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Published: 2011-01-18 04:34:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 6812; Favourites: 34; Downloads: 47
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Description Note: Reads from up to down. If you're reading across, you're doing it wrong. Sorry.

Wait, what? What is this!? An off-day comic?
Introducing Rain Delay!

Done in the spirit of traditional manga (well some of them), where the back of the book would have a couple non-canon gags often making fun of the work itself in the form of 4koma comics (see above). I've got tons of these planned. Although I'm saving them primarily for worst case scenarios where I fear I may be late on a page (hence the name), or best case scenarios where I publish a graphic novel someday, I thought I'd show off some silliness as long as we're between chapters anyway.

Anyway, sometimes these will be deleted scenes (removed for pacing or whatever) or sometimes they'll be alternate versions of existing scenes and yet other times, they'll be just me poking fun at my own work... like bloopers. Yes, comic bloopers. Anyway, the point is, just remember that whatever happens in Rain Delay is non-canon. I'm not saying it can't offer insight on the characters or anything, but the real purpose of these is just to be silly fun. ^_^


The World May Never Know...
Because I really did ask myself if the situation that happened on page 16 [link] really made sense. I mean, COULD Rudy have actually seen anything? I'm sure if I paid more attention in math class, I could have actually come up with an equation to prove it, but as it stands, I really just don't know.

As for Rudy's 108 Secret Talents, well... apparently we really shouldn't ask. Actually, that's an anime reference. First one to guess which gets a free llama.


Alternate Introduction
I really wanted to make this point in canon actually, that Maria does not approve of the modification of her name. As much as this dialogue made me laugh, it really comes off WAY too mean. Realistically, Rain would probably never talk to her again after this. Not to mention, what with Maria trying to stealthily score a date, the "mean bitch approach" might not be in her best interest...


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Rain, all characters and all other aspects of the story are copyright material belonging to me.
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Comments: 69

DaoTianzi [2013-04-02 21:34:28 +0000 UTC]

Β‘Me gusta!

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AJisChaos [2012-08-29 02:47:23 +0000 UTC]

i was wondering how Rudy saw through the underwear... this explains it

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samrules4 [2012-07-25 04:24:12 +0000 UTC]

and one of maria's secret talents must be to be able to instantly teleport to rudy when rudy is about to talk about his 108 secret talents

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Akka1 [2012-01-04 02:12:38 +0000 UTC]

Law of Ueki! Gimme Llama!

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BoiChick [2011-08-02 10:28:19 +0000 UTC]

XD Love.
I'm the same way with my name. My name is not "Chris". It is Christopher. Nothing less. >_< I don't care if it takes you longer to type/say.

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OnceTheYear [2011-06-20 15:50:34 +0000 UTC]

It's a yonkoma! (Also none 4koma.)

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OnceTheYear In reply to OnceTheYear [2011-06-20 15:53:31 +0000 UTC]

Oops. Make that 'known as'.

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chihuahua0 [2011-02-17 01:26:04 +0000 UTC]

The second comic is very funny.

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Dark7Hero [2011-01-31 01:39:27 +0000 UTC]

XDDDD


108 secret talents?

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Chicken-Yuki [2011-01-20 06:58:43 +0000 UTC]

Has anyone litterally called Maria "Anyng Else"?

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JocelynSamara In reply to Chicken-Yuki [2011-01-20 12:32:32 +0000 UTC]

Why, yes. [link]

But she can't exactly fly off the handle at a teacher no matter how much it aggravates her.

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Chicken-Yuki In reply to JocelynSamara [2011-01-20 19:11:26 +0000 UTC]

That's not what I meant. I litearly mean going up to her and calling her, "Wassup, Anything Else?"

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JocelynSamara In reply to Chicken-Yuki [2011-01-20 22:33:56 +0000 UTC]

As in a smartass retort, in that they actually refer to her as "Anything Else"? Maybe Rudy, if he was present at a time in which she introduced herself to someone in this way. I could see him doing that.

I could also see her backhanding him following that. ^_^

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PoetKyte [2011-01-19 02:26:45 +0000 UTC]

Love the Tsubasa reference and just the comic in general.

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JocelynSamara In reply to PoetKyte [2011-01-19 03:08:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a bunch!

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DivineValley [2011-01-18 20:34:05 +0000 UTC]

Lol Mokana's secret talents! Kinda scared as to know what Rudy's are...

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JocelynSamara In reply to DivineValley [2011-01-19 00:12:21 +0000 UTC]

Honestly, I'd be scared to know too.

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maleprincess55 In reply to JocelynSamara [2011-08-01 18:44:14 +0000 UTC]

well obviously one is the ability to speak smiles

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slightly-shotgunned [2011-01-18 19:12:35 +0000 UTC]

I'll kill your face may just get used by me at some point. Great line there.

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JocelynSamara In reply to slightly-shotgunned [2011-01-19 00:11:11 +0000 UTC]

I just wish I had more opportunities with which to use it in my life. But if you have uses for it in yours, then you have my blessing. ^_^

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superdeformedchibi [2011-01-18 18:55:45 +0000 UTC]

So Rudy is... a gay Mokona? BAAAAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! This is too funny.

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JocelynSamara In reply to superdeformedchibi [2011-01-19 00:10:18 +0000 UTC]

Yes. Rudy's a gay Mokona. ^_^

That IS pretty funny.

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Musicallover1234 [2011-01-18 18:01:13 +0000 UTC]

Pretty funny, i like that "108 special talents, don't say you fool." That's great i wonder why she stopped Rain. And I love the fact that Maria doesn't want her name changed and Rain's to scared to say no.

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JocelynSamara In reply to Musicallover1234 [2011-01-19 00:09:24 +0000 UTC]

Who knows? Maybe it's just the matter of having to sit through a list of 107 more things he can do. Maybe they're all weird and unnatural talents. Maybe they're dirty. Or maybe it's just some in-joke.

Could be anything. ^_^

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Musicallover1234 In reply to JocelynSamara [2011-01-19 18:55:44 +0000 UTC]

Good point its probably just a long list Maria doesn't want to hear of the thousandth time.

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UsagiKnight [2011-01-18 15:16:00 +0000 UTC]

Love how you did the Tsubasa reference with Rudy's 108 secret talents. It shows awesomeness from you since Xxxholic-Tsubasa is one of my favorite manga (since they are parallel they are considered one to me).

I really enjoy this little 4koma as well, I really enjoy the ones from Death Note the most since it was such a serious story and the 4koma were so opposite the spectrum you can't help but laugh.

Maria, I would agree with Rain. My sister has a no laugh sense of humor where she will she will "PUNCH US IN THE FACE" and turn on a dime and say something silly. So be friends with her and hope she doesn't retaliate. And Rudy having the same face in all panels as Rain questions how he could of known gave him this Mokona silliness that proved effective for the situation. To be honest, I'm afraid of Rudy's other secret talent (voice immitation, disguise, and communicating with his interdimensional double). Rudy can be an amazing and scary kid, I like him as a fellow eccentric. Note: Love the Black Mokona the most (OI WATANUKI), but seeing Umi's anger to the original Mokona (Rayearth) really are some of the funnier moments in manga.

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JocelynSamara In reply to UsagiKnight [2011-01-19 00:06:53 +0000 UTC]

Oddly, I feel like I haven't see enough manga have 4koma. I know the use of this comic style better from Azumanga Daioh than anything. Most of the time I remember seeing it otherwise is in less memorable manga. Still, I like the layout quite a bit, so I like using it when I can.

As for the 108 secret talents, I'm not a big Mokona fan or anything, but that running gag amused me. (In fact, in real life, sometimes if people ask me how I did something, I end up telling them it's just one of my 108 secret talents. I'm not used to people actually knowing what I'm talking about though. ^_^)

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Werewolf-Hero [2011-01-18 12:59:00 +0000 UTC]

This is interesting. I feel worried now.

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JocelynSamara In reply to Werewolf-Hero [2011-01-19 00:00:09 +0000 UTC]

Nothing to worry about. Just general silliness. ^_^

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Werewolf-Hero In reply to JocelynSamara [2011-01-19 00:11:37 +0000 UTC]

Allright then

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EllieNoodleSoup [2011-01-18 12:17:22 +0000 UTC]

Very nice! xD Maria reminds me of Dot from Animaniacs. Do you think there was any influence?

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JocelynSamara In reply to EllieNoodleSoup [2011-01-18 23:59:41 +0000 UTC]

Ha! I didn't plan it that way, but I do kinda see it now that you mention it. Maybe I should have instead had Maria introducing herself as "Princess Angelina Contessa Louisa Francesca Banana Fanna Bo Besca the Third". ^_^

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Q9R42 [2011-01-18 08:21:32 +0000 UTC]

I thought the 108 secret talents was a redlettermedia reference. I can't say i know the reference if it's an anime though.

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JocelynSamara In reply to Q9R42 [2011-01-18 23:56:36 +0000 UTC]

The anime referenced is Tsubasa Chronicle. Over the course of the series, a particular character refers to most of his useful skills as being "among his 108 secret talents". The anime - in my opinion - was a little mediocre, but that running gag always amused me.

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dolphin64575 [2011-01-18 08:13:18 +0000 UTC]

Omake theater, yay!

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JocelynSamara In reply to dolphin64575 [2011-01-18 23:52:45 +0000 UTC]

Hurray for omake!

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DCHorror [2011-01-18 07:24:44 +0000 UTC]

Isn't that a Buddhism reference, 108 being a holy spiritual number?

I love that: I'm afraid to say no.

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JocelynSamara In reply to DCHorror [2011-01-18 23:52:17 +0000 UTC]

Actually, it very well may be a spiritual number (I'm not terribly familiar with Buddhism admittedly though, so I wouldn't know). In fact, it may be why they used that particular number in the anime I was referring to (Tsubasa - it's already been guessed).

And I'm glad you liked it! ^_^

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majorkerina [2011-01-18 06:52:50 +0000 UTC]

LOL! Great title choice ^^. And lovely scenes.

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JocelynSamara In reply to majorkerina [2011-01-18 23:48:45 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed them! ^_^

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majorkerina In reply to JocelynSamara [2011-01-19 04:34:10 +0000 UTC]

^_^ *sends my best and joy*

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Spikestar5 [2011-01-18 06:15:54 +0000 UTC]

The 108 secret techniques of Mokona from Tsubasa Chronicles!
Anyway pwn. Maria scares me....

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JocelynSamara In reply to Spikestar5 [2011-01-18 23:42:09 +0000 UTC]

Congratulations! You are correct, sir.

Unfortunately, it seems I've given you llama badge at some point a long time ago, and am therefore not allowed to award you with another one for guessing my question correctly. (Stoopid DA! Foiling my plans again!)

But I try to be a woman of my word: I only said the winner gets a "llama" and not necessarily a "llama badge". So I doodled one for you. And he is joyous for your victory...

...except that it's giving me an error message and saying I'm not allowed to post it. Yaaaargh! Don't worry. I'll get you this llama if it kills me!

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Spikestar5 In reply to JocelynSamara [2011-01-19 02:49:23 +0000 UTC]

yeah for random knowledge that I get from my cousin!

Oh don't make it a hassle. Just the honor of being right is cool enough!

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JocelynSamara In reply to Spikestar5 [2011-01-19 03:08:17 +0000 UTC]

Here you go: [link]
I screencapped it before having to give up on adding to my post. ^_^

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Spikestar5 In reply to JocelynSamara [2011-01-19 03:59:26 +0000 UTC]

That llama is pwn and so much better then a badge!

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Yitomic [2011-01-18 05:31:39 +0000 UTC]

Going to do a Game Character Sheet as well? That could be interesting to see the different statistics of your characters ( the main ones )

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JocelynSamara In reply to Yitomic [2011-01-18 23:48:22 +0000 UTC]

I could. Those seem to be popular these days. ^_^

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Yitomic In reply to JocelynSamara [2011-01-19 00:45:04 +0000 UTC]

I wouldn't know lol Good luck none the less

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animeunderwaterfan1 [2011-01-18 05:00:34 +0000 UTC]

this looks cool

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