What others said in reviews ...
"confusing and [awesomely] cool at the same time" alexadria345, 2010-11-08
This is a spoof based on Don Quixote using the Daniel X: Alien Hunter graphic novel storyline.
December 1, 2010
Manga story lines occur in this fic - it's a multiple-crossover. I have edited this chapter by naming the manga titles I reference in brackets [like this]. *I made some minor corrections, too.*
Thanks for reading this! The corresponding chapter of the public domain Don Quixote translation that I'm using is at {www. online-literature. com/ cervantes/ don_quixote/ 5/} (cut and paste inside the {funky brackets}, and remove the spaces to get the correct web address).
Tale of the Boy Living in Tokyo
Chapter 1
The kid made his home on the streets of Tokyo or on barren hills outside the city. With the least effort he could make a mansion out of molehill. He willingly ate grubs and crickets but his epicurean fancies included fantastic sushi feasts chopped and stacked all by his lonesome.
He was rather self-sufficient as any fourteen-year-old would be. He preferred to be known as none other than Daniel X, but it should be known that Dan Q is rather more fitting for him. His last name was Hopper, but that is of no consequence.
He had no need for possessions, but he preferred to conjure up manga to read whenever the thought struck him. Often he debated with himself whether Naruto was a better warrior as a ninja than Ichigo Kurosaki as a Soul Reaper [of Bleach]. But whenever he had a mulish streak he shouted aloud that Monkey D. Luffy [in One Piece] pwned all rivals.
Having read all the manga in Tokyo proper, he eventually believed that he was himself a great warrior. He was convinced that an enemy could be found around every corner. So detached from reality was he that he denied his humanity and believed himself to be an extra-terrestrial. Having lost his parents in a traumatic double-homicide, he imagined his one lasting legacy passed on as his inheritance was a supernatural list of every enemy in the known universe.
He scared up a 4-stroke steed as a Ducati Streetfighter S. He named his ride Roc, a raw 155 horsepower mount which may not have been manufactured at the time of this story, but that is no limit to Dan's magnificent abilities. Donning a Chunichi Dragons ball cap for a helmet and assuring that his brain was in head (for it was the only weapon he needed), he prepared to fight his good fight.
He hoped Dana would be impressed.
**If you can help me replace the phrase "scared up" (which means to prepare) with a cowboy term like 'rounded up' or 'wrangled up,' please PM or review. I've searched an online thesaurus for a phrase at the tip of my tongue to avail.**