For the franchises latest affair into the world of manga and the only venture into it as far as Im concerned The Legend of Zelda kicked things off with a bang with an adaptation of Ocarina of Time bringing us all of the story elements that we know and love from that game along with a few extras in an incredibly faithful way while also further developing and characterizing the characters of said game to give them plenty more personality all of which made for a very solid twopart manga miniseries. But that wasnt where the authors would stop though as they would keep things going by then adapting the direct sequel to Ocarina of Time Majoras Mask delivering us yet another great and faithful adaptation of that original game while carrying most of the same elements from the OOT adaptation in it even though it didnt adapt much of the side quest material despite that being the best part of the original game but regardless it still turned out to be very solid. So now that the authors had successfully gotten out two separate adaptations of two incredibly beloved N64 classics what were they gonna do next with The Legend of Zelda? Well obviously by then going into the GBC games that nobody likes next for the record this is a joke And so soon after we did end up getting the Majoras Mask adaptation we would then end up getting the next adaptation on the docket the manga version of Oracle of Seasons. Gonna be real here when compared to the previous two manga adaptations that I had reviewed I wasnt actually too excited to get to this one. Thats not to say that I was dreading the book by any means not at all but I think this general lack of excitement on my part came from the fact that it was based on Oracle of Seasons a game that I played through once and had a great time with but it didnt even come close to the level of OOT or MM both being games I absolutely love and have played and beaten multiple times over so of course I wasnt gonna be as excited for this one as the others. It also doesnt help that I dont think I even read this back when I was a kid. Back when I did own and read these things consistently I usually stuck to reading the manga based on the Zelda games that I had already played and I didnt get around to playing the Oracle games until I was in my 20s so I pretty much left this adaptation untouched throughout my time of owning these books. Thankfully though I was now ready to correct this mistake while also still not expecting too much from it and now that I have read the whole thing Im not gonna lie I actually kind of love it? And think that it is my favorite adaptation so above the other two WHAT? Of course it isnt a perfect manga or adaptation by any means what with it having some very minor issues keeping it from being anything too special but I just ended up having such a wonderful time with this one and I thought it was fantastic not only doing a great job at covering the Oracle of Seasons story well enough but also giving us a new line of story that manages to separate itself from the others while also carrying the same spirit elements and fun that could be found in not only the source material but from the other manga adaptations as well. The story is mostly what you would expect being more of a loose adaptation of Oracle of Seasons rather than the direct approach that was given to OOT and MM while also still featuring a good chunk of the same characters and story bits from said game that are adapted very well all while being incredibly fun and very entertaining in a way that I will get into more in a bit the characters are great here where we get my favorite version of Link we have gotten so far this time being much less experienced compared to the OOT and MM Link while also having a hell of a lot more personality that makes him so much more lovable then ever before and that also goes for a lot of the other characters too like Din Ricky Maple and so on all of which I grew to really love and have become my favorite versions of these characters even if they all still have very basic personalities the writing is good with it being a lot more goofy and simple this time around compared to the previous two adaptations which is kind of a bummer but it does fit the tone of this adaptation more and can be fun enough at times so that makes it excusable and still enjoyable enough for what it is the art is pretty great being slightly different compared to the other style from the previous adaptations while also looking mostly the same to fit well enough besides those two all for making yet another manga that is pretty great to look at and helps carry the sillier yet still fun and sometimes intense tone all the way through it and the action is also good too certainly not being as great or epic as it was in the previous two adaptations but we still get some good stuff here that looks great and does give you everything you would want to see from Link clashing with these foes from the original game. If there is one thing that I think makes this manga much more enjoyable for me compared to the other two it would be the different approach that this manga takes when it comes to adapting its source material. For those of you who have played Oracle of Seasons before you would know that the story moments and general plot overall from that game are nowhere near as strong as the previous two games that have already been adapted nor are they given nearly as much of a focus as they were in those other two games either so going for the direct approach when adapting this game definitely wouldnt have been the best idea and thankfully the authors behind the adaptation thought so too. So instead they gave us something much more loose instead giving Link a proper backstory character motivation and plenty of moments of growth throughout the whole thing while also having several different moments where he sticks around and gets to know a lot of the characters that did appear in the original game. Not only that but they also gave Link several new companions here too in the form of several side characters from the original game all of which also have their own personalities and fun moments that make them a lot of fun to read about even if their personalities are once again pretty basic all while still keeping the same action heroic and more emotional moments intact throughout the whole thing. This made it so that I ended up loving this manga so much more when compared to the other two adaptations especially in the parts that are more calm and Link can talk with some of these other characters and get to know them better. Honestly I wouldve been completely fine if the entire manga was just that given how solid it is all around even though it is somewhat basic compared to other manga out there. Hell this also makes it so that I dont really have that many problems with the thing as a whole. Sure the story and moments that we do get here are pretty basic and there are even a couple more of those grammar errors that tended to pop up in the last two adaptations but none of that really matters to me so much when everything else is so much fun to read and done well enough to where I can mostly ignore those two issues almost all the way through. Overall despite having a somewhat basic way of adapting the original source material and still having some grammar errors that pop up here or there Oracle of Seasons managed to surprise me with how good and fun it was to read having more freedom when it came to adapting the original game that allowed them to develop these characters further than ever before while also still keeping all of the essential core elements that make these adaptations what they are making for a manga that I loved reading from start to finish what with its fun and different while still faithful and adventurous story adapted from the game a set of great characters that are given appropriate writing to go along with them that makes them more fun art that fits wonderfully for this kind of story that looks really good most of the time while also fitting closely to its source material and some solid enough action scenes throughout to keep you excited and wanting to see where everything goes throughout most of the whole thing. I would definitely recommend it for those that loved the previous two adaptations as well as those that loved the original game and other manga like this as well as while not everything about this adaptation is better or improved from what we got in the other two adaptations it still manages to give you everything you could want from one of these adaptations while also being different enough to feel fresh fun and exciting from start to finish which is more then I could ask from it at the end of the day. But anyways to end off this review I just wanted to point out this one part towards the end of the thing spoilers for an almost 20year old Zelda manga where Links pet chick dies and in its final moments it said that it wanted to get turned into a human girl in the next life.. so what does that mean? Is that trying to imply that the chick was in love with Link and wanted to get with him?......... what the fu