

Conversely, Four Swords Plus gives him a father, but no mother. There's no indication of his father's identity, however. Parental Abandonment: Typical of the Zelda franchise, although the background of Oracle of Seasons does show the death of Link's mother.

He also does it repeatedly during the course of the Himekawa Link to the Past.Link has this (complete with hearts in his eyes) when Zelda kisses his cheek in the first half of Ocarina of Time.Kid Hero: Link in almost every adaptation aside from Twilight Princess.Used frequently in the Wind Waker 4-koma. Heroic Mime: Averted in the Twilight Princess manga and Oath of Lilto.Fairy Companion: Navi in Ocarina of Time (as in the game), Tatl and Tael in Majora's Mask and Ciela in Phantom Hourglass (ditto), the nameless fairy in Four Swords, Ephermelda in Ishinomori's A Link to the Past, and Felicia in Link's Awakening.Four Swords Plus presents them with gifts of flowers and holding hands. Courtly Love: Some of the stories, Ocarina of Time and the Himekawa Link to the Past in particular, depict varying shades of this between Link and Zelda.Twinrova is The Man Behind the Man (er, women behind the man) in the Oracle stories. Sometimes turns out to be Vaati/Gufuu, and was once the Skull Kid. Adaptational Wimp: The bosses from the games are often less powerful in manga adaptations, and rarely need more than a single blow to be killed.This is prevalent in Four Swords Adventures with Vaati, Ocarina of Time with Dark Link, and Ran Maru's Adventure of Link with Bolba. Adaptational Badass: Sometimes, the bosses put up an even greater fight than in the games.
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This manga series provides examples of the following: Not to be confused with the Zelda comics, produced in 19 and based on the two NES games in the franchise. Official English translations of all of Himekawa's adaptations have been released, while the Ishinomori version of Link to the Past was written for the English audience in the first place. Most of the manga are written in Japanese and have been fan-translated on the internet for people to read, like at Zelda Legends.
