Paranatural

[Otomodachi]

I like this comic a lot; I think it is very good.

Perhaps... almost... TOO good...
(wait what)

[Agi Hammerthief]

yellow spectral energy...
I smell trouble coming up

[Nettlekid]

Are other people seeing Hijack? It looks a lot like that, by the VP and Suzy's expressions. Unless they're just reacting to Jeff seeming dozy and calming down.

[eschmenk]

Are other people seeing Hijack? It looks a lot like that, by the VP and Suzy's expressions. Unless they're just reacting to Jeff seeming dozy and calming down.

I think they are still reacting to Jeff getting clobbered by all the balls (previous page). It all happened super fast and it was an exciting game, after all, even though the VP's and Suzy's side lost.

[Forum Explorer]

Are other people seeing Hijack? It looks a lot like that, by the VP and Suzy's expressions. Unless they're just reacting to Jeff seeming dozy and calming down.

Maybe, I'm guessing that the spectral net will actually have no effect on Hijack, because he isn't a spirit or ghost, he's a monster.

[Agi Hammerthief]

Duhn duhn....


or something

[eschmenk]

I'm a bit confused. Those don't quite look like Hijack's hands, but I don't know what else they could be. Also, Max has an affinity for black spectral energy, while Hijack's is yellow, so Hijack couldn't possess Max, could it?

[Haar]

I always love those pages where one person is in the background being silly. Chapter 1 page 67 had Issac. Chapter 4 page 137 had Max. And this page's honor goes to Violet.

I'm a bit confused. Those don't quite look like Hijack's hands, but I don't know what else they could be. Also, Max has an affinity for black spectral energy, while Hijack's is yellow, so Hijack couldn't possess Max, could it?

That's definitely Hijack. Let's go off-topic here and let me do some speculating. I think that a spirit is possessing Mr. Spender, from what we saw back in the Ghost Train chapter. This spirit might not have the same spectral energy as his yellow, but we still don't know if dying spirits can possess a spectral (at all for that matter) with different colored energy. So at this point there's really too little info to go off of to assume that a spirit cannot possess a person if their spectral energies are different.

Now let's leave my rambling behind to speculate about Hijack. First of all, he's not dying, so there's no threat of possession. However, it appears that his natural ability is to take control of a person. As we saw earlier, Isabel couldn't attack Jeff with spectral energy, and unlike possession, Jeff lost control of everything and didn't remember anything after Hijack left him.

I guess there really isn't anything to do but wait for Friday to see if Hijack's ability is affected by incompatible spectral energies, or some other factor. Like I said earlier in the thread, Max appears to be fine later in the day, unless someone else wears similar shoes.

[eschmenk]

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That's definitely Hijack.

Zack fooled us!

And it was fair. The hands didn't look quite like Hijack's so it was possible to figure it out; it was just very unlikely that a reader would do it.

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So, did Hijack reposess Jeff? Or is Jeff just panicking and Isabel is reading too much into his confusion?

[Haar]

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Zack fooled us!

And it was fair. The hands didn't look quite like Hijack's so it was possible to figure it out; it was just very unlikely that a reader would do it.

Ack. Always foiled by the most basic of tricks.

But then that leaves the question: Who? Who gave it to him? Based on Ed and Isabel's positioning/reactions it couldn't have been them.

[eschmenk]

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So, did Hijack reposess Jeff? Or is Jeff just panicking and Isabel is reading too much into his confusion?

Jeff looks like he is happy, not panicked or confused, to me. So, yes, I think that's Hijack.

But then that leaves the question: Who? Who gave it to him? Based on Ed and Isabel's positioning/reactions it couldn't have been them.

Good question. Another spirit or ghost? It seemed to be above the heads of the students on the previous page. None of the students had skin that dark, either. If not for the hand, I would have thought that the doctopi had just been among the spirits up at the ceiling and had come down on its own.

[Nettlekid]

The Doctopi was a cute fake-out. I absolutely thought it was Hijack, as we're meant to. What I'm not 100% sure about is if Hijack is in Jeff right now. True, he's smiling, but it looks very nervous. The shake at the edge of his mouth, and the sweatdrop. Although I guess it could just be that Hijack is shaken after almost being caught.

As for whoever put the Doctopi on Max, I think it's got to be the same person who called out to him to help him avoid Hijeff's original throw, right? I'm still expecting it to be PJ, since we had that foreshadowing look of him hearing Isabel speaking about what friends do for each other.

[Haar]

Good question. Another spirit or ghost? It seemed to be above the heads of the students on the previous page. None of the students had skin that dark, either. If not for the hand, I would have thought that the doctopi had just been among the spirits up at the ceiling and had come down on its own.

Could it be the same person who followed Max and Isabel to school? I'm assuming (At this point I should disregard all my assumptions :P ) the silhouetting of this mystery person is simply the same reason RJ's face is; their skin isn't actually that dark, rather Zack is using the shadowing to hide their identity. (Although I'm pretty sure at this point RJ just has it because it's become a part of his identity)

[GAAD]

Could it be the same person who followed Max and Isabel to school? I'm assuming (At this point I should disregard all my assumptions :P ) the silhouetting of this mystery person is simply the same reason RJ's face is; their skin isn't actually that dark, rather Zack is using the shadowing to hide their identity. (Although I'm pretty sure at this point RJ just has it because it's become a part of his identity)

Oh, it's DEFINITELY the Shadowhand from that strip. They look identical. Of course, I would have them be two different people, just to mess with my nonexistent fans, but two identical pieces of somewhat hidden foreshadowing? It's the same individual.

I actually didn't notice either instance until you pointed it out.

Thanks Haar. I hope you Haarve a GAAD day.

[Gez]

The shadow hand is probably Lefty, or perhaps PJ. It seems that they followed Max.


What I wanted to post here that for everyone sad about Eightfold's fate, rejoice: she found a new webcomic and now she's badass.

[Nettlekid]

The shadow hand is probably Lefty, or perhaps PJ. It seems that they followed Max.


What I wanted to post here that for everyone sad about Eightfold's fate, rejoice: she found a new webcomic and now she's badass.

Well it's not Lefty who put the Doctopi on Max, since that's a right hand. I thought the same thing though.

And oh my god, yes, I thought the same thing when I saw that! Eightfold evolved magnificently.

[Agi Hammerthief]

Ninjas, they are everywhere.

[Nettlekid]

Well, the shadow figure can't be PJ, because he can't interact with physical objects and so couldn't put that note in Max's pocket.

On another note, I really like Johnny's character this whole arc. He hasn't changed in any way, but he's showing a better side.

[RCgothic]

I do like how Johnny isn't an outright villain.

[GAAD]

Yes! All shall bow to the almighty glory of WII SPORTS! Acknowledge my superiority at pretend bowling. ACKNOWLEDGE IIIIIIITTTT!

[The Mormegil]

This page has me thinking it's P.J. Also all the "friends have each other's back" foreshadowing.

[Yuki Akuma]

I can't work out whether Muse is a nice guy or a jerk.

[Hytheter]

I'm gonna go with "definitely a jerk"

[GAAD]

Imma go with "jerk who wants to be nice but doesn't know how, so acts jerkish anyway"

[Nettlekid]

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How heartbreaking! She reaches for the book like always, remembers Eightfold isn't there, and grabs the new tool. I really hope Eightfold reappears some day.

[Mr.Sandman]

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How heartbreaking! She reaches for the book like always, remembers Eightfold isn't there, and grabs the new tool. I really hope Eightfold reappears some day.

That is sad. I payed more attention to the 'whoes on first' in the background to notice that until you mentioned it.

[GAAD]

Hey Jeff, you might want to have a word with Sydney Scoville regarding montages. Could prove useful and informative.

And NOBODY acknowledge Spender's pun. He does not deserve that dignity.

[Kantaki]

The doctopus' reaction to Spender. Tasty, tasty pain.
The way Spender ties it to Max' arm makes it even better.

I guess Suzy will make some trouble sooner or later (well, more trouble than bugging Max). Lets hope that Collin (Nah) or Dimitri (what ever his deal is*) can keep her in check. A little bit at least.

*He clearly has some kind of connection to the "paranatural".

[eschmenk]

Spender is going to be vague about at least some things since Isaac is there, so that will help make things vague for Suzie, too. There might be a danger in the future that Suzie will try to turn Isaac into an ally by offering her help uncovering secrets.