Project Silver 2.0

***"Project Silver 2.0"*** (プロジェクトシルバー2.0, *Purojekuto Shirubā 2.0*), referred to as ***"Silver"*** (銀, *Gin*) at completion, is an early draft/prototype of what would become the final *Silver Days* manga created by Alex Guy. While taking inspiration from Akira Toriyama's *Dragon Ball* series, as well as four comedic YouTube videos, *Project Silver 2.0* was mainly based off of Guy's earlier series, titled *Project Silver*.

Despite this draft being intended to be the final version of the series, its "ridiculous plot" was heavily altered to remove more ancient and medieval themes, in favor of more modern world with sci-fi elements, which lead to the *Silver Days* manga. Unfortunately, this draft was lost after a move, though Alex Guy stated that the ending of *Project Silver 2.0* was made to be followed up by a sequel/spin-off, which was to be titled *Silver NX*, which eventually became its own, unrelated, series.

## Plot Summary

The story begins with Silver, a martial artist possessing extraordinary powers, plotting to take over his home, the kingdom of Leafshire. But when the Beast kidnaps the prince, Silver is sent to rescue the prince and destroy the Beast. His journey leads him to the Z Force, who were sent by the Beast; a female wizard, who becomes a close friend of Silver; Gyro, a bandit who becomes an ally; Xander, who trains Silver; Cursor, a body swapping entity; and Z, the Beast's most powerful warrior who proves to be an even bigger threat. Gyro and the legendary Oshiri then start to search for pieces of a powerful prism.

The search is quickly menaced by the Others, a powerful cult that wants the prism to conquer the universe. After many fights, Silver recovers, and fights Syobon, the last surviving member of the Others. The fight finally ends when Silver defeats Syobon and Rover, who was part of the Others, but spares them. Two years later, an intergalactic human warrior, Nex, comes to Earth to look for the strongest warrior and finds Silver. Nex offers to make Silver his partner to take over the universe, but declines. After receiving a power boost, Silver battles Nex one-on-one, and the fight ultimately ends at a truce.

After agreeing to help Nex find the Azure Shard and Nex arrive on Nex's planet to search. After encounters with the brutal Frost's forces, Frost himself finally arrives. Silver returns and the fight with Frost ends when Silver unlocks his true potential with the Azure Shard given to him by Nex. Two years later, Silver and Nex participate in a fighting tournament but are interrupted by Zero and Omega from another dimension. Silver, Nex, Zero, Omega team up to stop X, who has terrorized their dimension, by using an Azure Shard, leading to several battles with Frost's forces, who had survived, and the Alpha Rangers, with X absorbing the six Azure Shards, Silver finally stopping him by fusing with the elderly Chosen Three.

Later, a group of Doppelgangers appear, led by Gold, and cause chaos in many dimensions. During the final battle, Nex to sacrifice himself to stop Gold. Shadow, a robot version of Silver, absorbs Silver and the Alpha Rangers, making them "The Ultimate", and with no way of stopping the fusion, Silver self-destructs from the inside of the fusion, killing them.

5 years later, the Grand Master senses the arrival of Akira and subsequently appoints his apprentice, the Wizard, to be the new Grand Master. Nex and Silver's friends are too late to stop Akira from unleashing Veltrex. Silver is revived to defeat Veltrex but the monster is killed by two fighters from the future. After many battles Silver finally destroys Nova by absorbing Sama's energy, using the godly power to form a *God Bomb*. 6 years later, 33-year-old Silver is participating at another fighting tournament with all of his friends and family watching, with Silver and Nex facing each other in the finals.

## Similarities with *Silver Days*

* Silver's origins and extraordinary abilities remained the same in *Silver Days*; his friendship with delinquents like himself was also kept but with minor alterations
* Silver's encounters with a "female wizard", who would later become Alice; the bandit named Gyro; and Xander, who would later become Zen, were kept but under different circumstances.
* The conflicts with Nex, who would later become Nexus, Frost, X, Gold, Veltrex, who would later become Veltrax, and Nova were kept largely the same.
* The Others, the mystic and enigmatic cult featured in the draft's second arc, are very similar to the Death Trappers from *Silver Days*.
* Much of the characters' relationships, such as Silver and Oshiri's marriage, were brought to *Silver Days*.
* The circumstances around Silver's death are very similar in *Silver Days*.

## Differences from *Silver Days*

* Silver's goal to take over his home was heavily altered.
* Due to massive setting and story changes, Silver's encounters with Alice, Gyro, and Zen were moved to later in the story.
* Many names, such as "Nex" and "Zero" were changed.
* The kingdom, Leafshire, does not exist in *Silver Days* and is replaced with the modern and realistic East City and West City.
* The conflicts with the Beast, Z, The Others, and Shadow were removed entirely.
* Roku and Akira were removed and the events involving them were heavily modified.