
Time for Ichiro to wake up and get the plot moving.
I liked this page up until Panel 4, which utterly defeated me. I know it looks bad. His arms don’t make any sense. His head is simultaneously too big and too small. Unfortunately, what it would take to fix it will take more time than I have, so here it is. Please don’t make fun of me too badly.
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Image description:
A six-panel, black-and-white comic page.
Panel 1: Ichiro wakes up and opens his eyes. He’s lying on his back on the straw cloak with the blanket pulled up to his chest, one hand over it and the other up by his head. He doesn’t look particularly happy to be awake.
Panel 2: He sits up, and the blanket falls around his waist, showing the bandage wrapped around his abdomen. He looks suspiciously toward the viewer.
Panel 3: From his perspective, Resunotek sits by the edge of the makeshift bed, stitching up his kimono (you can tell by the faint stain of old blood). Her head is bent over her work, and she pulls the thread taut, a needle in her hand. Her basket sits by her knee.
Panel 4: Ichiro gathers the blanket around him with one hand and inspects the bandage with the other. His eyes have gone wide. The anatomy/posing is bad and I’m sorry.
Ichiro: Where’s my sword?
Panel 5: Resunotek points across the tent, tucking the needle under her thumb to do so. Thread dangles from her hand.
Panel 6: The opposite side of the tent, with the edge of Ichiro’s face at the right as he turns to look. His sword, bow, greaves, single bracer, breastplate, and quiver are visible against the canvas wall.
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