Indeed it does. One more bit of proof to my suspicion that monkeys are a fifth order of inheritor, the greatest and most secret work of Koss. For example, this monkey has shown superior intellect to even the great Preem Allison, by way of choosing to eat fruit instead of throwing itself headlong into a metaphorical meat grinder.
The monkey is Gog Agog!
Bearer of the word Beast.
See the little worm on the plum.
You didn’t think she would stay out of limelight did you.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Gog Agog is in every crowd shot from here on out.
Gog-Agog is already within our party. I wonder, who is dressed in Gog-Agog green? Who demanded they go after Solomon, against her character? Who talked about the Demiurges so passionately, also against her character, as a green crown of flame almost sputtered into life over her head?
Yeah, defined abs are not what power looks like. Defined abs are what strict dieting, appearance-tailored exercise, and then a day or so of dehydration for the photo-shoot look like.
Look up some pictures of bodybuilders and then google “world record lift”. You’ll notice basically all the people who specialize in powerlifting have a bunch of fat around their abdomens. That’s cus that’s what the human body looks like when you optimize for power over meeting a very narrow standard of appearance.
That’s not to say that some people don’t naturally get defined abs from the exercise they do. Like I’d say most dedicated parkourists I’ve met have abs ‘cus that’s just what their particular form of exercise does to the body. But most serious fighters (who aren’t also bodybuilders) have a good bit of squish around their core.
And all that said, well, fat’s just not a problem for fighters. Being chubby doesn’t reduce one’s ability to drive muscle-driven bone into an opponent’s squishy bits. Heck if anything the extra weight can be an advantage if you end up grappling. It takes a *lot* of excess fat before an otherwise fit person starts to have combat problems because of it and even then it’s not nearly as much of a problem as you’d think (it mostly just requires an adjustment of combat style rather than being a strict weakness).
All of which to say is … yeah, Allison might be a bit flabby. She could have more fat than she needs even considering how strong fighters tend to have some squish on their core. And that’d probably be a good thing. She’s recovering from an eating disorder, body image issues, and overdieting malnourishment. If she’s gained and maintained some extra (nonfluctuating) fat that’s excellent.
You also missed out that having fat over your muscles is actually very useful in regards of protecting said muscles from damage. Whilst certainly not inherently lethal getting slashed across the abdomen can cause a lot of damage if one were to have a low fat physique like the mentioned body builders or parkour enthusiasts. Even if Allison is a badass it’ll certainly take longer for her body to heal any damage to the structure of her muscles compared to just having the protective layer of fat sliced.
Gladiators used to eat a whole lot of oat porridge, not just because of energy requirements for fighting in the arena, but also because having a bit of fat meant that you could get dramatic, spectacular, blood-splattering, crowd-pleasing cuts and slashes without them being necessarily harmful.
Clean the wound, stitch it up, and it’ll scar, without loss of function. And the crowds love wounds and scars. And if the crowd loves you, you’ll survive a lot longer.
A) Rando is completely correct about fat protecting muscle and I shouldn’t have left that out.
B) Why yes, I do watch anime on occasion. But you know where I got this information from? Practicing MMA (mixed martial arts). I know that Allison’s body is what a healthy fighter’s body looks like, because it’s what *my* body looks like. (What half the men and women I practice with look like actually).
Fun fact though: I used to have defined abs back when I did parkour. Bit of a tapered waist too. When I transitioned to MMA though, my core thickened, got some extra fat, and my abs became more slab-like and vanished. But guess what? My core is *way* stronger now than it ever was when I did parkour. Because this is what power looks like.
So maybe *you* should stop getting your concept of power and beauty from anime, and listen to those who actually have some experience with this stuff.
If you look at the physique of martial arts who value speed over power, they often have the abs like swimmers. For males, the narrow waist, wide shoulders, and strong rooted legs and thighs seems to be a hallmark of a bare hand fighter. Gives those guys heavy swords and you will see more bulk, for power lies in strength. To be quick AND powerful, a little bit of energy reserves stored as fat over lean muscle is desirable. Hence, Allison is PERFECT!
That was also my first thought when I saw this, but then I realized it was carefully placed to hide her Key so that nobody asks any awkward questions.
Although, one would think a plain old hat would do a much better job of hiding it (less chance of slipping down on her forehead). So maybe some vanity is involved here after all.
Given the thin eyeslits, I assume it’s a stand-in for sunglasses, when tinted glass isn’t available. The Inuit used such goggles, to cut down on the glare from the snow.
You know, Allison ate the peach. Allison invited Incubus into her head. I wouldn’t be surprised if she somehow ends up eating the worm, eventually. Become one with the gods and absorb their thrones.
Looks like an anime – the protagonist and retinue off to fight the big, bad. When things go bad later, I expect Cio to swoop in at the last moment and save the day.
I wonder if she is trying to ‘blend in’ as an university student or something? Does look a little out of place with the drabber clothes the others are wearing.
She wasn’t going to be wearing green until the last comment section made toying with the idea of infestation too delicious for the great liar to resist.
Thus the perceivers co-create reality.
I note that the crew is sporting the additive primary colors: Princess is Big Red, White Chain’s armor and accents are blue, Nyeve in her green… while Al-YS-UN combines them all into white.
Why , but the only really legitimate excitement , joy and fulfillment comes from Gog-Agog(tm) ! Don’t settle for second grade nature provided endorphins , choose best , choose Gog-Agog ! Eat the worm , become happiest you can be ! Join the fun , join Gog-Agog ! It’s so fun you won’t be able to regret ! Anything. Ever.
I’m wondering if the mouse over texts are stored somewhere after the image changes to be a link to the next page? At least I can’t read them on my tablet.
They’re the title/alt text of the image, they’re still there in the HTML. They show up fine on desktop, so it’s probably just mobile browsers being bad at mouseover.
I don’t see a problem here, Cio just needs to come here to try to save Allison at some point on a white dragonlike or demonlike creature (I suppose horses are out of question) and just ask Ally for her hand in marriage while her ex would be watching, or make Ally do the asking when Cio would be coming to save her.
Many pages from now but well I can dream right?
Worse scenario Cio never shows up even when Allison gets in very death like situation, that would be sad, I hope love is bigger than that even for a blue devil person, maybe she will enter the fight as a mysterious stranger wearing some armor etc.?
Also damn this page looks cool as hell. Or heaven.
Oh , shush! I was also told “you can’t just lube floors near security and report to secofficers there illegal ice-skating club on station” , “you can’t just run around throwing cream pie in people’s faces screaming ‘taste the fun!’ ” , “you can’t just steal NO2 canister and drag it around releasing laughing gas in corridors!”
But yet here I am ! Set on fire and thrown out of airlock. Well. Maybe its not that inspiring example..
(Its important to obtain fire extinguisher beforehand , for putting out fires _and_ steering in space.Oxygen supply won’t hurt either. Or just be a ling .)
Releasing NO₂ in an enclosed environment does result in hilarity, but mostly for those a substantial distance away given that it isn’t the same thing as NO at all, and it is only the latter that is commonly described as laughing gas.
Ah , it sits in the armory and makes people laugh ,but evil security holds on to it like dragon on treasures and denies people fun, that all I know. As for chemistry formulas – clown is clown and not a chemist. Excquise my lack of chemistry education.
Also I heard that clowns that do have chemistry education not even allowed to arrive on station , for some unfathomable and unexplainable mysterious reason.
NO is nitric oxide, and is created in the body for use as a vasodilator.
NO2 is nitrogen dioxide, and is a reddish-brownish gas which is a major air pollutant, as well as being used in the manufacture of nitric acid and fertilizers.
I’m pretty nervous for Allison to be doing this tournament. Everybody there is going be fighting and using every dirty trick in the books to make sure they come out ahead, not to mention she’s playing directly into the hands of not only Gog, but also Solomon and the rest of the council. They already had sufficient motive to find and kill her but she’s fucked with 2 of them so far, and Solomon’s mastery over Ki Rata would probably put him in the upmost echelons of fighters without his Key.
Allison was having trouble fighting a red demon (who was admittedly strong as fuck), but Incubus also pointed out that she can only use her power for a few seconds at a time, and she’s a far cry from mastery over the Empty Palms. This tournament will be a wake up call for her.
Agreed. Allyson is unlikely to accept Gog-Agog’s offer to fight “fixed” matches with weaker opponents. If she progresses through ranked matches with stronger and stronger opponents, she will face tougher challenges that will push her to reach beyond her current strength and skills.
My intuition is that Allison’s limits are self-imposed whether she knows it or not. She’s developed martial arts skills and gained in strength, but is still tentative in using the Key of Kings. It will take more to push her into tapping into the power of Ultimate Creation/Destruction.
“Power Comes in Response to a Need, not a desire.
You have to create that need.”
– Goku
Just… does the Key help her learn martial arts really, really fast? Because normally it takes years to become proficient in a martial art to the point where you can win fights to the death and that’s not even taking into account that she is learning an angelic form of martial arts that’s supposed to be impossible to master for normal humans. Going up against the kind of fighters that’s likely to challenge Solomon David is going to require a lot more than one year of training; and then I’m not even talking about going up against Salami Dave himself! By all logic, she’s headed for a crushing defeat.
Then again, neither her confrontation with Mottom or Mammon went like logic would have predicted… but if she wins this by defeating Salami Dave in the arena, I’m calling b*llshit. I think. We’ll have to see.
I am glad Cio held her ground and did what is best for her. She knows another mission could be suicide for Cio, and she doesn’t want to be who would replace Cio.
I wonder, is she the only demon to have deliberately chosen to be less than she could be, to have a life that is more?
Ok, so I get the goggles because Solomon’s realm has 2 suns and the weather would never dare be gloomy, but what’s with the bandage over Allison’s nose? Did she stop to get in a punch-up on the way here or is that just a breathe-right strip because she snores at night and White Chain can’t bear to listen to it?
We don’t really know for sure how much time they had before the contest began: there may have been time for a couple more high-intensity training sessions with White Chain before they left.
Allison doesn’t seem to be paying attention to the fact that the demon she diminished is getting bigger. It won’t belong before he will be able to reclaim his name and black mask.
Lady Redfingers, She who is Bone, Queen of the Calcified Fortress
People have a weird definition of “fat”.
Average American- out of shape, around 40lbs of flab- Normal, not fat.
Person who works out, has defined muscles and very little body fat- fit
Person who works out, has very healthy amount of body fat (like, what you get if you don’t starve)- fat
A human’s body fat has so much to do with what body type they have. Two equally fit and healthy people can have very different fat amounts. Not only that, but different people have different natural fat distributions.
Basically, calling Allison fat is weird if you mean unfit (since she’s strong as hell), but fine if you just mean that she has fat on her body (like a normal damn human) than it’s technically true (and basically meaningless).
It would be great if people would shut the fuck up about Allison being fat, because depending on the definition they’re using they’re either incorrect, or saying basically nothing.
I don’t think it’s a reverse. Cio isn’t actually the cut’s “subject” here, Al-YS-UN is: She says “you can’t just –“, then the cut is to “I guess she could”.
Hehe, monkey eat fruit.
Indeed it does. One more bit of proof to my suspicion that monkeys are a fifth order of inheritor, the greatest and most secret work of Koss. For example, this monkey has shown superior intellect to even the great Preem Allison, by way of choosing to eat fruit instead of throwing itself headlong into a metaphorical meat grinder.
Abbadon really waited this long to introduce the most important character in the series, fruit monkey.
i’m monkey
let us learn and be enlightened monkey
for you are wise
Monkey see! Monkey do!
as am i brother
We are monkey
I am inside all Monkeys.
Interesting when you remember the specific symbolism plums hold within the K6BD mythology
Ooh, what’s that? Didn’t know there was any symbolism there!
Plums do not exist, yet they’re YISUN’s favorite fruit, and they’re considered erotic
I tried to link the wiki page on The Lie of The Iron Plum, but the spam filter ate it.
“There is no plum, just as you have no heart, for you do not exist.”
The monkey is Gog Agog!
Bearer of the word Beast.
See the little worm on the plum.
You didn’t think she would stay out of limelight did you.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Gog Agog is in every crowd shot from here on out.
Oh joy ! The lady Gog-Agoga , the most amazing performance artist of them all is back ! Hurrkh hurrkh hurray !
*jubilous honking*
I think it’s just dripping juice.
Gog-Agog is already within our party. I wonder, who is dressed in Gog-Agog green? Who demanded they go after Solomon, against her character? Who talked about the Demiurges so passionately, also against her character, as a green crown of flame almost sputtered into life over her head?
Do not think that Nyave lacked passion, just because she knew she was not a warrior or a thief.
It was not without resistance that she got White Chain into that kimono.
Rest in peace, gentle firebrand.
Just dial “M” for MONKEY
I laughed too hard at this.
Goddamn I love new buff-bitch Allison.
I don’t know, she looks a little flabby in this picture.
She has power fat. She is buff below that. Look at pro weight lifters. They have fat on them as well
You gotta eat to be STRONG
I’d like a better view of Dem Abs, but if it means more of dat swole ass, I shall endure.
One can’t hope to gain a powerful musculature without getting a bit flabby.
Plus, that is more on the side of healthy than outright flabby, the stick-bug physique she sported before would not serve her well in a fight
Yeah, defined abs are not what power looks like. Defined abs are what strict dieting, appearance-tailored exercise, and then a day or so of dehydration for the photo-shoot look like.
Look up some pictures of bodybuilders and then google “world record lift”. You’ll notice basically all the people who specialize in powerlifting have a bunch of fat around their abdomens. That’s cus that’s what the human body looks like when you optimize for power over meeting a very narrow standard of appearance.
That’s not to say that some people don’t naturally get defined abs from the exercise they do. Like I’d say most dedicated parkourists I’ve met have abs ‘cus that’s just what their particular form of exercise does to the body. But most serious fighters (who aren’t also bodybuilders) have a good bit of squish around their core.
And all that said, well, fat’s just not a problem for fighters. Being chubby doesn’t reduce one’s ability to drive muscle-driven bone into an opponent’s squishy bits. Heck if anything the extra weight can be an advantage if you end up grappling. It takes a *lot* of excess fat before an otherwise fit person starts to have combat problems because of it and even then it’s not nearly as much of a problem as you’d think (it mostly just requires an adjustment of combat style rather than being a strict weakness).
All of which to say is … yeah, Allison might be a bit flabby. She could have more fat than she needs even considering how strong fighters tend to have some squish on their core. And that’d probably be a good thing. She’s recovering from an eating disorder, body image issues, and overdieting malnourishment. If she’s gained and maintained some extra (nonfluctuating) fat that’s excellent.
You also missed out that having fat over your muscles is actually very useful in regards of protecting said muscles from damage. Whilst certainly not inherently lethal getting slashed across the abdomen can cause a lot of damage if one were to have a low fat physique like the mentioned body builders or parkour enthusiasts. Even if Allison is a badass it’ll certainly take longer for her body to heal any damage to the structure of her muscles compared to just having the protective layer of fat sliced.
Gladiators used to eat a whole lot of oat porridge, not just because of energy requirements for fighting in the arena, but also because having a bit of fat meant that you could get dramatic, spectacular, blood-splattering, crowd-pleasing cuts and slashes without them being necessarily harmful.
Clean the wound, stitch it up, and it’ll scar, without loss of function. And the crowds love wounds and scars. And if the crowd loves you, you’ll survive a lot longer.
Also, look at photos of boxers from the Bare Knuckle era.
They all have a spare tire, and keep their guard close to their torso, to protect against shots to the liver, colon and kidneys.
“fat protects muslce” lmao you retards need to stop watching anime. She’s a fatty fat fat and got ugly
Fat doesnt exist in anime. Muscle rarely does either but fat definetely doesnt. Get a better insult next time
A) Rando is completely correct about fat protecting muscle and I shouldn’t have left that out.
B) Why yes, I do watch anime on occasion. But you know where I got this information from? Practicing MMA (mixed martial arts). I know that Allison’s body is what a healthy fighter’s body looks like, because it’s what *my* body looks like. (What half the men and women I practice with look like actually).
Fun fact though: I used to have defined abs back when I did parkour. Bit of a tapered waist too. When I transitioned to MMA though, my core thickened, got some extra fat, and my abs became more slab-like and vanished. But guess what? My core is *way* stronger now than it ever was when I did parkour. Because this is what power looks like.
So maybe *you* should stop getting your concept of power and beauty from anime, and listen to those who actually have some experience with this stuff.
However I don’t think anyone would argue that AL-YISUN doesn’t need to go up a short size. Girl. That wedgie.
You might not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
Also, google Roy “Big Country” Nelson.
Thick thighs take lives.
Nope. Take your shit elsewhere, it won’t be tolerated here.
that was supposed to be in reply to Beelz
Amen. Triangle-choke the gods and take their thrones.
Worth it.
POWERFUL VIBES
If you look at the physique of martial arts who value speed over power, they often have the abs like swimmers. For males, the narrow waist, wide shoulders, and strong rooted legs and thighs seems to be a hallmark of a bare hand fighter. Gives those guys heavy swords and you will see more bulk, for power lies in strength. To be quick AND powerful, a little bit of energy reserves stored as fat over lean muscle is desirable. Hence, Allison is PERFECT!
What is the purpose of the goggles?
To hide her Key of Kings
Must get bright at times with at least 2 suns and no night…
Accessories are royal
Queen Mottom would be most put out by yet another nonsense ensemble. That somehow makes it even better.
That was also my first thought when I saw this, but then I realized it was carefully placed to hide her Key so that nobody asks any awkward questions.
Although, one would think a plain old hat would do a much better job of hiding it (less chance of slipping down on her forehead). So maybe some vanity is involved here after all.
Given the thin eyeslits, I assume it’s a stand-in for sunglasses, when tinted glass isn’t available. The Inuit used such goggles, to cut down on the glare from the snow.
Moving from a land of perpetual dusk to a world with two suns is my guess
Are you the milkman?
My Milk is Delicious! Its filled with what the World Needs, what the World Deserves.
…. /k/alcium? Is that you?
Special delivery, today.
the true answer is to signify alison’s status as protagonist
it looks cool as shit
“The spectacliquary! It doeth nothing!”
The goggles are clearly to keep the knives out of her eyes. (Which knives? See that last fight featuring KILLBOSS….)
Fight starts, it gets hard and Cio appears. The Cio that appears is made of worms, Allison doesn’t know that, hugs and kisses her. The End.
or…is it?
You know, Allison ate the peach. Allison invited Incubus into her head. I wouldn’t be surprised if she somehow ends up eating the worm, eventually. Become one with the gods and absorb their thrones.
Joinn uss ! Jooin uss !
.. He he , just kidding , I’m not the changeling clown ! Or am I ? Or am I not ?
*throws banana peel , runs away*
Turns out she can just.
Is it just me or has White Chain gotten much shorter here?
Also, this party looks much more wholesome than the group that attacked Yre, though I doubt the end results will be any less bloody.
Looks like an anime – the protagonist and retinue off to fight the big, bad. When things go bad later, I expect Cio to swoop in at the last moment and save the day.
Cio already did that, on the top of the mast of a ship no less! Something new is coming our way I think. Something grand.
Cio’s not the only one that cried, it seems.
That or Allison’s got pink eye.
And a broken nose?
She can tho….and she did.
A rather suspicious shade of green young Nyave is wearing…
I wonder if she is trying to ‘blend in’ as an university student or something? Does look a little out of place with the drabber clothes the others are wearing.
And she is the only one smiling…
And her smile is suspiciously similar to Gog-Agog’s other victims…
Now _that_ is a sign.
I don’t want to believe this, but in the end, even sweet Nyave must make the journey to my cup.
To be spared the demiurge tree’s butchers’ blades, only to be eaten from the inside by demiurge maggots, though.
She wasn’t going to be wearing green until the last comment section made toying with the idea of infestation too delicious for the great liar to resist.
Thus the perceivers co-create reality.
Her every outfit post-timeskip has been green so far. Cutaway splash of the god’s skull, during and after the card game, and now this.
Now that you say this, they all do look green now. An act of a master of The Art. Or was it that way to begin with. Can anyone tell the difference?
They were always green.
Maybe she just has a favorite color?
And nicely finished with a red tie.
Well i’m wondering if no one else is.
She looks like a Girl Scout!
I note that the crew is sporting the additive primary colors: Princess is Big Red, White Chain’s armor and accents are blue, Nyeve in her green… while Al-YS-UN combines them all into white.
Devil can and Devil will
Devil stays at home to chill
Devil fears the whims of fate
Devil will still probably show up late
One cannot show up late if one does not show up. Does this imply that Cio will break the whole of the law?
Party leader wears a sneer
Nyave’s not all that she appears
Angel’s ready to deride
Devil makes no attempt to hide
Nyave looks like she is going on a field trip. I love it
It’s really cute. I’m hoping that’s legitimate excitement and not Gog-Agog in her.
Why , but the only really legitimate excitement , joy and fulfillment comes from Gog-Agog(tm) ! Don’t settle for second grade nature provided endorphins , choose best , choose Gog-Agog ! Eat the worm , become happiest you can be ! Join the fun , join Gog-Agog ! It’s so fun you won’t be able to regret ! Anything. Ever.
*several joyful honks*
Nice.
I’m wondering if the mouse over texts are stored somewhere after the image changes to be a link to the next page? At least I can’t read them on my tablet.
They’re the title/alt text of the image, they’re still there in the HTML. They show up fine on desktop, so it’s probably just mobile browsers being bad at mouseover.
Thank you kind sir. I will then commence reading with my slightly larger internet’o’vision, if I miss a page.
I’m getting a distinct Sgt. Peppers vibe from this.
Either Sergeant Pepper, or Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures.
You say that like there is a difference.
Bizarre Dentures? Sounds painful.
I am all about this squad!
(…though, feeling the absence of Cio ;_; )
Yat dat dada dada dat dat dada! Yat dat dada dada dat dat dada! Yat dadadada! Yat dadadada! Yat dat dada dada dat dada dada!
Cio is really missing out. Not on the adventure, but the chance to hang out at a vacation spot on the opposite side of the city.
Blue demons are the worst! New Red Hotness!
Don’t eat that bad date, mr sumatran rat-monkey!
The jotaro esque shoulder-pads are a nice touch
Aw, she’s been crying. =(
Birds in snow guide missiles in
Children blinding wolf-soul men
Cut the boy and reach heaven
Ahh, Rhyming Wax Head, it warms my heart to see you. Truly, the spell that animates you is strong indeed.
I don’t see a problem here, Cio just needs to come here to try to save Allison at some point on a white dragonlike or demonlike creature (I suppose horses are out of question) and just ask Ally for her hand in marriage while her ex would be watching, or make Ally do the asking when Cio would be coming to save her.
Many pages from now but well I can dream right?
Worse scenario Cio never shows up even when Allison gets in very death like situation, that would be sad, I hope love is bigger than that even for a blue devil person, maybe she will enter the fight as a mysterious stranger wearing some armor etc.?
Also damn this page looks cool as hell. Or heaven.
Narration:
“but she could, and she did”
“Nevertheless, she persisted.” – a certain politician, not intending what he did.
>you can’t just –
Oh , shush! I was also told “you can’t just lube floors near security and report to secofficers there illegal ice-skating club on station” , “you can’t just run around throwing cream pie in people’s faces screaming ‘taste the fun!’ ” , “you can’t just steal NO2 canister and drag it around releasing laughing gas in corridors!”
But yet here I am ! Set on fire and thrown out of airlock. Well. Maybe its not that inspiring example..
(Its important to obtain fire extinguisher beforehand , for putting out fires _and_ steering in space.Oxygen supply won’t hurt either. Or just be a ling .)
Releasing NO₂ in an enclosed environment does result in hilarity, but mostly for those a substantial distance away given that it isn’t the same thing as NO at all, and it is only the latter that is commonly described as laughing gas.
Ah , it sits in the armory and makes people laugh ,but evil security holds on to it like dragon on treasures and denies people fun, that all I know. As for chemistry formulas – clown is clown and not a chemist. Excquise my lack of chemistry education.
Also I heard that clowns that do have chemistry education not even allowed to arrive on station , for some unfathomable and unexplainable mysterious reason.
Nitrous oxide, aka Laughing Gas, is N2O.
NO is nitric oxide, and is created in the body for use as a vasodilator.
NO2 is nitrogen dioxide, and is a reddish-brownish gas which is a major air pollutant, as well as being used in the manufacture of nitric acid and fertilizers.
Well, as if Cio’s ridicuolous tastes weren’t enough, now Nyave’s outfit is simply disgusting~ Damn ><
Queen Mottom is that you?
Most definitely not – for I’m Grandpa, not Grandma.
THIS STYLE. LADIES. CONSIDER MY WIG OFFICIALLY SNATCHED.
So long Cio, may you appear at either happier times or just in the nick of time
Did you really just say “Ciao, Cio?”
You dog!
Seems appropriate given the time. But surely Cio will appear in the near future.
Narrator voice: she could.
you know; you say she can’t
looks like she did
It is good that Cio was left behind. One with doubt in their heart is destined to lose, for they have already defeated themselves.
Turns out she could, indeed, just.
Current theme song – “Victory” by Two Steps From Hell.
Lord of Hamsters, I SEE your song offering and CALL with “Hero” by Ministry.
for whatever reason I feel jojo vibes from this
Power walk!
So, how long before she eyeballs the (ex)boyfriend again?
In both senses, let the games begin…
Poor white chain is suffering from Rob Liefield chest 🙁
That kimono is draped to give +5 to cleavage.
I’m pretty nervous for Allison to be doing this tournament. Everybody there is going be fighting and using every dirty trick in the books to make sure they come out ahead, not to mention she’s playing directly into the hands of not only Gog, but also Solomon and the rest of the council. They already had sufficient motive to find and kill her but she’s fucked with 2 of them so far, and Solomon’s mastery over Ki Rata would probably put him in the upmost echelons of fighters without his Key.
Allison was having trouble fighting a red demon (who was admittedly strong as fuck), but Incubus also pointed out that she can only use her power for a few seconds at a time, and she’s a far cry from mastery over the Empty Palms. This tournament will be a wake up call for her.
Beauxsym of Iron Chains,
Agreed. Allyson is unlikely to accept Gog-Agog’s offer to fight “fixed” matches with weaker opponents. If she progresses through ranked matches with stronger and stronger opponents, she will face tougher challenges that will push her to reach beyond her current strength and skills.
My intuition is that Allison’s limits are self-imposed whether she knows it or not. She’s developed martial arts skills and gained in strength, but is still tentative in using the Key of Kings. It will take more to push her into tapping into the power of Ultimate Creation/Destruction.
“Power Comes in Response to a Need, not a desire.
You have to create that need.”
– Goku
Just… does the Key help her learn martial arts really, really fast? Because normally it takes years to become proficient in a martial art to the point where you can win fights to the death and that’s not even taking into account that she is learning an angelic form of martial arts that’s supposed to be impossible to master for normal humans. Going up against the kind of fighters that’s likely to challenge Solomon David is going to require a lot more than one year of training; and then I’m not even talking about going up against Salami Dave himself! By all logic, she’s headed for a crushing defeat.
Then again, neither her confrontation with Mottom or Mammon went like logic would have predicted… but if she wins this by defeating Salami Dave in the arena, I’m calling b*llshit. I think. We’ll have to see.
“you can’t just…” *she could, in fact.*
I am glad Cio held her ground and did what is best for her. She knows another mission could be suicide for Cio, and she doesn’t want to be who would replace Cio.
I wonder, is she the only demon to have deliberately chosen to be less than she could be, to have a life that is more?
Remember the wedding of Aesma.
Which is not to say she won’t show up later to help save the day.
But she needs to go in because *she* has something to save.
Look like it’s pretty warm in Solomon’s sunny kingdom. Allison better make sure to hydrate between battles. 🙂
Ok, so I get the goggles because Solomon’s realm has 2 suns and the weather would never dare be gloomy, but what’s with the bandage over Allison’s nose? Did she stop to get in a punch-up on the way here or is that just a breathe-right strip because she snores at night and White Chain can’t bear to listen to it?
We don’t really know for sure how much time they had before the contest began: there may have been time for a couple more high-intensity training sessions with White Chain before they left.
I assumed it was from Cio punching her in the nose.
There’s a bandage on her knee, too. Training injuries, I’m guessing.
Could just be athletic tape, or even intended to throw those who might recognize her off the scent.
Allison doesn’t seem to be paying attention to the fact that the demon she diminished is getting bigger. It won’t belong before he will be able to reclaim his name and black mask.
That devil is a she.
Gender, as well as name, is something Allison imposed on it. Of course, to a demon that might not matter much.
He’s a girl now and he’s having fun and loves his lesbian girl group.
I’m honestly very happy for her.
I’m afraid of the monkey. It concerns me.
A healthy fear of monkeys is natural.
They are dangerous things, especially the talking ones with pants.
That toothy bastard with the plum, though…
People have a weird definition of “fat”.
Average American- out of shape, around 40lbs of flab- Normal, not fat.
Person who works out, has defined muscles and very little body fat- fit
Person who works out, has very healthy amount of body fat (like, what you get if you don’t starve)- fat
It’s a definition that’s created and sold to us, deliberately and unrealistically, through commercial art.
I just noticed: socks and sandals.
A human’s body fat has so much to do with what body type they have. Two equally fit and healthy people can have very different fat amounts. Not only that, but different people have different natural fat distributions.
Basically, calling Allison fat is weird if you mean unfit (since she’s strong as hell), but fine if you just mean that she has fat on her body (like a normal damn human) than it’s technically true (and basically meaningless).
It would be great if people would shut the fuck up about Allison being fat, because depending on the definition they’re using they’re either incorrect, or saying basically nothing.
A reverse gilligan cut. Interesting. Don’t think I’ve seen one of those before.
I don’t think it’s a reverse. Cio isn’t actually the cut’s “subject” here, Al-YS-UN is: She says “you can’t just –“, then the cut is to “I guess she could”.
So, is that coffee set hanging off of Al-YS-UN’s pack, or is White Chain carrying it behind her?
I believe her barista skills were mentioned some time ago. Looks like she’s intending to use them.
Princess is looking like a Supreme wearing badass. I feel this tournament will push him to relapse into yet another more powerful form of himself.
The debt we owe to Julius Fučík is incalculable.
This reminds me so much of a JoJo panel and I love it.
You know what, good for Cio.