''Rose Hip Zero'' is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by

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. It serves as the prequel to ''

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'' and was serialized in

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's ''

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'' from 2005 to 2006. The manga shows more of Kasumi Asakura's past as a 14-year-old child assassin in service of a terrorist group called ALICE prior to joining up with ASALLT.

Publication

''Rose Hip Zero'', written and illustrated by

, was serialized in

's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''

'' from April 20, 2005, to March 15, 2006. Kodansha collected its chapters in five ''

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'' volumes, released from December 16, 2005, to August 17, 2006.

Reception

Anime News Network's review of ''Rose Hip Zero'' have positive as well, stating that the manga was well done for using the "buddy cop"-style of relationship, similar to the ''

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'' series done in the 1990s, though Anime News Network critiques it for having Kasumi use non-lethal bullets in her weapons, which has "no place in a gritty police drama." Teenreads.com has even said that ''Rose Hip Zero'' is a fine read especially to those who prefer "shoot-'em-up action movies, police dramas, or even the flying-fists of Jackie Chan."

References

External links

* {{Weekly Shōnen Magazine - 2000–2009 2005 manga Kodansha manga Shōnen manga Prequel comics Rose Hip series Terrorism in fiction Tokyopop titles