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4	''The Last Human (In a Crowded Galaxy)'' is a SpaceOpera webcomic by Zack Jordan hosted on Platform/{{Webtoons}}. It follows a human child named Sarya and her adoptive mother, a spiderlike alien named [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Shenya the Widow]]. The two of them move to live on a cosmopolitan space station, but the bureaucrats are suspicious when they can't figure out what species Sarya is.
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6	It can be read [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/the-last-human-in-a-crowded-galaxy/list?title_no=403136 here]]. The webcomic also serves as a prequel to the full-length novel ''The Last Human''.
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8	!!Provides examples of the following tropes:
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10	* AndroidsArePeopleToo: Sarya's attitude towards the drones, which she desperately tries to get others to realize. At least one other robot also believes this, though it's still happy to die once it's outlived its usefulness.
11	-->'''Robot:''' ALMOST? I'll have you know I meet the ''bare minimum requirements'' for legal personhood. I was a ''person'' before you were even a-- ''(body breaks in two)''
12	* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:According to the Network Inspector, humans caused MULTIPLE Class X and X-2 apocalypses, including the destruction of Shenya's homeworld.]]
13	* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Nearly every robot she meets loves Sarya, since she treats them no different from any other person. One that looks like a red [[WesternAnimation/WallE EVE]] starts following her around.
14	* BodyBackupDrive: The red alien and purple alien find a room full of [[spoiler:clone bodies for the Network Inspector]].
15	-->'''Clone:''' I am getting ''very'' tired of being killed.
16	* BodyPaint: Widow culture involves wearing complex body paint patterns, which Shenya applies to Sarya's fingers.
17	* CheerfulChild: Sarya is almost always cheerful and friendly, easily making friends with other alien children and robotic drones.
18	* ConstantlyCurious: Sarya is constantly asking questions.
19	-->'''Drone:''' Excuse me. Do you ever get tired of asking questions?
20	-->'''Sarya:''' You sound like my mom. Ooh! What's that?
21	* TheDreaded: One HeadsUpDisplay scans Shenya and in bright red letters spells out "DO NOT ANTAGONIZE".
22	* ExtraEyes: The Network Inspector has eight eyes, while the purple alien has six [[EyeOnAStalk on a stalk]] (her kids have three each).
23	* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: When Shenya [[spoiler:seems ready to give up on finding Sarya and is about to accept dying]], the alien she's been borderline kidnapping ''slaps her''. Everyone who sees it happen is completely stunned.
24	-->'''Purple Alien''': Oh, he is gonna die ''so'' hard.
25	-->'''Network Inspector''': I...must agree.
26	* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: Sarya's goggles provide augmented reality, for example showing her colored holograms covering otherwise colorless toy blocks.
27	* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: The prevailing belief among aliens, despite no human sightings in over a millennium. Sarya plays "human" with other children, in which she acts as a terrifying, acid-spitting monster.
28	* HurricaneOfEuphemisms: The little drone on Sarya's shoulder offers a staggering array of [[NeverSayDie synonyms for "die"]] when she asks it to stop saying the word.
29	* InsectoidAliens: Shenya's species, which are similar to spiders.
30	* MamaBear: You do NOT want to get between Shenya and her child. Not that many would want to cross an alien GiantSpider from a ProudWarriorRace. When Sarya goes missing, Shenya is fully prepared to start a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
31	* MoodDissonance: The drones are oddly unconcerned about their imminent death and recycling. Sarya tries desperately to get them to see they still deserve to live.
32	* MultiArmedAndDangerous: The Network Inspector has six arms and two legs.
33	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Shenya the Widow.
34	* OhMyGods: Robots sometimes invoke the Network, the galaxy-spanning [[TheMetaverse Metaverse]] and ArtificialIntelligence gestalt that's a cornerstone of the setting's society.
35	* {{Prequel}}: The comic is set before ''Literature/TheLastHuman'', a physical novel by Jordan set in the same universe.
36	* SpaceStation: Shenya and Sarya move to one early in the comic, and most of the story takes place there.
37	* ThisMeansWarpaint: When Shenya finds Sarya missing, she puts on [[PurpleIsPowerful purple]] body paint that's toxic to many species, including her own. The comic has a bonus panel explaining the cultural significance of the war paint.
38	* TormentByAnnoyance: The purple alien's two kids behave like any siblings:
39	--> Mommmm! Xu's lookin' at me!
40	--> I am not! I'm lookin' ''near'' you!
41	--> Are not!
42	--> Am too!
43	--> Mom says get your gross dry eyestalk off my side!
44	--> Mom says my eyestalks are silky smooth!
45	* WhatTheHellHero: When Shenya and another parent threateningly ask another alien about their missing kids, they flip out.
46	-->'''Purple Alien:''' I have HAD IT UP TO MY EYESTALKS WITH YOU PEOPLE. "Are you going to help us? Because my friend is ''literally made of knives''." "Hi there! Give me what I want or I'll STAB IT OUT OF YOU." Did either of you ever ONCE consider that OTHER PEOPLE have problems? Huh? Did you?\
47	'''Red Alien:''' Well, if you don't want to help us--\
48	'''Purple Alien:''' I ''do'' want to help you. But ''not'' because you're a jerk. And ''not'' because she's a nightmarish death machine. It's because I'm a parent too. And I ''do'' know who took your kids. And ''I'm'' gonna help you find them.

Context Webcomic / TheLastHumanInACrowdedGalaxy