WHEEL SMASHING LORD 4-116
“It is said, in those days, to the great armies of the Yellow City was made a peculiar decree. All men, regardless of rank, were ordered to eat in common, in common reed and rush mat halls, and with no utensils other than their hands, and nothing other than a wooden bowl to hold their mess. Protestations were made against this policy, as a matter of course, for mingling with the coarse and ignoble was seen as unsightly in those days, but the master of that army, Ryo-ten-Ryam, had a voice like a southern wind, and scattered them to the corners of the world.
It is said that by sharing the meal, the men intermixed, and by intermixing, their common destiny became entwined, and eventually their blood. What force could stand up to that?”
– Yua Yua Lo, Lunar Monk (notes in the Blue Record, circa 45 SC)
Hot pot is truly the best, Iām glad the girls are feasting like so!
A meal with friends is always worth having.
Having has no rhyme
A peirce screech, a certain stabbing
Until another time
Imagine they have to pause in the middle of the final boss fight because tummy hurty from eating too much haha
they should learn from princess zelda and just take a nappy nap right in the middle of the arena. jagganoth will simply have to wait
SHUT UP JAGGANOTH! I’m sleepy.
zzz
Jagganoth: WTF is going on?!
New Coke sitting so politely :3
Why not here? Why not now? What better place to dream… than in the red city of Throne?
The common destiny of Ryo-ten-Ryam’s army?
Death from dysentery due to unsanitary eating habits.
What for could stand against such refuse?
…Actually, it was death at the hands of Jagganoth. That bodes.. ill.
Actually, that’s why it’s HOT.
Chinese had essentially no food poisoning once they started using separate utensils for serving and eating, but an unhot hot pot eaten like this can definitely cause problems
…Damn, I could go for some hot pot now.
Even at the end of the Universe, some truths will always withstand the test of time.
Such as hotpot being some of the best eating you’ll ever do.
There is always time for delicious food. Who would fight the destroyer on an empty stomach? Not I.
On the contrary: What better time to fight a god made of meat then when you are starving?
Royalty is a continuous pants-unbuttoning motion.
Your username + this pic + the day after thanksgiving is a mix that is so damn amusing.
Ok, i’m hungry now
“Why is a question of the weak. The proper question is why not?” -Mother Om
The Girls out here having a Monster Hunter eating scene.
Hot six billion pots
Never too late for eating hotpot.
Oooh, it is that kind of hotpot. There used to be a restaurant in town that offered it but they sadly closed.
Also very fitting to read this page on the day after Thanksgiving.
Dipo Dip
FLIP-A-DIP-DIP!
Great post-Thanksgiving comic!
Also, on top of the big battles, we finally have a big feast scene, making this a true shonen webcomic.
If one must go, best to do it with a full belly and happy heart.
I love eating hotpot alone, it’s not immoral…
…or impossible…
Sure, but by its nature it tastes different when eaten alone, and since it was conceived as a communal dish, some would argue it doesn’t taste like a “real” hotpot unless eaten with others.
The taste depends on the amount of food dipped in, not the amount of people… It’s been the same from experience.
What better place than here? What better time than now?
All! Hell! Can’t stop us now!
Thus does Auntie Maya furnish them with the weapon that shall defeat Jagganoth – Flatulent Arse Blast x3
… a voice like the southern wind, and scattered them to the corners of the world.
HOT POT
Can we get some time with that bitch Zaid please? I am tired of those wenches. Mayhaps he could use some character development
Oh come on, he’s like six books behind on development compared to these queens. There’s not enough time in eternity to make him relevant.
But have you seen the tits on him? I’ll take Zaid swinging a sword in a chainmail bikini over the Dungeon Meshi episode any day.
…well now i just want hotpot.
No better time to have a feast than the end of the world.
What’s with the generic anime dialogue? Seems out of character.
you talking about? You sound insane.
Better prepare to have a bunch of lobotomy patients descend on you for daring to point out the wild inconsistency in tone suddenly these past few comics
Have you considered that the characters have grown during the past few comics?
Backwards, yes.
Someone ban this troll already š
Every storm needs its calm. We have a few years worth to go after all
They can’t ALWAYS brood and say profound things, Surizhar. However I do concur the dialogue feels a tad clunky on this particular page. Specifically Alison with her shift from exposition to the casual “hell yeah” to the old-timey “old woman.”
One moment she’s talking like someone from Earth, the next she’s speaking like a Demiurge, and that shift feels unnatural.
I think the hot pot is a metaphor for living life right.
Enjoy the good things while you have them! Shared experience makes it richer. People need people.
tbh yeah Maya going from Wise Master to Mother Abigail is gonna throw some folks off
It isn’t terribly out of character for what we’ve seen of Allison lately. It is (unfortunately) still generic anime dialogue, yes.
Gallows humour often feels out of place. That’s how you know it’s working.
I am of the impression that the author is trying to display that Alison has indeed merged with Gog-agog and this does somewhat affect their personality.
But Also, this is a moment of celebration, a feast, when was the last time Alison was celebrating something in this comic? If I remember correctly her celebration habits have tended towards partying hard when the opportunity arises and she has always had an immature side. She is the fool afterall.
Or maybe there is just an effort to set a lighthearted tone in order to make the change of tone that will interrupt this one all the more striking.
You might be right and this could all be an uncharacteristic change in tone, but up to this point the author has been consistent in delivering results. For the moment being I think it’s safe to wait and see if there is something that is being done intentionally. We near the comics end, we can certainly assess the results soon enough.