The Jet Black Hedgehog: Shadow the Hedgehog (Manga)

Yes but also no

It spoils the main points -which are obvious from beginning- and all bosses so you should stay away anyway

But also how the story plays out is very different in lot of key ways, even from the very beginning -spoiling when they took place a bit-, + - the game runs parallel to Sonic Generations, while the manga actually starts from 50 years ago and details Shadow's life at the ark for a bit   , so the manga have been surprising actually even after playing the game, basically a different take on the same premise

 

Thank you. Guess I'll leave it for later then.

 

Uh oh, seems like I mixed something up – chapter 6, the final chapter, is out!

What a blast. The build-up to Neo Devil Doom's defeat, Maria's farewell, Shadow's awakening was insanely good.

If you're a Shadow fan, do NOT sleep on this comic.

Only in the manga:

Spoiler: T_T

 

This was awesome, it was written pretty well, the differences between this and the game's story are very satisfying, and it makes me wish the game's story was a tad more like this manga. Maria has a satisfying central role in this that would've been really great to have in the actual game itself. The way that this uses amnesia and mind/memory control and what does that mean for Shadow's character was really really good, the best we've seen that be deployed for Shadow. Really fantastic finale. Shadow is a litttle too over-the-top angry in this mangaka's interpretation of him, and there are times where stuff isn't quite too well-drawn, but I think these are my only real issues with this. Even when stuff doesn't look as well-drawn as it should, I think the compositions and poses look great! What a fun read, I hope this gets released outside of Japan.

 

It's very funny to me that Black Doom essentially fooled the readers as well as Shadow with that "pretend I caused the ARK raid and Maria's death" illusion.

 

Looks like our chances for a western release have increased by a whopping 1%. Shadow is getting its own comic book later this month!

Currently up for pre-order. Check the links at the bottom here: https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/purchase/paper/books/09154030

Do not feed the repulord.

 

It's not just a collection of the whole story?

 

These appear to be the CoroCoro comics of Shikkoku no Harinezumi: Shadow the Hedgehog as a standalone book!

No word of new stories!

 

Now that the volume is out, there is 4 extra pages you can read at the end -it's translated-, it's cute little flashback

Gotta say that i loved this manga overall and it's one of my favorite depictions of shadow and maria

 

That's-a so nice!

I've placed an order on Amazon JP for the paper version of it. According to them, I'll receive it in two weeks. Gotta wait a little longer, but I'm already looking forward to it.

Though shipping costs are quite expensive, something told me I'd regret not adding one to my collection, so I bit.

 

Hey, my copy arrived today:

Yahoo!

Scans can be found here.

Now all we can do is wait and hope for an official localization...

 

So, after the success of Shadow manga, corocoro will actually make a brand new Sonic manga! It appears to be original and not tied to any particular game so that’s interesting, will start next month! Preview in the tweet

https://x.com/soniccitynet/status/1922691331966607716?s=46&t=bZJC18OhbZ2zy_1P_NLvSA

 

If that doesn't sound epic, I don't know what does. Hopefully, they do a bit more with him than just, "OK, and now for Sonic. Remember, Shadow and Sonic are nothing alike!"

Back to BookWalker, I guess

 

"For our readers overseas, we are making every effort to prepare overseas editions of Imada’s previous series, Shikkoku no Harinezumi: Shadow the Hedgehog, and his new series Sonic to Yuki no Tsurugi. We will let you know when we have more information about these."

A slightly non-committal phrasing, but we may finally be seeing localizations of Shadow and this!

The rest is more "mad about scanlations and piracy" waffle. I still recommend not giving a shit about that.

 

No company will admit that, but part of success of series was the piracy. Good they´re working on localizations.

Also... apparently the new manga is released!

 

Chris confirms the localization, just in case anyone was still doubtful like me.

 

The comic is out! Who's reading it? I just had a quick flick through it, and even without understanding every word, found it has some interesting stuff in it. I think the world and the characters give off a bit of a Sonic X vibe, but not necessarily in a bad way. Sonic himself seems to be inspired by his early Dreamcast days self (!)