History Manga / MotherKeeper

''Mother Keeper'' is a shounen action drama manga with some sci-fi and slight comedy by Sorano Kaili, who was also the author of {{Manga/Monochrome Factor}}. The manga was serialised in ''Blade Comics'' from around 2006 to 2014.

''Mother Keeper'' is a shounen action drama manga with some sci-fi and slight comedy by Sorano Kaili, who was also the author of {{Manga/Monochrome Factor}}. The manga was serialised in Blade Comics from around 2006 to 2014

The manga takes place in and around the city of Eden, which is closed off from the rest of the world. With in Eden, it is a total paradise. However, Eden isn't big enough for everyone, and some people are forced to live in what is a near wasteland outside it. People in the slums of the outside are finding that Eden is making their lives worse and attempt to form resistance groups. Ricalna Forde is a member of one of the groups known as COSMOS and their goal is to take down Eden's central CPU which controls Eden.

-> ''"This fleeting golden age has ended, and has become nothing more than a dream. People have begun to search for the next dream. Peace... Searching for a steady life... and just a bit of hapiness... For the sake of these things, people have begun to move. Despite this, the war continues."''

* {{The Reveal}}: Adam explains EVERYTHING: [[spoiler: Graham and Jim are actually the first Newtype humans (codenamed [[AdamAndEvePlot Adam and Eve]]) created by the Mother system, Mother was designed to destroy humanity so the world could start over (her parents were driven insane by the death of their firstborn daughter), and Adam wants to destroy his Newtype descendants (the inhabitants of Eden) because compared to the human settlers who were descendants of the survivors of the apocalypse, they're decadent idiots (they plan to expand Eden, which already causes mass pollution and drains huge reserves of energy, for no real reason other than population growth). Graham believes he can't just force the Newtypes out of Eden because their bodies are incapable of surviving the environment of the wastelands, while Jim thinks they only need a few more generations before the Newtypes manage to adapt.]]

* {{No Ending}}: [[spoiler:Most of the protagonists and villains die and the precursor doomsday weapons have been destroyed]], but nothing has been resolved and anyone who could change the course of history is dead.

* {{Parental Favoritism}}: Graham seems to slightly favour Lennard as he is more likely to protect her during fights, while Ricalna was thrown in with a group [[spoiler:who were expected to die]].

* {{Scars are Forever}}: Zelik suffered chemical burns to the right side of his face, causing the loss of his eye and ear [[spoiler:when Silas tortured him, having mistaken him for a rat]]. Graham also has three scars on his face.

* {{The Scrounger}}: Zelik.

* {{Cry Into Chest}}: Towards the end of Hunter part 2, [[spoiler: Graham catches the injured Zelik just before he collapses and [[http://reader.sensescans.com/content/comics/mother_keeper_521665ccaa63f/44_5_the_hunter_second_part_5318701b459b1/0153.png Zelik starts crying into his chest while Graham pets his hair.]]]]

* {{Handicapped Badass}}: Zelik has one eye and one arm but it's a stupid idea to mess with him as he seems capable of punching a cyborg to death.

* {{Family Unfriendly Violence}}: By chapter 2 you'll be seeing the insides of guy's chests. The blood and gore gets progressively more and more serious.

* {{Mistaken for Gay}}: Turkes when him and Ricalna first meet. Though in the next few chapters, Turkes's feelings towards Ricalna seem to be a little less than heterosexual.

* {{Boom headshot}}: Graham saved Zelik's life by managing to shoot [[spoiler:his would-be executor just in time.]]

* {{Unwilling Roboticisation}}: Ricalna gets turned into a cyborg so he can help the people he's meant to be fighting.
** [[spoiler:Syal is turned into a cyborg after Jim misunderstands her pleas for Elsa to be saved and is pretty upset about it to begin with. She eventually comes to appreciate what Jim did for her.]]
* {{White Haired Pretty Boy}}: Ricalna

* {{Dumbass Teenage Son}}: Ricalna didn't even realise it made perfect sense for Graham and Zelik to work together even though they're basically best friends.

* [[spoiler:{{Beard of Evil}}: Graham.]]

* {{Scars are Forever}}: Zelik suffered chemical burns to the right side of his face, causing the loss of his eye and ear [[spoiler:when Silas tortured him, having mistaken him for a rat]].

* {{Jack the Ripoff}}: [[spoiler:Lint]], though not nearly as cool.

* {{Handicapped Badass}}: Zelik has one eye and one arm but it's a stupid idea to mess with him as he seems near capable of punching a whole through a man.

* {{Double Agent}}: Ricalna

* {{Complete Monster}}: Silas and Allen

* {{Ho Yay}}:
** Turkes and Ricalna slightly, Turkes seems very keen on having Ricalna on his side and getting very close to him. Ricalna doesn't seem interested though.
** Zelik and Graham. Graham seems to be pretty protective of Zelik and Zelik is clearly very fond of him. Graham goes above and beyond for Zelik in the Hunter side story.
* {{Les Yay}}
** Syal and Jim. Syal is one of the few people Jim treats nicely and Syal refuses to believe anything mean said about Jim. Syal even gives Jim credit for giving her a new life. When Jim thinks Syal and Ricalna are getting close, she seems slightly upset but cares more about Syal's happiness.
** Syal and Elsa. The actual relationship between them is rather ambiguous, as it's hard to tell if Syal sees her as a mother, sister or as a girlfriend. Syal did kiss her on the cheek and tell her she liked her the most, [[spoiler:then later was willing to die in hopes of saving Elsa's life]].

* {{Beard of Evil}}: [[spoiler:Graham.]]

** Syal and Jim for Les Yay. Syal is one of the few people Jim treats nicely and Syal refuses to believe anything mean said about Jim. Syal even gives Jim credit for giving her a new life. When Jim thinks Syal and Ricalna are getting close, she seems slightly upset but cares more about Syal's happiness.

* {{The Wall around the World}}: Eden is within a giant dome.

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-> ''"This fleeting golden age has ended, and has become nothing more than a dream. People have begun to search for the next dream. Peace... Searching for a steady life... and just a bit of hapiness... For the sake of these things, people have begun to move. Despite this, the war continues."''


''Mother Keeper'' is a shounen action drama manga with some sci-fi and slight comedy by Sorano Kaili, who was also the author of {{Manga/Monochrome Factor}}. The manga was serialised in Blade Comics from around 2006 to 2014

The manga takes place in and around the city of Eden, which is closed off from the rest of the world. With in Eden, it is a total paradise. However, Eden isn't big enough for everyone, and some people are forced to live in what is a near wasteland outside it. People in the slums of the outside are finding that Eden is making their lives worse and attempt to form resistance groups. Ricalna Forde is a member of one of the groups known as COSMOS and their goal is to take down Eden's central CPU which controls Eden.

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!! This manga provides examples of:

* {{Action Girl}}: Syal and Lennard.
* {{Ambiguously Gay}}: Zelik and Silas both come across as this, especially with the way Silas talks to Zelik [[spoiler:(though he is supposed to be suggesting entering him as a fighter in an illegal deathring)]]
* {{Art Evolution}}: Sorano Kaili's art improves a ridiculous amount.
* {{Artificial Limbs}}: Zelik gains a new arm eventually, though it doesn't seem to make him that much more powerful.
* {{Asshole Victim}}: [[spoiler:Silas]]
* {{Beard of Evil}}: [[spoiler:Graham.]]
* {{Bishonen}}: Lint, Ricalna and Zelik when he was younger.
* {{Black Market}}: The Cocytus.
* {{Blasting it out of Their Hands}}: [[spoiler:During Graham and Lint's fight, Graham manages to do this to stop him killing Lennard.]]
* {{Bloodier and Gorier}}: As of volume 8, though there was some gore before that.
* {{Blood Knight}}: Turkes
* {{Boom headshot}}: Graham saved Zelik's life by managing to shoot [[spoiler:his would-be executor just in time.]]
** [[spoiler:He later did this to Silas, too.]]
* {{Brainwashed and Crazy}}: Syal is this in a way when she enters insanity mode.
* {{Break the Cutie}}: Syal's backstory.
* {{Children are Innocent}}
* {{Child Soldiers}}: Most of Cosmos appear to be in their teens-early 20s.
* {{Combat sadomasochist}}: Turkes Verafoult.
* {{Complete Monster}}: Silas and Allen
* {{Cool old guy}}: Graham Gregson and Zelik Lindemann
* {{Crapsack World}}
* {{Cyborg}}: All the mother keepers and Turkes
* {{Double Agent}}: Ricalna
* {{Dumbass Teenage Son}}: Ricalna didn't even realise it made perfect sense for Graham and Zelik to work together even though they're basically best friends.
* {{Dystopia}}
* {{Elegant Gothic Lolita}}: Mother
* {{Emotionless Girl}}: Mother
* {{Family Unfriendly Death}}: [[spoiler: Allen and Silas]] as well as two kids seen briefly get particularly unfriendly deaths.
* {{Family Unfriendly Violence}}: By chapter 2 you'll be seeing the insides of guy's chests. The blood and gore gets progressively more and more serious.
* {{Fanservice}}: Mostly in early chapters, Syal and Jim are used to attempt fanservice but later it seems to progress more towards getting the guys shirtless.
* {{Fiery Coverup}}: [[spoiler:Graham does this after killing Silas]]
* {{Friend in the black market}}: Zelik to Graham and Silas.
* {{The Future}}
* {{Grey and Gray morality}}
* {{Handicapped Badass}}: Zelik has one eye and one arm but it's a stupid idea to mess with him as he seems near capable of punching a whole through a man.
* {{Heterosexual Life Partners}}: Graham and Zelik have known each other for around 30 years and are still going strong. Graham has saved Zelik's life and Zelik seems to be the only person to ever get a discount at Zelik's shop.
* {{Ho Yay}}:
** Turkes and Ricalna slightly, Turkes seems very keen on having Ricalna on his side and getting very close to him. Ricalna doesn't seem interested though.
** Zelik and Graham. Graham seems to be pretty protective of Zelik and Zelik is clearly very fond of him. Graham goes above and beyond for Zelik in the Hunter side story.
** Syal and Jim for Les Yay. Syal is one of the few people Jim treats nicely and Syal refuses to believe anything mean said about Jim. Syal even gives Jim credit for giving her a new life. When Jim thinks Syal and Ricalna are getting close, she seems slightly upset but cares more about Syal's happiness.
** Syal and Elsa. The actual relationship between them is rather ambiguous, as it's hard to tell if Syal sees her as a mother, sister or as a girlfriend. Syal did kiss her on the cheek and tell her she liked her the most, [[spoiler:then later was willing to die in hopes of saving Elsa's life]].
* {{Hot Scientist}}: Jim
* {{Jack the Ripoff}}: [[spoiler:Lint]], though not nearly as cool.
* {{Kick Chick}}: Syal is partially this though she does appear to vary in styles from fight to fight.
* {{Lady of War}}: Syal
* {{Leave No Witnesses}}: [[spoiler:When the real Graham Gregson was killed, Graham made sure to kill any witnesses and Graham Gregson's entire family, sparing no one.]]
** [[spoiler:He later does this again, he kills everyone working for Silas before killing Silas himself.]]
* {{Little Miss Badass}}: Syal and Lennard to an extent.
* {{Long Haired Pretty Boy}}: Ricalna and Lint.
* {{Mad Scientist}}: Adam
* {{Master Computer}}: Mother
* {{Mistaken for Gay}}: Turkes when him and Ricalna first meet. Though in the next few chapters, Turkes's feelings towards Ricalna seem to be a little less than heterosexual.
* {{Multiple gunshot death}}: [[spoiler:Lint]]
* {{Non action guy}}: Lint, he acts like he's a great fighter but he very rarely actually does anything to help and seems to just act like he's helpful.
* {{Parental Favoritism}}: Graham seems to slightly favour Lennard as he is more likely to protect her during fights, while Ricalna was thrown in with a group [[spoiler:who were expected to die]].
* {{Platonic Life Partners}}: Syal and Ricalna, Ricalna mentions seeing her as being like a sister to him and is willing to be there for her like he would with Lennard.
* {{Prison Rape}}: Silas threatens Zelik with this.
* {{Robot Girl}}: Syal
* {{Scars are Forever}}: Zelik suffered chemical burns to the right side of his face, causing the loss of his eye and ear [[spoiler:when Silas tortured him, having mistaken him for a rat]].
* {{Schmuck Bait}}: Ricalna walks right in to the world's most obvious trap in chapter 1, he even mentions it to possibly be a trap, before continuing on.
* {{The Scrounger}}: Zelik.
* {{Serial killer}}: Lint and [[spoiler:Graham]].
* {{Smoking is Cool}}: Zelik and Jim are both shown to be smoking endless cigarettes every time we see them.
* {{Stalker with a crush}}: Allen to Syal when she was a slave [[spoiler:fighting in the deathring. Allen went out of his way to kidnap the person closest to her and force them to kill each other because he was so interested in her fighting]].
* {{Terrorists without a cause}}: Turkes and Chaos Tide, Turkes seems to fight for no reason other than killing.
* {{The Wall around the World}}: Eden is within a giant dome.
* {{Unwilling Roboticisation}}: Ricalna gets turned into a cyborg so he can help the people he's meant to be fighting.
** [[spoiler:Syal is turned into a cyborg after Jim misunderstands her pleas for Elsa to be saved and is pretty upset about it to begin with. She eventually comes to appreciate what Jim did for her.]]
* {{White Haired Pretty Boy}}: Ricalna
* {{Worlds Strongest Man}}: No one wants to get in a fight with Zelik if they value their lives.
* {{Would Hurt a Child}}: Turkes will kill children without a second thought.
* {{Would Hit a Girl}}: It's mostly the girls fighting and no one shows any signs of having anything against hitting them.