History YMMV / TheLegendOfZeldaManga

!!A Link to the Past - Multiple versions
* HilariousInHindsight: It's funny that Ishinomori's and Himekawa's ''Link to the Past'' both depict Link's Dark World persona as a wolf, considering what happens in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]''.
** In addition, the Master Sword in Himekawa's version is an EmpathicWeapon who at one point commands Link to raise it skyward. [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Maybe Fi decided to wake up from her eternal sleep...]]
** Mishouzaki's manga makes Zelda into a BadassAdorable {{Tomboy}} who disguises herself in a masculine manner at one point, and ends up getting kidnapped by Ganon. This sounds a lot like Princess Zelda in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]''.
*** Zelda and Link are also half-siblings. It's a popular [[PopCultureUrbanLegends myth]] that Zelda and Link, specifically both the Hero Of Time and the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast SNES Link]], are siblings.
** All three of Shigoto's manga have Link with inaccurate hair colors. First he's a redhead, then a blond, and next he has pink hair; [[YouDontLookLikeYou these are all the same Link by the way]]. Link was made into a blond for ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'' and has been so since, and the in-game sprites show Link with pink hair due to graphical troubles.
** In Ishinomori's version, when Link receives miracle wings to fly over the desert, an old man says that the wings once belong to a powerful bird that was able to carry knights to battle. [[VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaSkywardSword Indeed, the knights did ride on giant birds in Skyward Sword.]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Link also obtains a glider in Breath of the Wild.]]
** In Ishinomori's version Link gets a fairy companion and a Zora mask, although it's just a disguise.
** In Cagiva's version, Link and Zelda meet in her bedchamber while he is trying to rescue her from Agahnim. Come the [[ContentLeak July 2020 Gigaleak]], one of the files found in the source for VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast shows that one of the rooms in Hyrule Castle was planned to be Zelda's bedchamber.

!!Oath of Lilto - Junya Furusawa
* SpiritualLicensee: Despite being a Zelda manga, the artwork is very reminiscent of ''VideoGame/DragonQuest''.

!![[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]] - Akira Himekawa
* AssPull: [[spoiler: Link having Volvagia as a pet when he was child, even though during the segments with Link as child we never saw Volvagia at any point.]]
* BaseBreakingCharacter: As if Sheik didn't break the base enough in the canon game, the manga interpretation of Sheik breaks it more. Because Sheik is [[spoiler:"his" own consciousness in Zelda's body, rather than Zelda doing the job by herself]], Sheik is liked and disliked for that same reason.
* CompleteMonster: [[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaGanonGanondorf Ganondorf]] is [[AdaptationalVillainy presented here]] as a selfish and sociopathic king who wishes to conquer Hyrule. He transforms a harmless spider into the monstrous Gomha which kills the Great Deku Tree, almost starves the Gorons to death, and takes power by murdering Zelda's father and nearly killing a [[WouldHurtAChild young Link]]. As ruler of Hyrule, Ganondorf [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashes]] the Gerudo tribe, kills the guardians of Kokiri Forrest so it will be overrun with monsters, and freezes Zora's Domain. In his most monstrous act, Ganondorf transforms Volvagia, a sapient dragon who was Link's friend, into [[TragicMonster a mindless beast]] that threatens to destroy Hyrule with a volcanic eruption, forcing Link to kill it.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** A bonus story involves a race of bird people, quite similar to the Rito in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]''. Better yet, it's in the "Adult" time.
** The other bonus story depicts the Skull Kids and one who just wants friends. And a nice mask. [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Hmm...]] {{Foreshadowing}}?
* TakeThatScrappy: Link occasionally gets fed up with Navi and talks back.

!![[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames Oracle of Ages And Oracle of Seasons]] - Akira Himekawa
* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler: Ganon, despite having Ambi's Tower falling on him not hurting him, puts up less of a fight than Onox's [[OneWingedAngel dragon form]].]]
* CompleteMonster: TheHeavy of each, working for [[BigBadDuumvirate Twinrova]] to resurrect [[GreaterScopeVillain Ganon]]:
** ''Oracle of Seasons'': [[TinTyrant General Onox]] is a [[InsaneAdmiral madman]] who [[WalkingWasteland corrupts the very land around him]] and holds a brutal philosophy of [[TheSocialDarwinist the strong crushing the weak]]. After running across Link, Onox tries to have him eaten by monsters out of irritation and tries to drain him to death before hunting for Din. Sinking the Temple of Seasons, causing mass havoc, Onox, gloating that the seasonal chaos will lead to [[OmnicidalManiac the extermination of all life in the world]], spends the rest of the time attempting to kill everything in his way.
** ''Oracle of Ages'': [[EvilSorceress Veran]] is an evil, [[BodySurf body-hopping]] witch who [[DemonicPossession possesses]] Nayru to leap into the past. Corrupting a noble dream, Veran callously [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil enslaves]] the men of Labrynna, having them tormented, whipped and beaten to craft a black tower as a symbol of oppression and cruelty, even intending to do the same to women and children. Against Sir Raven, Veran tries to kill him, even attempting to have him publicly executed to shatter her victims' spirits and trying to have the village wiped out. [[TakingYouWithMe Even in defeat]], she attempts to allow her energy to be used to set Ganon upon the world in sheer spite.
* HoYay: The writers apparently took the fact that Ricky was a [[AnimalGenderBender male kangaroo with a pouch]] and ran with it, having him gushing over the Chosen Hero, oozing admiration at Link's sword skills, and openly voicing his disappointment at the possibility of Link having a female love interest.


!![[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap The Minish Cap]] - Akira Himekawa
* GeniusBonus: Like in the Japanese version of the game it's based on, it's possible to understand the Minish before Link eats the Jabber Nut. All of their lines pre-Jabber Nut are written in Japanese but are phonetically backwards.
* {{Woolseyism}}: In the original Japanese version of the story, Link refers to Ezlo as a turtle, referencing the Japanese folk tale of Urashima-taro. In the English version, Link calls him [[TheFairFolk a leprechaun]].

!!Phantom Hourglass - Akira Himekawa
* CompleteMonster: [[EldritchAbomination Bellum]] is [[AdaptationalVillainy given sapience]], yet still carries out his atrocities to fuel his sadistic appetite. The ArchEnemy of the Ocean King, Bellum would drain his foe's life force to the point where he becomes a frail and weak old man, [[spoiler:Oshu]], as a result, and would still drain [[spoiler:Oshu's remaining life force, slowly killing him]]. Bellum would then use the Ocean King's temple to drain the life-force of the Ocean King's inhabitants, while constructing the Ghost Ship to find and lure countless more victims; including Linebeck's crew and Tetra, whom Bellum [[TakenForGranite petrified]]. He would then [[DemonicPossession possess]] Linebeck and force him to kill his friend, Link, before allowing Linebeck to commit suicide so he can consume his life force afterwards. Forced out of Linebeck's body, Bellum would drag the Ocean King down further into the depths of the sea in an attempt to kill him.
* HilariousInHindsight: Tetra's statue and Princess Zelda's butt-kicking spirit. [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Nintendo must like these adaptations.]]
* {{Woolseyism}}: Linebeck behaves and talks like [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Jack Sparrow]]. Even one of his lines is a mix of two of Jack's.

!!Skyward Sword - Akira Himekawa
* HarsherInHindsight: The many parallels between the first Link and [[WesternAnimation/LegendOfKorra Avatar Wan]] becomes a lot harsher when one realizes that the two heroes' final fate ends the same way: [[spoiler: DyingAlone on the battlefield with only the feminine GodOfGood there to comfort his spirit and promising that [[{{Reincarnation}} they will be reborn together into the next life]]]].
* HilariousInHindsight: The ''Skyward Sword'' manga, bundled with Hyrule Historia, was released on December 2011 while ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' debuted in April 2012. The two-parter ''[[Recap/TheLegendOfKorraS2E7BeginningsPartOne Begin]][[Recap/TheLegendOfKorraS2E8BeginningsPartTwo nings]]'', which depicted the story of [[TheHero Wan]] and [[GodofGood Raava]], aired in October 2013, meaning that the ''Skyward Sword'' manga [[OlderThanTheyThink manage to beat Korra to the punch]] of this OriginStory.

** Mishouzaki's manga makes Zelda into BadassAdorable {{tomboy}} who disguises herself in a masculine manner at one point, and ends up getting kidnapped by Ganon. This sounds a lot like Princess Zelda in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]''.

* SpiritualLicensee: Despite being a Zelda manga, the artwork is very reminiscent of VideoGame/DragonQuest.

* GeniusBonus: Like in the Japanese version game, it's possible to understand the Minish before Link eats the Jabber Nut. All of their lines pre-Jabber Nut are written in Japanese but are phonetically backwards.

*** Zelda and Link are also half-siblings. It's a popular [[UrbanLegendOfZelda myth]] that Zelda and Link, specifically both the Hero Of Time and the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast SNES Link]], are siblings.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Bellum]] is [[AdaptationalVillainy given sapience]], yet still carries out his atrocities to fuel his sadistic appetite. The ArchEnemy of the Ocean King, Bellum would drain his foe's life force to the point where he becomes a frail and weak old man, [[spoiler:Oshu]], as a result, and would still drain [[spoiler:Oshu's remaining life force, slowly killing him]]. Bellum would then use the Ocean King's temple to drain the life-force of the Ocean King's inhabitants, while constructing the Ghost Ship to find and lure countless more victims; including Linebeck's crew and Tetra, whom Bellum [[TakenForGranite petrified]]. He would then [[DemonicPossession possess]] Linebeck and force him to kill his friend, Link, before allowing Linebeck to commit suicide so he can consume his life force afterwards. Forced out of Linebeck's body, Bellum would drag the Ocean King down further into the depths of the sea in an attempt to kill him.

* CompleteMonster: [[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaGanonGanondorf Ganondorf]] is [[AdaptationalVillainy presented here]] as a selfish and sociopathic king who wishes to conquer Hyrule. He transforms a harmless spider into the monstrous Gomha which kills the Great Deku Tree, almost starves the Gorons to death, and takes power by murdering Zelda's father and nearly killing a [[WouldHurtAChild young Link]]. As ruler of Hyrule, Ganondorf [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashes]] the Gerudo tribe, kills the guardians of Kokiri Forrest so it will be overrun with monsters, and freezes Zora's Domain. In his most monstrous act, Ganondorf transforms Volvagia, a sapient dragon who was Link's friend, into [[BrainwashedAndCrazy a mindless beast]] that threatens to destroy Hyrule with a volcanic eruption, forcing Link to kill it.

* CompleteMonster: [[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaGanonGanondorf Ganondorf]] is presented here as a [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] and sociopathic king who wishes to conquer Hyrule. He transforms a harmless spider into the monstrous Gomha which kills the Great Deku Tree, almost starves the Gorons to death, and takes power by murdering Zelda's father and nearly killing a [[WouldHurtAChild young Link]]. As ruler of Hyrule, Ganondorf [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashes]] the Gerudo tribe, kills the guardians of Kokiri Forrest so it will be overrun with monsters, and freezes Zora's Domain. In his most monstrous act, Ganondorf transforms Volvagia, a sapient dragon who was Link's friend, into [[BrainwashedAndCrazy a mindless beast]] that threatens to destroy Hyrule with a volcanic eruption, forcing Link to kill it.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Bellum]] here is given sapience, yet still carries out his atrocities to fuel his sadistic appetite. The ArchEnemy of the Ocean King, Bellum would [[LifeDrain drain his foe's life force]] to the point where he becomes a frail and weak old man, [[spoiler:Oshu]], as a result, and would still drain [[spoiler:Oshu's remaining life force, slowly killing him]]. Bellum would then use the Ocean King's temple to drain the life-force of the Ocean King's inhabitants, while constructing the Ghost Ship to find and lure countless more victims; including Linebeck's crew and Tetra, whom Bellum [[TakenForGranite petrified]]. He would then [[DemonicPossession possess]] Linebeck and force him to kill his friend, Link, before allowing Linebeck to commit suicide so he can consume his life force afterwards. Forced out of Linebeck's body, Bellum would drag the Ocean King down further into the depths of the sea in an attempt to kill him.

* CompleteMonster: [[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaGanonGanondorf Ganondorf]], presented here as a [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] and sociopathic king, attacks Link when the latter is [[WouldHurtAChild a child]], poisons the Great Deku Tree, and is heavily implied to have killed Zelda's father. Ganondorf is also a [[BadBoss horrific master]], [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashing]] his entire Gerudo tribe with Twinrova's aid. Some of his own monsters serve him unwillingly: Gohma was a harmless spider that he painfully mutated into the monster that killed the Deku Tree. Ganondorf would also turn Volvagia, a benevolent, sentient dragon and Link's friend, into a mindless beast that Link was forced to euthanize.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Bellum]] here is given sapience, yet still carries out his atrocities to fuel his sadistic appetite. The ArchEnemy of the Ocean King, Bellum would [[LifeDrain drain his foe's life force]] to the point where he becomes a frail and weak old man, [[spoiler:Oshus]], as a result, and would still drain [[spoiler:Oshus's remaining life force, slowly killing him]]. Bellum would then use the Ocean King's temple to drain the life-force of the Ocean King's inhabitants, while constructing the Ghost Ship to find and lure countless more victims; including Linebeck's crew and Tetra, whom Bellum [[TakenForGranite petrified]]. He would then [[DemonicPossession possess]] Linebeck and force him to kill his friend, Link, before allowing Linebeck to commit suicide so he can consume his life force afterwards. Forced out of Linebeck's body, Bellum would drag the Ocean King down further depths of the sea in an attempt to kill him.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Bellum]] here is given sapience, yet still carries out his atrocities to fuel his sadistic appetite. The ArchEnemy of the Ocean King, Bellum would [[LifeDrain drain his foe's life force]] to the point where he becomes a frail and weak old man, [[spoiler:Oshu]], as a result, and would still drain [[spoiler:Oshu's remaining life force, slowly killing him]]. Bellum would then use the Ocean King's temple to drain the life-force of the Ocean King's inhabitants, while constructing the Ghost Ship to find and lure countless more victims; including Linebeck's crew and Tetra, whom Bellum [[TakenForGranite petrified]]. He would then [[DemonicPossession possess]] Linebeck and force him to kill his friend, Link, before allowing Linebeck to commit suicide so he can consume his life force afterwards. Forced out of Linebeck's body, Bellum would drag the Ocean King down further depths of the sea in an attempt to kill him.

** A bonus story involves a race of bird people, quite similar to the Rito in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]''. Better yet, it's in the "Adult" time.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Ganondorf]], presented here as a [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] and sociopathic king, attacks Link when the latter is [[WouldHurtAChild a child]], poisons the Great Deku Tree, and is heavily implied to have killed Zelda's father. Ganondorf is also a [[BadBoss horrific master]], [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashing]] his entire Gerudo tribe with Twinrova's aid. Some of his own monsters serve him unwillingly: Gohma was a harmless spider that he painfully mutated into the monster that killed the Deku Tree. Ganondorf would also turn Volvagia, a benevolent, sentient dragon and Link's friend, into a mindless beast that Link was forced to euthanize.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Bellum]] here is given sapience, yet still carries out his atrocities to fuel his sadistic apatite. The ArchEnemy of the Ocean King, Bellum would [[LifeDrain drain his foe's life force]] to the point where he becomes a frail and weak old man, [[spoiler:Oshu]], as a result, and would still drain [[spoiler:Oshu's remaining life force, slowly killing him]]. Bellum would then use the Ocean King's temple to drain the life-force of the Ocean King's inhabitants, while constructing the Ghost Ship to find and lure countless more victims; including Linebeck's crew and Tetra, whom Bellum [[TakenForGranite petrified]]. He would then [[DemonicPossession possess]] Linebeck and force him to kill his friend, Link, before allowing Linebeck to commit suicide so he can consume his life force afterwards. Forced out of Linebeck's body, Bellum would drag the Ocean King down further depths of the sea in an attempt to kill him.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Ganondorf]] is portrayed as [[AdaptationalVillainy more villainous]] than his game counterparts. Presented here as a [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] and sociopathic king, he attacks Link when the latter is [[WouldHurtAChild a child]], poisons the Great Deku Tree, and is heavily implied to have killed Zelda's father. Ganondorf is also a horrific master, [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashing]] his entire Gerudo tribe with Twinrova's aid. Some of his own monsters serve him unwillingly: Gohma was a harmless spider that he painfully mutated into the monster that killed the Deku Tree. Ganondorf would also turn Volvagia, a benevolent, sentient dragon and Link's friend, into a mindless beast that Link was forced to euthanize.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Bellum]] here is given sentience, yet still carries out his atrocities to fuel his sadistic apatite. The ArchEnemy of the Ocean King, Bellum would [[LifeDrain drain his foe's life force]] to the point where he becomes a frail and weak old man, [[spoiler:Oshu]], as a result, and would still drain [[spoiler:Oshu's remaining life force, slowly killing him]]. Bellum would then use the Ocean King's temple to drain the life-force of the Ocean King's inhabitants, while constructing the Ghost Ship to find and lure countless more victims; including Linebeck's crew and Tetra, whom Bellum [[TakenForGranite petrified]]. He would then [[DemonicPossession posses]] Linebeck and force him to kill his friend, Link, before allowing Linebeck to commit suicide so he can consume his life force afterwards. Forced out of Linebeck's body, Bellum would drag the Ocean King down further depths of the sea in an attempt to kill him.

* CompleteMonster: The manga version of [[BigBad Ganondorf]] is [[AdaptationalVillainy far worse than any of his game counterparts]]. Unlike the original, he has no FreudianExcuse or redeeming factors, nor is he MadeOfEvil either. Ganondorf here is presented as a selfish, greedy king with no care for any of his own subjects or [[ItsAllAboutMe anyone else but himself]]. He still attacks Link when [[WouldHurtAChild he's a child]], he still poisons the Great Deku Tree, and worse is explicitly the one who [[YouKilledMyFather killed Zelda's father]] the king. Ganondorf's behavior towards his own minions is expanded upon and [[BadBoss made more horrifying]] as well. He {{brainwashed|AndCrazy}} his entire Gerudo tribe, using Twinrova to do so. His own monsters sometimes serve him unwillingly: Gohma was a harmless spider that he [[TransformationHorror mutated painfully]] into the monster that killed the Deku Tree. Worse, Volvagia was a benevolent, sentient dragon and Link's friend. Ganondorf turned him into a mindless beast that [[ShootTheDog Link was forced to euthanize]]. And just like in the original N64 game, Ganondorf regrets none of this.

* HarsherInHindsight: The many parallels between the first Link and [[WesternAnimation/LegendOfKorra Avatar Wan]] as described above in CounterpartComparison becomes a lot harsher when one realizes that the two heroes' final fate ends the same way: [[spoiler: DyingAlone on the battlefield with only the feminine GodOfGood there to comfort his spirit and promising that [[{{Reincarnation}} they will be reborn together into the next life]]]].