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Annotations Every Day - Written by T Campbell & Flo Kahn - Illustrated by John & Jason Waltrip

'I will take your silence as approval.'

Chapter 45 – Page 4

on November 7, 2016
Chapter: Chapter 45
└ Tags: Her Grace Iwatani, His Grace Iwatani, Misa Iwatani, Taro Iwatani
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  1. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    November 7, 2016, 12:04 am | # | Reply

    Pride cometh before the fall.

    • biggmac
      biggmac
      November 7, 2016, 12:14 am | # | Reply

      Salad cometh before the steak, too. They just went straight to the entree. Taro was punishing their lack of dietary tradition.

      • Frigg_Fanboi
        Frigg_Fanboi
        November 7, 2016, 7:46 am | # | Reply

        “She wanted me to have salad as the food! No! Salad isn’t food. Salad comes with the food. Salad is a promisary note that something good is going to happen… and I should just wait right here. .” – John Pinette

    • Arvo Katsuya
      Arvo Katsuya
      November 7, 2016, 1:57 am | # | Reply

      See? The whiny kid was all an act to lower his guard. Can’t you see how proud he is of his son… tears are coming out of his mouth.

    • Blatherskite
      Blatherskite
      November 7, 2016, 11:29 am | # | Reply

      Yup, and there’s lots of pride there, from the old man, and also the boy.

      Now, realistically, there’s no way this kid should survive past the end of the week. The other houses are immediately going to start squabbling for power, and the best he can hope for is to become a pawn of one or more of them. More likely, they’ll just dispose of him as a possible threat for being Iwatani’s heir. And that’s just within Gastonia itself. There’s also the rebellion beating down their door, and the adventurers busy forming an unofficial pact with them, the Gnomes quietly starting a rebellion of their own, the cult still running around loose and possibly expecting their end of the deal Iwatani made with them, and HR and his crusade of course.

      So realistically, this kid just signed his own death warrant.

      Realistically.

      I guess we’ll see if the comic gives realism another giant middle finger as it has so many times before…

      • tlhonmey
        tlhonmey
        November 7, 2016, 2:18 pm | # | Reply

        Depends… If the kid’s incompetence and impatience really has been an act his plan may be more devious than simply “off the family and rule in their place.”

        I mean, the soldiers are on the streets and the people are chanting the family name. As long as he’s taken steps to make sure the soldiers are loyal to him he’s got a good chance.

        Or else he’s still the same whiny brat and it’s all about to come apart at the seams.

      • Citrakayah
        Citrakayah
        November 7, 2016, 7:30 pm | # | Reply

        … Which part of that is especially unrealistic?

      • The_Rippy_One
        The_Rippy_One
        November 8, 2016, 12:44 am | # | Reply

        Maybe the cultists taught him necromancy? having his dad’s corpse walking around will buy him some time…

      • mik
        mik
        November 9, 2016, 7:32 am | # | Reply

        Wait… did you just call a comic about an alternative realities, programmed by a mage, unrealistic?
        What did I only think when I was reading this for a newspaper..?

    • brasca1
      brasca1
      November 7, 2016, 6:25 pm | # | Reply

      Didn’t you once have a conversation with a Cardassian about child rearing? I think it was about if children learn to devalue people then they can even devalue anyone including their own parents or maybe it was about interior lighting. I’m not sure it’s been awhile.

  2. Ganurath
    Ganurath
    November 7, 2016, 12:06 am | # | Reply

    Man, that Iwatani likes to talk. Does that cadaver shut up?

    • Some guy
      Some guy
      November 7, 2016, 9:20 pm | # | Reply

      I think he’s too dead set on his own goals to notice

  3. Mr Ak
    Mr Ak
    November 7, 2016, 12:09 am | # | Reply

    Awww, not Misa.

    • Rolan7
      Rolan7
      November 7, 2016, 12:53 am | # | Reply

      Yeah, I was disappointed to see that ):
      I guess it would be odd for her to be an important character, though, considering she didn’t show up before. Still though, I was hoping for a brother-sister team. Each waiting for the other to falter…

      • MattStriker
        MattStriker
        November 7, 2016, 2:21 am | # | Reply

        Hey, she might still come back as one of Gravy’s little helpers…

        • Stabbers N' Shankers
          Stabbers N' Shankers
          November 7, 2016, 8:56 am | # | Reply

          I second this.

      • TxGator
        TxGator
        November 7, 2016, 10:00 am | # | Reply

        She has shown up once before. But it was real early in the comic. Chapter 3, Pg. 5

      • tlhonmey
        tlhonmey
        November 7, 2016, 2:20 pm | # | Reply

        If she realised that her psychotic little brother was going to kill everyone, playing dead and then sneaking away to find somewhere quiet to live out the ensuing chaos is probably the best possible plan…

        • Mr Ak
          Mr Ak
          November 7, 2016, 10:01 pm | # | Reply

          It’d be cool if that were true.

        • Ved
          Ved
          November 8, 2016, 9:35 pm | # | Reply

          If she had a brain, exposing him is better.
          I really am skeptical that Taro thought this coup through.

      • Tsapki
        Tsapki
        November 8, 2016, 6:49 am | # | Reply

        She did show up in the early chapters, though we got an art shift since then.

        http://guildedage.net/comic/chapter-3-page-5/

        • Tsapki
          Tsapki
          November 8, 2016, 6:50 am | # | Reply

          Dang it, I need to ready through the whole thread before I post.

          Sorry for the repeat.

          • Beroli
            Beroli
            November 8, 2016, 7:06 am | # | Reply

            And she never showed any real sign of a personality, beyond passively supporting her father’s goals and Gastonia’s casual racism–not a hint that ever really pointed to her breaking her family’s villainous mold, as a character.

    • SotiCoto
      SotiCoto
      June 6, 2017, 4:16 am | # | Reply

      He should have kept her. She could have been useful.

      But then I guess family always does plot to have you murdered… so…

  4. Standhaft Garithos
    Standhaft Garithos
    November 7, 2016, 12:10 am | # | Reply

    I find precocious children really boring. Only one I can think of that didn’t annoy me was Octavian from the tv series Rome.

    I hope this becomes the second, but I will be honest I am not betting on it.

  5. biggmac
    biggmac
    November 7, 2016, 12:11 am | # | Reply

    “The poison was in the steak. I added my pee to your OJ, though”

  6. Fiaryn
    Fiaryn
    November 7, 2016, 12:13 am | # | Reply

    I’m starting to wonder if the impertinence was just an act, based on this sudden shift in behavior.

    • SteelRaven
      SteelRaven
      November 7, 2016, 12:22 am | # | Reply

      Possible, wouldn’t be the first time Taro mislead the readers;
      http://guildedage.net/comic/chapter-4-page-9/

  7. LineWalker
    LineWalker
    November 7, 2016, 12:20 am | # | Reply

    This is… Still a really stupid plan by this kid. I mean, first of all, it`s incredibly clear he killed his entire family. And… this isn’t a monarchy thats been in place for centuries or even decades! This was a few weeks ago, tops!

    • MisterCynic
      MisterCynic
      November 7, 2016, 8:00 am | # | Reply

      He could just point a finger and say one of his family’s enemies poisoned them, and he was lucky. Honestly, who’d believe a 12 year old murdered his entire family?

      • Loyal
        Loyal
        November 7, 2016, 9:42 am | # | Reply

        Said twelve year old is also directly responsible for the Air Pirate and Gnometown debacles, so…. everyone who matters, frankly.

        • LineWalker
          LineWalker
          November 7, 2016, 10:27 am | # | Reply

          You both have an excellent point there, though I think the other matter still stands. I can’t see how this child could realistically have any power when this monarchy is in it`s infancy. Best case scenerio for this kid is being a puppet, worse case he’s killed and replaced.

        • David Liao
          David Liao
          November 7, 2016, 11:42 am | # | Reply

          The oracle implies that someone else even more unlikely will end up in charge of Gastonia.

        • Varorson
          Varorson
          November 7, 2016, 4:51 pm | # | Reply

          I think the secrecy of the council’s actions will bite them in the but with Taro’s deeds. He’ll proclaim to the public what happened and with them having been rallied behind the Iwatani name and seeing a “lone survivor child” well, people tend to flock to the miraculously surviving child in of itself.

          He may intend to incite the people to exact justice against the foes who would use law to usurp his father’s (and thus his) power.

        • Chris
          Chris
          November 9, 2016, 10:26 am | # | Reply

          And everyone who matters will think “Oh of course this kid did it. But we’ll play along and we can control him easily.”

    • Rules Lawyer
      Rules Lawyer
      November 7, 2016, 10:33 am | # | Reply

      I mean, I hate to reference current events, but Justice and Power are like oil and water.
      As defacto head of Iwatania, I bet he can make it stick.

    • Danzin
      Danzin
      November 7, 2016, 8:01 pm | # | Reply

      Not if he’s a really really good actor, which is a possibility. He just pretends he was poisoned too, maybe even takes a special poison designed to mirror the symptoms of what he used. Yes he knows others will attempt to manipulate him, but that knowledge and his ‘hidden nature’ is what puts him a step ahead of them 9 times out of 10.

      He continues to play the role of a mere child king whose “advisors” (would-be puppeteers like miyamoto) occasionally die nobly saving his life from unknown ‘assassins’. If he can keep the act up, he could not only become a king no one questions or confronts but write the history books to ensure he looks like a god-chosen saint sovereign. Of course our heroes may have something to say on the matter…

  8. Alex Neeley
    Alex Neeley
    November 7, 2016, 1:17 am | # | Reply

    And Lord Iwatani realizes all too late that he’s created a monster…

    • Iarei
      Iarei
      November 7, 2016, 2:07 am | # | Reply

      He knew he’d created a monster. He just misjudged it’s allegiance and intelligence. There’s little to no chance this kid will gain anything from his family’s death. There are too many people with legitimate power and influence waiting in the wings.

      • Aloriena
        Aloriena
        November 7, 2016, 4:38 am | # | Reply

        I would say puppet king at best.

      • Mujaki
        Mujaki
        November 7, 2016, 6:19 am | # | Reply

        He’s under-age. When(if?) he reaches the age of majority, THEN he can officially take the throne. But until then? Someone has to be the regent.

        I nominate Dean Reynolds!

        • Varorson
          Varorson
          November 7, 2016, 4:55 pm | # | Reply

          Underage by what law, though? Monarchy is brand new in Gastonia-turned-Iwatania. Who says there’s a legal age of leadership put in place?

          As for regent – those most likely to pull power via law would be those he’d blame, if he’s at all smart, and he’d plead to the people not the legal system. People love the whole “miraculous survivor of murder plot” and double so when it’s a young child of a royal family. They’d see those he blames hanged, leaving only new players or those he doesn’t consider to be threats left to contest power.

          If things go his way.

    • C. Mage
      C. Mage
      November 7, 2016, 10:10 am | # | Reply

      What did the father expect? The kid’s a chip off the old block. And when the block in question is made of raw sewage…well, sonny-boy became just like his dad.

      Monsters are created by other monsters.

      • The Gorram Batguy
        The Gorram Batguy
        November 7, 2016, 3:07 pm | # | Reply

        No, Iwatani Sr. was a monster. Smart, cold, deadly, and most of all patient.
        Iwatani Jr. seems to have all the hunger for power, and has no qualms about killing in cold blood, but he displays none of the intelligence or patience of his father.
        We’ve seen him go on rampages before – like the gnome battletank thing. Taro is used to seeing his father get away is outrageous things, but apparently he never contemplated HOW he got away with them all. Taro takes it as a law of nature – Iwatani does something to gain power, Iwatani gets away with it. If that’s the way the world works, wonders Taro, why aren’t we openly exploiting that law of physics from the get go? He is completely oblivious of the power games being played, and how his father was merely perhaps the best at them.
        It’s like a kid who sees a trained acrobat dance through an Indiana-Jones-style series of traps, sees how “easy” it is (having never picked up on the years of training, practice, and study that enabled that amazing feat), and then runs straight into the traps.
        …Or so it seems given what we’ve seen to date. Our fine authors surely have something more satisfying in store for us than this scum-bucket brat seems to suggest.

        • C. Mage
          C. Mage
          November 8, 2016, 8:24 pm | # | Reply

          Oh, they’re both monsters, all right. Only difference is that one was Lex Luthor and the other is the Joker. They both cause damage, only different kinds, and one is much more reckless than the other.

          Doesn’t I’d be happy to see one over the other in a dark alley.

    • YeOldeOnes
      YeOldeOnes
      November 8, 2016, 11:29 pm | # | Reply

      Who knew that by creating a monster, we created a monster.

  9. Brasca1
    Brasca1
    November 7, 2016, 1:23 am | # | Reply

    Well at least Lord Iwatani died with more dignity than Lord Lannister. And I’ll say it again unless Taro has someone backing him up at best he’ll be a figurehead king and at worst a severed head king.

    • Nathanyel
      Nathanyel
      November 7, 2016, 6:18 am | # | Reply

      I’d put “severed head king” at the best possible case, though.

      • brasca1
        brasca1
        November 7, 2016, 8:11 am | # | Reply

        Best for us not, but not Taro. Although I don’t know if the creative team would go there. It would be a kid’s head on a spike after all.

        • The_Rippy_One
          The_Rippy_One
          November 8, 2016, 12:49 am | # | Reply

          I dunno. If I were a judge, and in possession of all the salient facts, I’d probably try Taro as an adult.

    • TxGator
      TxGator
      November 7, 2016, 10:12 am | # | Reply

      On the one hand, I’m wondering if a civil war might be in the works. I doubt the other council members are going to be interested in letting Taro rule. And Taro won’t be interested in letting go of power.

      On the other hand, I can also see Taro striking quickly and having the other council members killed before they get a chance to react.

      I’m very curios about what is going to happen next.

      • Blatherskite
        Blatherskite
        November 7, 2016, 11:53 am | # | Reply

        Well, a civil war is *definitely* in the works. The adventurers just made an unofficial pact with at least part of the “savage race” rebellion. Meanwhile, the Gnomes are quietly plotting a rebellion of their own. At this point, the only question is how hard and far Gastonia’s fall will be.

        As for Taro killing the other council members, I guess it’s possible. But he naturally has direct access to his own family’s kitchens, so poisoning them would have been relatively easy. Getting the other heads of houses killed would not be so quick and simple.

        • TxGator
          TxGator
          November 7, 2016, 1:42 pm | # | Reply

          If he does attempt to kill the remaining council members, I don’t think it’s be by poison. They aren’t liable to trust him enough to dine with him. Plus, since poison has now been the cause of death of two council members, I’m betting they are going to start using poison testers.

          I suspect Taro will be much more blunt. He’s got soldiers that now answer directly to his family now. He might just try to gather & execute the council members before they have a chance to react.

          • tlhonmey
            tlhonmey
            November 7, 2016, 2:24 pm | # | Reply

            If he’s an incompetent, whiny brat, yes.

            If he’s actually a competent despot posing as an incompetent, whiny brat, then he’s likely already done it. As many are pointing out, he can’t take power just by killing his father because there are too many other players who would object. So the logical thing to do would be to eliminate the other players first. And, when you receive word just before dinner that your forces have been victorious, finish the job before dear papa becomes suspicious.

  10. Fairportfan
    Fairportfan
    November 7, 2016, 1:39 am | # | Reply

    Of course, nobody is going to find it the least bit suspicious that That Little Shit {as he’s widely known} is sole survivor of the Borgia Buffet…

    • Messenger
      Messenger
      November 7, 2016, 2:27 am | # | Reply

      I asked that question in the last update: How is Taro going to explain this to his government and people? That their king has not only died, not only been assassinated, but that his family was also targeted and that only his son survived?

      I now realize: Taro is going to throw the blame on someone else, likely a political threat to him or at least a convenient scapegoat- like Miyamoto? Or someone who doubts his story and tries to investigate?

      As readers, we have special insight into the story. But what does it appear to the common people in the story, to those who don’t know? That the strong, friend-of-the-common-man lord they want as king has been killed by a political enemy and that only the son remains.

      If the truth is revealed, what’s more believable: that the young surviving son of Lord Iwatani did it, or that it was an enemy of the nation?

      • KarmaTheAlligator
        KarmaTheAlligator
        November 7, 2016, 7:32 am | # | Reply

        Honestly? Considering how plotting heavy the whole heads of Gastonia are, it wouldn’t surprise me that they’d suspect the son. He’s going to have to come up with a really good alibi.

        • Blatherskite
          Blatherskite
          November 7, 2016, 11:58 am | # | Reply

          And even if he does come up with a good alibi, the other heads of houses are immediately going to start squabbling for power anyway. They certainly aren’t going to bow to a child, let alone the heir of their most potent political rival. Realistically, the best Taro can hope for at this point is becoming a pawn or figure-head for one or more of the other families. More likely, they’ll just eliminate him to make sure the Iwatani family is out of their way for good.

        • Messenger
          Messenger
          November 8, 2016, 4:32 am | # | Reply

          I’m sure the other heads of Gastonia are going to suspect him. But with power now focused in the House of Iwatani- thus Taro’s hands- what are they going to be able to do about it?

          Look, I’m sure Taro’s going to get his due in the end- however, what I’m saying now is that it’s not going to happen soon, that his downfall will come easily, without resistance or durability. Taro is going to be able to do what he wants for some time before anyone can really stop him.

  11. Messenger
    Messenger
    November 7, 2016, 2:21 am | # | Reply

    You know, here we all are (including myself) thinking Taro has bitten off more than he can chew.

    But what if we’re- at least slightly- wrong? What if the kid is smart enough to go some distance? Or what if what he said- “I even waited until I got the soldiers on the streets and the people chanting our family’s name!”- is right? Right enough to be protection from Jarvis, Miyamoto, the Archmage, and anyone else in Iwatania?

    I’m not saying Taro is going to triumph as a villain, or that he won’t be hoist by his own petard, or that it won’t turn out he’s not as powerful as he thinks he is. What I am saying is that bringing about his downfall may be harder and bloodier than we think it will be, that he may last longer than we imagine. As a reader invested in this story, that’s frightening.

    • Iarei
      Iarei
      November 7, 2016, 2:37 am | # | Reply

      I’d more readily believe that Iwatani is not dead. Perhaps he found the food poisoned and replaced it with a paralytic to sound out his would be assassin.

      The kid though? He merely bought into his father’s propaganda. There’s no happy end for him.

    • MechaBill
      MechaBill
      November 7, 2016, 6:01 am | # | Reply

      His track record with the pirate air ship and the gnomish tank are similar. Starts off well, gets quite far under cover of subterfuge, but when anything unexpected happens, he panics and goes mega violent. This is not a recipe for ruling a nation.

      • C. Mage
        C. Mage
        November 7, 2016, 10:12 am | # | Reply

        You’re right. That’s a recipe for killing one.

        Just because he was successful doesn’t mean he’ll be a success. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

  12. Nightsbridge
    Nightsbridge
    November 7, 2016, 3:04 am | # | Reply

    That . . . is probably the worst thing taro could have said to him.

    • The_Rippy_One
      The_Rippy_One
      November 8, 2016, 12:53 am | # | Reply

      But it really does fit the character. Taro’s been taught that acting this way is something to be proud of – and what kid doesn’t want to make their parents proud?

  13. LoneGazebo
    LoneGazebo
    November 7, 2016, 4:17 am | # | Reply

    Nothing quite like betraying the people who have been planning to give the power to you, after gaining more of it, and have put up with constant things damaging their rise to power, but still tried to give it to you.

  14. Rikard
    Rikard
    November 7, 2016, 4:25 am | # | Reply

    What a little boot, that Taro.

    How is he going to govern? Playing all others as having him under their infuence isn’t really in his persona, is it?

    • Rules Lawyer
      Rules Lawyer
      November 7, 2016, 10:37 am | # | Reply

      Taro seems like the type to request tribute, or else.

  15. Grenli
    Grenli
    November 7, 2016, 5:53 am | # | Reply

    I still don’t think Misa’s dead. No drool. (Will continue to deny Misa’s death even after her “burial” scene.)

    • Mujaki
      Mujaki
      November 7, 2016, 6:11 am | # | Reply

      Buried alive! How cruel.

    • CynicalMaelstrom
      CynicalMaelstrom
      November 7, 2016, 7:23 am | # | Reply

      Nah mate, there’s drool on the plate, it’s just hard to see against the porcelain.

    • KarmaTheAlligator
      KarmaTheAlligator
      November 7, 2016, 7:35 am | # | Reply

      There is drool, though, it’s just that it’s in the plate, so white on white.

    • Meadowbrook
      Meadowbrook
      November 7, 2016, 10:43 pm | # | Reply

      Bitch is dead.

    • Messenger
      Messenger
      November 8, 2016, 4:34 am | # | Reply

      I looked back at the start of this scene. She was drinking whatever the yellow poison-containing stuff is.

  16. LordHideous
    LordHideous
    November 7, 2016, 6:03 am | # | Reply

    “Right enough to be protection from Jarvis, Miyamoto, the Archmage…”

    He’s in no danger from them. They’ll love having him on the throne instead of his father, while they take all the power as Regents. He’ll be the most well protected figurehead in the country. Meanwhile, the rest of the heads are going to run rings around him.

    The kid is not ready to deal with master manipulators. He’s going to get played hard.

    • LordHideous
      LordHideous
      November 7, 2016, 6:05 am | # | Reply

      This was supposed to be a reply to Messenger, above.

      Guess it’s too early for me to be posting. Where is my caffiene? Brat better not have poisoned that, too…

  17. BusinessHulk
    BusinessHulk
    November 7, 2016, 7:46 am | # | Reply

    “Dad? Dad? Hey are you proud of me? Why aren’t you answering? Dad, are you proud of me?”

    • The Gorram Batguy
      The Gorram Batguy
      November 7, 2016, 3:11 pm | # | Reply

      Aww, he’s so overwhelmed with pride in me, he’s speechless!

  18. Pit Friend
    Pit Friend
    November 7, 2016, 8:29 am | # | Reply

    So, why exactly does dipshit think he will get to be in charge? Especially since the only reason no one’s tied him in a sack with some large rocks and an angry badger and thrown him in the river is his fathers protection.

    • Thracecius
      Thracecius
      November 7, 2016, 2:02 pm | # | Reply

      I like that visual.

      Can we have that visual in the comic, please? :D

    • Rikard
      Rikard
      November 7, 2016, 5:37 pm | # | Reply

      Poor badger.

      Also, I think it might poison the river…

  19. Mordecai
    Mordecai
    November 7, 2016, 9:31 am | # | Reply

    I don’t understand how someone so smart can be THIS stupid.

    • C. Mage
      C. Mage
      November 7, 2016, 10:17 am | # | Reply

      How can you not understand? So-called “smart people” are usually the ones who make the biggest mistakes because they think just because they’re smart, everyone else is stupid.

      • Drakkenmensch
        Drakkenmensch
        November 7, 2016, 1:37 pm | # | Reply

        Point. Kid better watch his food growing up, smart money says that the regents won’t allow him to grow to ruling age without succumbing to a sudden case of seventeen stab wounds in the back.

        • C. Mage
          C. Mage
          November 7, 2016, 5:16 pm | # | Reply

          “It was a horrible, tragic accident. He accidentally backed into a knife seventeen times.”

          • Tsapki
            Tsapki
            November 8, 2016, 6:53 am | # | Reply

            Chicago reference?

            • C. Mage
              C. Mage
              November 9, 2016, 9:25 am | # | Reply

              Yeah, right, that’s where I got it. (whistles innocently)

  20. the_zet
    the_zet
    November 7, 2016, 11:25 am | # | Reply

    Poor Taro… he just murdered the stabilizing factors that made the other heads of household (aka: keys) tolerant of him.
    (context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig_qpNfXHIU)

  21. David Liao
    David Liao
    November 7, 2016, 11:43 am | # | Reply

    Oh no…who could have forseen this turn of events?

  22. Asheram
    Asheram
    November 7, 2016, 12:16 pm | # | Reply

    I’m just curious to what the long-term goals of the kid is.
    He’s like a Joffrey, in the, “Doing what I can because I can” and “It isn’t mine but I feel it should be” sense.

    • Tsapki
      Tsapki
      November 8, 2016, 6:52 am | # | Reply

      Well seeing as how he just seized power through his own actions, he is maybe more akin to Ramsey.

      Let’s face it, the only thing Joffrey was able to kill on his own were bound prisoners and cats.

  23. The Indomitable Eric
    The Indomitable Eric
    November 7, 2016, 1:31 pm | # | Reply

    “I was going to give it to you any…way…blerg.”

    “Wait, really? Well…this is awkward. Boy, is my face red!”

  24. rumour
    rumour
    November 7, 2016, 1:56 pm | # | Reply

    …kind of want to see this twerp tossed out an airship again.

  25. Ro'Wan
    Ro'Wan
    November 7, 2016, 3:24 pm | # | Reply

    ” Your fall shall herald my ascension to the SITH”…………..

  26. boar
    boar
    November 7, 2016, 4:24 pm | # | Reply

    Was this the first (and last) appearance of the sister? If so why include her, I guess the son needs a mother to exist, but the sister seems pointless.
    (Except if there was a surprise arc coming, she was suspicious didn’t eat, now only plays dead and is already planing her terrible revenge)

  27. Psolo Ghoti
    Psolo Ghoti
    November 7, 2016, 5:12 pm | # | Reply

    OK, last update, lots of people were saying that maybe father Iwatani is the only one who got lethal poison, while mother and sister Iwatani just got a sleeping drug, and maybe smug shitstain Iwatani will also take the sleeping drug to erase suspicion against himself… and that was a really good theory.

    It’s still a really good theory.

    So why, today, are people suddenly all “Oh, he killed them all, he’s not gonna get away with that”?

    I’m going to miss Iwatani, the magnificent rotten bastard, but I’m holding out hope that Misa is just fake sleeping.

  28. Danzin
    Danzin
    November 7, 2016, 8:14 pm | # | Reply

    I just want to point out something many seem to have overlooked.
    Soon to be dead daddy said “UNGH!” LOUDLY in the last page and attempted to get out of his seat. Probably from the pain of critical organ failure and the desire to find medicine for said failure.

    His wife and daughter did NOT make a sound when they quietly passed out….so, I’m going to guess they are NOT dead.

  29. minando
    minando
    November 8, 2016, 2:45 am | # | Reply

    It’s kinda funny his father believed in loyality. Of all things.

  30. hagadorn
    hagadorn
    November 8, 2016, 3:54 am | # | Reply

    BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

    Suck it.

  31. Aazen
    Aazen
    November 8, 2016, 1:04 pm | # | Reply

    And in swoops HR to advise and Mentor…

  32. Steve
    Steve
    November 8, 2016, 2:18 pm | # | Reply

    Are you proud of me, Father?

    I can’t tell.

    For the first time all strip, I DON’T HEAR YOU SAYING ANYTHING!

  33. The BrainWizard (Merasmus' former lab partner)
    The BrainWizard (Merasmus' former lab partner)
    November 8, 2016, 2:55 pm | # | Reply

    Naïve, and stupid, but ambitious little brat. And yeah, Aazaen, I bet HR swoops in.

  34. Ribsy
    Ribsy
    November 8, 2016, 3:16 pm | # | Reply

    Okay but IS HE PROUD THO

  35. WuseMajor
    WuseMajor
    November 8, 2016, 3:21 pm | # | Reply

    “Where did you learn this!?!”
    “From you, alright! I learned it by watching you!”

    “Parents who use poison have children who use poison.”

  36. underappreciatednecromancer
    underappreciatednecromancer
    November 9, 2016, 11:22 am | # | Reply

    This scene could stand in for what Trump did to the Republican Party.

    Both are evil, but the incompetent evil has taken over.

  37. Eric
    Eric
    November 10, 2016, 6:57 pm | # | Reply

    The kid is even dumber than he looks. I didn’t think it possible.

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