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I struggled so much with this page, posing everyone was an absolute struggle and it probably shows.

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Page 265. Fixed a typo!
I struggled so much with this page, posing everyone was an absolute struggle and it probably shows.
Retsuga, what was Hyakkiga like? Was his fur soft? Did he smell nice? Did he laugh at your jokes, or you his? What was his opinion on snakes? You absolutely don’t have to answer if you don’t want to.
Retsuga: “Hyakkiga was very proud of his appearance - especially his armor. He took great care of it and often compared it to real snakes. If his armor’s scales didn’t glisten just like a snake’s, it wasn’t perfect. He was fascinated by snakes and mimicked them constantly; both in appearance and striking technique.I wore the headdress once to see what it was like...it’s far heavier than it looks. Hyakkiga was immensely powerful. His strength was matched only by his large heart. He wasn’t one for wit or observational humor but he knew how to follow a joke and laugh at it. His observations were far more blunt and honest.”
Page 260. 72 pages later and we have a new chapter! Thank goodness, right?
Page 269. Barnabas takes Tony back to Gajou, leaving Aki.
Page 266. One of those times I have a vision for a transition scene that I have no idea if it actually is conveyed or not. Tokimune wakes up from another encounter within his own mind and then we cut to a truck going down a forested road - wonder what it means?
Page 264. Thank you all for being patient, I've had a busy few weeks where my time zones and sense of time were so messed up I forgot to post.Have a weird cut away transition to remedy this, sure. 264 pages in and dogs laying down is still hard to draw.
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Retsuga is gay and we love him that way. Also do you recognize those quotes and the eye in the third panel? The quotes are from pages 11 and 14. The eye is redrawn from page 15 - we've come a long way, haven't we?