NSFW/Image Macro: No I Am Behind You

OK, this is a ridiculous image and is a blatant shoehorning. First of all, the image in question isn't an example at all, since the Death Note universe does not employ Flash Steps. The two images is also obviously taken from two separate scenes (Light is wearing different clothes), and the dialogues is obviously edited to force this trope in.

The Bleach entry had kindly provided a montage, so I just took two images that reflects this trope.

edited 18th Mar '14 7:44:34 AM by theAdeptRogue

Agreeing to the pull...not sure about the suggestions. Has anyone looked at the webcomic examples? I'm not where I can access them right now.

I think I prefer current. Yes, it's obviously an edit but the edit makes it an example. Plus I find the guy's facepaint or whatever far more distracting a change than Light's (extremely subtle) shift in shirt.

edited 18th Mar '14 8:21:41 AM by Larkmarn

Checked the Webcomic section. It only has two examples: one links to this◊ and the other one is this◊. Not sure if the first one is actually linked correctly, though - that page illustrates nothing but a couple of ramblings.

Well, if the facepaint is so distracting, maybe a different scene◊ from the montage?

edited 18th Mar '14 8:39:29 AM by theAdeptrogue

Drowtales changes their page indexing while updating some stuff, so a lot of links point to the wrong page.

I'm not really fond of any suggestion, nor the current.

How about the final panel here

I have a lot of problems with that site's scans not loading. Here's a different link to what I think is the page you're referring to...the scan is nasty but either the middle section or the last panel work well enough for me.

It was that page but of a better quality how about this link◊

edited 18th Mar '14 3:52:15 PM by SebastianGray

The scan in 8 is much better. I like either the central panel strip or the right 2/3rds of the lowest panel. I think I like the lowest panel a bit better; I also think it will read better at wiki size...

Quick-and-dirty resizes, both to 350 pixels:

those are both hilarious and on point. Though, I think 10.2 is better

edited 18th Mar '14 10:57:13 PM by tryrar

I prefer 10.1

I like 10.2 more - it's easier to tell it's a sequence.

Here's better-quality resizes of those and a different take on the second:

edited 19th Mar '14 4:19:32 AM by Willbyr

On second thoughts, 10.2 does look better, especially with the surprised expression of the character when this trope comes into play.

Not sure if putting it in vertical arrangement gives much improvement, though.

edited 19th Mar '14 6:20:13 AM by theAdeptRogue

I'm good with either version of 10.2 if that's what the consensus goes for, I just thought the 2x2 might be easier for some people to read.

14.3 has my vote.

... either of those examples are hilarious, though. I need to rewatch Busou Renkin.

I prefer 10.1.

I prefer 10.1 as well as it is the image I always think of when the trope comes up (which is why I suggested it). The panels work just as well though (I prefer the 2x2 one)

@16: In that case, wouldn't it be better to just remove two panels? Because the vertical arrangement breaks the sequence's flow, and it looks kinda awkward to me.

Crowner?

I agree, just the first two panels of 14.3 would be best. The characters "playing backwards leap frog" is funny but confusing. 14.1 looks like it might be seven people, not two people repeated three and a half times.

edited 20th Mar '14 10:46:47 AM by rodneyAnonymous

I think the four panel version is better because it's still quite clear, and it ups the hilarity level significantly.

To the second point - it should be fairly obvious from the characters' clothes and the dialogue repeating over and over that it's the same two people over and over.

"Might be". It could easily be read that way, and the clothes don't indicate much, uniforms exist.

What should be obvious often isn't.

edited 20th Mar '14 2:05:22 PM by rodneyAnonymous