Novas Aventuras de Megaman / YMMV

Complete Monster:
- Dr. Wily is the ultimate dictator of the post-apocalyptic world. Originally a young scientist, Wily was the leader of Project Saint Lazarus, where young Brazilian girls were kidnapped and turned into cyborgs to become the next step in computer robotics, with Wily having experimented on over a hundred children. Imprisoned by Mega Man and friends, Wily broke out and partnered with the Holzenbein Estate and some aliens to create the Neo-Mavericks, which Wily used to slaughter most of humankind and become the world's dictator, even creating an apocalypse after nuking an entire city to get rid of Dr. Light. Once Mega Man is awakened by Roll, Wily sends his men out to track Mega Man's location, uncaring for their deaths, even allowing Mega Man to kill his business rivals. Knowing that the aliens will return and usurp control of the earth away from him, Wily and his 150 Mavericks try and kill the Mega Man family for good, hoping to capture Roll and keep the world for himself.
- Mr. Holzenbein is a corrupt scientist turned businessman who took part in Project Saint Lazarus to sell the robotic girls for their organs and sexual slavery. Having worked with Wily on his plan to rule the world, Holzenbein split from him and started his own company, where he has little girls cloned and sold for profit. Kidnapping various women and performing voodoo sacrifices on them for no reason apart from sadism, Holzenbein plans to overthrow Wily and take his place as the world's dictator, announcing to his assistant the end of everything.
Creator's Pet: Princess, who is obnoxious, psychopathic, and an obvious bullhorn for José Roberto Pereira's views about the superiority of Brazil, the need for more Brazilian characters in comics, and other things that have absolutely no relevance to a Mega Man comic. For once, Executive Meddling actually saved the day - when Pereira explicitly stated that he planned to have her kill off the entirety of the Mega Man cast so he could turn it into a book all about the adventures of his Original Character, he was promptly fired and Princess was written out of the comic.
Ensemble Dark Horse: Nastenka and Kalinka are well-regarded even by the detractors for their character designs, Kalinka being an Ascended Extra and Nastenka her bodyguard, and interesting backstories that leave answers dangling about how they survived so long.
Fridge Horror:
- In #3, X describes São Paulo as a peaceful oasis, only for Roll to remind him that the place was a crime-ridden dump. Annoyed, X tries to argue that there's nothing wrong with his idealized view of his beloved city and, more generally, that it's fine to hang onto such memories regardless of how accurate they aren't. It comes off like X refuses to face the past... and, as it later turns out, he has good reason not to.
- What would have happened if the author who created Princess had managed to go through with his hijacking of the comic, which required an "Everybody Dies" Ending for everyone except Princess...
Funny Moments:
- Some of the translations, most things to do with Princess, and Slasher calling Zero "Big Ice Cream".
- Issue #5 was extremely bizarre, but the idea of having Mega Man and X racing in a plot that mirrors Wacky Races is funny.
- Issue #6 has a major moment of funny because of the villain. Jerimum, a parody of historical bandit Lampião, was so awesome (and downright stereotypical) that one can't help but laugh.
- Princess' entire multi-page Author Filibuster at the end of issue 3 about the state of Brazilian comics, the superiority of Brazilian creators, and gloating about how Capcom gave "a angsty, brainless Brazilian writer" the chance to let out all the rage and frustration he has against copyright licensors and publishers, and even taunts Marvel and DC at one point, and saying how she's protected by the strongest force of all: the comic's writer. The comic itself is even shocked by her outburst, asking if Capcom would allow such madness and wondering if they'll even be able to get the issue published. All of this seems like a gag resembling omake found in various manga, but then you find out the writer was replaced the following issue...
Hilarious in Hindsight:
- Mr. Holzenbein announcing that his Voodoo ritual will bring about "the end of everything" is eerily funny, as it was the final line of the series before the comic came to an abrupt end.
- Princess' rant about how she wants to destroy the Mega Man cast and replace them becomes this when it turns out the thing she boasted would protect her, the author's support, was removed due to Executive Meddling firing the author, which led to her being erased instead.
- Writer José Roberto Pereira convinced editor Sergio Peixoto to start a "Brazilian Mega Man" series in bad faith, intending to exploit the brand's name to boost awareness of his own series. After he was fired over that, the comic's end and his passing in 2012, all that's been preserved of his Princess character online is her Author Filibuster with very few people aware that she's supposed to be a cameo from a story called Os Elementais.
Moment of Awesome: Dr. Wily manages to get one in the last two issues, where he and his armies defeat pretty much everyone. Only an Unstoppable Rage from Rock saves the day.
Nightmare Fuel:
- Issue #3. Princesa's whole Motive Rant, in which she makes some crazy Nightmare Faces as she states her mad plan to usurp the comic itself and kill everyone.
- Issue #4. The fact that homeless children are being kidnapped, cyborg-ized, and made to work in the off-world colonies and as sexual servants in the "Suspended Cities" is bad enough, but it's here that we learn that Roll was once a human girl, and was among the many victims of Project Lazarus. At one point, the guards enter the room and one, Hans, stops to talk with Roll. He promises to bring her someplace better, where people won't slap her just for playing with their children. The scene immediately cuts to her decapitated and mangled corpse.
- The cover of Issue #12. Hey, remember that (other) scene from 300?
- The splash page in Issue #12 featuring the good guys tied up, in pain, and (in the girls' case) stripped bare.
No Yay: Early on, Rock and X both express interest in Roll—you know, their sister. Mercifully, this is dropped as soon as Kalinka and Nastenka join their group.
Older Than They Think: Some have noted that, intentional or not, many concepts found in the Mega Man Zero games have their origins within the series here. Of course, even those who know this will agree that those games did them much better.
Paranoia Fuel: Apparently, Proto Man and Wily both spent the last 30 years planting surveillance cameras everywhere.
Tear Jerker: Issue 4 is rather somber overall, given that it revolves around what is essentially human trafficking:
- That moment where Roll, given false hope, imagines herself happily spending time with the girl she was playing with earlier, along with the girl's mother (who, not a few hours before, reacted with hostility when she saw the two, but here is watching over them with a smile on her face).
- Dr. Light, who was an employee of Holzenbein House at the time, is unable to stomach the demonstration of Holzenbein's and Wily's "finest work" and walks out. He mourns the victims of Project Lazarus, "angels" who had any chance of a normal life ripped away from them... and decides that if he can't have the project shut down or rescue any of the deployed cyborgs, he can at least save the girl that he later names "Roll".
What Do You Mean, It's Not for Kids?: Robotic violence, swearing, nukes, and Brain Uploading, and those are only the first four issues. Later issues have graphic violence and rampant nudity.
Woolseyism: The translations turn "Slasher" (Bass) calling Zero "big ice cream" into "brain freeze", among other statements.

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