manga "family tree"?

15 years ago
Posts: 109
The End Kajin - Void - Alcbane - Until Death Do Us Part - Jesus
Appear to be related by characters. (though the settings don't seem to match up at all)
Thoughts? Explanation? Any others to add? I know that Alcbane and UDDUP are by the same writer, but otherwise I'm unsure how they may be related. Now, this may just be a mistake on my part from what I've read about UDDUP, as I am rather far behind in it atm. I'll be reading it soon though.
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15 years ago
Posts: 4
I've actually looked into this a bit --being as I'm the UDDUP translator-- and this is what I found; There is a set of manga series called "HeroXLine". That includes Void, Z-End, and Alcbane among many other. These manga all exist in a single universe and have their character cross over with one another a lot. As for the premise of the universe, there are these monster called "Knockers" which were created during an incident called "Alteration Burst". Each knocker has a special ability and usually an alternate form, id est they turn into super monsters. A special forces unit called "Boots" was formed to combat these monsters and they themselves have special powers they have harnessed to fight the Knockers with.
Note that I didn't include UDDUP, Jesus, or Shield of Aegis in the HeroXLine set. These seem to come from a separate universe grounded in Sci-fi rather than fantasy. The issue at hand now is that Daiba from Alcbane with his super hero self intact has shown up. I very much doubt that they'll merge the universes since monsters would not fit in with UDDUP or any of the other ones in the same set. It will be very interesting to see how this plays out.
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15 years ago
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I that was t o happen then it's most likely the sci-fi excuse would be drug involvement if anything, to explain the Knockers if they show up in any form. A lot of his enemies have had that sort of explanation behind them.
just notice Shield of Aegis on chapter 84 of Until Death Do Us Part.
HeroxLine Are they released by same publisher?

13 years ago
Posts: 167
I find it really interesting... It's very similar to crossovers in Marvel and DC and such
Mangas rarely get involved with other mangas for longer than a oneshot...
Add another one man... Area D. The latest chapters (40, if I'm not mistaken.) shows a relation to an event in Yami no Aegis (Makes sense since the author is the same one.) though it's still a slightest bit and no one from the universe appears in the manga.
HeroXLine Rules!

9 years ago
Posts: 77
How about adding a tag for this mangas?
As they are not strictly speaking alternative stories or spinn offs?
Something like HeroXLine