31-10-14 Poor twisted freaks

[Shouri]

Strip! http://www.stickydillybuns.com/strips-s ... ted_freaks

[wiseguy]

poor Ruby, she might have to go to a "craiglist type" of site to see if someone local has that copy for sale TODAY..........(the only issue is that it might be Zii)

[Spidrift]

Ah right. Simple solution, no Zii required. And Ruby can get her complete fix and find out what happens, but is going to have to admit to Dillon that she damaged the old copy of the book. She may try that baroque "accidental spillage" story, but we know how well she can sustain a lie - and so does she by now, so she may try something different, like honesty.

Meanwhile, Jung preserves his cool and makes a sale - and possibly acquires a regular customer, because he never actually calls Ruby on a lie.

[Bambikles]

Junghan really is the best !

[brasca]

poor Ruby, she might have to go to a "craiglist type" of site to see if someone local has that copy for sale TODAY..........(the only issue is that it might be Zii)

Either that or it is for sale, but due to limited quantities is beyond her price range.

Either way Jung can spot an addict.

[Spidrift]

Too complicated. Ruby can convince herself that she's solved her problem now; she's got the book, so she could find out how the story ends if she was interested (which of course she isn't), and she can return it to Dillon with an apology for the total accident which caused her to damage a book on his shelf (which she wasn't interested in, at all). She may actually try that "the book fell off the shelf and I spilled grape juice on it in shock at the appalling contents" story she composed a few strips ago, but given Dillon's proven forensic brilliance at extracting the truth from her, she may try something different. She might just put the new book on the shelf and hope that Dillon is too confused to notice the different binding.

The interesting question is how she can justify to herself accepting Jung's upcoming offer to set up a pull list for her friend.

[ThePonyGuy]

After I finished this, I said, out loud, "Jung is the best fucking character."

Because he is.

On the one hand, I wish we could see more of him. On the other hand, I know that characters like this work best in bits. DAMN YOU, LAWS OF WRITING!

[Artemisia]

Time for Ruby to just admit it and deal with it.

And yes, Jung is the best character overall.

[Spidrift]

After I finished this, I said, out loud, "Jung is the best fucking character."

Jung looks good because he's designed to be cool and a bit snarky, and he can look ironic at the other characters. If we had very much more of him, or more characters like him, this would just be a set of comics like ... well, one or two other Webcomics that I could name, full of would-be cool characters forever trying to be snarky and ironic at each other (and frequently coming across of as tiresome little twerps).

So yes, Jung is a good character, but yes, he definitely works best in restrained doses. Though I don't think that a bit more of him - say, about twice as much - would hurt.

Uh-oh. I just looked up the publication history of Embracing Love on Wikipedia, and it turns out that it was the original Japanese publisher who went toes up, but that in turn meant that the license for the English translation was withdrawn, and it doesn't look like that's ever been renegotiated.

So, as I understand this, and assuming that Giz and Shouri are following reality here, the new edition which Ruby has just snatched up must be a Japanese version. Oh dear; hard to follow that plot now...

Which suggests various possible plot twists. For one, Ruby is going to have to go back to apologising to Dillon. But she's also going to have to get a translation somehow. Jung speaks a bit of Japanese... I can't see Yuki guest-starring in this comic for this purpose... Unless, of course, Ruby reads Japanese. Which could impress Jung a little, and maybe lead into further plots at the shop - but that's a long shot.

Double post merged. The DAMNed

[ThePonyGuy]

After I finished this, I said, out loud, "Jung is the best fucking character."

Jung looks good because he's designed to be cool and a bit snarky, and he can look ironic at the other characters. If we had very much more of him, or more characters like him, this would just be a set of comics like ... well, one or two other Webcomics that I could name, full of would-be cool characters forever trying to be snarky and ironic at each other (and frequently coming across of as tiresome little twerps).

So yes, Jung is a good character, but yes, he definitely works best in restrained doses. Though I don't think that a bit more of him - say, about twice as much - would hurt.

Well, Dr. Loquacious, are there any more of my posts to which you'd like to apply your abilities?

[FlashD81]

Love this strip.

Ruby tires so hard but her cover here falls apart like wet tissue paper. Especially in that last panel.

Jung has that look of satisfaction in the last panel. I think he has made a sale.

[themacnut]

Assuming the book's in English. If it's following the real-life sequences of events as Spidrift outlined, the book may be in Japanese, and if Ruby doesn't read Japanese, then no sale after all.

And Ruby, according to your own definition, you are a quite the "poor twisted freak" yourself.

[wiseguy]

in the web, there is pdfs and similar available, all the way to volume 14 (last one) in English

[Don Alexander]

Junghan: Coolest cat in town!!

And yes, Jung is the best character overall.

Until he gets a girlfriend!

And Ruby, according to your own definition, you are a quite the "poor twisted freak" yourself.

No, no, she said "other girls besides herself." Important distinction!!

[Artemisia]

I still think it'd be cool for him to be asexual