Sleepless Domain

Ack! A male character!

Undine's getup here is really good. Love it, especially the skirt.

So is this her... agent? The way she says "I'm sorry, I should have visited sooner" makes me think he has a more personal investment than that... is she apologizing for leaving him high and dry on marketing strategy?

I assume he's her former groups' manager. They probably worked closely together for the past couple of years and know each other well.

A professional relationship is not necessarily a distant one.

Yep, the group's manager.

I wonder where we're going with all of this...

I'm surprised he (or anyone, really) was told about the friction that preceded that night. Not really the lede.

I can definitely imagine it coming up. They'd need to explain why the rest of the group was patrolling without their heavy hitter along, and why Tessa felt so guilty.

Yeah, there's no way the story of how they ended up separated wouldn't come out.

Opposite AU Rue:

https://twitter.com/krekalie/status/1191161440897392642?s=19

Asking the important questions

I wonder if learning HP was in therapy helped Undine start doing it herself.

Chapter 14 - Circulation

Cause Heart + Water, get it?

Ahem. Either way, I get the feeling we'll be dealing with the press this chapter. Time for that jerkass reporter to make her way back into the comic.

So HP-heavy chapters are going to replace water titles with heart titles? Since she's the main character's partner, that's going to be a lot... (You could point out that the titles suggest both heart and water, but really, it's kinda hard to talk about a pump without suggesting water.)

Also, I have to laugh at the image of HP fighting off paparazzi in her signature jacket.

Edited by TwinBird on Nov 8th 2019 at 1:45:54 AM

"Circulation" does kind of cover both.

Guess this will be a shipping-heavy chapter.

Public relations.

I do not envy that woman's job.

Nope. We've already seen that HP doesn't really hold what her manager does in high regard. Plus there's what I've considered an anti-authority streak on HP's part, as well. Trying to force HP to do something is likely to have the opposite effect.

You'd think she would have caught on to that by now, given she's been HP's agent for a few years.

Also, I think the agent is supposed to be a character with vitiligo, judging by the spots on her face? If so, that's some really cool representation. Don't see a lot of people with that in media.

This already happened in Chapter 10. 'Diastole'^note "the phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle relaxes and allows the chambers to fill with blood." is even less related to water than 'circulation' even. So, yeah, I think that is the clear trend.

Some people still get annoyed with stuff they are already used to. Also, I am not sure HP is that contrarian. She sure don't hold her agent in high regard, but I don't think she is the type to deliberately go against instructions. I think she is more the type to ignore as long as possible but ultimately give in just to shut her up. Unless she strongly feel against it, of course.

Yeah, pretty sure it is vitiligo. You can see on her hand as well (it kinda looks like she is wearing fingerless gloves). It is neat, I don't remember every seeing someone like that in media. It is not even that rare of a condition, I've seem plenty people in real life.

New comic: The Forbidden Name Returns

New Comic: Undine is picking and choosing what to tell.

I really like the first panel. Great way to abbreviate Undine telling the manager what happened so far while still making clear what she chose to avoid mentioning.

I'm sure you could find some PR person out there who could put a positive spin on it.

Hell, a good marketing strategy can bring the life out of any situation!

Edited by TheLovecraftian on Nov 27th 2019 at 11:46:44 AM

Including a situation that brings the life out of magical girls.

Whooooof. I get where she's coming from, but her choice of phrasing hits pretty hard, given what happened to Team Alchemical. Reflexively bristled at that, since it sounded less like she was expressing a sincere desire for HP to not die and more like she was implying those three dying have complicated her ability to make this whole situation marketable.