Line #35 Manga/PandemoniumWizardVillage


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Zipher and Domika]]
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4	There's a rumor that the "Land of the [[MixAndMatchCritters Variants]]" exists somewhere in the theorized home of the destructive Sky Golems. Covered in a poisonous miasma, there are tales that a village of variant wizards is hidden there with the [[BackFromTheDead power to resurrect the dead]].
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6	Walking himself to the point of collapse while lugging a mysterious box, Zipher awakens surrounded by variants. After celebrating at having reached his destination and collapsing again, he reawakens requesting an audience with their village chief so that he can resurrect his dead lover.
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8	''Pandemonium -Wizard Village-'' (パンデモニウム-魔術師の村- ''Pandemonium -Majutsushi no Mura-'') is a manga created by Creator/ShoShibamoto and is part of his [[TheVerse Verse]] alongside his other works, Manga/TheJackalope and Manga/FlowerKnightDakini.
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10	It can be read in English [[https://www.deviantart.com/hi6sho/gallery/54200336/pandemonium-wizard-village-chapter1 here.]]
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13	!!This work provides examples of:
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15	* AerithAndBob: Some of the characters have unusual or fantastical names, like Zipher, Molte, or Brow... and then you have names like Anna and Marco.
16	* AfterActionHealingDrama: [[spoiler:Molte]] is presumed to have died when [[spoiler:Crain]] shot her. However, once him and his men leave in shame, Malsus discovers she's still alive, but in dire need of medical attention. In the end, [[spoiler:he's able to successfully save her.]]
17	* AllThereInTheManual: The names of many minor or background characters are only revealed in the concept sketches.
18	* AlphaStrike: Upon seeing [[spoiler: a Sky Golem corpse]], Crain orders the entire brigade to open fire on it, before they realize [[spoiler:it's already dead]]. [[NoSell Not that their bullets were at all effective]].
19	* AsianFoxSpirit: Kayoh, though she doesn't have any special powers.
20	* BittersweetEnding: In the end, after all the hardships the characters face, [[spoiler:Zipher is able to change public perception of variants to the point of [[Manga/FlowerKnightDakini them being given a new term to be called]] and coexisting with normal people, he married Domika, and raises a son along with Molte, who is now writing a book about what happened]]. However, [[spoiler:Arkhamheim is still destroyed and Anna]] is still dead, though Zipher was finally able to move on from her and gave her a proper burial in the variant village. Crain and his men also [[spoiler:did not accomplish any of their goals and are last seen departing with no destination in mind]]. The situation with [[spoiler:the Sky Golems]] also isn't resolved.
21	* BodyHorror: Not all the variants are as lucky as [[MsFanservice Kayoh]]. Kobolgarde has the unfortunate distinction of having [[EyeScream a horn growing out of her eye]], no lips, spikes throughout her body, and tentacles for fingers and legs.
22	* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler: Zipher leaves the village at the end and travels all over to inform people of the truth about the village and its inhabitants, but he didn't do it alone, as Domika and Molte followed him.]]
23	* TheCameo: Beatha from ''The Jackalope'' makes an appearance, setting this story sometime before the events of that manga.
24	** [[spoiler: He reappears in the final chapter alongside older versions of Shinoda, Topo, and Algernon.]]
25	* CastOfSnowflakes: Every character, excluding the FacelessGoons in the brigade, has a name and distinct design, even ones that only show up once.
26	* CityWithNoName: The titular village is never given a proper name, and is only referred to as the 'Wizard Village'.
27	* ContinuityNod: [[spoiler: The DistantFinale contains several references to Manga/TheJackalope including a snowman of Jacka.]]
28	* CurbStompBattle: The village is an isolated community living in the middle of a wasteland, and thus have seen very little of the outside world, with the two strongest among them having been there for most of their lives. [[spoiler: Thus when a large group of trained men travel there prepared, there's little they can actually do against them. Even Kayoh and Cosith, while obviously far more capable than the average member of the brigade, get taken down by weapons they've never seen before.]]
29	* TheCutie: Brow
30	* DaydreamSurprise: After Domika says that Zipher will be sticking around to get his wounds treated [[spoiler: after the fire]], Molte accuses him of [[spoiler: losing his eye on purpose to draw sympathy from the others]] and yells at him to stay away from Domika, only to wake up. In reality, what happened was that she went to bed and said nothing.
31	* DeliberateInjuryGambit: After getting beaten up by Kayoh and Cosith for begging that Anna be revived, Zipher smiles at the prospect of sticking around longer to recover from his injuries. Unfortunately for him, the village's [[HealingPotion medicine water]] instantly heals him.
32	* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: After he shoots her, it initially looks like Crain killed Molte. However, once Malsus examines her body, he discovers that she's still alive and works quickly enough to save her.]]
33	* DistantFinale: [[spoiler: Takes place 16 years after Zipher leaves the village for real. Zipher and Domika married and had a son that they raise alongside Molte, variants are now more accepted, though some stigma still exists, and the village became an archaeological site overseen by villagers who chose to stay and specialists from outside it.]]
34	* DoomedHometown: Arkhamheim. Similar to the other mangas in TheVerse, Zipher lived a pleasant life there before the Sky Golems destroyed it with their Straight Thunders, killing Anna as well. [[spoiler: It was also the hometown of Crain and the brigade.]]
35	* DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: The final chapter reveals that [[spoiler:Anna looks very much like Domika]].
36	* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Zipher gets his left eye crushed by burning debris saving Brow, and the village's medicine isn't able to heal it.]]
37	* FaceDoodling: Young Domika does this in the extra chapter to Cosith to try to wake him up.
38	* FaceOfAThug: Several villagers look threatening, but are just normal people.
39	* FantasticRacism: Variants aren't well-regarded by non-variants. [[spoiler:In fact, the entire reason for the village's existence is the discrimination variants receive from the outside world. In the epilogue, they've become treated much better, though there are still people who haven't let go of the rumors surrounding them.]]
40	* FatalFireworks: [[spoiler: Brow steals one of Zipher's fireworks and causes a massive fire to break out by setting it off wrong. Thankfully, he was saved by Zipher.]]
41	* FiveSecondForeshadowing: On the way to the village chief's house, Zipher, Domika, and Molte pass by a graveyard. A few pages later, [[spoiler: Ainu makes it very clear that the village cannot resurrect the dead.]]
42	* FlashbackEcho: Chapter 6 does this with the [[spoiler: fire that happens in the village and the destruction of Arkhamheim. Both of them involve Zipher attempting to save someone (Brow in the present, Anna in the past). While he failed to save Anna, he does save Brow, though gets several injuries.]]
43	* FootBathTreatment: Kobolgarde does this with her lower tentacles when Zipher and Domika meet her in her home. Justified as she's using [[HealingPotion medicine water]].
44	* GasMaskLongcoat: Crain and his brigade. [[spoiler: Crain takes his mask off at the end of Chapter 10.]]
45	* GasMaskMooks: Crain's brigade, since they don't even get names.
46	* GreaterScopeVillain: The Sky Golems.
47	* HappilyAdopted: Domika and Molte are mother and daughter, though Molte grows upset when Zipher starts becoming close to Domika. [[spoiler: She gets over it and considers Zipher her father once he marries Domika.]]
48	** Domika, Malsus, Kayoh, and Cosith were all raised by village chief Ainu.
49	* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler: Zipher and Domika, by the end.]]
50	* HealingPotion: The village has medicine water that is able to instantly heal Zipher's injured face. [[spoiler: However, it has its limits, as it can't restore his eye after it gets crushed.]]
51	* HeroicFireRescue: [[spoiler: Zipher manages to save Brow from the fire Brow inadvertently caused by stealing one of his fireworks at the cost of his left eye.]]
52	** [[spoiler: He had attempted this with Anna during Arkhamheim's destruction, but she was already dead by the time he had reached her.]]
53	* HesGotAWeapon: Early on, Zipher lights what looks like a bomb that causes the villagers to panic and try to stop him, but it only turns out to be a firework. [[spoiler: He was actually using it as a signal to Crain.]]
54	* HiddenElfVillage: The titular village, populated by variants rumored to have the power to bring back the dead. [[spoiler: Turns out they were only rumors.]]
55	* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Cosith and Kayoh, though only comparatively as she's the tallest female character in the manga.
56	* IdenticalStranger: [[spoiler: Anna looks a lot like Domika, minus the variant parts.]]
57	* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: [[spoiler: Molte chronicled the events of most of the manga, as well as some of the stuff afterwards into a book.]]
58	* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: [[spoiler: Schritt, Zipher and Domika's son]], who's introduced in the DistantFinale.
59	* TheLostLenore: Anna's death as a result of the Straight Thunders is what motivates Zipher to find the village. [[spoiler: However, it is eventually revealed they were never in a relationship.]]
60	* MixAndMatchCritters: Variants
61	* MundaneObjectAmazement: Several villagers, mainly the children, are amazed by the fireworks Zipher shoots off, as most of them have lived in the isolation of the village their entire lives.
62	* {{Mutants}}: Variants, again.
63	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: When Zipher finally manages to get through to Crain, he undergoes this after realizing he shot a child.]]
64	* TheNamesake: While the titular village is where almost the entire story takes place, the 'Pandemonium' part of the title isn't brought up until much later, where one of the characters is referred to as befitting the description. [[spoiler: And while it's not revealed in the manga proper, 'Pandemonium Wizard Village' is the title of the book Molte wrote about the events of the story, as seen in [[https://twitter.com/hi6sho/status/919515737986703361 this drawing]].]]
65	* NarratorAllAlong: [[spoiler: An older Molte turns out to have been reading from a book she wrote about what happened.]]
66	* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler: Zipher and Domika.]]
67	* OnceMoreWithClarity: Chapter 6 begins with a flashback of Zipher inviting Anna to something. [[spoiler: In the final chapter, we hear the conversation again, but it ends with her accepting and TheReveal of her face.]]
68	* OurPerytonsAreDifferent: There is a minor villager named Peryu who resembles a peryton, having a deer-like head with antlers and a humanoid bird body.
69	* PocketProtector: [[spoiler: Molte's locket ends up saving her after Crain shoots her.]]
70	* PauperPatches: A number of the villagers' outfits have patches on them.
71	* PrintBonus: The physical release of the second volume comes with an extra chapter starring Domika and Kayoh when they were children.
72	* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Many of the villagers are named after mythological figures or creatures. Kayoh gets her name from Lady Kayō, one of the names [[AsianFoxSpirit Tamamo-no-Mae]] took. Cosith is named after the Cù-sìth of Scottish folklore. Minor villagers Behemoth and Pendra are references to the [[Literature/TheBible Behemoth]] and [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Pandora]].
73	* TheReveal: [[spoiler: There are Sky Golem corpses are underneath the village. And the 'magical' items the villagers use in their daily lives? They're devices excavated from the remains of the Sky Golems, and they don't know how to use about 90% of what they find.]]
74	** [[spoiler: Anna was never in a romantic relationship with Zipher and only saw him as a friend. His love was one-sided, but he could never confess to her simply because she wasn't the kind of lady to be tied down because of a relationship. Zipher intended to revive her in the hope that she would [[RelationshipUpgrade owe him and change that]]. She also [[IdenticalStranger looks just like Domika]]]].
75	* ShoutOut: The final chapter has a [[Webcomic/PoppyOPossum Poppy O'Possum]] book on a shelf.
76	** Two of the gravestones are for [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Sméagol and Gollum]]. Another three belong to [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Godzilla]], [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Oogie Boogie]], and [[Film/{{Tremors}} Graboid El Blanco (misspelt as 'Gravoid')]].
77	** Another pair of graves are for [[Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy 'Nuada Nuala']] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Frankenweenie}} 'Sparky']].
78	** Several of the villagers are named after demons from the Literature/ArsGoetia.
79	* StaircaseTumble: Happens to Zipher while he's running to the center of the village. He wasn't looking ahead of him and falls down the entire flight.
80	* SuicideByCop: [[spoiler: Molte, believing she has nothing left to live for, requests that Crain kill her. He ends up going through with it, but she survives because of her locket and that he had to lower his aim to shoot her, thus causing the bullet to be deflected.]]
81	* TextileWorkIsFeminine: Anna was the one that made Zipher's coat and hat. After they get damaged, Domika tries her best to repair them, but due to the clumsiness of her claws, the result is very patchwork and rips easily. He doesn't mind the change, though.
82	* ThatCameOutWrong: Zipher tells Domika [[spoiler: after she continues to mend his wounds after the fire]] that he'd be happy to repay her however he could. She tells him that she wants a family. It takes her a second to [[ThroughAFaceFullOfFur realize how]] [[LuminescentBlush she worded that.]]
83	* {{Unicorn}}: The minor villager Neil is a unicorn and his twin Eva is a bicorn.
84	* WhaleEgg: As revealed in the extra chapter, Domika was actually hatched from an egg, [[ArtisticLicenseBiology despite having a belly button]]. She wastes no time pointing this out, but Ainu [[HandWave acts like this is just another way for variants to be born]], even for animals that don't lay eggs.
85	* WhamLine:
86	-->'''Crain:''' [[spoiler:Sorry, Miss. Zipher and Anna... were no lovers.]]
87	* WhamShot: When Zipher finally opens the box containing Anna's corpse [[spoiler:revealing that she [[IdenticalStranger looks just like Domika.]]]]
88	* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Molte goads Crain into shooting her as she feels she no longer has anything to live for anymore. Crain does so, mistakenly believing the villagers will bring her back to life. When everyone is too horrified by his actions to do anything, [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint he mistakes this as them not wanting to resurrect an outsider]] and threatens to kill one of the villagers, including the children. Thankfully, Zipher is able to snap him out of it and she happened to still be alive.]]

Context Manga / PandemoniumWizardVillage