History Manga / TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords2004

** Played more straight with Aruta, the leader of Hyrule's soldiers who is kidnapped by Vaati and gets his armor animated into a Chief Soldier after the Wind Mage himself is freed from the Four Sword's seal.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The personalities of the four Links are foreshadowed when the original Link appears in Chapter One. He singlehandedly defeats a team of pirates without fear (Green), blows off his father's insistence that he work with a team (Blue), has a tender moment with Zelda where he gives her a flower (Red), and hides from both Zelda and his father without either of them knowing at first that they have an eavesdropper (Vio).

''The Legend Of Zelda: Four Swords'' is an adaptation of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures'' (the Viz translation uses the name ''Four Swords'', however it's not an adaptation of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords that game]]).

** '''Sanguine''' --> Green Link; according to Vio, Green is very focused, motivated and almost equally as stubborn as Blue (albeit, a bit nicer than him). His personality is supposed to be similar to the original Link's. He's courageous and determined, but can be prone to acting rash. He can be anxious and headstrong while Blue can be extremely arrogant and short-tempered which leads to arguments between the two. He nonetheless attains the role of leader (since he's wearing green) throughout the adventure and is very driven in rescuing Zelda from the clutches of evil.
** '''Choleric''' --> Red Link; he's the compassionate, optimistic and childish Link who is usually meddling with Blue in terms of comic relief. He's shown to be very cheerful, excitable and highly emotional. Although he can be somewhat as stubborn as the other three, he's clearly the nicest out of the four Links and usually likes to look on the bright side of things. He hates seeing the other Links fight each other and will usually speak out and try to act as the mediator though he ends up dealing with Blue, who tends to bully him around. One clear trait of his is that he's very dependent on the other three and doesn't do too well by himself. He can easily end up feeling depressed and unsure of himself when he’s all alone. He's a warm and considerate person who's the perfect foil for Blue, who rejects the others with his harsh personality.
** '''Supine''' --> Blue Link; he's the arrogant, brash and self-centered Link. Compared to the other Links, he's very short-tempered, impatient and argumentative. He and Red are usually the comic relief of the group in which he's antagonistic towards Red's happy-go-lucky personality and sometimes resorts to hitting him. He can be terribly single-minded and comes off as being insecure. He believes himself to be the original Link (despite not wearing green) and out of jealousy, questions Green's competency as a hero, gets easily flustered by Vio's condescending attitude, and constantly bullies Red. He further thinks he can do well by himself instead of cooperating with the others. Despite his rude behavior, he's deep down a loyal individual who deeply cares about the other three and is just as determined as Green in saving Zelda, along with the kingdom of Hyrule.

* AChildShallLeadThem: Princess Zelda rules over her kingdom as a preteen. Also counts as PrincessesRule.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Shadow Link looks like a regular boy as opposed to the pitch black LivingShadow he was depicted as in the video game. According to his original character sketch, he was more similar to the game version at first.

* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler: Shadow Link]] actually redeems himself here. In the game, [[spoiler:Shadow Link]] was a monster who was MadeOfEvil per Zelda's own words, and who used countless copies of himself from the Dark Mirror to cause trouble all across Hyrule until they were defeated once and for all by Link with Zelda's help. In the manga, [[spoiler:Shadow Link redeems himself by smashing the Dark Mirror, an action that results in the defeat of Vaati, but also ends in his undoing too]].
* AdaptationDyeJob: Zelda's hair is a yellow blonde, unlike her strawberry blonde game counterpart.

* TheChessmaster: Subverted. Vio tries to be this by [[spoiler: pretending to join Shadow Link and non-fatally taking out Green, and then getting Shadow to avoid going after the Links by suggesting that they can get worn down fighting Vaati and Ganon so that they can take over Hyrule after the fighting is over. He does all of this in the hopes that he can destroy the Dark Mirror and shut down Shadow's army. However, he gets caught anyway and has to be saved by the Links]].

* DiscOneFinalBoss: Shadow Link serves as TheHeavy for most of the game, but the Links defeat him right before they move on to Vaati and Ganon.

* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: Red gets these after mistaking Green and Vio for dead. He snaps out of it when Blue saves him from a monster.

* FakeDefector: [[spoiler:Vio pretends to join Shadow's side, hoping to find a way to disable his army from within. It doesn't go well for him when Shadow realizes the deception, though Vio ''did'' get confirmation about Ganon and how the Links will need to rescue Zelda to confront him]].

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Shadow]] gets a pep talk from Zelda after he regenerates from his fight with the Links, noting that he doesn't have to be so different from them.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Shadow Link]] in the end during the fight with [[spoiler:Vaati]]. [[spoiler:While the four Links manage to hurt him, Vaati proves unstoppable while the Dark Mirror is around, which Shadow smashes even though it means he'll die along with him.]]

* HumanoidAbomination: Shadow Link plays this straighter than his game counterpart. Although takes the form of a healthy, flesh-and-blood copy of Link, he is referred to as a "phantom hero" created by Ganon. When he's feeling particularly angry, he sports fangs and claws.

* RealMenWearPink: Red is the most emotional and weak-willed of the four Links, and wears a pink undershirt to match, but he is still a swordsman who gets magical powers the others don’t have.

* TokenGoodTeammate: Although all four Links are heroes, they often bicker and quarrel with each other despite their mission. Red is the only one without any moral faults and the only one who never gets into fights with the others.

* AdaptationalVillainy: While Tingle did try to steal Force Gems in the game, his manga counterpart outright leaves Green to die at the hands of a Hinox to get away with a Force Gem.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The Soldiers of Hyrule just like in the game, with Aruta being brainwashed into a Chief Soldier. Later, [[spoiler:Link's Father is brainwashed via a helmet by Vaati disguising himself as Zelda.]]

** Played more straight with Aruta, the leader of Hyrule's soldiers who gets brainwashed by Vaati into a Chief Soldier after the Wind Mage himself is freed from the Four Sword's seal.

* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: The banditJago is shocked that the “Left-Handed Hero” who defeated him and his men is a young teenager.

* FakeDefector: [[spoiler:Vio pretends to join Shadow's side, hoping to find a way to disable his army from within]].
* HammerHilt: Vio wins his fight with Green by switching his forward grip to reverse and striking with the pommel.

* PurpleIsPowerful: Vio wears a purple outfit, is the smartest of the four, and is the only Link to decisively beat another Link in a fight.

* HijackedByGanon: [[spoiler:Just like in ''Four Swords Adventures'', Ganon is the true villain of the manga.]]

* CloningBlues: Brought up occasionally in the beginning, while the four Links are still getting used to working as a team. Blue takes the thought of being a copy the worst out of the four Links, insisting that he’s the only Link and that he doesn’t need the others.