The Wild Masks

[NOTaHFfan]

@Cordax

do it do it do it

Well, would you look at that

From left to right we have: Rook, Ren, Tone, Race and Corey’s drone.

I tried to match their appearances to the way they all showed up in chapter one. It was interesting trying to differentiate their designs, given that they all wear the same suit

I had very little time to draw this, just a couple of hours, so it turned out very rough around the edges, but nobody is going to know if I pretend that this is a deliberate stylistic choice

And there are still so many fun things to draw: the demon mask, Wild when he was still alive, Ren in his daytime work attire, Kohaku and Fred, Corey in a school uniform, Race in her news reporter clothes, Tone in the fish mascot suit…

I am the storm that is apprOOOOOAAAching ProvOOOOOAAking black clouds in isolatiOOOOOn

@Ghid

As the front passenger reached across his agonized comrade to manually unlock the doors, the silhouette of a fish mascot in the middle of a flying kick towards the vehicle was visible among the many cracks in the glass.

So, Gyoryu-tomo I mean Tone ended up steamrolling these guys off screen, huh

But it creates a funny reveal when Kohaku goes outside and witnesses him standing here and realising in a heavily battered fish costume, so I’m not even mad

@Ghid

“I don’t see him back there. Where did you put him?”

“Behind the dumpster.”

But I wonder what this is about. Who did they put behind the dumpster?

@Ghid

Ren wrapped back around and caught it before it touched the floor. “Well. Remind me to sign you up for the baseball team.”

Baseball chapter when?

This is not a question, this is a demand

@Ghid

“I’m not really into that kind of attention, with thousands of fans and stuff. I prefer to keep to myself.”

NOTaHFfan lore reference?

@Ghid

“C’mon, not all my tastes are that bad.”

Callout moment

@Ghid

and would never hurt a fly.”

@Ghid

all Kohaku could observe was the small, reflective dent just above his eyebrow, perfectly round and just as resplendent as it had been when it formed just over ten minutes ago.

This must have been an excellent silencer, if not a single soul could hear the gunshot, or the ringing of the bullet against the metal of the mask

Heh

@Ghid

and somehow knew it was me under the costume despite being completely concealed.”

I wonder if somebody is leaking info about the group, or if someone on the enemy side has a mask with a power that allows them to detect people in one way or another

@Ghid

What we represent in the eyes of Japan, and of the world. The restless cries of the eternally accountable. The greatest terror the heads of wickedness in this city have ever faced before.

I have a suspicion that Tone is greatly overestimating the significance of their little group. There’s definitely bigger fish out there

@Ghid

The ID was simply listed as T, but she knew instantly who it was.

(No additional comments needed here, we both know what we both know)

@Ghid

She smiled, sticking a hefty stack of papers in his backpack and zipping it up, prompting him to scowl in return. “Since you’ll be out the rest of the day I don’t want you missing out on any important info we might cover in class. Now out you go, dear.”

Knowing what I know about Japanese educational system, this seems pretty accurate

@Ghid

It wasn’t even the scowling shells of the heikegani crab, so reminiscent of the face he saw burning away in fury so many nights ago

Okay Ghid, I understood the symbolism of the crab shells resembling Wild’s mask and constantly reminding Ren about him, you did not need to blatantly spell that out

I know I’m terrible at this, not not to such an extent

@Ghid

reminding him over and over again of what Tone, in his infinite foresight, learned from his would-be assassins before he returned the favor.

They’re after the Demon.

Okay, so, either Tone found out about the Demon from the thugs, but didn’t have the chance to confront Ren about it, or he knew that Ren was in possession of the Demon mask all along, meaning that my theory about it being a secret Ren keeps from the group is incorrect

I wonder if these people who are after them are related to the various groups that the Wild Masks have been attacking, particularly the one that they tried taking the eyes from on that fateful day

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So, overall there’s one thing I’d like to praise in this book so far. It’s how well-researched it seems to be. Writing in a real setting is more challenging than a fictional one, especially if you are not closely familiar with it, and, judging by what I’ve read so far, you’ve clearly done your research

and I helped you with parts of it

@Ghid

Thus begins the war

It’s going to be The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny all over again, isn’t it

@Cordax

that’s it you’re getting banished to the shadow realm

But Cordax I already am in France