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THIS WAS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE READ!! I had been anticipating to read this side ever since you signed up and you didn't disappoint! You weren't kidding with you said this was gonna be a monster of a comic lol

While your art is such a delight to always look at, what really stood out to me was the story that made it my favorite of the entries. Choko is such an intriguing character to me, going such lengths all to make a better, safer place for Ryu to live in. While what she did to Regi and her manipulation of Dairyu's trust paints her in a pretty awful light, it just makes her more of a very compelling character. As harsh and ruthless she may act, she's just trying to be a good mother for her boy. I'm a sucker for that kind of writing, haha.

Some major things I absolutely enjoyed:

Everybody did an absolutely incredible job on this! You should all be proud of yourselves!

Tgood: GOD what an entry! This comic creates such a wonderful build of tension, and the ending with Regi sent chills down my spine. The scene with Yamato being asked if Choko was worth their blessing was an incredibly cool moment, too! Also, the storm battle looks absolutely stellar! I wonder what interaction Maneki-Neko and A Dog had, too...

However, my absolute favorite thing about your entry is the interesting implications for Voids future - a total police state run by a corrupt officer that doesn't even think robots should have rights. It's a shakeup that fills me with dread (in a positive way, of course).

Snowy: Whatever has got you down or stressed, I hope things get better for you soon!

SirJellyRaptor: Funniest possible tonal whiplash considering I read Tgood's entry right before it, lmao. I know that you said you weren't used to doing comedy before on the Discord iirc, but I honestly had NO idea about that before you mentioned it. This is absolutely hysterical! There were so many gags that stuck out to me - the Sovereign Greece mixup, Kurdis' breakdown, but my absolute favorite HAS to be Yamato carrying Keito out.

I first read this comic right after it came out. It was 1 in the morning. I am surprised I didn't get any noise complaints about how hard I laughed.

(And also thank you for the Felix cameo!! He looks so good :D)

Selevan: Honestly, I've pushed things up until the last possible moment so often that I'd feel a bit hypocritical if I criticized you for it. I'm honestly kinda impressed you managed to pump out this amount of detail in such a short amount of time!

I also really enjoy what direction you took with TL Bot here. Him asking why they were just talking instead of truly doing something was honestly a pretty cool scene!

Footini: Love the balance between seriousness and humor! The discussion of Dairyu being worshiped across multiple planets brought up a lot of interesting implications, and the reveal of the disguises was incredibly funny. The bodyguard begging them to live was probably my favorite gag, lol.

Regi trying to save Gwen and Choko thinking apologizing to Ito when she thought she was gonna die were some incredibly powerful scenes, too! Overall, great work (and thanks for the cameos)!

Gregly: There's a ton of fascinating artistic decisions right off the bat! Having Choko be the main POV and making it all set in a medieval fantasy AU were super interesting.

On one hand, I'm not too sure how to feel about this comic not being set in Void proper - this is one of the few events that affects most other canons, after all. But on the other hand, it's both such an interesting take and I can't help but admire the fact that you had a vision for your comic and pursued it wholeheartedly. I know that I get a bit nervous when I think I'm bending pre-established characterization or worldbuilding too much, so comics like these help remind me that they're not supposed to be taken as hard rules!

Incredible work on the characterization and worldbuilding! Congrats on managing to get this all out with full colors, too :D

Everyone did so well! It was super close but my favorite was Gregly's! A full color entry is nothing to sneeze at and I especially liked the weed joke at the beginning lmao. Tbh the AU setting didn't bother me at all I thought you implemented everyone's characters well. Tgood's had nice pacing and really cool art on some pages, Jelly's was the funniest by far, Selevan's had good inks and some good angles and Footini's was pretty gripping throughout and very polished. Good job everyone! No matter who wins we'll have one interesting mayor that's for sure!

Great effort on everything- so many pages done!

Looking forward to what happens next

TGood: Your round was tragic and tense. I had to put it down multiple times because of how stressful it was, and that's a compliment. Choko cuts a truly despicable but still deeply human figure, and all of the terrible things she does (Poor Regi) feel in keeping with her twisted perspective and desire to keep the people she loves safe at all costs.

And that fight scene with Satraxia was just beautiful

Snowy: I'm sorry you couldn't make a comic. I know if you could have, it would've been amazing.

SirJellyRaptor: An absolute laugh riot. Everything about this round was hilarious, and your art is amazing even in sketch form.

Selevan: I'm sorry you weren't able to make something more substantial. As it stands, it's a fun little thing, but doesn't quite match the competition.

Footini: Satraxia has my vote. You combined the intense drama of TGood's round with some of the comedy of Jelly's for a cohesively strong package. Satraxia's conversation with Dairyu and the lead up to it made her cut a charismatic and terrifying figure. I especially like the little metaphorical moments: Satraxia petting the dog as a representation of her promise to protect the vulnerable, and her biting into the fruit to represent both the fruits of her empire to be shared with Void, and her savoring this conquest.

Back to her and Dairyu, because that was the strong point of an already strong round: Her breaking in to meet Yamato was both tense and funny, and the reveal of her just playing with the kid was a silly breaking of the tension, until her true purpose was revealed, casting everything in a new light. And her debate, revealing that Dairyu is revered across the cosmos, and her criticism of her noninterference really, again, helped her cut a dramatic figure.

Gregly: It's astonishing the similarities between your and TGood's rounds, both have Choko as the viewpoint character, and both cast their heroes as truly despicable, a new look for old Gwen. The AU was fascinating, and it was a well told story. Poor Regi again.

These were amazing, everyone! Fantastic turn-out, I enjoyed all of these!

Tgood- amazing comic, i like the visuals, especially the way satraxia moves and dairyu's godform skimming on the bottom of the storm. you did a great job faking me out with 'regi' shooting at protestors only to reveal that it's some new police bots-- definitely gave me that sinking feeling in my chest! I'd love to hear what you have planned with him all dissembled in the basement! you did a great job adding cameos as well, they weren't just space fillers but they helped to inform the story and push the plot as well. awesome work!

Snowy- sorry you couldn't make a comic, i hope you're doing ok!

SirJellyRaptor- your comic was a lot of fun and silly! I love the way you used gwen and had her say what we've all been thinkin. I'm jealous of your lightning fx on p10, i drew a lot of lightning in mine but it didn't look that good! seeing yamato and A Dog playing together was so cute too!

Selevan- the environments you drew are really cool and detailed! Reading again i see that tlbot attaches a translation chip onto himself which i missed the first time. but i do agree it's a little hard to tell who's talking on page six. I love all the detail in the big auditorium panel. good work!

Footini- I like the long chat between Satraxia and Dairyu-- it didn't seem full of hate to me but like Satraxia was calling her bluff in a way, and I like the suggestion that there have been many worlds that have worshipped Dairyu through history-- it connects the two of them to something more vast than we see on Void. I like how Sizar is scared of an old lady and a child twice, that made me laugh. The sequence of them smashing up all the tanks effortlessly was very cool and the ending with the peach is sexy and sinister-- perfect for Satraxia! Well done!

Me- If I ever did an election comic I wanted for it to be some kind of AU because of Heathen's battle-royale style election from several years ago. I just gotta spend a liiiittle more time writing, but i was getting antsy and wanted to start drawing. When I read this I can feel the shift on page 37 when I just scramble toward an ending. (Just disintegrating Satraxia is a huge copout.) I think there was a way to wrap this up with a nice pretty bow that I couldn't quite figure out-- but I'm still really happy with what I did!

Awesome stuff TGood, I absolutely loved how you depicted Dairyu, and her abilities/powers. The story, the characters, the everything was super cool.

My life’s been pretty busy lately, so I won’t be able to comment on every comic, but I just wanted to say I’m amazed at how fun, and well executed these comics were. I honestly don’t know how some of you managed to keep the quality in comics with 40+ pages! You all killed it, and have all my respect and admiration.

Great job, everyone!

Another good well done comic t-good, I do wonder what this means for the future of the city under a possible police state, its an interesting hook.

This is such an incredibly cool and motivating comic! Choko is such an interesting character to me, and the way you used everyone's characters was so nice. Thank you so much for making Dairyu (and Yamato) as cool as you did, I'm absolutely honored by your depiction of them. 🥺❤️

I feel bad that I wasn't able to do a comic, but I hope that you'd be okay if I were to use Choko in a response comic after voting is over as a bit of an apology!

ACAB and Choko is a magnificent bastard, This story really captivated me and I love how you implemented so many characters. 41 pages in this much time is an amazing feat. great job this was my favorite of the comics.

REGI NOOOOOO! Oooh I'm intrigued by this story and will be fascinated to see what happens if you win! I love the inherent conflict between Choko's desire to make the world better for her son and the horrible actions she's taken to try to gain the power to create that world. Surely this will never backfire! :3 I really love how you integrated so many different characters and stories to make this comic feel like it really takes place in the Voidlands, and I love all the different responses to the VCPD taking over! Also the hint that we might not be completely done with Satraxia and her kids yet... Very well done! Also ACAB 😝

So ready to read these soon! Gonna have to start early so I can get through them all in time to vote

GWAH

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lets gooooooo