Line #36 Webcomic/TheNextReaper


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Witness the apocalypse through the eyes of Death]]
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4	''The Next Reaper''' is a webcomic created by Deus Jet and Jmp Soma, available for reading on Webtoons, Deviantart, Smackjeeves and Tapas.
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6	There came a day when humanity lost all faith, and their thirst for power turned society into a living nightmare. God, ashamed, turned their back on them, and closed Heaven. The Devil, enraged that God would leave countless souls at his gates, refused to let them in. Life attempted to return the souls to their bodies, but turned mad from desperation, and Death, left with more to reap than he could handle, started to break down under the pressure. With nowhere else to go, the souls became marked by their sins in life, and coalesced into hideous abominations formed from each of the seven deadly sins. The Shapeless, creator of God, Devil, Life and Death, has now come to Earth to appoint Death's successor.
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8	Grim, the Son of Death, wanders the earth, sent to slay the seven deadly sins and dethrone the corrupt gods.
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10	The comic can be read on [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/the-next-reaper/list?title_no=12938 Webtoons]], [[https://www.deviantart.com/deusjet/art/The-Next-Reaper-Prologue-Page-1-569165358 Deviantart]], [[http://thenextreaper.smackjeeves.com/comics/2213685/prologue-page-1/ Smackjeeves]], or [[https://tapas.io/series/TheNextReaper Tapas]].
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13	!!''The Next Reaper'' provides examples of the following tropes:
14	* AffablyEvil: "Evil" is a matter of debate, but [[spoiler:Shapeless is very affable when explains how he's planning to destroy countless souls.]]
15	* AllPowerfulBystander: Shapeless can't interfere in mortal affairs - the elders would punish him for that. He views it more like guidelines.
16	* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of Life and Death, as well as the Seven Deadly Sins.
17	* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Gluttony is ≈7 meters tall.
18	* BeenThereShapedHistory: Shapeless got in serious trouble with the Elders when he unleashed a certain asteroid on the earth.
19	* BerserkButton: Death has mentioning his brothers or Life.
20	* {{BFS}}: Big Fucking Scythe.
21	* BloodKnight: Ripa is very fond of killing monsters. Much to Grim's chagrin.
22	* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Shapeless' view on the earth and its peoples is that of an artist. The earth, in his eyes, is a flawed artwork he made early in his carrier, and he's perfectly okay with [[spoiler:tearing it down to start anew]].
23	* BodyHorror: [[https://www.deviantart.com/deusjet/art/The-Next-Reaper-GLUTTONY-717281465 Gluttony]]. It's mostly muscles, a sack under the chin, giant teeth tied to its fingers as nails, and all food literally passes through it.
24	* DarkIsNotEvil: Death, see GreaterScopeParagon below. Shapeless, although it adheres more to BlueAndOrangeMorality.
25	* DeadGuyJunior: Death wanted to name Grim "Death Jr.". Shapeless was not amused.
26	* DeadPanSnarker: Shapeless.
27	-->'''Death''': Then why aren't you helping me?
28	-->'''Shapeless''': Isn't it obvious? "All of my creations" except for you "have wrecked this world and everything I touch is a failure" if I remember your words correctly. So we ''obviously'' want this creature to inherit your flawless features.
29	** Death too, though not as often. Particularly after explaining what the Shapeless are.
30	-->'''Death''': Unfortunately, the one we've got has been long defective, and they refuse to send another.
31	* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Death is not remotely afraid of Shapeless, and has no trouble calling the old man out.
32	* EldritchAbomination: Several.
33	** The seven deadly sins are amalgamations of souls, marked by their sins in life. [[spoiler:They're controlled by corrupt vermin, a form of parasite]].
34	** The Shapeless are formless entities that create and supervise entire galaxies, and appoints deities for each world therein.
35	* TheGhost: Death's "brothers" (implied to be the other HorsemenOfTheApocalypse) have only been vaguely mentioned by Shapeless.
36	* GiverOfLameNames: Death is hardly all that creative on the naming front, having originally intended to call Grim "Death Jr."
37	* GodIsDispleased: The story kicks of because of this.
38	* GodIsFlawed: Death. He has some anger issues, and takes it out on his son, but he's ultimately trying to protect what little is left of the souls that remain.
39	* GodIsInept: Death certainly has this view of Shapeless.
40	* GreaterScopeParagon: Death, ironically. He's a horrendous father, but he's the one most interested in preserving souls, he's the only one brave enough to call Shapeless out on his bullshit, and he's outright enraged when Shapeless reveals that [[spoiler:Grim is unwittingly destroying souls]].
41	* TheGrimReaper: Death is the original. Grim is his successor.
42	* HolyIsNotSafe: Gluttony lives in a church. Just to further cement the poetic despair.
43	* HorsemenOfTheapocalypse: Death, obviously, but Shapeless also alluded to his brothers.
44	* TheMaker: Shapeless is one of many beings like him, each of which create and superwise a galaxy. He has done a less than excellent job at it.
45	* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Death is an anthropomorphic dragon skeleton.
46	* LeeroyJenkins: Ripa has en unfortunate habit of preferring frontal assault even when she could easily use stealth. Lampshaded by some comments.
47	* MadGod: Life has gone completely of the deep end. Dangerously. Her introducgion has her rambling about the beauty of life while tormenting a poor and hideously pregnant soul.
48	* MeaningfulName: Grim is a ''grim'' reaper. Ripa is far more aggressive than him, so she's more of a ''reap''er.
49	* {{Mooks}}: The "children" of the sins. They're more like EliteMooks, but Death and Ripa are badass enough to treat them like mooks.
50	* NeverMyFault: Shapeless, kinda. He recognizes his mistakes in creating the current world, and works to better himself, but when Death calls him out on his methods of doing so, [[spoiler:destroying the "corrupted" souls of his previous creation]], he simply hand waves it as Grim [[spoiler:destroying the souls]], not him.
51	* NoSell: [[spoiler:Gluttony is neither affected by Grim's touch or scythe. It's because its body is only a puppet.]]
52	* OddCouple: Life and Death were together before the present age.
53	* PungeonMaster: Ripa enjoys throwing out wordplay. She doesn't actually know why she always does puns, but it's implied to be something she got from her "father".
54	* SevenDeadlySins: What happens when lost souls have nowhere to go. Hideous amalgamations of souls.
55	* ThouShaltNotKill: Grim dislikes killing. Ironically, since he's death.
56	* TouchOfDeath: Grim. Death had it before Grim was created.
57	* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: [[spoiler:Shapeless plans to create a perfect world. If it has to destroy countless souls to do so, so be it]]. Death disagrees.
58	* WasOnceAMan: Saint Peter shows up in chapter four, resembling a sort of gilded rat-thing. According to WordOfGod, he is the same Peter of Galilee in the Bible, but his years in Heaven and service to God has transformed him.

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