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Such an Odd Eight / Adding the Venture

Such an Odd Eight - Part 1


Ulti's Notes:

Alright, let's get started now. Similar to From Dream Adventures, this next segment of Kirby Adventure was another crossover, so there's gonna be a lot for me to annotate and explain for this one.

The comic in question is 20 Times Kirby, a comic created by the aforementioned Gigi19972010. Much like when I annotated the pages of Kirby's Dream Adventure, all of my notes will be, of course, from me in 2024 right now. However, the Author's Comment will be Gigi's original commentary, not mine, and the comments section will be from archived webpages found on the Wayback Machine.

Luckily for me, Gigi herself had a bit of foresight, and before Smack Jeeves exploded, she took it upon herself to personally snapshot every single comic page of 20 Times Kirby onto the Internet Archive, meaning unlike with KDA, all of the pages' original commentary was preserved that way. And now, it'll be here on my page too!

Like with From Dream Adventures, I'll also be alternating between KA pages and 20TK pages, to mimic somewhat the page-by-page uploads that would've occured in the moment back when it was originally releasing.

Original Author's Comment:

12/19/12
And thus, begins the second crossover in Kirby Adventure history, this time with Gigi19972010's comic, 20 Times Kirby!
Like before, the crossover is going to be taking place in both comics, therefore, if you want the full story you may want to check out her side on occasion. I'll be doing my best to keep up with her update schedule, so that's good news for you guys!


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Gigi19972010
12/19/12
Upside down!


Blue Kirby the l33t
12/19/12
Ultimate Yoshi: Dude, why are you ignoring my tumblr questions!?


BattleStarX
12/19/12
I was hoping you and Gigi would do one. How long do ya think this'll last? And how many base remodels?


Ultimate Yoshi
12/19/12
Blue Kirby the l33t:
Tumblr questions? I haven't gotten any questions recently.

Unless you're referring to the Ask The KAS tumblr which I decided to stop doing because it was hardly updating anyway, and made a big old post about it that anybody could easily see on the main page.


DarkMario1000
12/19/12
"The crossover with Kirby's Dream Adventure was a one time thing, really."
(Quote from 2011 in kirbysadventure.smackjeeves.com/news/)

Yes, a one time thing alright. =J


Ultimate Yoshi
12/19/12
DarkMario1000: I would just like to point out the date in that quote.
Would you really expect my opinions to remain identical over the course of a year and longer?


DarkMario1000
12/19/12
not. XD


MecanicalCH
12/19/12
WOW!! CROSSOVER TIME!!


Knightkirby
12/19/12
Holy crap!! U did a crossover with Kirby dream adventure and now 20 times Kirby!?


epicness
12/19/12
YES.

FINALLY.

FINALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY.


Princess_Eevee9
12/19/12
Only a matter of time.


Ackirby
12/19/12
The KAS meets the Pumpkin Experience?


Light/Pokemon the hedgehog
12/19/12
I just KNEW it!
Cele: Don't lie. She never knew this was going to happen. It took her completely off guard-
STAY OUT OF THIS. JUST BECAUSE YOU GOT A VIRUS DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN GO INTO MY MESSAGE AND RUIN THINGS-
Cele: Yes it does.
....What?
Cele; read the manual and come back 400 years later.
FINE I WILL
(Yes, I did just have an argument. Excellent comic to start things off and to sum up Saia's bad driving.)


1ce_k1d
12/19/12
Ackirby: It's with 20 X Kirby


Divine Knight
12/19/12
Yes! This is great!!!


MecanicalCH
12/19/12
Divine Knight: i know right! lets squee as fans we are!!

SSSSSSSSSSSQQQQQQQQQUUUUUUUUEEEEEE


Muddykip64
12/19/12
This looks like it will be a lot of fun.


guestuser
12/19/12
A CROSSOVER?!

Oh yes. :3


castleofwarriors
12/19/12
OH MY GOG YES YES YES! OK, seriously. This will be awesome. I'm a fan of both comics.


that guy you know
12/21/12
sooooooooooooo


two kirbies (the person )


Gigi19972010
12/21/12
This probably isn't the best place for me to do this, but...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ULTI!!!!!!!!!!!


Alexini0699
12/22/12
Gigi19972010: It's His BDAY?! :O


Ultimate Yoshi: HAPPY B-DAAAY!


Jojothejman
12/22/12
Gigi19972010:
Wait so his birthday was on the day we all "died"? Cool.

Alexini0699: I'm pretty sure you missed his birthday Gigi says its the 21st of December not the 22nd.


guestuser
03/21/14
Ultimate Yoshi: Yay one of my fav comics on here! :D


ZeypherComix
04/22/14
For the love of god, let kirby drive


guestuser
03/16/15
saia, no offense but... yes you are THAT bad of a driver!


TheJGamer
01/28/17
That's it, I'm reading 20 Times Kirby.



Adding the Venture - Part 1


Ulti's Notes:

Welcome to 20 Times Kirby. What the heck is going on? Let's elaborate:

First things first: the premise of 20TK was more story-focused than the gag-a-day Kirby's Dream Adventure, so for the most part, it's story events mattered more to the comic. I won't give a rundown of every bit of the original comic, merely what's relevant for these pages.

The conceit of 20 Times Kirby was that the character of Kirby went through a experimental mishap caused by the villainous Marx (originally the final boss of Kirby Super Star). The mishap caused Kirby to get cloned into 21 separate entities, each a new individual Kirby with their own permanent power-up. These were all of the available copy abilities in Kirby Super Star Ultra (with a couple of rare, special abilities all pushed into one of the 21 characters).

The event caused Kirby to lose his memory, and none of the clones were originally aware of their creation either, aside from one. The clones all got split up and spread out, forming friendships and rivalries of their own, before eventually the amnesiac Kirby eventually noticed these new Kirbies and found them all highly mysterious.

The inciting incident of the comic is Kirby sending a message to 20 of the 21 clones arranging a meeting, where the mystery of their existence is first introduced. A few segments into the comic brings in Marx and explains the backstory behind the characters, and then the characters just keep living together for a while before this specific segment, Adding the Venture, began.

So, these two characters here are Daisy and Anny, the Beam and Mirror copy ability clones specifically. They are friends, with Daisy being an eccentric scientist and Anny being her foil. The location they're in is in Daisy's room in the stereotypical Green Greens Hut that got modified into a large house to room the 23 main protagonist characters (20 main clones + Kirby + 2 other Kirby friends).

There's a lot more to elaborate on, but there's also a lot more pages of Adding the Venture to put those annotations on, so I'll save some info for later too.

Original Author's Comment:

12/18/12
Alt text: Daisy was a mad scientist all this time! I knew it...

Ok, first of all, yes, I know the chapter title is a TERRIBLE pun, but that was my best idea for it, so don't complain or blame me. :(
Second, this is the start of a different chapter, a special chapter. This is the start of the crossover between this comic and Kirby Adventure! So, if you already read both, excellent, keep doing that. If you only read this comic, I'd recommend you to at least read the crossover chapter of both comics, if not read the whole KA. This will go like the other crossover which already happened in KA, where both comics update simultaneously, while each author focus on their own comic universe. Ulti's segment hasn't started yet, but keep an eye on his comic!
And third of all, I've finished Sticker Star this Saturday, and yes, I loved it. And the replay of it seemed for me better than the others (except the original Paper Mario, since I've never even played it), and the gameplay was the best thing on it (STICKERS!). I missed a bigger plot and experience points, but it's still a good game. You should get it if you can. :P


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Ultimate Yoshi
12/18/12
dsfgsjf
ALRIGHT NOW I'D BETTER GET STARTED MAKING MY SHARE OF THE COMICS, HUH


Ultimate Yoshi
12/18/12
@Jarkes: I resent that.


keeby rulez
12/18/12
nowayacrossoveritsbeenalongtimesinceiveseenacrossoverofanyformonanyofmyfavoritedcomicsandy esijusthadabouttensodashahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


plasma_knight303
12/18/12
A.crossover. o.o
*insert fanboy yell in happiness*


MecanicalCH
12/18/12
Cross over! YAY!


Knightkirby
12/18/12
You should do a crossover with Kirby dream adventure


Princess_Eevee9
12/18/12
How was the gameplay to you? I had it pre-ordered and was going to go get it but I bought another game instead.

Hooray for crossovers especially between you and Ultimate.


DarkNut255
12/18/12
I should be happy, but all I'm thinking of your mandatory need to play the original Paper Mario.


Hammerbro22
12/18/12
*fangir-imeanboysqueel* A CROSSOVER


Alexini0699
12/19/12
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS SINCE LAST YEEEEEEEEAR!!!
http://prntscr.com/mlf81
ASDFGHJKL

:DDDDDDDDDDD


kuruby
12/19/12
Yay! crossover time! ^^


Muddykip64
12/19/12
@Jarkes: The "silly interactions between casts" is what makes these comics comedy gold.


.:AuraX:.
12/19/12
@Jarkes:
I must agree with @Muddykip64. Especially as for me, I find myself caring about characters more than plot.


Gigi19972010
12/19/12
@Princess_Eevee9:
For me, the gameplay was very good. I liked how the stickers were the base of everything in the game, as well the battle system, which is in turns like the first two Paper Mario games. And I also liked the fact that the game has worlds like the Mario Bros. games.

@DarkNut255:
I would play it on an emulator but... I don't really like playing games on emulators.

@Alexini0699:
You know, that one comment was actually a joke from me, but it ended up being the start of everything. :P


1997Cjones
12/19/12
@Gigi19972010: Now hold on a second! If your comic mixes with UY comic...OH GOD, THERE´S GONNA BE TWO GIGIS O_0


that guy you know
12/21/12
so wich comic will crossover with this one


Gigi19972010
05/04/14
OH YEAH THIS IS MORE THAN ONE YEAR OLD BUT
IF YOU READ THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CROSSOVER, READ THE "Such an Odd Eight" CHAPTER. THAT'S THE ONE FROM THE CROSSOVER
THANKS FOR READING


mt
02/05/16
@that guy you know: I think it is Kirby adventure


Sudux
04/22/18
KAS my favorite comic!!!!



Such an Odd Eight - Part 2


Ulti's Notes:

Gourmet Race is a side mode in Kirby Super Star and it's remake that involves Kirby and a second character racing in a footrace. They collect pieces of food scattered along the track, and each piece of food nets them a point, and winning the race adds 30 points to the total. Pumpkin Grand is the first of 3 racetracks used in the game, the other two tracks being named Corn Hall and Onion Garden.

They're rather obscure locations in the Kirby series, but I was a big Kirby nerd.

Original Author's Comment:

12/22/12
Didn't have time to update yesterday due to shenanigans that may or may not be related to the fact that my birthday was yesterday. It's a mysteryyyyy~

Hey, look, I'm actually using Pumpkin Grand like it's intended to be used.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Divine Knight
12/22/12
Happy belated Birthday!!! :D


BattleStarX
12/22/12
Ah, nothin' like a good ol' Warp Star squish.


Ultimate Yoshi
12/22/12
Jarkes: On the contrary, it often causes me to get less presents than I normally would.

Also perhaps you may want to peruse my channel a bit more... http://www.youtube.com/user/UltiYoshi/videos?view=1&flow=grid


Gigi19972010
12/22/12
I don't need to wish a late happy birthday~
And squishness.


KHKirby
12/22/12
Someone should really do a squish count for this comic...


Princess_Eevee9
12/23/12
Gigi19972010: Same here~

But I'll say it here anyway! Happy late birthday and hope you had a great one!

Poor Saia.


guestuser
12/23/12
OMG! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :3


And...Saia got squished...lol...


Light/Pokemon the hedgehog
12/23/12
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR ULTI.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO-
Crystal:Cheeseburger!
DANG IT CRYSTAL.


DarkMario1000
12/23/12
Saia's time sure wasn't.

And SHE'S the bad driver.


guestuser
12/24/12
Light/Pokemon the hedgehog:

BWAHAHAHAHHAHAH!!!

Sorry. I'm weird.


Tygah
12/24/12
Hope you had a good day on your birthday.

Warpstar squish! XD I'm just glad Saia's here. She's my favourite for some reason



Adding the Venture - Part 2


Ulti's Notes:

A very important thing worth bringing up before it raises any potential eyebrows is the grammar of the comic. See, Gigi's first language is not English, she's from Brazil and speaks Portuguese as a result. Her English is quite good, and has definitely improved a lot in the past decade as well, but it's something to keep in mind when reading her pages. There are some grammatical oddities, phrasing that sounds just slightly off even if it's not technically incorrect, and various other minor quirks.

Considering she was a teenager writing a comic in a different language that she was still in the process of learning, I'd say she was doing a bang-up job, and my argument to any complaints about it would always be the same: Why don't YOU try writing in Portuguese and see how YOU like it if you take issue with her grammar?

Anyways, unlike the previous crossover, the inciting incident of this comic was one that began on the 20TK side. Gigi and I had agreed to set it up so that her inventor character, Daisy, would cause an accident that simultaneously swapped a few of our cast members. Since the events were unintentional compared to last time, it made for a bit of an interesting dynamic for the two segments' plots, but we'll get to that.

For now, she was setting up the machine that would malfunction, and I was messing around with the characters as a bit of a character-focused delaying tactic while I waited for my opportunity to send my characters over to Gigi.

One other tiny thing to mention is one of the ways in which Gigi made her comic, like, the actual act of doing so. In Kirby Adventure (and most of my comics in general), when I swap up text sizes, it usually relates to how loud a character is speaking, though for KA pages, it would also happen if I just simply needed to fit text into a panel, so it's a bit unreliable of a rule on my part already.

For Gigi, though, she had similar vibes of "large text = talking louder, smaller text = talking softer", but she also had her own quirk of breaking that rule, it's just a different quirk to my own. When she did close-up panels, the font would just naturally become larger, as if it was being resized alongside the characters themselves. It doesn't mean they're talking louder, it's just a visual quirk.

Original Author's Comment:

12/21/12
Alt text: Craze Daze.

ASDFGHJKL, I THOUGHT I WOULD BE ABLE TO UPDATE EARLIER THAN THAT, SILLY ME, OH WELL, I GUESS IT'S NOT REALLY VERY LATER FOR YOU, STILL, SORRY, MY FAULT.
Anyway, now we have an update schedule: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and it obviously only started today. Yeah, I guess that's it. And @Alt Text.
Edit: OH I FORGOT ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD. HAPPY DEATH FOR ALL OF YOU. WE ARE TTLY GONNA DIE TODAY!


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Alexini0699
12/21/12
AND I THOUGHT VALOO WAS CRAZY. ._.

P.S.
I WENT TO HELL REMEMBER?

I WONDER WHERE THE OTHERS WENT.
I'M STILL ALONE IN HELL. D:


epicness
12/21/12
*is between the lines of super intelligent and ignorant on possibilities*


SkyyKirby44
12/21/12
INTERDIMENSIONAL TRAVEL? I'm surprised she didn't make a remote to do it. (FG:BTTM?)Also was I the only one to be IMPRESSED by Daisy to be able to make such a machine?

EDIT:You update the same days Bittersweet Candy Bowl does!


Stone_Merten
12/21/12
Schedule starts on the day the world ends...
seems legit.


slasherchux8078
12/21/12
I have a feeling of Deja Vu from that word
"parallel" I wonder...


Ackirby
12/21/12
OH BOY..!

I can't wait to see where they'll go!

Assuming they'll go. Probably.


contradiction123
12/22/12
OMG BY START OF THE UNIVERSE THAT CREATED OTHER UNIVERSES DO YOU MEAN THE FIRST KIRBY SPRITE COMIC EVER????????????


Jojothejman
12/22/12
@contradiction123:
No I think she means the first comic ever. Since comics came first they soon evolved into sprite comics then those sprite comics began to branch into video game comics which birthed the Kirby sprite comics.


GSpike
12/22/12
Well we're still alive them Mayans were wrong


1997Cjones
12/22/12
Now we can classify 2012(the movie) as a comedy


kirbylubber
12/22/12
What.
Daisy, you've lost me.


slasherchux8078
12/22/12
Wonder what would happen if they went to the KDT (obviously wants the KDT to appear in the comic)


St. Claus
12/23/12
Merry Christmas, Gigi19972010! I hope you were good this year! (jk, I know you were, you'll get lots of gifts and no coal! I promise!)



Such an Odd Eight - Part 3


Ulti's Notes:

4 seemed to be the magic number for these first two crossovers, as both the initial swap and reverse swap of the characters would happen with 4 pages on either side (so Part 4 would be when characters swap, and Part 36 of 40 would be when they swap back). It was a formula that worked out for both of these chapters, though I don't know how intentional it was, per se.

Regardless, it meant that I had one more page to stall a bit.

Original Author's Comment:

12/24/12
Races are too serious to worry about casualties.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Gigi19972010
12/24/12
Pain.


BattleStarX
12/24/12
I feel sorry for this poor Doo.

No idea why. Can't think of a reason at all. Not one.


Divine Knight
12/24/12
NMA: Nonsense! Doos don't care about other Doos! :P


Muddykip64
12/24/12
C'MON, SAIA, STEP IT UP!


Blue Kirby the l33t
12/24/12
Ultimate Yoshi: Will you have room for that little thing that takes you to the start of the chapter?


contradiction123
12/25/12
Poor, poor, poor, sad little Doo. :C


guestuser
12/25/12
Whoa...Kirby is so quick... :3

Why is Saia so slow? Or is she... *narrows eyes* ...plotting something?


Tygah
12/25/12
Or what if....She's SO fast that she's ahead of Kirby, and we just didn't see her! :O


DarkMario1000
12/25/12
'Tis the season to be race-y.

And creepy: http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/399209_330950310351423_1258985185_n.png


DarkNut255
12/25/12
The Doo is lucky Kaxo already passed by.


kuruby
12/26/12
Poor doo...



Adding the Venture - Part 3


Ulti's Notes:

Two more things to note about 20TK:

Like I mentioned earlier, there were 21 clones made of Kirby, and 20 of the 21 became main protagonists who lived together in a large house in the traditional Green Greens Hut. These 20 Kirbies all lived with The Main Kirby, as well as two other friends of Kirby.

Keeby and Kirsy are those two friends, characters who follow a bit more of a KDA-esque naming convention than the names of the clones (which are all just regular old names). We know two separate Keebies, and this is a third one who, much like KDA's Keeby, is of a golden coloration rather than a yellow-and-red canonical coloration that I used in The Beginning.

20TK Keeby is a bit of a pathetic but well-meaning friend of Kirby, who suffers from selective, recurring-yet-temporary, amnesia. He doesn't really show up in the crossover though, so, like he would, you can just forget about him. Kirsy, meanwhile, is an original character, and a purple-colored friend of Kirby who's kind and protective. Think of her, essentially, as a comparison to Saia. You'll see her in a bit.

The other thing to note about 20TK is that, on the original Smack Jeeves website, Gigi would give every page what was called 'alt text'. Basically, if you hovered over the image, a little text blurb would show up to read, it's just something websites can do in general.

Since that's just not a thing that my pages ever did, and I didn't want to have that feature feel like a hidden aspect of this reupload, I've simply taken the original alt texts and added them to the Author's Comments sections. They're nothing substantial, but hey, preservation is preservation!

Original Author's Comment:

12/24/12
Alt text: MACHINES HAVE FEELINGS.

According to me, Daisy has gone crazy.
According to my bro, not really. What she is doing is pretty normal for him.
So, it's up to you. :P
Anyway, merry Christmas Eve for those who celebrate it!


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Ultimate Yoshi
12/24/12
'My precious?'

Daisy, stop turning into Gollum.


Divine Knight
12/24/12
Oh, dear.... We must take that machine back to Mordor, and cast it into the fiery depths of Orodruin!


Alienoid
12/24/12
@Gigi19972010: NEW AVI.
NAO.


plasma_knight303
12/24/12
@Divine Knight: BUT, we must avoid the Orcs and the Razgul! :o
Lord of the Rings FTW!


Gigi19972010
12/24/12
@Jarkes:
...Lol no. It's just that, while he was reading this page, I told him that Daisy was acting crazily, and he didn't agree, saying that what she was doing was normal, so I decided to put that in the author comment. :P

@Alienoid:
BUT BUT
IT'S NOT CHRISTMAS YET
AND WE STILL HAVE THE NEW YEAR COMING


BattleStarX
12/24/12
Kirby's out and about at the moment? The horror, leaving these Kirbies all by themselves without supervision...


Stone_Merten
12/24/12
My precious!


Mint612
12/24/12
I JUST watched Lord of the Rings yesterday.What a coincidence.


Jojothejman
12/24/12
@Jarkes:
What are you a stalker? Well to tell the truth I and nobody else probably care if you want to know if their are personality connections. Unless you really ARE a stalker and THIS is HOW you stalk because it SOMEHOW gets you enough info to know EVERY ASPECT OF THEIR LIFE! o_O<======evil eye.


Jojothejman
12/24/12
@Jarkes:
Yeah I know I was just trying to be as stupid as possible. It's fun to be an idiot/over-exaggerater/"imaginative" person sometimes. It's also an easy way to annoy people and I was hoping I didn't make you mad from my stupidity. Which it seems I didn't so that's good.

(There's supposed to be an at symbol here but I was to lazy to press it so I pressed all the buttons you see in the parenthesis instead)Everyone: MERY I FORGOT AN R CHRISTMAS/HANNAKA/KWANZA/RAMADA AND ANY OTHER HOLIDAYS I FORGOT TO YOU ALL(double exclamation point)


Ryjora
12/24/12
MACHINES DO NOT HAVE FEELINGS!
You silly Alt Text you.


GSpike
12/24/12
I watched the hobbit the other day it was a great movie and this comic reminded me of a certain part o3o won't tell


Alexini0699
12/25/12
Daisy Acts Like Me, But Daisy's A Know-It-All. .-.


Gigi19972010
12/25/12
@Jarkes:
Well, actually, no. While creating the kirbies, I didn't make them based off of anyone I know. The only character that was really based off of someone I know is Isa, totally on purpose, and Lindroganti was kinda based on my bro, since he created him and never made up a personality for him, so I had to. And as a curiousity, we discussed about that yesterday, and we found out that my bro's personality is a mix of Drake's, Jake's, Valoo's, Yan's, Kixty's and obviously Lindroganti's, while mine seemed more Raven's, Tim's and Zan's. And to be honest, I think I've already used me and my bro as examples for these characters' actions and reactions.

@Ryjora:
Alt Text: MACHINES DO HAVE FEELINGS! YOU JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND THEM!


Ryjora
12/25/12
@Gigi19972010: You so silleh. OR SHOULD I SAY 101 10 010100


SkyyKirby44
12/25/12
@Gigi19972010: BTW You didn't give me your 3DS FC.


kuruby
12/26/12
Daisy.... I hope that machine work well... Also, nice picture xD


Princess_Eevee9
12/26/12
Aww Panee don't be like that!

I think Daisy's acting completely normal?
Also Merry Christmas or Boxing Day or you Canadians.


guestuser
06/28/14
Hehe,Lol!. Santa Clare, Paneetone


Sudux
04/22/18
YEEEEESSSSSS!!! I'M SO HYPED FOR THIS!!! EVEN IF I'VE ALREADY READ THE KAS SIDE!



Such an Odd Eight - Part 4


Ulti's Notes:

I think Gigi's comic originally came out before mine did, which makes this a little less abrupt originally than it does here with the ordering of KA-to-20TK. But I digress.

Original Author's Comment:

12/27/12
Now's when you should start paying attention to 20 Times Kirby.

Looks like Daisy's teleporter screwed up in more than one way.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

1ce_k1d
12/27/12
Ultimate Yoshi: Yep.


Muddykip64
12/27/12
Well, this is not going to end well.

Hey, at least you get a net population change of +3!


BattleStarX
12/27/12
"FSSFLASSH!"... really? That seems to be more of a "SSSHOOOOMPF!" moment.


And that's why I don't trust a machine to do my teleporting. Never goes right.


Light/Pokemon the hedgehog
12/27/12
Oh just great. Daisy teleporter is causing a dimension warp!


Princess_Eevee9
12/27/12
How much should I pay?


Knightkirby
12/27/12
Gah! Karby


Ackirby
12/27/12
I'll keep readin' both of the comics, like I've always! :P


Alexini0699
12/28/12
:O


Tygah
12/28/12
You just had to put Saia coming in last, didn't you? >__> Haha


guestuser
12/28/12
Oh...so Saia had no trick. Too bad, Saia! :3

@Kirby

So true, lol...


DarkMario1000
12/29/12
Such an odd five


161616
12/17/13
@Panel 4: PHOTOSHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP



Adding the Venture - Part 4


Ulti's Notes:

All of the Kirbies here are, as you might have expected, clones of Kirby who all have the various power-ups and whatnot. I won't give a massive write-up here, I'll only bother to explain the clones who are relevant on pages where they become relevant.

For now, the important thing to note is that Daisy's teleporter malfunctioned, and send her and 7 unwilling others to the Kirby Adventure world. Those 8 characters will be the ones I work with, while Gigi will work with the 5 I had going on a race.

You can see how this was a bit of a malfunction compared to its intended purpose, given that it was meant to just send Anny, but instead fired at the wrong interval of time AND sent out 8 instead of 1. That'll take quite a fix.

Original Author's Comment:

12/26/12
Alt text: Yeah, it didn't work as planned.

Indeed.
Also, new fan art from Alexini0699: http://fav.me/d5p9q07 :D
And thanks for the 4000+ comments!

NEW COMIC, A Q&A ONE: http://www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofile.php?id=129063


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Alienoid
12/26/12
Fan art is awesome.


contradiction123
12/26/12
That backflip needed more pointed pinky toes.

I give it a 7.5.


Light/Pokemon the hedgehog
12/26/12
If that thing brings Kaxo, their all doomed.


1997Cjones
12/26/12
i´m commenting on my wii_i
surfin on internet


DR. blaargh SciD
12/26/12
@alt text: it never does but us science types insist that it will eventually


Alexini0699
12/26/12
Oh. Eight Were Send To Another Dimension.
That's Why Ulti's Segment Is Called "Such An Odd Eigh-" *Shot*
:3

YES, ANNY YOU DO HAVE GREAT REFLEXES.


Stone_Merten
12/26/12
"Your going to work without any problems"

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.....


Knightkirby
12/26/12
I wonder how Dana's going to react... Hehehe...


JosephX
12/27/12
Oh no... Dana was taken to... this will be madness.


plasma_knight303
12/27/12
@JosephX: And this will be Sparta. *will be Spartan kick*


JosephX
12/28/12
@plasma_knight303:
I KNEW someone was going to say that. Just knew it.


MixMagi365
01/03/13
Kirby's Warped:
Dana
Yan
Claire
Grace
Daisy
Leo
Matt
Daniel


321TaTer
01/03/13
@MixMagi365: Thanks for that wonderful piece of information! Whenever I try to read this comic, I just go blind!


Sudux
04/22/18
Rest in Chocolate Chip Cookies Dana, Yan, Matt, Leo, Daniel, Clare, Grace, and Daisy. They fell victim to the power of SCIENCE!


Sudux
04/22/18
Speaking of which I bet Daisy would love to get on know Wilson from the Don't Starve series.



Such an Odd Eight - Part 5


Ulti's Notes:

After the previous crossover with Kirby's Dream Adventure, I had learned one important lesson from writing that: Introducing several characters all at once would make things highly confusing for audiences unfamiliar with the other comic. This was exacerbated by the similar names, but even then, it was still a bit of information overload.

My solution to that with Such an Odd Eight was instead to introduce all the crossover characters one at a time, as they all got split up during the teleportation mishap and are spread out all over the world. Thus, I had my plot for the crossover: the remaining squadmembers would have to round up the lost and confused 20TK Kirbies. Not a bad move, I'd say, though it still wound up causing me issues that I'll get into.



Original Author's Comment:

12/29/12
First impressions are always important.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Smugleafdoofus3
12/29/12
Dana in Kirby Adventure? OH GOD THE UNIVERSE IS ENDING.


Alexini0699
12/29/12
Dana, You Got There By The "Flash of Incredibly Bright Light"


BattleStarX
12/29/12
Way to make a new one feel welcome, Shadik.


plasma_knight303
12/29/12
Kirby CC: Dana.


DarkMario1000
12/29/12
Comic time for you Keito! (Hopefully)


guestuser
12/29/12
Dana. Best scaredy-cat ever.


guestuser
12/29/12
OMG! IT'S DANA! Shat’l, we need your assistance.

Also, Twenty Times Kirby. Hilarious. :3


Gigi19972010
12/29/12
Kirby CC:

...Seriously...

Also, don't worry Dana... Wait, nevermind, better not ask the impossible.


Knightkirby
12/29/12
Will they think it's saia's relative or something


Princess_Eevee9
12/29/12
Wonder what will happen if they take her parasol away.


guestuser
12/29/12
OMG, I cannot wait for the next update!!!

*pokes UY*


Tygah
01/01/13
Just wanted to say Happy New Year to Ulty and KAS fans ^^


guestuser
01/02/13
Happy new years! To UY and Gigi and all the other KAS (and possibly 20 Times Kirby) fans out there


Gigi19972010
01/02/13
@Blastlechum:

Now I love you.


guestuser
04/13/13
ALL HAIL THE GO FISH GODS!!!



Adding the Venture - Part 5


Ulti's Notes:

All things considered, since I was sending my Kirby over to Gigi but she wasn't sending me hers, combined with her comic's premise of cloned Kirbies... Yeah, this was just a smart joke to immediately start out with. It at least helps round out what is otherwise a bit of an information overload for the unfamiliar KA-focused reader.

I've already explained Keeby and Kirsy in a previous annotation, and since the other clones are functioning more like a bit of a group than anything specific to their characters yet, I'll refrain from explaining the green Plasma Kirby and two cap-bearing Kirbies for now.

However, one comment I WILL explain is the green Plasma Kirby thinking "Leo, what happened to you?" That's meant to indicate that the green one is looking at Kaxo and being confused, mistaking him for the character Leo (who got sent to KA). Both Leo and Kaxo have the same exact color palette, because both are based on the Fire copy ability, but the only difference is that Kaxo's fire power isn't permanently active.

Thus, the green Plasma Kirby here sees Kaxo, confuses Kaxo for Leo, and is wondering why Leo doesn't have his Fire ability. See, now it makes sense.

Original Author's Comment:

12/28/12
Alt Text: ...Yeah, Kirby... Except not.

Huh, well, this update is kinda late compared to the time I usually post the comics... The reason is that I made this comic today, and honestly, I don't remember the last time I made a page and posted that same page in that day... The reason is that I was gonna make this page yesterday, but I got very sick, and went to the hospital. Last night I wasn't in the mood of making a comic. Then I made it today but... I finished it almost right now. Mainly because another thing got in the way. The author comic I'm part of, Abbimays Randomness, got "hacked". To be honest, most of us, authors, didn't believe it. Last time it happened, Abbi got hit by a car, then died, then she said it was her sister tricking us, then her account got hacked, then everything got back to normal. But then, the whole thing seems to be happening again, almost the same... She said her sister stabbed her neck with a pen, in Disney Land. Ok. But then she tells it by the internet? The last thing I would do in the hospital would be use an laptop. Maybe I would ask someone to tell the people I only know by the internet about it, but with a hole in the neck, I wouldn't use a laptop. Then (maybe I might be wrong) she gets out of the hospital the day after, then her account gets hacked too? Sorry, this might be true, but Abbi didn't really explain us everything then. Unless she can convince me for real this time, I'm not going to believe it, mainly after the first time. Also, the comic got deleted. Yes. Was it the hacker, or Abbi, since we had lost all ours perms? We don't know, and maybe we never will. But since this whole thing was happening, we decided to create another comic, just in case. So, for me, and all the authors of this new comic, I'm asking your support. Read, fave, comment. The comic is here: http://www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofile.php?id=129134 Thanks for reading.
As another note, now less important, I now have a Q&A comic. It's here: http://www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofile.php?id=129063 Please read the description of it.
And finally, about the comic. The first meeting is always my favorite part. :P


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Ultimate Yoshi
12/28/12
Well now, THAT was a priceless reaction.


Mint612
12/28/12
TWO Kirbys?!
*grabs popcorn*
This should be interesting.


Alexini0699
12/28/12
Welp. Everyone's shocked.
not really everyone but, stil...


BattleStarX
12/28/12
I'm kinda glad my Kirby hasn't met another Kirby yet. Almost worried as to what would happen.


Divine Knight
12/28/12
Cloned again. XD


Ginchiyo
12/29/12
@Divine Knight: i know, it's so freaky i don't know which one is the real one now.


Knightkirby
12/29/12
Wonder what would happen if all three kirbies met...


Flare_The_Kirby231
12/29/12
@Ginchiyo: The Real Kirby is the one who is from THIS comic. Except to KA, the Real Kirby is the one who came from another world. so... yeah. you're right.


Princess_Eevee9
12/29/12
AR got hacked again no way it got deleted?!

That pretty would sum up if that happened to me Kirby! X)


Fighter Dee
12/29/12
No Kirby, you weren't cloned this time, but you were brought from another dimension.


1997Cjones
12/29/12
@Gigi19972010: What happened (y´know, to go to the hospital)?
And are you ok?


guestuser
12/30/12
This used to be 20 Times Kirby. Now it's 2 Times Kirby. Actually, make that 3. NOWAIT 4.


Gigi19972010
12/30/12
@1997Cjones:
Nothing much, really, my mom just decided to take me there because I wasn't feeling any well. I took some medicine and started feeling better, then went back home the same day. I guess the problem was the extreme heat we are having here, but thank god now it's much better.


1997Cjones
12/30/12
@Gigi19972010: Here it was the same with the heat until yesterday, around the afternoon. But its still not winter cold


Stone_Merten
12/31/12
I loled so hard at the end!


kirbylubber
01/02/13
CLONED AGAIN.
that should be a movie title


Light/Pokemon the hedgehog
01/05/13
*Reads Abbi's profile to confirm* o_o' Yikes. She did get hacked. Read her profile.


Ryjora
01/06/13
@Light/Pokemon the hedgehog: ...
...
...
...


guestuser
02/15/14
lol!


MT
03/11/16
wait
where are the kirbys that returned in the last chapter? they returned but never appeared again


Pasca46
03/19/16
@Knightkirby: Wonder what would happen if every kirby from every comic met...


primpuff
05/01/16
Kaxo hates doors? What?


Nova Ozuka
11/09/16
Raven looks like she may be having a mental Panee.


Sudux
04/22/18
#1 HIIIII KIRBY KAXO CIAYA RAIZE AND SIA!!!
#2 Ciaya be like, oop, just got teleported to another dimension, guess I'll go to sleep.
#3 Kirby's reaction is priceless.


The Red R
07/31/19
*telepotes to past with popcorn*
R is back to watch this.



Such an Odd Eight - Part 6


Ulti's Notes:

The way I tend to identify with characters most easily, especially ones that don't belong to me, is figuring out major character traits for them. Especially back in 2013, it was a major part of how I wrote, and made certain nuances a bit difficult for me.

Thus, about half of Gigi's characters were easy for me to write, and the other half were more nuanced, complicated characters with less-stand-out character traits who I struggled with comparatively.

Dana here, purple with a parasol, was not one of the more complicated characters. Her main gimmick is just that she scares easily and is a huge coward. She usually has a friend with her, the white-colored cap Kirby that remained on Gigi's side of the comic, named Raven. Raven is normally Dana's foil and is able to get Dana to be a bit braver or calmer, but without Raven, Dana was left far more alone than normal.

This led to inevitable freakings-outs, though perhaps not as elongated as they would normally be. Since I involved Dana first, I didn't want her to solely be screaming and cowering, so I did commit to calming her down a bit faster than she might've normally done if Gigi was writing her.

I think it worked out for the best, though, since it wasn't significantly out-of-character and still hit the important beat of "she's a scaredy-cat", but she didn't derail the story either by taking too long to just... be afraid and nothing else.

Original Author's Comment:

01/02/13
Shat'l would already be there if he's the psychic I claim he is.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

BattleStarX
01/02/13
Ah, psychics, the answer for almost any bit of weird confusion.

The main answer, of course, is a bomb.


DarkMario1000
01/03/13
if he's the psychic he really is, Shat'l would find a way to figure out who Gigi REALLY is. That is, if he could bypass whatever he didn't see in her mind from something-I-believe-she-used.

BattleStarX
No more Yarndle Doo for you? Aw…


BattleStarX
01/03/13
DarkMario1000: There's a time for Yarn Author-Doo, and then there's a time for evil.

This is the latter. >:)


1ce_k1d
01/03/13
@kirbylubber: What?


Princess_Eevee9
01/03/13
1ce_k1d: I second that what.

Is it mean if I want them to scare Dana?


guestuser
01/03/13
Shat'l! Even Twenty Times Kirby has nothing as epic as Shat'l! And Shadik! :3 They do have Team Rocket, though...huh.


Gigi19972010
01/03/13
@:3:

Yeah, I forgot that my comic sucks. And that none of my characters can be considered "epic". Thanks for pointing out this logical fact!


MixMagi365
01/03/13
and i bet Shat'l is the Psychic you claim he is


guestuser
03/16/15
either saia has been brain washed... or some other compleatly different kirby got transported there somehow...



Adding the Venture - Part 6


Ulti's Notes:

I didn't reread all of 20 Times Kirby before making these annotations, so since it's a 10-year-old comic that I didn't personally make, that does mean that I don't remember all of the details.

On that note, I don't really remember who Lindroganti is. I know he's a light-green-colored Kirby, and based on the context, he could disguise himself and probably pretended to be another Kirby at one point in a previous segment. Since his name was a bit of a mouthful, Lindroganti also got nicknamed Drogan as well.

Aside from that, I don't recall his specifics, but on the plus side, he doesn't even show up in the crossover anyway, so... aside from this blurb, he's not really relevant! Woo.

Original Author's Comment:

12/31/12
Alt Text: Try not to get confused with the two Kirbys... Try to memorize which one is which, it's not impossible!

My Kirby can't stop it.
Also, happy last day of the year! 2012 was indeed a good year for me, I hope it was for you too. If not, 2013 is just there.
Also, new fan art from contradiction123 http://i.imgur.com/FfNRb.png :P
And if you are curious, pay attention to the news posts tomorrow. A new important one will be posted. I won't tell about what, though.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Ginchiyo
12/31/12
@Gigi19972010: I hope you enjoy tomorrow as much as I will~
See ya then!


contradiction123
12/31/12
YEAH. THAT'S MY FAN ART.

also yes 2013 is just around the corner ready to pounce.


SkyyKirby44
12/31/12
Hopefully my fanart is noticed too

http://skyykirby44.deviantart.com/art/20-Times-Kirby-Fan-Art-345895512?ga_submit=10%3A< 13


Princess_Eevee9
12/31/12
What if it is tomorrow for us can we know then?

Kirby's mental status=non-existent.


NyanCat
12/31/12
Is there a bubble kirby?


SkyyKirby44
12/31/12
@NyanCat: http://kirby.wikia.com/wiki/Bubble


Blastlechum
12/31/12
i really love this comic keep up the good work you've got yourself a lifetime fan of this comic


Gigi19972010
12/31/12
FIRST COMMENT OF THE YEAR FOR ME, IT'S ALREADY MIDNIGHT HERE. :D


Alexini0699
12/31/12
Kirby, The Truth is, YOU'RE HAVING A NIGHTMARE!

@Gigi19972010: HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOOOOU! WHEEEE


Mint612
12/31/12
Kirby:*Mind blow*


Blastlechum
01/01/13
Can't wait for da ERPDAYTE!


Gigi19972010
01/01/13
@Blastlechum: (1st comment)
Thanks! :D


guestuser
01/04/14
LOL! Reven still shock.


Sudux
04/22/18
Rest in Watermelons Kirby. He couldn't logic his way through this one.


Sudux
04/22/18
Also, yay, MORE Kirbies to keep track of, but I DON'T CARE BECAUSE THESE ARE MY FAVORITE KIRBIES! (Except Kieto's not here, ):)



Such an Odd Eight - Part 7


Ulti's Notes:

Gigi, the character, is only here because I wanted to cheekily involve her in a crossover with a comic written by Gigi, the user. I could've simply had Shat'l show up to inform Keito of the other 7 missing Kirbies and the questline of this chapter, but by using Gigi as a messenger of a Shat'l who had already foreseen Keito's questions and is answering them preemptively, it let me just be a bit meta-cheeky with it all.

Original Author's Comment:

01/03/13
Psychics ruin everything.

I couldn't resist putting in Gigi in a 20 Times Kirby crossover.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Gigi19972010
01/03/13
If the two Gigis met, I honestly have no idea about what would happen.


guestuser
01/03/13
...WAIT WUT JUST HAPPENED?!


guestuser
01/03/13
Gigi19972010: But if the three Gigis met there would surely be confusion.


1997Cjones
01/04/13
Gigi19972010: HEY I SAID THAT FIRST


Princess_Eevee9
01/04/13
Well two Kirbies have met one another and the universal didn't implode. So maybe, just maybe we will get through this unscathed.


BattleStarX
01/04/13
Gigi19972010: Gigi-ception.

And then our computers would spontaneously explode.


DarkMario1000
01/04/13
Ulti…







Of course, under the assumption that this wasn't pre-meditated (which it probably was =p)


Knightkirby
01/05/13
Gigigigigigigigigigigigieverywhere


guestuser
01/05/13
MOAR GIGI


guestuser
01/06/13
@kirbylubber:

MOAR GIGI!!!


guestuser
03/16/15
that purple kirby is bugging me somehow...



Adding the Venture - Part 7


Ulti's Notes:

The confusion about what makes an interdimensional traveling machine seems a bit odd to me, personally, but perhaps it's just the part of me that doesn't care for ignorance in characters even when it's entirely reasonable. What can I say, I like it when characters know and understand things lol

Regardless, this all finally got the information to this set of characters that they've traveled to another world, and on the plus side for the KA cast, most of them have had experience with it thanks to the previous crossover. To an extent, that was a boon that allowed for Gigi to move past a bit of otherwise-awkward reactions that she'd have needed to focus on.

Instead, she was able to just kinda get it out of the way here, and move onto character interactions going forward, which was helpful I think in the long run.

The other thing worth mentioning is that Gigi, out of the three "main" KSSU-styled Kirby comics on Smack Jeeves (KA, KDA, and 20TK), was the author who least used an authorsona in her comics. I tried not to do so much, but then Tear in the Fabric happened and kinda killed my credibility on that lol. But even Gigi wasn't immune to it, so when KA Kirby mentions KA Gigi looking like the Mirror-using Anny here (and they do share similar palettes, mostly with hat/shoe color tweaks), Gigi's authorsona (who looks identical to KA Gigi) popped in to joke about there not being a similarity. It's meta, it's silly, it doesn't really matter in the long run, but here I am explaining it because what else am I supposed to do in here, NOT be overanalytical? As if.

Original Author's Comment:

01/02/13
Alt Text: At least now they understood what happened...

Many things to say here, expect a long comment.
First, new fan art, from SkyyKirby44: http://skyykirby44.deviantart.com/art/20-Times-Kirby-Fan-Art-345895512?ga_submit=10%3A13
Second, I would like to advertised two comics, both original comics, and both from friends of mine. The first one is from contradiction123 and is called "The Game". Basically, a girl gets a new game called "The Game", and then she dies. Then the thing starts for real. Contra had this idea last year, but only now she claims to have a good start for the comic. I can tell it will be great comic, so you should take a read. Link: http://www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofile.php?id=117118 The second one is by 321TaTer, called "The World of Asveria". This is not his first attempt at a solo comic, but he says this time it will for sure stand still, and everything will go right. His art is also amazing. I would tell a summary of it, but I don't seem to be able to do that in few words. Really, this one will surely be a good comic. Link: http://www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofile.php?id=128303
And the last thing, remember I said something about a news post? So, I already posted it, and I know some of you have already seen it. For those who didn't, I'm starting a contest. That's right. This will probably be the only time I will do that, so participate if you really want. And this contest was made for everyone to be able to participate it, and I spent the whole year of 2012 creating the rules and stuff. So, if you are interested, here it is: http://20xkirby.smackjeeves.com/news-archive/ And don't worry about sending your entry so soon, you have half an year to send it.
So, that's it. And about the comic itself, yes Kirby, I agree with you.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

BattleStarX
01/02/13
Wasn't I saying something about Kirby leaving them alone just a few comics ago?

Hehehehe...


contradiction123
01/02/13
Is it just me or is UY's Kirby speech bubble color slightly darker?

Must be seeing things.

Anywai, Kirby, you silly goose. You're already there, causing confusion!


Alienoid
01/02/13
Chapter contest?

I'M IN.


Ultimate Yoshi
01/02/13
Even when they're all together they cause confusion! It's a lose-lose situation.


DarkNut255
01/02/13
Confusion? No, to a comic starring odd, multicolored puffballs, this should be an everyday, common occurrence. Maybe. I don't know. Now I am confused.


Muddykip64
01/02/13
Yeah, she looks nothing like Gigi--*shot*


Alexini0699
01/02/13
Kirby, they don't 'cause confusion, they 'cause...ADVENTUUUUURE!


kirbylubber
01/02/13
Alexini0699: -time.


Princess_Eevee9
01/03/13
Two Gigi's in the same room? PARADO*shot*


MixMagi365
01/03/13
@contradiction123: Yes UY's Kirby Speech bubble is darker


bruno15
01/03/13
Hora da parte interdimensional,explodidora de cabeças modafoca da comic XP.
Parabéns 300 caps!

obs:feliz 2013!


Gigi19972010
01/04/13
@contradiction123: & @MixMagi365:
Actually, both are the exact same color.

@bruno15:
Haha, valeu. :P



Such an Odd Eight - Part 8


Ulti's Notes:

One silly thing to note about the characters being sent out in these things is that right now, Keito is the only main character of my 8 who I haven't loaned out to another author yet. Genuinely the main reason for this was because I didn't trust others to get Keito right, funnily enough.

As I'll elaborate in many more pages, Keito wasn't even really the one I should've been worried about, but that's my own fault. For now, I'd say that has to do with the way I focus on those very defined character traits.

In my own cast, most of my characters do have their definitive traits, aside from Keito who is more complex. He's not less defined, but he does have less of a "primary single trait that can be exaggerated" vibe than the other characters do. Thus, because of my OWN insecurities about using more nuanced characters, I worried about letting someone else try to write for Keito at this point in time.

It's a bit silly, but it does wind up meaning that Keito got to stay home for both of these crossovers. On the plus side, it did let me try to have him take charge a bit, since last time Shat'l took on the leadership role in Kirby's absense.

Original Author's Comment:

01/06/13
Dana is crazy.

In other news, I'm starting up my next LP, and for once it has actual relevance to this comic! Let's Play Kirby Super Star + Ultra: Part 1 is out now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ewLtWYN4bA


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Gigi19972010
01/06/13
One of those mandatory jokes to bring up. :P


Alienoid
01/06/13
Super Star yes.


BattleStarX
01/06/13
There's no freak out like an epic freak out.


MixMagi365
01/07/13
Why am i not suprised


KHKirby
01/07/13
Shadik seems unfazed by Dana's shrill scream of terror...


Princess_Eevee9
01/07/13
Probably had a lot of practice dealing with the other Kirbies.


guestuser
01/07/13
Wow...so calm.

Edit: Did you realize that Shadik didn't even move for the last two three comics?


ZeypherComix
04/22/14
Dana is certainly........touchy.


Extremmefan
07/11/14
I'm now following you on Youtube. On a side-note, Dana is crazy.


guestuser
03/16/15
"AHHHHHHHH" is not how to react dana your crazy...



Adding the Venture - Part 8


Ulti's Notes:

Dedoo is a character from a previous 20TK chapter, and was introduced in the chapter that explained the backstories of the Kirby clones.

The way that the clones worked is that Marx copied them out of Kirby using a machine, but they were incomplete and only partial clones. Marx deemed them useless and tossed them aside, flinging them who-knows-where. The clones were semi-transparent and vaguely incorporeal, up until someone else touched them.

If a particular type of creature touched one of the incomplete clones (i.e., any Kirby enemy that would provide a copy ability to Kirby if swallowed in-game), then the clone became a partial clone of said character as well. They gained that particular ability, and took on colorations and personalities similar to the being who touched them.

In the backstory-explaining chapter, these other characters were called Sources, and all 21 clone characters had their own Source. Dedoo is a Waddle Doo who was an eccentric inventor (and, in fact, he might've been the one to build the cloning machine that Marx took? Don't quote me on that though).

Waddle Doos being the enemies that provide Kirby the Beam ability, and based on everything you can likely surmise that Dedoo is Daisy's Source. But TL;DR, Dedoo is a character with the exact same powers and similar vibes to Daisy, and as such would be able to help fix a Daisy invention.

Original Author's Comment:

01/04/13
Alt Text: Yeah, why, Dedoo!

Plot development!


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

contradiction123
01/04/13
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!

DEDOO!!!


1ce_k1d
01/04/13
DEDOO LIVES!


Ryjora
01/04/13
King De-Imean Doo.


Ackirby
01/04/13
DoodoodoooooooodooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...

Dedoooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
:P


JollyRancher44
01/04/13
DDDDDDDDDDDDEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDOOOOOOOOOOO


JollyRancher44
01/04/13
@Gigi19972010: What is that... thing to the left of the clones?


BattleStarX
01/04/13
Sorry, THE Doo is currently corrupted by Dark Matter, Kaxo.

Dedoo, on the other hand...


Plazem
01/04/13
someone needs some help with SCIENCE!


Luigi_96
01/04/13
Is Kirby's bubble in panel 2 pointing to the wrong Kirby?


Alexini0699
01/04/13
Dedoo closed his shop...

Where will they find him...?


Koopa1018
01/04/13
@BattleStarX:
So you confess!


Princess_Eevee9
01/04/13
Convenient plot devices.


kirbylubber
01/05/13
DEEEEEEEEDOOOO PREVAILS
Also, did anyone else notice Kirby BLAST is missing, and solarathehedgehog is gone completely??


kuruby
01/05/13
Yya! Dedoo is back!


Ultimate Yoshi
01/05/13
@kirbylubber:
Kirby Blast was cancelled by Solara about a month ago, and there were posts about it for a good long while. I'm not sure when it got deleted, but it probably was just very recently.
Also, you do realize that Solara has been using a second account for a really long time now, and has been active there, right? Probably not, considering you're asking about it.


Gigi19972010
01/06/13
@JollyRancher44:
...A part of the background?

@Luigi_96:
Nope. But now that you say it, it would make sense whichever Kirby it pointed to...



Such an Odd Eight - Part 9


Ulti's Notes:

Looking back on this now, in retrospect, I took way too long setting up the plot here. So many short pages that could've arguably been combined into larger pages... It's not bad pacing in terms of panel-count, but in terms of page count, it wound up severely limiting me later down the line.

One of the issues with the format I picked with introducing the Kirbies is that I did so one-at-a-time, and you might be able to guess where the problem lies. Since it's about finding the Kirbies and rounding them up, the 20TK characters who showed up earlier in the segment got more screen time, and the last few discovered wound up hardly getting any screen time. It led to a big imbalance of attention that I completely failed to handle smartly.

It worked out great for the characters introduced early, but even at the time I wasn't particularly satisfied with the end result and the back half of the 20TK cast. But that's getting a bit ahead of myself now.

Original Author's Comment:

01/07/13
Crash.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Luigi_96
01/07/13
Crash? Who is Crash?

Edit: oddly, that was the second first comment I've gotten today...


Princess_Eevee9
01/07/13
Luigi_96: People have school starting back today.

Poor Dana.


guestuser
01/07/13
i wonder who made that crash.....


domex
01/07/13
Sounds like it hurt


Alexini0699
01/08/13
GRACE AND HER BOOOOMB!


guestuser
01/08/13
The mighty cry of meep! Dana looks weird in the third panel.


guestuser
01/08/13
Princess_Eevee9: I started at January 2nd. So I raged. Yeah.



Adding the Venture - Part 9


Ulti's Notes:

While my end of the plot was silly shenanigans with the Squad rounding up the lost 20TK cast, Gigi took a bit of a different direction with her own plot. Since her comic was the most story-focused of the trio of comics that were involved in these various crossovers, she had the least excuse to mess around with silly shenanigans in her writing.

Thus, while she certainly still had her fair share of shenanigans, she also involved two main storybeats and developments, the first of which shows up here: the two Kirbys and Anny going out to ask Dedoo for help. Once they find Dedoo, I'll explain why that's actually important.

Original Author's Comment:

01/07/13
Alt Text: Text bubble mess in panel 4!

Yeah, it's pretty confusing. :P
Oh yeah, I updated the characters page, finally. Just added some characters that appeared for the first time in The Miraculous Treasures / Xiaolin Showdown, plus Billy and Pearl (no one remembers about them anyway). I'm also aware that some bios might have cruel grammar mistakes, some typos and even missing words. While I don't promise perfect grammar (until today I know you spot mistakes in my comics), I will fix the typos and add the missing words, just gimme some time.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Princess_Eevee9
01/07/13
That's easy. The Kirby that remembers Keeby's the 20X Kirby. :)

Character Page looks amazing as always.


Ackirby
01/07/13
I think the one entering last is the one from this dimension.

Wait, no, I know that.


Unless...


SUDDEN TELEPORTATION!


Alexini0699
01/08/13
I know what you mean, Kaxo...


Sudux
04/22/18
I think every Kirby must be thinking every universe has a Keeby in it at this point. Lol, maybe I should throw a Keeby into my comic at some point.



Such an Odd Eight - Part 10


Ulti's Notes:

20TK Keeby, as explained earlier, is golden-colored and has spurts of amnesia. Thus, since Keito also had a similar (but not identical) palette, this kind of joke felt reasonable to make on my part.

Matt here is the second of 20TK characters, and was probably the one I wound up using the most. Which is funny, because until this point, I don't think he ever had a major presence in 20TK that could compare to his role here.

Matt uses the Jet ability, one of three powers in KSSU known for going fast. When Gigi made a character based on all of the copy abilities, she made a trio of characters who enjoyed racing each other with those three abilities: Wing, Wheel, and of course, Jet.

I only got the Jet-user of the trio, though, which made for something interesting for me. See, Gigi had a LOT of main characters to work with in her comic because of the whole "20 clones plus 3 other friends" thing. One way in which she was able to not be completely overwhelmed was to split up her characters in pairs and trios, so nearly every clone has one or two other clones that they gravitated towards.

With the characters I got to use, though, a lot of them were split up from their usual partners or groups. (See: Dana being split up from her usual guardian of Raven, the white cap Kirby.) That meant that when writing her characters, I was taking basically all of them into relatively unfamiliar territory, which was both a blessing and a curse.

On the one hand, it forced me to really think about the characters and try to figure out how they'd react to these situations, and it allowed me to try to focus on them as individuals rather than groups, which in turn let Gigi think about them in different ways when she saw how I used them (and in fact, she noticed that I took advantage of Matt having the Jet ability and his flight powers more often than she tended to).

On the other hand, it meant there was a lot less "reliability" that I could fall back on, and for some characters who worked better in pairings or groups, I wound up struggling even moreso to figure out how to write them.

Matt here was a bit of a mixed bag, where I enjoyed writing him, but never quite could tell if I was ever getting him accurate or not.

Original Author's Comment:

01/09/13
For those confused, in 20 Times Kirby, there's a character called Keeby who has had memory lapses in the past. His color scheme is almost identical to that of Keito.

So, how 'bout them new Pokemanz? I'm torn between liking Fennekin or Froakie more.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Gigi19972010
01/09/13
YES YOU'RE KEEBY.
Also, I'll go with Fennekin. Loved it.


Ackirby
01/09/13
I'd be as annoyed as Keito if people thought I was someone else. Especially one who is dead.


Ultimate Yoshi: I've always chose a Fire type for my starter, so I guess I'm gonna use Fennekin.

I think I'm gonna get Pokemon Y. Yveltal looks really cool. Besides, when was the last time there was a bird for a mascot of an ORIGINAL Pokemon game?

GOLD.


plasma_knight303
01/09/13
FROAKIE FOREVER.


Princess_Eevee9
01/09/13
I feel like I'm the only one going for Cheskin. Poor little Chipmunk is being downed and it was revealed for only a day. It's nice to see people saying good things about Yveltal too.

Well good for Dana she's found Matt.


1ce_k1d
01/09/13
I'm going with Frokie.
HE'S A FROG WITH A MOUSTACHE!


MetaFawful
01/10/13
I'll probably choose Fennekin, but it depends on their evolutions.


guestuser
01/10/13
Froakie is ok. Chespin is nice. Fenneken is ugh.


Light/Pokemon the hedgehog
01/10/13
Fennekin. I always choose the fire starter and now I'm glad I do. I'll probably be getting X so I can get Xerneas too.


Tygah
01/10/13
Good thing Kirby isn't there to hear Keito being mistaken for KAS Dimention Keeby


guestuser
01/10/13
WTF?! Pokémon X and Y?! I haven't even gotten Pokémon Black and White, Pokémon Black and White TWO, Pokémon Conquest, and now there's an X and Y? You've got to be kidding me.


guestuser
01/10/13
>:3
Ironic, Matt’s pretty much the fastest, yet his reasoning skills…

Edit: OMG, I wonder if Matt will challenge Shadik to a race. Shadik will totally win.


Alexini0699
01/12/13
Jarkes: Beam.


guestuser
01/12/13
Jarkes: He used it while fighting Talzo, remember?


Flare_The_Kirby231
01/13/13
Ackirby: same here.
FIRE TYPES ARE THE BEST!


guestuser
02/20/13
Cool. I was going to go with Fennekin, but seeing how Chespin is so much like cute little Oshawott, as in, how so many people don't like it and think it looks stupid, I'm all in for the underdogs!
GO CHESPIN GO!



Adding the Venture - Part 10


Ulti's Notes:

While I've obviously explained what Warp Stars are in previous annotations for those unaware, the ability to summon them from thin air was something unique to 20 Times Kirby's Kirby character. I don't recall the exact specifics of it or anything, but suffice it to say, it's just a thing he can do in this comic, and just this comic.

Looking back, I do greatly enjoy the direction Gigi took with her opportunity of having two Kirbys at her disposal. The way that she used KA Kirby's more serious aspects to contrast with her own Kirby's sheer silliness was a good source of minor conflict and comedic tension, especially the competitive angle her Kirby would take.

Original Author's Comment:

01/09/13
Alt Text: Kirby, you just had to do that, huh?

I have nothing to say, just that my Kirby is probably being silly.
And Pokémon X and Y... I want. :D


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Princess_Eevee9
01/09/13
@Jarkes: Sooo I'm guessing you forgot about Empoleon and Torterra? Or are you just talking about Gen V?

The region's set in Europe this time and the graphics are just stunning! Gigi which one are you getting?


Luigi_96
01/09/13
@Panel 4: where are THEY.

Pokemon X and Y do look amazing! But sadly, I don't have a 3DS yet. :/


Ultimate Yoshi
01/09/13
Panel 4: "But where are them?"
Should be where are 'they'.

I can't wait until my Kirby summons his Stored Ability. NOW who's useless, huh?


Gigi19972010
01/09/13
@Jarkes:
Yeah, now that you say it, we had three Fire starters in a row with the Fighting type... I totally agree with you about that.

@Princess_Eevee9:
Probably getting X, if the legendaries shown in the video are the exclusives of each version, but I will wait to see the exclusive Pokémon and other stuff.

@Luigi_96:
...I need to stop mixing up "them" and "they"... Going to fix that.

@Ultimate Yoshi:
Eeyup. Going to fix that.


guestuser
01/09/13
Kirby Adventure Kirby is not useless, he has a sword stored in his belly!


Luigi_96
01/09/13
@Jarkes: Still. :| I'm getting a 3DS XL sometime this year, hopefully.

@Gigi19972010: you fixed the first one, but the second one still says "Where are them? Well..."


Alienoid
01/09/13
GO STORED SWORD ON HIS BEHIND!


Light/Pokemon the hedgehog
01/09/13
Thank Arceus I always choose the Fire starter, Fennekin looks awesome! So getting X, Xerneas is the one for me! At least I got a 3DS in October 2011.


IK2000
01/09/13
Y. VEL. TAL. FEN. NE. KIN.


Alexini0699
01/10/13
POKEMON X AND Y!!!!!!

FENNEKIN~


Sudux
04/22/18
KAS Kirby is actually one of the most powerful beings in his universe, unlike 20x Kirby... :P


Gigi19972010
04/23/18
@Sudux:
How can you be so sure about that?


Sudux
04/23/18
Well, he defeated the real Galacta Knight, for starters, and that with a basic sword copy ability. Your Kirby couldn't beat Xioalin even with master.


Sudux
04/23/18
@Gigi19972010: YEEESSS Senpia finally noticed me :D


Gigi19972010
04/23/18
@Sudux:
I'm unsure how to scale Galacta Knight and Xiaolin with that super strong power of the four elements. I'm pretty certain Xiaolin would easily beat Galacta Knight so the comparison is a weak one. Also, my comic hasn't even ended so right now there's no way to compare the two... I mean only I know what Kirby will be up against somewhat soon.

The comparions my Kirby made during this chapter were all not important anyway, he's just being silly.


Sudux
04/23/18
@Gigi19972010: RIP my argument.


The Red R
07/31/19
@Gigi19972010: I got Pokémon X it is awesome. I have Greninja as a starter too. I also have Pokémon Omega ruby, sun, ultra sun, and let’s Go Eevee



Such an Odd Eight - Part 11


Ulti's Notes:

Gigi would later say in her own notes (at the time, back in 2013) that one of the things she noticed that wasn't quite right about how I wrote Matt was the way he would ask about races. Not necessarily his interest in racing, but who he was asking to race with.

She said that his more accurate reaction would've been to ask Keito (who he thought was Keeby) where his friends were, Natty and Tim (the Wing and Wheel Kirbies), so that they could then race, rather than actively trying to race who he thought was Keeby instead.

In retrospect, I can certainly agree with that, but I think those are the kinds of minor details that are easy to flub when working with an unfamiliar character. In more important retrospect, I think it speaks to the same kind of issue that plagued the previous crossover, and plagued this one even moreso: A lack of communication.

Just like the previous crossover, Gigi and I didn't exchange many notes beforehand, and aside from a few specific pages, neither of us really informed the other of what we were working on (as far as I can recall), outside of the parts that were actively important (like when the characters would be sent over to the other comic and such).

In a situation where we were both sharing with each other comic pages and dialogue and whatnot, to make things even more collaborative, Gigi would've been able to correct that sort of detail about who Matt wanted to race in advance, rather than only making note of it after the fact in her own author comment. Among other things, we both could've saved each other a lot of stress and flubs like this, had we just simply thought to be more communicative. Even if it slowed the pace down a bit, it would've been worth it for better quality writing that was more accurate on both ends.

That's the important lesson to learn: COMMUNICATE WITH WHOM YOU'RE WORKING WITH. I truly cannot stress it enough.

Original Author's Comment:

01/12/13
The reactions so far are very different.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

1ce_k1d
01/12/13
WHAT


Alienoid
01/12/13
Wee.


KHKirby
01/12/13
Underreaction is reactionless.


DarkMario1000
01/12/13
The reaction command didn't go through. =p

KHKirby


Fighter Dee
01/13/13
DarkMario1000: Nice reference.


guestuser
01/13/13
...
*Facepalm*


KHKirby
01/13/13
DarkMario1000: ...*facelaptop*

SAIOAEUFGCISNODUYFUOE:IJALNFVODA(P)I

OK, now that that KH reference is out of my way, I shall resume doing nothing with my life.


Princess_Eevee9
01/13/13
KHKirby: *Send on epic quest*

Maybe the reactions will come at the end due to shock?


Extremmefan
07/11/14
Daisy? Like the one who often says "Hi! I'm Daisy!"?



Adding the Venture - Part 11


Ulti's Notes:

And here, we have Larry, the yellow Cutter-wielding Kirby. Larry is going to become extremely important to this crossover in a few pages. Keep an eye on Larry.

Gigi self-admitted that the way she veered towards writing my KA characters was that she based them on combinations of how she would write her own characters. For example, you'll notice in this page is a sleeping brown Kirby. This character, Valoo, not only would be sleepy, but also had an obsession with chocolate. Thus, when Gigi was tasked with writing for Caiya in this segment, she based how she wrote Caiya on how she also might write for Valoo.

This is worth noting because Larry here dictated how Gigi handled Kaxo, and that's about to become... a Debacle, to put it mildly. And none of it is Gigi's fault, for the record.

Well, okay, we both could've been communicative, like I just talked about in the previous annotation, but still, I'd still assign the blame/fault for what's about to happen on, like, 15% Gigi and 85% myself. I'm the one who turned it into a big deal to begin with, anyway, but I'm once again getting ahead of myself.

Original Author's Comment:

01/11/13
Alt Text: Silent silence is silent.

How to destroy the boringness?
Also, I'm travelling today, coming back either Thursday, Friday or Saturday. The other three next comics are already posted in their respective days, though.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Ultimate Yoshi
01/11/13
Kaxo is always the one you want to spice up your life.


Alexini0699
01/11/13
How to destroy the boringness?
...
Well...
...
...
I got nothing.


KHKirby
01/11/13
Silent silence is silenter than the silentness silence of all silence.


Princess_Eevee9
01/12/13
@Gigi19972010: Throw a gigantic houseparty and then blame on siblings?

Oh I guess the Kirby's can do h=the same to kill time.


BattleStarX
01/12/13
How to destroy the boringness?

Fire.

Which Kaxo happens to be well acquainted with...


JollyRancher44
01/12/13
A chocolate dohnut appears. Valoo and Caiya both wake up. I wonder what happens next~


kirbylubber
01/14/13
To combine everyone's (or most of everyone's) ideas...

A chocolate donut appears. Valoo and Caiya go in for the kill but Kaxo burns it.
Caiya attacks Kaxo while Valoo still foolishly trys to eat the flaming donut. You're welcome.

EDIT: Then they throw a houseparty.


JollyRancher44
01/18/13
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^



YESHIR


Sudux
04/22/18
...but not for long! Kaxo the hero of anto boredom is here to... Burn stuff.



Such an Odd Eight - Part 12


Ulti's Notes:

There was no prior reasoning for this kind of behavior from Matt based on anything from 20 Times Kirby. Instead, I think my desire to have a dramatic close-up that led to something completely unimportant as a gag, combined with me doing a similar thing to Gigi and writing her characters similarly to my own characters, led to me going this Keito-based "silly food gag" route.

It's not out-of-character per se, but it's not in character either, it's just a gag first and foremost. I just really wanted to be silly more than anything. The funny thing is that it led to Keito being fed up with his own style of humor.

Original Author's Comment:

01/13/13
I don't even know why. Don't ask.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

guestuser
01/13/13
Do waffles exist here?


KHKirby
01/13/13
Looks like we have a new Caiya, but with waffles...

Now all we need is a kirby who's obsessed with pancakes and one who's obsessed with bagels, and we got ourselves a buffet!


DarkNut255
01/14/13
WAFFLEZ!


MetaFawful
01/14/13
That was a very awesome moment.


Princess_Eevee9
01/14/13
KHKirby: I heard bagels.


Alexini0699
01/14/13
WAAAAFFLES!

YEEEEEEEEEEES


guestuser
01/14/13
PANCAKES! X3


DarkMario1000
01/14/13
Dramatic close-up.


BattleStarX
01/14/13
Waffles, such an important necessity.

Especially if they are covered with chocolate. Mmm...


Tygah
01/15/13
I'm so hungry now!!! DX


guestuser
01/15/13
SO. I HEARD U LIKEZ WAFFLES.


guestuser
01/22/13
Just for spite, I would have said no.

Waffles are pretty good.


guestuser
11/27/13
KHKirby: Well, Caiya likes waffles too. Remember when she's chasing Keito because she thinks he's a waffle?


ZeypherComix
04/22/14
It seems Matt has his priorities straight.



Adding the Venture - Part 12


Ulti's Notes:

20TK Kirby giving a bit of an explanation of the events of the comic, and even getting around to the one bit that I have yet to mention: the 21st clone. I'll fully annotate him later, cause he does actually show up in the crossover near the end. For now, just know that he's not exactly a protagonist, and like 20TK Kirby says, he doesn't live with the other 20 clones.

You may have noticed at this point a bit of a visual thing with 20 Times Kirby pages, and that's that their panels could often be relatively static. It's an easy trap to fall into with comics, especially ones as dialogue-focused as Gigi's, so I don't heavily blame her for it. It's just the natural result of focusing on the writing first, visuals second, rather than the more comic-appropriate approach of visuals and writing being equal in importance.

It's not exactly something I was perfect at either, to dunk on myself as well, and for what it's worth, sprite comics made it even easier to fall into this trap since the art was all almost already done compared to, y'know, drawing a comic page one's self.

But there are definitely some pages of 20TK where it's more noticeable than others, and this Warp Star flying scene was one such type of page. On the plus side, Gigi eventually figured out her preference/focus on dialogue, and in current days focuses on doing straight-up prose rather than comics (at least as far as I'm aware), so she's playing to her strengths and learned her own lessons from 20TK, which is a good thing.

Original Author's Comment:

01/11/13
Alt Text: This page looks lazy, but the background moves!

I dunno, I just know that when I realized the two Kirbys would met, mine would for some reason try to look better than Ulti's, in a stupid way. Dunno...


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Ginchiyo
01/14/13
FIRST OF THE REST :D

NO CHEATING, KIRBY CLONE


Ackirby
01/14/13
20TK Kirby seems to want to think that he is superior to KA Kirby.


Princess_Eevee9
01/14/13
@Jarkes: Don't you mean one Keeby? Cause the one in KAS is dead.

It must be a male thing GiGi?


Alexini0699
01/14/13
Panee is the BLACK SHEEP. BLACK. C:


Terry93
01/14/13
hm... id say givin what gigi's kirby has gone through and the kirbies ultimate's kirby lives with i'd say it's about dead even


Sudux
04/22/18
That is one competitive Kirby.



Such an Odd Eight - Part 13


Ulti's Notes:

The only reason I made Matt know how many Kirbies got taken was because of convenience, but it was a bit misplaced. Realistically, none of the Kirbies should know how many of them were in range (and Matt's actually wrong, since 9 Kirbies were in range but Anny had the reflexes to jump out of the way).

All things considered, Shat'l should've just told Keito this information via the messenger, rather than him needing to ask it of Matt and Dana.

Original Author's Comment:

01/16/13
Good thing Matt seemed to sort have been paying attention.
What mysteries may await us at the fabled post office?!


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

DarkNut255
01/16/13
Vezo, stop thinking about Kazo. He's gone, so just relax!!

Well, okay, you kind can't relax, but either way, don't worry.


guestuser
01/16/13
"I recommend looking for chaos and discord"

XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD


DarkMario1000
01/16/13
I think I'm starting to think like Kaxo, too…

Vezo, in panel three, stated quite close to what I was thinking. XD


GSpike
01/17/13
When he said to look for chaos and discord I laughed so hard then I read it again again then I started thinking about my little pony's season 2 main villan

Damn ponies their show is to addicting


Princess_Eevee9
01/17/13
GSpike: Took what I was gonna say...


GSpike
01/17/13
Princess_Eevee9: pony references pony references everywhere


KHKirby
01/17/13
Post Office adventures! WHAT COULD BE MORE EXCITING?!


guestuser
01/17/13
Too bad Kaxo isn't there. That'll be pretty funny. Me hopes that Gigi will make good use of his aggressiveness. X3

And...the post office. Sounds VERY interesting!


GSpike
01/17/13
Jarkes: YES discord was my favorite villan and I noticed the title is a meme, I also heard the other episode: just for sidekicks, is gonna be another cmc episode with the pets


GSpike
01/18/13
Jarkes: Oh yeah Ik that it wasent always a meme the just for sidekicks episode Is it really gonna be a spike episode? I was really hoping for it to be a cmc episode but I don't mind spike
spike episodes are cool


GSpike
01/18/13
Jarkes: I dont reed summary that much I jus look at the pictures o3o


Koopa1018
01/20/13
I'm pretty sure I skipped the laughing.

Especially because the latest episode!


GSpike
01/20/13
Koopa1018: I loved the new episode but now every time I search discord in bing I can only find fluttershy x discord shippIng >.>


guestuser
01/22/13
Chaos... and... Discord?

I AM A PEGASISTA.

THAT WAS AWESOME.


guestuser
03/22/14
GSpike: Discord is a B****



Adding the Venture - Part 13


Ulti's Notes:

20 Times Kirby has a bit of a weird relationship with metatextual elements, despite its relative seriousness and story focus. They're minor things in the grand scheme of things, but even minor things can take one out of a story if they're immersion-breaking enough.

In this instance, the minor thing is the fact that the Nintendo Wii exists in this dimension, alongside games such as the namedropped Mario Kart Wii. (The Kirby mentioning it is specifically only bringing it up because it's the game he wants to play, and is actively heading out to go play). Does it make sense how and why Nintendo and Mario exist in a Kirby universe? Not really, but there IS technically precedent for it.

In the Great-Cave Offensive subgame of Kirby Super Star and Ultra, there exist a bunch of treasures to collect, and several of the treasures are Nintendo-related memorabilia, from products to references to other game universes (such as Zelda's Triforce or a Donkey Kong Barrel). So... it's both a fitting reference, and yet the slightly greater attention brought to it combined with a more serious tone of the comic compared to the original game means it's more questionable despite itself.

Original Author's Comment:

01/11/13
Alt Text: But...Why?

>:3
(If you don't read Kirby Adventure, there some kirbies have Stored Abilities which they can summon any time, but apparently it won't work here...)


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Ginchiyo
01/16/13
ah ha ha, he lost his fire


Ackirby
01/16/13
Whoah!
Stored abilities don't work!?


Ultimate Yoshi
01/16/13
Now this was unexpected.


BattleStarX
01/16/13
Someone's not very happy~~~!

To be fair, he did burn my Mirror Kirby's castle to the ground. I think he's already filled his home-burning quota.


Fighter Dee
01/16/13
Now... I'm confused?


NintendoFan64
01/16/13
@BattleStarX: Yeah, I guess that's his comeuppance for that. Besides, a hothead like him need to learn to chill every once in a while, am I right?


DarkNut255
01/16/13
Kaxo going insane? Wasn't he ALREADY insane?


Princess_Eevee9
01/16/13
Well there goes my fun, wanted to watch fire burn.


Alexini0699
01/17/13
NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
D:

NO FIRE STOOOORED ABILITY?!
:OOOOOOOO

Y U SO EBIL, GIGI?!


Sudux
04/22/18
Rest in Chili Sauce Kaxo. Interdimensional shenanigans were his undoing.



Such an Odd Eight - Part 14


Original Author's Comment:

01/21/13
I love how different these two are.

Have a Shenanigans video of Super Smash Bros. featuring Torkirby and sometimes Citrus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIcVqYnzkoo


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Ryjora
01/21/13
Heh. Racing Shadik would be impossible. He'd just teleport to the end~


Gigi19972010
01/21/13
Heh, Dana has terrible memories of teleports.


Luigi_96
01/21/13
I think Dana's about to fall off that ledge... Shadik better move...


KHKirby
01/21/13
Remember guys: Dana's paranoia is just stronger than her...


Princess_Eevee9
01/21/13
I say someone take her parasol again.


guestuser
01/22/13
Hmm.
Is there ANYTHING faster or teleporty that Shadik?


DarkMario1000
01/23/13
[EDIT] *Such* [End of EDIT] An Odd Eight…such an odd me.

The first thing I thought of after reading Vezo's conjecture was Ybrik Etamitlu. =p


guestuser
01/23/13
DarkMario1000,

ETAM!!! *fangirl scream*


BattleStarX
01/23/13
It's usually considered good manners to warn someone before teleporting them.

Of course, having an epic freak-out after the fact kinda makes up for not warning them.



Adding the Venture - Part 14


Ulti's Notes:

Gigi's Kirby has underlying self-confidence issues masked with silliness. It's an interesting contrast to my own Kirby, who has a grounded, cynical overconfidence and more mature tone.

Original Author's Comment:

01/11/13
Alt Text: Facepalms are needed...

It's no use.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

BattleStarX
01/18/13
I'd almost hate to see what would happen if my Kirby was thrown into this mix.


1997Cjones
01/18/13
@BattleStarX: He would probably join Gigi´s Kirby.


Ultimate Yoshi
01/18/13
@BattleStarX: Maybe we should do that someday... hm...

Then again, would anyone be able to handle the chaos that would result?


Ackirby
01/18/13
KA Kirby, you explained this situation very well.

20TK Kirby...





...


MarioKong
01/18/13
And Meta Knight pwns you both.


NintendoFan64
01/18/13
@BattleStarX: 'thinks' Oh boy, that wouldn't be good. (Although, your Kirby is getting a bit more mature.)


JollyRancher44
01/18/13
Then KA Kirby falls off his Warpstar because he let go.


Princess_Eevee9
01/18/13
When explaining a mature point doesn't work.


guestuser
01/18/13
@Ultimate Yoshi: ulti; you and everyone else knows what would be the result: that would be insane enough to destroy the internet (but at least would be a cool way to destroy the internet)
PS: english isn't my primary language; sorry if the syntax is weird


kirbylubber
01/18/13
Facepalm DOUBLE!

Kirby AND me just Facepalm'd!

Rah!


Alexini0699
01/18/13
@JollyRancher44: XD

I notice that!
lol XD


Gigi19972010
01/20/13
@JollyRancher44 & @Alexini0699:
He has two hands, he didn't let go the other... :P


contradiction123
01/20/13
@Gigi19972010: So his hands can stick to the Warpstar?????? :OOOOOOO


Sudux
04/22/18
@BattleStarX: @BattleStarX: I get the feeling your Kirby would get along really well with Clare and/or Kanby



Such an Odd Eight - Part 15


Ulti's Notes:

Clare comes across pretty effectively here in her introduction, and was one of the characters I had the easiest time of using due to how hyperspecific her personality traits were. She is also not to be mistaken for Caiya, who shares her main blue color and Ice ability and some of her silliness.

A key thing to notice when dealing with silly characters is the degree of their silliness and intelligence. A character like Caiya, in her 'dumb' mode, is practically a toddler, babbling nonsense and hardly paying attention to things. A character like Keito is goofy in more comedic, adult ways, with deadpan snark and absurdist preferences and whatnot.

A character like Clare, on the other hand, is childishly silly, but with a focus on being in her own world and rules rather than operating on anyone elses'. She's not ignorant, she's more innocent and playful in her silliness, and I think recognizing those limits was what allowed me to write for Clare so effectively that even Gigi said she was pretty much entirely accurate.

Original Author's Comment:

01/25/13
Originally, I wanted to have Vaina say in the last panel: "The situation has not improved." However, I ran out of room. Darn this crowdedness!

Before you ask, no, those Birdons don't have names yet.

And in case it wasn't clear, those Birdons aren't playing tag with Clare.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Gigi19972010
01/25/13
Haha.


Ryjora
01/25/13
Gigi19972010: Tag, your face is it.


BattleStarX
01/25/13
And Shadik is completely unfazed by the weirdness.


Mint612
01/25/13
Ohhh...Feathers....


DarkMario1000
01/26/13



Gigi19972010
01/27/13
Jarkes:

Like this? http://mariopartylegacy.com/2012/07/mario-tennis-open-qr-character-guide/
No, I don't have the game, I just searched for it on Google, so I dunno if it's complete.


Princess_Eevee9
01/27/13
I heard tag!


Firecat1311
02/17/13
...GAGH I CAN'T READ VAINA'S NAME WITHOUT MY MIND ADDING A G IN A CERTAIN SPOT


Alexini0699
02/17/13
Firecat1311: ....... .-.


ZeypherComix
04/22/14
I already like her



Adding the Venture - Part 15


Ulti's Notes:

Remember when I described Valoo earlier in my annotations as loving chocolate and being an inspiration for how Gigi wrote Caiya? Haha, even in my annotations I can do effective foreshadowing.

Zan here is a unique case among the various Kirby clones, as he has multiple copy abilities. There are a few single-use screen-nuke abilities in the game, the explosive Crash, the musical Mike, and the culinary Cook. Zan was given all three abilities at once, to give those powers a bit more stability since on their own, they can't do as much as any other power.

Thus, Zan has the Cook copy ability, and thus is an expert chef. He's friends with Valoo, who's chocolate obsessed, and Gigi took the opportunity to mess with both food-obsessed hyperactive characters while she had them.

Original Author's Comment:

01/21/13
Alt Text: Poor Zan...

Come on, this was mandatory to happen.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Ryjora
01/21/13
YAY COOKING ZANE BEING MAULED BY TWO HUNGRY KIRBIES.
Ahh, fun times.


Divine Knight
01/21/13
.... I freaking love this XD


Princess_Eevee9
01/21/13
CHOCOLATE!*Punts them both out the way.* DOUNTS!


JollyRancher44
01/21/13
YUS. I WIN.


MY IDEA HAS BEEN ACNOWLEDGED


Ultimate Yoshi
01/21/13
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!


Alexini0699
01/21/13
No, Zan.
Sugar Freaks must always be more than one.


Alienoid
01/21/13
@Gigi19972010: Wow.


Light/Pokemon the hedgehog
01/21/13
*Thoughts from previous page I swear, SOMEBODYS gonna screw things up and go insane next comic* .......And there it is.


kirbylubber
01/21/13
KNEEEEW IT.

Except there was no fire. Or valoo eating the flaming donut.

Or house party.


Trevor the Hedgehog
01/22/13
Um...about my Chapter idea..
@Gigi19972010: Turns out that using the latest form of Microsoft Paint is a lot more complex than it looks...I miss the old version. :( That, and my chapter starts off with my OC running into Panee...I doubt that would go over very well... 3: What should I do?


Gigi19972010
01/22/13
@Trevor the Hedgehog:
What's exactly the problem you have with Paint, if your character is just a recolor you can look for tutorials to help you. And I secure you that this start isn't a problem.


BattleStarX
01/23/13
...That was just plain evil, Gigi.

And I should know evil.


Trevor the Hedgehog
01/23/13
@Gigi19972010: Well, I tried following the tutorial given on Kirby's Spriter Resource, but the Eraser tool doesn't work with the right mouse button...I knew this was a bad idea...spriting is a young man's game...I should just leave it to the pros... :*(


SkyyKirby44
01/23/13
@Trevor the Hedgehog: If it's spriting you have issues with prehaps I could do it for you.


Trevor the Hedgehog
01/24/13
@SkyyKirby44: Really? You'd help me out? ...but isn't that considered a bad thing by the rules?


SkyyKirby44
01/24/13
@Trevor the Hedgehog: Surely Gigi would understand because of the circumstances. Besides you could have just asked me or someone else from Kirby Sprite Requests to make a sheet for you.


Trevor the Hedgehog
01/24/13
@SkyyKirby44: Oh, thank you! I'd send you the sheet, but I don't know how to do so through messages... 3:


SkyyKirby44
01/24/13
@Trevor the Hedgehog: If you like I could make a sheet with the design in mind if you can give me a description of your character. =P


Gigi19972010
01/25/13
@Trevor the Hedgehog & @SkyyKirby44:
Yeah, it's ok... I just didn't want to make the sprites for anyone because I was afraid that ANYONE, like random people who never actually read the comic or never touched a sprite sheet, or even knew what a sprite is would want to enter. And I never said you needed to make the sprites, I said that the character must be yours, that's all.


Trevor the Hedgehog
01/25/13
@SkyyKirby44: *Deep breath* ...Okay. My character is a Kirby (of course!), colored a vibrant purple, with yellow (shaded like the sun, or gold) feet. I've been debating whether or not to give him raccoon ears and a tail, because that'd just be silly...and I've also wanted to give him a pet Wheelie Bike, but since the rules say only one character per entry, I can't...(I'll still have him mention it, though. :3)


kirbylubber
01/27/13
HARVEST MOON ZE TALE OF TWO TOWNZ


lunerkirby
04/04/14
He he he he that was funny but I feel sorry for Zan


Mt
06/03/16
Refrances
Chocolate?! Chocolate?! Choclattttttttte!


Sudux
04/22/18
Rest in Bananas Zan. His cooking was too popular.


The Red R
07/31/19
Squish count:6
Zan is dead for shore



Such an Odd Eight - Part 16




Ulti's Notes:

The effect is a bit lackluster, but Clare essentially exploded with ice and froze everything around her in the last panel. It's a bit abrupt, without the needed fanfare and visuals added to portray the expanding radius of insta-frost that was intended.

Original Author's Comment:

01/27/13
Well. This seems out of character for Clare. And also a big boost in her strength. Wonder what that means?

Originally this page was gonna be out on Friday, but mid-way through making it I discovered that I was sick with a stomach virus. It's not a very pretty story.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Ryjora
01/27/13
Ciao is the best character in 20TK.
Clearly.


Knightkirby
01/27/13
Lol


Gigi19972010
01/27/13
Who is Ciao? The only Chilly plushie I know is called Caio.


guestuser
01/27/13
Do NOT make a Caio-Needy Clare AGRO.


BattleStarX
01/27/13
SnowKirby152: ...Someone's preparing themselves for the ban-hammer.

@Comic: Never deny anyone their sacred plushies. It never ends well.


Princess_Eevee9
01/27/13
Hmm she could do all of that, and without that Orb? Nice then!


KHKirby
01/28/13
Would you like some burn with that ice, Matt?


Luigi_96
01/28/13
Ultimate Yoshi: Hopefully you got clear of your keyboard before that happened... O_o


DarkMario1000
01/28/13
I'm guessing the force of the ejection just made Ulti spazz and hit the vowels in the incorrect order. =p

Or somethin'…

Gigi19972010


Gigi19972010
01/29/13
Jarkes:

"I need co-authors for my comic" or something.

And I'm starting to think that my update schedule here is nothing.


Ultimate Yoshi
01/29/13
Gigi19972010: It's not easy to follow an update schedule when you get sick. I'm working on catching back up best I can.


Gigi19972010
01/29/13
Ultimate Yoshi:

Yeah, I know that you're sick now and I understand, it's just that you've been behind me for at least three weeks. :/


guestuser
02/06/13
Ultimate Yoshi: I'm sick too! :(


Ultizeta
07/27/17
In the original version of this page, I misspelled Clare's doll as "Ciao" instead of "Caio". I fixed that now.



Adding the Venture - Part 16


Ulti's Notes:

Looking back on this page, and just this page, I don't really know how I feel personally about Gigi's Kirby having different personality modes. It's not my comic or character, obviously, but I guess from a writing perspective, especially in a comic with such a huge cast already, giving multiple personality modes to the main lead is potentially confusing and disjointed.

However, I also don't really remember this factoid in a general sense, either, so it may not have even come up all too often anyway. His various personalities mesh well enough that I'd probably argue that this particular page and its explanation is also a bit of an exaggeration, but then again, I'm just going entirely off of memory anyway, so I'll just shut up.

Instead, I'll talk about how Gigi was writing my own Kirby, since it was pretty impactful for me while reading her handle him. While still serious, Gigi was able to look at not just the more recent KA pages, but ALL of them, while figuring out how to write my Kirby. So in addition to being mature and grounded, he was still able to be light-hearted and, for example, have a laughing fit about a nonsense conversation. It was a far cry from the grumpy, always-cynical Kirby that I had been writing the past several chapters, myself.

It's why I said at the time, and would still say now, that Gigi was writing my Kirby better than I was writing my Kirby at the time, and I used that as motivation to try to really, substantially improve my own Kirby writing going forward. This was the kick up the backside I needed, essentially, not in spite but in terms of "this is what I ought to be doing too, she has set a good example for me".

Original Author's Comment:

01/23/13
Alt Text: Anny was forgotten...

I really don't know what to say about this page.
Well, new fan art from contradiction123: http://i.imgur.com/av4ibup.png
Also, now I really want a Wii U, because finally SSB4 and Mario Kart 8 are going to get details on this year's E3. And meanwhile, my bro wants a Wii U even more, mainly because his favorite Zelda, Wind Waker, is going to get a remake.
Nintendo, please release a Kirby game, whatever it is, for this year's E3 to be perfect.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Ginchiyo
01/23/13
Gigi was almost forgot in there lol


Light/Pokemon the hedgehog
01/23/13
*Spits out drink* WIND WAKER IS GETTING A REVAMP?! E3 HERE I COME!


Luigi_96
01/23/13
@Gigi19972010: You're forgetting yarn yoshi!!! :O


Ryjora
01/23/13
They look more in pain than laughing to me.
HEeheheheheh


SkyyKirby44
01/23/13
Kirby Tilt n Tumble U for the win!! I have a wii u BTW


Ackirby
01/23/13
All the Kiraziness killing Anny's mind?


BattleStarX
01/23/13
Normal's over-rated anyways.


Flare_The_Kirby231
01/23/13
@Gigi19972010:
1. MARIO KART 8?!
2. A WIND WAKER REMAKE!?!?!?!
3. nintendo needs to make another kirby game.


Princess_Eevee9
01/23/13
Waaaait we're forgetting the important games that was announced the SMTxFE for us jRPG fans.


JosephX
01/23/13
@Gigi19972010:
Holy crap, Wind Waker gets a remake?


DarkNut255
01/23/13
What about a 3D ALttP? That's one I always wanted to see made.

Oh, and Kirbies, quit talking.


Gigi19972010
01/23/13
@Ryjora:
That's the best face I could make... :c

@Jarkes:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/01/23/zelda-wind-waker-getting-wii-u-remake


1997Cjones
01/23/13
@Gigi19972010: Don´t forget the just announced Yarn Yoshi, seems good to me


Alexini0699
01/24/13
(suddenly everyone is talking about Wii u's)
;^;

Don't worry Anny...I still remember that you're there...


kirbylubber
01/27/13
Gigi meets gigi meets gigi meets gigi meets gigi meets gigi meets gigi meets gigi meets gig- *shot*


arch74
06/01/13
I keep on thinking about the yu-gi-oh manga because Yugi calls Yami "other me" all the time.


Chrisleech
06/25/13
You can't really have a proper nonsense contest without either Roger or his sister from CRFH, because only they know all of the rules.



Such an Odd Eight - Part 17


Ulti's Notes:

There's a bit of a background oddity here with Shadik and Dana being visible at the top of the page, but not moving or doing anything at all. It's a bit awkwardly static as a result of me simply putting them on the background layer and copying it over.

Clare doesn't have these kinds of powers normally, and she certainly doesn't normally turn darker (Side note: oof ew that coloring change, it's such a gross look, I could've done so much better).

I really hate how I handled this, looking back. I believe what happened here was that after Gigi showed Kaxo being unable to use his Stored Ability Fire, I was thinking of reasons why that might be. She herself had a simple reason for it that got explained later in a similarly annoying way, but for now, I was left curious and thus thinking about the characters' abilities.

That, plus the various comments in-comic about Kaxo being mistaken for Leo since they're both fiery, made me think of how two of the pairs swapped had similar color palettes and copy abilities: Kaxo with Leo, and Caiya with Clare. So, I elected to do something special with both characters.

Essentially, the explanation I wind up giving is that Kaxo and Caiya's powers were more powerful than Leo's and Clare's, and thus Leo and Clare would overload a bit and be a bit darker-colored while they were here in KA. It's extremely underwhelming and gets resolved with a "okay, let's do nothing then" approach.

This is annoying not because it's a "do nothing" approach, but because I set up this strange mystery with a few pages and a bit of attention, and then basically handwave it away. It's anticlimactic and unsatisfying, and that's the real problem with it. It's the same with Gigi's explanation in a few pages about the Stored Abilities, there's a fine-enough reason and an intriguing set-up, but a pay-off that's basically a shrug. Too much attention for too little satisfaction, y'know?

Original Author's Comment:

01/30/13
Meanwhile, Vezo gains his comeuppance against nameless Birdon #2.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Luigi_96
01/30/13
She drained her life energy!! :O


Gigi19972010
01/30/13
I have no idea of what happened!!!!!


Dundaoshumahe
01/30/13
AHHHHH DISCORD'S BACK


plasma_knight303
01/30/13
Dundaoshumahe: OH CRAP
QUICK
GET THE ELEMENTS OF HARMONY


DarkMario1000
01/31/13
Looks like Clare…*puts on shades*…got BRAIN FREEZE!!!


Muddykip64
01/31/13
Jarkes: Scripts!? WHAT ARE THOSE!?


GummyBears101
01/31/13
Hooray for Vezo!


Divine Knight
01/31/13
Yay~ Comeuppance!


Tygah
01/31/13
Gotta love Vezo, haha


Ginchiyo
01/31/13
and THATS why ice kirbies are 'cool'!


Alexini0699
01/31/13
Ginchiyo: Icey what you did there.

I REALLY LOVE VEZO RIGHT NOW.


Princess_Eevee9
01/31/13
Muddykip64: I heard that they make some sort of meaning of random occurrences.


Plazem
01/31/13
Someone caught the brain freeze


guestuser
02/06/13
plasma_knight303: DISCORD EATED THEM. APPARENTLY THEY TASTED LIKE CANDY.

Also, actually I think that dark matter is taking over Clare. D:<



Adding the Venture - Part 17


Ulti's Notes:

Larry and Kaxo scheming together wasn't an inherently bad idea on the part of Gigi, but one thing I do find awkward about all this is how relatively childish all of the phrasing of it is. Not in a second-language type of thing that results in wording like "Is this even a quiz?" instead of "Is this a quiz?", or inventing the word "bullynable", that's a more understandable language issue thing of the time.

No, it's moreso the repeated use of the term 'bully'. At the very least in my own experience, people who are bullies don't actually call what they're doing 'bullying'. To me, at least, it makes a lot of the conversation a bit goofy-sounding when it's not really intended to be. But oh well.

In the end, Kaxo finding a kindred spirit in someone else who likes to mess with others is very reasonable, especially considering his own relationship with Vezo thus far. As far as what's been shown in Kirby Adventure, it's pretty accurate and fair. I'll be going somewhere with this line of thought.

Original Author's Comment:

01/25/13
Alt Text: This spells trouble...

Bullynable is a new word.
And if you want to watch a one minute video of me battling against Castle Valet Darach from Soul Silver... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxGVCMUSSdw


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Ultimate Yoshi
01/25/13
I have the feeling that Kaxo is going to backstab Larry at some point.


Knightkirby
01/25/13
@Ultimate Yoshi: Probably.
@Gigi19972010: BTW There's some mistakes on Kaxo's eyes on the panels.


Gigi19972010
01/25/13
@Gigi19972010: Good thing she doesn't wear clothes.
Knowing Kaxo, anyway.


Princess_Eevee9
01/25/13
I see them trying but failing at their scheme.

I lawled when Boss missed with Stone Edge only because missing was very unbosslike. I'm going to assume that these 'mons are EvTrained? Would you care to battle?


Ryjora
01/25/13
Shit just got real.


Alexini0699
01/26/13
...Sometimes I think of what will happen if they're together...
And I think I now know.


Gigi19972010
01/26/13
@Knightkirby:
...That's how the original sprites are.

@Princess_Eevee9:
Yep, EV trained. And of course, but keep in mind that the only game I have EV trained Pokémon is Soul Silver. When could it be?

@Jarkes:
Going to be explained at some point, in the comic, during the crossover, just wait.
And nope, Raize and Saia didn't go to the KDA universe, Vezo and Shadik did.


kirbylubber
01/27/13
Wub wub.


BULLYNABLE IS RITE?

AMIDOINITRITEGUISE


Princess_Eevee9
01/27/13
@SnowKirby152: Go to the forums and advertise. This is called spam when you do it on other peoples comics and they didn't say you could.

@Gigi19972010: Hmm traded all my Pokemon to my White then White 2 but I think I might have some left over on Platinum. Do you use Pokemon Showdown?


Koopa1018
01/28/13
@Ultimate Yoshi:
Uh, didn't you come up with Kaxo?


Gigi19972010
01/28/13
@Princess_Eevee9:
Yeah, and now I deleted his comment. If he does it again, I'll ban him.
And hmm, I see. Well, I used it once if I'm not mistaken, I guess I could use it again.


Brokor
02/19/13
But Bullying is BAD!!!


Omega Kirby
04/24/13
Wait, it sounds like fake Kaxo already knows Raven, so normal Kaxo also knows Raven, but how? >:-/


castleofwarriors
08/28/13
@Omega Kirby: That's Not-Kaxo. Kaxo never went to the 20TK dimension. He's currently in Mr. Green's dimension.


Sudux
04/22/18
In all honesty this doesn't sound like something Kaxo would do... But I know the end of story, haha!



Such an Odd Eight - Part 18


Ulti's Notes:

We've already met her. Now we get to meet her again.

Original Author's Comment:

02/01/13
Tips for catching up when you're behind: update on days that aren't the scheduled days.

That's half of the Kirbies rounded up, now!


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

JosephX
02/01/13
That Shadow Jump effect is pretty cool.


guestuser
02/01/13
wait, what happened to the Birdons?


BattleStarX
02/01/13
I wonder what Hali's reaction to having someone just pop into her room...


Knightkirby
02/01/13
I suddenly feel like hoping FP shows up.


Ultimate Yoshi
02/01/13
Jarkes: It's the old one with an effect added to it.


DarkMario1000
02/01/13
Those Birdons…they'll defrost…hopefully.
Of course, how long will it take? Hopefully they've trained themselves to be slightly more resistant to ice attacks as flyi-*Poké-shot*

@Guest


Ginchiyo
02/01/13
still as 'cool' as ever


Princess_Eevee9
02/01/13
Hi I'm Dai*shot*

Coolest way to blame someone for things gone wrong, wall-o-test and introductions all at the same time.


GummyBears101
02/01/13
@Daisy

It’s the truth.



Adding the Venture - Part 18


Ulti's Notes:

People really got annoyed at Gigi for having her Kirby be obliviously accurate like this, which I will find endlessly amusing since it's so obvious what she was intending here and yet people acted like her Kirby was being intentionally dickish.

I don't recall what chapter of 20 Times Kirby involved the True Arena, but her Kirby did wind up fighting through it, and clearly based on the context and suspiciously-specific denial, her Kirby fought against Marx during that tournament and the Galacta Knight he fought during that tournament wasn't the real Galacta Knight.

Actually, thinking back on it more, the Galacta Knight that 20TK Kirby fought might've actually been the aforementioned Lindroganti instead? Since based on all of the context of the lines provided, he was implied to be someone who could take on disguises, and this sounds right based on my memory. So, there's that.

Original Author's Comment:

01/28/13
Alt Text: ...Really...

Huh.
I'm sorry.
I just.
Couldn't resist.
Maybe I shouldn't have done that.
I didn't need to.
But.
Eh.
I decided to.
Then it's here.
My evilness.
I'm just evil.
And now that happened.
Well.
My Kirby really acts like that.
I thought it would fit well.
The whole situation.
But still.
My evilness.
And now...
Yay?
(And you people.
Who don't read Kirby Adventure.
That happened the exact way my Kirby described.
Yay?
...
Not yay.)
(Oh, and eeyup.
Another battle against Frontier Brains in Soul Silver.
This time two in one.
Care to watch?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4FKUvWTgv4
Oh, and I got back to my track.
I have six pages already done when I post one.
And that's what I want.
And yeah, I like the Enter button.
Yay?
Yay.)


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Luigi_96
01/28/13
I think I'm evil too... This page made me laugh. Out loud. xD


Mint612
01/28/13
Sorry 20x Kirby.That exactly happened in the OTHER dimension.


Ginchiyo
01/28/13
. . .I'm at a loss for words


Divine Knight
01/28/13
I have no clue what to say, other than nice page!


DarkNut255
01/28/13
Pfft. I would been, at least, 2423678 times more evil. Or maybe only 31 times, I dunno.


Ackirby
01/28/13
...


Fluff waddle dee
01/28/13
Poor Kirby...


MarioKong
01/28/13
@DarkNut255: 20 times.


Princess_Eevee9
01/28/13
Nice battle as usual Gigi, and haha got lucky against Argenta! I love the Battle Frointer and your videos of them. :) We have got to battle sometime, when I can. :D


Ninnco
01/28/13
There should've been more backstory before they mention the True Arena...


Alexini0699
01/29/13
@Gigi19972010: D:

Y U SO EBIIIIIL GIGI?

When you said that you'll be ebil, I didn't expect ebil like this D:

*le sniffs*


Muddykip64
01/29/13
Pfft. If I were you, I would have rubbed it in more.


guestuser
01/29/13
Y U SO EVIL!

Yeah, Gigi! First, Kaxo doesn't have his ability, and your Kirby is so mean! Y U SO EVIL!


kirbylubber
02/05/13
This reminds me of Chibi-Robo.
First you are in a super duper happy game of cleaning up stains and garbage and meeting toys, and there was Giga-Robo.


Look it up.


Bruno15
02/14/13
oh kirby...

o kirby do KAS deve tar em depressão até .
''Imagine se alguem q eu amo se sacrificasse,e tal''O_O


Sudux
04/22/18
I noticed Ultimate Yoshi didn't comment on this one.
Also,another example.of Kirby's weird gift of prophecy.





Such an Odd Eight - Part 19


Ulti's Notes:

I gave Keito a dumb and needlessly convoluted plan of testing out the other Kirbies' powers, mostly as an excuse to have a bit more action in the middle of the segment. The destination was iffy but the journey worked out, at least, it let me do a fun short fight sequence next page.

Original Author's Comment:

02/01/13
So, if I update this weekend, I'll be all caught up.

The original fourth panel was at normal size, but I decided last minute to close-up-ificationate it.

What could Keito possibly be planning? Hmm...


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

BattleStarX
02/01/13
It's the battle of the super-floppy hats!


DarkMario1000
02/01/13
To what gain does this produce? 0_0

Find out…when UY makes the comics!!!












Fade out?


Princess_Eevee9
02/01/13
Oh boy I love ditto matches!


Knightkirby
02/01/13
yayyayyay


GummyBears101
02/02/13
Fights make things interesting!


Or...not.


Fighter Dee
02/02/13
Yeah! Action time!


guestuser
02/06/13
MOAR ACTION.


44Cinder44
08/12/13
And I suddenly wonder what Shat'l's stored ability is.


ZeypherComix
04/22/14
Five bucks on Keito winning



Adding the Venture - Part 19


Ulti's Notes:

This tan Kirby here is Natty, and she is one of Matt's racing friends. She's a bit underdeveloped in these specific pages, since Gigi didn't need to, like, establish who Natty was to readers of her own comic, y'know? So her personality doesn't stand out too much. Just know that she's a good gal and the most level-headed of her racing trio.

Gigi would later say that Saia was one of her main character regrets of this chapter, since she felt pretty underutilized. I think the main issue with that, in retrospect, was that the Kaxo/Larry stuff would wind up eating up a lot of time for the other characters, and most of the problems also got resolved by Gigi's own characters.

In that sense, aside from KA Kirby, none of the KA cast really had an impact on the events that occured, and so aside from Kaxo and Raize who were able to be shown in multiple scenes with recurring 20TK characters, KA characters like Saia just didn't have much to do when they didn't have an impactful role or connection to anyone around.

To that extent, it's a natural consequence of how Gigi formatted her own chapter's plot. Half of the time was spent with the two Kirbys conversing as they traveled to find Dedoo and bring him back to the house, and the other half of the time was split across all four other KA characters, which mostly wound up revolving around Larry and Kaxo's soon-to-be-shown mischief. Thus, the other characters didn't have much plot to involve themselves in, and were all competing for limited screentime.

Original Author's Comment:

01/30/13
Alt Text: Uh oh... What exactly happened to Raven?!

We can barely tell the floor from the wall in Natty's room, eh?


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Ryjora
01/30/13
THIRD!11!
Flllyyy awwaaaayyy~


Ginchiyo
01/30/13
forth. and off the wing kirby flies


Alexini0699
01/30/13
FIIIIIIIIIIIIFTH!!1!11one!1

raven is ttly getting bullied


JosephX
01/30/13
Nine-thousand three-hundered seventy-ninth!


JosephX
01/30/13
I'm so mean, breaking chains like that.


Princess_Eevee9
01/30/13
And 6- awww I got jacked. :(

Fancy foot maneuvers are a go!


NintendoFan64
01/30/13
Can everyone stop doing that. It's REALLY annoying!


Mint612
01/30/13
I honestly feel sorry for Raven.I really do.


DragoErium
01/30/13
What is the point of getting the first comment? Seriously though, I get the first comment on some things, but I'm not all like 'omg i has teh first cawment! Weeeee!' when I do it. That first comment stuff should technically be spamming.
-------
That scream does not sound like a good one.


Fighter Dee
01/31/13
That is the floor?


Sudux
04/22/18
Uh
Oh



Such an Odd Eight - Part 20


Original Author's Comment:

02/03/13
Beam battle!

Hali doesn't look too pleased right now.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Luigi_96
02/03/13
Hali looks like she(?) Wants to kick both their butts. xD


Dundaoshumahe
02/03/13
Hali seems shocked-*shot*


Gigi19972010
02/03/13
Funny how you mimicked so well what Daisy would say in a battle.


Divine Knight
02/03/13
Welp, someone's head is gonna roll.


Knightkirby
02/03/13
Why? There's no damage.


KHKirby
02/04/13
Keito used Thunder Bolt!

But it failed!


GummyBears101
02/04/13
Well, Keito IS second in command…


DarkMario1000
02/04/13
How about you, I dunno, try to stop 'em? XD


Princess_Eevee9
02/04/13
Keito countered with Thunder, it was super-effective...in scaring for Daisy.


guestuser
02/06/13
Horrified Hali
Also probably agro
Lest she kills both of 'em.
Is shocked

It is pretty scary
So seeing the battle

Absolotly in awe.
Never to stop Hail
Gee, wonder what's gonna happen?
Really strange
Yarr, I'm a pirate!


littlekirby61524
12/17/13
little lightning, BIG LIGHTNING!



Adding the Venture - Part 20


Ulti's Notes:

This may just be me misremembering, but I do think this was a bit of foreshadowing for 20TK Kirby losing someone? Not in the same kind of way as KA Kirby losing KA Keeby, though, and I could be completely off the mark at least. But that's what this feels like to me, writing-wise.

Gigi using the crossover to focus on her own Kirby and push him a tiny bit into more serious territory with my own Kirby was a good move on her part. While not a ton happens in this crossover, plot-wise, it did at least give her Kirby an interesting comparison to make for himself personally, and developed him further with this kind of scenario he found himself in.

Original Author's Comment:

02/01/13
Alt Text: They are finally there!

Hope you like how I made the background switch.
Remember the contest? Now you have five months left, and I've got already seven entries! Don't forget to participate!
And well, school comes back this Monday. I made lots of comic pages during my vacation, as long as lots of comic stuff in general, so I hope I won't lose the track of it. After all, if the first year of high school wasn't easy, the second will be even harder. At least, now in the beginning, carnaval is in the second week of school, which is quite rare. :P
And I started playing Paper Mario 64 yesterday, because why not. Sadly, in an emulator, but still... I'm liking it.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Ackirby
02/01/13
Oh yeah, the contest. Hmmm... I still need to think about what I'm going to do, if at all...


1997Cjones
02/01/13
@Gigi19972010: I got stuck on the first boss ):
P.S.: What´s that new avatar?


Ginchiyo
02/01/13
that mirror kirby looks liek Gigi.


DragoErium
02/01/13
@Ginchiyo: That Gigi looks liek mirror kirby.


Alexini0699
02/01/13
Pretty colors Background change...


Princess_Eevee9
02/01/13
Hey what, GiGi do you own a Wii? I know stupid question.

My second year of high school was a breeze but I only remember the parts of massive Anime/Manga viewing in class.


bartekolo
02/02/13
@Gigi19972010:
What contest? :/


Gigi19972010
02/02/13
@1997Cjones:
A scan from a panel of a Monica's Gang issue.

@Jarkes:
Yeah, but I should have done it before, since my vacation is ending now. :/

@Princess_Eevee9:
Yes, I do.

@bartekolo:
...The one that I told everyone about in part 7, which is in the news post?


lunerkirby
04/04/14
....... poor Kirby from
Kirby adventrue



Such an Odd Eight - Part 21


Ulti's Notes:

One thing I always liked doing was ensuring that these crossovers could have an impact on things even beyond their initial go-around. Especially after seeing some of my throwaway gags in From Dream Adventures become a part of the actual characters, like Klooshy's explosion interest and Kibby becoming a ninja, I wanted to do things a bit more intentionally this time around.

Thus, I did a small thing by having Keito teach Daisy a stronger lightning attack. Did I know if Gigi was ever gonna utilize it? Not in the slightest, and I don't think she used it all too much, aside from a bit of extra power generation for her machines iirc, but still, the opportunity was there, and I was happy to have provided it for her.

Original Author's Comment:

02/04/13
Hali means business.

Raise of hands for everybody who forgot Keito was the second-in-command of Division A!

Looks like there's no bad blood between the beam-weilders. Brilliant!


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Dundaoshumahe
02/04/13
*raises hand*


Luigi_96
02/04/13
*doesn't raise hand because didn't know it in the first place*


DarkMario1000
02/04/13
GummyBears101 in the last comic did say that Keito was second-in-command. Thing is, I can't remember if I forgot that or just never knew…hence the half-raise

Uh, the point of that petite tête-à-tête Keito was…????


KHKirby
02/05/13
*shamefully raises hand*


Princess_Eevee9
02/05/13
KHKirby: *Follows suit...*


guestuser
02/05/13
I remembered

Somehow

I remember incredibly odd things that I don't need to


lstaff4
02/05/13
derp "raises hand"


BlackHeart the Unbelievable
02/05/13
*Oddly leaves hand unraised*


castleofwarriors
02/05/13
ARGH! *raises hand*


DarkMario1000
02/05/13
NMA


guestuser
02/06/13
Raises hand...


Air Man1 21
02/06/13
*Proudly doesn't raise hand*


Alexini0699
02/06/13
*Doesn't raises hand*

I always knew that Keito's the second-in-command at division A.


guestuser
02/06/13
*raises hand while doing kanby style*

OHIDONTCAAAAAAAAREABOUTRAISINGMYHAAAAAAAND


ZeypherComix
04/22/14
*raises hand*

He never really voices that power does he



Adding the Venture - Part 21


Ulti's Notes:

Looking back, I do think that Gigi made a small misstep in how this situation got resolved with Kirsy showing up like this. Considering Natty, Saia, and Raize were already present in the scene, it would've been fitting for them three to deal with Larry and Kaxo's piñata shenanigans, rather than having Kirsy show up and usurp that position as well.

That way, at the very least, a problem caused by a 20TK character and a KA character would've been resolved by a 20TK character and some KA characters. But instead, another unrelated 20TK character stepped in and took care of it instead, and that messes with both the pacing and character involvement.

Original Author's Comment:

02/04/13
Alt Text: What.

3, 2, 1, GO!


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Ginchiyo
02/04/13
magic spelssssssssssssssssss~


Ultimate Yoshi
02/04/13
Goddamn it, Kaxo.


Luigi_96
02/04/13
Oh. My. Gosh. That was hilarious!! xD


Drakeflame13
02/04/13
Walkedinlikeaboss!


Ryjora
02/04/13
Bullying and stopping.
I like it.


contradiction123
02/04/13
YES YOU SHALL.


KHKirby
02/04/13
*tape casually appears out of nowhere in panel 3*


Princess_Eevee9
02/04/13
*Sniffs* He's not wearing a supahero cape.


Mint612
02/04/13
Raven looks somewhat different.Must be my imagination.


Alexini0699
02/05/13
...

I don't even...


kirbylubber
02/05/13
Pinata Larry and Help don't spell bullying.
They spell PLH.


...Whatever that means....


GummyBears101
02/05/13
@kirbylubber: This. XD


Brokor
02/19/13
HURRAH FOR THE BULLY DEMONISHER!!


jonokirby
09/07/13
lol... I could just imagine the music playing in the background for that last panel...


1997Cjones
12/11/13
Ah...piñatas, the highest peak of my culture,perfect round breakable stuff.


Teal Talonflame
05/31/15
I know I'm a little late, but...
Hey Raven. You having fun just HANGING around?!
Had to, I just had to.


Sudux
04/22/18
Seems like Sia and Kirsy will get along fine.


Sudux
04/22/18
Rest in Chicken Nuggets Raven. She was mistaken for a paper-mache llama.



Such an Odd Eight - Part 22


Ulti's Notes:

"Son of a friggin" was a line that I had personally used in my own YouTube videos, once upon a time. It's a play on the common swear of 'son of a bitch', as one might guess, but given how I used to be a kid and thus tried not to swear, a heated moment caused me to pseudo-swear with nonsense instead.

Fittingly enough, it was a Kirby game that originated the line for me, where I died to a miniboss and just out-of-nowhere shouted "you son of a friggin!" at them. It then proceeded to become a recurring joke for me for a few years, as I continued using the phrase up until I started actually swearing for real as an adult.

Since Keito was often based directly on myself more than any other KA character, I elected to give him my own pseudo-swear, so now here he is using it too.

Original Author's Comment:

02/06/13
Don't ask how Clare did that, cause I don't know either.

I couldn't resist that last line.

More of an explanation of this to come at a later date!


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Gigi19972010
02/06/13
That was nice and not nice of Clare.


Princess_Eevee9
02/06/13
He lost me after experiment. :3

Hmmm things might not be nice but in the name of science certain things take a backseat.


DarkMario1000
02/07/13
I wonder why Keito isn't my favourite in this comic…
Then again, that's almost like me wondering why Raize isn't my favourite…
















Pointless text!

I was gonna type something concerning panel 2 – 4 (with Clare), but I think the innuendo would be too provocative for Kirby-lovin' fans! ;)


DarkMario1000
02/07/13
due to his character as stated in his bio.

But meh…

Jarkes


GummyBears101
02/08/13
Shadik is still unfazed…


lawlfles15
02/09/13
I found this somewhere on internet and i think it is referring to your comic! http://i.imgur.com/NW5qujT.png
I am sorry if you dont like cursing but I cant change that.:) :D


Gigi19972010
02/10/13
Hope I see an update today AND Monday, and later a schedule really kept. :/
sorrybutthisjustannoysmealot


GummyBears101
02/10/13
Gigi19972010: RL is a problem for you too, right, Gigi? It sure is for me. I'm working on a banner for my comics, and it is taking forever because of schoolwork.


161616
12/17/13
...mother of little green tomatoes...



Adding the Venture - Part 22


Ulti's Notes:

Dedoo's only appearance in 20 Times Kirby prior to this point was in flashback sequences, explaining the backstories of the clones. Gigi forgot about that when initially writing this, and the fact that Dedoo was mentioned to have moved away in that flashback, as she admits underneath this annotation. So she had to scramble to figure out a quick workaround for the Kirbys traveling to the wrong location. Is it a bit contrived? Maybe, but it doesn't mess with the pacing at least, so it's an appropriate enough handwave.

Original Author's Comment:

02/06/13
Alt Text: Kirby cosplayers?

Originally a plot hole, back to the planning of the chapter (simply a summary of what's gonna happen in each page), as I had forgotten that Dedoo doesn't live in Peanut Plains anymore. Just when I actually made the comic where Anny said that Dedoo lived there that I noticed it. After all, back in A Memorable Morning, Meta stated that Dedoo had moved after the cloning machine was stolen, or else today we would have multiple clones of Panee. (To refresh your memory: http://20xkirby.smackjeeves.com/comics/1386474/a-memorable-morning-part-5/ ) And it wouldn't make sense if Dedoo went back living in the same place he used to, mainly that now he is afraid of having his machines stolen again. So what, Anny made a mistake, we all do sometimes. And we are lucky sometimes too.
And Jonas finally appears for real.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Ackirby
02/06/13
Doodeedoodeedoodeedoo...


Ginchiyo
02/06/13
well that was onixpected

Onix: ONIX!
Me: Blastoise, Hydro Pump
Blastoise: BLAST!
*1 hit k.o*
Me: oh anyway, Jonas is so tiny and cute!


BattleStarX
02/06/13
Weird seeing Doos...


DarkNut255
02/06/13
In the last panel, I think 'explain IT TO me' would be better, but I know you're not a native speaker, so I'll let it slide.


Gigi19972010
02/06/13
@DarkNut255:
But is it right anyway? Because I knew "explain it to me" was right, but for some reason I wanted to write that sentence without the "it to".


Princess_Eevee9
02/06/13
@Gigi19972010: I thought he was poking a little fun at Anne when he said Explain me, it sounds fine.


MetaFawful
02/06/13
@Gigi19972010: "Explain me" is technically incorrect, but I suppose it isn't too unacceptable to say it that way...


Alexini0699
02/07/13
...Kirby Cosplayers...?
Wut.

Lucky Anny that Dedoo's there


Gigi19972010
02/07/13
@Princess_Eevee9 & @MetaFawful:

Alright, I'll keep that in mind then, thanks.


Alienoid
02/08/13
@Gigi19972010: I thought it was an abbrieviation or something.


Sudux
04/22/18
Ummm.. hello, my name is king ..ummm... Deedee ..er.. Doo ..son. yeah. And I'm there to CLEAN YOUR CLOCK.



Such an Odd Eight - Part 23


Ulti's Notes:

One way in which I could've helped the balance of 20TK character usage would've been to swap some of the characters out who had been around longer for more recent additions. So, keeping Daisy and Clare but having Matt and Dana stay behind, for example.

Instead, since I wanted Daisy for a few off-screen things, and since not every 20TK character is really the adventurous type, I wound up keeping Matt around instead, which turned him into the most-used 20TK character. It's just that little bit of imbalance that hinders this segment in the end.

Original Author's Comment:

02/11/13
But just what is she doing? You'll find out tomorrow...

Just so you know, I don't appreciate all these schedule comments I keep on getting. A segment ago you guys were lucky if you got 2 updates a month, I feel like its not that big of a deal if real life gets in the way of an update schedule and I need to catch up when I have the time, when it hasn't gotten me all that far behind (yet).


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Gigi19972010
02/11/13
It's just that it's a schedule, it's meant to be kept, or else there is no point on it. And while I can't make you act like me, it would be nice to see both of our comics updating together. :L


Mint612
02/11/13
I don't have a problem with the schedual. If it updates, it updates.


Luigi_96
02/11/13
I have to agree with both Gigi and Mint here... If you make a schedule, you should stick to it. That's why I killed my schedules, because I couldn't keep em.

But on Mint's side, I haven't been paying full attention to either this or 20TK since the crossover started, so if it doesn't update, it doesn't bother me much, cuz I'm not a huge fan of these crossovers.

But that's probably just my opinion.


Princess_Eevee9
02/11/13
Have you considered making these pages in advance and auto-updating?

I say it's alright to break a schedule if you make up for it a few days later or if it only happens rarely.


DarkMario1000
02/11/13
I don't think I've ever noticed…










That or I just forgot about something that was commented in the earlier parts.

EDIT 1 minute later: Ah, part 1…trying to "keep up" with her schedule. Reality >> Cyber.


BattleStarX
02/11/13
Maybe I spoil 'em too much, doin' daily updates, that you get the bad side of it.


Muddykip64
02/11/13
Meh, take your time. I'm patient for these updates; they're worth it.


guestuser
02/11/13
NO, NOT THE CUTE LITTLE SQUEAKER!


ZeypherComix
04/22/14
Yaaaay! Explosives!



Adding the Venture - Part 23


Ulti's Notes:

This was the first page that sparked a lot of controversy in the immediate future, and once again I would like to reiterate that the vast majority of it is my own fault.

So, for context, while reading Gigi's pages as she posted them, I was a bit unsure of how she was handling Kaxo. I kept seeing the lines of dialogue she was giving him, and raising an eyebrow at them. Nobody else seemed to be taking issue with it, but me personally, I was going "hm" a whole heck of a lot.

The problem was, I had developed Kaxo in my head a while back, around mid-Chapter 2, early-Chapter 3 areas of Kirby Adventure (so, like, around the time of Jetting Across the Ice.) It was information that hadn't directly made it into the comic yet, but Kaxo was more to me than just a violent brute. True to my typical writing style, I had started with a simple base and then expanded it and developed it over time to be a more fully-formed character.

I had developed Kaxo into a fully-fleshed out character... exclusively in my head. Everybody else? Was still working with what was more-or-less just the base premise of violent brute.

So the fault with all of this lies with me. I was so insistent on maintaining my secrecy that I neglected to inform the person writing Kaxo about his hidden depths. Like I've been hammering in home constantly during these crossover annotations: Communication. Is. Important.

Since I had neglected to be up-front with Gigi and properly work with her on my characters, I was left with a Kaxo who wasn't shaping up to my exclusive expectations and desires. Now, this wouldn't normally be too touchy of a problem, it'd be something I disliked in the crossover but would've been something I could've gotten over at the time.

Then this page happened.

It was two specific lines that really caused problems for me, lines that I personally didn't think I could just ignore at the time (realistically? Yes, I could've absolutely fucking ignored them, or tried to explain them away in a different method than I actually did, but that's in retrospect.) The lines at issue were:
"Why would I [care about others]?" and Kaxo also not arguing against Larry wanting Raven to have actually died during this stunt.

This was more than just violence, this was actual sociopathic and psychopathic behavior, and was a heavy exaggeration of even the typical violent brute Kaxo. It's another consequence of Gigi using her own characters as a base for my own, since this was something she also was doing with Larry within this same page.

Gigi's direction with her own characters was her own decision, and she worked with Larry after this crossover further to develop him more and work with this extremist violent tendencies, but for me, I could only see it as a really huge issue all of a sudden.

At the time, I still didn't truly blame Gigi, but I was an idiot teenager who wasn't exactly good at making decisions or articulating my thoughts properly, nor do I think I really took my fair share of the blame for not telling Gigi about Kaxo in the first place. So what this all means is that I felt like I had a sudden need to explain away what I felt was a massive character breach of Kaxo that I just couldn't let go ignored.

So, this is only the first of the issues this caused in the long run. Woohoo.

Original Author's Comment:

02/08/13
This page took more than the usual, thanks to the effects and edits, so I hope you like them.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

contradiction123
02/08/13
#YOLO

*dies*

Also, of COURSE you solve violence with violence!


Ackirby
02/08/13
Looks like there's someone that finally agrees with Kaxo.


Ultimate Yoshi
02/08/13
Okay, Larry seriously needs some mental help if he was actually seeking to freaking KILL Raven.


Alexini0699
02/08/13
Luke is ttly becoming like Leo.


Princess_Eevee9
02/08/13
MARIO KART!*Picks Daisy.* Wo-*Shot*


Mint612
02/08/13
Raven is...hrm....colorful...I guess.


kirbylubber
02/09/13
Say I if you think you would have gotten sick from being a human/kirby Pinata!


The random person
01/07/14
Solving violence with violence? Seems legit.


Sudux
04/22/18
Luke having more fun getting pwned by the CPUs in Mario kart



Such an Odd Eight - Part 24


Ulti's Notes:

Grace is the resident Bomb Kirby of 20 Times Kirby, and much like Shadik and Karby before her, was the apparently-traditional "main Kirby character who does not speak" character. She was quite easy to write for, since of course I had experience with my own version of that.

Squeakers are the main grunt units of the Squeaks, of which I've already gone into that group many times in these annotations. I don't think I need to explain them in full again. What I will say is that they do, in fact, summon in bombs both small and large as enemies when you encounter them in Kirby Squeak Squad.

Original Author's Comment:

02/12/13
Since Grace doesn't (usually) speak, I put in someone else during her introduction to speak for her. That someone else became this incredibly cheerful Red Squeaker.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Princess_Eevee9
02/12/13
THis encounter...was explos*shot*. Damn pun police. T.T


guestuser
02/12/13
Yay, cute little squeaker dosnt die!


DarkMario1000
02/12/13
How I like and loathe thee…

Grace and Shadik could become very great friends.


BattleStarX
02/13/13
Kublie would be proud of that bomb.


guestuser
02/13/13
If Grace and Shadik will find some of those springs to bounce on...


Mint612
02/13/13
Claire funds that...interesting?

DUCK AND COVER!!!!!


1997Cjones
02/13/13
I have a theory. Daisy´s machine localized this dimension using the first energy signature it detected in infraspace, using the power of the kirbies and the copy abilities as a way to there, the kirbies going to the alpha dimension and the copy abilities mixing with their respective spot, like Clare, thus why Daisy isn´t overpowered like Clare, because Keito didn´t change dimensions.


littlekirby61524
12/17/13
I read that red squeakers can ride warp stars



Adding the Venture - Part 24


Ulti's Notes:

It's an amusing gag in some fashion, but the more I think about this, the less this quite makes sense to me. Why? Because Dedoo, skeptic as he is, also built a cloning machine, it's like the main plot of the entire comic.

I don't quite see why he'd see two identical Kirbys and immediately accept that it was interdimensional travel, not when he knows cloning is real and that he was so adamant that interdimensional travel was a myth.

But putting that aside, proving a skeptic wrong always makes for amusing comedy. Even if the Pokémon battle dialogue reference in the realization panel is a bit over-the-top.

Original Author's Comment:

02/11/13
Alt Text: Haha Dedoo, in your face.

You don't know how much I love this page.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Ackirby
02/11/13
Dedoo's reaction is priceless!


Luigi_96
02/11/13
SWEET MOTHER OF NEUTRONS!! XD


Divine Knight
02/11/13
This is one of my favorite pages of this comic, now~


Mint612
02/11/13
BWA HAW HAW HAWHAW-nope.


Gigi19972010
02/11/13
@NMA:
...I knew someone would say that. :P
Just wait for Part 26.


Princess_Eevee9
02/11/13
@Gigi19972010: I call he believes them!


NintendoFan64
02/11/13
AHAHAH! Oh man, this is the first time time a comic has laughed this hard! Serious, 'SWEET MOTHER OF NEUTRON'?
LOL!
Seriously, I'm still laughing typing this comment!


BlackHeart the Unbelievable
02/11/13
Wait...

Is Kirby referencing a crossover, in ANOTHER CROSSOVER?!


Gigi19972010
02/11/13
@Jarkes:
I know that, I just wanted it to be similar to what happened here: http://katmm.smackjeeves.com/comics/1279188/rainbow-route-run-part-5/


Alienoid
02/11/13
Hands up if you actually know in detail what a neutron is.
*hand up*


??
02/11/13
LOL

Deedoo's eye and comment really makes this funny XD.

@Alienoid
I noticed your avatar's hand is raised too :D.


Shedinja
02/12/13
Astonish = Ghost = Super effective...!
Shedinja fainted!


Alexini0699
02/12/13
rotfl


Mister T
02/12/13
That... was... THE FUNNYEST THING I EVER SAW! I`m still laughing!


1997Cjones
02/12/13
I have a theory. Daisy´s machine localized this dimension using the first energy signature it detected in infraspace, using the power of the kirbies and the copy abilities as a way to there, the kirbies going to the alpha dimension and the copy abilities mixing with their respective spot, thus why the copy abilities are gone and how the machine worked

P.S.: I died with the last 5 panels.


Sudux
04/22/18
Rest in Strawberry Shortcake Deedoo. His mind is now in a grey puddle on the floor.



Such an Odd Eight - Part 25


Ulti's Notes:

Yan is the resident Ninja Kirby of the 20 Times Kirby characters. The best way to imagine him is to imagine a typical ninja: stoic, steadfast, capable, honorable, all that sort of stuff. He wasn't much of a wildcard, he wasn't significantly devious or mischievous, he was to-the-point and a solid support.

I say all this to preface me somewhat exaggerating him the tiniest bit for my own writing. I enjoyed being cheeky, and often I would be a bit more humorous or snarky, so the Yan I wrote was a teense less serious (but no less capable) than Gigi's typical Yan.

Original Author's Comment:

02/13/13
The most qualified ninja seen in the comic so far!


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

BlackHeart the Unbelievable
02/13/13
He isn't even getting panel time.


Gigi19972010
02/13/13
Nice one, Yan.
And now who has the bigger bomb?! :P


Luigi_96
02/13/13
I think Grace is happy now. xD


guestuser
02/13/13
No, not the cute little Squeaker!


BattleStarX
02/13/13
Bah, Yan has nothin' on Kibby.


Princess_Eevee9
02/13/13
Poor Squeak.


DarkMario1000
02/13/13
Two dimensional limitations on his poor soul.





That, or he (not really) broke the fourth wall.


MixMagi365
02/13/13
Lol, now Grace Wins


Tygah
02/14/13
Aw, poor Vezo. No screen time but I guess getting a line is alright. I forgot he was even there XD


guestuser
02/14/13
Sly 2:Band of thieves.


guestuser
02/14/13
Looks like Spinni took Gigi's advice!


Gigi19972010
02/14/13
BattleStarX:

Lies.


Jerdude14487
02/14/13
Hmm... Shadik x Grace... It must be shipped!


guestuser
02/17/13
i love this comic so much but why hasnt it updated yet?? werent you following gigis schedule?? :(


GummyBears101
02/17/13
Jerdude14487: Too early to say that. They haven't met yet. :)



Adding the Venture - Part 25


Ulti's Notes:

Remember when I said that the 21st clone would show up later in the crossover? Here he is now. This is Panee, the white Kirby, who is the black sheep of the clones.

He's a major character who's mostly on his own side, neither hero nor villain. Unlike the other clones who got tossed aside, Marx specifically kept Panee after seeing what the incomplete clones could turn into, and trained Panee to be his minion. Marx made for an awful boss, though, so Panee defected as soon as he could.

He doesn't necessarily dislike the other Kirbys, but mostly just wanted to be left alone and take care of himself, doing his own thing, that sort of vibe. I don't exactly recall what he was up to in this page, though, but it was foreshadowing for something to come later down the line, that much is obvious. It's not relevant for the crossover.

Panee's copy ability is the Copy ability. It's a bit of a silly power in Kirby Super Star that simply lets Kirby copy a power without eating an enemy, using a sort of scanning headset. It's a bit redundant for most of the game, except for a side mode that negates Kirby's typical copy ability powers. In 20 Times Kirby, giving Panee the Copy power meant that he was able to use any power, making him a much stronger clone compared to everyone else.

Here, he's seen using the Ghost ability, which is actually not a Super Star power at all. It's only in Kirby Squeak Squad, given by the Tedhaun miniboss (which Panee mentions in this thought dialogue). It has Super Star Ultra-styled sprites, though, since in Gourmet Race save data, the best race time saved is represented mid-game via this Ghost Kirby.

Original Author's Comment:

02/13/13
Alt Text: ...I don't even...

What?
And I don't know what Panee is doing there, why do you think I'd know such thing?!?! If you excuse me, I'll continue to fangirl scream because of the new revealed Eeveelution.
(Minor changes to the site: the custom pages now have "titles" and the "Readers' Comments" image was changed since it used to show "Reader's Comments". And remember you can always ask me to put your comic in the Links Page, it just needs to have quality.)


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Ginchiyo
02/13/13
lol that is sooooooooooooooo suplex kirby!


Ryjora
02/13/13
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!
I guess you could say Panee has a....GHOSTLY SOUL. YEAAAAAAAA-*Killed by Gigi*


Ultimate Yoshi
02/13/13
Is it bad that I don't get the joke here?


Gigi19972010
02/13/13
@Ultimate Yoshi:
No, because there was no formal joke, just some sort of nonsense?


Princess_Eevee9
02/13/13
@Gigi19972010: May I also join you in fangirl scream? :3

Also I'm almost positive that it's Eevee's regular Normal evolution but any ideas?


Luigi_96
02/13/13
I only knew that was Panee from the Author's comment...

Also, is Re:Booted quality enough to make the links page?


MixMagi365
02/13/13
@Princess_Eevee9: It looks like some sort of Psychic or Flying type, or maybe a new type altogether


Gigi19972010
02/13/13
@Princess_Eevee9:
My first thoughts were Normal too, but I dunno, I can't see a Normal type Eeveelution... Maybe it's Flying, but to be honest, I have no idea about its type...

@Luigi_96:
That's why I decided to mention him.
And yes, it is. I'll put it there tomorrow. (:


Air Man1 21
02/13/13
3rd Panel is a classic Panee expression. I am also aware of Squeak Squad's ghost ability, yet never found must practicality in it. Stuck mainly to tornado when I could.

Also "amtsteitwial" is original according to zee Googles.


Mint612
02/13/13
AMTSTEITWIAL?
*claps* Wonderful name!


@Gigi19972010:
Two things.
1.Did you get my contest entry?
2.I'm normally too shy to ask this but you seem like a nice enough person... Could you put Unity in your Links Page?


Luigi_96
02/13/13
@Gigi19972010: Thanks :3

And, yes, put Unity in! If that ain't quality, what is? :P


Alexini0699
02/14/13
AMTSGHEKSOAHDTDWALL
What...?


Bruno15
02/14/13
OMFG!

Finalmente nova eeveelution!tenho quase certeza que vai ser flying,pq parece com a skyla,mas vamos ver :D


Bruno15
02/14/13
esqueci de falar, e ninfia ainda é a eeveelution mais leve,penso que podera voa


Trevor the Hedgehog
02/14/13
@Gigi
First of all, Panee's probably just there to screw with Kirby now that he doesn't have to worry about Marx. Because he's a dick like that.
Secondly, do you remember that chat I had back at page...15, I think it was? Your friend, SkyyKirby44, said that she'd help make a sprite sheet, and I gave her a general description of my character, and she hasn't given me a confirmation on whether she'd do it or not. It has me a little worried...just a little. :/


Gigi19972010
02/14/13
@Jarkes:
...Maybe I'm being way too curious here, since it has nothing to do with me, but what are you exactly talking about?

@Mint612:
1. Yup. That's why you didn't get a reply, since there were no problems on it.
2. Heh, like I've said once, I don't bite, so of course! I'll put it there soon.

@Trevor the Hedgehog:
Hmm, now we've gotten a problem here... Because I know you can't sprite, but I didn't want to make your sprite sheet, because if I make it, many people will ask for the same thing, and that isn't my intention... Well, I'll ask him about it, maybe he'll make it for you, if not, maybe I can make an exception for you.


SkyyKirby44
02/14/13
@Trevor the Hedgehog: I'm working on the sheet as much as possible it's just that it'll take some time is all.


Trevor the Hedgehog
02/15/13
*Whew!*
@SkyyKirby44: Okay. Glad I could get some confirmation. On the other hand, how will I be able to get the sheet from you? Can you e-mail me it, or something? :/


SkyyKirby44
02/15/13
@Trevor the Hedgehog: I'll put it in Kirby Sprite Requests probably over the weekend. Some of it MIGHT be unfinished though.


Trevor the Hedgehog
02/15/13
@Sky
>x> Well, alright...just be sure to post an update to it as well, just in case it isn't finished right away, okay? No rush, there's still plenty of time left in the contest...and I've got a feeling my entry's gonna be a whopper of a win! :)


Sudux
04/22/18
Spooky scary skeletons send shivers down your spine...


The Red R
07/31/19
So ghost is an ability and shield is not.Great



Such an Odd Eight - Part 26


Ulti's Notes:

This is where my slightly sillier interpretations come into play. Yan normally wouldn't be this coy about things, but I thought the deadpan snarker was amusing, and I liked the idea of a bit more of a relaxed, confidently-cocky ninja who didn't mind using his skills to mess with friends in very small ways like this.

What's noteworthy is that this was another time when Gigi took note of how I was using her characters. While she didn't fully agree with Yan's specific behavior here in terms of how fitting it was, she did at least note that I was using his ninja skills to do so, which wasn't something she involved him in as often.

I think that's an interesting way to look at characterization, the more I think of it. Sometimes, you may not even notice underuse of particular traits you've given your own characters until you give someone else the reigns and see how they interpret things. Like, even in recent terms, I've had characters like Caspar the frog who you couldn't even tell was a frog for a bit, outside of visual design, but taking note of things like character species can allow them to accomplish things or exhibit behavior that's extra-unique to them, and that's really useful as a writing tool.

Original Author's Comment:

02/19/13
I keep forgetting Yan isn't actually a girl. For whatever reason that name sounds feminine to me.

Check on the comic later. I plan on doing a double update today.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Luigi_96
02/19/13
Ninja skillz. FTW.


Gigi19972010
02/19/13
Now why did Yan do that?
'Cause he can.


guestuser
02/19/13
Wait, where are you guys going? Dont leave the sqeaker unconchus in the forest alone!


MecanicalCH
02/19/13
actually...Yan its a masculine name...because it comes from yang and as we know...The yin and yang are two concepts of Taoism, which expose the duality of everything in the universe. Describe the two fundamental forces opposite and complementary, which are found in all things. Yin is the female principle, earth, darkness, passivity The yang is the masculine principle, the sky, the light, activity....ETC.
so for us sounds like female...but its a masculine name...


guestuser
02/19/13
Stalker.


guestuser
02/19/13
Ultimate Yoshi: Don't worry about it. I check the bios in 20 Time Kirby every time I read it, and I always seem to skip Yans bio. So I always thought Yan was a girl.


DarkMario1000
02/20/13
I wouldn't believe BS like that either…














And sure, BS can mean Bio Spark if some of you want it to…………………


Princess_Eevee9
02/20/13
Masculine, Feminine, none of that stuff matters in today's world where any name is given to children of all genders.


ZeypherComix
04/22/14
Ninjas have the best intuition



Adding the Venture - Part 26


Ulti's Notes:

It's odd to me how Gigi handwaves away the idea that they could just be clones of each other. It's like she had the same thought I did after the previous comic involving Dedoo, and sought to address it. That's just a guess on my part, though, and I can't fault her for trying to address it. I do think that it's a bit more questionable now than it was before, though, lol. Sometimes, less explanation works better.

Anyways, this is also the handwave explanation I mentioned earlier about the Stored Abilities. After the strange focus it had on Kaxo not being capable of summoning it, setting up that small bit of mystery, it just gets shrugged off amidst a lengthy dialogue page in an aside about how it's just not how planets work in this dimension.

Is it a reasonable explanation? Yeah, but after the Kaxo page, it's also a bit of an anticlimactic way to address it. In retrospect, it would've been better for Gigi if she hadn't done that Kaxo page making it seem like a bigger curiosity than it wound up being.

Though of our two failed mysteries, my whole "darker" thing was a much worse offender, since I took longer to explain it and dedicated way more time to bringing it up before the explanation, lol. So 2013 Gigi still beats 2013 Ulti.

Original Author's Comment:

02/15/13
Alt Text: Now who is gonna wreck it?

Before you start thinking that the explanation in panel 7 came out of nowhere, go back one chapter, Old Friend, or New Foe. In part 20, there are these two particular panels: http://prntscr.com/r8i17 . Now that's finally explained in comic, Kiggy had found a Crash Copy Ability Deluxe on some planet, and then why did she have the trouble to take the kirbies to another planet to use that to kill them? Couldn't she take them somewhere on Pop Star? And now I can say no, because Copy Ability Deluxe only work on some planets, they don't work on Pop Star, and since Stored Abilities are Copy Abilities Deluxe, the same logic had to be used. I came up with that idea to explain the physics of Milky Way Wishes, and also why Kirby like found all those Abilities and suddenly he lost them all. Blame me for being the logic girl, I just love to come up with explanations for things never explained in-game.
Also, two new links in the Links Page! The first one is "Re-Booted", a pretty interesting Kirby and Mario crossover from Luigi_96: http://www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofile.php?id=124522 and the second one is "Unity", an awesomely drawn Kirby comic from Mint612: http://www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofile.php?id=126943 Check them out!


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

contradiction123
02/15/13
Fix it Dedoo!!!!


Ginchiyo
02/15/13
beam time!


plasma_knight303
02/15/13
Dedoo is Fix-it Felix.


Luigi_96
02/15/13
@Gigi: Is that "Pretty interesting" in a good way? :P

Also, the effects used in that last panel rock. Just sayin'


Ackirby
02/15/13
*Facepalm*


epicness
02/15/13
Wait.

Then how can they use the stored abilitie in the otherverse if it's still the same(But different)Popstar?

._.


Divine Knight
02/15/13
OH GOD THAT LAST PANEL XD


Princess_Eevee9
02/15/13
He's Mr.Fix It Doo.


Alexini0699
02/15/13
Alt text, I'm gonna Wreck it!


Plazem
02/15/13
fix it for SCIENCE Deedoo!


Air Man1 21
02/16/13
But Deedoo, DNA testing won't work if they are both Kirby. We need a test that conclusively determines fundamental differences in personality.
Like with ink blots.


Plazem
02/16/13
@Air Man1 21: that's where you'r wrong my friend. you see, if deedoo does the test he should find that the alternate Kirby should actually have their DNA structure slightly different because he's from another dimension. Isn't science fun?


Gigi19972010
02/16/13
@Luigi_96:
Yes it is. :P
And thanks! (:

@epicness:
...Different universes work different?


epicness
02/16/13
@Gigi19972010: ... i'l buy that for now...


Gigi19972010
02/16/13
@epicness:
...But that's the logical explanation, just because they are both Kirby comics that doesn't mean that all their "physics" are the same.


epicness
02/16/13
@Gigi19972010:
Okay then.


Firecat1311
02/16/13
Finally managed to finish reading the 100+ comics I missed for whatever reason
gonna go to reading the updates as they come now because this has become my favorite Kirby comic yet :3


Gigi19972010
02/17/13
@Firecat1311:
Why thank you Fire. :3


castleofwarriors
02/17/13
Oh, god, alt text, now there are Cy-bugs everywhere!


That guy from Futurama
02/19/13
Fix it fix it fix it fix it fix it fix it fix it fix it fix it fix it fix it fix it fix it fix it fix it fix it!


kirbylubber
02/19/13
Bob the Builder!


JollyRancher44
02/20/13
@kirbylubber: no. just, no.


OrangeBundit
10/01/16
DEEDOO THE BUILDER
CAN HE FIX IT
DEEDOO THE BUILDER
YES HE CAN


Sudux
04/22/18
But he needs the DNA. For SCIENCE!



Such an Odd Eight - Part 27


Ulti's Notes:

In the previous crossover, Shadik never got to meet Karby, his fellow silent character. Since I had both Grace and Shadik this time around, this page was an absolute inevitability.

Original Author's Comment:

02/20/13
Silent Adventures 2: Electric Boogaloo!

In case you missed it, there was a double update today, so go check the previous comic if you're confused.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

BattleStarX
02/20/13
One of my few regrets from our cross-over was Karby and Shadik never got to meet.


Gigi19972010
02/20/13
They indeed are, Clare.


DarkMario1000
02/20/13
Finally! Two taciturn characters…rather, one mute and one taciturn (reverse-respectively)…interacting! YES!


Clare, that shouldn't leave you in laughter…
it should *puts on shades* leave you SPEECHLESS!!!


*extends arms to take the rotten tomatoes and other thrown items*


Firecat1311
02/20/13
And no one will ever know the true depths of their conversation


contradiction123
02/20/13
Firecat1311: weren't you the one that


Firecat1311
02/20/13
contradiction123: yeah I was, wasn't that the


guestuser
02/20/13
..... no one even cares about that poor sqeaker that was knocked out and is currently in the forest alone, with injeries that might get infected, no help nearby, Ulti just LOVES to torture non-inportant characters, like those Birdons that are probly freezing to death.


contradiction123
02/20/13
Firecat1311: You were also the one that said


Firecat1311
02/20/13
contradiction123: Haha, yeah, wasn't it also really funny when


contradiction123
02/20/13
Firecat1311: We should probably stop though, or we'll


Firecat1311
02/20/13
contradiction123: Oh yeah of course we wouldn't want


guestuser
02/20/13
A silent movie!


MecanicalCH
02/20/13
OHHH!!!
Clare and i have a lot in common! they are really FUN!


Princess_Eevee9
02/20/13
I see an invasion in the comments.


Alienoid
02/20/13



DarkNut255
02/20/13
@Guest: Or when Ulti just killed Meta Knight back off at The Beginning.

Alienoid: Those are the greatest words ever spoken by any philosopher.


Jerdude14487
02/20/13
Now GracexShadik shall be shipped. Quick! Someone make a good sounding fusion of their names. Shace, or um... Gradik.


guestuser
03/22/13
aw, they're cute!


littlekirby61524
12/17/13
...


guestuser
02/02/14
What are they doing


guestuser
02/15/14
That was cute, 2 kirby who's can't speak( but actully Grace don't like to speak).



Adding the Venture - Part 27


Ulti's Notes:

Ghostly Panee didn't cause the malfunction of Daisy's machine, but he did accidentally cause it to stop functioning immediately afterwards, so he was aware enough of the whole 'dimensional travelers' debacle going on around him while he did his stuff. Hence, that's how he realizes who Raize is, after that momentary lack of recognition.

This brown Kirby in the headband is Jake, wielder of the Suplex ability. It's basically a wrestling power. As you can see, he's very absentmindedly philosophical to a point of silliness. In retrospect, I kinda wish I had had him to play with instead of some of the other characters I had from 20TK, but then again, I probably wouldn't have given him a good amount of screentime anyway.

Gigi's use of Raize with Jake and Zan here turned Raize into the third-most-utilized KA character she had. Raize's tendency to take to the background meant that Gigi wasn't sure of how best to use him, but I think pairing him up with two other relatively chill and mature characters of hers was the right call. Maybe he was a bit goofier than I'd have written him, but after the way I've been talking about how I was writing Gigi's characters, that's basically par for the course. All's fair, ain't it?

Original Author's Comment:

02/18/13
Alt Text: That's not going to last for much time, I swear...

Panee knows more than we think, but how?
Philosophic talk based on IRL talks with my bro, because why not?
I lost my count of copy and paste in the last panel, I wonder why?
Also, I made something special for this comic: a video! It's one minute long, and you can check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71DHUVcH42k Sorry if the quality isn't the best, I'm not the best at making videos. But anyway, I hope you like it, as it wasn't easy to make.

And you may notice that this update is late, right? Well, I don't have the best news, but I feel I should tell the whole thing. I post the comics at 5 PM my time, and it was 4 PM when it started raining. Ok, summer rain, normal. But then it started raining way too much. Ok again, since it was happening some days ago too. But it ended up that it started raining much harder. The wind was too loud. It started hailing as well. I could hear all the water falling from the sky, like someone was throwing water at my city. Funnily enough, I still had power. I even thought about posting the comic before, if I had no power later, but I decided not too, since all these days it hadn't happened. So, while all this was happening, my mom said once "It's the end of the world!". Yeah, honestly, it seemed like that. I decided to take a look at my apartment to see what was happening around. In my bros' "play room", it was raining so hard that, even with the windows closed, the water was passing underneath the window! That's right! The scene was pretty scary. And the rain was just getting worse. I went back to my bedroom. And then I heard something. Something loud. A crack. A glass crack! At first I thought it was my bedroom's window, but it was not. I realized it had came from the living room, so I went there. In fact, it had happened there. I dunno the name in English of the place that glass door connected too, maybe I'll search and tell you but it's not the time, but what happened there is that that door broke with the wind. There was glass all around the living room. My mom came there, as she had went to my bros' bedroom to see the mess, and saw the scene. And then she exclamed: "I was there seconds before! If I hadn't left, I would have been hit by all this glass!" And god, it was true what she had just said. And if that had happened, I dunno what would happen after that. There was only me and my 12 year bro there. My dad was at word and my almost 4 year old bro was at school. I doubt we would be really able to help our mom. Well, that's the worst part. Also, right after that, power went away. So, that's basically the whole bad thing.
Well, everyone here is ok. The living room is back to normal, except for the glass door which is going to be fixed soon. I just know that after all the panic I realized I had no power, and I had not posted the 20TK page for today. Well, I started panicking. But then I came with a solution. The power in my apartment right now is weird. Half of it has power, half of it has not. And obviously, the half of it who has no power has my bedroom there. And in my bedroom, there is also the router, so we have no internet. But then, every now and then, almost all the apartment has power for like 7 minutes. So I realized I could use those times to post the comic. But not in my computer, mainly because I don't think it would turn on fastly enough for me to post the page. So I grabbed my dad's laptop, and put it to charge in my bros' "play room", where the power is normal always. But then, what about the page image? As a coincidence, two weeks ago I started to make a backup of all my comic stuff in my dad's thing-I-dunno-the-name-in-English (it's some stuff which has over 250 GB and you can put stuff), every Sunday. So, I had this next page saved there. Everything was solved. Right now, I'm typing this comment in bros' room, uncomfortably and waiting until the power goes back, for my router to work for 7 minutes so that I can post the page. Fun, eh? So, I hope you guys understand it. I just couldn't let this comic not to be updated because of that, since I had a solution. And thanks for reading this, if you did. Also, if there are any grammar, spelling or whatever mistakes, I'm sorry, I'm typing this way too quickly. :P


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

plasma_knight303
02/18/13
Wall of text is best text.

I read it all.

Power in half of your apartment? Ineteresting. o.o


Princess_Eevee9
02/18/13
Patio

T-Drive Hope that helped.

Jeez is Mother Nature trying to screw you over isn't it?


1997Cjones
02/18/13
I read the entire comment
Scary

P.S. The word for "it's some stuff which has over 250 GB and you can put stuff" its USB


Alexini0699
02/18/13
HOW MANY DONUTS ARE IN THAT PIIIILE?

NOBOODY KNOWS...

"two weeks ago I started to make a backup of all my comic stuff in my dad's thing-I-dunno-the-name-in-English (it's some stuff which has over 250 GB and you can put stuff), every Sunday."
I think that's a HARD DRIVE...I guess

Hope your fine over there, Gigi.
I wonder what's happening to the world...


Divine Knight
02/18/13
And thus they were in doughnut heaven...

For about 5 minutes XD


Ultimate Yoshi
02/18/13
The word you're looking for is a flash drive.

Good to see you're okay after that.

Panee either broke the fourth wall or is just mistaking Raize for Luke.


Luigi_96
02/18/13
It's either an external hard drive or a USB flash drive...

Also, crazy story!! :O


Fighter Dee
02/19/13
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/028/307/iamerror.jpg?1318992465


kirbylubber
02/19/13
Donuts! + Chocolate! x 10000000 = Happiness!!! and Yeah!


MecanicalCH
02/19/13
Foooooooooodddddddddddddddddddddddd!!!*can´t post comment eating chocolate donuts and leaving two Kirbies without them!*


Air Man1 21
02/20/13
I have a philosophical/metaphysical thought rant about every other day, and yet this joke still seems forced.

11th Panel is them instead of they.


Sudux
04/23/18
Ciaya and Valoo are 2 happy puffballs!


The Red R
07/31/19
I wonder no long that mountain will last



Such an Odd Eight - Part 28




Ulti's Notes:

This was a plot thread conceived of the joke first, set-up second. We haven't gotten to the joke yet.

Using Daisy's building tendencies to remodel the unseen Division B-through-D bases was a bit awkward. It resolved the issue of "why would Division B, C, and D have cooler-looking bases than Division A used to, if only A's was remodeled by Kaaby during the first crossover?" But the fact that we still never saw the other bases prior to this makes it feel a bit flat overall.

It also just kinda takes away from the moment. Giving Grace and Daisy a bit more screentime is fine, but I was running out of pages and still had two more characters left to wrangle up, and those two are the characters who suffered the most from screentime issues. My pacing with all of this was just a mess, and I prioritized a few of the wrong things, and it's a shame.

Original Author's Comment:

02/20/13
Grace is a sneaky Kirby who knows all her friends deepest, darkest secrets.

Good thing she doesn't speak.


No, this was not just an excuse to get Gigi in the crossover again. Yes, I did/am use/using Daisy for the sole purpose of remodeling the other Division bases a la Kaaby.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Ginchiyo
02/20/13
hm. . .they have a plan. . .huh?


Gigi19972010
02/20/13
And Yan has that soda.


BattleStarX
02/20/13
Well after "A" got theirs remodeled, I suppose it's only fair.


Princess_Eevee9
02/20/13
Is this free?


1ce_k1d
02/21/13
Grace was speaking in 3rd person in panel 7


DarkMario1000
02/21/13
AW YEAH…

I have nothing else to point out except…Dana, Y U SO TIMID?

1ce_k1d That was Clare speaking…Grace has said naught in this entire comic.


GummyBears101
02/21/13
Poor Vezo. XD


guestuser
10/17/13
At least one kirby NEEDS to get smashed........


ZeypherComix
04/22/14
So...many....kirbies


guestuser
05/05/14
Look at dat smirk


Ultizeta
07/27/17
This page got updated to fix Aika's text bubble coloration.



Adding the Venture - Part 28


Ulti's Notes:

Gigi didn't mind being silly when she could afford to be, but in pages like this, the end result could be a bit hit or miss depending on the person. Comedy is subjective, after all.

Gigi was one of the ones who read Tear in the Fabric and saw it for what it was: a nonsensical and unreasonable mess of a story that made no sense, and she wasn't afraid to question it or poke fun about it at the time. I can't say I blame her, but in the moment, it stung a bit more than it should've, because I was a dumb thin-skinned kid still learning how to take criticism.

This was good-natured ribbing after I had already admitted Tear in the Fabric had failed, and yet I still took this silly panel a bit more personally than I should've, which perhaps dictated one of my upcoming bad decisions. Man, was I a dumb kid.

Anyways, silly Dedoo, we all know Princess Luna is the best pony.
(If you were unaware, that's a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic reference in that last panel. Many fans tended to argue over who their favorite character, or 'best pony', was.)

Original Author's Comment:

02/20/13
Alt Text: Dedoo you inconvenient scientist...

You didn't see any references in this page, at all, where did you get that idea?
And thanks for those who cared about what happened Monday. Really. I'm still pretty scared, but everything is 100% normal again.
And no, this update is not late/early (depending where you live). I was going to tell this last update, but that thing happened and I forgot, so, summer time ended for me this weekend, but I'll keep posting the updates at 5 PM my time, so may notice a small change of the update time, if you pay attention to it. I'm telling this because I used to change the time I update to always match the exact time for those who live in the US, but I realized that updating 5 PM was always good for me, so I'm keeping this. That's all...


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Knightkirby
02/20/13
That 3rd to last panel should've been yes


Luigi_96
02/20/13
Panel 7 made me laugh out loud! xD


Princess_Eevee9
02/20/13
I vouch yes to this dimensions Kirby's question.


Ultimate Yoshi
02/20/13
The references, dear god the references. One of the best pages in a while, this one is.


Ginchiyo
02/20/13
I spy a reference. Damm My Little Pony


Alexini0699
02/20/13
Panel six and seven are the beeeest!!! xD

It made me lol! xP


kirbylubber
02/20/13
Last question: No, Luna is.


??
02/20/13
Yes, Fluttershy is best pony.

@kirbylubber
Luna might be best pony, but we don't see enough of her :/


Air Man1 21
02/20/13
Given Dedoo's curiosity with KA's Kirby, I predict that he will decide to travel to the other dimension in order to analyze it and perfect his own inter-dimensional time traveling device, and maybe wreak havoc. Also, you could have been a little more subtle with the references.

@Knightkirby: Yes, but no because Kirby wasn't there for any of it, and nobody told him (1)because he didn't care, and (2)because everyone except Shat'l and Shadik had their mind's wiped.


MecanicalCH
02/20/13
who is Fluttershy?


castleofwarriors
02/20/13
Panel 7 is wrong, you dig? Axayzncavja~


SuperFan
02/20/13
Is Dedoo asking KA Kirby PMD style questions? Or is it just me?


MarioKong
02/20/13
Hmmm... nah, she is number 2.


kirbylubber
02/22/13
@MecanicalCH: *gapes*


Stone_Merten
02/22/13
Heck no!
DERPY HOOVES IS THE BEST PONY!!!!


Ryjora
02/24/13
I haven't been reading this for a while.
http://prntscr.com/u00ch
Oh my god my sides


Koopa1018
02/24/13
@Dedoo:
Fluttershy is NOT.
Pinkie Pie is best pony.
Pinkie is awesome.


Smugleafdoofus3
02/25/13
SHUT UP. Dashie is best pony.


The Bomb Master
03/06/13
@MecanicalCH: my little pony character.


castleofwarriors
08/28/13
Oh, wait... Kirby wasn't there for Etam's attack... He doesn't know.


Pasca46
03/19/16
@Knightkirby: Only Shat'l knows...


primpuff
05/01/16
I love the random reference to Etam in this, yet he lives in the comments


OrangeBundit
10/01/16
Was that a Kirby Komic reference?


Sudux
04/23/18
Stop it, Ciaya! I am not a waffle!



Such an Odd Eight - Part 29




Ulti's Notes:

What's so funny to me about this page, in retrospect, was that it was one of the few times I attempted to properly communicate with Gigi during this crossover, and I still fucked it up.

I specifically went to Gigi in PMs, asking "hey, I had an idea for a joke where Grace uses puppy-dog eyes to get Daisy to do what she wants. Would that be an in-character gag to tell?"
And Gigi responded with something along the lines of "yeah I can see that working, so long as it's not super immediate or exaggerated. Daisy's not THAT crazy or easily convinced."

And what was the way I wound up writing the gag properly, in the original version of this page? Immediate exaggerated compliance.

Gigi rightfully messaged me a bit after the original version went up, and was like "hey, uh... that's not in-character. Please fix it?" and so I did, and made the revised version with two more panels.

Is it technically a better gag without the two extra panels? Oh, absolutely, in a vaccuum it works much better that way. But characterization, at least in times like these, should come before gags, and I just can't believe I got told exactly what I should do and still failed to actually do it. It wasn't even actively ignoring it, it was just me being that stupid at the time and legitimately thinking I was complying, when I was not.

Special shoutouts to 2013 Gigi, by the way, who privately took issue and requested the change in PMs, but publicly simply just embraced the original page with a comment saying "d'aww" down below. That's real saving face right there, a good mature way of handling things. 2013 Ulti really could've learned a thing or two.

Yes, I am going to keep dunking on myself, because we haven't even gotten to the height of stupidity of all this yet. Just wait.

Original Author's Comment:

02/24/13
Who could resist those eyes?


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Gigi19972010
02/24/13
'Dawwwww...


milomus2
02/24/13
so...cute...must...resist...DAWWWTOOCUTE. MUST GIVE THREE TONS OF COOKIES.


MecanicalCH
02/24/13
WOW! so Cute! can i hug?


BattleStarX
02/24/13
Puppy-dog eyes... the world's greatest weapon. Ever.

Of all time.


Alexini0699
02/25/13
CAN'T....RESIST....MUST...CONTROOOOL...SELF....UGH.

THOSE EYES. I JUST CAN'T EVEN.
SOOOOOOO CUUUUUUUUTE!!!


Tygah
02/25/13
*resits those eyes*

I like the use of your artwork in a sprite comic though ^-^


Luigi_96
02/25/13
D'AWWWWWWWWWWW


Mint612
02/25/13
*Has a seizure from cuteness*


Alienoid
02/25/13
Ultimate Yoshi: You seriously need to make a tutorial.


GummyBears101
02/25/13
Wow. XD


Blastlechum
02/25/13
Too CUTE! MUST GIVE CANDY AND HUGS


Ultimate Yoshi
02/26/13
Alienoid: I have absolutely no idea what you're even referring to.


DarkMario1000
02/26/13
I admit…quite cute.

But not irresistible. (Not really) Sorry, Grace! =p


BlackHeart the Unbelievable
02/26/13
... What is your command?


Alienoid
02/26/13
Ultimate Yoshi: Vector art like Grace's OMGSOCEWT face.


Koopa1018
03/02/13
SPONTANEOUS DRAWING OF ADORABLE FROM NOWHERE.
Lol.


MixMagi365
03/12/13
Ultimate Yoshi: Not me for sure


BlackHeart the Unbelievable
03/22/13
I still await the command, Empress Adorable.


Princess_Eevee9
04/03/13
And Grace wins again.


guestuser
09/24/13
MUST BEGIN EXCHANGE OF HUGS. MUST ADORE CUTE FACE...


littlekirby61524
12/17/13
hypnosis or Grace's absolute cuteness?


guestuser
02/02/14
OMGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOOOOOOOOOOO CUTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! C TO THE U TO THE T TO THE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE


guestuser
03/02/14
Very cute, i want hug her.


guestuser
03/22/14
NOT THE PUPPYDOG EYES!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOT THE PUPPYDOG EYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


lunerkirby
04/08/14
Awww ..... Grace's puppy dog eyes are so cute!


ZeypherComix
04/22/14
Oh god, the eyes!


Ultizeta
07/27/17
Back in 2013 when making this page, Gigi took issue with how quickly Daisy gave into Grace's puppy dog eyes. I then added two extra panels to help satisfy her a little bit more. I never reuploaded the original, four-panel version of the page until now.



Adding the Venture - Part 29


Ulti's Notes:

This, I believe, is just more foreshadowing and setting up for future 20 Times Kirby chapters. It's a bit mixed, in some ways.

On the one hand, in a more story-oriented comic like 20 Times Kirby, using a crossover to set up things and continue focusing on her own plotlines was a reasonable thing to do. Larry's violent tendencies got escalated, Panee's foreshadowing some machine shenanigans for the future, and Dedoo got brought into the comic properly rather than remain a flashback-only character (and Dedoo would continue to remain involved throughout the remainder of the comic, iirc). So to that extent, the crossover was pretty effective for Gigi, time-wise.

On the other hand, a crossover's best aspects are fanservice and character interactions. Doing things that wouldn't otherwise be possible, and letting fans have fun seeing characters interact who otherwise would never normally get to. And with Gigi's approach, outside of Kirby, most of the KA cast didn't get involved with things. Caiya and Saia were heavy victims of this, but even Raize and Kaxo mostly played second fiddle to the 20TK characters they were seen with.

I think that, in retrospect (and the advice I would give Gigi if I could travel back in time) would've been to try to use KA characters to further her plot points more, rather than using her own characters. Saia being the one to rescue Raven from Larry rather than Kirsy bursting in, Raize or smart-Caiya trying to help fix Daisy's machine, things like that. Maybe Panee enlisting the help of one of the KA Kirbies, taking advantage of the fact that they wouldn't know anything about him. There's potential there, methinks, for something that could accomplish all the plot goals Gigi had while still being a bit more of a fanservice-y crossover.

Original Author's Comment:

02/22/13
Alt Text: Panee, consider yourself lucky.

My Kirby likes to scare people with his shouts.
And in case you can't tell, Panee is 100% invisible, but I'm showing him transparent because or else it would be weird when I focused on him, since you'd see nothing.
And, huh, I tried to create a TV Tropes page for this comic, but I got confused since I had never done that before. So, I wanted to know if anyone who would be interested in that page would be kind enough to create it for me, but please, let me know before you do so. Thank you.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Alienoid
02/22/13
Panee just needs to drag a table and then he's all set.


Luigi_96
02/22/13
If they can't see him, why does it matter if they get close?


Ginchiyo
02/22/13
oh my goodness, flawed


Gigi19972010
02/22/13
@Luigi_96:
I WOOOOOOONDEEEEEEER...


Luigi_96
02/22/13
@Gigi19972010: Maybe he's invisible, but still solid?


Alexini0699
02/22/13
Kirby's shouts....

PANEE.
Y U SO SCARED OF THEM TO GET CLOSER TO U?!


MecanicalCH
02/22/13
if Panee...is a Ghost...wont he be a Boo in disguise?


Princess_Eevee9
02/22/13
@Luigi_96: I know why I think.


Blastlechum
02/25/13
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand I NEED to change my pants



Such an Odd Eight - Part 30


Ulti's Notes:

6 more pages remaining before the characters get sent home, and I'm only just now introducing the second-to-last 20TK character with just one single panel. MAN, my pacing was awful for handling 8 characters like this. At the very least, the pages should've had more panels than a typical 4 so that I could get more done in most pages. Stubbornness messes things up again.

Original Author's Comment:

02/26/13
Keito must be blind to have missed a detail like that.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Luigi_96
02/26/13
CAPTAIN OBVIOUS!

I'd say something about being the first person to comment, but that's annoying.


Mint612
02/26/13
FIRE!RUN!....Maybe not.


DarkMario1000
02/26/13
that body of water there…wanna use it?


Oh wait, 2D limitations. XD


BattleStarX
02/26/13
Previous Cross-Over Reference!

Poor Kaxo, missing the burninating...


Syogren
02/26/13
Luigi_96: You just did, LOL. And yeah...it IS burning.


DarkNut255
02/26/13
Those are just highly transparent, really hot, red, fire-like leaves on the base of the tree.

Oh, the fireball IS real though. It's uh… just far, FAR in the foreground. OBVIOUSLY.


Luigi_96
02/26/13
Syogren: Yes. Yes, I did.



Adding the Venture - Part 30


Ulti's Notes:

I paid close attention to how Gigi handled this upcoming reprimand, because in my own head, it was make-or-break for what I'd have to do with Kaxo's behavior going forward.

It wasn't actually that serious, but, at the time that's how I viewed it.

Original Author's Comment:

02/25/13
Alt Text: Kirby, trust me, security cameras won't help...

When in doubt, bring the bullies to the Kirbys. They'll know what to do... Right?
And guys, thanks for the enormous interest on making that TV Tropes page. I was trying to make something for you, but I'm starting to think that you don't want that. So, ok, it's your decision. Actually, I tried to make one, and I'm almost there, but I won't create it anymore, since none will edit it, thanks to the lack of interest. :/
...Ok, sorry for my rudeness, it's probably my astral hell... Mood swings all the time...
The intense heat doesn't seem to help, too... e.e


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Luigi_96
02/25/13
I don't even know what Tv tropes is, so... :|

Hey first! That's a HUGE accomplishment for some reason!! *sarcasm* really people.


MecanicalCH
02/25/13
mmmm...why i get the feeling the bullies will do it Metal Gear Solid style if Kirby install the cameras?


epicness
02/25/13
WHERE IS THIS TV TROPE PAGE.


Gigi19972010
02/25/13
@epicness:
IT WASN'T CREATED YET.
WHY, DO YOU WANT IT?


epicness
02/25/13
@Gigi19972010:
YES.

YES I DO.

UNFORTUNATELY I AM NOT GOOD AT BEING AN EDITING TROPER.


contradiction123
02/25/13
comment so gigi won't be sad

c:

Anyway, yah shore Kirby, security cameras for because :D


Ultimate Yoshi
02/25/13
I'm not sure where the Kirby Adventure TV Tropes page even came from, but it certainly appeared. So, unfortunately, I can't be of much help here.


Alexini0699
02/26/13
Yeah you should, Kirby.
Cause, watching them is too mainstream.


GummyBears101
02/27/13
... *sweatdrop*


Trevor the Hedgehog
02/27/13
@epicness: SINCE WHEN DID THIS TURN INTO AN EPISODE OF DINOSAUR OFFICE???


Gigi19972010
02/27/13
So... I decided to wait about creating the TV Tropes page... Maybe I'll later, but not now, since I'd need to have some people to edit it sometimes, or else it'll be pretty much dead.


Sudux
04/23/18
It's about to go down!


The Red R
07/31/19
Yes Kirby,yes



Such an Odd Eight - Part 31


Ulti's Notes:

Considering Daisy's initial "precious" gags back in the early pages of the 20TK side of this crossover, this was not a bad gag to pull at all, in a vaccuum.

What makes it annoying is that it usurps attention away from the remaining characters here, such that this green Kirby yet to be introduced has his details delayed even further from Daisy's outburst.

It's gags taking away from plot progression, and it's just the kind of thing that's way more obvious in retrospect than it was at the time.

Original Author's Comment:

02/27/13
Daisy must have been taking voice lessons from Kirby.

If you don't get it, then you must not be reading the 20 Times Kirby side. Go do so now.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Gigi19972010
02/27/13
Oh no, Daisy, you're probably mistaken. And you think it was Dedoo? Pff, obviously not!


1997Cjones
02/27/13
How did she do that?!


star kirby12
02/28/13
1997Cjones: By a disturbance in the Beam Force!


Tygah
02/28/13
Sooo many L names!


DarkMario1000
02/28/13
Poor Daisy…

The level of how much we can relate to her…maybe not her extrasensory perception…


Ackirby
02/28/13
Daisy can sense the condition of her inventions that don't even exist in this dimension!?


Light/Pokemon the hedgehog
02/28/13
Daisy? Daisy? Stop turning into Gollum. Daisy? DAISY? DAISY?!


Alexini0699
02/28/13
She can sense her machine being touched.

IT IS MAAAAGIIIC!


GummyBears101
02/28/13
...

That's freaky.


guestuser
03/01/13
Who touched my Sasha?



Adding the Venture - Part 31


Ulti's Notes:

So... yeah. To be frank, even without my personal qualms about Kaxo, I think this was a bit of a misstep on Gigi's part just in general.

Ignoring everything about Kaxo, the fact that Larry got away with attempted murder without even a literal slap on the wrist was really disappointing and a bit aggravating. No comeuppance, an interrupted scolding, and no consequences for his actions.

The fact that it meant that Kaxo also didn't get consequences wasn't lost on me either, and that was the part that I really wound up focusing on, myself, but yeah. The shifting of focus from bullies getting properly reprimanded into "oh but there's one last issue to resolve" was a bit of wonky pacing.

At the very least, I think Gigi could've probably utilized Saia to continue the reprimand after the Kirbys got their attention taken away by Dedoo. But again, hindsight is 20/20.

Original Author's Comment:

02/27/13
Alt Text: ...Extra problem?

Hooray for small pages where nothing interesting happens!


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

contradiction123
02/27/13
I think the extra problem is that either the creator needs to be with it, or because it's already been used, it can't be used again.


aomi shikido
02/27/13
Maybe something is broken and a good replacement can only be find at a very dangerous place?


Dundaoshumahe
02/27/13
dundundun.avi


Light/Pokemon the hedgehog
02/27/13
Well Kaxo, you were TECHNICALLY saved by the Doo, but who cares.


MarioKong
02/28/13
Daisy knows youre touching her precious...


Alexini0699
02/28/13
Larry and Kaxo got lucky...

This time...


kirbylubber
03/01/13
I feel like Kirsy... bullies are mean and since pink shirt day I haaaaayte bullies and I just wish they'd stop and they're too STUBBORN and I'M THE ONLY STUBBORN ONE AROUND HERE!!!



Such an Odd Eight - Part 32


Ulti's Notes:

Daniel, wielder of the Fighter copy ability (basically a martial-artist), has the main traits of stubbornness and overconfident isolationist-ness. In the sense that he prefers to do everything himself and feels himself capable of doing so even if he isn't.

Not that you'd really know the latter from how I used him. While I do like this gag in a vaccuum, it's not the best representation of Daniel, and it's basically the only representation of Daniel because I lost myself so much time in this segment with other gags.

It exhibits a bit of his stubbornness at least, though his particular way of speaking was a bit more sesquipedalian than he normally is (as in, he uses a lot of long words.) "Your blatant disregard for courtesy that you exemplified" is very sesquipedalian, and probably way more so than any of Gigi's characters would be, let alone Daniel.

But at least this gag was funny, still.

Original Author's Comment:

03/01/13
I quite enjoyed making this comic, though I have no idea if I'm writing Daniel well or not.

Either way, it was still entertaining to write this.

Oh look! I actually updated on a Friday for once!


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

DarkMario1000
03/01/13
WE SHOULD CELEBRATE!!! Or not…


Lol…Yellow-Greenie.


MecanicalCH
03/02/13
what did just happened inside that door!?


Princess_Eevee9
03/02/13
I blinked what happened?


GummyBears101
03/02/13
Ok then. 0_o


guestuser
03/03/13
My sister saw this and went all gutter-minded and I slapped her.

I have an interesting family.


BattleStarX
03/04/13
Nothin' like a large explosion to bring people together.


guestuser
03/06/13
Panel 3 - Daniel: "So you decided to give me a derogatory generic name based on my color? Rude."

Panel 6 - Daniel: "Agreed, Yellow"

LOL XD


WiiKirbyYoshiToast4000
04/07/13
colorcist.........


guestuser
04/05/14
Daniel is sturrborn


ZeypherComix
04/22/14
This is the best comic yet



Adding the Venture - Part 32


Ulti's Notes:

Looking back, I think Gigi involving Panee in this crossover in this particular way was a bit of a mistake. Not necessarily him showing up and setting up a few plans of his own mysteriously, but the fact that he stuck around invisibly and brought himself the focus of several pages as a result.

The ultimate conclusion of this is just that he leaves anyway in another page, so it doesn't really amount to much, him sticking around, and those precious pages could've helped Gigi utilize the KA cast a bit more, or at the very least put a bit more focus on reprimanding Larry more.

But like I keep saying, hindsight is 20/20. It's easy to see how to improve these things, a decade's worth of hindsight and experience down the line.

Original Author's Comment:

03/01/13
Alt Text: Beware, Panee, they know you're there! ...Sort of...

Panee, it's all your fault! If you weren't there, the machine would be working all the time! You and your Ghost Ability emitting those phantasmagoric waves!
And don't forget about the contest, guys! You have four months to go~


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

MecanicalCH
03/01/13
who you gonna call? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjvFq3e6znI


Ultimate Yoshi
03/01/13
I always knew bread would screw things up.


The Legendary Sky Kirby
03/01/13
A Friendly Agreement
@Ultimate Yoshi: Yeah, you think?


Alienoid
03/01/13
@Gigi19972010: You'd think there'd be more submissions with 275 fans...


epicness
03/01/13
So wait,why is she there again?


Princess_Eevee9
03/01/13
@Alienoid: Most people don't know how to do quality sprites.


Alexini0699
03/01/13
Dedoo talks too much like Kirby's and Daisy's speeches.

Panee reveal yourself naaao


GummyBears101
03/02/13
@Ultimate Yoshi: Must throw out the bread.


Divine Knight
03/02/13
Oh wow. Panee, you have some 'splaining to do!


Super Bluey
03/02/13
DEDOO, YOU'RE A TRUCKING GENIUS. :P


kirbylubber
03/02/13
BUSTED.


BattleStarX
03/04/13
...Is it just me, or does Dedoo need a hat like Sherlock Holmes in that next to last panel when he says that line?


Plazem
03/05/13
deedoo you have made on Plazy very proud, keep it up


Sudux
04/23/18
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE PANEE



Such an Odd Eight - Part 33


Ulti's Notes:

Leo is an airhead without much concern for others, since he's one of Larry's cronies and we saw how Larry had complete disregard for the safety of others after his piñata thing with Raven.

He's not normally this dark, he usually looks like Kaxo does, but this was me continuing my dumb "Kaxo and Caiya made Leo and Clare messed up a bit during their transportation" train of thought. Maybe I'd have been able to convey it better if Leo didn't show up for, like, 2 pages and have like, 3 lines of dialogue.

Leo was by far the worst aspect of the crossover entirely, I completely and utterly failed at involving him and just had to scramble to even show him at all. It was a complete misstep and a result of poor planning and pacing on my part. In retrospect, pairing up most of the Kirbies probably would've been better, so that at the very least they could be shown off in 2's and I'd have had less scenarios to switch to and more time to show off the characters a bit.

Anyways, Burning Leo is a Kirby enemy who gives the Fire power-up in some games. One of the members of HAND from that earlier chapter is a Burning Leo, if you have any recollection of that at all. Gigi did, in fact, name Leo here after the Burning Leo enemy.

I, did not in fact, name my own Leo the Magician after either of these Leo's.

Original Author's Comment:

03/04/13
If this wasn't intentional on Gigi's part, then I'm disappointed.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

MecanicalCH
03/04/13
HAHAHAHAHAHA that had to burn Leo!


Gigi19972010
03/04/13
Ultimate Yoshi:

But it was. :P


Luigi_96
03/04/13
Is it sad that I just noticed that?


DarkNut255
03/04/13
Another Dark Kirby, hmmm...


Princess_Eevee9
03/04/13
Burn em Medium Well just in case.


guestuser
03/04/13
Uh oh, a darker kirby. Is it because of the time-space continum getting broken because of dimensional travel? Something is going to happen, and it ain't gon be gud.


DarkMario1000
03/05/13
Luigi_96

XD

[EDIT 22:11 EST] Oh look, a new button.


keeby rulez
03/05/13
Luigi_96: no, I just noticed too.


guestuser
05/02/19
No its because they got powers from Kaxo and Cayia then they kinda overloaded. Also Shat'l wrote this, so tea that's me.
Also I don't know how to make an account.



Adding the Venture - Part 33


Ulti's Notes:

I have nothing to say about this page, so instead I'll elaborate on Gigi's author comment below this and explain that this was her 333rd page of 20 Times Kirby, hence "THREE THREE THREE!".

Original Author's Comment:

03/04/13
Alt Text: See ya, Panee...

THREE THREE THREE!
Not quite, Kirby.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

BattleStarX
03/04/13
Whatever makes you feel better, 20k-Kirby.


Princess_Eevee9
03/04/13
Awww how anti-climatic. Panee got lucky.


Ultimate Yoshi
03/04/13
I still question how Panee knows, or seems to know, who Raize is, since he wasn't here when the teleporter malfunctioned, since, you know, the engines were working.


MecanicalCH
03/04/13
HAHAHHAHAH! pure luck Kirby pure luck!


Luigi_96
03/04/13
Page 333 is part 33. Sweet.


DarkNut255
03/04/13
20xK Kirby should be in Luigi's Manion: Dark Moon. He'd scare the ghosts out instantly. Or annoy them enough to leave.


SkyyKirby44
03/04/13
If only he knew...


kirbylubber
03/04/13
Muahaha. KIRBY IS CLUELESS, NOW TO STRIKE- waht???


Alexini0699
03/05/13
Lucky Kirby that Panee just followed Kirby's request...


Trevor the Hedgehog
03/05/13
*A-hem!*
@SkyyKirby44: ...how's work on my request coming along? It's been a while since you sent me an update...did you just forget? I'm not trying to sound hurtful here, it's just that my patience is really starting to wear thin... 3:


Gigi19972010
03/06/13
@Kirby CC:
I use Photoshop... But why would you think that I use neither of those, judging by the effects?


Sudux
04/23/18
Who you gonna call?
She's Cheese Is!



Such an Odd Eight - Part 34


Ulti's Notes:

Here's me FINALLY getting around to explaining the whole darkening thing, and because I had to explain it, it also cut short any extra time with Leo, because he really just had to get the short end of the stick, huh? It's a shame, because he could've been fun to work with, yet I failed him and Gigi immensely.

What I find interesting, looking back on this page, though, is the weird spacing between "sort of" and "overloaded" in the last panel. There's enough of a gap between those words that it makes me think I had originally written a different word there, and changed it after the fact without moving other text around. I have no idea what other word I could've written there would be, but I'm intimately familiar with the text spacing of MS Paint Bolded Tahoma after all the years I spent making this comic, so I can tell that the spacing there is off. Weird.

Original Author's Comment:

03/06/13
Explanations plus background comedy! What more could you ask for?

Don't take that as an opportunity to ask me for things.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Luigi_96
03/06/13
Shadik needs to watch where he teleports!


guestuser
03/06/13
Now theres a icon for this chapter.


DarkMario1000
03/06/13
Ohai Shadik…nice of you to show up outta FRICKEN' NOWHERE!!!!!!


guestuser
03/07/13
There goes my theory.


GummyBears101
03/07/13
Kaxo and Caiya's stronger powers. Lol. Well, they do have...strange personalities. XD


Bamboo_Shoots
03/07/13
Awesome, Shadik is back.



Adding the Venture - Part 34


Ulti's Notes:

Gigi loved to provide explanations for things, which was great for logistics and sensibilities, but a little less great for pacing sometimes. I think it comes down to information presentation: it's not that the info is bad, it's that it's a bit wordy and not concise enough.

It's not something unique to Gigi, or to comics at all. It's an issue plaguing many a person who wants to explain things: how to present your info in ways that it gets the point across without truncating necessary bits or boring the audience. There's a fine line to walk, and needless to say, I don't think any teenager would be able to walk it, let alone one who's doing explanations for a silly Kirby comic online.

That's not a dunk against Gigi or against Kirby comics, it's just highlighting the relativeness of the issues. When actual scientists or professors or whatnot are struggling to convey their extremely important scientific or political or educational information to their audience, of course it's gonna permeate through smaller subject matters like comic writing.

Original Author's Comment:

03/06/13
Alt Text: And where is Caiya now?

Me and my explanations.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Ginchiyo
03/06/13
eeyup


Ryjora
03/06/13
I was really interested in what he had to say, but then I was destracted.
The machine's grid.
The line on it looks like the outline of a butt.
http://prntscr.com/va0bb
LOL!!11111!11!1


Luigi_96
03/06/13
@Ryjora: ………Way to ruin it! xD


1997Cjones
03/06/13
Well, there goes my theory to the dumpster
My theory
Daisy´s machine localized this dimension using the first energy signature it detected in infraspace, using the power of the kirbies and the copy abilities as a way to there, the kirbies going to the alpha dimension and the copy abilities mixing with their respective spot, thus why the copy abilities are gone and how the machine worked


kirbylubber
03/06/13
I think that the fact the interdimensional travel caused something to happen to the kirbies, thus causing a rift in time and space, thus causing the kirbies to disappear from existence completely, not even to wander dimensions like Lady Timpani. They will simply be gone, not in any parellel universe will they exist


Alexini0699
03/07/13
Caiya's with Valoo eating donutsssss- *shot*


GummyBears101
03/07/13
Caiya is eating endless donuts.

...
I don't know anymore. 0_o


Super Bluey
03/07/13
Eatin' chocolate donuts with Valoo like always. :P


Alexini0699
03/08/13
...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIGI!!!!!

LIKE WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER AT SKYPE, YOU'RE GETTING OOOOLDEEEER.

OWAIT. EVERYONE DOES EVERYDAY.

AS I WAS SAYING WHERE IS MY PLANE TICKET FOR TO GO TO BRAZI-*SHOT*

WELL THEN, HAVE A NICE DAY.
AND GIVE ME ICE CREEEAM!


Sudux
04/23/18
...and she's buried in donuts.



Such an Odd Eight - Part 35


Ulti's Notes:

Since a lot of the 20TK cast kept trading places in taking a backseat during the crossover, this page was my attempt to give a lot of them a sort of last bit to make an impact again. And, of course, I still neglected Leo during this, because I just couldn't give that guy anything, huh?

Original Author's Comment:

03/10/13
This is the first comic in this segment where no Kirby Adventure characters appear at all. Fancy that.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Princess_Eevee9
03/10/13
Aww they're going home so soon?


Knightkirby
03/10/13
Dana is squashed.


DarkMario1000
03/10/13
I got nothin' to help Clare out…


guestuser
03/11/13
I love your webcomic! I have been reading it from the beginning. Except for the bigger pages, which are impossible for my 3ds to display. So basically the storyline that was... you know... the flashback? With Galacta? Yeah, I missed all of that. But otherwise I love it! I am always waiting for the next update!

You rock!

~Stardust


guestuser
04/27/18
wow



Adding the Venture - Part 35


Ulti's Notes:

I think this page was the culmination of Gigi not being sure of how to write Caiya or what to do with her. It's kind of amusing to me, though, how both of our Part 35's had characters from the other comic initially wanting to stay, before being quickly convinced otherwise.

Original Author's Comment:

03/08/13
Alt Text: ...That was easy.

Wondering why Valoo would suddenly want to eat that?
...
It's my birthday~ :3


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Ginchiyo
03/08/13
@Gigi19972010: happy birthday, Gigi!

here's your present, some fan art! http://www.smackjeeves.com/images/uploaded/comics/4/0/40ebd29446xZB.png


Knightkirby
03/08/13
Happy birthday!


Alienoid
03/08/13
WOOH!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!


JosephX
03/08/13
Happy Birthday, Gigi! Hope you have a nice birthday! And good luck with High School.


BattleStarX
03/08/13
I'd send Kibby over to the KA-verse if you want a cook, Caiya, but I'd rather not rip more holes in the space-time continuum.

Maybe.


Luigi_96
03/08/13
Happy berfdai!


kirbylubber
03/08/13
Happy Birthday!

*shoves cake in Gigi's face*
Paaaaarty!


MecanicalCH
03/08/13
*Sings all the Happy Birthday songs that he knows!*


Mister T
03/08/13
HAPPY B DAY!

Here`s your cake!

http://images.psxextreme.com/wallpapers/psp/the_cake_is_a_lie_515.jpg


1997Cjones
03/08/13
Oh it was today?! I wanted to send you a special birthday gift when the day started! I´ll have to write it. HAPPY BIRTHDAY (hope you get the Wii U as a present)


Dundaoshumahe
03/08/13
Happy birthday, Gigi.


The Legendary Sky Kirby
03/08/13
Oh, I almost forgot. Happy birthday, Gigi! *Plays KatAM Ending, KCC Ending, KSqSq Ending, KSSU Staff Roll, KRtD Staff Roll, and KAR-Air Ride Mode Ending themes in the said order*


Alexini0699
03/08/13
HAAAAPPY BIRTHDAAAAAY GIGIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU'RE GETTING OLDEEEE-
*shot*
:3


Princess_Eevee9
03/08/13
Here take this http://prntscr.com/vjqoy I heard it was a special occasion! Enjoy your special day GiGi. :)


Hi:)
03/08/13
Happy Birthday, Gigi!


Hi:)
03/08/13
Happy Birthday, Gigi!


Syogren
03/08/13
Happy B-day! And CaiyaXZan OTP!


Light/Pokemon the hedgehog
03/08/13
Crystal: Happy Birthday Random Person!
*Pushes Crystal away* You stay out of this. Happy Birthday Gigi! Hope you got what you wanted!
Crystal: Yeah, like a Witch straight from Left 4 Dead!
Nobody needs to know about your crazy obsession of getting a Witch for your birthday.


guestuser
03/09/13
happy bday!


NintendoFan64
03/09/13
Happy Birthday Gigi! I hope Zan bakes U a great cake!


MixMagi365
03/10/13
Happy Bday! (That is if you're not joking XD)


Trevor the Hedgehog
03/11/13
@Gigi19972010: Well, Happy B-Day then, buddy! Did you get anything special? :3


Gigi19972010
03/12/13
@Trevor the Hedgehog:
Well, the most special thing I got was from one of my best friends irl, she's awesome at drawing and she made two drawn stickers for me, one of Suicune and Celebi, other of the moon with two quotes from famous people that are completely related to me. (:


Sudux
04/23/18
Reminds me of something a certain yellow friend of mine once did.



Such an Odd Eight - Part 36


Ulti's Notes:

The characters all get to go home, and I knew I wanted to give everybody one last little line before leaving. Before doing so, however, I PM'd Gigi with a bit of an offer for her. I knew she particularly liked Shat'l out of my cast, and her comic was pretty plot-heavy.

So, before I sent her characters home, I asked Gigi personally if she wanted to have Shat'l give a psychic message to any of them before they left. A warning for the future or some sort of prediction, anything like that. After a bit of deliberation, this warning from Shat'l to Daisy was what she gave me, and I put it in more-or-less word-for-word to ensure that it was exactly as Gigi wanted it presented.

To that extent, it was nice that finally at the very end of the crossover, I learned a bit better how to communicate with Gigi about ideas and cooperate together on writing things advantageous for both of us. It's a shame I'm about to throw that goodwill right down the toilet in a few more pages.

Original Author's Comment:

03/12/13
Welp, it was fun working with these guys, but it was time to send 'em back. But don't worry. While my four may not be seeing these eight again, you guys can still read 20 Times Kirby and figure out what happens next!

Also, contrary to some commenters' beliefs, I didn't forget about Vaina and the nameless Birdons.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Mint612
03/12/13
Nice effects!I like!


Luigi_96
03/12/13
Awesome effects. Me gusta.


Princess_Eevee9
03/12/13
The Kirbies go marching away one by one hurrah hurrah.


Gigi19972010
03/12/13
No *FSSSSSFLASH*? :C


guestuser
03/12/13
Aww...so no more Grace x Shadik anymore, huh? XD


DarkMario1000
03/13/13
Panel 11 sure does sum up this fun segment.

LOL @ Dana


Ackirby
03/13/13
I'm a little sad this segment ended.


guestuser
03/15/13
Once upon a time..
there were eight kirbies who traveled through dimensions. 2 got darker. Later, the returned home.. the end.



Adding the Venture - Part 36


Ulti's Notes:

Might've been nice to see Saia actually scold them, instead of the Panee shenanigans, but alas. I shouldn't beat a dead horse.

Original Author's Comment:

03/11/13
Alt Text: And why was Daisy's machine like that?

Bye KA kirbies! You'll be missed!


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Ginchiyo
03/11/13
y. the picture I wasted all my time on for your birthday. . .was meant to go on extra page.

also caiya, NUUU


Ackirby
03/11/13
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!


Knightkirby
03/11/13
WHYYYYYYY


kirbylubber
03/11/13
Now everything is boring! NUUUUUUU


The Legendary Sky Kirby
03/11/13
"I'll meet you there."
KA Kirby, Raize, Saia, Kaxo, Caiya. I'll meet you in the KA Universe.


Mint612
03/11/13
*starts having a seizure*
GASP!IT'S OVER JUST LIKE THAT?


Light/Pokemon the hedgehog
03/11/13
Well, that was quick. Now, for a new segment! *Raises glass in a toast*


MecanicalCH
03/11/13
@Light/Pokemon the hedgehog:*shoots the glass just when he was going to get a sip*

but i dont want a new segment this one is fun!


Alexini0699
03/12/13
Bye-Bye KA Kirbies!


Princess_Eevee9
03/12/13
Quick someone make copies of them...awww it's to late.


Sudux
04/23/18
GOODBYE KIRBY CIAYA RAIZE KAXO AND SIA! ILL MISS YOU!



Such an Odd Eight - Part 37


Ulti's Notes:

I got Kaxo back, and this is when everything went to shit. My method of "fixing" what went iffily with Kaxo in the crossover was... well... not the greatest, to put it mildly.

In a vaccuum, it's not that bad, really, but the meta angle is important to consider as well. Gigi and I worked together on this thing, I didn't tell her important information, and when I decided that she did something 'wrong' with one of my characters, the first thing I did when I got the character back was be like "hey but yknow, he was acting really out of character for some reason!! also intriguing vagueness!!"

It's just kinda rude if you think about it like that, and it's about to get a whole lot ruder.

Original Author's Comment:

03/13/13
Ooh, intrigue! Maybe there's more to Kaxo than any of you guys previously thought...


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

lstaff4
03/13/13
BURN EVERYTHING! EVERYTHING IN SIGHT!


MecanicalCH
03/13/13
something tells me he is going to become a big....and i mean BIG with BIG letters and CAPITAL letters problem!


DarkMario1000
03/13/13
And Kaxo, so hot-headed…


Yep, just another average day for unaverage puffs.


BattleStarX
03/13/13
Remember one of my golden rules:

"Immolate first, ask questions later."


GummyBears101
03/13/13
Now THIS is interesting.

...Actually, I'd be pretty angry if I was in the same situation.


Bamboo_Shoots
03/13/13
Something that Kaxo told Saia that he hasn't revealed to anyone else. Wonder what that is.


guestuser
03/13/13
Kaxo: Fire! I missed you! (cackles madly while the entire area is on fire)


Tygah
03/14/13
Oohhh mystery! I'm excited!


Air Man1 21
03/15/13
How long will it take for Kirby to find out about Vaina and the other post Birdons, or will this go by like the whole inverted attack?


ZeypherComix
04/22/14
I keep forgetting Kaxo is dude....


guestuser
05/05/14
Jarkes: I agree vezo, raize and keito are dullish and average...BRING BACK FP



Adding the Venture - Part 37


Ulti's Notes:

Now, as the 20 Times Kirby side is winding down, Gigi gave all of her characters a bit of a coda as they reminisced on the experience and their friend groups welcomed them back. I think it makes for a good comparison of how I wrote them vs how their actual creator writes them.

Of course, Dana still screams. It's what she does.

Original Author's Comment:

03/13/13
Alt Text: Yes! They're back!

Way to give it away, Dana.
And if you're missing my long comics (more than 10 panels), wait for the next few pages. :P


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

MecanicalCH
03/13/13
can´t wait to see what is coming!!!!!


Mint612
03/13/13
Poor Dana.I feel sorry for her.


Alexini0699
03/14/13
ERMAHGHERD.
THEY.
ARE.
BAAAAAAAAAACK.


Super Bluey
03/15/13
Mah boi, I wonder what's going to happen next.





Such an Odd Eight - Part 38


Original Author's Comment:

03/17/13
In other news, Keito is very unlucky.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Ultimate Yoshi
03/17/13
PK5yco: I'm afraid I don't understand your question.


Princess_Eevee9
03/17/13
You must never forget to remember the birds!


Tygah
03/17/13
Keito's just playing some "Angry Birds"

:P


MecanicalCH
03/17/13
Tygah: and he is not doing a good job...also he is playing it wrong...


DarkMario1000
03/18/13
Yep. GREEAAAAAAAAT decision.


Air Man1 21
03/18/13
Well this is a race that Matt would have enjoyed had he remained. Too bad.

Also, Kaxo might actually be a better second in command given how he already tries so hard to assert his dominance over others. The power might actually counterbalance his assertive profile since he wouldn't have to force anyone to do anything. What he says would go, and the ease at which people would submit to him would likely cause him to cease trying to fulfill the void normally filled with the suffering of others (Vezo and Fanhal), thus making him more mellow. There is a chance he might use his power to enslave the others to his desires, but given how Kirby is still his superior, he might not attempt it so readily(at least while he is around).


guestuser
03/18/13
Air Man1 21: The KAS Kirby is no fool.



Adding the Venture - Part 38


Ulti's Notes:

Dana gets calmed down by a recovered Raven, Matt meets up with his two racing buddies and exaggerates his own accomplishments, and Clare enforces shipping between her and Zan. All in all, I think this shows me having been pretty good with Dana and Clare, and Gigi figuring out ways to incorporate how I wrote Matt in with her own actual Matt-ness. So, I'll call that a half-point, I got 2.5/8 so far in terms of getting the characters done right.

Original Author's Comment:

03/15/13
Alt Text: Scared Dana, liar Matt and cheerful Clare!

I just couldn't resist, well, almost everything in this page.
Obviously, if you didn't follow the other side of the crossover, you won't understand some things.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

plasma_knight303
03/15/13
ZanXClare 100% confirmed.


Drakeflame13
03/15/13
Where can I find the other side of the crossover comic pages?


Ginchiyo
03/15/13
Zan! The ultimate cook, crash, and mike user!


1ce_k1d
03/15/13
@Drakeflame13: Kirby's adventure by Ultimate Yoshi


BattleStarX
03/15/13
Clare: Queen of the Glomp.


MecanicalCH
03/15/13
YAY! they are back! :D


star kirby12
03/15/13
I think Caia's ability isn't the only thing affecting Clare...


Dundaoshumahe
03/15/13
Clare used Glomp on Zan!
It's super effective!


JosephX
03/15/13
@Drakeflame13:
Look at "Kirby Adventure" in the Links Page.


Hi:)
03/15/13
Poor,poor Zan ...


Alexini0699
03/15/13
ZanXClare OTP

@plasma_knight303: ttly
Oh, and , Zan, Expect the unexpected from now on.


kirbylubber
03/15/13
YOU FOOL

I AM THE ULTIMATE MASTER OF HUGGLES. NOBODY CAN CHALLENGE MEEEE.
NOT
EVEN
CLARE.


Super Bluey
03/15/13
I wonder what was happening in the KA dimension. ._.


??
03/16/13
LOL

@Kirbylubber
Your comment gave me a serious case of the chuckles. XD

Regarding the comic, I would say "ahhhhh!" too if a head full of ice spikes was flying at my face o_o


Princess_Eevee
04/03/13
Why must the cameraman always slack off on the job I wanna see Zan being tortured! D:


OrangeBundit
10/01/16
@plasma_knight303: YE


Sudux
04/23/18
CIAYA, STOP IT! I AM NOT A WAFFLE!


The Red R
07/31/19
Squish count:7
Zan is being loved to death



Part 39




Ulti's Notes:

I think it was a smart idea for me, once I had the characters back, to actively show a proper reprimand for Kaxo since Gigi had somewhat glossed over it on her side.

Everything else about all of this presentation was the antithesis of being smart.

See, the main problem was, I was already planning a story segment of Kirby Adventure where the Squad would run into evil clones of themselves. It was going to be after Division Addition, but then the crossover got inserted here because Gigi's timeline required it, so I held off on the clone idea until after the crossover.

When I saw Kaxo was out-of-character (to me) in Gigi's end of things, I only saw things in a tunnel-visioned way. I was already going to be using evil clones, Kaxo was more violent and cruel than usual, in my eyes it was the perfect explanation. Shuffle up the timeline a bit, use the conclusion of the crossover to introduce the evil clone concept, and this gets to handwave away any of the characterization issues Kaxo had in the crossover. Perfect, right?

Except imagine how Gigi felt, when it looked like I basically went "wow, you wrote my character so badly that I now have to invent a fake character and say that you were using the fake the entire time without knowing!"

She had no idea about this, I never approached her about this, I just... went ahead and did it, and dear fucking god was it an incredibly insulting way to try to resolve this issue. And may I remind everyone, the issue was caused by me in the first place for not letting Gigi in on my ideas or communicating with her the details of the characters she'd be using!

The end result of the writing itself, in a vaccuum, was fine enough, I suppose. The next segment went fine and was something I'm relatively happy with, the whole clone thing was a fun time and people did wind up liking it. But this part, right here, this introduction to the clone idea and how I handled Kaxo... it was a horrible bit of writing, it was so mean and rude and I handled it SO damn poorly.

And yet, somehow, this still wasn't quite the worst of how heated things got, but this was absolutely the main catalyst. It's why it's hard for me to feel good about these two segments, Such an Odd Eight and the next one, even if they're a lot better than some of the other Chapter 3 segments like Tree to Tree and Tear in the Fabric.

It's a big regret. But hindsight is 20/20.

Original Author's Comment:

03/19/13
Hmm? What's that? You want an explanation? Well, too bad, I ain't giving one just yet.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

MecanicalCH
03/19/13
Ultimate Yoshi: i knew he was weird! but double mind?! wait...its an impostor! +Phew!+ i thought Kaxo had become BAD!


lstaff4
03/19/13
BADNESS HAS BEGUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU"shot"


Luigi_96
03/19/13
WHAT. It must be Talzo's red brother!! :O


JosephX
03/19/13
Well, that escalated quickly.


Knightkirby
03/19/13
Wut.


Ryjora
03/20/13
Not entirely sure how turning someone into a piñata and spraying
paint in their face is considered more violent for
Kaxo than USUAL, but okay then~


DarkNut255
03/20/13
To be honest, I thought it was more odd that Larry was a HUGE jerk.

It just felt to me that Kaxo was probably being kinda nice.


DarkMario1000
03/20/13
Well, that's just dandy…who is the mysterious Kaxclone?


Syogren
03/20/13
It's obviously Ryan--*shot*


GummyBears101
03/21/13
Kaxo never existed. Oh my god.

Just kidding. Wonder what happened there. Now I'm insanely curious.


Luigi_96
03/22/13
Jarkes: Dude, what's up with your negative comments lately??


guestuser
03/22/13
NO ONE SAW IT COMING!


Luigi_96
03/22/13
Jarkes: Wouldn't it be better to PM him this stuff instead of making it public?


guestuser
03/22/13
OH SHIZ IT'S PANEE OR AN EVAL FANHAL


guestuser
03/26/13
RYAN!?


Princess_Eevee9
04/03/13
@kirbylubber: Ryan why are you tormenting those poor Kirbies?!


Lillber2013
09/02/13
Expecting an explanation? Too bad Wal- *shot*


161616
12/17/13
PHOTOSHOOOOOOOOOOOP


ZeypherComix
04/22/14
Whaaaaaaaaaat!?


Ultizeta
07/27/17
A minor change, but I edited this Kaxo fake's text bubble to be the same colors as it is in his later appearances. For some reason in this first panel, it was lighter-colored.



Adding the Venture - Part 39


Ulti's Notes:

I'm just gonna go ahead and give myself a half point for these three. I didn't do Daniel justice, I didn't do Leo anything at all, and Yan gives me a half point for not being inaccurate at least? lol

Anyways, this katana was used in an earlier 20 Times Kirby chapter, where it was one of four miraculous treasures that gave another villainous character a supercharged boost in strength. It was a big debacle but the heroes won in the end, and the treasures were lost or something. So Yan being left with one of the four treasures mysteriously was a big deal for the comic.

Is it relevant to the crossover, though? Not in the slightest, but hey, there's always the rest of 20 Times Kirby.

Original Author's Comment:

03/18/13
Alt Text: "Needy" Daniel, goofy Leo and... KATANA YAN!

Last panel took around 15 minutes to be made, so I hope it's good.
So, if you thought the Miraculous Treasures were a one time thing and only important for Xiaolin, you were so wrong~


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Luigi_96
03/18/13
Maybe could've been zoomed out a little, but looks good.


lstaff4
03/18/13
OH MA GAWD PLOT TWIST


Alexini0699
03/18/13
ERMAHGHERD.
THE KATANA!
THE.
KATANA.


Gigi19972010
03/18/13
@Jarkes:
Then tell me how that's ugly and make something better than that. Your comment for me was nothing but rude, seriously. :/


MecanicalCH
03/18/13
@Gigi19972010: actually i liked the zoomed sprite....and is a great Katana!


HyperTurtle32
03/18/13
I blame Panee.


DarkNut255
03/18/13
I hated getting that treasure in the Great Cave Offensive.


1ce_k1d
03/18/13
@Gigi19972010: The backround on the last one looks like a chocolate/vanilla icecream mix, but the zoomed in sprites themselfs look great!


MecanicalCH
03/19/13
@1ce_k1d: thats what i said...


JosephX
03/19/13
@Gigi19972010:
Looking at your avatar...
I have a question for you...

...are you Yan in disguise?


Alexini0699
03/20/13
@JosephX: She is! Even IRL.


Sudux
04/23/18
So THAT'S what Panee was doing



Such an Odd Eight - Part 40


Ulti's Notes:

I've already talked shit on Past 2013 Ulti for the whole Kaxo clone thing, so to cap things off here and now, I'll just say that it's impressive that so far, we're 5 for 5 on Chapter 3 segments ending with Kirby being extremely grumpy and annoyed at something.

The "Talzo's red brother" line came from me poking fun at my friend Luigi_96/Nashew's comment on the previous KA page, where they were making a random guess as to who this character was.

Original Author's Comment:

03/22/13
Well, for now, this segment is at a close. See this cliffhanger here? To be continued... in the next segment! Heh.


Either way, Such An Odd Eight is complete now! And what better way to end it out by giving a big long wordy thingamabob that people like to read for whatever reason! SO GET READY!


The idea of a crossover with 20 Times Kirby was almost a given after From Dream Adventures took place. It was pretty much inevitable, the only questions were when and how.
The when almost became a problem, because it was mostly Gigi who chose when the segment would occur. I had originally wanted the crossover to take place as the second segment of chapter 4 (we're still in chapter 3 by the way), and the segment that begins next update was going to be the segment that was after Division Addition. Either way, though, I'm happy with how this whole thing turned out.

One thing I tried to do differently with this crossover as compared to the KDA one, was pacing. See, the issue I have with From Dream Adventures is its accessibility. Sure, people who read both comics can get it just fine. But the problem arose with the fans who weren't into Kirby's Dream Adventure. I introduced six new characters at once and treated them as if everybody already knew who they were. This unfortunately hurt that crossover in the fact that not as many people were able to enjoy it.

With Such An Odd Eight, the way I tried to make it accessible to both fans of 20xK and people who don't read 20xK was how the characters were introduced. As opposed to all at once, I brought up each character one by one, and had the plot of the segment be to round them all up. That way, newcomers could actually manage to get an idea for who a character was a little before meeting a new one, instead of getting everyone confused and such.

The first four comics in this segment were simply setting the stage. The machine that caused the dimension-jumping was in the 20 Times Kirby universe, so I had to think of something to have my Kirbies do. The idea to have them race in Pumpkin Grand both gave me the way to use that location again, and get the five Kirbies in a remote location away from the others.
Then I got to experiment with special effects in part 4.

The introduction of Dana was quite a fun one to write for. I don't actually remember why I made Dana be the first Kirby that Keito and the gang discovered, but it made for some funny moments. I found Dana fairly easy to write for, since her character's not that hard to understand.
As a side note, I like the idea of Go Fish Gods.

Gigi brought up in her own writing comment thingymajagger that Dana calmed down much faster than expected. I only did this because, really, it would get old very quickly if she kept freaking out constantly. I needed her to calm down so my Kirbies could get some sense of what was going on, and that made her subsequent freak-outs funnier due to how it wasn't how she was acting the entire time so far.

Part 7 is by far one of the most rushed comics I've ever made, and I blame this on my stubbornness. I had become rather fond of the simpler 4-panel comics, and I became very unwilling to break away from these 4-panelers until later this segment. Unfortunately, this made part 7 suffer due to how much I tried to cram into it. Having someone answer Dana's question, having Keito react to Gigi's last comment, stuff like that would've made that comic a lot better.

Matt was the next Kirby I introduced, and I swear, I kept thinking that one of the Kirbies that got sent over was Tim, Gigi's Kirby with the Wheel ability. I'm not sure why, but I just did. This was one of probably 3 times I tried to put Tim in but then later realized I didn't have Tim in my comic.

I didn't really have a great idea of Matt's personality, but I did the best I could. Since to me, one of his most memorable factors was his love of racing, I sort of wrote him as being obsessed with racing, thus his constant mentioning of them. The waffles thing just came because I wanted a joke and didn't know what else to do, so I put my brain on autopilot. It also let me start using more closeups, as was suggested by Torkirby through Skype.

If I had to redo anything about Part 13, I would have Keito be the one to comment about only missing 6, so Vezo didn't say the line then make fun of himself. It works much better that way, and I'm sad I didn't think of that in the first place.

Vaina is a character I want to expand on, but I always have trouble writing her into any segments. The crossover idea allowed me to place her in without it seeming awkward, and I'm glad for that. Also, the post office is Trial Room 1 from the Dyna Blade subgame.

Clare was a lot of fun to write for, considering how much energy she has. She's essentially a dumb-mode Caiya with the ability to form coherent sentences. Since I'm already well acquainted with Caiya, Clare became rather easy to write for. I did so well that apparently Gigi herself thinks I did perfectly.

I still need to fix my misspelling of Caio in part 16.

The idea of Clare and Leo becoming dark-colored and more powerful wasn't really fully explained well enough, I feel, so here goes. Basically, when Caiya and Kaxo (not-Kaxo?) went through the dimensions, their powers combined with Clare and Leo. Since Caiya and Clare both have Ice abilities and Kaxo and Leo both have Fire abilties, this the reason why only they were affected. Since Caiya is a lot stronger than Clare, at least considering her Ice Orb and stuff, Clare couldn't handle the newfound power and her body overloaded when there was a trigger (the lack of Caio). This caused her to momentarily sap her energy when she used Caiya's stronger freezing attack. Similarly, though offscreen, Leo was asking Daniel where he could find Larry and Luke. Daniel said he didn't know, and Leo, with the trigger of not being able to hang onto Larry and Luke like he does in 20xK, freaked out and he overloaded with Kaxo's powers.

Vezo and Nameless Birdon #2's eternal struggle of sitting atop one of each other is one of my favorite moments from this crossover. I just love his triumphant smirk when he climbs on the frozen Birdon.

I'll admit, the fight with Daisy was purely to get in a new action scene, since the last traditional fight scene we even saw was in Jetting Across The Ice. However, it does show Keito's impulsiveness again. He could've easily asked Shat'l for answers, but he had this idea and immediately went with it rather than thinking things through.

During the battle scene, I looked over earlier battle scenes from both Kirby Adventure and 20 Times Kirby to get an idea on how both characters would fight. I found that Keito seemed to have the strange strategy of staying in place and firing constant attacks at his opponent, as shown in The Beginning... and Escape! Daisy, on the other hand, didn't have many fight scenes to look at. The only one that really showed much of her fighting was in Xiaolin Showdown, and even then, it didn't really give her much in the way of strategy. I did however use what I could, and made her use the same move in this fight that she did in Xiaolin Showdown (Beam Blast). Keito using his stronger lightning was an attack he hasn't been seen using since the fight with Galacta Knight, but I want to have him start using it more.

Hali's interruption was so that the fight wouldn't drag on too long, and I also wanted to show her being more... director-like, I guess? I don't know, I just did.

I'm not sure how fast Daisy would be able to learn that complex lightning attack, but apparently she can do so very fast while Keito isn't even speaking to her.

Having Daisy and Dana stay behind allowed me to focus more on newer characters without having the group delayed by weaker and less adventurous characters. Plus, I wanted Daisy to remodel the unseen Divisions B, C, and D bases. I wanted this so that when I finally show those Divisions and they have better bases, it would make more sense, since Division A had a somewhat crappy base until Kaaby.

I added the Squeaker into Grace's introduction because of her muteness. I needed something to be talking, so I substituted in a random enemy. Well, sort of random. The idea of the Squeak Squad returning was a way of saying, 'hey, it seems Spinni followed Gigi's advice and now the Squad is getting back together!'. And then, of course, the first rule about Squeak Squad is that you don't talk about Squeak Squad. Red Squeaker here broke that rule, tried to amend his mistake, and got a knife to the face for his troubles.

Grace was really easy to write for, since she's essentially Shadik with bombs.
That's a scary thought.

Yan wasn't really used all too much, but I feel like I used him enough. More than Leo, at least. I don't know, it just seemed that after the thing with Grace and the Squeaker, I didn't really have anything for Yan to do. However, during later segments, I showed Yan not being surprised by things like Shadik shadow jumping into the group. In fact, he even jumped out of the way before it happened. Maybe he DOES have ninja intuition.

The comic with Shadik and Grace just had to happen. No chance of it NOT happening.

Bringing everyone into the Division A base was almost a way of me just looking over every member of the Squad (minus the characters in Gigi's dimension, Meliai, and Hali). Plus, I really need to use Aika more. Fanhal, too.

Also, don't know if anyone noticed, but Ryka gave Yan her soda. Now what could that possibly mean?

The puppy-dog eyes comic actually caused a bit of trouble with Gigi. I just modified it yesterday to add two new panels, and I think it works much better now. I really just added a greater time lapse so that it doesn't seem as weird for Daisy to immediately throw herself at Grace's feet with a mere glance at the eyes.

Daniel and Leo's introductions were sort of thrown together and almost a bit rushed due to time constraints. I knew that I wanted to have the 20xK Kirbies to have a few comics as one big group, since that was missing from the segment so far, and I also knew when the Kirbies would be sent back. I was running low on time, which is why Leo got such little screen time.

The precious comic was an idea thought up very early on in the crossover, but I wasn't actually going to use it. What can I say, sometimes the silliest ideas are the best!

The comic with Daniel and Keito is probably my favorite in the entire crossover. The hypocrisy that Daniel shows is just so hilarious to me, and even though it probably wasn't the best writing for Daniel, I still think of that comic as one of my all-time best.

I'm ashamed to admit I only noticed the Burnin' Leo-Leo the Kirby name connection until making Part 33.

I like how in Part 34, Grace and Yan seem to know that Shadik is about to arrive. They just have a sixth sense or something.

Part 35, with all of the Kirbies, allowed me to use some of the Kirbies from earlier in the segment, and I enjoyed the group dynamic that I hadn't touched upon yet in the segment. Before, the new Kirbies were mostly interacting with my own Kirbies. This is the only time in the segment where the entire comic they interact with themselves only, and I enjoyed getting to do that.

I liked doing Part 36, with all of the individual goodbyes. Since they all first appeared at different times, I wanted to have them leave at different times too. It felt like a fitting end to me using them.

Shat'l's message to Daisy was actually straight from the creator herself, Gigi19972010. Shat'l IS a psychic after all, and he can see into other dimensions. I'd be on the lookout in 20 Times Kirby for new machines that Daisy creates. While I may myself not know exactly what the quote is referring to, Gigi sure does, and Shat'l does too.

Bringing my own Kirbies back was a bit weird, to be honest. I wasn't quite sure what to do with them now that I had them back, especially after some of the escapades that they got into during their stay. Kaxo, especially, was difficult. Due to some unfortunate characterization issues that he went through that I'm just kinda not gonna talk in detail about (I've already done that enough, it's caused enough problems.), I wasn't sure how to write Kaxo. No, the whole not-Kaxo idea wasn't a spur of the moment thing. The next segment was what was originally going to be after Divison Addition, and the idea is still exactly the same. The clone thing was and is developed already. It was only a matter of which character would be replaced with a clone. I hadn't really decided yet, but due to the characterization issues, I was somewhat forced to have it be a not-Kaxo instead of a not-anyone else. Either way, now that I've caught back up to the present, see you guys next time in the next segment! I'm not sure if I'll still be doing the same schedule (or perhaps a better thing to say is TRYING to do the same schedule) but who knows at this point. The next segment, I will say though, it's going to be a DOOZY.


I'm Ultimate Yoshi, and I'm signing out for now. Hope you all enjoyed the crossover. For once, I actually fully enjoyed a segment in this chapter. That's a good sign.


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

Luigi_96
03/22/13
Panel 6: I see what you did there. xD

Also, I like how Caiya slept through the whole thing.

Also also, is there any hope for Yoshi & Kirby?


Mint612
03/22/13
Nope!No normal for you kirby!


BlackHeart the Unbelievable
03/22/13
Normal? That's not in my dictionary. What does it mean?


DarkMario1000
03/22/13
I see your "improved" http://kirbysadventure.smackjeeves.com/comics/1687143/such-an-odd-eight-part-29/

I didn't even notice that the last fight scene was in Jetting Across the Ice!

LOL. Grace being a Shadik with bombs. Well, she can't shadow jump…that's for sure. And she can't loop-hole through a barrier (generalization)

I was hoping for such a comic with both of them "interacting." Agreed, it HAD TO HAPPEN!

I did enjoy Daniel's intro. Keito had it comin' though.

Part 35…ninja intuition, sure. Grace…familiarity, or in this case similarity, breeds that sort of transcendental sense. That or the feeling that someone powerful will appear. OR Shat'l just talked to 'em via telepathy. *shrugs*

Would've been interesting to see a not-Caiya. XD


guestuser
03/22/13
Wait, so was that not-Kaxo in Pumpkin Grand in the beginning?! Or did he somehow come from the 20tk dimension? Oh well, I guess we'll find out... I get the feeling the next chapter is going to be epic...


GummyBears101
03/22/13
Oh god. What a mess.


Gigi19972010
03/22/13
I understood the thing about Dana, I even said "The only thing that quite disturbed me was when she was calmed down easily, but since I don't think something out there would be able to calm her down, I don't see it as a big problem. And later, to help with it, she fainted of desperation, which was quite fitting.". And I also commented when Ryka gave Yan the soda, don't you remember? :P
And feels like you got this thing of writing walls of text at the end of chapters from me, eh? xP


BattleStarX
03/23/13
"Just close your eyes and make it all go away."

...I think you took that a lil' too far, Kirby.


ZeypherComix
04/22/14
Kirby, Kirby, Kirby. Nothing normal ever happens with the KAS!


guestuser
05/05/14
SUSPENSE, DRAMA, STORYLINE, CONFUSION THIS PAGE HAD IT ALL


TheJGamer
01/28/17
This segment was too confusing.


guestuser
05/02/19
Anything else as AMAZING as this and I will officially be BROKEN.



Adding the Venture - Part 40


Ulti's Notes:

And there we go, that's a wrap on this crossover now. In the end, it's not quite as rough as I remembered, but the ending and how I handled the Kaxo stuff really soured a lot of the vibes for me, even still to this day. It's just kind of embarrassing, y'know? We all had those moments as a teenager we'd like to forget, it just so happens that most of mine are all preserved online. And even though this one technically wasn't, here I am now, taking extra care to preserve it, because I'm just like that.

It's a nice reminder of how far I've come and matured since then, at least. Especially since sometimes, I don't quite feel like I'm an adult at times, but then I look back at stuff like this and I'm like "wow I used to be a fucking immature idiot, huh?"

Anyways, enough harping on myself. Lemme credit Gigi for a bit now! She was kind enough to let me host her pages on my site here when I asked, even though she herself has a full archive of all of the 20 Times Kirby pages. If this crossover got you intrigued enough to want to read the entirety of her comic, you can find it here as well as some extras too! She's got the whole comic uploaded there, from beginning to end, including these crossover pages, though it doesn't include her comments sections like my site does.

She also has a Twitter account you can follow her at, as well as an Ao3 page where she hosts the written reimagining of 20 Times Kirby, a full re-write that's currently ongoing! Give those a looksee if you're interested in seeing how far she's come since 2013.

Original Author's Comment:

03/20/13
Alt Text: More Katana Yan, crazy Daisy and... You know, I'm tired of doing this. e.e

And it comes to an end.

Yeah, the crossover ends here, at least my side does. In general, I hope you liked it, I really hope so, since it was the first time I was doing something like that and I was rather insecure. Yeah, I was really insecure, mainly at the beginning, but I also became insecure at some other points. I'll go into details later. Let's start with the start.

First of all, if you followed both comics, great, if you didn't, ok, I can't really obligate anyone, but here I'll talk about both sides of this crossover. I feel like I should talk about my part and comment Ulti's too, and I'll start with mine.

The first three parts were ok, but the fourth started my first moment of insecurity. But it didn't really start for real, since it was only the teleport, it's that for some reason I thought some of you wouldn't get what exactly happened... Anyway, part 5 started it for real, since it was the first time I was using Ulti's characters. That insecurity of using the characters wrong, or doing whatever wrong with the characters made me postpone the work on that comic, and that's why I ended up making almost the whole comic the day it was posted, and in a hurry, because I was out, and then I arrived home about at 8 PM, and I worked on the comic until 11:30 PM. At least, that made me post the comic without even thinking of whatever you would think, since I needed to post that comic that day and I couldn't wait a minute.

After that, I started making lots of pages again, since that insecurity had been killed. I made a comic a day, everyday I touched my computer. But then the second moment of insecurity came, the weakest one, since my trip in the middle helped a little. The start of that relationship between the two Kirbys. The way my Kirby acted, the way "oh hey suddenly someone similar to me appeared and I think he/she can take my place so I'll start doing things to look better than him/her or else I'll lose my position", was the reason of the insecurity, obviously. Because I, particularly, HATE that kind of character, and I knew some people would hate it too. But I knew some people would like it, so I kept it. Even though I hated it, it seemed the most natural thing to happen in that relationship, so I made my Kirby act like that. And obviously, sometimes having a hated character is necessary, and since you can never know if a character will be hated or not, I simply put my Kirby like that to see what would happen. And as I can tell, some of you liked it, some of you don't. That's ok. And that relationship has a lot to do with the third moment of insecurity...

If you really know me, you probably thought I was insecure when I posted some particular page. And that was the third moment of insecurity: when I posted part 18, where I made Ulti's Kirby cry. Don't throw rocks at me yet.

First, yes, that was evil from my part, no doubt here, since that wasn't necessary to happen at all, unless you talk about character development. After all, the backstory of a character almost always explains or makes the personality of the character more clear, mainly when it is heavy, sad and critical. So, what did I do wrong? Anything? I simply showed a normal reaction of a character who isn't mine.

But then, that wasn't the main problem. Maybe I'll be a bit rude here, but I'm bringing up logic to something some didn't see, so sorry if I offend you in any way, I just want to be really direct here. Anyway, the thing is that some of you started thinking my Kirby as a meanie... What? It felt like they had never seen a situation like what happened in that page. My Kirby wasn't being a meanie in any way, and I'm gonna repeat without regrets, my Kirby wasn't being a meanie at all when he made Ulti's Kirby cry. If right now you're thinking that I'm making no sense, because maybe you're stubborn or whatever, I'm going to prove with logical arguments right now that my Kirby wasn't being a meanie, and if even after that you're hard-headed and doesn't agree with me, try to bring up better arguments to convince me the opposite, or else you'll be purely a stubborn person.

So, what's being a meanie? Being mean, obviously. But what's being mean? Unkind, cruel? But then, if you don't know, you're only mean when you have a bad intention. You do something mean to someone because you want to see that person suffer, or because you don't like the person, whatever like that works. You need an intention. I-N-T-E-N-T-I-O-N. That's the key word. Did my Kirby have the intention to make Ulti's Kirby cry? Gee, that's a very obvious question, isn't it? Of course he didn't have the intention, after all he never knew about his backstory. He wasn't mean, the right word would be inconvenient, that's when you have no intention on doing something, but you end up doing something inconvenient, like hurting someone's feelings. And believe me, I'm a specialist on having my feelings hurt (no joke here, I'm serious), and it happens much more often than you think, the thing is that some people show that they're hurt, some don't, and some don't even notice it themselves. You probably hurt the feelings of people more than you think, but you never noticed. But then, where you being mean to those people? Obviously not! There must be no doubt while answering this, really.

Again, I'm sorry if I was rude, I just wanted to make it clear.

So, back to the main, I kept going. Maybe the piñata thing made me quite insecure, but I don't really think I should talk about that here. And maybe at the end I started thinking that it was getting boring, so I hope you didn't think that. But, in the very last pages, that changed. I loved making them, for whatever reason. Well, that's it.

I think I should also tell you how I felt when using Ulti's characters. While this wasn't the first time I was using someone else's characters, it was the first time I was using them like that, in my main comic and canonically, and being the characters from another popular Kirby comic. So, jeez, I had much more responsibility. Anyway, let me begin, you may notice that I used my own characters as bases for their personalities.

Kirby was clearly the one I used more, after all he was the one who went after Dedoo with my Kirby and Anny, so I think that made me show his personality better. I simply pictured out my Kirby being more serious and sane, while automatically making he act like he does in KA. Being honest, writing his speeches and figuring out what he would do was very natural for me. My guess is that since he is Kirby, and not a Kirby FC, I was more secure when using him, just because of this fact, or maybe he is the kind of character I can use better, or maybe because I had enough references in KA. And no regrets about he showing up much more often than the other four kirbies, after all he is the Kirby. (He appeared in 23 parts, while Kaxo appeared in 12, Caiya in 11, Saia is 13 and Raize in 14.)

Kaxo made me quite confused at the beginning, because I started thinking I was using him a lot. Not only that, I thought I was exaggerating when I was using him, like he was overdoing everything. But I couldn’t find a midterm, either he would act like that, either he would be calm, so guess which choice I made. It’s crazy, I know, but it was like Kaxo told me he would only act in the extremes, and I could choose which I wanted. So, I probably used Larry and Kelmy as references for his personality, which the thing about overdoing things which came and I just couldn’t refuse. Trust me, it happened. And then, after the beginning, I started using him less, which balanced his appearances. Like Kirby, no regrets about it.

Caiya, oh god, Caiya. WHY DID I DO THAT?! If I said I didn’t regret two, that’s because I regret at least one. Caiya. I regret not using her much. She was the one who appeared less, and guess what, the first pages she was simply SLEEPING. So she slept. Then she woke up, freaked out for chocolate donuts with Valoo, then freaked out more, then she freaked out more, then she had to stop because she had to go. What happened other than she freaking out and sleeping? NOTHING. So, I didn’t like that. It’s true that maybe I couldn’t think of her doing anything other than that, but she could have appeared more. I dunno, I just didn’t like that. So, I probably used Valoo and Clare’s personality as bases for hers, since I only showed her in her donut mode.

Saia was ok for me, but at first I thought I wouldn’t use her well, until I realized that she could help Kirsy in the piñata thing. She also came out quite naturally, but not like Kirby, and I didn’t really use any of my characters as references, maybe Kirsy, but obviously not exactly the same. And no regrets about the amount I used her.

Raize was hard to work with. First that I couldn’t really fit him somewhere, like what I did with the others. It’s true that I put him in that thing with Jake, but that didn’t work quite well. It was just what I thought that could fit his personality, linking with Jake’s, and helping me to develop his personality, as I don’t really show it often. But then, since I didn’t really have any references from KA that showed his personality in normal situations, I just used Jake’s as almost an 100% base. For short, I didn’t know how Raize would react in almost every situation, so I got lost when using him in comics, and when I tried to create a reaction for him, I made something that came from me, and not from Ulti. Also, trying to work with him naturally, like with Kirby and Saia, didn’t work as well. So, well, I dunno. At least I think I used him often.

So, I think I should comment about Ulti’s part too, because I think you need to know what I thought of it too, no matter if it wasn’t my work; my comic, my characters and even me were involved. So, why not comment. Also, if you didn’t follow his comic, reading this part is quite pointless, but I can’t stop you from doing anything. So, let-a-go, and I’ll only say about my characters, cause that’s what makes sense for me to comment about.

Dana’s first appearance was epic. Seriously, I pictured out that as the exact reaction she would have in that situation. And all the other pages she appeared were fitting with her personality. I don’t really think Dana is a character hard to be used, so I was expecting that, except her first perfect reaction. The only thing that quite disturbed me was when she was calmed down easily, but since I don’t think something out there would be able to calm her down, I don’t see it as a big problem. And later, to help with it, she fainted of desperation, which was quite fitting.

Matt, compared to Dana, was very different. Mainly that his personality isn’t as marking as Dana’s, so making it clear isn’t that easy. Even though, I think Matt was used pretty well. Maybe he overreacted about having races, as he said it way too many times, and invited “Keeby” to a race (he would probably ask “Keeby” where Natty and/or Tim where, to invite the two for a race), but those details are really small and tend to happen. And if you are wondering about the waffles thing being a bet, I just wanted that random thing to be actually not random, it’s just something I like to do when writing. No, Ulti didn’t know about the bet, I came with the idea after it happened in his comic. Aaand the last thing, I dunno if it was just me, but Matt flew much more often than when I use him. Maybe I should try to do the same?

Clare is probably the one I found 100% perfect. Like, really. Maybe she is as easy to use as Dana, but, unlike with Dana, I didn’t see any problems with her while she was there. I can’t even say that she made too many comments during her stay, because that’s exactly what she would do. Maaaaybe it was too much, but not that much, and I liked it. Congratulations, Ulti, you’re now a specialist Clare user!

Daisy was used well, and I already knew she would reform the bases, but it was purely female intuition from me. Everything was fine, except for one thing, when she was so easily convinced by Grace’s puppy eyes. Except with some strong plot point, that extremely sudden reaction doesn’t make sense to any character, it seems extremely forced, mainly with Daisy, as she would never be like “I’ll do whatever you want!”, mainly to a cute face. Even I wouldn’t be like that. At least, not only after looking for a second to that face, way too fast. So, I’ll either leave it like it had never happened, either come up with some strong plot point to explain that, I’m not sure now.

Grace was almost perfect, but I was already expecting that, since she is too similar to Shadik. However, maybe she was given too many facial expressions, as she is more likely to be serious almost all the time. But I don’t really see that was a big problem, since maybe one day and another she may tend to show her emotions more often than the usual.

Yan was also ok, as his personality isn’t marking neither complex. I really liked how he followed them while invisible, even though maybe that wouldn’t really fit him, so as you can tell I directed that to the “test stalker abilities” thing. I think I could consider him to be the second best used, just after Clare.

Daniel was rather, hmm, I dunno. I don’t really think he was used well, but I don’t think that he wasn’t used well either. Well, I think I can explain that by this: what he wasn’t out of character, but what he didn’t wasn’t exactly what he would do. And I should underline that “exactly”. It’s because Daniel is probably somewhat of a dynamic character, as his action aren’t that predicable like some others’. So, maybe he could’ve acted like that, maybe not, that’s why I had the weird feeling. Overall, he was fine but maybe he could’ve been used more.

Leo wasn’t use enough for me to say if he was good or not. But he apparently was going to the right way.

So, I think that’s it... Like I said, I enjoyed making this crossover a lot, but the comic must continue. So, first thing, I’ll come back to my old schedule (Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays) because I’m simply obsessed with it for some reason and because I miss updating on weekends, so, next update is this Saturday, then the update schedules continues normally. Second, should I mention that I’ve been playing Pokémon White 2 a lot? And that I’ve also started playing the Phoenix Wright series? Yeah, I decided to take a break from playing Paper Mario 64 as well, since playing on emulators is a pain, though I’m quite far in the game (the place with the volcano I forgot the name). Third and last thing, I’m almost halfway to the 400 comics milestone... Woah... Time flies, doesn’t it? It feels like it was yesterday when I was just starting The Miraculous Treasures... Well, this was also the end of the 10th chapter of this comic...

However, I should also mention that this week has been crazy for me, so I’m working on school stuff like crazy. Hope I can get out of that soon...

Alright, so see you next chapter! And don’t think that this crossover was random, many things happened here which are going to be important in the future. ;D Oh yeah, and thanks for reading the comic so far. (:


Smack Jeeves Comments Section:

MecanicalCH
03/20/13
well i liked the cross over! and it was fun! i dont think it was bad on the opposite! i think you did well! but believe me i dint expect a wall of text! hehe! well anyway i wanted to tell you that i did like the cross over!


Ultimate Yoshi
03/20/13
I'm sorry, but I couldn't read the phrase "my Kirby wasn't being a meanie at all when he made Ulti's Kirby cry" with a straight face. The usage of the word meanie here just makes it lose its serious tone to me. That's probably just me, though. :P
I also wholeheartedly agree. Leo needed to be used more, and I was also unsure of how well Daniel was written in my comics. Either way, good summation.


epicness
03/20/13
Gigi: Writer of the longest Author comments ever.


contradiction123
03/20/13
@Samurott: furst

Also whoop, crossover is over, time to get into more adveshurs!!!!


Luigi_96
03/20/13
Oohhh... THAT'S what TL;DR looks like...

I read most of it though.

I see you figured out the Line Nova effect. ;P


Alexini0699
03/21/13
I wonder why I always read Gigi's wall of texts... .-.

grace is ttly ignored.

I think Panee dropped the Katana at Yan's bed since it- *shot*


Tater
03/21/13
Keito and Leo swapped places by mistake!


The Bomb Master
03/21/13
poor grace. she's the one who's actually getting ignored.


kirbylubber
03/21/13
The crossover is not finished as long as KEITO is here!! What is everyone saying!?


blahmahsah
03/22/13
OH SHIZ GRACE SHOWS HER PERSONALITY (not implying she never had one)


Princess_Eevee9
04/03/13
Are you saying more crossovers in the future might come? :D

Also it's Mt. Lavalava and wow you're pretty far in what do you think of the game so far?

Amazing work as usual GiGi and 400 is coming up rather quickly how does that make you feel?