

A three-year old Samus is shown to live on this colony, along with her parents Rodney and Virginia.

The Galactic Federation colony K-2L is introduced next, where the energy-rich mineral Afloratite is mined. As she drifts off to sleep in bed, she starts thinking about the past. The manga opens with Samus completing a mission as a bounty hunter, after which she goes home, where she reflects on her job and says that both her in and out of the suit are different versions of herself. K-2L, the colony where Samus spent her early childhood.

Major plot elements from the manga would later become relevant in Metroid: Other M.Ģ7 August 2007 Plot Chapter 1: Invasion (January 2003) The story re-introduces many characters from the Super Metroid comic in Nintendo Power, and expands on elements leading to the (at the time) last game in the canon, Metroid Fusion. The manga elaborates on Samus's past before she became a Bounty Hunter and describes a few events in Metroid: Zero Mission. While never officially released overseas, the manga has been unofficially translated by the Metroid Database. This was hosted on the Kodansha website, with a link to it on the Metroid Official Site. Written by Koji Tazawa and illustrated by Kenji Ishikawa, the series was first printed in Magazine Z and later adapted into Metroid: Volume 1 (7 chapters, published November 21, 2003), Metroid: Volume 2 (9 chapters, published May 21, 2004), and an E-Manga remake of the first two chapters with color, sound, and animation. Metroid is the name of a two part origin manga series that takes place from Samus Aran's childhood up to the story of Metroid: Zero Mission. Metroid on the front cover of the January 2003 Magazine Z issue For other uses, see Manga (Disambiguation). "Metroid Manga" and "Metroid (manga)" redirect here. This article is written from the Real Life point of view
