Jubenhimer
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J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter book series is iconic. A story about a teenage wizard in training and his friends at the prestigious boarding school of Hogwarts has evolved into a pop-culture cash cow with 7 books, 8 films, and mountains of merchandise, spin-offs, and prequels collectively known as the Wizarding World.
For shits and giggles, let's imagine what Harry Potter would be like... As a Shonen Jump-style manga/anime. What would be different, and how would the story be told in this style?
For shits and giggles, let's imagine what Harry Potter would be like... As a Shonen Jump-style manga/anime. What would be different, and how would the story be told in this style?
- I think the first thing that would change is Harry's motivation's and personality. In the books and films, Harry is an orphan who is forced to live with his abusive Aunt and Uncle after his parents were murdered by lord Vademort. After staying a year at Hogwarts, he decides to hone his magic to defeat him. Shonen Harry would be a bit different. Instead of the mild-mannered newbie he is at the start of the series, he'd be an eccentric, goofy, and hot-headed wizard who joins Hogwarts eagar to become the very best like no one ever was, bringing his character more in-line with a typical Shonen hero ala Naruto Uzumaki or Monkey D. Luffy.
- Next, Harry would need a Shonen rival ala Grey or Sasuke. Draco Malfoy was kind of this in the books/films, but rather than being the token school bully, he'd be more of a brooding, cocky edge lord who wants to beat Harry to the punch at being the best Wizard. He'd also have the most OP magic in the series, that is until Harry pulls some BS spell out of his ass at the last minute.
- Harry's friends would also be a bit different. I think Ron would largely be the same as his cannon counterpart, they goofy sidekick who's a bit clumsy. Hermione however would be more like other Shonen females such as Nami or Sakura. That is, she'd show up, do one or two useful things, then sit back and cheerlead for Harry for most of the fights, instead of being the studious but neurotic witch she is in cannon.
- Speaking of fights, each fight would be long, drawn out, and span 30-50 episodes/chapters a piece. About 80 percent of a fight will be spouting pseudo-philosophical nonsense about friendship and destiny, characters over-explaining exactly what attack/spell we saw, and flashbacks to "tragic" backstories, and about 10% will be dedicated to actual fighting.
