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* Perhaps the most shocking moment in the whole comic is undoubtedly [[spoiler:Rial's death]], since it happens without any warning beforehand, not to mention that it happens both in an anti-climactic way, and at the same time suddenly, since [[spoiler:he]], at least chronologically speaking, only appears in seven issues. It say something that many fans were ''really'' shocked to see that the author really averted LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt in order to kill a fan-favorite that Carole Curtis, the author, still managed to include tales that feature [[spoiler:Rial in an AnachronicOrder, even after he canonically died, at expense of [[ContinuitySnarl confusing new readers along the way]]]].
* This is later topped off with [[spoiler:[[TheHeroDies the death of Liska]] in the FinalBattle against Rakon and his tribe, as she stayed behind in order to buy time for her warriors to return. This is even more heart-wrenching, as, besides being she the protagonist, it's really hard to stomach her death after all the adventures she had in her life during all the years the comic lasted, but at least she died in a complete blaze of glory]].
** To make [[spoiler:her]] demise an even bigger tear-jerker, [[spoiler:Liska always felt lonely in some degree during her whole life, as having the weight of all the responsabilities rested on her shoulders caused her to became gradually more cynic and jaded than she was in her younger years]]. And [[spoiler:she died alone, in combat, in the middle of the night, [[YouCannotFightFate as fated by the Goddess]]]] in what was basically [[{{Glurge}} an entire sub-arc of suffering porn]].
* The end of "The Hunt" sub-arc is quite sad as well, since [[spoiler:Kress betrayed Liska in order to help Indigo, the foreigner who used both her and her tribe in order to lure the [[RentAZilla giant monsters]], regardless of the damage those monsters, Indigo and Kress herself could had caused to everyone else in their own country]]. As a result, in [[TranquilFury a very unnerving way]], Liska, with permission of Kress of course, [[spoiler:gave her to Indigo as his wife, while Indigo returned to his country, breaking [[WhatTheHellHero her own rules about giving or buying people]] in order to punish Kress for endagering the tribe, and also to get rid of her, without the need of either executing her or any other severe punishment. While the story says that there's no family records about Liska's reaction after that event, it does say that Liska kept a pocket of Kress' hair and she kept it for the rest of her life, a fact enforced by an image of Liska's body being completely shadowed, [[MyGreatestFailure implying that she really regreted doing that afterwards]]]].
* An ever bigger tear jerker happens, in a meta-example, with the last issue of the comic: The epilogue story was published along with the very last issue of ''Shanda The Panda'', which was one of the main titles, along ''Katmandu'' of the now-defunct Shanda Fantasy Arts. The whole thing goes with the fact not only was the very last issue of the comic, but also for ''Shanda'''s, and also, the ''very last issue'' published by SFA before folding out.

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* Perhaps the most shocking moment in the whole comic is undoubtedly [[spoiler:Rial's death]], Rial's death, since it happens without any warning beforehand, not to mention that it happens both in an anti-climactic way, and at the same time suddenly, since [[spoiler:he]], he, at least chronologically speaking, only appears in seven issues. It say something that many fans were ''really'' shocked to see that the author really averted LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt in order to kill a fan-favorite that Carole Curtis, the author, still managed to include tales that feature [[spoiler:Rial Rial in an AnachronicOrder, even after he canonically died, at expense of [[ContinuitySnarl confusing new readers along the way]]]].
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* This is later topped off with [[spoiler:[[TheHeroDies [[TheHeroDies the death of Liska]] in the FinalBattle against Rakon and his tribe, as she stayed behind in order to buy time for her warriors to return. This is even more heart-wrenching, as, besides being she the protagonist, it's really hard to stomach her death after all the adventures she had in her life during all the years the comic lasted, but at least she died in a complete blaze of glory]].
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glory. To make [[spoiler:her]] her demise an even bigger tear-jerker, [[spoiler:Liska Liska always felt lonely in some degree during her whole life, as having the weight of all the responsabilities rested on her shoulders caused her to became gradually more cynic and jaded than she was in her younger years]]. years. And [[spoiler:she she died alone, in combat, in the middle of the night, [[YouCannotFightFate as fated by the Goddess]]]] Goddess]] in what was basically [[{{Glurge}} an entire sub-arc of suffering porn]].
* The end of "The Hunt" sub-arc is quite sad as well, since [[spoiler:Kress Kress betrayed Liska in order to help Indigo, the foreigner who used both her and her tribe in order to lure the [[RentAZilla giant monsters]], regardless of the damage those monsters, Indigo and Kress herself could had caused to everyone else in their own country]]. country. As a result, in [[TranquilFury a very unnerving way]], Liska, with permission of Kress of course, [[spoiler:gave gave her to Indigo as his wife, while Indigo returned to his country, breaking [[WhatTheHellHero her own rules about giving or buying people]] in order to punish Kress for endagering the tribe, and also to get rid of her, without the need of either executing her or any other severe punishment. While the story says that there's no family records about Liska's reaction after that event, it does say that Liska kept a pocket of Kress' hair and she kept it for the rest of her life, a fact enforced by an image of Liska's body being completely shadowed, [[MyGreatestFailure implying that she really regreted doing that afterwards]]]].
* An ever bigger tear jerker happens, in a meta-example, with the last issue of the comic: The epilogue story was published along with the very last issue of ''Shanda The Panda'', which was one of the main titles, along ''Katmandu'' of the now-defunct Shanda Fantasy Arts. The whole thing goes with the fact not only was the very last issue of the comic, but also for ''Shanda'''s, and also, the ''very last issue'' published by SFA before folding out.
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** To make [[spoiler:her]] demise an even bigger tear-jerker, [[spoiler:Liska always felt lonely in some degree during her whole life, as having the weight of all the responsabilities rested on her shoulders caused her to became gradually more cynic and jaded than she was in her younger years]]. And [[spoiler:she died alone, in combat, in the middle of the night, [[YouCannotFightFate as fated by the Goddess]]]].

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** To make [[spoiler:her]] demise an even bigger tear-jerker, [[spoiler:Liska always felt lonely in some degree during her whole life, as having the weight of all the responsabilities rested on her shoulders caused her to became gradually more cynic and jaded than she was in her younger years]]. And [[spoiler:she died alone, in combat, in the middle of the night, [[YouCannotFightFate as fated by the Goddess]]]].Goddess]]]] in what was basically [[{{Glurge}} an entire sub-arc of suffering porn]].
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** To make [[spoiler:her]] demise an even bigger tear-jerker, [[spoiler:Liska always felt lonely in some degree during her whole life, as having the weight of all the responsabilities rested on her shoulders caused her to became gradually more cynic and jaded than she was in her younger years]]. And [[spoiler:she died alone, in combat, in the middle of the night, [[YouCannotFightFate as fated by the Goddess]]]].
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* This is later topped off with [[spoiler:[[TheHeroDies the death of Liska]] in the FinalBattle against Rakon and his tribe, as she stayed behind in order to buy time for her warriors to return. This is even more heart-wrenching, as, besides being she the protagonist, it's really hard to stomach her death after all the adventures she had in her life during all the years the comic lasted, but at least she died in a complete blaze of glory]].

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''Katmandu'' is pretty notorious not only for its romantic moments, but also for its ''really'' sad and depressing moments when these happens:



* The end of "The Hunt" sub-arc is quite sad as well, since [[spoiler:Kriss betrayed Liska in order to help Indigo, the foreigner who used both her and her tribe in order to lure the [[RentAZilla giant monsters]], regardless of the damage those monsters, Indigo and Kress herself could had caused to everyone else in their own country]]. As a result, in [[TranquilFury a very unnerving way]], Liska, with permission of Kress of course, [[spoiler:gave her to Indigo as his wife, while Indigo returned to his country, breaking [[WhatTheHellHero her own rules about giving or buying people]] in order to punish Kress for endagering the tribe, and also to get rid of her, without the need of either executing her or any other severe punishment. While the story says that there's no family records about Liska's reaction after that event, it does say that Liska kept a pocket of Kress' hair and she kept it for the rest of her life, a fact enforced by an image of Liska's body being completely shadowed, [[MyGreatestFailure implying that she really regreted doing that afterwards]]]].

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* The end of "The Hunt" sub-arc is quite sad as well, since [[spoiler:Kriss [[spoiler:Kress betrayed Liska in order to help Indigo, the foreigner who used both her and her tribe in order to lure the [[RentAZilla giant monsters]], regardless of the damage those monsters, Indigo and Kress herself could had caused to everyone else in their own country]]. As a result, in [[TranquilFury a very unnerving way]], Liska, with permission of Kress of course, [[spoiler:gave her to Indigo as his wife, while Indigo returned to his country, breaking [[WhatTheHellHero her own rules about giving or buying people]] in order to punish Kress for endagering the tribe, and also to get rid of her, without the need of either executing her or any other severe punishment. While the story says that there's no family records about Liska's reaction after that event, it does say that Liska kept a pocket of Kress' hair and she kept it for the rest of her life, a fact enforced by an image of Liska's body being completely shadowed, [[MyGreatestFailure implying that she really regreted doing that afterwards]]]].
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* Perhaps the most shocking moment in the whole comic is undoubtedly [[spoiler:Rial's death]], since it happens without any warning beforehand, not to mention that it happens both in an anti-climactic way, and at the same time suddenly, since [[spoiler:he]], at least chronologically speaking, only appears in seven issues. It say something that many fans were ''really'' shocked to see that the author really averted LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt in order to kill a fan-favorite that Carole Curtis, the author, still managed to include tales that feature [[spoiler:Rial in an AnachronicOrder, even after he canonically died, at expense of [[ContinuitySnarl confusing new readers along the way]]]].
* The end of "The Hunt" sub-arc is quite sad as well, since [[spoiler:Kriss betrayed Liska in order to help Indigo, the foreigner who used both her and her tribe in order to lure the [[RentAZilla giant monsters]], regardless of the damage those monsters, Indigo and Kress herself could had caused to everyone else in their own country]]. As a result, in [[TranquilFury a very unnerving way]], Liska, with permission of Kress of course, [[spoiler:gave her to Indigo as his wife, while Indigo returned to his country, breaking [[WhatTheHellHero her own rules about giving or buying people]] in order to punish Kress for endagering the tribe, and also to get rid of her, without the need of either executing her or any other severe punishment. While the story says that there's no family records about Liska's reaction after that event, it does say that Liska kept a pocket of Kress' hair and she kept it for the rest of her life, a fact enforced by an image of Liska's body being completely shadowed, [[MyGreatestFailure implying that she really regreted doing that afterwards]]]].
* An ever bigger tear jerker happens, in a meta-example, with the last issue of the comic: The epilogue story was published along with the very last issue of ''Shanda The Panda'', which was one of the main titles, along ''Katmandu'' of the now-defunct Shanda Fantasy Arts. The whole thing goes with the fact not only was the very last issue of the comic, but also for ''Shanda'''s, and also, the ''very last issue'' published by SFA before folding out.

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