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3	->''"If I am fit to be a hero...I will fight. I will defeat Ganondorf. And this time...I will protect Zelda!"''
4	-->-- '''Link'''
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6	''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'' is a manga adaptation of the Platform/Nintendo64 classic ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', and the first entry of ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa''. The manga follows the games with some changes here and there.
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8	It stars a young boy named Link who lives amongst a child-like race of beings called the Kokiri. One day Link finally gets his FairyCompanion Navi and is asked by the dying Great Deku Tree to go on a journey. While on his journey, Link meets the similarly-aged Princess Zelda who gives him her own task. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned, since Link is put into a deep sleep and wakes up seven years later to find out his world has changed for the worst. Link must now figure out how to defeat the evil Ganondorf and bring peace back to Hyrule.
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10	This manga received a direct sequel in the ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa manga]].
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13	!!This manga provides examples of:
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15	* AchievementsInIgnorance: Mido manages to indicate that Queen Gohma's eye is her weak point by randomly throwing a rock into it in a state of absolute fear and desperation.
16	* AdaptationalBadass:
17	** While Impa was implied to be a skilled fighter in the game, here she's depicted as a better swordsman than Link is and trains him to be better.
18	** Malon actually helps Link fight off the Gerudo attacking Lon Lon Ranch.
19	** Although Mido is still a scrawny jerk, he at least tries to distract and stand up to monsters on multiple occasions.
20	** After initially being defeated, Dark Link reappears riding a dark horse which he didn't do in the game.
21	* AdaptationalComicRelief: Link is often the subject of exaggerated facial expressions and slapstick.
22	* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Dark Link appears in Kakariko Village, not in the Water Temple.
23	* AdaptationalHeroism:
24	** In the game, Volvagia was an ancient beast that devoured Gorons, and Ganondorf resurrected it to use its onslaught against the Gorons as an example of those who defy him. [[spoiler:Volvagia]] in the manga was [[spoiler:Link's pet dragon]], was rather cute and friendly, and only tried to kill him because he was BrainwashedAndCrazy.
25	** While Ingo still willingly joins Ganondorf, he's initially just doing so to save his own hide. His more cruel actions are done under Twinrova's mind control. Malon's dialogue also implies that he was a far nicer man in the past than he was in the game.
26	* AdaptationalLateAppearance: In the game, Link first meets Malon upon arriving in Castle Town. In the manga, this role is [[CompositeCharacter given to]] a [[KingIncognito disguised]] Princess Zelda instead. Malon doesn't appear until Link arrives at Lon Lon Ranch in chapter 5.
27	* AdaptationalVillainy:
28	** Unlike the game, Sheik is a double agent working for Ganondorf. [[spoiler:This is subverted in the end, as Sheik was Zelda in disguise [[FakeDefector simply swearing loyalty to throw off suspicion]].]]
29	** Due to more information regarding him revealed after this manga was released, Ganondorf is depicted how he was before games like ''The Wind Waker'' and ''Skyward Sword'' gave him a FreudianExcuse and being a TragicVillain, a remorseless [[TheSociopath sociopath]] [[AGodAmI with delusions of grandeur]]. Even with just ''Ocarina of Time'' in mind, Ganondorf's actions are amped up in terms of cruelty as the manga gave tragic backstories to monsters like Volvagia where none exist in the game.
30	* AdaptationalWeaponSwap: While Nabooru is still brainwashed, she is not turned into an Iron Knuckle. As a result, she’s shown wielding a SinisterScimitar instead of an axe.
31	* AdaptationalWimp:
32	** Zelda is an unorthodox example. In the game, she survives under Ganondorf's rule for seven years, and has apparently learned all of her mentor Impa's tricks in that time period. In the manga, [[spoiler:she opts to allow Impa to lock away her consciousness, allowing an alternate personality named "Sheik" to take control of her body]].
33	** The bosses in the games required Link to stun them with an item and then kill them with his sword. Here, they all go down with one hit by the item. This is especially notable with Phantom Ganon, Twinrova, and Barinade, who don't have their second forms.
34	* AdaptationInducedPlotHole:
35	** The manga skips the Shadow Temple, meaning that we see Link collecting only five medallions... but when he has to break the barrier around Hyrule Castle, the sixth medallion appears out of nowhere, along with Impa in the group shot with the other sages.
36	** At what moment did Zelda awaken as the seventh sage if [[spoiler:she was voluntarily put to sleep (as in never conscious the whole time she was Sheik) during the whole seven years]]?
37	* AdaptationPersonalityChange:
38	** Link is sociable and more emotionally developed than his video game counterpart due to [[HeroicMime actually speaking to people]].
39	** Malon's FriendToAllLivingThings and GirlNextDoor elements are downplayed. Instead, she ThinksLikeARomanceNovel and wants to [[SmallTownBoredom run away from her ranch]].
40	* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Link originally found Navi to be annoying. In the game, there's no implication of this.
41	* AdaptedOut:
42	** Bongo Bongo, due to his role being taken by Dark Link.
43	** Koume and Kotake do not combine to form Twinrova.
44	* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Epona behaves much like a dog in this manga.
45	* ArbitrarySkepticism: Ganondorf is familiar with magical items like the Triforce and the Ocarina of Time, but initially dismisses the prophesied Hero of Time as an “old superstition.”
46	* ArrangedMarriage: Ruto tries to escape a marriage her father wants her to go through with by going to Lord Jabu-Jabu.
47	* BadFuture: A key plot point in the ''Ocarina of Time'' manga, just like in the game. By the time Link awakens, Ganondorf has completed his conquest of Hyrule after killing the king and sending Zelda into hiding.
48	* BirdPeople: One side story involves the Watarara, a migratory race of giant birds who only appear in the manga. They migrate over Hyrule once a year and born wingless and develop their wings as they age; youngsters ride on their parents' backs until the can fly. They were the inspiration for the Rito.
49	* BloodierAndGorier: The manga isn't gory by any means, but it has more blood than the near-bloodless source game.
50	* BoisterousWeakling: Mido is presented as a loud, overconfident brat who has the unfortunate luck of coming up short against monsters, let alone Link. [[spoiler:He does take something of [[TookALevelInBadass a level in badass]], being willingly to personally storm the Forest Temple to save Saria and throw Link a bow to use against Phantom Ganon]].
51	* {{Brainwashed}}: Zelda went through this [[spoiler:voluntarily by Impa to become Sheik]].
52	* BrainwashedAndCrazy:
53	** [[spoiler:Volvagia]], compared to his canon game version where he was always evil.
54	** The Gerudo tribe was shown to be brainwashed heavily late in the manga along with Nabooru, to which the original game only subtly hinted at with the former.
55	** Ingo suffered this as a punishment for losing Epona, whom he had been planning to give to Ganondorf. His original punishment was [[YouHaveFailedMe execution by an Iron Knuckle]].
56	* ButHeSoundsHandsome: When Link asks a disguised Zelda if the Princess of Hyrule is pretty, she replies “Yeah, I guess…”
57	* CallForward: Although not in the Japanese version but rather in the English release, the Stalfos that Link encounters in Hyrule Castle Town as both a child and an adult is named [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Stallord]].
58	* ChickMagnet: Link attracts the attention of many women throughout the manga.
59	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] with Unlucky Malon. Though at first, she refuses Link's rescue in favor of waiting for her idealized "Prince on a White Horse", throughout the rescue begins to wonder if Link is her prince. [[ShipTease Just as she begins to consider romance with Link]], Zelda is brought up, and Link's reaction makes it clear that his heart is set on Zelda. Instead of moping about it, she gives up on that train of thought and carries on with her life.
60	* CirclingSaw: Mido tries to pull this on Link by sawing his balcony, but Link leaves his treehouse early and falls on top of Mido.
61	* ComicBookAdaptation: Of the video game ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''.
62	* CompositeCharacter:
63	** Zelda was given some of Malon's traits as she plays with Link at the start of his journey.
64	** Dark Link takes Bongo Bongo's role as the monster in the well at Kakariko Village.
65	** Nabooru takes the role of the nameless commander of the Gerudo Fortress, and like the EliteFour Gerudo Thieves, uses scimitars as her preferred weapons.
66	* ContinuitySnarl: Despite Zelda explaining that [[spoiler:she was voluntarily put into essentially a magical coma during all those seven years]], the manga still passes it off [[spoiler:as if she did it all by herself]]. Unless this can be interpreted as Zelda [[spoiler:taking the credit for her alternate personality's work]].
67	* CryingCritters: Epona cries when she's reunited with Link after seven years.
68	* DeathByAdaptation: In the original game, Ganondorf banishes Phantom Ganon to the “gap between dimensions” for losing to Link. Here, Link gives Phantom Ganon a BoomHeadshot with a bow.
69	* DecompositeCharacter: Sort of, in [[spoiler:Sheik being a split male consciousness from Zelda, rather than Zelda doing the work herself]].
70	* DemotedToExtra: Malon's role is decreased due to Zelda being a CompositeCharacter. Link meets her later on in the games and their friendship is more brief as well.
71	* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:Volvagia]], in a sad moment.
72	* EarAche: An angry Rouro pulls one of Link's long, Hylian ears in one scene.
73	* EarlyAdaptationWeirdness: The manga has some of this due to its age, such as its AdaptationalVillainy of Ganondorf. The manga also features a female Goron while the games keep it a RiddleForTheAges whether Goron are [[OneGenderRace all-male]], have NoBiologicalSex, or whether the females are conveniently off-screen.
74	* EmbarrassingDampSheets: A Gossip Stone reveals to Link that Mido's embarrassing secret is that he still wets his bed.
75	%%* EnigmaticMinion: Sheik.
76	* EvilTwin:
77	** Dark Link is an evil counterpart of Link's created by the well in Kakariko Village.
78	** The Deku Tree gets his own evil counterpart, the Baga Tree, in a bonus story.
79	* ExactWords: When Link is struggling to adjust to Hyrule Castle Town, a girl promises to show him Princess Zelda if he plays with her for a day. Link does not know at the time that the girl is Princess Zelda herself.
80	* {{Foreshadowing}}: The manga has even more foreshadowing to Zelda [[spoiler:being Sheik]] than the game has. For example, the third chapter portrays Zelda as a TomboyPrincess and, right before the reveal, [[spoiler:Link holds Sheik and notes that he's frailer than he'd thought]].
81	* AGlassInTheHand: Ganondorf crushes the Fairy Ocarina Link got from Saria when he realizes that it is not the Ocarina of Time.
82	* GoodEyesEvilEyes:
83	** The heroic characters, like Link, have big eyes. The evil Ganondorf on the other hand has small, beady eyes.
84	** Downplayed. The mysterious and villainous-seeming Sheik has TsurimeEyes while Princess Zelda has large TaremeEyes. Zelda and Sheik are [[spoiler:[[SweetPollyOliver the same person]]]]. When Zelda's [[spoiler:consciousness resurfaces]], Sheik gains tareme eyes.
85	* HammerHilt: At one point, Ganondorf strikes Young Link with the pommel of his sword.
86	* HannibalLecture: A Poe gives a savage one to Link when the Hero of Time wonders what happened to Hyrule Castle during the 7 years he slept.
87	-->'''Poe:''' [[GigglingVillain Hee hee hee...]] Hyrule Castle disappeared a long time ago... Now this is Ganon's Tower, where the master lives... Our Lord Ganondorf.
88	* HeroicLineage: Rauru tells Link that his deceased father was a Hylian royal knight who died in battle.
89	* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: As in the game, Princess Zelda's father is completely oblivious to Ganondorf's evil intentions.
90	-->'''Young Zelda:''' Father! Father, please! Don't meet with that man!
91	-->'''King of Hyrule:''' Is this about your dream again? Ridiculous! We live in a time of peace!!
92	* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Link's fight against Volvagia is presented as this. It only regains its memories after [[spoiler:Link cuts off its head]].
93	* InconsistentDub: The English manga translates the Zora and Goron {{Verbal Tic}}s, unlike the English version of the game.
94	* InnocentlyInsensitive: When a Kakariko villager compliments Link on killing Volvagia, Link sets his teacup down and loses his good mood.
95	* KatanasAreJustBetter: While Impa's sword is actually a ''kodachi'', she's the best fighter on a technical level and proves to be the only opponent Link can't beat in a one-on-one match.
96	* KingIncognito: Link comes across a girl in the town square who he plays with. That girl turns out to be Princess Zelda herself. The castle is nearby, so she ran off. Zelda wanted to see what it was like to be a normal child. This also {{foreshadow\|ing}}s her being a TomboyPrincess.
97	* TheKingslayer: The manga makes it explicit than Ganondorf murdered Princess Zelda's father when he took over Hyrule.
98	* LogicalWeakness: Dark Link can copy any technique Link has used in the past, but can't account for attacks that Link has seen but not performed. Link is able to bisect Dark Link by copying Impa's flip attack.
99	* MaamShock: Impa lets out an indignant “Ma’am?!” when Link refers to her as such.
100	* TheMole: [[spoiler:Sheik]] was revealed to be this.
101	* NoInfantileAmnesia: Link has a flashback to his mother taking him to the Great Deku Tree as an infant.
102	* OffWithHisHead: How Link kills [[spoiler: Volvagia]].
103	* OurCentaursAreDifferent: Dark Link can turn his lower body into a copy of Epona.
104	* ParasitesAreEvil: Queen Gohma, as in the game. The panels show that she was outright ''eating the Great Deku Tree alive from the inside''.
105	* PromotedToLoveInterest: The manga adds more emphasis on something between Link and Zelda than the games do. Zelda's character is partially {{composite\|Character}}d with Malon's due to Link spending a day with a disguised Zelda in the third chapter. He's [[PuppyLove attracted to her]] from the start. Later on, Malon realizes that she isn't the person that Link wants, which is implied to be Zelda. To a lesser extent, Link is implied to like Saria in the manga (if the jealous Mido isn't just seeing things).
106	* RememberTheNewGuy: [[spoiler: Right after Volvagia is introduced, we have a flashback to Link's childhood, when we saw Link buying a newborn Volvagia from Hyrule Market and keeping it as a pet before he picked up the Master Sword, even though it wasn't present in that segment.]]
107	* RetCanon:
108	** The SamuraiPonytail Link has under his hat was later given to Link in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild''.
109	** Sheik uses a spell to disguise himself as Talon. The Yiga Clan uses a similar technique in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' and its sequel, with even their leader, Master Kohga, using disguises in ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity''.
110	** Ganondorf commands Phantom Ganon to kill Link at the Forest Temple before the Sage of Forest, Saria, can be awakened. The King of Evil himself would later give a similar command in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom''.
111	** Saria being trapped in a painting by Phantom Ganon is what Ganon's Lorulean counterpart, Yuga, would do in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'' to the Sages, as well as Princess Zelda and his own boss, Hilda.
112	* RiteOfPassage: Impa says that male Sheikah get their ears pierced in a coming-of-age ceremony, and decides to do it for Link.
113	* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Zelda tries to be this by enlisting Link in the fight against Ganondorf and being willing to sneak out of the castle on her own. [[spoiler:Upon escaping Hyrule Castle after Ganondorf's attack, she assumes the Sheik persona with Impa's help to assist Link. She also throws the Master Sword back to Link during the final battle.]]
114	* ShipTease: Link with just about every main female character in his age group: Saria, Zelda, Malon, [[InterspeciesRomance Ruto]] (although he does seem to be leaning towards Zelda). Even Navi herself got some with him. Her last line is different from the games a bit and seems to portray attraction, which is [[WordOfGod canon in the games]]. {{Lampshaded}} by Kaepora Gaebora:
115	-->"You sure are popular with the ladies. That's the third pretty young girl you've got!"
116	* ShootTheDog: Link's fight with [[spoiler:Volvagia is this, due to the dragon being changed to have been a former childhood pet of Link's before being brainwashed by Ganondorf.]]
117	* ShoulderSizedDragon: Baby Volvagia in flashbacks.
118	* SingleTear: Link cries a single tear after being forced to kill Volvagia.
119	* SociopathicHero: Sheik is a more devious and pragmatic hero than Link, and is noticeably unaffected by the memory-based illusions in the desert.
120	* StillWearingTheOldColors: When Link awakens after the TimeSkip, he has to cut down a pack of Stalfos to save a knight, who tried in vain to fight them off while dressed in Hylian armor.
121	* SweetOnPollyOliver: It's implied that Link is attracted to Sheik. He even gets flustered at one point from staring at him for too long. Sheik is actually his childhood crush Princess Zelda in disguise.
122	* TapOnTheHead: Sheik knocks Link out and throws him in a Gerudo cell.
123	* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Only male Goron appear in the games. In the manga, a mother Goron is depicted with eyelashes.
124	* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Mason sees herself as a tragic maiden who needs a prince to whisk her away from her [[SmallTownBoredom life as a farmgirl]]. Malon initially declines Link's rescue attempts until she realizes he's [[SheIsAllGrownUp grown up a lot]] in seven years.
125	* ThisCannotBe:
126	** Ganondorf says these words after being defeated by Link for the first time:
127	--->'''Ganondorf:''' I can't... Dark Lord Ganondorf cannot be beaten... by this boy!
128	** The Twinrova Sisters get this when Link uses the Mirror Shield.
129	--->'''Twinrova Sisters:''' It can’t be! Done in by our own powers? How?
130	* ToyBasedCharacterization: Link’s first weapon is a slingshot that he makes himself, marking him as more creative than the Kokiri.
131	* TragicKeepsake: As he is dying, the Deku Tree asks Link to carve a shield from his bark to protect himself with during his journey. The Deku Shield later gets burned during Ganondorf's assault on Hyrule Castle.
132	* TragicMonster: [[spoiler:Volvagia]] was originally an innocent creature that was corrupted by Ganondorf's magic, and has to be put down before it can cause any more destruction.
133	* VerbalTic: The Gorons commonly tack "-goro" onto the ends of their sentences or words.
134	* WalkingWasteland: Not only does Queen Gohma chew up the Great Deku Tree, but her mere presence causes the grass and trees in Kokiri Village to wilt.
135	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Inverted, the manga provides an explanation to what happened to the Fairy Ocarina that Saria gives Link, compare with in the game where it just disappears after he gets the titular item. After Zelda tosses Link the Ocarina of Time, Ganondorf attacks Link and attempts to take it from him. However, he grabs the Fairy Ocarina by mistake assuming it's the Ocarina of Time and smashes it in rage when he realizes it's the wrong one.
136	* WreckedWeapon: Link’s Deku Shield gets lit on fire during the assault on Hyrule Castle.
137	* YouHaveFailedMe: Ganondorf was planning to have Ingo executed by an Iron Knuckle for letting Epona escape with Link. Subverted, as Koume and Kotake decided to do something ''[[BrainwashedAndCrazy far worse]]'' to Ingo.
138	* YouKilledMyFather: The manga makes the implications that is from the original game that Ganondorf murdered Zelda's father during the raid a bit more blatant, where he tells Zelda, upon confronting her in a burning Hyrule Castle that she "will sleep in eternity with her father in this burning castle."

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