Oh noo! hes leaving!

Poor Roko, he's knows when he's not wanted.

But not when he's dead.

I have to vote with Brand on this one. The chottoshita koto has been nothing but trouble from the get-go. Further, he got them into this mess in the first place with his greed. Now add in that he's a soul-eating lich and taunts the Reapers with his stupidity regularly. They're better rid of him. He's been NOTHING but The Load from panel 1.

He needs them a hell of a lot more than they need him. Let him go off and sulk a while and sink in just how deeply he screwed himself.

He made a mistake...a few mistakes. I hope they make up soon.

He's nothing BUT a mistake right now.

that's such a horrible thing to say

I completely agree with you on everything. I wonder how Roko will screw himself this time? 🤔

Definitely.

Well, at least he had the decency to leave them with the acorn...

smooth move space cadet ya lost an ally who can find what ya seek

oh no we are doing the group splitting up because of an arguement plot point

They'll be kissing by the end of the chapter.

I agree with you.

Maybe Brand will get Roko a gift of unlimited supply of bunnytaur souls for Roko to eat as an apology present, lol, jk? XD

I agree with Brand....... Roko hasn't done anything to help them and he has caused more trouble for them because of his greediness. Roko needs Brand and Saida way more than they need him!

Betcha Roko will not last 5 minutes before he eats a lot of spirits at once for a huge feast, before gets popped and gets put into a jar, captured by the Puppetmaster or the Evil Queen, or he loses his balloon disguise and gets chased by the Reapers. If Roko gets chased by the reapers, Roko better hope that he can eat all of the reaper before they slashed his soul completely, lol. XD

Super awesome job on your comics page as always Virmir. Keep up the awesome job and I am so proud of you, Virmir!!!!

Seeing your comics page and drawings always makes my day better. ^^

I can't wait to see what happens next. ^^

When did I say I didn't like Kitsune?

Never as far as I know? The problem isn't kitsune, it's one particular flawed kitsune, but that's part of the story.

Having flawed protagonists is part of what makes any story interesting.

Sorry, I'll shut up now. I swear you commented that on some Virumiru picture

No need to hide the comment! I was probably making a joke about having too many tails to sit down, ha ha

Well, hopefully they know how to use the acorn without his help. This would be like if the eccentric wizard left the DnD party.

Not the wizard., but the thief.

Nice to see that now and then the trash takes itself out.

Considering how Roko's caused nothing but problems for them I wonder how this is gonna go

Considering how Roko chose to be abusive even parting ways, I hope better for the duo. Now that it's confirmed that Roko's a boneafide undead creature, the Eye isn't really going to do anything for him and as a greedy person, why should he bother?

Hopefully all this means is just a little less accuracy, and the duo can continue with their quest, while the thief goes and becomes the World Eater or something.

Well I mostly meant that odds are he’ll be back sooner or later, but is it because he misses them or realizes he what he did wrong, because they missed him and realized what they did wrong (even though they’re technically completely in the right), or - perhaps most interestingly - he comes back as a villain, possibly manipulated by another entity into taking revenge on them.

I think the latter is probably the most likely path. We were introduced to a villain, "The Puppetmaster", which we haven't seen yet (maybe, given the evidence so far, it seems too easy for Ayal to be this Puppetmaster.) Roko's condition is probably more than suitable for the Puppetmaster's disposition, if it has a thing for animated objects.

Yeah was definitely they'd try to manipulate him as a sort of metaphorical puppet master, since Roko's in the perfect position for that right now.

er, di he do something to the acorn before he threw it?

I do belive it was store in his necklace, so no.

I doubt it. His spat is too spur of the moment. He didn't have time to do anything with the acorn other than take it out of hammerspace and yeet it.

“And nothing of value was…”

In all serious, I do honestly hope we do get some positive character development for Roko.

It’s one thing to have a character with flaws, but their better qualities do need to shine through.
Brand may be a bit rough around the edges and a hot temper, but it is clear he does care and does strongly want to do good and help others.
Saida may be naive and super emotional, but she is friendly, supportive, and caring, while also a good mediator and knowledgable on lore.

Roko, however, causes more problems than he fixes, and any fixes he does make are to problems he caused.
Not saying there aren’t some spots where a positive side shows, but they are too few and far between, and he shows he hardly thinks or reflects on his actions and how they may affect others.
He took the offering, and hid as soon as the Quartz showed up and blamed Brand, he jumped into the spell because of his own greed and blamed Saida.
He spent the previous chapter in a pot, and was almost reaped because his greed causes his pot to fall and break.
He didn’t offer his life force to the tree.
Heck, his first action was stealing balloons from a vendor, as a child was crying!
He is kind of a toxic influence.

I do kind of worry, not particularly fond of the “We Want Our Jerk Back” trope, as it almost comes across as attempting to justify an A-Hole being an A-Hole, and discouraging any character growth from them.

Like I post, not saying a character can’t have their faults, but their strengths should probably outweighs their flaws, or they undergo some character growth and learn to be a better person.
Not saying you can’t have a rogue in the party either, but there are also lines to that too.

Long story short, I do hope we do see some positive growth from Roko in this chapter, or his and Brand’s “friendship” becomes a more healthy one.

Intriguing page.
Looking forward to seeing more.

Roko doesn't have any reason for positive development, his mindset is entirely self-focused, so he really doesn't see anything to improve. Besides the whole "Being dead" thing.

People (And Youkai) like that are better off cast aside, they're lead anchors that refuse to let you be happy, if it means you're even a step closer to freedom from them. Knew people like that before.