Mother Keeper
| Fandom | |
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| Name: | Mother Keeper |
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| Creator: | Sorano Kaili |
| Date(s): | 2006 |
| Medium: | manga |
| Country of Origin: | Japan |
| External Links: | Baka-Updata Manga MyAnimeList |
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Mother Keeper is a shounen manga series written and illustrated by Sorano Kaili. It originally ran from 2006 until 2014 in comic BLADE, a part of MAG Garden, alongside their other manga, Monochrome Factor.
Fandom
Mother Keeper fandom is typically quiet, with its English fandom peak between 2014 and 2016 on Tumblr. The Japanese fandom is equally quiet, with little fanworks.
Pairings
- Ricalna/Turkes
- Graham/Zelik
- Jim/Syal
- Syal/Elsa
- Silas/Zelik
- Silas/Allen
Of the pairings, Ricalna/Turkes is the most popular in the English-speaking and Japanese fandoms, with a small amount of fanart.
Fan Theories
A joke theory that has been spread in the fandom is that Allen and Graham were actually twins. This theory came about as in the character profiles, Graham and Turkes are revealed to have the same birthday. With an approximate age for Graham and an exact age for Turkes, it was possible that they were in fact born on the same day. It was suggested that Turkes is in fact Allen, who had supposedly died in the story's present, but due to the timeline provided, Turkes became a cyborg around the time Allen would have died. The two also share mannerisms, speech patterns, hair texture, and a disregard for human life. Allen and Graham have similar colour palettes and both came from Eden, having some influence there. There was, however, no justification for how Allen would have survived to become a cyborg beyond it being a fictional story. This was one of many theories speculating on the relationships between the characters in the manga.
During the manga's release, there were a number of theories regarding who was actually a cyborg and who was human.
One theory is that Lint was programmed to perceive Mother as his dead wife and overwrote his affection for her with affection for Mother, to keep him protecting her.
Popular Tropes
- Fanart is typically robot gore heavy.
- Non-con involving Zelik, particularly due to the mangaka's history of writing non-con doujinshi.
- Crossover with its sister series, Monochrome Factor
Fanworks
Fanart
- Turkes by 8tkns
- Zelik by 8tkns
- にゃんにゃんリカトル by 闇路ユリ, Ricalna/Turkes
- Silas and Turkes by FalseHavran
- Silas and Allen by FalseHavran
- Turkes and Adam by DuskDragonXIII
Fanmixes
- Kings of Catastrophe on 8tracks and a mirror on Spotify
- What Am I Fighting For on 8tracks and a mirror on Spotify
- Let's Returnon 8tracks and a mirror on Spotify
Meta
- Why You Should Read Mother Keeper Powerpoint
- Manga Primer: Mother Keeper by MarineHaddock