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Synonyms: .hack//X Fourth
Japanese: .hack//XXXX
English: .hack//XXXX
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 2
Chapters: 10
Status: Finished
Published: 2006 to 2007
Genres: Action Action, Adventure Adventure, Fantasy Fantasy, Sci-Fi Sci-Fi
Theme: Video Game Video Game
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Serialization: .hack//G.U. The World
Authors: Kikuya, Megane (Story & Art), Matsuyama, Hiroshi (Story)

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Score: 7.141 (scored by 23252,325 users)
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Ranked: #67872
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #4029
Members: 5,064
Favorites: 71

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Manga.hack//G.U. The WorldKikuya, Megane (Story & Art), Matsuyama, Hiroshi (Story)
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In .hack//Legend of the Twilight, Shugo and Rena were given the avatars of the famous dot hackers, Kite and BlackRose... Now learn how their legend was born! While playing in The World,the most successful online game in history, a young boy suddenly loses consciousness and falls into a coma after taking a blow to protect his friend Kite from the deadly beams of a strange monster. To save his fallen friend, Kite must log back into this most dangerous game and begin to unravel the mysteries behind his friend's affliction. But understanding the true power of The World may prove as dangerous as it is crucial!

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.hack//XXXX was published in English by Tokyopop from June 17, 2008 to September 16, 2008.

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Sequel:.hack//Tasogare no Udewa Densetsu
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4 Recommended
2 Mixed Feelings
1 Not Recommended
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Nov 29, 2010
artist-retired
Recommended
First thing I need to say; I have not played all of the original games, in fact I only played the first one, but I do understand the gist of the full story from the games. With that out of the way, here's my review.

STORY: .Hack//XXXX, I'll start with the title. Honnestly I thought this was a hentai when I read the title. But each X represents one of the games, with four in total and I heard its pronounced .Hack//4X. But whatever.
.Hack//XXXX condenses the story of the 4 games of the PS2 series into... 10 chapters? Whoa, the result ending up skipping and speeding ...
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Oct 11, 2008
NyaChan
Mixed Feelings
Alright, I'd LOVE to say this was a good series, but personally I'm glad it's only two volumes, because I got sick of some of the alterations. I know it's "based" off the games, but I see very little similarities left after one character was altered. I've been apart of the .hack fandom since it began in the States with //SIGN and the first four games.

Moving along, there will be some spoilers, but it's a two-book series and probably anyone who is reading this has already played the games anyways. The manga began with one major changed that sort of ticked me off, ...
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Apr 14, 2018
happyhellhound
Not Recommended
It’s not like I ever expected a video game to manga adaptation to be good but…this is pretty bad. I genuinely think that if this had been an art book it would have been soooo much better. The art in these two volumes is excellent. As I’ve said before, the R1 games’ graphics are super dated and so there are some aspects of the character design that come off kind of clunky and hard to look at. Manga artist Megane Kikuya really improved on the designs in her style and her art is what made reading this spin-off worthwhile.

The writing? Not so much…

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