{"id":1828,"date":"2023-01-13T10:02:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T01:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/ja\/?p=1828"},"modified":"2023-06-22T15:59:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T06:59:02","slug":"el%e6%9c%ac%e6%a3%9a%e7%b4%b9%e4%bb%8b74-the-legend-of-zelda-majoras-mask-a-link-to-the-past-by-akira-himekawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/ja\/1828\/","title":{"rendered":"EL\u672c\u68da\u7d39\u4ecb(74) The Legend of Zelda: Majora\u2019s Mask, A Link to the Past, by Akira Himekawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[Welcome to the EL Book Introductions series. These posts are all short (<180 words) introductions\/reviews of books in the EL library. They focus on telling you what we think will be interesting for you, a college student and English learner, so use them to help you find the right book for you. You can also use the <\/em>tags<em> to find books about topics you might be interested in.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>_______<\/p>\n<p>Like <em>Ocarina of Time<\/em>, this comic was inspired by the beloved Zelda video game series. The two stories in this book are much shorter than in <em>Ocarina of Time<\/em>, but the stories also feel a little deeper and more complete. <em>Majora\u2019s Mask<\/em> is about a dark, strange world that will be destroyed in three days by a boy with a powerful magical (evil!) mask. The story focuses on characters\u2019 emotions and relationships, so it is not all about swinging swords and casting magic. On the other hand, <em>A Link to the Past<\/em> is more of a traditional adventure story, where the hero has to save the royal family, learn about his parents, and fight against an evil wizard.<\/p>\n<p>You already know the main characters in these books, and even if you have not played the video games, I think you will find them easy to read and understand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My two cents:<\/strong> I <strong>highly<\/strong> recommend the very short \u201cMajora\u2019s Mask bonus story,\u201d which tells the tale of a mysterious ancient dragon and the warrior sent to destroy it and claim his magical armor. I think it is better than the entire rest of the book, combined.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1804\" src=\"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/zeldamajorasmask-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/zeldamajorasmask-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/zeldamajorasmask-728x1024.jpg 728w, https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/zeldamajorasmask-1092x1536.jpg 1092w, https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/zeldamajorasmask-1455x2048.jpg 1455w, https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/zeldamajorasmask-994x1399.jpg 994w, https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/zeldamajorasmask.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Welcome to the EL Book Introductions series. These posts are all short (<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[33,26,31,16],"class_list":["post-1828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-el-book-introductions","tag-fantasy","tag-humor","tag-japanese-manga","tag-short-stories","item-wrap"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1828"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2361,"href":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828\/revisions\/2361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}