G.U.＋

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G.U.+ Volume 1

.hack//G.U.+ is a manga that follows an alternate version of the events of the G.U. games, akin to the relationship between the original 4 games and the .hack//XXXX manga. It was first serialized in .hack//G.U. The World, and three volumes have been released in graphic novel form in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten. The fourth volume is scheduled to be released on March 26, 2008.

The first twelve chapters were serialized in the .hack//G.U. The World magazine; as of April 2007, it is in Comptiq magazine.

On June 18, 2007, it was announced via www.animenewsnetwork.com that Tokyopop has acquired the license for .hack//G.U+ and has released the first volume on February 12, 2008, the second being released on June 17, 2008.

Story

Taking place seven years after the events of .hack//QUARANTINE, G.U.+ follows the player Haseo, a powerful PKKer known as "The Terror of Death". Haseo is obsessed with an infamous PKer known only as "Tri-Edge" who attacked a close friend of his sometime in the past. The manga details Haseo's search for Tri-Edge, and his eventual inclusion in a mysterious group known as "G.U."

Characters

• Alkaid
• Asta
• Atoli
• Bordeaux
• Endrance
• Grein
• Haseo
• Iyoten
• Kazumi
• Kuhn
• Negimaru
• Ovan
• Pi
• Sakaki
• Sakubo
• Shino
• Tri-Edge
• Yata

Chapters

1st part

• 1. Tri-edge
• 2. Unreturned person
• 3. Epitaph user
• 4. Endrance's cat
• 5. Avatar Enlightenment
• 6. Continual homicide
• 7. Logout failure
• 8. Kite of Azure Flames
• 9. Atoli's world
• 10. Being broken
• 11. AIDA
• 12. Holy Ground "Key of the Twilight"

2nd part (information obtained from http://wiki.livedoor.jp/theworldpurasu/d/.hack//G%2eU%2e%a1%dc) The second part of G.U+ totally deviates from the canon established in the video games.

• 1. Letter from the deceased
• 2. Yasuzi Yasushi Division
• 3. Xth Form
• 4. RA Plans
• 5. Fleshing Out
• 6. False God
• 7. Cubia
• 8. Beginning Location

Gallery

Volume 1 cover

Volume 2 cover

Volume 3 cover

Trivia

• Due to contradictions with the plotline of the games, G.U.+ is usually considered non-canon.