Okay, I realize that it might be super-duper difficult to keep track of the narrative thread of this warehouse ninja fight, due to the way that this present-tense scene’s pages have been scattered throughout this time-jumping volume; needless to say, day-to-day webcomic serialization isn’t helping matters, to say the least.

Anyhoo, 62 pages earlier, we saw F**king Oyuki-chan shedding her Ayakami-ninja disguise and springing to the top of a pile of warehouse pallets and boxes, followed by a furious kunoichi I’ve (recently) dubbed “Ayakami Karen,” who was not only partially on fire from a Ninjette-triggered pyrotechnic explosion but also took an Oyuki-thrown shuriken in the eye. Ouch! 

And now, on with the action!

Panel 1: Not to speak ill of the soon-to-be-dead, but engaging in close-range hand-to-hand combat—aka “infighting,” as I’m told by martial-arts enthusiasts—while wielding a g-d cumbersome halberd like this really does seem like a poor tactical choice by Ayakami Karen.

Panel 3: Ouch!

Panel 4: Further ouches! Also, kudos to the perpetually expressionless Oyuki-chan for coolly plucking the (stick-form) shuriken from Karen’s eye whilst simultaneously eviscerating her.

Panel 6: New contenders have entered the fray! FIGHT!

Today’s Patreon update: Open slot in the weekly schedule today! Not sure what I’ll be posting, but something will go up today. I’ve been posting every weekday (sometimes multiple times per day) on this Patreon for over a year, so why stop now?

-Adam Warren