. Jaws of light form around the Champion, the beam of light finally bursting forth. A dragon’s jaws, sending a twisting pillar of light down to the ship.
. As Kendal falls, his sword alights, starfire fizzing down the blade.
. Then he twists, slashing his sword, the starfire leaping from the metal. A brilliant wave of blue flame arcs through the air, two glowing bursts hurtling towards a collision.
…I think I made this sufficiently dramatic. Probably. It was kinda hard cause this is such a short page
I KNEW IT I KNEW KENDAL WAS GONNA GO FOR A STARFIRE BLOCK
AAAH I can’t wait for Wednesday!!
Agh I hate how Wednesday is spelled
Welp, this will definitely make L.D. and the Champion rethink what Kendal is!
Ummm… If that underwater serpent IS the Collector’s and if she’s here, she’ll know for certain that this is Vash’s body. B/c only Vash could make starfire because of the starmetal.
Nice reply- but I personally think that since the great runes of the other elements are less fancy and relatively easy to draw, it might just be the attack. I agree with @Avranda.
Also, I wonder if Vash allowed the Paladins in his city. Their morals seem a little bit… oranger? I hesitate to say “looser”– than what Vash would approve of (and it certainly doesn’t help that they fell in with Zurith of all cities)
I imagine he wouldn’t have an issue with them. We are seeing them in the worst light (pun intended) because their Ancient Enemy is inside our Magus. To literally anyone outside of the Floof Squad they are probably quite reasonable.
Yes, it’s unlikely that they would normally go around executing people unless they’re possessed by the Void Dragon, and Erin is clearly the first and only example of that. Even Erin admitted that they do genuinely good work fighting Cave Crawlers and protecting civilians.
From what we know about Vash’s tendency to be all-welcoming, I don’t see any reason to believe the paladins would be totally absent, but I get the implication that they’re very rare in most places, with relatively concentrated pockets in a few places like Zuurith and wherever Lord Stefan from the interlude is. Probably Vash just happened to not be one of those pockets, for whatever reason.
It’s a very Red thing to do. Beautifully done! I like the dragonly mouth outline framing of Light Dragon forceful attack and contrast to the curve of Kendal’s defending energy very oriental esthetic, and the color contrast in the last panel seems very balanced to me.
The jaws around Michael is something I would never have thought up in a hundred years and I love it so much. The starfire sweeping across the heart of the page flows like water. And what writer can resist the good ol’ “deflect the death laser beam” moment? Beautiful.
Also, if Erin were dead right now, do you think Michael would be trying to get the others out from the burning ship?
Re: your question: I think so, yes. Michael’s issue with Erin is that he’s possessed by the Void Dragon, and Michael and LD want to eliminate the risk that poses, no matter the cost. But if Erin were dead and the risk neutralized, Michael would have no reason to fight the “innocents” anymore and would probably try to save them.
This is some of the Coolest Anime Stuff you’ve done so far!!
So Happy Kendal can learn how to summon some of Vash’s Power! In an amazing swipe as well!
I’m so happy to open this after a long night of doing homework to see this!
Heck yeah, the anime bit! Lots of fun light effects. Fingers crossed this is enough to ward off Michael for now. Still concerned about how Kendal will land and what all will happen with him and the blazing ship after that starfire parry…
The chaotic part of my brain is hoping he lands in the mouth of our big swimming friend, but that would be extremely ridiculous and cartoony.
I’m assuming Kendal can probably tank the fall, but it’s not going to feel very nice. And if he hits the ship, with his dense bones from so high up, that could be the last straw for it.
We’re so focused on the battle; Red is probably cackling that she’ll finally get to kill the boat :p
Uno reverse: can it really be called a breath weapon if it’s a bweem and not even fired by a dragon (body wise we’re ignoring what is mentally firing the breath weapon then again can a primordial actually be called a dragon, are dragons just borrowing the shape?)
So… Kendal is plummeting down towards the ship. Which is mostly made of wood. And his entire body is made of starmetal and weighs significantly more than a standard human.
Is he about to leave a Kendal-shaped hole in the ship???
No matter how old and cynical I get, there is something in my DBZ loving heart that is always happy to see two giant death lasers colliding. Hell yea! Lasers!
COLORS WEAVE INTO A SPIRE OF FLAME!!
DISTANT SPARKS CALL TO A PAST STILL UNNAMMEDDDDD
BEAR THIS TORCH AGAINST THE COLD OF THE NIGHTTT
SEARCH YOUR SOUL AND REAWAKEN THE UNDYING LIGHT!!!!!
man im just looking through it and Lifelight is REALLY Kendal coded
I know, I know, I know, it’s anime, It’s so anime, Red *confirmed* it was anime
but when i see a massive beam of light emerging from stark white jaws, all i can think is
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is it just me, or does Kendal have better control over the starfire than Vash ever did? cause we have two examples each. when Vash uses it, it envelops his entire body. sure there’s more of it, but it doesnt seem nearly as controlled. contrast that with Kendal, who is able to confine the starfire to just his sword swing.
This reminds me of the people who thought the lady had dominion over star for, from what I could gather, literally no reason. I feel my doubt of that will soon be vindicated
Stars are primordials. It makes/made absolute sense to assume that the nemesis of the star-eating dragon could be a star-dragon. I wouldn’t call that “literally no reason”, it was an obvious first assumption before we knew anything about her.
I really don’t understand how the ideas connect. The dragon also doesn’t eat stars out of hatred, it seems to be just his cave crawler craving, from what red said about the melted crawler
Thats not what the theory was, it was the idea that she made all stars or something. Stars are also a different type of big thing than the primordials we know and work somehat like real stars, like the life cycle and sphere-shape, except for extra special ones.
Oh, and primordials are made when stars feel or discuss certain things and stars I hear are born in a different manner. They are similar biologically, but differ in some ways
Wonder what they’re gonna tell Tarren. He’d gotta be used to the shenanigans Erin gets into, but somehow I doubt he expected them to run the boat into a storm, burn it, get it blown up, then (probably) sink it.
the green eyes in the ocean: “wtf? NOPE!!”
Red: “Aww c’mon! I already Chekov’s gun you!”
eyes: “NOOOOPE!! Too many things on fire and explode-y”
(I know they will come into play- it just amuses me to imagine Red arguing with them)
If you put your ear to the screen with this page on it and listen closely, you can hear Red crying over how many distinct glow effects are in this scene and require layering with one another.
Oh. Oh, I like that the beam fight isn’t a beam fight. I’ve always thought beam fights are stupid, although mostly because they’re usually used because someone couldn’t bother to think up something that fits the specific setting better.
Although now, I’m kicking around the concept of a action fantasy adventure anime where EVERY fight is just a beam fight, and the concept is actually explored in utterly preposterous levels of detail, with tons of lore built around this one relatively uninteresting means of visualizing a conflict.
yay physics (I wonder what’s going to happen when they hit??)
Just a guess, but I would have to say: “BOOM!”
For mobile readers.
Alt-text: this is the most anime thing I’ve drawn in literal years
Image source: my eyes
Twitter/Bluesky text: pages you can hear if you’ve watched enough DBZ
Tumblr text: now that’s what I call BWEEM
tumblr text: now that’s what I call BWEEM
. Jaws of light form around the Champion, the beam of light finally bursting forth. A dragon’s jaws, sending a twisting pillar of light down to the ship.
. As Kendal falls, his sword alights, starfire fizzing down the blade.
. Then he twists, slashing his sword, the starfire leaping from the metal. A brilliant wave of blue flame arcs through the air, two glowing bursts hurtling towards a collision.
…I think I made this sufficiently dramatic. Probably. It was kinda hard cause this is such a short page
I KNEW IT I KNEW KENDAL WAS GONNA GO FOR A STARFIRE BLOCK
AAAH I can’t wait for Wednesday!!
Agh I hate how Wednesday is spelled
Welp, this will definitely make L.D. and the Champion rethink what Kendal is!
Ummm… If that underwater serpent IS the Collector’s and if she’s here, she’ll know for certain that this is Vash’s body. B/c only Vash could make starfire because of the starmetal.
Oh WHAT IS THAT FIRST PANEL
Light’s great Rune, perhaps?
It kind of looks like a dragon opening its jaws to use its breath weapon. The Lady’s not to be messed with!
Perhaps less of her great rune but an invocation of her power, her jaws in this case
…both?
Nice reply- but I personally think that since the great runes of the other elements are less fancy and relatively easy to draw, it might just be the attack. I agree with @Avranda.
Hopefully the two light blue energy attacks have mutual collision or else this is gonna be kind of embarrassing.
Hey, one’s blue-white and one’s white-blue! Don’t be rude!
Please refrain from insulting the big glowy energy masses. They have some self esteem issues and really need support right now.
An ocean of Light meats a sea of Flame
As starfire erupts and lights up the frame
meat
A torrent of light roars from the lips
Of the Champion, down it flashes,
But from the starmetal blade of Kendal
An arc of blue flame slashes.
that sure is anime as hell. obsessed
Ohh… that’s a fine use of starfire.
Cue one very shocked light dragon.
Oh look, the anime bit
Also, I wonder if Vash allowed the Paladins in his city. Their morals seem a little bit… oranger? I hesitate to say “looser”– than what Vash would approve of (and it certainly doesn’t help that they fell in with Zurith of all cities)
I imagine he wouldn’t have an issue with them. We are seeing them in the worst light (pun intended) because their Ancient Enemy is inside our Magus. To literally anyone outside of the Floof Squad they are probably quite reasonable.
Yes, it’s unlikely that they would normally go around executing people unless they’re possessed by the Void Dragon, and Erin is clearly the first and only example of that. Even Erin admitted that they do genuinely good work fighting Cave Crawlers and protecting civilians.
From what we know about Vash’s tendency to be all-welcoming, I don’t see any reason to believe the paladins would be totally absent, but I get the implication that they’re very rare in most places, with relatively concentrated pockets in a few places like Zuurith and wherever Lord Stefan from the interlude is. Probably Vash just happened to not be one of those pockets, for whatever reason.
THIS IS SO COOL
Bueno, es muy interesante.
dang it, another cliffhanger before we get to see them touch!
(That first panel is truly a victory for the forces of justice!)
It’s a very Red thing to do. Beautifully done! I like the dragonly mouth outline framing of Light Dragon forceful attack and contrast to the curve of Kendal’s defending energy very oriental esthetic, and the color contrast in the last panel seems very balanced to me.
Wonder how much Red relaxed while doing this light show.
It seems that Dainix is still burning things back on the boat
BLUE EYES ULTIMATE DRAGON
“I have possessed a mouth and I must scream”
Couldn’t resist.
The jaws around Michael is something I would never have thought up in a hundred years and I love it so much. The starfire sweeping across the heart of the page flows like water. And what writer can resist the good ol’ “deflect the death laser beam” moment? Beautiful.
Also, if Erin were dead right now, do you think Michael would be trying to get the others out from the burning ship?
Re: your question: I think so, yes. Michael’s issue with Erin is that he’s possessed by the Void Dragon, and Michael and LD want to eliminate the risk that poses, no matter the cost. But if Erin were dead and the risk neutralized, Michael would have no reason to fight the “innocents” anymore and would probably try to save them.
This is some of the Coolest Anime Stuff you’ve done so far!!
So Happy Kendal can learn how to summon some of Vash’s Power! In an amazing swipe as well!
I’m so happy to open this after a long night of doing homework to see this!
Thank’s Red!
The dragons jaws around the paladin look so cool omg!
BEAM BATTLE!!!!!
*clears throat* Ahem.
I mean, excellent art Ms. Red, as always. I appreciate your refined talent and sensibilities. Would you like some more tea?
BWEEM BATTLE!!
Ironic for a charackter named Ken Doll to have suck gigantic balls.
OH MY, ITS KENDAL WITH THE S̶T̶E̶E̶L̶ C̶H̶A̶I̶R̶ STARFIRE
Splashing water (that’s actually fire lol) vs. beam of light
Amazing as always!
This is so cool. Just. Wow. Very awesome job, Red.
Heck yeah, the anime bit! Lots of fun light effects. Fingers crossed this is enough to ward off Michael for now. Still concerned about how Kendal will land and what all will happen with him and the blazing ship after that starfire parry…
The chaotic part of my brain is hoping he lands in the mouth of our big swimming friend, but that would be extremely ridiculous and cartoony.
I’m assuming Kendal can probably tank the fall, but it’s not going to feel very nice. And if he hits the ship, with his dense bones from so high up, that could be the last straw for it.
We’re so focused on the battle; Red is probably cackling that she’ll finally get to kill the boat :p
What happened to the plants?
What happened to the plants? Are they gonna help out?
Yellow card: no breath weapons allowed.
Uno reverse: can it really be called a breath weapon if it’s a bweem and not even fired by a dragon (body wise we’re ignoring what is mentally firing the breath weapon then again can a primordial actually be called a dragon, are dragons just borrowing the shape?)
Maybe he can just slap it away like Frieza.
WAHOOO!
alexa play wizard fistfight
It’s okay everyone! Michael is just using the Jaws of Life to *help* all of the people trapped on the burning boat!
:O WE’RE DOING A BEAM-O-WAR LET’S GOOOOO
So… Kendal is plummeting down towards the ship. Which is mostly made of wood. And his entire body is made of starmetal and weighs significantly more than a standard human.
Is he about to leave a Kendal-shaped hole in the ship???
Not his entire body, just part of his skeleton. The starmetal’s woven into it.
Also, the boat is mostly made of metal, not wood. Granted, Dainix is doing a very good job softening up the hull, but the point stands
“But this ship can’t sink!”
“She’s made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can.”
no way it’s the blue lights white dragon
I like that little flame-hand sticking off the boat… Feels like Dainix is trying to catch Kendal.
Very anime.
I hope that’s enough fire. I wonder how they’ll react to this stuff
So, Kendal has finally learned Getsuga Tensho…?
YEA!!! what is that move called!!!
BEAM ATTACK
BURY THE LIGHT DEEP WITHIIIIIIIIIN
CAST ASIDE THERE’S NO COMING HOOOOOOOME
WE’RE BURNING CHAOS IN THE WIIIIIIIND
DIRFTING IN THE OCEAN AAAAAALLL AAAAAAALOOOOONEEEE
WOW, SUCH BRIGHT AND SHINYY!!!!!!!!!
He hit the Perfect Parry window
This is extremely Exalted-coded
How so? I don’t know much about it
Is anyone going to explain the Exalted comparison?
Star light, star bright,
First star I see tonight;
I wish I may, I wish I might
Have the wish I wish tonight.
BEAM CLASH BEAM CLASH
No matter how old and cynical I get, there is something in my DBZ loving heart that is always happy to see two giant death lasers colliding. Hell yea! Lasers!
This next panel involves deadly lasers and how characters react when locked in a panel with deadly lasers.
“Say goodbye to your planet Kakarot!”
Kendall needed to do a Kamehameha that would have worked for sure.
COLORS WEAVE INTO A SPIRE OF FLAME!!
DISTANT SPARKS CALL TO A PAST STILL UNNAMMEDDDDD
BEAR THIS TORCH AGAINST THE COLD OF THE NIGHTTT
SEARCH YOUR SOUL AND REAWAKEN THE UNDYING LIGHT!!!!!
man im just looking through it and Lifelight is REALLY Kendal coded
You learned the secret sword technique of the Spin Attack! Use B to charge your weapon! Release B to unleash a wave of energy with your spin!
Also, as badass as the ethereal jaws are, all I can think of is that must be hard on Michael’s jaw.
Goddamn i just noticed how beautiful this comic has hotten over the yeard.
I know, I know, I know, it’s anime, It’s so anime, Red *confirmed* it was anime
but when i see a massive beam of light emerging from stark white jaws, all i can think is
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You know, I think you’re the first person to ever use ascii art in the comments. I didn’t think it was possible.
Nowhere is safe now.
SANS!!! STOP RUINING MY LIFE WITH INCINDENTAL GASTER BLASTERS!!!
is it just me, or does Kendal have better control over the starfire than Vash ever did? cause we have two examples each. when Vash uses it, it envelops his entire body. sure there’s more of it, but it doesnt seem nearly as controlled. contrast that with Kendal, who is able to confine the starfire to just his sword swing.
There once was a starfire boy
Who an anime trope does employ.
He releases a bweem
To meet the light beam–
And my nerdy heart throbs for joy.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GO KENDALLL WOOOOOOOOO
Red shoops da whoop and no one takes up the call?
Fine. I’ll bear this burden.
IMMA FIRIN’ MAH LAZER!
This reminds me of the people who thought the lady had dominion over star for, from what I could gather, literally no reason. I feel my doubt of that will soon be vindicated
https://www.tumblr.com/comicaurora/661646925015171072/i-just-had-a-thought-iirc-the-ability-of-fire-is?source=share
Stars are primordials. It makes/made absolute sense to assume that the nemesis of the star-eating dragon could be a star-dragon. I wouldn’t call that “literally no reason”, it was an obvious first assumption before we knew anything about her.
I really don’t understand how the ideas connect. The dragon also doesn’t eat stars out of hatred, it seems to be just his cave crawler craving, from what red said about the melted crawler
Are you trying to tell me that you don’t understand why a star would be antagonistic towards a star-eating dragon?
Thats not what the theory was, it was the idea that she made all stars or something. Stars are also a different type of big thing than the primordials we know and work somehat like real stars, like the life cycle and sphere-shape, except for extra special ones.
Oh, and primordials are made when stars feel or discuss certain things and stars I hear are born in a different manner. They are similar biologically, but differ in some ways
Wonder what they’re gonna tell Tarren. He’d gotta be used to the shenanigans Erin gets into, but somehow I doubt he expected them to run the boat into a storm, burn it, get it blown up, then (probably) sink it.
TL;DR: Your effects are glowy! My effects are glowy! EVERYONE’S EFFECTS ARE GLOWY!!
the green eyes in the ocean: “wtf? NOPE!!”
Red: “Aww c’mon! I already Chekov’s gun you!”
eyes: “NOOOOPE!! Too many things on fire and explode-y”
(I know they will come into play- it just amuses me to imagine Red arguing with them)
If you put your ear to the screen with this page on it and listen closely, you can hear Red crying over how many distinct glow effects are in this scene and require layering with one another.
GETSUGA TENSHOU
Red, the lighting in that first panel is fantastic.
Yes, and I shall SMITE whoever disagrees (sorry if that is offensive to people, but it is really good)
Oh. Oh, I like that the beam fight isn’t a beam fight. I’ve always thought beam fights are stupid, although mostly because they’re usually used because someone couldn’t bother to think up something that fits the specific setting better.
Although now, I’m kicking around the concept of a action fantasy adventure anime where EVERY fight is just a beam fight, and the concept is actually explored in utterly preposterous levels of detail, with tons of lore built around this one relatively uninteresting means of visualizing a conflict.
Cool effect!
Announcer: AND HERE’S THE PITCH… HE SWINGS…
I think that for a light dragon, the teeth of the breath attack look kinda evil.
Ooooooo
I love the look of that beam. Ethereal dragon maw.
Frick! I caught up!
O MY GOD THAT DRAGON CANNON IS SO SICK!!!