The Zeno Chapters [A Short Manga Fandub]
Corey Hendricks for Zeno
The main character of these chapters, Zeno's past is told through a flashback filled with heartache.
Once a priest that could hear the voice of God, 17-year-old Zeno was chosen by the Yellow Dragon to have a stout body and protect King Hiryuu. Unknowningly, it wasn't until it was too late did Zeno realize what that meant. Zeno is now incapable of dying. Sickness, age, any injury, starvation, etc. None of those things can ever kill him and he's now immortal. One by one, his friends die and even his wife dies before his very eyes.
Zeno tries to remain cheerful, but the fact that he will never die pushes him towards serious depression.
Chapter Appearances: 4/4
Voice Type: Zeno is 17, so I'm looking for a young man's voice that is between the medium to the high range. He will be having a wide range of emotions during these chapters.
[Pant for 2 seconds, then say while panting] Ki..n... My king... [Shouting to the sky with tears. You're full of sorrow and despair] GUEN! ABI! SHUTEN! I DON'T WANT THIS! DON'T LEAVE ME! [Do a scream filled with so much sorrow and despair]
These past 20 years, I've been cleaning up small skirmishes... by myself. Just like Guen and the others have. [Zeno feels a pain in his gut and realizes that Guen is dying] Guen's life is fading?! Abi and Shuten's heartbeats are getting smaller again... [sad] ...Just me... Just as I thought, I'm the only one... that's stayed the same... Guen. I'm sorry. Even though you told me to come... I was scared... to see all of you who have grown old. [Kinda like a soft order] Guen, wait. Don't leave. Abi! Shuten! Back then I couldn't do anything, but now I might have become just a little more useful. I hate fighting, but when I do this, it feels like I can be next to you again. [Determined] Well then, let's protect King Hiryuu together.
[Calling] He-y! Everyone! Come here quickly! [Shouting cheerfully] It's a wonderful morning! Hurry up and go before everyone wakes up! [Shuten complains that it's cold] [Zeno laughs] You've lost your youth, Ryokuryuu.
