Summary
After saving the land of Hyrule, Link travels through the forest to find a lost friend. He is ambushed, however, by Skull kid, a mischievous imp who steals his horse! Link is then led to the doomed world of Termina, and has only 3 days to stop Skull Kid from literally ending the world.

Personal Opine
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask is a thought provoking and incredibly dark game. It tackles the topics of friendship, loyalty, abandonment, and dealing with the oncoming end of the world.

As a one-volume adaptation of that game, however, this manga leaves a lot to be desired. The high points are touched upon but the plot is a tad too swift for its own good. While I highly endorse the reading of manga/graphic novels in school, with such a brief and borderline vapid piece (an appetizer to the full course meal that is the game), I can’t in good faith endorse Majora’s Mask (the manga) as an educational text.

However, I highly highly suggest it as a tool to get kids
reading. If a child or student finds themselves struggling with reading, or the desire to read, I doubt there’s a much better way to get through to them than a book based on a video game. A Nintendo game at that!

Class extension ideas
1. Masks are a prevailing theme, so have the kids each make a paper mache mask!
2. If used as a tool to get kids more inclined to reading, have the student write a paper/journal from the point of view of one of the side characters (reacting to the moon falling, for example). ( )