Rose Hip Zero

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Rose Hip Zero


caption = North American cover of "Rose Hip Zero"
ja_name = ローズ ヒップ ゼロ
ja_name_trans = Rozu Hippu Zero
genre = Action, Adventure, Police, Heroic BloodshedInfobox animanga/Manga
title =
author = Tohru Fujisawa
publisher = flagicon|Japan Kodansha
publisher_en = flagicon|Canada flagicon|United States Tokyopop
publisher_other = flagicon|Germany Egmont Manga & Anime
flagicon|Hong Kong Tong Li Comics
flagicon|South Korea Haksan Publishing
demographic = Seinen
magazine = Weekly Shōnen Magazine
first = 2005
last = 2006
volumes = 5

nihongo|"Rose Hip Zero"|ローズ ヒップ ゼロ|Rozu Hippu Zero is a seinen manga created by Tohru Fujisawa in 2005-2006, serving as the prequel to Rose Hip Rose. It was also formerly serialized in Kodansha's "Weekly Shōnen Magazine".

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.

Reception

Reception towards "Rose Hip Zero" have seem to be good and favorable towards it. One review states that the manga is good due to the amount of action, especially with the use of movie-style camera angles in showing off some of the gunfights in "Rose Hip Zero" [ [http://theanimeblog.com/2007/04/05/rose-hip-zero-volume-2-review/ Rose Hip Zero, Volume 2 Review.] Retrieved on August 20, 2007.] . 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 [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/rose-hip-zero-gn-1 Anime News Network's Rose Hip Zero, Volume 1.] Retrieved on August 20, 2007.] , similar to the "Lethal Weapon" series done in the 1990s [Newtype USA December 2006 Issue.] , 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." [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/rose-hip-zero-gn-1 Anime News Network's Rose Hip Zero, Volume 1.] Retrieved on August 20, 2007.] 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." [ [http://teenreads.com/reviews/1427800251.asp Teenreas.com's Rose Hip Zero review.] Retrieved on August 20, 2007.]

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