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2 | [[caption-width-right:320:Standing in the center: Karen. Surrounding her, clockwise from bottom left: Doc, Yuki, Tebo and Shara.]] |
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4 | ->''"Street-savvy Karen dreams of being Rich Port's top bad dog, but she will have to prove her bite is as good as her bark to lead the pack"'' |
5 | -->--The comic's description at its Website/{{Kickstarter}} [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tripleta/nonpack-1-bark-and-bite page]] |
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7 | '''''[[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/nonpack/list?title_no=245709 NonPack]]''''' is a UsefulNotes/{{Furry|Fandom}} Webcomic written and illustrated by Rangely “Rangy” García with heavy themes of action, drama, and DarkHumor. |
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9 | ''[=NonPack=]'' follows the life of Karen, a stray anthropomorphic dog who lives in a fictionalized version of UsefulNotes/PuertoRico called Rich Port. She leads a gang of criminals called “[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Los Satos]]”, or The Satos if you speak English (but ''never'' ''[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment The]]'' [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Los Satos]]). |
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11 | The first arc focuses on Karen; she aspires to be Rich Port's [[{{Pun}} top dog]] in the criminal world, so to speak, but she'll have to watch her back and figure out how to make the Satos their own thing rather than Marcel's [[{{Pun}} lapdogs]], and there are numerous other gangs hungering for control over Rich Port. |
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13 | !!''[=NonPack=]'' has the following tropes: |
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15 | * ActionGirl: Justified; Karen is the leader of Los Satos, so she needs to be with her fellow members to establish she and the Satos mean business. |
16 | * AllThereInTheManual: Much of the backstory of the characters is revealed through drawings the author does on her social media platforms; justified in that it's probably to make sure the comic focuses on the "now" and that backstory doesn't halt the speed of the plot development. |
17 | * AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Karen has light purple fur. |
18 | * BadassCrew: Several of them, since this is a story about criminal gangs. However, as anyone who challenges Honey learns, some gangs are more badass than others. |
19 | * BarefootCartoonAnimal: Most characters are fully dressed except for footwear, although there are [[TheOneWhoWearsShoes shoe-wearing exceptions]] such as Marcel. |
20 | * BilingualBonus: Los Satos is derived from the Puerto Rican term Sato, which means "street dog". |
21 | * CoolShades: Tebo wears them, although since he's a criminal this overlaps with SinisterShades. |
22 | * CultureChopSuey: Rich Port, as the name suggests, is primarily [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed based on]] UsefulNotes/PuertoRico but with aspects of UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} and UsefulNotes/{{California}} mixed in. |
23 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Exaggerated; almost any character you'll see in the work past issue #1 has already become well known amongst the fans through the author's platforms in her drawings with the most notable being Benji, hinted to be a new member for the Satos and a ''[[WillTheyOrWontThey potential love interest]]'' of Karen. |
24 | * FatBastard: Marcel is towards the Satos and casually beats them up when they fail him, and is [[spoiler:a scheming bastard who essentially set up the Satos by pitting them against Honey, who had been working for him this entire time, and then [[WouldHurtAChild holds Shara at gunpoint]] to keep them from rebelling]]. |
25 | * ForegoneConclusion: Rougee, a yet-to-be introduced character who is the daughter Karen will have sometime in the future, will eventually become the next focal point of [=NonPack=]. |
26 | * {{Gangbangers}}: The entire story is about turf wars between gangs, with the Satos being the main POV and protagonists of the story. |
27 | * GenreShift: Starts as a relatively realistic CrimeDrama, then adds a BioPunk element by the end of Issue #1 when [[spoiler:we're shown what the serum can do.]] And then we get CosmicHorrorStory elements mixed in when it's implied that [[spoiler:Goset has turned Karen into an even worse monster than Honey]]. |
28 | * HearingVoices: Played for laughs with Yuki, who clearly is insane but is not really viewed as a problem due to being with the Satos and still caring for Shara. |
29 | * MatureAnimalStory: A violent, cynical tale of criminal gangs struggling for power, set in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals. |
30 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Applies to the entire cast until the GivenNameReveal in "Bark and Bite". |
31 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Downplayed; While "evil" is a stretch, Karen ''is'' a professional criminal who wears a primarily black outfit with red trim. |
32 | * SinisterMinister: Downplayed. Victor doesn't seem to be ''evil'' per se, but he's ''is'' a junkie who buys his heroin from Karen which still makes him crooked. |
33 | * TheSmartGuy: Overlaps with OnlySaneMan, since Doc is more sensible than his teammates. |
34 | * TwoGirlsToATeam: In Los Satos, they're Karen and Shara. |
35 | * VillainProtagonist: Los Satos are a gang of thieves and drug dealers. However, ALighterShadeOfBlack is in full effect for them; they're basically a CriminalFoundFamily[[note]]and Yuki and Shara are literally brother and sister[[/note]], and the other crooks they deal with (such as Marcel and Honey) are much worse than they are. |
36 | * VisualPun: Victor Wolken, the drug-addict at the local church, is a ''te'''cat'''o''. Also counts as BilingualBonus given that tecato is a Puerto Rican term for junkie. |
37 | * WretchedHive: Rich Port is a city where crime runs rampant and authority figures (such as police and the clergy) are ineffective and/or morally compromised. |
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