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.hack//Legend of the Twilight

Rena and Shugo

.hack//Legend of the Twilight.hack//黄昏の腕輪伝説.hack//Tasogare no Udewa Densetsu

Genre Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Anime series: .hack//Legend of the Twilight
Directed by

Koichi Mashimo

Studio

Bee Train

Network
Original run

January 8 2003 — March 26 2003

No. of episodes

12

Manga Series: .hack//Legend of the Twilight

Authored by

Tatsuya Hamazaki

Publisher
Serialized in
Original run

July 30 2002 – April 3 2004

No. of volumes

3

.hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet (.hack//黄昏の腕輪伝説, Tasogare no Udewa Densetsu) colloquially known as .hack//UdeDen or as .hack//DUSK is a manga series written by Tatsuya Hamazaki and drawn by Rei Izumi which has been adapted into a 12-episode anime of the same name. The word "Bracelet" in the title was removed in North America, shortening the title to .hack//Legend of the Twilight, though TV Listings retained the original title during the show's run on Cartoon Network. The manga is published in English in North America by Tokyopop, and it is published in Singapore in English by Chuang Yi. The Singaporean translation is imported to Australia by Madman Entertainment.

Contents

Plot

The anime has many differences from the manga. The story begins in much of the same way. Rena wins a limited edition character model contest for The World. She invites her twin brother Shugo to play the character legendary Kite while she plays as the legendary Blackrose. On their first outing together, the duo meet a gigantic level 48 "Super Armored Shogun" in a beginners area. Shugo is killed by the monster, but is revived by a mysterious girl named Aura. As well as reviving Shugo, Aura gives him a mysterious bracelet and tells him about Data Drain. Shugo is transported outside to find the monster still rampaging after his sister. He takes Aura's advice and uses Data Drain and the large monster is reduced to a very weak beginner’s monster. It is realized that Data Drain can rewrite data. Shugo and Rena embark on a quest to unravel the mysterious bracelet's secrets and locate Aura. Along the way, Rena and Shugo meet new friends like the peppy Mireille, the fierce Ouka, the quiet Hotaru, and the veteran player Sanjuro. Together, the friends play together in The World, but the fun quickly ends when Rena is killed by a monster and goes into a coma. Shugo and friends frantically search for a solution, whilst a group of four children are planning something terrible on the outside world. To make matters worse, the Cobalt Knight brigade, a debugging team for CC Corp, are determined to capture Shugo for he is using an illegal item, Aura's bracelet. Not only that, but an administrator that had been helping look for Rena, Balmung, loses his position as administrator and makes things difficult to continue the search. Then Shugo and company finally reach a mysterious place where Rena might be, but are met by a mysterious AI who systematically annihilates the Cobalt Knight brigade, save for its leader Kamui. Using the bracelet and a little help from an inside ally, the group finally locates the source of the problem and proceed to stop it. They transport themselves to a root town that is not open to others and are confronted by the AI along with an undefeatable monster. To make the situation even more dire, the monster has Rena trapped inside it and has implanted a virus that will destroy all that Rena has connections to. Shugo manages to data drain the monster, but The World will be destroyed. Awaiting the destruction, the group speculates the reappearance of Kite's and Blackrose's characters. They realize there must have been a reason why both characters were brought back instead of just one. Rena and Shugo then activate Blackrose's and Kite's joint power and save The World.

episode

1. The Legendary Hero

2. Kite's Bracelet

3. The Phoenix feather

4. Tanabata Night

5. Mansion of Terror

6. Trap of Steaming Hot Water

7. Twilight Moon

8. The Solitary Knight

9. Footsteps of Collapse

10. Capitol of Illuion

11. The End of the World

12. The Legend Begins

Characters

Kamui (柴山咲, Shibayama Saki)
Leader of the Cobalt Knights (This is the translation of 碧衣の騎士団 used in the official English translation by Tokyopop. Fans have mistranslated it as "Green" or "War" Knights. A very literal translation would be "Knights dressed in blue"), CC Corp's debugging squad. She is possessed of an extreme hatred for any kind of hacker, cheater, or wandering AI and will ruthlessly order her Knights against any she finds. She often butts heads with Balmung. Her class is Long Arm (a class that uses spears, halberds, etc.), "sub-class" System Administrator. In the anime, considered non-canon by many fans for it's deviantion from the manga, she was formerly the real-life lover of Balmung. She later seduces Reki in an attempt to get the drop on Balmung. However, nothing of the kind happens in the manga; Kamui does not like Balmung (more than likely due to his principals), and calls Reki "Balmung's little add-on". In the third manga, Balmung makes her realize the real reason she protects The World, but only after teasing her. Kamui's attitude towards her work is very much the result of her experiences with former CC Corp debugger Watarai who's character, Albireo, was data drained by Tsukasa's Guardian during the events of .hack//Sign (though the event is not covered in the TV series, it was covered in Wotan's Spear, part of AI Buster volume 2) and left CC Corp when responsibility of the Twilight Incident was forced onto him.
Magi (斎藤麻子, Saitō Asako)
Magi is to Kamui as Reki is to Balmung, she is Kamui's assistant and just as, if not more, loyal to her Knight as Reki is to his. She enjoys a good fight just as much as Ouka, but tends to do it in the name of the Administration. Magi is also a Wavemaster, with a scholar avatar similar to Reki's. Magi appears to be personal friends with Kamui.
Komiyan the Third (コミヤン3世, Komiyan Sansei)
Played by Komiyama, a classmate of both Shugo and Rena. He is always with his pet grunty, Oscar. He has a desire for Rena, and is always after her affections. His voice (in both the manga and anime) is always recognized by his unique laugh, "Kii shi shi shi shi." Shugo detests Komiyan for this, often threatening to delete him from the game. In one scenario, Shugo unleashes a "data drain" from his Twilight Bracelet, changing both Komiyan and the monster attacking him into fish for Mireille to take. At another time he turns them into huge frogs. Komiyan seems to have a desire for Rena in socks.

Anime-only

Sanjuro Sunaarashi (砂嵐 三十郎, Suna'arashi Sanjūrō)
One of the original .hackers, Sanjuro makes it his responsibility to train Shugo. He is an American who plays on the Japanese servers also, as well as one of Hotaru's friends who originally invited her to the JP server, and acts as her Japanese language tutor. His class type is Heavy Blade, with an avatar of a ronin samurai. He only appears as a supporting character in the anime, but mentioned in the manga.

Manga-only

Zelfie (ゼフィ, Zefi)
Zelfie is a Vagrant AI, and Aura's apparent daughter. She shows up one session and is attached to Shugo. She originally came to Shugo because she smelled Aura's scent on Shugo's bracelet. Zelfie's story is that she's lost and is looking for her mother Aura, in which Mireille quickly claims is a character-specific "sub-quest" that could result in the rarest of rare items. She is always trying to get the affections of Shugo, and is rude to all who try to stop her, mainly Rena. Zelfie also has the ability to control The World and avatar appearances however she sees fit, which either can be very useful, or very annoying. She also seems to like Mireille more than she likes anyone but Shugo. This is supported by the fact that she never insults her or plays tricks on her.Zelfie is a PC but called a stray Al because 'THE WORLD' administrators have no control over her unlike the shopkeepers or any other PC.
Kazu (カズ)
Kazu is a male Wavemaster. He was a childhood friend and neighbor of Shugo and Rena, and the real life brother of Akira Hayami(BlackRose) He provides Shugo and his party with the Helba Key for access into the Netslum. In real life, his name is Fumikazu Hayami.

Media

Music Theme

Opening Theme - "New World"

Vocals by, Round Table featuring Nino

Ending Theme - "Emerald Green"

Composed by, Yuki Kajiura
Preformed by, See-Saw
Vocals by, Akiko Nakagawa

Soundtrack

The music for the anime was composed by Yuji Yoshino, with vocals by Yoko Ueno. There are 29 songs in the soundtrack excluding the opening and ending songs.

  1. Introduction - Yoko Ueno
  2. Love The World - Yuji Yoshino
  3. Where Shall We Go? - Yuji Yoshino
  4. Jump Into The Blue Sky! - Yoko Ueno
  5. Twisted Emotion - Yuji Yoshino
  6. You Want To Have Me As Your Pet, Don't You...? - Yoko Ueno
  7. The Cost Of Pleasure - Yuji Yoshino
  8. Roaming Soul - Yuji Yoshino
  9. Dawn - Mai Takahashi
  10. More And More - Yoko Ueno
  11. Afterlight - Yuji Yoshino
  12. Net Disconnected - Yuji Yoshino
  13. Abnormal Gang - Yuji Yoshino
  14. Data Drain - Yuji Yoshino
  15. Sexy You - Yuji Yoshino
  16. Season Of Love - Yuji Yoshino
  17. Legendary Hero - Yuji Yoshino
  18. Fair, Later, Fine - Yoko Ueno
  19. Under Control - Yuji Yoshino
  20. Sad Eyes Staring At The World - Yoko Ueno
  21. Uninvited Person - Yoko Ueno
  22. Emerald Green (Short Version) - See-Saw
  23. Inappropriate Monster - Yuji Yoshino
  24. Listen...A Little Secret - Yoko Ueno
  25. Burning Chase - Yuji Yoshino
  26. Garden Of Cherry Trees - Yuji Yoshino
  27. Speaking Soul - Yuji Yoshino
  28. Grand Finale - Yoko Ueno
  29. New World (Acoustic Version) - Round Table

Trivia

  • Tokyopop's first printing of the first volume of the manga confusingly referred to Ouka as "Orca" (the name of an different character in the .hack continuity). This error has been corrected in subsequent printings. As well, Tokyopop made an editing error in .hack//AI buster 2. They referred to Ouka as Orca on more than one occasion in the novel.
  • At the end of Episode 5: Mansion of Terror, after Rena's terminal is shown as vacant, you can hear her phone's ringtone play the theme to the .Hack//SIGN anime.

References


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