However, when under extreme stress or when someone is in grave danger, he turns into his familiar self with his helmet returning, referred to as Rockman Zero. As Zero, he appears virtually the same, but without his helmet, and appears to be comically frail, easily frightened by the slightest problems. Unlike the game, Zero suffers from a bi-polar disorder. Shortly after, Zero collapses and when Lito goes to recover him, his helmet has mysteriously disappeared. However, before he is reawakened, Fefnir arrives and attempts to destroy Zero, but not before he finally awakens and easily pushes him and his attacking force away. Zero is still found in a hibernation state, but is discovered by Lito and his friends. Story 1: The Hero Awakens!! (目覚めたヒーロー!!) - The opening mirrors that of the first game, with some key differences.I seemed more dumbfounded than anything else while reading through the series and wondering if the creator had actually seen much of the source material. Though original characters are introduced and setup to a unique concept like Roze and Cial, the execution never leads to anything interesting or noteworthy.Įnjoyment: When I think of Megaman Zero, I see the nearly impossible odds and the struggle against the overwhelming might of Neo-Arcadia, and the difficulty that forces players to be victorious through repetition. like their counterparts, much like Ciel's tsundere nature, the new appearance of Omega, and changes to Zero that attempt to disempower him. The original style itself is recreated for the cover of the first volume, but is never used again, instead replaced with a childish Zero introduced in the second arc.Ĭharacter: Characters in the manga are outright cartoonish in nature, and nothing The Rockman Zero manga interpretation and adaptation is quite the difficult beast to explain, straying from the original source material and having little in common with the video game series it was based off of from the beginning.Īrt: The art style does little to portray the despair and mature tones that the games depicted, opting for a much more childish and cute environment and characters.