Round two
Equally matched. For now…
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Kai runs, the sand to pound
and Kaya ends up on the ground.
Allessandro’s coming around?(!)
The game is for the taking.
They go in at full speed;
Kai and his opposing ‘steed’
a break’s now what they need
as their shoulders have been breaking.
The two foes stand
for hand to hand.
The battle’s unplanned…
Unless they’ve both been faking.
Diolch yn fawr iawn. Fantastic again; maybe not all of the rhymes, but I love the style.
Shouldn’t be surprised, if he’s trained himself that much, that he’d have a chance.
SOMEONE doesn’t partake in any media with an ongoing plotline. Or maybe Near’s just baffled at Annabella talking about people’s lives like a work of fiction.
Well, maybe I shouldn’t say that, actually. There’s a lot of ongoing-story works that have training arcs, even mundane slice-of-life works, but there’s also a lot of works (and a lot of adaptations, for that matter) that have the training occur offscreen or in a montage because there’s a limit to how much repetition and practice can be made appealing for the viewer.
Still tied, last round will decide! Good thing they are on sand, softens the landing at least a little, though I wouldn’t be surprised if the hit and landing knocked the breath out of both at least a little.
Now we need some good montage music for Al’s training arc!
Looks like Annabella is familiar with Shonen manga, or is a fan of it. She has a little brother, so you never know. Allessandro has gotten stronger and more skilled, while Kaya hasn’t really gotten any more skillful, this would even the odds aside from the fact that Kai has also undergone his own training arc. He is “carrying” this fight (alongside Allessandro’s mount), after all. So Allessandro hasn’t seen the twins in two years? So Kaya went two whole vacations without defending her title as Jousting Queen?
Near doesn’t seem familiar with Shonen manga, perhaps some time with her new boyfriend’s twin sister (a stock shonen protagonist in her own right) could remedy that? I wonder how the next round will play out…
Merry Christmas, y’all!
Indirectly breaking the 4th wall.
I’m getting Jackie vibes from Blondie in the last panel, not sure why…
I like Annabella’s “Teacher” panels. 🙂 And.. We missed Allessandro’s training arc?? Awww..
Mortal Kombat announcer voice:
“Round 3, Fight!”
“Finish him!”
*Kaya pretends to pull off a mask, leans back as she draws a deep breath…. only to be tackled by Kai, flames erupting from her mouth as she goes down….*
“KAYA!! You KNOW what Dad said about mimicking Scorpion’s fatality….”
“Whoops, sorry, got a bit carried away….”
Everyone else; O_O O_O O_O
MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYPONY!! 🙂
My prediction for Monday: Allessandro proceeds to either land a touch on Kaya without Kaya landing a touch on him, or dismount Kaya while Kaya only gets a touch, thus winning this joust.
And Kaya just goes “Oh well, congratulations” instead of being a sore loser about it.
First comment on here, but I wanted to say, thank you Robin for making this, it´s just absolutely adorable and SO well written Character wise.
I already love Nears humor and I appreciate the Italian culture you put in this.
Please never stop writing and drawing this absolutely adorable comic. ^^
*huggies all the readers and the artist*
-Menace
How is Kai strong enough to stop his sister on a runaway motorbike, but not strong enough to keep her on his shoulders in this? Is he not allowed to use his full strength?
It’s all about the leverage. With the scooter, Kai was standing still, feet planted, using his tail to brace him. Here, he’s running, with Kaya taking the hit, which would act as a lever to unseat her and throw off their balance. Kai’s tail wouldn’t be as much help.