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3 | ''[[http://thefoxsister.com/ The Fox Sister]]'' is a {{webcomic}} written by Christina Strain and drawn by Jayd Aït-Kaci. It is described as a "supernatural thriller/dram-edy" by the creator. It is based on the Korean folk tale of the same name, about the shape-shifting nine-tailed fox [[AsianFoxSpirit Kumiho]]. |
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5 | The comic is set in [[HistoricalFantasy Seoul, Korea, of 1968]]. After having witnessed a Kumiho murdering her family as a child, Cho Yun Hee has grown up a bitter young woman. On her hunt for said Kumiho, who has [[FaceStealer taken the shape]] of her sister Sun Hee, she meets the American ex-soldier Alex. |
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7 | Characters: |
8 | * Cho Yun Hee: The protagonist. Besides being a university student, she works as a Mudang - a priestess of an almost extinct indigenous Korean religion. |
9 | * Soot Bull: Yun Hee's faithful Korean Jindo dog. |
10 | * Alex Martin: a former US-Army specialist who after his term stayed in Korea as a [[spoiler: Methodist]] Christian missionary. |
11 | * Mrs. Park: Alex's neighbor and a member of his church community. |
12 | * Min: A friend of Alex and another member of his church community. [[spoiler: This is the identity the Kumiho has assumed in her human form.]] |
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14 | The comic began in 2011, but stopped updating some time in 2014. In 2017 a news post said the final chapter had been written and an epilogue was in progress but there has been no further update. A backup of the comic can be found [[https://archive.org/details/fox-sister here]]. |
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17 | !!''The Fox Sister'' contains examples of: |
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19 | * AltText: The comic image's title tag sporadically contains funny remarks about the respective page. |
20 | * AsianFoxSpirit: The main antagonist is a Kumiho, a nine-tailed fox spirit from Korean folklore which are typically malevolent and feed on human blood and organs. The one in this story has a habit of [[KillAndReplace killing and replacing]] her victims. |
21 | * BerserkButton: Yun Hee is very serious in her faith and [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=65 really dislikes it]] if her religion is treated like some sort of ren-fair novelty. |
22 | * BilingualBonus: For Korean speakers, Soot Bull's name will reveal a PunnyName (see below). |
23 | * BladeEnthusiast: Yun Hee's [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=97 weapons of choice]] are blades of various sizes. She is quite proficient with them. |
24 | * BrokenBird: Yun Hee might be warming up towards Alex, but overall she's still quite brusque and closed off. |
25 | * CanineCompanion: Soot Bull. |
26 | * CassandraTruth: The comic doesn't actually show it, but it's easy to imagine how Yun Hee's eccentrics after waking up in the hospital are received. |
27 | --> '''Yun Hee''': "That's not Sun Hee! Kumiho! Keep it away!!!" |
28 | * CheshireCatGrin: Often [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=25 seen on the Kumiho]] in human form. |
29 | * ChristianityIsCatholic: Averted with [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=66 Alex being Methodist]]. |
30 | * DemonSlaying: Apparently part of [[http://www.thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=122 a Mudang's job description]]. |
31 | --> '''Yun Hee''': "This is what I am. I kill demons." |
32 | * DisproportionateRetribution: After Yun Hee harasses the Kumiho by plastering Pujok to ward off evil spirits all over the place, she retaliates by [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=74 messily killing a group of three young men]] right at Yun Hee's front porch. |
33 | * ElvisImpersonator: Both Alex and Yun Hee are huge Music/ElvisPresley fans, and Alex [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=44 likes to impersonate him]] - with mixed results. |
34 | --> '''Alex''': "I won my unit's Elvis impersonator contest. Twice." |
35 | --> '''Yun Hee''': "The judges must have been very kind to you." |
36 | * {{Fingore}}: The Kumiho [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=106 loses a couple of fingers]] to Yun Hee's knife. |
37 | * FlashbackEffects: The [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=78 flashback panel to Yun Hee's family's murder]] when she finds the three dead men at her doorstep is reddish monochrome and grainy, with faded edges. |
38 | * FoulFox: The Kumiho is a nine-tailed fox spirit who's very much malevolent (as they're typically depicted in Korean folklore), disguising herself as a human so she can get close to her human victims and eat them. |
39 | * FriendlyGhost: Yun Hee is [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=121 possessed by her dead sister's spirit]], who saves her life. |
40 | * GeekyTurnOn: Alex crushes hard on Yun Hee after finding out she's [[http://www.thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=101 studying biology]]. |
41 | * {{Gorn}}: The Kumiho's kills involve a lot of blood and spilled intestines. |
42 | * InTheBack: The Kumiho's fighting style of blindsiding an opponent and attacking from behind sure isn't pretty, but effective. |
43 | * KillAndReplace: It's the Kumiho's modus operandi. She apparently researches and watches people she intends to copy, [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=128 collecting an album full of photos for reference]]. |
44 | * LadyInRed: The Kumiho wears a [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=47 sexy red dress]] when she seduces her first victim. |
45 | * LetsGetDangerous: Isn't Soot Bull just lovable? But don't let his cuteness fool you! He can be [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=34 scarily ferocious]] if the situation calls for it. |
46 | * LightningBruiser: The Kumiho. |
47 | * MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: Combined with TheShadowKnows (see below). The Kumiho is shown in human form, presumably nursing her shoulder [[spoiler:which was hurt in a fight with Soot Bull]]. Her [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=46 shadow on the wall behind her]] shows her fox form, licking said shoulder. |
48 | * MotionBlur: Used in some action scenes. |
49 | * MysteriousAnimalSenses: Soot Bull picks up the Kumiho's presence right away whenever she is near; justified as Jindo dogs are excellent hunting dogs. |
50 | * NiceGuy: Alex. |
51 | * NosyNeighbor: Mrs. Park [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=85 exhibits some traits of this]]. How severe remains to be seen, though. |
52 | * OhCrap: The Kumiho of all characters gets a nice moment, when she [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=34 runs into Soot Bull]]. |
53 | * OpenMouthInsertFoot: Alex has a talent to [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=51 say just the wrong things]] to Yun Hee. |
54 | * PaperTalisman: Yun Hee's [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=64 Pujok charms]] are the Korean version. |
55 | * {{Permastubble}}: Alex sports a perpetual 5 o'clock shadow. |
56 | * PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars: Yun Hee's arms, hands and chest are covered in scars which she received when attempting to fend off the Kumiho during their traumatic first encounter. |
57 | * PinkElephants: Subverted. The vicious, red-eyed canine creature the [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=36 drunk man sees]], is in fact ''not'' just a “stray dog”. |
58 | * PunnyName: Soot Bull (숫불) in Korean means Charcoal Fire. |
59 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: The Kumiho [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=33 loves]] [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=67 this]] [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=71 one]]. |
60 | * ReflectiveEyes: When Alex and Yun Hee [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=75 find]] the mess the Kumiho left at Yun Hee's house. |
61 | * ReligionIsMagic: Yun Hee's charms to ward off evil create [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=92 actual physical barriers]] that the Kumiho is unable to cross. |
62 | * {{Revenge}}: What the story is all about. |
63 | * TheShadowKnows: In a few scenes where the Kumiho is shown in human form her shadow reveals her true shape. |
64 | * SplashOfColor: Used for dramatic effect when Yun Hee is [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=39 looking for Alex]], after learning that Soot Bull was hurt. |
65 | * TemporaryBulkChange: After gorging himself on Alex's gift of leftover bulgogi, Soot Bull is [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=29 much tubbier than usual.]] Yun Hee even [[LampshadeHanging comments on it]]. |
66 | * ThereIsOnlyOneBed: Alex [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=79 insists on Yun Hee taking the bed]] while he sleeps on the floor when he invites her to stay at his place after the Kumiho turned her home into a crime scene. |
67 | * TranslationConvention: All Korean spoken in the comic is translated to English, for the readers' convenience. Interestingly, English spoken in the comic, and not Korean, [[TranslationPunctuation is marked by angle brackets.]] |
68 | * TheVamp: The Kumiho uses the [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=47 attractiveness of her human form]] to bait men. |
69 | --> '''Victim''': "You shouldn't be out alone at night like this, miss." |
70 | --> '''Kumiho''': *smiling coyly* "Is that so?" |
71 | * WakingUpElsewhere: The opening sequence closes with a classical example, when [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=8 Yun Hee wakes up in the hospital]]. |
72 | * WebcomicTime: The one-page-per-week update schedule with occasional ScheduleSlip has the story advance by only a few days in-universe in about one and a half years of real time. |
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