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** ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is set in a futuristic version of Ancient Greece.

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** ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is set in a futuristic version fusion of Ancient and Modern Greece.
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* {{Meganekko}}: There's an unnamed Capulet servant in the ''Romeo & Juliet'' adaptation who has this look. She acts as Lord Capulet's secretary.

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* AdaptationDyeJob:
** The Apothecary in ''Romeo and Juliet'' is blue-haired. He has one eye the same shade of blue, while the other is brown. Synthetic dye didn't appear until some 250 years after the play's release.
** Used heavily in ''Othello'' due to the HighFantasy inspiration. For example, several characters, including Othello, are white-haired.



* YouGottaHaveBlueHair:
** The Apothecary in ''Romeo and Juliet'' is blue-haired. He has one eye the same shade of blue, while the other is brown.
** Used heavily in ''Othello'' due to the HighFantasy inspiration. For example, several characters, including Othello, are white haired.
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[[https://www.mangashakespeare.com/ Here]] is the official website of the manga.






** Used heavily in ''Othello'' due to the HighFantasy inspiration. For example, several characters, including Othello, are white haired.

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** Used heavily in ''Othello'' due to the HighFantasy inspiration. For example, several characters, including Othello, are white haired.haired.
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The series is OEL so it probably fits under Pretty Boy better.


* {{Bishonen}}: Many of the characters. For example, Romeo is now a wavy-haired rock idol.


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* PrettyBoy: Many of the characters. For example, Romeo is now a wavy-haired rock idol.
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A series of OELManga, ''Manga Shakespeare'' adapt various plays with an {{animesque}} twist. They use various styles, with some being {{Setting Update}}s while others taking a fantasy route. The dialogue, however, is ripped straight from the plays with no modernizations.

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A series of OELManga, ''Manga Shakespeare'' adapt various plays with an {{animesque}} twist. They use various styles, with some being {{Setting Update}}s while others taking take a fantasy route.route instead. The dialogue, however, is ripped straight from the plays with no modernizations.
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* {{Meganekko}}: There's an unnamed Capulet servant in the ''Romeo & Juliet'' adaptation who has this look. She acts as Lord Capulet'd secretary.

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* {{Meganekko}}: There's an unnamed Capulet servant in the ''Romeo & Juliet'' adaptation who has this look. She acts as Lord Capulet'd Capulet's secretary.



* SettingUpdate: All of them except for the two that are classified as "Histories" instead of "Tragedies" or "Comedies."

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* SettingUpdate: All of them except for the two that are classified as "Histories" instead of "Tragedies" or "Comedies.""Comedies":
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** ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is set in a futuristic version of Ancient Greece.

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The works adapted are: ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'', ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar'', ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'', ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'', ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', ''Theatre/TheTempest'', ''Theatre/RichardIII'' and ''Theatre/HenryVIII.''

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The works adapted are: ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'', ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar'', ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', ''Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice'', ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'', ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'', ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', ''Theatre/TheTempest'', ''Theatre/RichardIII'' and ''Theatre/HenryVIII.''


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* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: Due to the HighFantasy route for both ''The Merchant of Venice'' and ''Othello'', the cast of the former are elves and the cast of the latter are... all manner of things.


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** ''The Merchant of Venice'' is set on a floating elvish city.
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The works adapted are: ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'', ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar'', ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'', ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'', ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', and ''Theatre/TheTempest''.

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The works adapted are: ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'', ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar'', ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'', ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'', ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', ''Theatre/TheTempest'', ''Theatre/RichardIII'' and ''Theatre/TheTempest''.''Theatre/HenryVIII.''



* SettingUpdate:

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* SettingUpdate: All of them except for the two that are classified as "Histories" instead of "Tragedies" or "Comedies."
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''King Lear'' features Lear and his daughters as Mohicans/Iroquois, there is conflicting information on which they are supposed to be, Kent is Huron and Edmund is black, the entire cast really due to the SettingUpdate and Gauls, Celtic Britons and Burgundians not existing any more by the time of the 1750's.

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** ''King Lear'' features Lear and his daughters as Mohicans/Iroquois, there is conflicting information on which they are supposed to be, Kent is Huron and Edmund is black, the entire cast really due to the SettingUpdate and Gauls, Celtic Britons and Burgundians not existing any more by the time of the 1750's.

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* RaceLift: ''Romeo and Juliet'' is set in Japan. Juliet is Japanese while Romeo is half-white, half-Japanese.
* SettingUpdate: ''Romeo and Shakespeare'' takes place in contemporary Tokyo.

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* RaceLift: RaceLift:
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''Romeo and Juliet'' is set in Japan. Juliet is Japanese while Romeo is half-white, half-Japanese.
''King Lear'' features Lear and his daughters as Mohicans/Iroquois, there is conflicting information on which they are supposed to be, Kent is Huron and Edmund is black, the entire cast really due to the SettingUpdate and Gauls, Celtic Britons and Burgundians not existing any more by the time of the 1750's.
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''Romeo and Shakespeare'' takes place in contemporary Tokyo. Tokyo.
** ''King Lear'' takes place in 1757 in North America.
** ''Macbeth'' takes place in a post-apocalyptic future featuring samurai, mutants and cyborgs.
** ''Hamlet'' is set in the 22nd century.
** ''As You Like It'' is set in contemporary China.

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A series of OELManga, ''Manga Shakespeare'' adapt various plays with an {{animesque}} twist. They use various styles, with some being {{Setting Update}}s while others taking a fantasy route.

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A series of OELManga, ''Manga Shakespeare'' adapt various plays with an {{animesque}} twist. They use various styles, with some being {{Setting Update}}s while others taking a fantasy route.
route. The dialogue, however, is ripped straight from the plays with no modernizations.


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* CuteClumsyGirl: The Capulet servant trips over her own feet.
* {{Keet}}: Benvolio is portrayed this way in the ''Romeo and Juliet'' adaptation.
* {{Meganekko}}: There's an unnamed Capulet servant in the ''Romeo & Juliet'' adaptation who has this look. She acts as Lord Capulet'd secretary.
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''Manga Shakespeare'' is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what its name implies]]: {{manga}} adaptations of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's works.

A series of OELManga, ''Manga Shakespeare'' adapt various plays with an {{animesque}} twist. They use various styles, with some being {{Setting Update}}s while others taking a fantasy route.

The works adapted are: ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'', ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar'', ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'', ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'', ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', and ''Theatre/TheTempest''.
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!!''Manga Shakespeare'' provides examples of:

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Almost everyone's either cute and animesque or attractive and animesque.
* {{Bishonen}}: Many of the characters. For example, Romeo is now a wavy-haired rock idol.
* RaceLift: ''Romeo and Juliet'' is set in Japan. Juliet is Japanese while Romeo is half-white, half-Japanese.
* SettingUpdate: ''Romeo and Shakespeare'' takes place in contemporary Tokyo.
* {{Yakuza}}: Romeo and Juliet come from rival yakuza families.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair:
** The Apothecary in ''Romeo and Juliet'' is blue-haired. He has one eye the same shade of blue, while the other is brown.
** Used heavily in ''Othello'' due to the HighFantasy inspiration. For example, several characters, including Othello, are white haired.

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