KILL IT WITH FIRE

I'll get the gasoline, you trap it so it can't escape

Someone find an urn, I am sure that will work

I would suggest a mirror box that can be locked and thrown into a river.

Remembering what he did with the soul on page 97, I think a bit of silver as a backup might also be a good idea as well.
A ton should suffice :)

Saida, do the flammer. The heavy flammer.

O_O oh my god... O_o uhm... O_o hope he finds away to get his.. body back in order

….kill him again

Completely back to normal. No oddities here.

He looks a little sickly there..

How much time has past since they transformed?

That was my thought as well!

probably not all that much, but accelerated decay from the ocean and scavengers/predators

It have been 3 days at least since we do have few references to time passing with in forest.

Scavengers work quick. The real wonder is how his body isn't just mush from the fall.

XD oh what horrific comical horror

Oh my! This got dark real quick!

ZOMBIE! Get my shotgun!

I'm sorry Roko, I think that uhm... body is expired, just a little bit.

Well... still kinda cute

ZOMBIE!!!!

Snow B.A.R. Leopardcess - Virmir.... What have you done to Roko Kirihoko? Why?

It lives a life beyond death. *pulls out some Holy Water* Now, drench it!

Maybe his shapeshifting still works and he can, uh, fix that... Or, perhaps, that's not him at all! He couldn't have just climbed back into his own body after the incident, right?

Or maybe he's just playing a prank and his body's totally fine.

That would be one mean prank, but I can see that happening.

Now that’s a nightmare-inducing panel if I ever saw one.

oh fun

Still perfectly fresh!

Could use a shower though.

*PSYCHO STRINGS* REE REE REE REE REE REE

Oh boy what's Roko going to do now. I guess he's just possessed his decayed corpse now. Maybe he has a way to heal it? I doubt it will do as much good as he thinks though

yeah, that makes as much sence as it should. hope there's some good rejuvination spells if he isnt ok with being half zombie now

Sweet mother of trees that's worse than I expected

I'm just going to walk over there and scream now.

Oh no… they took too long…

Hah, I didn't think that would actually work.

Now I'm not sure if Roko is absolutely clueless, or just never had any Fs to give.

He'd rather be a guhimo than face the Reapers? He got a perfectly good look at the decayed remnants of his physical body. Being a youkai he doesn't die the normal way, but holy crap it's like a tatarigami just walked into the frame.

I reread the whole thing about a month ago, and I'm not sure when he came to the realization that his body wasn't with him and floating around, we now know literally, somewhere out there. Maybe when he was stuck in the jar, I dunno.

I'm leaning a bit towards he never did, right up until he saw it on the beach, and right now he's in a very large state of denial that has mostly happened off screen.

Or, he just has no Fs to give and he's like. Oh cool. Body is back. And now I have pet flies that will never leave me.

Roko was kind of an antihero to begin with and he already was effectively a lich. The OG D&D liches actually stored their souls in jars, and they occupy corpses. I don't blame Saida and Brand for being freaked out - Saida especially. She'd probably know a lot about magic-wielding yōkai and instantly know just how far Roko has fallen. He may not be in denial. He may well have just went all the way evil.

Brand has no such knowledge, but he's not dumb. He'd take one look at that THING and is probably thinking, (OMG that looks just like AYAL).

I got the impression initially he was practically a kistune if not actually (I don't know how much Virmir is sticking to the actual lore and mythos of all these or using them as a guideline and as easy imagery for readers to grasp right off) , especially with the shapeshifting, and the prankstering and all that. The eyestone unmores their spirits from their bodies, transfers the two and leaves Roko loose. The special effect of the transfer scene implies to me if there was a fourth person there Roko's spirit would have inhabited their body, and they would be inside the fox with, I assume the fox bod's inherent shapeshifting (I'll get to that in a second) the way Brand can use the Quetz magical horn. So I take it that Roko is now, effectively, a disembodied spirit. And the body without a spirit is either essentially dead at the moment, or died (and I mean in the sense of no more metabolism going on) from the fall and drowned in the ocean some time since that initial split and finding it. The look on Brand after nosing the Kitsune fox body, is not one that says, 'oh he's just knocked out.'

I don't know much about liches other than the basics of them, and again I don't know how much Virmir is using those rules. I don't think Roko is trending any way other than he's just impulsive, and has always been that way to an annoying degree.

One thing I am curious about, is that if he had recognized and dove back into his body right from the start, would it essentially be a reanimated corpse, just a very fresh one, or would Roko be made whole again and be just like normal. My guess is, if he is going to be able to shapeshift again is going to be an indicator. And is the spirit going to be able to draw some sort of sustenance from it that's implied in the whole tree thing a few pages ago, or is he just animating a new, very smelly body compared to the balloon and jar from earlier.

So I guess I'm modeling this as, is Roko an astral projection, that missed it's moment to return to the body, or did he just die back then and needs some kind of special magic to undo all that before the reapers finally catch up with him.

4 purple lights that shined when eye that seemingly swap there souls (since there actually body didn’t move as implied by roko being at opposite side of where his body was) seem indicate that if anyone was opposite side would swapped souls with roko.

Oh and that thing walking up to someone I would think would create a wave of revulsion regardless of how much you knew about the situation. I think the freakout is completely deserved.

Back to normal to me

well, it's good he found his body now they just have to find a way to bring it back to life

Oh geeze you don't look so good.

OvO;

ive seen worse

CHEESE AND RICE, ROKO

Oh, hey, it's Roko the Revenant!

Roko, we need to talk...

Okay, this is a thing now.
*cocks shotgun and aims at the zombie fox*
Brand, Saida, don't look.

"i'M bAcK tO nOrMaL nOw!"

ORLY, Roko-san? You couldn't have been more horrifying if you'd been an actual guhimo. Someone get the Resurrection spell, stat!

(Virmir you're very good at horror art when you want to be)

This was really stupid and greedy on Roko's part (which isn't a surprise anymore). In my opinion, Roko's soul living inside of his decaying body is way worse than Roko's soul living inside of a balloon, a jar, or not inside anything and being chased by reapers in the possess. I guess Roko will do anything to avoid being a fat rounded balloon and explodes by eating too much souls at once, lol, XD.

It looks like to me based on Roko's current form, it is not going to be too long before Roko's body disintegrates which will cause Roko to look for another item to live inside anyway. Brand might wanna bring Roko's balloon disguise or an extra jar just inside Roko's body disintegrates completely...... which is a huge chance of that happening in my opinion, lol. XD

(Virmir is really good at horror art. ^^ )



I can't wait to see how Roko's greediness will come back to haunt him. XD

I wouldn't say it's greedy of him to want his own body back. My first thought was he must be in denial, but then I remembered there is an in universe method of bringing the dead back to life. They still most likely need the orb to make it work. Bones sink, by the way. I think they found a way to reach the orb.

It helps he's a youkai, not a mortal creature. He doesn't die like ordinary mortals, but his True Form's still visible to the Reapers. And they're gonna keep trying to send him to the Other Place with all the other spirits.

He needs a vessel when in the mortal world and apparently a rotting corpse is better than a balloon animal to him. Proooobably not to everyone else, though.

I wouldn't say it's greedy of him to want his body back. I say that the approach he is taking to get it back is greedy by him abandoning his best body he can live in for now (which is his balloon body) for him living inside of his decaying body before it could get fixed while the decaying body is affecting his mind in a negative way..... if that makes sense?

The water might have sped up the decomposition juuuuust a little bit. (Anything to avoid becoming big and round I suppose. :V)

Ohgod...the corpse was decaying. Not good D:

This is definitely a new low for Roko!!! In my opinion, Roko's soul living inside of his decaying body is way worse than Roko's soul living inside of a balloon, a jar, or not inside anything and being chased by reapers in the possess.

I bet if Roko's body decays completely, that he wishes that he would still be living inside his balloon disguise or inside of a jar.

I wonder if Roko is in his current decaying body, can he even digest the souls that he will try to eat in the future and stop his hunger for eating souls? Probably not for both. Because it looks like to me based on the current form, it is not going to be too long before Roko's body disintegrates which will cause Roko to look for another item to live inside anyway. Brand might wanna bring Roko's balloon disguise or an extra jar just inside Roko's body disintegrates completely...... which is a huge chance of that happening in my opinion, lol. XD

This is a very different approach that I thought it had a chance of happening. I can't wait to see how Roko's greediness will come back to haunt him. So proud of you! Thanks for posting! Seeing your comics always makes my day better. So proud of you and keep up the awesome job, Virmir! ^^

Ah, ok *Exits stage right*

Yep, the kitsune is definitely dead.

Someone's body sure has seen better days

Holy crap, I was joking. His body really did rot

Although I will say, Roko's surprisingly nonchalant about being a zombie

... well I was wrong about how much pelt was left.

Former fox is deep in denial here.

Suddenly, being trapped in a different dragon's body seems perfectly fine!
(Edit: forgot the comma)

Omg XD

there's a pet cemetary joke in here somewhere

im sure he'll be fixed
right?
holds back tears
right?

I'm sure this' will be just fine!

He looks kinda cool like that to me honestly

“Sir Brand! You just k!lled Zombie Roko!”
“He was a zombie?”

Wonder how well he can hold together, there?

Nice Page.
Looking forward to seeing more.

i wonder if his body looks realy that way or is it his prank

I dunno about you guys, but Roko seems...fine, I guess?

Someone out of practice with using their kitsune magic to heal their body.

Have you ever accidentaly became a lich?

I hate it when that happens.

It's just a little decomposed, it's still good! It's still good!

Hmmm, think someone could use a sandwich.

i knew it.

No happy ending here.
kasumi fox litch.

Roko, you might want to look at your reflection buddy.

He saw the shape his body was in. Apparently, he'd rather occupy it than a balloon or a jar.

Oh wow that's way worse than I expected.

Yeah, about what I was expecting...

Ah, that's what they originally looked like!

Oh gosh...

Well at least he has his body back! ...How long is it gonna last tho?

I think this is the closest to mature content I have seen you draw.

Yep, it's just as bad as I figured it would be. I would say, get out of that thing before you die again forever because who knows how long that's going to work since clearly that body does not function 100% anymore

You've got a bit of red on you.

https://youtu.be/bZe5J8SVCYQ

OH HELL NAW

mhmmm yup! perfectly normal again nothing to see here. It totally fine *fire all around me while sipping coffee* Yup perfectly fine here!

Judging by last Pic its a prank his body had more tail showing i last pic

OH CRAP!

its a zombie! lol im loving this art and story