History Webcomic / Metacarpolis

* DisappearedDad: Arthur McCallister, at least until he comes back and makes one wonder if Max was better off with him gone.

** Max's Dad apparently had no trouble implanting sketchy DoomCorps tech in Max's brain.

* CityOfAdventure: Metacarpolis.

* KidHeroAllGrownUp: Emi was a MagicalGirlWarrior since she was a kid. But after her team defeated the final villain became celebrities, she decided to move away and live a normal life, hiding her previous identity.

** Bartleby has trouble executing orders against cute robots.

* {{Nepotism}}: Cecily Crane inherited leadership of Doomcorps from her father.

* BodyMotifs: The comic is filled with hand references, like the names of Metacarpolis, the Digits, and the Handeymen. Possibly due to how the 'Master' who built the city seems to be an expy of the Master from Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate.

* UnnecessaryCombatRoll Max uses a "minion roll" to catch the flowers he was carrying for Emi after he trips over a garbage can, then lampshades it by musing that he'd always thought the day his training finally paid off would be more exciting... [[WhatCouldGoWrong right before he is accosted by the Handymen]].

* UnnecessaryCombatRoll Max uses a "minion roll" to catch the flowers he was carrying for Emi after he trips over a garbage can, then lampshades it by musing that he'd always thought the day his training finally paid off would be more exciting.

* ButNotTooForeign: Emi was raised in a bilingual home, and speaks accentless English.

* MagicalGirl / MagicIdolSinger: Emi's backstory makes her look like a FormerChildStar with PTSD.

* CityOfAdventure: Metacarpolis

* FriendsRentControl Lampshaded when Emiko admits that she can't afford her apartment solely on her income as a cleaning service maid. It's just one of many hints that she is more than she appears.

* ButNotTooForeign: Emi was raised in a bilingual home.

* MundaneUtility: Emi [[spoiler:transforms her magical rod into whatever cleaning tool she happens to need at the moment.]]

* [[spoiler:MagicalGirl / MagicIdolSinger]]: Emi's backstory makes her look like a FormerChildStar with PTSD.

Poor Max. Doom Corps has gone bankrupt and there isn't a big market for minion skills. True, there was this one job offer from Bureaucrats Unlimited ("Where all your dreams are filed under "D") but in the meantime he's homeless and unemployed. Things look bleak, until he meets Emi. Unfortunately his past isn't willing to leave him alone

Emi is a cleaning service maid with a love for old-school shoujou anime and a suspiciously large apartment. She sees something in Max that isn't apparent to anyone else or even himself, especially after he demonstrates a very un-minion like affinity for extremely advanced technology.

She's a former MagicalGirl, He's an unemployed {{Minion}}. Together, they...

...actually, they're not quite sure what they're going to do. In the meantime, they clean houses in [[http://www.metacarpolis.com/ Metacarpolis]]

* CuteBruiser: Emi. She was TheBigGuy on her team, despite her size
* FriendsRentControl Lampshaded when Emiko admits that she can't afford her apartment solely on her income as a cleaning service maid. It's just one of many hints that she is more than she appears
* MagicalGirl / MagicIdolSinger: Emi's backstory makes her look like a FormerChildStar with PTSD.

* MundaneUtility: Emi transforms her magical rod into whatever cleaning tool she happens to need at the moment.

* MagicalGirl: Emi's backstory makes her look like a FormerChildStar with PTSD.

...actually, they're not quite sure what they're going to do. In the meantime, they clean houses.

Emi is a cleaning service maid with a love for old anime and a suspiciously large apartment. She sees something in Max that isn't apparent to anyone else or even himself, especially after he demonstrates a very un-minion like affinity for extremely advanced technology.

actually, they're not quite sure what they're going to do. In the meantime, they clean houses.

* ActionSurvivor: Max received Mook training but is neither large nor aggressive by nature and has "the sprint of a man who has faced many perils...and has run away from every one."

* ActionSurvivor: Max received Mook training but is neither large nor aggressive by nature and has "the stride of a man who will always run from trouble."

Poor Max. Doom Corps has gone bankrupt and there isn't a big market for minion skills. True, there was one job offer from Bureaucrats Unlimited, but in the meantime he's homeless and unemployed. Things look bleak, until he meets Emi. Unfortunately his past isn't willing to leave him alone

Poor Max. Doom Corps has gone bankrupt, and there isn't a big market for minion skills. True, there was one job offer from Bureaucrats Inc., but in the meantime he's homeless and unemployed. Things look bleak, until he meets Emi. Unfortunately his past isn't willing to leave him alone

Well, they're actually not quite sure what they're going to do. In the meantime, they clean houses.

Poor Max. Doom Corps has gone bankrupt, and there isn't a big market for a former mook with minion skills. Thinks look bleak, until he meets Emiko. Unfortunately his past isn't quite willing to leave him alone

Emiko is a cleaning service maid with a love for old anime and a suspiciously large apartment. And she sees something in Max that isn't apparent to himself especially after he executes a miraculous repair on one of the little robots that tend to congregate at her apartment.

Can two young people with mysterious pasts find their future in a mysterious city filled with magic, oddball technologies and corporatized supervillainy?

actually, they're not quite sure what they're going to do. In the meantime, they clean houses.

Poor Max. Doom Corps has gone bankrupt, and there isn't a big market for people with mook and minion skills. Thinks look bleak, until he meets Emiko. Unfortunately his past isn't quite willing to leave him alone

* ActionSurvivor: Max received a lot of Mook training, but is not aggressive by nature, so he has "the stride of a man who will always run from trouble."

* MagicalGirl: Emi was one, and her backstory makes her look like a FormerChildStar with PTSD.