50 – Analysis
I am fascinated by those ultra-specific terms the anime-loving crowd come up with all the time.
Before I get corrected by some wandering otaku, yes, I’m aware Saki isn’t really a Yandere at all. Who knows what Marie-Neige sees in her.
STRIP 50!
A milestone! Only two to go before I can say that I’ve been doing this webcomic for a whole year!
I’m already seeing you pass the 500 mark in my mind :P
That’s…….euhm…..nearly 5 years, but tis not so far away when you know that life tends to make time pass SUPER fast sometimes.
And yay for Marie-Neige time! She is as you already noticed my favourite character :P
Will I be able to last 5 years? I wonder.
Where in Marie-Neige becomes way too genre-savvy for her own good. And BOOM! congrats on the first mile stone. When you hit 100 I’m ordering you a pizza. XD
Marie can never be enough of something for her own good.
And sure, all right, I’ll be sure to remind you next year. ;)
I like the shift in perspective in the last panel, most webcomic artists would just show that she was literally sitting next to them on the couch the whole time, which would make them look really dumb.
The poses/body language in this is great, too.
Yeah, it would be a bit dumb if she was on the same couch, although it’s quite impossible for them not to notice her even if she’s on the other couch like this.
I just think they weren’t paying attention anymore.
And thank you! I always try to make them appear kinda realistic in spite of the anime-ish art… ^^
I’d say you do rather well; it’ll be keeping me visiting weekly!
J’aime ça aussi les ptites filles!
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N00b mistake, Marie-Neige.
Cute / calm one moment, snapped and psycho the next for no discernible reason is yangire.
Yandere is psycho stalker / overpossessive love-interest.
I guess I’m not versed enough in the otaku lexicon for Marie-Neige to be believable enough. :P
I’d say the biggest giveaway is the “dere” bit. Basically refers to being lovey-dovey, y’know? All ___dere archetypes are characterized by how they behave in a romantic context, with the prefix usually indicating the modifier to what would otherwise be lovey-dovey behaviour. In this case, the “yan” prefix indicating that they’re … sick in the head, taken literally.
Yandere basically means they have a very “sick” (read: insane) attitude to romance / love.
Yangire, on the other hand, doesn’t necessarily involve romance at all. It just means they’re cute but psychotic, usually on a hair-trigger switch.
Yuno Gasai from Mirai Nikki is Yandere (possibly the most famous example, but not even remotely the first).
Rena Ryugu from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is Yangire… at least in some acts (and perceived as such in others).