Hey, you. You’re finally awake. You were trying to cross the border, right? Walked right into that imperial ambush, same as us, and that thief over there.
Bro what happened to not letting him do anything dumb with the sword?
He grabs the sword, bursts into light
He wakes up in the dead of night
With new conviction to save all of ya
He winces in a wave of pain
Shocked by reality mudane
But pawn no more he’s found his Hallelujah.
In terms of colors, Tess is my favorite, and I like Erin’s outfit(s) best out of all of them, for physical features it’s Falst because long floofy tail how could I not, but if I had to pick just one that’s my favorite in general it would probably be Kendal. His design is so simple, which makes it really versatile (I also like the occasional glowing-blue-ness).
Speaking of which, is Kendal going to get a different shirt like Erin did? I would love for “forced makeover by way of godly possession” to become a trend
Erin is by far my favorite as far as physical design goes. Not only does he have AMAZING outfits, but I also love the tattoos and the eye color change whenever he does magic. My second-favorite alternates between Kendal and Alinua.
Not exactly “pretty,” but I think the gods we have seen so far are great designs for what they embody. Zuurith looks just like law and order having gotten out of hand, for example.
Not pictured: Tess off to his left, stretching precariously to avoid being stabbed by the sword.
I appeciate that shot of Beran smiling; he’s proud to see Vash’s last citizen living his life by his own decision, as Vash would have wanted. The citizens may not be free from their limbo, but they’ve found relative peace in the form of Kendal.
Good news: He’s awake. Bad news: He’s still not in the best of shape. As Erin said in 1-19-33 and 34, life magic can no longer accelerate his healing now that his soul barrier cohesion is back up; he’ll need to heal the wounds and aches he still has the old fashioned way.
Prediction for next week: Tess, startled or nonchalantly, welcoming him back to the land of the living and fills him in on the situation. Then I’m torn as to whether Tess tried to stop Kendal, or goes with him to help the others. After all, Tess promised she’d keep an eye on him and not let him do anything stupid; she didn’t specify where she’d do those things so theres nothing stopping them leaving the camp.
I doubt he has any wounds left. Life magic has healed even the most minor wounds tons of times throughout the comic. Unless Kendal and his soul are even more outrageously special than we’ve been told so far, there’s no way he’s still injured.
Erin literally said in the pages I mentioned that, while Alinua has healed the majority of his injuries, life magic can now no longer bypass the soul barrier to heal him any more. Any minor injuries he still has, and the aches and pains from this whole ordeal, will need to be left to time to heal properly.
Oh, yeah, I thought he just said that she couldn’t keep healing him.
I’ll stick with what I said here and back there: I don’t think that makes any sense. We’ve seen life magic pretty explicitly not work that way. The extra lore says life magic doesn’t work that way. I don’t know what’s happening, but it currently makes no sense to me.
It makes sense if you subscribe to the theory that it’s where he originally came from. He’d still be tied to it, so that’s where he would be drawn once forced out of his/Vash’s body.
He’s awake!! =D Which will hopefully be a tremendous relief to Alinua. Temporarily. It remains to be seen whether he charges into danger despite those lingering injuries, but I have a feeling…
My guess is that Tess is going to both meet him, try to stop him from doing anything reckless but he’ll demonstrate his recent growth and then they’ll go after Erin and Alinua so the whole gang can be at the final boss
The next page has Tess tackling the just-awakened Kendal, because the first thing he did was grab his sword and she promised the cute elf girl that she’d make sure he didn’t stab himself again.
But more importantly, the boy is back! He is awake!
YES the boy is BACK LESGOOOO!!
Hopefully he won’t try to go after his friends and accidentally hurt himself and/or release that eldritch abomination that Falst and Dainix were fighting into the world. Although Erin and Alinua would probably be the most likely to do that if we’re being honest…
Everything is fine YAY HE’S BACK WOOHOOOO!
Hi yes hello I just finished binging this whole comic up to now after being recommended it through a survey about the attractiveness of the characters, of all things.
I would like to vote to send the League Of Dying For Each Other on an all-expenses paid vacation to Therapy Island
This is so, so unrelated to anything that’s happening right now but I was rereading this and I found TESS in the third panel of page 1.4.25. Has anyone noticed this? That’s so cool red has been planning this for so long that page came out years before we met her
Nahhhh, won’t ignore you. I agree that that’s all sorts of awesome! It really makes the world feel cohesive and lived in, and not just “Tess: enter stage left” and stuff! Not that you’ll see this probably as I’m fashionably late again~
Seriously though, there’s absolutely not a thing wrong with getting excited about an awesome story and showing it.
Yay, he’s awake!
For mobile readers.
Alt-text: one to beam up
Image source: light
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OUR BOY’S AWAKE FINALLY
Tess: …
Kendal: …
Kendal: who are you?
yEA WELCOME HOME KENDAL
Out of the dreamscape
With a flash of bright blue light
Back to waking world
Love this Haiku, beautiful
Uh Tess you might wanna take a look at this
Red i’m going to cry T^T
Oh good, you are finally awake.
You were trying to cross the border, right?
Walked right into that Void Dragon Ambush, same as us, and that thief over there!
*points at Erin*
Tess: Shut up back there!
Hey, you. You’re finally awake. You were trying to cross the border, right? Walked right into that imperial ambush, same as us, and that thief over there.
he’s awake!! our boy is up!!! good morning kendal!!!!!!!!!!!
i wonder how tess is going to react to the sword in his hand lol
She might be worried that he’s about to stab himself again.
welcome back Kendal! kick some demon ass
The boy is back! Time to see how Tess will try to stop him from running off and hurting himself again.
A blaze of light takes him away
On that learn to live he may
Bro what happened to not letting him do anything dumb with the sword?
He grabs the sword, bursts into light
He wakes up in the dead of night
With new conviction to save all of ya
He winces in a wave of pain
Shocked by reality mudane
But pawn no more he’s found his Hallelujah.
Oop. I *thought* something looked weird with that word. I meant mundane.
This is really good! And thank you for the idea, it was really fun to write something a bit different on my part as well.
Welcome back! Only everything has gone terribly wrong in your absence 🙂
KEEEENNNNNDDDDDDAAAALLLLLLLLLL—!!!!!!!!
HAHAHAHA YESSSSS–!!!
Anonymous Aurora Question #6: Whose Character design looks the prettiest in your opinion? I mean, they are all gorgeous but do you have any favorites?
In terms of colors, Tess is my favorite, and I like Erin’s outfit(s) best out of all of them, for physical features it’s Falst because long floofy tail how could I not, but if I had to pick just one that’s my favorite in general it would probably be Kendal. His design is so simple, which makes it really versatile (I also like the occasional glowing-blue-ness).
Speaking of which, is Kendal going to get a different shirt like Erin did? I would love for “forced makeover by way of godly possession” to become a trend
Case in point for the versatility look at his outfit in 1.5.7 This is also my favorite design.
Erin has best outfits (as said above), Tess looks cool, Alinua is prettiest, over all I like dainix’s design the best
(I also wouldn’t mind some outfit changes)
Erin is by far my favorite as far as physical design goes. Not only does he have AMAZING outfits, but I also love the tattoos and the eye color change whenever he does magic. My second-favorite alternates between Kendal and Alinua.
Not exactly “pretty,” but I think the gods we have seen so far are great designs for what they embody. Zuurith looks just like law and order having gotten out of hand, for example.
Not pictured: Tess off to his left, stretching precariously to avoid being stabbed by the sword.
I appeciate that shot of Beran smiling; he’s proud to see Vash’s last citizen living his life by his own decision, as Vash would have wanted. The citizens may not be free from their limbo, but they’ve found relative peace in the form of Kendal.
Good news: He’s awake. Bad news: He’s still not in the best of shape. As Erin said in 1-19-33 and 34, life magic can no longer accelerate his healing now that his soul barrier cohesion is back up; he’ll need to heal the wounds and aches he still has the old fashioned way.
Prediction for next week: Tess, startled or nonchalantly, welcoming him back to the land of the living and fills him in on the situation. Then I’m torn as to whether Tess tried to stop Kendal, or goes with him to help the others. After all, Tess promised she’d keep an eye on him and not let him do anything stupid; she didn’t specify where she’d do those things so theres nothing stopping them leaving the camp.
I doubt he has any wounds left. Life magic has healed even the most minor wounds tons of times throughout the comic. Unless Kendal and his soul are even more outrageously special than we’ve been told so far, there’s no way he’s still injured.
Erin literally said in the pages I mentioned that, while Alinua has healed the majority of his injuries, life magic can now no longer bypass the soul barrier to heal him any more. Any minor injuries he still has, and the aches and pains from this whole ordeal, will need to be left to time to heal properly.
Oh, yeah, I thought he just said that she couldn’t keep healing him.
I’ll stick with what I said here and back there: I don’t think that makes any sense. We’ve seen life magic pretty explicitly not work that way. The extra lore says life magic doesn’t work that way. I don’t know what’s happening, but it currently makes no sense to me.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HE’S FINALLY BACK!!!
YEAH! HE’S AWAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did Kendal the disembodied spirit move to Kendal the sword’s gem to the war-body of Vash? Interesting!
It makes sense if you subscribe to the theory that it’s where he originally came from. He’d still be tied to it, so that’s where he would be drawn once forced out of his/Vash’s body.
He’s awake!! =D Which will hopefully be a tremendous relief to Alinua. Temporarily. It remains to be seen whether he charges into danger despite those lingering injuries, but I have a feeling…
YEEEESSSSS HE’S BACK!!!!
There once was a living sword
Who by his friends was adored.
He awoke with a gasp,
Sword in his grasp,
To consciousness now restored.
Yaaaaaaay! He’s back!!!!!
My guess is that Tess is going to both meet him, try to stop him from doing anything reckless but he’ll demonstrate his recent growth and then they’ll go after Erin and Alinua so the whole gang can be at the final boss
I’m back.
He’s back.
Teeess, the comatose guy you were keeping an eye on has picked up his sword and is pondering his sense of will and desire, where are you?
Glory eyes >>>>>
I mean glowy eyes LMAO
They do be full of glory though
WELCOME BACK MY MAN
Now he has to convince Tess to let him go hero the others
The next page has Tess tackling the just-awakened Kendal, because the first thing he did was grab his sword and she promised the cute elf girl that she’d make sure he didn’t stab himself again.
But more importantly, the boy is back! He is awake!
It’s already so good to have him back!!!!
YES the boy is BACK LESGOOOO!!
Hopefully he won’t try to go after his friends and accidentally hurt himself and/or release that eldritch abomination that Falst and Dainix were fighting into the world. Although Erin and Alinua would probably be the most likely to do that if we’re being honest…
Everything is fine YAY HE’S BACK WOOHOOOO!
Welcome back kandel. Now move your ass, you got friends to save.
HOOOOOOOOOOOOO! THE WATER EFFECT IN THE FIRST PANNEL IS SO COOL!!!
Welcome back, hero
Now get up, there’s work to do!
NOOOO WE HAVE TO WAIT THREE MORE DAYS?????
It has been 347 days since Kendal was last conscious.
Earth time.
I think.
12th September 2022 – 25th August 2023. Yep, 347 days.
That long?!
Woah he’s awake !
“Ah, your finally awake. “
Background ghost in panel 2 is like, “Hey I’m dissolving are you guys dissolving?”
“Yep.”
“Is that normal?”
“Yeah, I think so.”
Hi yes hello I just finished binging this whole comic up to now after being recommended it through a survey about the attractiveness of the characters, of all things.
I would like to vote to send the League Of Dying For Each Other on an all-expenses paid vacation to Therapy Island
This is so, so unrelated to anything that’s happening right now but I was rereading this and I found TESS in the third panel of page 1.4.25. Has anyone noticed this? That’s so cool red has been planning this for so long that page came out years before we met her
Lol do ignore me I’m just rambling about all the things i didn’t notice during my first read and getting excited.
Nahhhh, won’t ignore you. I agree that that’s all sorts of awesome! It really makes the world feel cohesive and lived in, and not just “Tess: enter stage left” and stuff! Not that you’ll see this probably as I’m fashionably late again~
Seriously though, there’s absolutely not a thing wrong with getting excited about an awesome story and showing it.
snap back to reality
Damn. The perspective in that last panel
HALLELUJAH HE’S BACK RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
TL;DR: Ah. You’re finally awake.