History ComicBook / FiveWorlds

* FridgeBrilliance: Prince Neko and his mom both have marks on their foreheads: Prince Neko has four small dots surrounding a big circle, symbolizing his connection to the Five Worlds; his mother the Queen has three ovals over a crescent moon, symbolizing how she comes from a different galaxy. Prince Neko’s father, Aurinko, doesn’t have any marks—foreshadowing that he isn’t devoted to either the Five Worlds or his old galaxy.
** Speaking of Aurinko, notice that his strange black fabric mask covers both his eyes. It represents how blind he is to the truth.

* ChekovsGag: At the beginning of ''The Red Maze'', An Tzu tells a joke to Oona and Jax.
-->‘‘‘An Tzu’’’: A city man is lost and asks a Domani farmer for directions to [[ShiningCity Chrysalis]]. The farmer says, “Sure, go back to the crossing... Or no, take that valley road... Oh no, that won’t work either.” The farmer thinks and thinks, and finally he says, “The best way to get there is to not start from here!”]]

* * ChekovsGag: At the beginning of The Red Maze, An Tzu tells a joke to Oona and Jax.
-->‘‘‘An Tzu’’’: A city man is lost and asks a Domani farmer for directions to [[ShiningCity Chrysalis]]. The farmer says, “Sure, go back to the crossing…. Or no, take that valley road…. Oh no, that won’t work either….” The farmer thinks and thinks, and finally he says, [[Punchline “The best way to get there is to not start from here!”]]

* Foreshadowing: An Tzu always wears a necklace in the shape of a crescent moon, which is the same symbol on [[spoiler: his mother’s]] forehead.
** Similarly, Peet Bowl has two small circles on his face that are connected via lines to a bigger circle. This same symbol is on the Mimic, albeit in a different order, foreshadowing that Peet Bowl is working for the Mimic.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids An downplayed in-universe example: An old fairy tale that An Tzu read as a kid was the tragic story of the Queen and The Mimic. He [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this by claiming it’s the saddest children’s book ever written.

* JerkassHasAPoint: It’s illegal for the shapeshifters of Moon Yatta to shapeshift, to the point that they’re forced to wear special collars that prevent them from shapeshifting. While it’s obviously wrong to enforce such a cruel and demeaning law, the idea of having a way to identify shapeshifters is perfectly reasonable. Having shapeshifters in a population is pretty dangerous—if you have people who can look like literally anyone or anything and have no way of telling them from the real deal, then imagine how easy it would be for one of those shapeshifters to break into buildings, infiltrate the government, or [[ShapeshifterSeducer seduce someone under false pretenses]].

* {{Reincarnation Reincarnation}}: It’s revealed in ''The Amber Anthem'' that [[spoiler: An Tzu is the lost Felid Prince, Prince Neko, who was reborn as a human in order to save his people]].

* {{Shapeshifter Shapeshifter}}: A whole race of them on Moon Yatta.

* SlaveRace: The kyojin.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?: A surprising amount for a kid’s book. The writers [[WriterOnBoard seem to enjoy tackling several real-life problems with fantastic counterparts]].

* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: [[spoiler: Jax, who is an android]], as well as all the J-X modals like him.

** The lost prince (a CatPerson) is named Neko, which any anime fan will know means “cat” in Japanese.

* ColorMotif/ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The Five Worlds each have a color attached to them: Mon Domani is white, Moon Toki is blue, Salassandra is yellow, Moon Yatta is red, and Grimbo (E) is green. To reflect this, each book has a color in its title that matches the color of the world in focus.

[[caption-width-right:350:From Left to Right: ''An Izu,Jax,& Oona'']]

* Chosen Race: The Toki, the shapeshifters of Moon Yatta, and the Kyojin on Salassandra were all chosen by the Felid Queen to protect the beacons from the Mimic.

* Moon Yatta is basically one big stand-in for America. It’s the most technologically advanced of the five planets, the only one to elect leaders rather than have a monarchy, and its capital city, New Yatta City, is heavily modeled after American cities like New York City (it even has the same initials). Its self-centered government, greedy corporations, and rampant capitalism are all direct calling-outs to America’s same problems. To drive the comparison home, the flag is designed to look similar to America’s striped one, its official nickname is “The Superpower,” and An Tzu (who heard stories about it from his father) frequently calls it [[ThePromisedLand “the land of freedom and dreams”]].
* The magical explosion on [[spoiler: Oona, Tessa, and Vector's hometown on Toki]] is basically a magical version of a nuclear reactor melting down and spreading radiation.
* The Toki are a double-whammy:
** The way they lost a war, suffered deep poverty, and took to an evil dictator who promised to win back their former glory at the cost of thousands of lives is disturbingly similar to the Germans’ situation post-WWI.
** The Toki were also forced to take on menial jobs on Mon Domani after the war and are treated like second-class citizens by the Sand Dancers, much like the black people in America after slavery was abolished. The Toki are even drawn as if they’re African-Americans with blue skin!

* KidsAreCruel:
** The kids at the academy who tease Oona for being clumsy.

* TheChosenPeople: The blue inhabitants of Toki to protect the Queen's arm [[spoiler: that has the heart of the Mimic grasped in it]].

InAGalaxyFarFarAway, [[TitleDrop five worlds]] live in close proximity to each other. On the planet Moon Domani, Oona Lee lives as a student at the Sand Dancer Academy. Her older sister, Tessa, was the ChosenOne who had the Living Fire; unfortunately, Tessa ran away, and Oona still carries the weight of her older sister's betrayal while also feeling the judgement of not living up to Tessa's greatness. When Oona discovers that the five worlds are overheating, she embarks on a mission to save the worlds, which can only be accomplished by lighting five ancient and mysterious beacons that can only be lit by a skilled Sand Dancer. Accompanying her is An Tzu, an impoverished but street-smart orphan who's suffering from a Vanishing Illness, and Jax Amboy, a star athlete beloved by sports fans on all five worlds. Trying to stop them is [[BigBad the Mimic]], an evil god who desperately wants to seize control of the universe via darkness and corruption. Oona, An Tzu, and Jax race to light the beacons before the worlds overheat and the Mimic takes control of everything.

The series has 4 installments currently out and is planned to be a five-part series:

!!Tropes found in ''5 Worlds'' and it's installments:

InAGalaxyFarFarAway, [[TitleDrop five worlds]] live in close proximity to each other. On the planet Moon Domani, three children live separate lives: Oona Lee is a student at the Sand Dancer Academy, and carries the weight of her older sister's betrayal.An Tzu is an impoverished but street-smart orphan who's suffering from a Vanishing Illness. Jax Amboy is a star athlete who's beloved by many across the galaxy despite not being all that he seems. Oona, An Tzu, and Jax are brought together to stop the five planets from overheating by lighting five ancient and mysterious beacons, which can only be lit by a skilled Sand Dancer.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Many civilians of the Five Worlds seem to have unordinary skin designs and colors. A well known example is the folk of Toki who have blue skin.

** An Izu is suffering from a disappearing illness through out the series [[spoiler: with his right limbs dissapearing in book 3.]]

* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: Oona, one of only three children who can wield the living fire, goes through a lot of trauma. [[spoiler: First, her classmates are kidnapped by Toki forces; then she discovers that her sister is a traitor who's working for the Mimic; after being captured by the Mimic, she learns that she's actually a Toki and that her whole life was a lie; ''then'' she has to deal with her sister's death after Tessa sacrificed herself to destroy The Mimic's Heart; she thought one friend was killed and is slowly losing another to an illness; and on top of all that, the puppets of The Mimic are constantly after her.]]

** [[spoiler:The Missing and [[DemonicPossesion Possessed]] Children in ''The Cobalt Prince'']]
* OnlyTheChosenMayWield The Living Fire,which only three sand dancers can use. It's also used to light the beacons of the Five Worlds.
* PowerCrystal: Sandstones are basically this despite not looking like a gemstone.They store sand for users of sand dancing.
* RagTagBunchOfMisfits:A four-man teenage rebel gang Oona allys with in the ''The Red Maze'
' consisting of a Blue Skin,A Plant Person,A Shapeshifter and a junkie mechanic.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Jax, who is an android.
* SandBlaster: The Art of Sand Dancing with withdrawing sand from the user's sandstone.
* SealedEvilInACan:[[spoiler:The Mimic]]
* TheChosenPeople: The blue inhabitants of Toki to protect the Queen's arm [[spoiler: that has the heart of the Mimic grasped in it.]]
* TokenTrio: Oona (white female), An Izu (white male), and Jax (black male)

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids An downplayed in-universe example; A old fairytale that An Izu was read to as kid was a very tragic story about the Queen and The Mimic. He lampshades this that it’s the saddest children’s book ever written.

''5 Worlds'' is a sci-fi/fantasy graphic novel series written and illustrated by Mark Siegel and Alexis Siegel and with their collaborators, Xanthe Bouma, Matt Rockefeller, and Boya Sun.

Three unlikely heroes, Oona, An student at the Sand Dancer Academy, is a fighter with a huge destiny on her shoulders, An Izu, A poor but streetsmart boy, and Jax Amboy, A star athlete is beloved by many across the galaxy are brought together in war with their 5 planets are overheating unless five ancient and mysterious beacons are lit by a skilled Sand Dancer.

The series has 3 installments currently and is planned to be a five-part series:

* ''The Amber Anthem'': Plan to release sometime in 2020.

* ArtificialLimbs:An Izu gets one for his right arm and leg due to his Disappearing Illness in Book 3.

* CatFolk: The Great Queen and her son especially when he was younger look very cat-like in appearance.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Stan Moon who owns a monopoly called Stan Inc that putt many companies like An Izu's father out of the market if they didn't sell their companies to him.[[spoiler:It turns out that he is also another puppet of The Mimic.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: Tessa,who uses the black sand of Moon Toki , yet she's an ally of her sister,Oona

* DisappointingOlderSibling: Tessa
* DisneyDeath:[[spoiler:Jax's disappearance at the beginning of ''The Cobalt Prince'' on Salassandra and Oona and An Izu believed that he died.In the third book,It was revealed that he was saved by a [[NatureSpirit Devoti]] who absorbed itself with him.]]

** An Izu appears to be suffering of a disappearing illness through out the series [[spoiler: with his right limbs dissapearing in book 3.]]

* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: Oona,one of the three children who can wield the living fire,goes through a lot of trauma as [[spoiler:her classmates are kidnapped by Toki forces and has to deal with her sister that was taken away from her when she was little had to sacrifice herself to destroy The Mimic's Heart and the puppets of The Mimic are constantly after her.]]

** The kids at the academy who tease Oona for being clumsy

* ''The Amber Anthem'' Plan to Release sometime in 2020.

* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: Oona's sister,Jessa
* CaptiveAudience Oona is forced to watch the rest of her classmates and teachers get held hostage by Toki forces in the burning castle.
* CatFolk: The Great Queen and her son especially when he was younger look very cat-like in appearance
* DarkIsNotEvil: Tessa,who uses the black sand of Moon Toki ,yet she's an ally of her sister,Oona
* DemonicPossession:

* RagTagBunchOfMisfits:A four-person teenage rebel gang Oona allys with in the Third Book consisting of a Blue Skin,A Plant Person,A Shapeshifter and a junkie mechanic.

* AmazingTechincolorPopulation: Many civilians of the Five Worlds seem to have unordinary skin designs and colors. A well known example is the folk of Toki who have blue skin.

* DisappointingOlderSibling:Tessa

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids An downplayed in universe example; A old fairytale that An Izu was read to as kid was a very tragic story about the Queen and The Mimic. He lampshades this that it’s the saddest children’s book ever written.

* DarkIsNotEvil: Jessa's sand color is black yet she's an ally of her sister,Oona

* [[UnlikelyHero Unlikely Heroes]]: The description of the book references this trope.

''5 Worlds'' is a sci-fi/fantasy graphic novel series written and illustrated by Mark Siegel, Alexis Siegel, Xanthe Bouma, Matt Rockefeller, and Boya Sun.

The series has 3 installments currently:

* '' The Red Maze'': Plan to Release on May 7th, 2019

The series has 3 installments currently
* '' The Sand Warrior'': Released in 2017
* '' The Cobalt Prince'': Released in 2018

!!Tropes found in ''5 Worlds:
* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: Oona's sister,Jess
* DarkIsNotEvil: Jess' sand color is black yet she's an ally of her sister,Oona

Three unlikely heroes, Oona, An student at the Sand Dancer Academy, is a fighter with a huge destiny on her shoulders, An Izu, A poor but streetsmart boy, and Jax Amboy, A star athlete is beloved by many across the galaxy are brough together in war with their 5 planets are overheating unless five ancient and mysterious beacons are lit by a skilled Sand Dancer.

* DarkIsNotEvil:

''5 Worlds'' is a fantasy graphic novel series written and illustrated by Mark Siegel, Alexis Siegel, Xanthe Bouma, Matt Rockefeller, and Boya Sun.

!!Tropes found in ''5Worlds:

* DemonicPossesion: