Line #23 Webcomic/Mastery


1	A webcomic about martial arts and supernatural events.
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3	Can be found [[http://masterycomic.com/ here]].
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6	!!Provides examples of:
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8	* ACupAngst: Min Hua, in part because she's self-conscious about her height and has an older sister (Xui Mei) who is more "gifted".
9	* AllLesbiansWantKids: Xiu Mei, bothered by her sister being bisexual, uses the fact that Min Hua has expressed a desire for children to try and convince her not to go after Rei romantically, partly so she doesn't have to worry about continuing their family line.
10	* TheBeard: Ash asks a guy to a dance to throw off suspicion about her and Sarah.
11	* BigEater: Min Hua makes a joke about Rei being this while shopping at one point.
12	* BreakingTheFourthWall: Min Hua and Rei do this in an April Fools update lampshading how they haven't appeared in a while (since the prologue).
13	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Sarah and Ash, whose parents have been friends (and apparently polyamorous lovers) for years.
14	* {{Cliffhanger}}: The prologue finally ends with Min Hua about to confess to Rei.
15	%%* ClosetKey: Rei is this to Min.
16	* DemonicPossession: Derrick Franklin is possessed by the entity he made contact with after he disagrees with its methods.
17	* DCupDistress: Rei is sometimes annoyed by her bust getting in the way when fighting, and even says that she would gladly trade it for Min Hua' smaller size.
18	* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Sarah has no idea what she's going to do after high school.
19	* EmotionEater: Sarah and Ash encounter an entity that feeds off of human fear.
20	* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Sarah, being a track star and athlete before getting her powers.
21	* EverybodyKnewAlready: Sarah and Ash's mothers, at the very least, knew that they were seeing each other for a while.
22	** This turns out to be because Ash's mom made her promise to tell her if she slept with anyone. Sarah doesn't know this yet.
23	* GenreShift: The story's prologue focuses entirely on Min Hua and Rei's developing relationship through Rei's yearly visits, but the first chapter introduces sci-if/fantasy elements.
24	* GreenEyedRedhead: Rei.
25	* HappilyAdopted: Rei was found abandoned as a child by her father.
26	* HeirClubForMen: Min Hua and her older half Xui Mei sister were sent to the country where the census isn't as enforced because their father wanted to remarry and try again for a son. Min Hua takes the absence of a third sister as a sign that he finally got one.
27	* InstantExpert: Rei can pick up aspects of a martial arts style from simple observation, though she still needs training to master it.
28	* InvisibleToNormals: There are numerous supernatural beings that cannot normally be seen by humans.
29	* MST3KMantra: InUniverse, Min Hua says this after introducing Rei to Literature/HarryPotter and she starts questioning things.
30	%%* MysticalWhiteHair: Fairchilde.
31	* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Rei is a bit touchy, and has been told so. Min Hua even thinks it's part of why she's had trouble with unwanted attention and proposals from male martial artists she's been training with a few times.
32	* PlayingWithFire: Sarah gains the ability to manifest a sort of blue ethereal fire.
33	* {{Polyamory}}: Sarah and Ash's parents.
34	* {{Sarashi}}: Rei uses a bandage one instead of a bra at the start, though mainly because she's injured. She's relieved when she can take it off because, even if they get in the way when fighting, them constantly being bound was unpleasant.
35	* SecretSecretKeeper: [[spoiler: Sarah had no idea that her and Ash's moms knew about their relationship]].
36	* StrongFamilyResemblance: Min Hua looks a lot like her paternal grandmother.
37	* SuperEmpowering: Sarah gets PlayingWithFire Powers from the entity that possessed Derrick.
38	* TheTalk: Ash's mother gave her one after learning that she slept with Sarah.
39	* WellIntentionedExtremist: The entity Derrick Franklin contacts apparently has a goal he agrees with to some degree, but methods he does not.

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