#shadow manga

[sonicreferencephotos]

Hugs; assorted media

[autisticshadowthehedgehog]

cool. coolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcool im gonna set something on fire

[fycoren]

Fearless: Year of Shadow

...I just like Shadow ok?

some close-ups under the cut

[amaliashiro]

As if Shadow generations wasn't heartbreaking enough, the manga adaptation is now making me cry!!

[Spoilers]

Seeing Shadow remembering the time he had with Maria is so sad. She was his light.

When Maria is vanishing, her final wish is to see Shadow smile.

Look at him!! He's trying hard to please her! It's a pained forced smile knowing it's the last time he will see her.

He wanted to stay strong in front of her but he cried when she left...

Such a good manga! It's different from the game but it's still a touching story about Shadow and Maria. I hope they will translate the manga and sell it outside Japan. I will definitly buy it!

[ultam8lifeform]

PART 1: Shadow Manga

[thalysun]

✨🌎✨

[sonadowfujoshi]

the shadow manga spreads have been insane in every chapter so far

[hadesknockedupintheunderworld]

HOLY FUCK MAN

Genuinely genuinely this manga is gonna make me cry my eyes out

[welcome-to-green-hills]

How the hell am I supposed to be doing school work when the Shadow Manga is out?!🥺

They’re so precious!

[speedofsoundsketches]

I personally believe if Idw wrote Maria that way and they said "we're just expanding on the character " fans would throw a fit. Dont get me wrong, the Sonic Ova will always remain superior to whatever American Sonic story product comes out. But cant help there seems to be a lot of forced hype over a short manga that's just mostly okay with a lot of flaws.

I can only speak for myself but part of my major problem with IDW is that the attempts to “expand on the characters” are usually by making them speak out loud their thematic modus operandi instead of allowing things to be said on a subtextual level. It’s why Sonic expositioning on his “le principles” sounds insanely forced because he’s never done something like that in the games or at least, never required an essay worth of words to do that. In the games, this is done by letting characters speak through actions first and punctuating that with clear, concise statements during peak moments of clarity. Sonic simply saying “What you see is what you get! I’m just a guy who loves adventure!” after going through an entire game of him showing us this about him is more convincing than long prose on why he thinks everyone should live exactly like he does in a holier-than-thou manner. (Which is such an antithesis of Sonic’s character in the games, he is far more humble and intuitive than ppl might expect.)

The manga did imo a better job of not only writing Shadow than he is in IDW but it was all largely game compliant. Nothing in it really contradicted anything already done in the games in terms of characterization. It just feels like “more of the same” but now we get to see some of the sad, bittersweet and touching sincere friendship between Shadow and Maria, plus the foundation of all the tense internal conflict and insecurities Shadow will have to face and eventually make peace with. Plus my goodness, the RANGE of emotions he has and that he’s not some completely unreachable hardass but has complicated and deep emotions. Plus the action in it? Ooooo stunning. Him knocking out soldiers and stopping a bullet all while tying it with emotional internal declarations he was struggling with and determining that he does still have purpose even if curing Maria failed is so PALPABLE. STANDING OVATION.

His beautiful thoughts on Maria and what she means to him after she dashes away all his fears that she sees him as a tainted experimental animal like the other scientists did when facing their doom like bruh I’m in tears. It’s so well interwoven with the outward kinetic battle and leaves enough room for that which is left unsaid. Shadow speaks through his actions more than words but his thoughts and feelings just heighten the emotional peaks in this short story.

It’s not perfect but this is literally all I’d ever want. Contrary to popular belief, I’m not actually that difficult to please. Just write characters as they are in the games and I’m happy!

[randomthefox]

The Shadow Manga finished today and I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT IT LOCK IN FOR SPOILERS

So the manga changes the story so that Maria knows that she died. The whole plot of the manga has been Shadow looking for a way to save her and bring her back to life, and Black Doom is trying to give Shadow a Faustian bargain that if he does what he wants he'll make that happen. But Maria admits to Shadow that she has deduced the truth, that she's gone and is just a phantom memory inhabiting this timeless place. And beseeches him to defeat Black Doom and protect the planet that she loved so much.

She loves the Earth. To her the earth is light. And those experiences that she can never have, of adventures and making new friends and enjoying life on earth that can never happen...

As long as Shadow holds her in his heart, her memory will live on.

"Darkness is darkness, no matter where it goes. But a Shadow shows the way to the light."

She's so impossibly strong. She's literally choosing to die, for the benefit of the person who matters most in the world to her and for the sake of the world itself as well. And in the end, as she fades out of existence and Shadow loses her all over again, her last request is simply to see Shadow smile.

"I won't say goodbye..." "Shadow, such a grim face, even I'm doing it now..." "Shadow, I know you aren't used to it, but try putting a smile on that face! I'm sure it will suit you."

Sayonara, Maria...

The manga cuts almost everything from the story of the Shadow Generations game and focuses pretty much exclusively on the relationship between Shadow and Maria. Maria gets more screen time in this manga than she does in anything else in the entire franchise.

For what it is, this was an absolutely sublime manga. GORGEOUS ART too it must be said. PLEASE support the official release here.

[sonicreferencephotos]

Bridal/princess carry; assorted media

[sakuraswordly]

[purpleflowerqueen]

oops sorry, posted two same pictures...

[amaliashiro]

It is now confirmed from the manga that Shadow and Maria were together for THREE YEARS!!

There are three candles on the cake!

Maria is so cute with her heart glasses!

It's the second time in a month that we get a good idea that they were three years together (see here).

[every-shadow]

Manga Shadow

From Jet-Black Hedgehog: Shadow the Hedgehog by Imada Yuki