapters. Chapter 1 sees a badly-injured Jima leaving after being treated as outcast by the caravanners whom she saved from a huge attack. In Chapter 2 while Rokka saved the town from the swamp monster's terror, she ultimately had to sacrifice warlow to defeat it once and for all, as well as breaking her right arm in the process; before she finally leaves Tino at the end with the parting phrase "until we meet again".

* UngratefulFolk: Their entire reaction of the caravanners upon seeing Jima, badly wounded, who stopped the ogre attack with Buzsaa. One of them even threw a rock at her!

* WhenSheSmiles: At the end of Chapter, the usually quiet and unsmiling Rokka is seen smiling.

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Rokka uses the warlow to put a stop to the [[EldritchAbomination swamp monster]] who is terrorising an entire town by sacrificing it througt the monster devouring it. At the cost of her victory, not only the warlow was destroyed for good which almost killed Rokka in the process, but her right arm was also literally broken at the end of her chapter.

** Rokka also does this during the attack of the swamp serpent when she uses the shovel-shaped key to awaken the warlow. Albeit unlike Jima's case, it came with a heavy cost, namely her sacrificing the machine to destroy the serpent and breaking her own right arm.
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Rokka uses the warlow to put a stop to the [[EldritchAbomination swamp monster]] who is terrorising an entire town by sacrificing it througt the monster devouring it. At the cost of her victory, not only the warlow was destroyed for good which almost killed Rokka in the process, but her right arm was also completely broken at the end of her chapter.

* WhenSheSmiles: At the end of Rokka's chapter, the usually quiet and unsmiling girl is seen smiling.

In Chapter 2: The Guardian of the Millenium Graveyard, a girl known by just her name as Rokka is firstly encountered by Tino. She has no memories of her past of her own life, but he befriends her easily before recounting about Jima's first encounter with the Saw Monster in the wilderness. But it turned out that Rokka lost her memories one month ago, where her only memory shown was her being in a forest. But just like Jima who encounters the Saw Monster, Rokka later encounters an old village that turns out to be the home of a warlow, an abandoned machine who is known as the "graves of villages" due to its nature of humans using it as a graveyard.

!!Tropes for this work

* MeaningfulName: Rokka's "name" is a farewell phrase in an eastern country, which becomes meaningful at the end when she leaves Tino for the final time.
* OutOfFocus: Tino, despite being the viewpoint character, largely has no impact to the plot of each chapters since they're often focused on Jima and Rokka.

** Rokka also disappears after stopping the swamp serpent using the warlow, whose last appearance shows her [[WhenSheSmiles smiling for the first time]] in front of Tino.