Rose Hip Zero is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa.

The manga shows more of Kasumi Asakura's past as a 14-year-old child assassin in service of a terrorist group called ALICE prior to joining up with ASALLT.

[1][2] Kodansha collected its chapters in five tankōbon volumes, released from December 16, 2005, to August 17, 2006.

[3][4] Anime News Network's review of Rose Hip Zero have positive as well, stating that the manga was well done for using the "buddy cop"-style of relationship,[5] similar to the Lethal Weapon series done in the 1990s,[6] though Anime News Network critiques it for having Kasumi use non-lethal bullets in her weapons, which has "no place in a gritty police drama.

"[5] Teenreads.com has even said that Rose Hip Zero is a fine read especially to those who prefer "shoot-'em-up action movies, police dramas, or even the flying-fists of Jackie Chan.