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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[NonHumanSidekick Yfa]] (left) and [[IdiotHero Yokoka]] (right)]] |
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| 4 | ->''"Wow, our first quest! This is it, isn't it? The start of our adventure! We already get to help someone out!"'' |
| 5 | -->-- '''[[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-2-page-9/ Yokoka]]''' |
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| 7 | ''[[https://yokokasquest.com/ Yokoka's Quest]]'' is an [[RolePlayingGame RPG-themed]] {{Fantasy}} webcomic written and illustrated by Chris Hyacinth Rivers, aka [=ClefdeSoll=]. The story separately follows [[HalfHumanHybrid Half-Human]] [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Half-Demon]] CatGirl Yokoka discovering the larger world for the first time, and her broody twin brother Mao, in a [[TwoLinesNoWaiting dual-perspective story]]. While there is plenty of {{foreshadowing}} of a [[GambitPileup bigger overarching plot]], the titular character has [[IdiotHero yet to become aware of it]]. |
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| 9 | ''Yokoka's Quest'' can be read for free at [[https://yokokasquest.com/ yokokasquest.com]], and also on [[https://yokokasquest.thecomicseries.com/ ComicFury]], [[https://tapas.io/series/yokokasquest Tapas]] and [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/yokokas-quest/list?title_no=131205 Webtoons]]. The webcomic began in September 2015, and has been regularly updating on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays since, with the exception of short hiatuses between chapters. |
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| 11 | There will also be some upcoming marked and unmarked spoilers, so if you've not read the comic yet, read this article at your own risk! |
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| 14 | !!''Yokoka's Quest'' provides examples of the following tropes: |
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| 16 | * AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Vivi only wears a necktie. Misha only wears a cape, ribbon, and headpiece. Yfa only wears a bow, and typically so does the rest of his family ([[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal with the exception of his sister Raya]]). |
| 17 | * AccidentalKidnapping: Anyone who wanders through Betel's barrier ends up settling in the village and forgetting their previous lives. After leaving the barrier, Kalliv just wants to go home to his real family (but can't remember where it is), and Yfa's family are shocked when he shows us after having disappeared for years. |
| 18 | * AccidentalMisnaming: Azha slowly enunciates Yokoka and Yfa's names (saying "Yoko... kah and ee-fah, right?"), after which Yokoka compares his speech to a kid's [[note]](even though it's already been mentioned that he's learning the language)[[/note]]. |
| 19 | ** A form of AllThereInTheManual, as Azha provides the reader with a phonetic pronunciation guide due to the author repeatedly being asked how to pronounce Yfa (it's like Aoife). Their pronunciations can be also be heard in the [[https://kickstarter.yokokasquest.com/ Kickstarter video]]. |
| 20 | * AdventureRebuff: Valyn refuses to take Yokoka with him on his journeys. Yokoka heads home and almost immediately [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-1-page-38/ decides to run away]] on an adventure anyway. |
| 21 | * AerithAndBob: Cisum has characters named Yokoka, Yfa, and Betelgeuse, alongside characters named Grace and Clyde. Some of the more regular names belong to humans, while others could plausibly have been human-influenced. |
| 22 | * TheAgeless: Spirits don't age in the conventional sense, and they have their ages listed as ∞ (infinity) on the [[https://yokokasquest.com/cast/ Cast page]]. |
| 23 | * AlchemyIsMagic: Pinky utilizes "weapon alchemy", a Metals elemental skill, to create a "[[VineTentacles Rose Whip]]" weapon for Mao using a [[BigCreepyCrawlies king centipede's]] fangs. Pinky and [[TheApprentice his apprentice]] Inky are shown doing this [[SideStoryBonusArt in a wallpaper]]. |
| 24 | * AliceAllusion: Grace wanders [[DownTheRabbitHole down a museum basement]] [[note]](rabbit hole analogue)[[/note]] into the world of Cisum [[note]](Wonderland analogue)[[/note]], meets the CatGirl Yokoka [[note]](Cheshire Cat analogue)[[/note]], and forms a pact with [[WhiteBunny rabbit]] [[OurSpiritsAreDifferent spirits]] [[note]](White Rabbit analogue)[[/note]] born from a pack of cards [[note]](living playing cards analogue)[[/note]]. Grace also has other recurring [[PlayingCardMotifs card suit motifs]]. |
| 25 | * AllThereInTheManual: Details such as Yokoka and Mao's [[UniversalPoison immunity to poison]], Yokoka's Moon Clan allegiance, Yokoka and Grace's elements, and so on, are detailed on the between-chapter status screens long before they become relevant to the comics. |
| 26 | * AlphabeticalThemeNaming: Blinky, Pinky, and Inky are all rhyming names (which, together with Clyde, are [[ShoutOutThemeNaming named after the four ghosts]] in ''VideoGame/{{Pacman}}''). |
| 27 | * AltText: Most comic pages on the main [[https://yokokasquest.com/ yokokasquest.com]] site have alt text. The same comic pages on Webtoons and Tapastic lack this feature. |
| 28 | * AlwaysABiggerFish: In Kalliv's flashback dream, a [[MixAndMatchCritter hawk-wolf]] which is [[KidnappingBirdOfPrey carrying him away]] gets attacked by a larger [[MixAndMatchCritter boar-mandrill]], leading to him being dropped. [[note]](the big [[MixAndMatchCritter koi-catfish]] is a [[FiendishFish different trope]])[[/note]] |
| 29 | * AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: While many demons have skin tones within human ranges, a lot of them do not. Kalliv is green, Hurricane is greyish purple, and some background characters have even more vivid colours including [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-pages-8-9/ yellow]] and [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-13/ purple]]. Their even more colourful body markings, FacialMarkings, and [[WorldOfTechnicolorHair hair]] further adds to this. |
| 30 | * AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Misha is a green cat. Other animals, both real and fantastic, come in a variety of unusual colours and colour combinations. %% This trope needs a complete rewrite by someone who isn't colourblind. |
| 31 | * AmnesiacResonance: Yokoka surprises herself when she instinctively remembers [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-2-page-7/ how to put on clothes]], despite [[ForcedTransformation being a cat]] for [[IdentityAmnesia as long as she can remember]]. |
| 32 | * AnimalEyes: Demons, including the [[HalfHumanHybrid half-demons]] Yokoka and Mao, have slit pupils. They often also have [[TechnicolorEyes unusual eye colours]]. |
| 33 | * AnimalLover: Azha has his ability listed as "Animal Lover" on the between-chapter status screens. Aside from his cat {{familiar}} Misha, and [[NestedOwnership her pet bird Chirpy]], he's shown [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-13-page-16/ introducing himself to]] and [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-13-page-17/ petting Sorbet]]. |
| 34 | * {{Animorphism}}: The beast/demon and demon/beast characters are able to switch between their demon (humanoid) forms and a beast form. They mostly appear to be able to do this freely, though Kalliv is shown to be [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-7-page-41/ unable to switch to demon form when scared]]. |
| 35 | * TheApprentice: Inky's bio refers to him as an apprentice to Pinky, a "[[AlchemyIsMagic weapon alchemist]]". He mentions [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-7-page-17/ having to help out at Pinky's shop]], and is shown working with [[ItemCrafting crafting materials]] in [[SideStoryBonusArt a wallpaper]]. |
| 36 | * ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: The between-chapter status screens show 5 slots for members of Yokoka's and Mao's parties, which implies an InterfaceSpoiler that their parties will max out at 5 characters each - though Chirpy is shown in Misha's character slot, and other characters often accompany the parties without being included at all. |
| 37 | * ArborealAbode: Kalliv and his family are shown ([[{{Animorphism}} as mice]]) living in a hollowed out tree [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-page-1/ during his flashback]]. |
| 38 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: Kalliv suggests that Mao shoots a {{fireball|s}} inside the [[BigCreepyCrawlies king centipede's]] [[AttackTheMouth mouth]], as its insides would be more vulnerable. Mao's method of doing this is to goad it into biting him [[TheBait using Kalliv as bait]], and then [[FeedItABomb cast a fireball inside it]]. |
| 39 | * AttackReflector: Yokoka blocks and reflects a stream of water fired at her teammates, using her sword, [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-page-28/ back at an attacking tunnel dweller]]. |
| 40 | * AuthorAvatar: Chris appeared in the third [[LettersToTheEditor Q&A strip]] (but not in the actual comic) to answer reader questions. The author uses some of their characters, particularly Copycat and Yfa, as their profile pic across a number of sites, but these aren't author avatars. |
| 41 | * AxCrazy: Hurricane, [[spoiler:after Yokoka challenges her to a fight, which promptly becomes a CurbStompBattle]]. |
| 42 | * BadVibrations: The ground shook before the emergence of the tunnel dwellers on both occasions. Lady Pachi and her team were aware of what the shaking signified, though on the second occasion mistook the heavier rumbling for a [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-page-21/ big tunnel dweller]] rather than [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-page-26/ two tunnel dwellers]]. |
| 43 | * BagOfHolding: Subverted, in that Misha retrieves a bag containing food from a [[{{Hammerspace}} "storage dimension"]], but there is no indication that the bag itself is special. |
| 44 | * TheBait: Mao [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-56/ uses Kalliv in mouse form]] to bait the [[BigCreepyCrawlies king centipede]] into biting him, so he can shoot a {{fireball|s}} [[AttackTheMouth inside its mouth]]. |
| 45 | * BanishingRitual: After the tunnel dwellers are beaten and bound in [[WhiteMagic chains of light]], Blinky casts a spell to banish them; its [[MagicalIncantation incantation]] implies [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-page-14/ they're angry spirits being sent back where they belong]], which Yokoka later describes as "[[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-page-33/ back to the]] SpiritWorld [[UnreliableExpositor or whatever]]". |
| 46 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Yokoka is looking forward to getting into fights after leaving the underground village, despite advice not to. Within a few pages she picks a fight against Hurricane, [[spoiler: which turns into a CurbStompBattle]]. |
| 47 | * BecomeARealBoy: Mao was a [[HalfHumanHybrid half]]-[[WasOnceAMan human]] prior to becoming [[CursedWithAwesome cursed]] as a child, which left him as a [[CatGirl catboy]]. In his efforts to break his curse and become human(ish) again, he's befriended the dangerous spirit Copycat, travelled to the [[TheSpartanWay Darkness Clan]], and risked his life to get stronger by [[GladiatorGames fighting giant beasts in an arena]] there. |
| 48 | * BeastMan: Demons can range from just having AnimalEyes and PointyEars, to being a LittleBitBeastly, to full-on Beast Man. |
| 49 | * BespectacledCutie: Grace spends her waking hours wearing glasses, and fits the stereotypes insofar as her friends describe her as cute, and her stats page says she's intelligent and a fast learner. |
| 50 | * BigStormEpisode: There is a storm raging during Yokoka's encounter with Hurricane (who was also the [[WeatherManipulation cause of the storm]]). |
| 51 | * BilingualBackfire: While Azha is having a conversation with Yokoka in Forest language, he reverts to Moon language to say to Misha, "This will be a real pain in the butt". Yokoka immediately replies in Moon language, "What's a pain in the butt?", to Azha and Misha's surprise (and to Yokoka's confusion, as it's possibly the first time she's heard or [[AmnesiacResonance spoke]] it since [[IdentityAmnesia losing her memories]]). |
| 52 | * BilingualBonus: The names of the individual spirits in the Poker Gang are the French names of their respective [[PlayingCardMotifs card suits]]: Coeur (hearts ♥), Carreau (diamonds ♦), Trèfle (clubs ♣), and Pique (spades ♠). |
| 53 | * BlackBeadEyes: [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-2-page-10/ Yokoka]] and [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-40/ Raya]] have on occasion had just black dots for eyes, giving them a slightly [[SuperDeformed chibi]] appearance. |
| 54 | * BlackEyesOfCrazy: Mao gets scary black sclerae with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red irises]] at [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-2-page-33/ the start of his fight]] [[CainAndAbel with Yokoka]]. |
| 55 | * BlackSpeech: Darkness Clan language appears as jagged grey text on a black background, or as jagged markings if the perspective character doesn't understand it. It's described as sounding screechy and hurts the throats of those not used to speaking it. It's also the language of curses. |
| 56 | * BloodKnight: Yokoka begins turning into this after her training in the underground village, wanting to get into fights for fun, despite advice to the contrary. |
| 57 | * BlueMeansCold: Yin, has blue horns and wields ice magic. Her voice is also described as sounding cold by Yokoka when she first hears it. |
| 58 | * BlushSticker: Raya sports these on multiple occasions, with the first clear example being together with PuppyDogEyes to maximize her [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter cuteness]], [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-41/ when convincing Kagi and Yfa to let her go and look for a mushroom with Yfa]]. |
| 59 | * BoringButPractical: In a setting where people throw {{fireballs}}, conjure lightning, place curses, and perform other impressive magic feats, the only spell that Yokoka has learned is one that [[NightVisionGoggles lets her see in the dark]]. |
| 60 | * BornLucky: Yokoka and Grace are shown to have high Luck on their stats pages. |
| 61 | * BornUnlucky: Mao is shown to have incredibly low or zero luck on his stats page. |
| 62 | * BreakTheCutie: Mao is shown as a cute child in the prologue and as a cute cat in the first chapter. As a young adult, he's very angry and messed up over being kidnapped. |
| 63 | * BubblegloopSwamp: Yokoka and Yfa travel through a colourful swamp [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-19/ in chapter 4]], where they meet Yfa's siblings Raya, Kagi, and Tomo, who are temporarily residing there. |
| 64 | * CainAndAbel: Mao fights his twin sister Yokoka [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-2-page-30/ in chapter 2]]. During this his [[BlackEyesOfCrazy sclerae turn black]] and his [[RedEyesTakeWarning red irises]] shine through, and he suggests he "should just do everyone a favour and get rid" of her. |
| 65 | * CantHoldHisLiquor: Kalliv is seen [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-78/ inspecting a drink]] and [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-80/ being encouraged to drink it]] at the end of chapter 4, then [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-5-page-40/ appears to be hungover]] when woken up in chapter 5. He is incidentally just 13 years old. |
| 66 | * CastingAShadow: Copycat is able to [[ShadowWalker disappear into, appear from, and travel between shadows]]. He also caught a fleeing [[{{Animorphism}} mouse form]] Kalliv with a [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-page-16/ shadowy hand]]. |
| 67 | * CatGirl: Yokoka becomes a catgirl after leaving Betel's Forest at the end of chapter 1. Mao becomes a catboy shortly after this, though has downgraded to SproutingEars and tail as of chapter 9. |
| 68 | * CensorBox: Mao [[FlippingTheBird flips off]] Yokoka, with a censor box over his middle finger, in a [[FourthWallMailSlot a Q&A strip]]. |
| 69 | * CheerfulChild: Raya is by far the most hyperactive and happy child in the comic, even while her little brother Tomo has gone missing. |
| 70 | * ChekhovsGun: The ribbons that Vivi gave to Yokoka and Yfa [[spoiler:and Mao are used by Vivi to magically [[TrackingDevice keep track of them]] outside of Betel's Forest]], which is only revealed 7 chapters later. |
| 71 | * ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:Vivi is introduced as the [[{{Courier}} guy who delivers the mail]] and Yfa's friend. It later transpires that he was [[TrackingDevice keeping track]] of Yokoka, Yfa, and Mao after they left Betel's Forest]]. |
| 72 | * ChildMage: |
| 73 | ** Mao [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-9-page-26/ is shown casting]] a (tiny) {{fireball|s}} as a child during [[TroubledBackstoryFlashback a flashback]], and [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-page-27/ states that he and Yokoka]] have known a spell to [[NightVisionGoggles see in the dark]] since they were kids. |
| 74 | ** Kalliv is a 13 year old boy whose [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-61/ only meaningful contribution in combat]] was to [[TentacleRope bind]] the [[BigCreepyCrawlies king centipede]] with [[VineTentacles magic vines]]. |
| 75 | ** Inky is a 14 year old boy who provides [[WhiteMagic Light elemental]] [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-page-13/ healing and support magic]] for his party, as his father won't let him use attack magic until he's older. |
| 76 | * CivilizedAnimal: Kalliv's family appear to occupy the space between TalkingAnimal (they slept huddled together as mice, in a [[ArborealAbode hollowed out tree]], and Kalliv was [[KidnappingBirdOfPrey snatched away to be eaten]]) and FunnyAnimal (the walls of their home had household objects and a written notice attached to them), though Kalliv mentions they would [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-12-page-80/ "go to the market and stuff"]] in their [[VoluntaryShapeshifting demon forms]]. Yfa's parents are a fruit fox and spirit bird who run an inn together. |
| 77 | * ClothingCombat: Yokoka and Mao wear ribbons on their wrists which they can [[MorphWeapon transform into weapons]] at will in the earlier chapters. Yokoka changes hers into a sword, and Mao changes his into both a [[WhipSword whip and a dagger]]. |
| 78 | * ColorCodedElements: Each spoken language, associated with a particular element, has its own [[PaintingTheMedium speech bubble and font style and colour]], to make them easily distinguishable. Of particular note, Dream language is purple. |
| 79 | * ConstantlyCurious: Grace is constantly trying to learn about the new world she's found herself in. Yokoka has her curious moments, but can't hold her interest in topics which don't interest her. |
| 80 | * ConvectionSchmonvection: When Yokoka enters a volcano to visit Yang's shop she walks dangerously close (and barefoot) to lava, and suffers no physical harm. |
| 81 | * CoordinatedClothes: Azha wears a very similar outfit and colour scheme to his cat {{familiar}} Misha's [[AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal cape and bow]], which is named Matching Outfit on the between-chapter status screens. |
| 82 | * {{Courier}}: Vivi is the cute critter who [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-1-page-17/ delivers the mail in Betel's Forest]], though this is depicted more in [[SideStoryBonusArt art outside the comic itself]]. |
| 83 | * CryingCritters: Sapient animals have been shown crying for a variety of reasons, including [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-67/ Tomo]], [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-page-4/ Kalliv]], and [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-9-page-14/ Mao]]. |
| 84 | * CrystalBall: [[FortuneTeller Blinky]] uses a crystal ball to determine Yokoka's and Grace's elemental affinities, and also wordlessly reveals her own [[ThirdEye Dreams (Fortune)]] element when she touches it. |
| 85 | * CrystalLandscape: The underground village and caves leading to it in chapters 6-8 feature glowing crystals protruding from the ground and walls. |
| 86 | * TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Grace is treated by her Las Vegas friends as a nutty conspiracy theorist who could go on to do great things if only she applied herself more seriously. It turns out that she was right about Cisum though. |
| 87 | * CurbStompBattle: Hurricane breaks [[spoiler: Yokoka's sword, then proceeds to mauls her into a bloodied mess between pages]]. It probably would've gone a lot worse if [[spoiler: Grace hadn't teleported her out of the battle]]. |
| 88 | * CursedWithAwesome: Mao wants to remove his curse, at the expense of his [[CatGirl cat-like features]] (which Copycat likes the look of, and nobody else has ever mentioned as being out of the ordinary), and sharper instincts. Yokoka either doesn't know or doesn't care that she is similarly cursed. |
| 89 | * CuteLittleFangs: Practically the default for demons, beasts, and spirits. Notably, the human Grace and HalfHumanHybrid Yokoka and Mao lack fangs, though [[https://twitter.com/ClefdeSoll/status/1316557675648315392 Yokoka's reference sheets]] do say "cute little fangs in FanArt [[ApprovalOfGod is great]]!". |
| 90 | * DarkIsNotEvil: The Darkness Clan isn't ''evil'', though their society does seem to have [[TheSpartanWay lax attitudes to violence]]. |
| 91 | * DayHurtsDarkAdjustedEyes: Mao's party spend a few months in [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the aptly named]] Darkness Clan, and after being teleported out of it, Mao and Cadmium [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-11-page-20/ are dazed by the sun]], despite not being a particularly bright day. This is also Cadmium's FirstTimeInTheSun, having been raised in the Darkness Clan. |
| 92 | * DeadlyGas / DeathWorld: Yokoka and Mao's original home had toxic air, which has given them an [[UniversalPoison immunity to poison]] through long exposure. |
| 93 | * DeliberatelyMonochrome: Yokoka on [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-status-screen/ her status screen after chapter 8]], [[spoiler: after having her HP reduced to zero]]. |
| 94 | * DiseasePreventionAesop: After Yokoka comes down with a fever, Yfa suggests that she should have dried herself off better after jumping into a river. |
| 95 | * DoNotTauntCthulhu: Yokoka challenges [[spoiler:Hurricane, ''a dragon'', to a fight]]. Yfa even tells her that messing with someone [[WeatherManipulation able to control the weather]] is a bad idea. |
| 96 | * DoubleTake: Raya [[TheGlomp glomps]] Yfa [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-21/ when she first meets him]], but then realizes Yfa wasn't the brother she was looking for. Cue the double take ([[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-23/ and second glomp]]) when she realizes that he's the brother who's been ''missing for two years''. |
| 97 | * DragonHoard: Fahrin has a hoard comprising of swords, jewels, skulls, various Earth technology (including [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-10-page-21/ a CRT television and Nintendo Switch]]), books, food, and other junk, all encircling her bed. If she wasn't a [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]], you'd probably just think she had a hoarding problem. |
| 98 | * DramaticThunder: The storm that Hurricane [[WeatherManipulation was controlling]], in the lead up to and during [[spoiler:Yokoka's fight against her. Thunder and lightning accompanied most of Hurricane's attacks]]. |
| 99 | * DreamWalker: Copycat was able to enter Mao's dream and converse with him, though Mao recognizes that he's an intruder, and [[GlamourFailure who he is from his eyes]]. Copycat implies that other people might either have accepted his appearance as being a regular part of their dream, or might have forgotten him after waking. |
| 100 | * DroolHello: After Mao has retreated from fighting small [[MixAndMatchCritter snake-centipedes]], the ''much'' larger [[BigCreepyCrawlies king centipede]] introduces itself by pouring [[PoisonIsCorrosive poisonous drool]] onto his shoulder from above. |
| 101 | * DudeLooksLikeALady: Yokoka says she thought the LonghairedPrettyBoy Azha [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-3-page-8/ was a girl]]. Grace mistakenly [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-5-page-54/ refers to Yfa as "her"]], though this may have been based on his voice. |
| 102 | * EasyAmnesia: The barrier around Betel's Forest, among other things, makes people forget about their life prior to entering the barrier. Different characters seem to recover their memories at different rates after leaving. |
| 103 | * ElementalNation: Each character (aside from Grace, as the TokenHuman coming from Earth) has allegiance to a particular elemental Clan. |
| 104 | * ElementalWeapon: Mao [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-9-page-2/ sets his whip aflame]], and [[LightningLash sends electricity through it]] to [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-2-page-37/ shock Yfa]] and [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-9-page-6/ Cadmium]]. |
| 105 | * EquipmentSpoiler: Yfa's feathers and Grace's lucky card deck appearing in their weapon slots on the status screens give indications of how they fight before this is ever shown in the comic itself. |
| 106 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Copycat gets his after Mao defeats the [[MixAndMatchCritter snake-centipedes]] he was [[PetMonstrosity raising as pets]], when Copycat's rants to Fahrin make it clear that he does what he wants regardless of the safety of others, and he has no qualms against killing people... unless they're {{pretty boy}}s, and Copycat [[VillainousCrush absolutely counts Mao as one]]. |
| 107 | * EternallyPearlyWhiteTeeth: Everyone, including [[{{Animorphism}} people in animal form]], and members of the Darkness clan (who are implied to [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-page-17/ eat carrion]] and [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-9-page-50/ other rotten foods]]), has clean white teeth. Actual animals, such as the [[MixAndMatchCritter snake-centipedes]], don't all have white teeth however. %% Not crosswicked as examples not listed on page |
| 108 | * ExpressiveEars: Yokoka in cat form is especially emotive, with her ears changing along with her expression almost every other panel. Many of the other animal characters follow suit to a lesser degree, as do Yokoka and Mao in their [[CatGirl cat person]] forms. |
| 109 | * ExtraEyes / EyesDoNotBelongThere: Copycat has a (sort of) GameFace, where he occasionally reveals additional glowing, stylized eyes, which float around him. It isn't clear whether these eyes are tangible or functional. |
| 110 | * EyesAlwaysShut: Vivi has his eyes shut the majority of the time but opens them for some expressions. Vidula has her eyes shut all the time. |
| 111 | * EyeMotifs: Copycat's ShapeshifterDefaultForm features eye FacialMarkings and clothing patterns, as well as a (sort of) GameFace, where he occasionally reveals [[ExtraEyes additional glowing, stylized eyes]], [[EyesDoNotBelongThere which float around him]]. The [[ThirdEye Dreams (Fortune)]] element also appears to share a similar motif, judging from [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-page-37/ the design]] on one of [[FortuneTeller Blinky's]] [[TarotTroubles tarot-like divination cards]] and [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-page-43/ the symbol shown]] when she was handling her CrystalBall (this is incidentally also one of Copycat's two elemental affinities). |
| 112 | * EyesOutOfSight: Kalliv's eyes aren't can't be seen beneath his hair while in demon form, though in [[{{Animorphism}} mouse form]] they're fully visible. When Copycat shapeshifts into Kalliv, he notes that [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-10-page-50/ his eyesight is awful]], even without any hair in the way, while also revealing to the readers what Kalliv's eyes would look like uncovered. |
| 113 | * FacialMarkings: Demon characters feature a variety of facial (and body) markings - it hasn't been made clear as to whether these are natural or tattoos. |
| 114 | * FairytaleWeddingDress: The [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-7-pages-50-51/ final page of chapter 7]] is the debut appearance of Blinky in her wedding dress, who together with her new husband Clyde, get a [[SplashPanel full two-page spread]] to show off the moment. It's a layered white dress with a veil and flowery hair ornament, all with glowing orbs running through them, made for her by the seamstress spirit Yin. |
| 115 | * {{Familiar}}: Misha is a [[TalkingAnimal talking]] cat who is Azha's familiar. According to Misha, in the Moon Clan, it's a familiar's job to carry their master's belongings (by keeping them in a [[{{Hammerspace}} "storage dimension"]]). Misha can also [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshift]] into a [[PantheraAwesome big saber-tooth cat]], allowing Azha [[SapientSteed to ride her]], though that may have nothing to do with being a familiar. When not doing any of the above, she mostly just [[PartiallyCivilizedAnimal acts like a pet]]. |
| 116 | * FantasyWorldMap: A map covering an area of Cisum that Yokoka's Quest takes place in was first included as an extra in the Yokoka's Quest printed book, and is also shown at the bottom of the [[https://yokokasquest.com/archive/ Archive page]]. |
| 117 | * FearlessFool: After Yokoka has finished her training in the underground village, she [[BloodKnight just wants to fight]], without regard for how dangerous her opponent may be. |
| 118 | * FeedItABomb: Mao casts a {{fireball|s}} while his arm is already [[AttackTheMouth inside the mouth]] of the [[BigCreepyCrawlies king centipede]], which then blows up inside it, but doesn't immediately kill it. |
| 119 | * FetchQuest: Yin asks Yokoka to deliver a letter to Yang. Yokoka and Yfa even refer to it as their "first quest". |
| 120 | * FiendishFish: Yokoka wrestles a giant [[MixAndMatchCritter koi-catfish]] in a river (between pages, though [[https://yokokasquest.com/q-and-a-1-2/ it was later depicted]] in [[FourthWallMailSlot a Q&A strip]]), which is then [[GiantFood cooked and eaten]] by the party. |
| 121 | * FindTheCure: Raya and Yfa have to find a mushroom which grows on the back of a frog, to make medicine for Yokoka. |
| 122 | * FingerSnapLighter: [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-page-48/ Mao does this]] to light a cigarette he was given by Grace, and [[SmokingIsNotCool immediately starts coughing ungraciously]]. |
| 123 | * {{Fireballs}}: Mao's primary use of magic in combat is to throw fireballs. He also [[IneffectualDeathThreats tries to scare Yin away with a fireball]] as a child. |
| 124 | * FireIsRed: Yang, has a red horn and wields fire magic (and runs a shop in a volcano). |
| 125 | * FireIceDuo: [[SiblingYinYang Yang and Yin]] respectively, though so far they've only been seen together or using their magic in bonus artworks (such as [[SideStoryBonusArt free/Patreon wallpapers]]). |
| 126 | * FlippingTheBird: Mao flips off Yokoka, with a CensorBox over his middle finger, in a [[FourthWallMailSlot Q&A strip]]. |
| 127 | * ForcedTransformation: The barrier around Betel's Forest, among other things, turns people into a beast form as they pass through it. Anyone who [[VoluntaryShapeshifting can normally shapeshift]] is also afflicted with ShapeshifterModeLock. |
| 128 | * ForgottenPhlebotinum: Yang [[ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest gives Yokoka some Lava Powder]], which is a medicine to cure fevers - she then forgets to use it when she gets a fever in the next chapter, and it is ruined [[note]](the inventory listing is updated to [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-status-screen/ Soggy Powder]])[[/note]] in a fight a few chapters later. |
| 129 | * FortuneTeller: Blinky uses a [[TarotTroubles deck of tarot-like divination cards]] to determine Yokoka's and Grace's elemental edges and flaws, a CrystalBall to determine their elemental affinities, and a MagicalIncantation to determine Yokoka's Clan allegiance. |
| 130 | * FourthWallMailSlot: The author has taken questions from the readers for three anniversary events, with a selection of them being included in Q&A strips featuring either the characters or the AuthorAvatar [[LettersToTheEditor giving the answers]]. |
| 131 | * TheFullNameAdventures: The name of the webcomic is Yokoka's Quest! |
| 132 | * FunnyAnimal: Yfa's siblings are nomadic animals who [[TalkingAnimal can talk]], wear [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal some clothes]] or [[AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal accessories]], stay in a furnished tent, own and presumably read books, make medicines, and so on. Yfa's family are later encountered living in an inn that the parents own and run. |
| 133 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: Yfa and Kalliv [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-page-47/ are playing hide-and-seek in the background]] while Grace is talking with Mao. Their conversation then becomes the background to [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-page-50/ Yfa catching Kalliv]] a few pages later. |
| 134 | * FunWithHomophones: Yfa mentions [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-1-page-8/ "the sea"]]. Yokoka doesn't know what this is, and thinks he's talking about "the see" (which she later misremembers as [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-1-page-15/ "the look"]] and [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-1-page-42/ "the sight"]]). The French version has her mistake [[https://www.webtoons.com/fr/challenge/la-qu%C3%AAte-de-yokoka/qy-chapitre-1-pages-6-11/viewer?title_no=552587&episode_no=3 "la mer"]] for the homophone "l'amer" [[note]]("the sea" for "the bitter")[[/note]], with the ensuing dialogue and illustrations [[{{Woolseyism}} adapted to fit]]. |
| 135 | * GambitPileup: Multiple parties appear to have plans which involve Yokoka, at a minimum Betel and Yokoka's mother (who isn't Betel). |
| 136 | * GameFace: Copycat has game ''facial features'' rather than a game ''face'' per se - he occasionally reveals [[ExtraEyes additional glowing, stylized eyes]], [[EyesDoNotBelongThere which float around him]]. He's shown these when being [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-5-page-24/ menacing]], [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-7-page-13/ irritated]], or when [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-7-page-37/ travelling through shadows]]. |
| 137 | * GeometricMagic: [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-38/ Kalliv and Mao find]] a [[SummonMagic summoning circle]] which Copycat had made, from which Kalliv infers that "something really strong" must have been summoned with it (the [[BigCreepyCrawlies king centipede]]). |
| 138 | * GirlsWithMoustaches: Lady Pachi has subtle chin stubble when introduced. She shaves it off for Clyde and Blinky's wedding, and as of her last appearance it hadn't regrown yet. |
| 139 | * GiveHimANormalLife: Yin suggests that Mao can go back to a normal life with his real mother and "leave all of this behind", after having lived most of his childhood under the protection of his apparent kidnapper Betelgeuse. He opts to work on breaking [[CursedWithAwesome his curse]] and finding Kalliv's home instead. |
| 140 | * GladiatorGames: Mao asks if there's a dedicated place to train in the [[SpartanWay Darkness Clan]], in order to grow strong enough to [[BecomeARealBoy break]] his [[CursedWithAwesome curse]], and Copycat tells him about an arena "[[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-page-45/ where you can fight to your heart's content]]". After a TimeSkip, the next chapter begins with him fighting a giant [[MixAndMatchCritter boar-goat]] in that arena. |
| 141 | * GlamourFailure: Copycat chooses to [[MorphicResonance retain his purple eyes]] when copying another person's appearance. Mao [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-5-page-20/ recognized who Copycat was]] from his purple eyes, and [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-5-page-42/ identified that someone wasn't Copycat]] (who Copycat [[VoluntaryShapeshifting had previously mimicked]]) from his lack of purple eyes. |
| 142 | * TheGlomp: The first panel that Raya appears in has her glomping Yfa. After a DoubleTake, she glomps him again two pages later. |
| 143 | * GorgeousGarmentGeneration: Copycat is [[VoluntaryShapeshifting able to shapeshift]] into different outfits, and Yfa also does this when he shapeshifts into a human. It is implied that this is a spirit bird ability; other characters [[{{Animorphism}} shapeshift]] into the [[{{Hammerspace}} clothes they were wearing]] when they were last in that form. |
| 144 | * GuestStarPartyMember: The high level Azha and his {{familiar}} Misha appear in [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-3-status-screen/ Yokoka's party's status screen]] even though they only travelled together for that single chapter. |
| 145 | * GuestStrip: The comic has had a number of guest strips, since moved to the [[https://yokokasquest.com/misc Extras page]] of the main site, presumably to not interrupt the flow of an ArchiveBinge. |
| 146 | * HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Yin covers her torso with a cape/poncho/shirt, and Raya covers her torso with a poncho, both leaving their legs uncovered. Yang covers his legs with pants, leaving his torso uncovered. [[SiblingYinYang Yin and Yang]] fittingly have a full outfit (sans shoes) between them. |
| 147 | * HalfHumanHybrid: Yokoka and Mao have one demon parent and one human parent [[note]](presumably a demon mother and human father, judging from the PointyEars being [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-71/ visible on the long-haired silhouette rather than the bearded silhouette]])[[/note]]. |
| 148 | * {{Hammerspace}}: Misha has access to a "storage dimension", and is shown keeping a bag and a small parcel there (the bag itself is presumably a normal bag and not a BagOfHolding. Suggested to be a common ability, by Misha stating that {{familiar}}s are expected to do use this to carry their master's belongings, and her presumption that Yfa can also do this (he can't). Clothing seems to also go into hammerspace during most [[{{Animorphism}} shapeshifting]]. |
| 149 | * HappilyAdopted: The barrier around Betel's Forest, among other things, makes people believe that Betelgeuse is their mother, and in turn that everyone else is their sibling. Combined with EasyAmnesia, most inhabitants end up living there with their new family in blissful ignorance. |
| 150 | * HealingPotion: Blinky [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-page-27/ pulls out a healing potion]] after Pinky and [[SquishyWizard Inky]] are [[OneHitKill knocked out in one blow]] at the start of the fight against two tunnel dwellers. |
| 151 | * HiddenElfVillage: Kagi states that [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-50/ he knows most locations in the Forest Clan]] but has never heard of the village in Betel's Forest. This is likely due to the magic of the barrier around it. |
| 152 | * HorrorHunger: Kalliv frequently worries that other people or creatures want to eat him in his mouse form. Justified, as some of them do. |
| 153 | * HospitalSurprise: After Yokoka [[spoiler:[[CurbStompBattle is beaten unconscious]] by Hurricane]], she [[WakingUpElsewhere wakes up in someone else's bed]], too [[spoiler:injured to leave it, with her wounds [[BandageMummy bandaged up]], and her torn and bloodied]] [[UndressingTheUnconscious clothes removed]]. |
| 154 | * HumansAreUgly: Copycat thinks Mao looks better with the cat ears from his curse, than he would as a human. |
| 155 | * IJustWantToBeNormal: Mao wants to be rid of his curse. As indicated by Copycat and Fahrin, this would mean losing his cat-like features and sharper instincts. |
| 156 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: After passing through Betel's barrier and losing his memories, Yfa tells Yokoka that he doesn't know where he is and he doesn't have any friends. While still lacking his memories, he then went on to make a lot of friends in the forest. |
| 157 | * IdentityAmnesia: The barrier around Betel's Forest, among other things, gives those who enter it EasyAmnesia. They forget who they were before, and think the other inhabitants [[HappilyAdopted are their family]]. Some characters also gain NameAmnesia as part of this [[note]](Betelgeuse and Yfa are examples of characters who specifically retained their names)[[/note]]. |
| 158 | * IdiotHero: Yokoka, the title character, is a kindhearted woman whose desire to help and befriend the people she meets is matched only by her desire to get into a good fight. She's also a complete moron who is likely to pick a fight with someone much more powerful than her, or start [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-11-page-33/ snacking on poisonous plants]] when warned not to touch anything. She's still alive mostly because she's incredibly lucky (and also immune to poison). |
| 159 | * ImagineSpot: Yokoka wonders how Yin knows Betel (a [[MegaNeko giant]] [[OurManticoresAreSpinier manticore]] who can't really move around without wrecking her forest), and [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-2-page-10/ mentally pictures a younger Betel]] as a bipedal, sword-and-shield-wielding, famous explorer (who is still a [[OurManticoresAreSpinier manticore]]). |
| 160 | * ImNotDoingThatAgain: Yfa is seen carrying Raya when he tells her "Never do that again", after she launches herself at a frog to retrieve a mushroom from its back. |
| 161 | * IneffectualDeathThreats: Mao as a child threatens to hurt Yin with a tiny {{fireball|s}} if she comes any closer. She appears unfazed. |
| 162 | * InnateNightVision: Lady Pachi's glowing moth antennae allow her to see in the dark, meaning she doesn't require the [[NightVisionGoggles earrings]] which the other underground village inhabitants [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-page-48/ use to see]]. |
| 163 | * InterspeciesAdoption: The inhabitants of Betel's Forest all believe that they are Betel's children, despite Betel being a manticore and the rest being a wide variety of different species. |
| 164 | * InterspeciesRomance: Humans and demons are able to produce HalfHumanHybrid offspring, such as Yokoka and Mao. Beasts and Spirits are able to produce hybrid offspring, such as Yfa and his siblings, though it hasn't quite been explained how that works. |
| 165 | * InvincibilityPowerUp: Mao instinctively used a skill when he thought he was about to die against the [[BigCreepyCrawlies king centipede]], which provided him a surge of adrenaline and allowed him to continue fighting for longer. %% Not crosswicked as only video game examples listed on page |
| 166 | * ItemCrafting: Pinky is a "[[AlchemyIsMagic weapon alchemist]]", and Inky is [[TheApprentice his apprentice]]. Mao's [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-page-1/ reason for visiting]] the underground village was to get Pinky to craft him a new whip, using materials obtained from the [[BigCreepyCrawlies king centipede]] he killed previously. While the actual weapon crafting happens between pages, it is [[SideStoryBonusArt depicted in a wallpaper]]. |
| 167 | * ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest: Subverted: Yang gives Yokoka some Lava Powder, which is a medicine to cure fevers - she then [[ForgottenPhlebotinum forgets to use it]] when she gets a fever in the next chapter, and it is ruined [[note]](the inventory listing is updated to [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-status-screen/ Soggy Powder]])[[/note]] in a fight a few chapters later. |
| 168 | * KidnappingBirdOfPrey: In Kalliv's flashback dream, while he's in mouse form he gets snatched away by a [[MixAndMatchCritter hawk-wolf]], and is only dropped because a [[AlwaysABiggerFish boar-mandrill]] attacks the [[MixAndMatchCritter hawk-wolf]]. |
| 169 | * LanguageBarrier: Each of the 12 elements has its own language associated with it, in addition to the humans who speak regular English. Different characters know and learn different languages, with some only able to speak and/or understand a particular language, without learning how to read/write it, leading to frequent language barriers. |
| 170 | * LargeAndInCharge: Betelgeuse is a giant manticore and in charge of the village in Betel's Forest. Fahrin can transform into a large bat dragon and is leader of the Darkness Clan. |
| 171 | * LeaveMeAlone: After teaching Grace a few phrases in Forest language, Mao tells her "[[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-page-52/ Never talk to me again, I don't owe you anything]]". When Mao realizes that [[DreamWalker Copycat had watched]] his [[TroubledBackstoryFlashback entire dream flashback]], he walks away and tells Copycat and Kalliv "[[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-9-page-57/ Leave me alone]]". |
| 172 | * LessonsInSophistication: Grace dresses up Yokoka for Clyde and Blinky's wedding, as Yokoka has no idea how to dress for a wedding, what a wedding even is, or even basic grooming skills like how to brush her hair. |
| 173 | * LettersToTheEditor: The author has taken questions from the readers for two anniversary events. The answers to these were made into Q&A strips, with either [[FourthWallMailSlot the characters]] or the AuthorAvatar giving the answers. |
| 174 | * LifeMeter: A Life Meter and ManaMeter are shown for each character in Yokoka's and Mao's parties on RPG-style status screens between chapters. |
| 175 | * LightGirlDarkBoy: Yokoka has light skin, yellow eyes, and her hair is white with pink streaks, while her twin brother Mao has more tanned skin, brown eyes, and his hair is brown with black streaks. [[ForcedTransformation Their cat forms]] also [[PaleFemalesDarkMales have a similar colour scheme]]. A [[FourthWallMailSlot Q&A strip]] explains the colour differences as Yokoka having [[https://yokokasquest.com/qna1/ a type of albinism]]. |
| 176 | * LightningLash: Mao sends lightning coursing down his whip to [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-2-page-37/ shock Yfa]] and [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-9-page-6/ Cadmium]] in battle. |
| 177 | * LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: The world of Cisum is populated with humans, demons (ranging from resembling [[PointyEars pointy-eared humans]] to full-on [[BeastMan beast people]]), people with [[LittleBitBeastly animal features]] (both naturally and [[CursedWithAwesome due to curses]]), people who [[VoluntaryShapeshifting can shapeshift]] [[{{Animorphism}} into animals]] and [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]] and such, [[TalkingAnimal animals who can talk]] (ranging from [[PartiallyCivilizedAnimal otherwise regular animals]] to [[FunnyAnimal acting like people]]), animals who can't talk (both real and [[MixAndMatchCritter fictional]]), spirits born from emotions, and mixes of many of the above. |
| 178 | * LintValue: When Kalliv reveals a single coin and tries to buy fruit from a market stall with it. The AltText a few pages later indicates that he failed to buy anything. |
| 179 | * LittleBitBeastly: Demons can range from just having AnimalEyes and PointyEars, to being a Little Bit Beastly, to full-on BeastMan. |
| 180 | * LonghairedPrettyBoy: Azha, who Yokoka [[DudeLooksLikeALady mistakes for a girl]], and Copycat's initial form, who Mao correctly identifies as "he". |
| 181 | * LuminescentBlush: Yokoka, Mao, and Azha feature this at times. |
| 182 | * MagicKnight: Mao fights with a whip and dagger, and also by throwing {{fireballs}} and lightning. |
| 183 | * MagicalIncantation: Many spells require an incantation in the language corresponding to its element. Both Yokoka and Yfa have been shown to struggle with learning spells due to [[LanguageBarrier not knowing certain languages]]. |
| 184 | -->'''Yin:''' [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-page-22/ You don't need to know what it means. If you learn the words, you can also use the spell.]] |
| 185 | * {{Mana}}: When fighting the [[BigCreepyCrawlies king centipede]], Mao mentions only being able to cast one or two more {{fireballs}}, and Kalliv mentions only having one shot at his [[TentacleRope vine spell]]. At the end of each chapter is an RPG-style status screen which shows the [[ManaMeter MP gauges]] of Yokoka's and Mao's parties, giving a visual representation of their capacity to use magic. Yfa describes being able to [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshift]] in exchange for some "[[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-5/ energy]]", suggesting this is the everyday term for the concept on Cisum. |
| 186 | * ManaMeter: A LifeMeter and Mana Meter are shown for each character in Yokoka's and Mao's parties on RPG-style status screens between chapters. |
| 187 | * ManlyTears: Pinky cries at Clyde and Blinky's wedding. |
| 188 | * TheMarvelousDeer: The Forest Goddess, Methuselah, [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-page-4/ is depicted as a deer when Kalliv talks about her]]. |
| 189 | * MegaNeko: Betelgeuse is a [[OurManticoresAreSpinier manticore with a feline body]], who is so large that she never leaves her cave to avoid accidentally demolishing her village. |
| 190 | * TheMissingFaction: Each element has its own Clan associated with it, with the possible exception of the Dreams Clan, which is said to only exist in myths and legends. %% Not crosswicked (info from Discord pin rather than in comic) |
| 191 | * MistakenForDyed: Grace questions Yokoka, "[[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-7-page-44/ Your hair is such a nice colour, is that natural?]]". Yokoka [[IdiotHero doesn't understand the question]], as she's presumably unaware of hair dye. |
| 192 | * MistakenFromBehind: Mao [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-5-page-41/ mistakes another person for Copycat]] (justifiably, as it was a person who Copycat [[VoluntaryShapeshifting had previously mimicked]]), but realizes his mistake when he sees that they don't have Copycat's [[GlamourFailure purple eyes]]. |
| 193 | * MixAndMatchCritter: A lot of the critters and creatures are a mix of two things: snake-centipede, mushroom-frog, hawk-wolf, red panda-sloth, to name a few. |
| 194 | * MorningRoutine: Grace [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-5-page-5/ is introduced with her morning routine]]: Her phone alarm going off ([[NotAMorningPerson possibly for the 5th time]]), begrudgingly getting up, having a shower, [[MustHaveCaffeine drinking a coffee]], getting dressed, and applying makeup. The first hint that she's not your average girl is the [[StringTheory conspiracy board]] in the background as she's leaving the house. |
| 195 | * MorphicResonance: Copycat can copy the appearance, [[PowerCopying abilities, and languages]] of another person, but chooses to retain his purple eyes. Mao has [[GlamourFailure used this to identify him and distinguish him]] from who he's previously copied. |
| 196 | * MorphWeapon: Yokoka and Mao wear [[ClothingCombat ribbons which they can transform into weapons]] at will in the earlier chapters. Yokoka changes hers into a sword, and Mao changes his into both a [[WhipSword whip and a dagger]]. |
| 197 | * TheMothman: In response to Grace talking about Cisum, her friend says "[[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-5-page-12/ Just last month you were going on about Mothman or whatever]]", and her other friend classes them both as fairy tales. But as Cisum turned out to be real... |
| 198 | * MultipleTailedBeast: Valyn is a five-tailed lion chimera beast, and Vivi is a two-tailed [[MixAndMatchCritter Scottish Fold/puppy]] beast. |
| 199 | * MustHaveCaffeine: Grace requires a coffee [[NotAMorningPerson when waking up]], and stops at Starbucks for another, before arriving at school. She's also heartbroken to discover that Cisum doesn't have coffee (but later finds out that it does, and Yokoka just had no idea what coffee was). |
| 200 | * NameAmnesia: The barrier around Betel's Forest, among other things, gives those who enter it EasyAmnesia. They seem to gain differing levels of IdentityAmnesia: Mao is shown to have forgot his own name, as well as Yokoka's and Valyn's names; Yokoka seems oblivious to even having a previous name; Betelgeuse and Yfa remembered their names while inside the barrier (other characters outside the barrier who knew them used the same names). |
| 201 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Fahrin [[NamesToRunAwayFrom/ThePerson the Reaper]], the feared and respected leader of the Darkness Clan. [[NamesToRunAwayFrom/{{Nouns}} Hurricane]], a dragon capable of WeatherManipulation. |
| 202 | * NamesToTrustImmediately: Raya means 'friend' in Hebrew, and Tomo means 'friend' in Japanese. |
| 203 | * TheNapoleon: Azha is teased about his height by his {{familiar}}, Misha, and more rudely called out as being short by Yokoka: |
| 204 | -->'''Yokoka:''' [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-3-page-8/ Why are you so tiny and your hair is long and I thought you were a girl-]] |
| 205 | * NiceGuy: Yfa and Grace in particular have been shown to always be nice, and never even playfully be mean to others. |
| 206 | * NightVisionGoggles: Grace, Clyde, Blinky, and Inky wear earrings which [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-page-48/ allow them to see in the darkness]] of the underground village, and Pinky also wears these when not wearing his monocle (implying that his monocle also serves this function). Yokoka, Mao, and Yin [[BoringButPractical know a spell]] which lets them see in the dark. |
| 207 | * NonHumansLackAttributes: Critters with fur have no attributes to show (the comic is for all ages). |
| 208 | * NonHumanSidekick: Yfa acts as the animal sidekick to Yokoka a lot of the time, though he's fully capable of acting independently of her too. |
| 209 | * NotAGame: After Yokoka witnesses Lady Pachi lead a team to defeat a tunnel dweller: |
| 210 | -->'''Yokoka:''' [[TookALevelInBadass Please teach me to be this badass!]] I wanna kick butt just like you did!\ |
| 211 | '''Lady Pachi:''' [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-page-17/ What do you think this is, a game?]] |
| 212 | * NotAMorningPerson: Grace is a [[ClintSquint squinting]], [[MessyHair bed-headed]] mess after waking up, and even after [[MustHaveCaffeine having her first coffee]] and [[MorningRoutine a shower]] she continues yawning until she's had her second - she even [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-5-page-6/ sleeps in a "Not a Morning Person" t-shirt]]. Misha is also very much [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-9-page-33/ Not a Morning Cat]]. |
| 213 | * OcularGushers: Kalliv cries massive tears on numerous occasions, including [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-5-page-50/ when reuniting with Mao, after believing he'd been abandoned]], [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-page-7/ after waking up from a nightmare about being abducted and almost eaten]], and [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-12-page-25/ upon learning he'd been deliberately fed spoiled food the past few months]]. Raya similarly gushes [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-75/ when telling her recovering amnesiac brother not to forget her again]] as he prepares to depart. |
| 214 | * OddShapedPanel: Every two-page spread features at least one borderless panel [[note]](this is a lot more apparent in book form than when viewing only one page at a time online)[[/note]]. The exception to this is when Yokoka is [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-1-page-66/ passing through Betel's barrier]], to represent that she is [[VisualPun literally inside a border]]. |
| 215 | * OhMyGods: Yokoka exclaims "[[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-2-page-26/ Oh my goddess!]]"; given [[AmnesiacHero her amnesia]] it's possible she can't remember her goddess's name, though Mao [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-31/ uses it later]] (but less emphatically). Another example includes Kagi's "[[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-24/ Where in Methuselah's name have you been?]]". |
| 216 | * OneHitKill: Pinky and [[SquishyWizard Inky]] both get knocked out in one blow at the [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-page-27/ start of the fight against two tunnel dwellers]], requiring Blinky to revive them with a HealingPotion. |
| 217 | * OnlyAFleshWound: Mao's right wrist gets bitten by a [[MixAndMatchCritter snake-centipede]], though it's not clear how deep it pierced his flesh. He continues using that hand [[PlayingWithFire to throw]] {{fireballs}} and [[TheBait Kalliv]] without difficulty later in that same fight. |
| 218 | * OnlyOneName: Most characters have only ever used one name (Grace's bio being the exception), though a few have titles such as "[[StellarName of Eridanus]]" or "[[NamesToRunAwayFrom/ThePerson the Reaper]]". |
| 219 | * OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Grace is an ordinary (aside from being a conspiracy theorist) student at the University of Las Vegas before she travels to Cisum. |
| 220 | * OurDemonsAreDifferent: The people of Cisum were first called "demons" by the humans who wandered in, and the name stuck. There's nothing traditionally demonic about them. |
| 221 | * OurDragonsAreDifferent: Fahrin is a bat-like dragon. Hurricane is an eastern-style dragon. Betelgeuse is a somewhat dragon-like [[OurManticoresAreSpinier manticore]]. And all of them are people who [[VoluntaryShapeshifting change into these as their beast forms]]. |
| 222 | * OurManticoresAreSpinier: Betelgeuse is a manticore with a [[CatlikeDragons feline body, draconic wings]], ram horns, a scorpion tail, and a forked tongue. She's also [[MegaNeko so large]] that she never leaves her cave to avoid accidentally demolishing her village, and [[ForcedTransformation her usual form is that of a person]]. |
| 223 | * OurSpiritsAreDifferent: In the world of Cisum, spirits come in a variety of forms: |
| 224 | ** Spirit: [[SiblingYinYang Yin, Yang]], and the four members of the Poker Gang are all spirits. Yin and Yang appear to live relatively normal lives, despite being spirits, as a seamstress and merchant respectively. Yfa could feel that a spirit was "[[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-7-page-30/ still deciding what it wants to be]]" within Grace's [[PlayingCardMotifs lucky deck]], and later they would "[[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-page-51/ need the final touch]]", for Grace "[[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-page-52/ to call out to them]]", before the Poker Gang would be born. Grace then [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-page-56/ forms a pact]] with the Poker Gang, making her [[SummonMagic their summoner]]. Blinky [[LaymansTerms explains]] that "[[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-7-page-22/ emotions, intent, mixed with the energy of the planet [are] what the spirits feed off of]]". Spirits [[TheAgeless have no age]]. |
| 225 | ** Spirit bird: Copycat, Kagi, and Yfa's father are spirit birds. Mao refers to Copycat as "[[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-7-page-12/ some kind of lesser spirit]]". Kagi was previously only part bird [[note]](as shown in an [[EmbarrassingOldPhoto old photo]] and more clearly in a SideStoryBonusArt wallpaper)[[/note]] but became "[[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-71/ a full bird]]" by the time the story takes place. Spirit birds are noted to be [[VoluntaryShapeshifting able to shapeshift]] into [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-5/ anything they can imagine]]. There are also birds who aren't spirits, such as Chirpy. |
| 226 | ** Beast/Spirit: Yfa, Raya, and Tomo are all beast/spirits, sharing [[InterspeciesRomance a beast mother and a spirit bird father]]. Yfa is [[VoluntaryShapeshifting able to shapeshift]] into [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-5/ anything he can imagine]] due to being part spirit bird. It's not been shown whether other mixes exist, such as human/spirit or demon/spirit. |
| 227 | ** Tunnel dweller: Three tunnel dwellers, resembling a mole, axolotl, and pangolin, [[BadVibrations caused tremors]] around the underground village, before emerging and being fought on two occasions. After being beaten and bound in [[WhiteMagic chains of light]], Blinky [[BanishingRitual banishes them with a spell]]; its [[MagicalIncantation incantation]] implies [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-page-14/ they're angry spirits being sent back where they belong]], which Yokoka later describes as "[[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-page-33/ back to the]] SpiritWorld [[UnreliableExpositor or whatever]]". Yin [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-page-19/ also refers to them as beasts]]. |
| 228 | * PaintingTheMedium: Each spoken language, [[ColorCodedElements associated with a particular element]], has its own speech bubble and font style and colour, [[TranslationConvention to make them easily distinguishable]]. Of particular note, Dream language [[TechnicolorMagic is purple]]. |
| 229 | * PajamaCladHero: After leaving Betel's Forest, Yokoka is given starry pajamas by Yin, which she wears from chapters 2-6, until she's starts training in the underground village and is given a martial arts uniform to [[SignificantWardrobeShift wear instead]]. |
| 230 | * PaleFemalesDarkMales: Yokoka's cat form has white fur with pink stripes, and yellow eyes, while her twin brother Mao has brown fur with darker stripes, and red eyes. Their humanoid forms [[LightGirlDarkBoy have a similar colour scheme]]. A [[FourthWallMailSlot Q&A strip]] explains the colour differences as Yokoka having [[https://yokokasquest.com/qna1/ a type of albinism]]. |
| 231 | * PaletteSwap: Mao and Yokoka are basically palette-swaps of each other in cat form, and would be this normally if not for hair length and clothing differences. A [[FourthWallMailSlot Q&A strip]] explains the colour differences as Yokoka having a type of albinism. |
| 232 | * PantheraAwesome: Misha [[VoluntaryShapeshifting can shapeshift]] into a big saber-tooth cat, large enough for Azha [[SapientSteed to ride as a mount]]. |
| 233 | * PartiallyCivilizedAnimal: Misha is a [[TalkingAnimal talking]] cat who is Azha's {{familiar}}. Aside from using magic to access a [[{{Hammerspace}} "storage dimension"]] and [[VoluntaryShapeshifting to shapeshift]] into a [[PantheraAwesome big saber-tooth cat]], this seems functionally the same as being a pet. Azha even [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-9-page-40/ dresses her]] in the [[AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal cape and bow she wears]], as she presumably can't dress herself. |
| 234 | * PeltsOfTheBarbarian: Hurricane's fur cape. |
| 235 | * PetDressUp: Azha is [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-9-page-40/ shown dressing up]] his cat {{familiar}} Misha, in [[AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal a cape and bow]] which [[CoordinatedClothes matches his own outfit]]. Yfa also had to [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-1-page-59/ tie Yokoka's ribbon to her foreleg]], as she couldn't do this herself while [[ForcedTransformation in cat form]]. |
| 236 | * PetMonstrosity: Copycat was raising the [[PoisonIsCorrosive venomous]] [[MixAndMatchCritter snake-centipedes]] and the [[BigCreepyCrawlies much larger king centipede]] as pets, without regard to the safety of the villagers living nearby, until Mao defeated them. |
| 237 | * PinkMeansFeminine: Subverted: Yokoka has pink streaks in her fur/hair, but she rarely acts feminine. |
| 238 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: Yfa, despite his small size, is able to pick up [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-2-page-11/ heavy objects]] and [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-2-page-25/ Yokoka]] with ease. His high strength is also shown on his stats page. |
| 239 | * PlayingCardMotifs: This is a frequently recurring theme for Grace: |
| 240 | ** She [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-5-cover/ worked as a croupier]] at a [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-5-page-4/ Las Vegas]] casino. |
| 241 | ** She wears [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-5-cover/ earrings featuring all four card suits]] with her croupier outfit, is given conveniently [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-7-page-18/ diamond-shaped earrings]] which [[NightVisionGoggles let her see in the dark]], and also has [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-page-49/ diamond suit earrings]]. |
| 242 | ** Her [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-5-page-5/ phone case]] features the four card suits on the back. |
| 243 | ** The [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-5-pages-36-37/ mirror path]] she went through features the four card suits in the background. |
| 244 | ** She brought her [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-7-page-20/ lucky deck of cards]] to Cisum, which her [[SummonMagic spirits]], [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-9-page-67/ the Poker Gang]], were born from. |
| 245 | ** The Poker Gang are each based on, and [[BilingualBonus named after]], a particular card suit. |
| 246 | ** The [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-page-59/ visual effects of the Poker Gang's teleportation magic]] features all four card suits. |
| 247 | ** Grace and the Poker Gang are [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-9-page-65/ playing a card game together]] around Yokoka's bed when [[HospitalSurprise she briefly wakes up under Grace's care]]. |
| 248 | * PlayingWithFire: Mao's primary use of magic in combat is to throw {{fireballs}}, and in chapter 9 he also [[ElementalWeapon sets his whip aflame]]. He also [[IneffectualDeathThreats tries to scare Yin away]] with a {{fireball|s}} as a child. |
| 249 | * PointyEars: Demons, including the half-demon Yokoka and Mao, have pointy ears. |
| 250 | * PoisonIsCorrosive: Mao's ribbon weapon [[MorphWeapon in the form of a dagger]] [[WreckedWeapon is dissolved]] by a [[MixAndMatchCritter snake-centipede's]] poison, and their poison blackens anything it makes contact with, including Mao's clothes, his skin, and the ground. |
| 251 | * PokeThePoodle: Copycat first [[DreamWalker enters Mao's dream]] in order to get revenge on him for killing his [[MixAndMatchCritter snake-centipede]] pets, but ends up doing little more than [[StalkerWithACrush stalking him]] (and providing advice, helping Mao break his curse, protecting Kalliv, etc). |
| 252 | * PowerCopying: Copycat can copy another person's [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-9-page-11/ languages, abilities, and appearance]] - though the appearance is mirrored, and he typically chooses to [[MorphicResonance retain his purple eyes]]. He [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-88/ only turns into pretty boys]] however, even if he thinks they're weak. |
| 253 | * PrefersGoingBarefoot: Yokoka says in the first [[FourthWallMailSlot Q&A strip]] that she goes barefoot because she was never given any shoes, but she likes walking barefoot anyway. |
| 254 | * ProneToTears: Kalliv cries a lot, sometimes OcularGushers. |
| 255 | * PunchedAcrossTheRoom: Yokoka gets sent flying [[spoiler:by Hurricane]]. She just gets back up and charges into the fight again. |
| 256 | * PuppyDogEyes: Raya sports these together with [[BlushSticker blush stickers]] to maximize her [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter cuteness]], [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-41/ when convincing Kagi and Yfa to let her go and look for a mushroom with Yfa]]. Grace also develops these in reaction to [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-11-page-25/ seeing Raya for the first time]]. |
| 257 | * TheQuest: Presumably Yokoka has one, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin judging from the webcomic title]], but it's not revealed what the quest is yet (unless it was the FetchQuest started in chapter 2 and resolved by chapter 3). |
| 258 | * RatStomp: Subverted; Mao takes on a quest to drive out 'some kind of vermin', but the vermin in question turn out to be giant poisonous [[MixAndMatchCritter snake-centipedes]], rather than the rats he was expecting. |
| 259 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Mao gets scary [[BlackEyesOfCrazy black sclerae]] with red irises at [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-2-page-33/ the start of his fight]] [[CainAndAbel with Yokoka]]. |
| 260 | * RedOniBlueOni: [[SiblingYinYang Yang and Yin]] respectively. Yang is lively, restless, happy to interact with his customers, and has a red horn and eyes. Yin is lazy, calm, likes to plan things out, and has blue horns and eyes. |
| 261 | * ResidualSelfImage: When Copycat enters Mao's dream, Mao is wearing a recently acquired set of clothes that Copycat hadn't seen before, and that Mao wasn't currently wearing (as he's asleep in his nightwear). He also appears as a [[CatGirl cat boy]], despite hating his aspect of his appearance and wanting to revert to being human. |
| 262 | * {{Retcon}}: The prologue and chapters 1-3 were retouched prior to being printed in book form, with some of the changes essentially being retcons. These are mostly inconsequential, such as Yokoka and Yfa's home going from an empty room to being furnished with a rug, pillows, and a pile of feathers that Yfa sleeps on. |
| 263 | * RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Raya is a cute furry CheerfulChild who especially fits this label to a tee. She [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-41/ cutely pleads]] with PuppyDogEyes and BlushStickers to Kagi and Yfa to let her go and look for a mushroom with Yfa. Grace reacts to Raya's cuteness [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-11-page-25/ when seeing her for the first time]] with her own PuppyDogEyes. |
| 264 | * SapientSteed: While Misha is normally just a small [[TalkingAnimal talking]] cat, she can [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshift]] into a [[PantheraAwesome big saber-tooth cat]], allowing Azha to ride her. |
| 265 | * SayingTooMuch: Yin, mostly talking to herself, speculates out loud on inconsistencies relating to Yokoka's name, Yokoka's mother, Betelgeuse, and Betel's Village. The trope is mostly subverted, as while Yfa picks up on bits of it [[note]](such as Betel probably not being Yokoka's mother)[[/note]], Yokoka seems oblivious to what was said or any of its implications. |
| 266 | * ScarfOfAsskicking: Mao gains a scarf as part of [[SignificantWardrobeShift his chapter 9 outfit]], which he wears while fighting a giant [[MixAndMatchCritter boar-goat]] in [[GladiatorGames an arena]]. |
| 267 | * ScaryShinyGlasses: Grace's glasses [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-9-page-66/ flash entirely white for a frame]] as she begins geeking out while introducing to [[SummonMagic her spirits]], the Poker Gang, to Yokoka. |
| 268 | * SceneryCensor: Yfa manages to conveniently place himself between Yokoka's chest and the reader when [[UndressingTheUnconscious she wakes up naked]] [[WakingUpElsewhere in Yin's house]]. This continues across multiple pages until Yin gives her some clothes to wear. |
| 269 | * SceneryPorn: The backgrounds generally look great anyway, but this is especially the case for the [[SplashPanel splash panels which cover their entire two-page spreads]], featuring [[SilentSceneryPanel mainly scenery with minimal dialogue or action]]. Some examples: [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-1-pages-28-29/ (1)]] [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-cover/ (2)]] [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-page-2/ (3)]]. |
| 270 | * SdrawkcabName: The world is named Cisum, which is music backwards. |
| 271 | * SetAMookToKillAMook: Mao happens to position himself such that the [[BigCreepyCrawlies king centipede]] attacking him bites and kills a smaller [[MixAndMatchCritter snake-centipede]]. |
| 272 | * ShadowWalker: Copycat is able to disappear into and appear from the shadows, and [[{{Invisibility}} invisibly]] [[StalkerWithACrush spy on Mao]] from them. He can also travel between shadows, including travelling to and from the Darkness Clan, and was able to take Mao and Kalliv along with him while doing so. |
| 273 | * ShapeshifterDefaultForm: Copycat usually copies other people's appearances [[PowerCopying and powers]], but has a form that he describes as having his actual face, though his ''true'' form presumably resembles a regular vulture. |
| 274 | -->'''Copycat:''' [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-9-page-12/ What! How rude! I'll have you know that was my actual face, I came up with it myself!]] |
| 275 | * ShapeshifterModeLock: Anyone who enters Betel's Forest is [[ForcedTransformation turned into a beast form]], and those who [[VoluntaryShapeshifting can normally shapeshift]] are unable to revert while remaining there. Kalliv couldn't revert until chapter 3, despite leaving the forest in chapter 2. |
| 276 | * ShirtlessScene: [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-5-page-25/ Mao]] and [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-5-page-40/ Kalliv]] both get a shirtless appearance, though justifiably, as they were in bed. |
| 277 | * ShouldersUpNudity: Yokoka's [[ToplessnessFromTheBack back is shown]] while she's undressing for a bath, followed by her knees and shoulders being visible above the water line [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-page-57/ once she's in the bath]]. |
| 278 | * ShoutOutThemeNaming: Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde, are named after the four ghosts in ''VideoGame/{{Pacman}}'', the first three of which are also [[AlphabeticalThemeNaming rhyming names]]. Lady '''Pac'''hi also more subtly fits the '''Pac'''man theme. |
| 279 | * SiblingYinYang: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The siblings Yin and Yang]] are opposites in terms of [[RedOniBlueOni personalities]], [[FireIceDuo elemental magic]], and colour schemes. |
| 280 | * SickEpisode: Yokoka has a fever through chapter 4, so she has a lesser role while Yfa takes the lead in trying to FindTheCure together with his sister Raya. |
| 281 | * SideStoryBonusArt: Bonus wallpapers are available to [[https://ko-fi.com/clefdesoll Ko-fi]]/[[http://patreon.com/clefdesoll Patreon supporters]], and are later made available for free in the [[https://ko-fi.com/clefdesoll/shop Ko-fi store]]. As well as general bonus art, these include less canon elements such as the characters wearing [[HomemadeSweaterFromHell Christmas sweaters]] or characters as ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' trainers. |
| 282 | * SignificantWardrobeShift: Yokoka switches from wearing [[PajamaCladHero starry pajamas]] to wearing a martial arts uniform after she begins training in the underground village. Mao changes from one casual outfit to another after his first set is [[PoisonIsCorrosive ruined]] fighting [[MixAndMatchCritter snake-centipedes]], and more significantly changes outfit again (gaining a ScarfOfAsskicking) once he starts fighting in the [[SpartanWay Darkness Clan's]] [[GladiatorGames arena]]. |
| 283 | * SilentSceneryPanel: Silent scenery panels are occasionally used to indicate characters travelling or entering a new area. Many of these are [[SplashPanel splash panels which cover their entire two-page spreads]], and often double as SceneryPorn. Some examples: [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-1-pages-46-47/ (1)]] [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-3-pages-38-39/ (2)]] [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-pages-8-9/ (3)]]. |
| 284 | * SlasherSmile: Hurricane wears a wide, sharp-toothed grin [[spoiler:as she's mauling Yokoka]]. |
| 285 | * SmokingIsNotCool: Grace gives Mao a pack of cigarettes. After [[FingerSnapLighter lighting one up]], he [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-page-48/ immediately looks disgusted and starts coughing]]. |
| 286 | * SniffSniffNom: Yokoka sniffs and licks mud off her hand in a [[FourthWallMailSlot Q&A strip]], thinking it might be chocolate. She then does exactly the same ''again'' with the mud on her other hand. |
| 287 | * SolarAndLunar: There are Sun and Moon Clans, elements, and languages. The Moon Clan has featured prominently in the story, with the Sun Clan having far less representation so far. |
| 288 | * TheSpartanWay: The Darkness Clan is a dangerous place, for both its inhabitants and outsiders, best described by its leader in the below quote: |
| 289 | -->'''Fahrin [[NamesToRunAwayFrom/ThePerson the Reaper]]:''' [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-page-43/ But if you're looking to get stronger, this is the best place. No one's gonna go easy on you, and if you don't have what it takes to survive, no one will hesitate to kill you either.]] |
| 290 | * SpeechImpairedAnimal: Tomo is a small critter who is mute. He still has speech bubbles ([[TranslationConvention in forest language colours!]]), which have so far contained either a circle of dashes, or an exclamation mark. |
| 291 | * SplashPanel: Each chapter has a splash panel as its cover page, and there are further splash panels beyond those. These splash panels cover their entire two-page spreads [[note]](when reading online, these spreads are shown in full at double the width of a regular page, rather than as individual pages)[[/note]], and often feature [[SilentSceneryPanel little or no dialogue]] and [[SceneryPorn particularly detailed scenery]]. Chapter cover examples: [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-1-cover/ (1)]] [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-cover/ (2)]] [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-7-cover/ (3)]]. Non-cover examples: [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-0-pages-8-9/ (1)]] [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-3-pages-42-43/ (2)]] [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-7-pages-50-51/ (3)]]. |
| 292 | * SpockSpeak: Moon language is typically spoken without any contractions, though they may be used if the speaker is too emotional to speak formally (unnamed woman chasing Betelgeuse in the prologue), is an idiot (Yokoka), or doesn't care enough (Fahrin). The longest dialogue is between Azha and Misha in chapter 9, and shows how stiff the language can be when spoken correctly without contractions: |
| 293 | -->'''Misha:''' [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-9-page-34/ You do not know the meaning of that word. This is supposed to be a vacation, is it not. You have not taken a single break.]] |
| 294 | * SpoofAesop: When Mao justifies the extermination of creatures he originally intended to only drive out: |
| 295 | -->'''Mao:''' [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-63/ So much for trying not to kill them... but I guess... they almost got me, so... it's fair.]] |
| 296 | * SproutingEars: Mao's [[CursedWithAwesome curse]] makes him a [[CatGirl catboy]] for the first 8 chapters, but after some work towards undoing that curse, he now only has his cat ears and tail pop out when he gets emotional. |
| 297 | * SquishyWizard: Inky gets [[OneHitKill knocked out in one blow]] at the [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-page-27/ start of the fight against two tunnel dwellers]] (though so does Pinky). |
| 298 | * StalkerWithACrush: Copycat takes a liking to Mao, and often [[{{Invisibility}} invisibly]] follows him around [[ShadowWalker in his shadow]] and [[DreamWalker in his dreams]]. |
| 299 | * StellarName: Betelgeuse (of Orion) and Meissa [[note]](Mao's [[NameAmnesia pre-amnesia name]])[[/note]] are both stars in the Orion constellation. Azha (of Eridanus), and [[https://yokokasquest.com/q-and-a-2-2/ his sisters Theemin and Rana]], are stars in the Eridanus constellation. The goddess Polaris is named after the North Star, and [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-79/ Vega]] is also named after a star. |
| 300 | * StringTheory: Grace has a conspiracy board, complete with red strings, [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-5-page-7/ in her home]]. Judging from [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-5-page-12/ her friend's mention]] of her "going on about [[TheMothman Mothman]] or whatever", Grace probably has an interest in multiple conspiracies, so the board may or may not relate to her Cisum theories. |
| 301 | * StumbledIntoThePlot: Grace wanders into a basement, which just happens to contain the mirror path, the focus of her conspiracy, and route into Cisum. |
| 302 | * SummonMagic: The [[BigCreepyCrawlies king centipede]] that Mao fought was summoned from the Darkness Clan with a [[GeometricMagic summoning circle]]. Grace forms a pact with spirits born from her lucky deck, and has summoned them to teleport her and Yokoka away from a battle, to heal Yokoka, and to play poker with. |
| 303 | * TechnicolorMagic: Anything associated with the [[ColorCodedElements Dream element tends to be purple]], including the [[PaintingTheMedium speech bubbles and font]] for Dream language, spell effects, dreamscape backgrounds, and [[ElementalEyeColors Copycat's eyes]]. |
| 304 | * TarotTroubles: [[FortuneTeller Blinky]] uses a deck of tarot-like divination cards to determine Yokoka's and Grace's elemental edges and flaws. Each card in the deck represents one of Cisum's 12 elements or 12 sub-elements, and is filled with aura of its respective element. |
| 305 | * TechnicallyNakedShapeshifter: Spirit birds are able to [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-7-page-12/ transform freely]], which includes being able to shapeshift into different outfits, while other characters who [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshift]] wear actual clothes and change into them normally. Yfa doesn't wear anything in his base form, but shapeshifted into a [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-2-page-5/ fully-clothed human]]. Copycat's base form hasn't been shown, but being a bird is presumably naked, and has shapeshifted into many different forms and outfits. |
| 306 | * TalkingAnimal: Most residents of Betel's Forest appear to be regular animals who can talk, though it's possible that some are only animals [[ForcedTransformation due to the barrier's magic]]. Elsewhere, the [[MixAndMatchCritter slug-otters]] bullying Tomo spoke Forest language but didn't show human-like behaviour beyond that. There are also [[CivilizedAnimal civilized]] and [[FunnyAnimal funny]] talking animals, such as Yfa's family and Misha. |
| 307 | * TentacleRope: Kalliv [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-61/ casts a spell]] to bind the [[BigCreepyCrawlies king centipede]] with [[VineTentacles magic vines]], allowing Mao a clear shot to cast the {{fireball|s}} which killed it. |
| 308 | * ThatCloudLooksLike: While Yokoka and Yfa are lying on the grass to relax, Yfa [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-5-page-2/ points out a heart-shaped and a person-shaped cloud]]. |
| 309 | * ThemeTwinNaming: [[SiblingYinYang Yin and Yang]] are twins, named after the concepts of yin and yang. The Poker Gang are quadruplets, named after their respective [[PlayingCardMotifs card suits]] [[BilingualBonus in French]]. While we don't know Yokoka's [[NameAmnesia pre-amnesia name]], judging from the Moon Clan's pattern of [[StellarName naming after stars]], it's likely that she's named after a star in the Orion constellation like her twin brother Mao (Meissa). |
| 310 | * ThreeActStructure: The comic has three parts to it in total, each 8 chapters long. So far the first part is complete, and the second part (chapter 9) has just started. |
| 311 | * ThroughAFaceFullOfFur: Yokoka blushes out of embarrassment while in cat form after waking up in Valyn's house, and Raya manages to display BlushStickers when she's giving PuppyDogEyes. One page shows something similar to but even more unlikely than seeing a blush through fur: Azha's blush is so bright, it's seen ''[[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-11-page-80/ through his hands as they cover his face!]]'' |
| 312 | * TimeSkip: Between each chapter is a time skip of a few weeks or months. The durations aren't explicitly stated, but can be inferred as lasting longer than just a few days from hair growing longer, learning to speak a new language, becoming adept at swordfighting, etc. Less than a year has passed in total [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-9-page-39/ between chapter 3 and chapter 9]]. |
| 313 | * TokenHuman: Grace is the sole fully human member of the cast shown in the world of Cisum so far, though there has been mention of [[ThereIsAnother other humans living within the Metals Clan]]. |
| 314 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: As the tomboy of the party, Yokoka wears [[PajamaCladHero whatever pants and shirt]] she's given, has no accessories beyong her [[MorphWeapon ribbon weapon]], and does nothing with her hair. She [[BloodKnight likes to fight]], though she does also [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak like to hug]]. In contrast as the girly girl, Grace wears makeup and skirts, accessorizes with a handbag, bracelet, and a variety of earrings, styles her hair in multiple ways, and is happy [[LessonsInSophistication to help Yokoka with her attire and hair]] for a wedding. Grace has shown no interest in fighting, and would rather [[ConstantlyCurious learn about the world of Cisum]]. |
| 315 | * TookALevelInBadass: Yokoka specifically asks Lady Pachi to teach her "to be this badass" after she leads a team to defeat a tunnel dweller. Yokoka then spends the next couple of chapters receiving combat training. |
| 316 | * ToplessnessFromTheBack: Yokoka's back is shown [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-page-57/ while she's undressing for a bath]], followed by her [[ShouldersUpNudity knees and shoulders being visible]] above the water line once she's in the bath. |
| 317 | * TrackingDevice: Yokoka, Yfa, and Mao are [[TrackingSpell magically tracked]] [[spoiler:using the ribbon weapons that Vivi gives them]]. |
| 318 | * TrackingSpell: [[spoiler:Vivi is revealed to be]] using magic to track Yokoka, Yfa, and Mao's locations and emotional states [[spoiler:via their [[TrackingDevice ribbon weapons]]]]. |
| 319 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Yfa is often shown eating apples, and rarely anything else [[note]](Yfa is seen [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-3-page-28/ eating carrots and rice]] which Azha prepared)[[/note]], both [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-3-page-4/ in]] [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-7-cover/ the]] [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-9-page-47/ comic]] and [[SideStoryBonusArt in other artwork]]. He even talks about his favourite type of apple [[https://yokokasquest.com/q-and-a-1-2/ in a q&a strip]]. Raya has a similar preference for grapes, though this is only shown in works outside of the comic itself so far. |
| 320 | * TrainingBoss: Mao asks Yokoka to transform her ribbon into a sword, before he begins battling her. After throwing {{fireballs}} and whip attacks at Yokoka, he proclaims defeat and leaves after merely tripping over. The end of chapter status screen following this shows Yokoka on low HP and Mao with nearly full HP. |
| 321 | * TrainingTheGiftOfMagic: Spells involving a MagicalIncantation require the caster to be able to speak the words in the correct elemental language, and characters have an "edge" element that they should be naturally good at using. Yin teaches Yokoka a [[BoringButPractical spell]] to [[NightVisionGoggles see in the dark]], and Yfa fails to learn it due to [[LanguageBarrier not knowing the language for that spell]]. Inky also fails to teach Yokoka any Light magic, despite Light being her edge element, as [[LanguageBarrier she can't comprehend Light language]]. |
| 322 | * TransformationIsAFreeAction: Transformations appear to be instantaneous, with characters often transforming in a single panel. |
| 323 | * TranslationConvention: Each spoken language has its own speech bubble and font style and colour, to make them easily distinguishable. These are shown as [[TheIllegible illegible text]] if the perspective character [[TheUnintelligible doesn't understand it]]. |
| 324 | * TrappedInAnotherWorld: Grace travelled from Earth to Cisum via the Mirror Path, located in a Las Vegas museum basement. It didn't appear as though travel back to Earth the same way was possible, though Grace is enjoying her time as the TokenHuman, and hasn't been shown even trying to find a way back. There has been mention of [[ThereIsAnother other humans living within the Metals Clan]]. |
| 325 | * TreeTopTown: Everyone in Betel's Forest lives in treehouses (aside from Betelgeuse as she's [[MegaNeko too big]]), with some at ground level and others among the branches. There are steps between the levels, though Yokoka [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-1-page-11/ jumps down]] or [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-1-page-35/ climbs up]] the trees instead. |
| 326 | * TroubledBackstoryFlashback: Mao [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-9-page-14/ has a dream flashback]], which details the events immediately following the prologue. This shows Mao and Yokoka [[ForcedTransformation turned into cats]], Mao worrying over the unconscious Yokoka, Yokoka's continual disregard for Mao, Mao realizing that he's suffering from IdentityAmnesia, Mao escaping from Betel's Forest, and Mao returning so as not to abandon Yokoka. |
| 327 | * TroubledButCute: Mao is this. Copycat even judges from his dreamscape that he's tormenting himself, and calls him cute. |
| 328 | * TwoLinesNoWaiting: Yokoka and Mao are protagonist and deuteragonist, who the comics follow separately aside from when their paths occasionally intersect. |
| 329 | * UndressingTheUnconscious: When Yokoka passes through Betel's barrier, she changes back from [[ForcedTransformation being a cat]] to an adult person, in the same clothes she last wore, and passes out; her ripped child-sized clothes are removed by the time she [[WakingUpElsewhere wakes up in Yin's house]]. When Yokoka is [[spoiler:[[CurbStompBattle beaten unconscious]] by Hurricane]], her ruined clothes are removed and [[spoiler:replaced [[BandageMummy with bandages]] when she wakes up [[HospitalSurprise being cared for]]]] by Grace. |
| 330 | * UniversalPoison: Poison is a discrete concept in Cisum, and the secondary element to Wood. Yokoka and Mao have the "Poison Immunity" ability due to being raised [[DeathWorld somewhere]] with [[DeadlyGas toxic air]], and this ability also protects Mao from [[MixAndMatchCritter snake-centipedes']] venomous bites and [[DroolHello drool]]. |
| 331 | * TheUnintelligible: If the perspective character doesn't understand a particular language, its speech bubble is shown as [[TheIllegible illegible]] markings (with each language having a corresponding style of markings). |
| 332 | * UnreliableNarrator: Yokoka is an unreliable narrator at the start of chapter 1, opening with "My name is Yokoka. I've lived here all my life!"... though the prologue immediately prior tells the reader that this isn't actually true. |
| 333 | * UtilityWeapon: As a giant [[MixAndMatchCritter boar-goat]] is charging at Mao, he [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-9-page-2/ uses his whip to latch onto chains]] bordering [[GladiatorGames the arena]] and swing out of the way of danger. |
| 334 | * VariantChess: [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-85/ When Fahrin is first introduced]] she is playing a solo game of what appears to be chess with unorthodox pieces. |
| 335 | * VillainousCrush: Copycat is introduced as a villain, raising [[MixAndMatchCritter snake-centipede]] pets which would have preyed on the nearby village, and [[DreamWalker entering Mao's dream]] to [[PokeThePoodle get revenge on him]] for killing said pets. He develops a crush on Mao and stops doing anything particularly villainous, and sticks to [[StalkerWithACrush stalking him]]. |
| 336 | * VineTentacles: Kalliv [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-61/ casts a spell]] to [[TentacleRope bind]] the [[BigCreepyCrawlies king centipede]] with magic vines, allowing Mao a clear shot to cast the {{fireball|s}} which killed it. |
| 337 | * VisibleSilence: Many characters use ellipses in speech bubbles to indicate silence. Tomo uses a circle of dashed marks to indicate being mute. In both cases, the speech bubbles are still colour-coded according to the language. |
| 338 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: The beast/demon and demon/beast characters are able to switch between a demon (person) form and a beast form. They mostly appear to be able to do this freely, though Kalliv said he's [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-7-page-41/ unable to switch to his demon form when scared]]. Misha is also able to shapeshift into a [[PantheraAwesome big sabre-tooth cat]]. Spirit birds, such as Copycat, and part spirit birds, such as Yfa, are [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-5/ able to shapeshift into anything they can imagine]]. |
| 339 | * WakingUpElsewhere: Yokoka passes out going through Betel's barrier at the end of chapter 1, and wakes up in Yin's home at the start of chapter 2. Yokoka [[spoiler:[[CurbStompBattle is beaten unconscious]] by Hurricane]] at the end of chapter 8, and wakes up [[spoiler:[[BandageMummy bandaged]] and [[HospitalSurprise being cared for]] by Grace]] at the end of chapter 9. Both times she [[UndressingTheUnconscious lost her clothes]], though for different reasons. |
| 340 | * WeatherManipulation: Hurricane is the cause of the storm at the end of chapter 8. |
| 341 | * WebcomicTime: Chapters generally seem to cover a one or two days of in-comic time, while taking months to be posted at a typical rate of 3 pages per week. Between each chapter is a planned hiatus, usually lasting for a few weeks of real time, during which there are in-comic [[TimeSkip time skips]] of a few weeks or months (not explicitly stated, but inferred from hair growing longer, learning to speak a new language, becoming adept at swordfighting, etc). |
| 342 | * WeddingEpisode: Yokoka meets Yin in the underground village, who just happens to be there [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-pages-24/ to take measurements]] for Blinky's [[FairytaleWeddingDress dress]], for her wedding to Clyde [[note]](Yin is also shown making the dress in a SideStoryBonusArt wallpaper)[[/note]]. Yokoka, Yfa, and Grace are invited to attend their wedding after staying in the village for a while, and Grace [[LessonsInSophistication has to dress Yokoka and teach her how weddings work]] beforehand. The chapter concludes with a two page SplashPanel of [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-7-pages-50-51/ the bride and groom]]. |
| 343 | * WhipSword: Mao primarily uses his [[MorphWeapon ribbon weapon]] in the form of a whip, though he also changes it into a dagger. After it gets [[WreckedWeapon dissolved]], he obtains them as two separate weapons instead. |
| 344 | * WhiteMagic: Inky is shown using Light elemental magic to heal his allies and bind enemies in chains of light. |
| 345 | * WitchWithACapitalB: The unnamed woman chasing Betelgeuse in the prologue angrily calls her "Witch!" (despite her being the one casting a curse on that same page). |
| 346 | * WreckedWeapon: Mao's ribbon weapon [[MorphWeapon in the form of a dagger]] is [[PoisonIsCorrosive dissolved by a snake-centipede's poison]], and [[spoiler: Yokoka's ribbon weapon in the form of a sword gets slashed to pieces by Hurricane]]. |
| 347 | * YellowLightningBlueLightning: The lightning element icons on the between-chapter status screens have a yellow outline and blue fill. %%Storms language [[PaintingTheMedium speech bubbles also have yellow outlines and blue fill, and yellow text]]. |
| 348 | * YouthfulFreckles: Raya has fur [[FacialMarkings markings on her cheeks]] which resemble freckles, contributing to her RidiculouslyCuteCritter appearance. |
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