History Manga / TheLegendOfMotherSarah

* NunsNRosaries: Averted. While [[spoiler: Satoko]] eventually became a nun, she doesn't wear the usual Catholic garb.

* BoobsOfSteel: Sarah, being a competent brawler and markswoman, is indeed very well endowed in the chest area. [[spoiler: In addition to owning an ''actual'' steel breast, see below]].

Another Creator/KatsuhiroOtomo hit manga, ''The Legend Of Mother Sarah'' was written by the creator of ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' but was drawn by Takumi Nagayasu from 1990 to 2006.

* DeterminedWidow: It's never stated upfront that her husband was killed but Sarah never saw her husband again after her fall from space. [[spoiler: Double subverted late in the story when she eventually reunites with Bard who had been lurking in one of the 5 satellites to never have landed on Earth, as part of the "Mother Earth" project. Only to lose him for good upon the FinalBattle against the bloodthirsty warlords of Epoch and M.E.]].

* AllMenArePerverts / AllWomenAreLustful: Or more specifically, ''Men Of Power'' are perverts, other men are usually decent. And that goes for women too.

* ChildrenAreInnocent <-> KidsAreCruel: Zigzagged. While the younger ones may be described as indeed helpless and innocent, the older ones (10 and older) are sometimes just as corrupt and selfish as adults.

* [[spoiler: RapeAsDrama]]: May explain why [[spoiler: rape is Sarah's BerserkButton]], along with mistreatment of children, of course.

* GreenAesop: The whole series is quite {{Anvilicious}} about nuclear energy but since it was written right after the Tchernobyl catastrophe, you do the maths.

* InfantImmortality: Averted. In this war-torn setting, children are likely to die just as gruesomely as adults.

Flash forward 10 years later. Roaming the inhospitable wastelands of Earth, [[TheQuest Sarah is now searching for her children]], accompanied by her sidekick [[BlackBestFriend Tsue]], a truck-riding merchant who took her in. [[{{Determinator}} And she won't stop until she has found all 3 of them.]]

* BlackBestFriend: Averted. Tsue being black bears little to no meaning as for why Sarah is travelling with him.

* [[spoiler: RapeAsBackstory]]: May explain why [[spoiler: rape is Sarah's BerserkButton]], along with mistreatment of children, of course.

Another Creator/KatsuhiroOtomo hit manga, ''The Legend Of Mother Sarah'' was written by the creator of Manga/{{Akira}} but was drawn by Takumi Nagayasu from 1990 to 2006.

The series is now mostly out-of-print but it can be found online. The series was also an oddity for its time since it's technically a {{Seinen}} (and not a {{Josei}}) but it features an adult woman and covers many themes related to childhood, childbearing and motherhood in general, along with wartime realities, [[ChildSoldier soldier kids]], survival and religion.

* {{Expy}}: Sarah was modeled partially after [[Fanchise/{{Alien}} Sigourney Weaver's character Ripley]].

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* [[RoadMovie Road Series]]: Sarah and Tsue drive from town to town, all through the story, making business and finding clues to the location of Sarah's children.

Another KatsuhiroOtomo hit manga, ''The Legend Of Mother Sarah'' was written by the creator of Manga/{{Akira}} but was drawn by Takumi Nagayasu from 1990 to 2006.

Flash forward 10 years later. Roaming the inhospitable wastelands of Earth, [[TheQuest Sarah is now searching for her children]], accompanied by her sidekick [[BlackBestFriend Tsue]], a truck-riding merchant who took her in. [[{{Determinator}} And she won't stop until she has foud all 3 of them.]]

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* AndTheAdventureContinues: In the end, [[spoiler: Tsue asks Sarah SoWhatDoWeDoNow. Realizing that she has nowhere to go, that her husband is dead, that she may probably never see Harato again, that Satoko is now moving on with her own life and ignoring that Tsumuri is probably still alive, Sarah ponders for a while, realizing that another journey awaits: fulfilling her husband's wish. She will now go to where Satoko lives, and then to where she buried Kazuki and then to where Tsumuri supposedly died and make all of these areas "green", as Bard wished.]]

* AndTheAdventureContinues: In the end, [[spoiler: Tsue asks Sarah SoWhatDoWeDoNow. Realizing that she has nowhere to go, that her husband is dead, that she may probably never see Harato again, that Satoko is now moving on with her own life and still not knowing that Tsumuri is probably still alive, Sarah ponders for a while, realizing that another journey awaits: fulfilling her husband's wish. She will now go to where Satoko lives, and then to where she buried Kazuki and then to where Tsumuri supposedly died and make all of these areas "green", as Bard wished.]]