Not everything is about Japan, Taiwan has awesome stuff too. 1/2 Prince is a Taiwanese comic, called manhua, and it's great. I first read 1/2 Prince when I was camping, I had downloaded all the chapters for some reason, and I enveloped my weekend. (I take my laptop when I go camping) I quickly became a dedicated fan.
The plot is in the future (2100) we have developed advanced technologies and stuff. The story focuses around an virtual reality mmorpg that people play with a headset that they wear when they sleep. The headset sends them into a virtual fantasy world. The main character Feng Lan (girl) is challenged by her brother to beat the game without using the fact that she's a girl to get help. When she first logs on and designs here character she is allowed be a guy (which is a special reward, no one else can be the opposite sex) and starts questing. She meets friends and builds a squad, eventually her character Prince becomes really famous.
I don't read much manhua so I can assume this is one of the best.
The art is the same as the Japanese style, it's well drawn. I guess you could say it looks shojo-y, it makes more of an emphasis on the male character's attractiveness, don't get me wrong the girls are hot.
It's addicting and makes you want to play mmo's, not like WoW but fun ones. Like Ragnarock.
There's a Korean Manhwa about playing mmo's in virtual reality called Yureka which is also really cool, but a little bit darker. I highly reccomend both, even if you don't like mmo's they both have fricken awesome fight scenes. Oh My God! I completely forgot about .Hack! If you take away the player killers, 1/2 Prince is just like .Hack. Yureka is like .Hack right on the nose.
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Summary by Mangafox
It is the year 2100 A.D. and humans have invented a virtual reality game called "Second Life". Feng Lan, due to a bet with her brother, vows to beat him in the game without using her feminine charm to attract others to help her. Thus, she becomes the first transgendered character in "Second Life" - in other words, she is the only person who has a gender in-game opposite from hers in real life. As her popularity rises due to her looks and bloodthirsty skills, can she keep her identity a secret from her loved ones and friends?
You can read it here.
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Gender Bender, Romance, Sci-fi, Shoujo, Shounen
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Ratings (Max is 5 ♥(Heart))
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Plot: ♥♥♥♥ *(Pretty fun, quest based in the beginning)
Art:♥♥♥♥ *(Good, seems more more women)
Characters:♥♥♥♥ (Lovable)
Action/Violence:♥♥♥ *(MMORPG action)
Romance:♥♥♥♥♥ (Lots)
Comedy: ♥♥♥♥♥ (Lots)
Dubbing: NA
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*-> The fun quests turn to Prince's fame and other stuff.
*-> The female characters don't have big boobs.
*-> The fights are good, but lack.
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It's amazing that if you go on to a forum about 1/2 Prince everyone will talk about how they want a game like this, but there isn't a game that has half the features of Second Life. Like if I had a million... no a billion dollars to invest I would invest in some dream virtual reality goggles, or even a Matrix setup.
Yureka is just like 1/2 Prince
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