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What is YISUN?
Mother
A lie we tell ourselves to have a purpose
Bliss
A paradox with no solution
Father
A strong female protagonist
The weakest thing there is and the smallest crawling thing
Creator
Everything in this miserable and hellish existence
A solution with no paradoxes
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Quinton
Apr 25, 2004


I learned about this thread due to Cryophage posting this on Tumblr and being confused when it wasn't in the general webcomics thread. I love this animation of one of my favorite scenes in the comic so far.

Coincidentally, two days ago I *finally* sat down and read KSBD and cannot believe I have been missing out on such an amazing thing for so long now.

It is amazing how dense both the art and the mythology are, and while the art is pretty great from the start it just keeps getting better -- the pages from the latest chapter, in particular seem to have kicked it up another notch. Allison now that she's found some backbone and/or decided she doesn't give a drat and is going to do things her way, is more fun, and I'm enjoying her interactions with Cio a bunch. Amazing stuff all around really.

Quinton fucked around with this message at 05:41 on Oct 8, 2015

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Quinton
Apr 25, 2004

MikeJF posted:

Good timing that you read it just after the polish up and insertion of more exposition into the early chapters. It used to be a bit more confusing and overwhelming.

Oh, lucky! My laziness actually worked in my favor.

I love Cio's mode of speech. Words like "yawnsome" just make me grin.
Also her disdain for the mundane details of Allison's story:



I do wish the font in the text bubbles were just a bit larger (the barely pixel-wide stems kinda break up a it).

This is a comic that I would happily pay for a higher resolution edition of, because of all the insane detail (one of the best benefits of the Unsounded patreon).

Quinton
Apr 25, 2004

I'm trying to figure out what the numbers/letters/symbols in the red circles indicate... order?... footnotes somewhere?... something else entirely?...

Quinton
Apr 25, 2004

idonotlikepeas posted:

Our devil-summoning friends had this mask several pages ago:



Aha! I was wondering where she found it or how she managed to make it so rapidly...

Quinton
Apr 25, 2004

The confused and horrified "W-wait! Where am I? What did I drink?" from our newly-minted blue devil is fantastic.

It does seem quite a burdensome name.

I do hope we get to see Allison returning the paper doll to Cio, unused, and a reaction to that.

Quinton
Apr 25, 2004

Ahahah... failed to notice the alt text on that one previously...

"Yon hoverly mouse thee, wordens appear aboutwise thinken tha?"

Quinton
Apr 25, 2004

I'm mildly disappointed if she didn't intentionally not eat the paper doll (I'm much more a fan of Allison taking control of her life, even if it's by making completely rash and uninformed decisions), though I suppose, having just drunk as much devil liquor as she did, she could be fuzzy on the events leading up to this and merely forgot that she chose not to eat it. I feel like the story works better (for me at least) if she did not cheat, but her motivation was pride or general stubbornness rather than honor.

Quinton
Apr 25, 2004

The Book of Holding is pretty spiffy too.

Quinton
Apr 25, 2004

A retroactive bonus page! 2-29.5
http://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/ksbd-2-29-5/

Quinton
Apr 25, 2004

Now that is an epic hat.... http://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/wielder-of-names-4-65/

Dunno about mercy though, I suspect this will not end well.

Quinton
Apr 25, 2004

killsixbilliondemons posted:

Q. do all demons reproduce via liquor + alcohol

A. The Black Flame is corrosive and parasitic, it eventually turns all matter it contacts with into more devils. This means anyone who’s ever made a pact with a devil will eventually be consumed by the black flame. That’s not as bad as you think, because eventually means after they die in almost 100% of cases.

Fun fact: devils don’t strictly need to eat, and can subsist off tobacco and alcohol, which is why you see so many of them indulging.
(http://killsixbilliondemons.tumblr.com/post/140927901400/)

Quinton
Apr 25, 2004

The phrasing of eternal life as a *condition* of the offer is interesting here...

Quinton
Apr 25, 2004

I really did not see this coming. Mottom is in some ways entirely not what I was expecting.

Quinton
Apr 25, 2004

http://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/wielder-of-names-5-99/

"I would like to tell you I am a noodle vendor--"

This chapter just keeps getting better.

Quinton
Apr 25, 2004

The wavy lines read as her shaking which makes plenty of sense in context.

If the scissors were open a bit in the second to last panel the action would be a little clearer, but it certainly did not seem mysterious or magical to me.

Quinton
Apr 25, 2004



The best expression.

Quinton
Apr 25, 2004

http://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/ksbd-2-34/
"You, girl. What do you think about death?"
"Reach heaven through violence, then, girl."


http://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/ksbd-4-69/
"Now please excuse your Auntie Maya, she has a parade of fools to follow."


http://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/wielder-of-names-5-99/
"I am Mathangi Ten Meti, 'Murder the Gods and Topple Their Thrones.'"
"I would like to tell you I am a noodle vendor--"
"--but alas! Instead I am a student of the principle art of Cutting."


http://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/wielder-of-names-6-110/
The Maybe Sword


http://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/seeker-of-thrones-3-17/
"Auntie, here are your noodles."

Quinton fucked around with this message at 15:56 on Dec 17, 2016

Quinton
Apr 25, 2004

Cio's glasses. So sad.

Quinton
Apr 25, 2004

Motherfucker posted:

kinda sucks that mankind can push its insecurities on a devil like that.

Humans are the worst. It is known.

Quinton
Apr 25, 2004

Wow: http://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/seeker-of-thrones-6-59/ (early page!)

Bad news: song's over.

Good news: things can only get more awesome from here on in.

Quinton
Apr 25, 2004

https://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/seeker-of-thrones-7-78/

"Nice."

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Quinton
Apr 25, 2004

I can't help but thinking that if Allison had just conquered Mottom in the first place she could have taken this much more straightforward path!

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