Resident Evil: The Marhawa Desire



BIOHAZARD Marahawa Desire (バイオハザード・マルハワデザイア) is a graphic novel and manga series to be released on the Weekly Shonnen Champion. The company Japonica Polonica Fantastica translated the first volume into Polish.

Plot
Marhawa Desire is set in Singapore during the BSAA's investigation of a viral outbreak at the prestigious Marhawa School. This comics marks the début of Piers Nivans, who appears in Resident Evil 6 as Chris Redfield's new partner.

Chapter 1
At the Marhawa School, a student is attacked by her classmate, who is revealed to be a zombie. The bodies are investigated on-scene and the possibility of it being a bioterrorist attack is brought up by the nuns. One of the nuns believes Doug Wright, a professor at Bennett University in Singapore, to be helpful in investigating the incident, though is against the idea of him taking part.

Meanwhile, B.S.A.A. North American branch's Alpha team leader, Chris Redfield, along with Piers Nivans and Merah Biji are busy taking out a number of t-Virus creatures, including zombie dogs and lickers. Biji reports new instructions from Professor Doug, who is established to be an advisor to the B.S.A.A.'s Far East Division, Chris, who feels he owes Doug a favour from over the years, comes with Mera to visit him at the university.

Meanwhile, Doug receives a letter from Mother Gracia regarding the incident at the school. He leaves his office in a hurry, stumbling upon his nephew, Ricky Tozawa, who works in the Science and Engineering Department. He was heading to his uncle's office to enquire about his exam results, which are less than expected. To better his grade, Doug has Ricky come with him as his assistant. The two set off for the Marhawa academy. The two arrived on an isolated island and have a brief discussion before eventually arriving at the academy. The two are greeted by two female students; Alisa and Bindi. After introducing each other, Ricky noticed a cordoned off area before being led to Mother Gracia's office.

After being led to Mother Gracia's office, the two female students leave the room, much to Ricky's disappointment. Doug and Gracia had a brief conversation before being led down to a basement revealing a zombie, chained to a wall. Doug assumes the zombie is infected with the t-Virus and warns the two to stay away from the zombie. He states that he needs the Daylight to prevent infection from spreading. However, due to Gracia's lack of viral knowledge Doug explains the capability of Daylight. Futhermore, he also states that he cannot handle the matter alone and will need the help of the BSAA, claiming that they will come immediately to handle the incident.

Gracia remains unconcerned, insisting she only needs Doug's help. Doug assumes that Gracia doesn't want this incident to be disclosed. She then denies the existence of B.O.Ws in her academy. Doug puts his trust on Ricky to investigate the origins of the virus on his own. The investigation held no successful outcome leading to Doug thinking that there might be a source to the girl's cause of being a zombie.

Ricky later gets surrounded by a group of students trying to beat him up. Before they could lay a hand on him, Alisa comes in and stops the group from doing so. He later thanks Alisa and strolls around the academy with her. Before they could do any 'romantic' actions, Bindi appears and breaks the mood which made both of them to act awkwardly. After dinner, Ricky expresses discomfort with the academy especially Mother Gracia. He states that her expression doesn't change despite what is happening and insists on keeping her school's reputation. Doug then states the only solution to the problem is the BSAA.

Doug later continues to investigate outside the academy on his own, expressing his thought on himself that the academy will suffer the same fate as Raccoon City if immediate action is not taken. A hooded figure is then seen spying on Doug while he is investigating. While Doug is continuing with the investigation, Ricky is seen on a bed in a bedroom wondering about Doug's location. Alisa later appears and tries to get on his bed in an attempt to initiate a romantic encounter. However, it is revealed that Alisa has turned into a zombie and tries to bite Ricky. He gets shocked to what he had just seen and tries to run away from the infected Alisa. The chapter then ends with the infected Alisa grabbing hold of Ricky and bites into his shoulder.

Chapter 2
In another location, Chris tried to contact Doug but to no avail, stating that his number is out of reach. Merah finds out that Doug went on vacation but no one knows where he went. Piers expressed slight annoyance, concluding that Professor Doug only took a regular vacation, but Chris thought differently due to his number being out of reach and that no one knows where he went. In Marhawa Academy, Doug, Mother Gracia and Bindi heard a scream coming from Ricky's room. Doug storms in his room only to find out Ricky wounded from being bitten and Alisa being held by the guards. Expressing his frustation due to Gracia's stubbornness, he yells at her to call the BSAA and states if the matter is not dealt immediately, an incident similar to the Raccoon City Destruction may happen again. Despite this, Gracia tries to leave the room without a word of concern. Before leaving, she appoints a security to guard the door and states that if Ricky ends up turning like Alisa did, they will take care of it.

Doug returns his attention to Ricky, expressing regret for bringing him to Marhawa Academy. Ricky reminds Doug that if he turns into a zombie, he does not need to hesitate to kill Ricky. Doug is saddened by his words with tears seen streaming down his face. While Gracia is in her office. she expressed her pessimistic view, saying that there will be a third infected person. Tending to Ricky's wound, Doug mentioned if only he could contact Chris, Upon hearing Chris' name, he asks Doug if he is really that awesome to which he replies by saying that he is the best of the best. He then explains BSAA's style of work, supressing bioterrorism outbreak without leaving one single infected alive.

Meanwhile, Bindi enters Gracia's office. Noticing Bindi, she asked if it isn't already past her bedtime. Instead of answering Gracia's question, Bindi asks her where Alisa is to which she replies that Alisa maybe is wandering around the academy. Bindi expressed discomfort about Alisa's disappearance even though she likes to wander off without a word. She also brought up a matter about the disappearance of a student that has happened 3 years ago. Failing to persuade Gracia into calling the police, she orders Bindi to go back to her room and leave the school matter to herself. It is revelaed that the infected Alisa is being held elsewhere, chained to a wall and about to be decapitated by an unknown person.

In the next morning, Ricky woke up seemingly unfazed by the wound he received last night. Doug then asks about his condition to which he responds by saying that he feels great asides from being sore. Doug thinks there is something wrong about the matter and explains there should be symptoms before turning into a zombie. Despite this, Doug does not see any symptoms from Ricky and therefore states that he is not infected. However, Doug cannot help but think that this miracle is unusual. He orders Ricky to stay in his room since he has recovered from his wounds but he retorted by saying that he does not want to sit and do nothing. They went out to try and catch a rat, attracting the attention of the students in the academy, but makes no progress whatsoever. Though, Dougs states that catching a rat isn't an effective method, he is sure that rats has the chance to carry a virus.

During their break, Bindi approached the duo asking Ricky if he has seen Alisa. Ricky is forced to lie about Alisa to prevent Bindi from being hurt due to the loss of her friend. She continues to bombard him with the same question, only to be responded by Ricky's silence. Bindi then asks for the reason for their arrival in Marhawa Academy. Doug states that he can't tell her the reasons until the right time comes. Meanwhile in an isolated location, two person in hazmat suit are seen puring kerosene on the zombies and later burns them. The chapter ends when Ricky, Doug and Bindi notices smoke from a distance.

Chapter 3
At a restaurant in Singapore, Chris, Piers and Merah are still trying to contact Doug. Merah found out that Professor Doug hasn't returned to the university even though his vacation is over. Chris finds this odd as Doug never violates the principle as a teacher. Mera also found out that Ricky was gone at the same time as Doug. Piers assumed that they will not acquire anymore information even if they go to Bennett University. While in Marhawa, just after the trio noticed smoke coming from a bulding, they immediately rush to the location. Bindi orders one of the student to call the fire department but Gracia insists that she does not need to and orders everyone to calm down. She assured everyone that no important buldings have been affected by the fire and explains that the burnt room was an old room for school clubs from before and that she intends to demolish them.

Ricky thought of this as a cover up to prevent from anyone knowing that her students has become a zombie. He immediately rushes to the room that was burned down and accuses Gracia for destroying the evidence, namely the students that has turned into zombies. Doug recalls the conversation he had with Gracia and it is revealed that she claims her academy is supposed to be free from B.O.W.s. Ricky saw the pendant used to wear and begins to think about her. Ricky notices Bindi following them into the bulding, trying to see what has happppened. Ricky prevents her from seeing Alisa's remains. Bindi then faints due to the stench of the burnt corpses. Ricky assumed that she will do anything to try and prevent from news that has happened in her academy to go public.

Chapter 4
Picking up where Chapter 3 left off, Bindi is taken to a nurse's room, still unconscious. While Ricky watches over her, he recalls the tragedy that has happened to Alisa causing him to clench his fist in anger. Meanwhile in Gracia's office, she and Doug are locked in an arguement. The two has conflicting opinion of solving the matter: Doug wants to contact the BSAA as he cannot solve the problem by himself while Gracia wants only Doug to work on the problem without disclosing the news. He tries to approach her however, a student came to her defense and tries to push him off balance. While he succeeds in fending him off, another student kicks him in the forehead, knocking him back. He then proceeds to finish him off but Gracia prevents him from doing so, stating that she still needs Doug. He then returns to his room and tells Ricky to pack up his things so they can leave and try to contact BSAA. Unknowingly, a zombie sneaks up behind Gracia whille she is in her office. The students managed to hold the zombie down and stabbed it with multiple candle holders. However, the zombie managed to break free but before it could do anything, Gracia shot the zombie in the head, finally killing it.

Marhawa's Report
Each chapter features reports on the series backstory, written entirely in Hanzi (Chinese script) to replicate the story's setting in Singapore as though it were a Chinese newspaper service.

Further Notes
Spoiler-ahead

It has been confirmed the outbreak in this manga was caused by C-Virus, also making the debut of J'avo and Lepotitsa

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