Driftbreak is an action webcomic created by Appealing Name Goes Here that follows The Protagonist Kaycee Courage, an Ordinary High-School Student with Super-Speed who wants to be the strongest duelist out there in a world where people have magic and can summon weapons. And also there are robots that keep flying into the planet from outer space which cause problems. Updates every Sunday.
This webcomic provides examples of:
- Added Alliterative Appeal: Beyond Bars.
- Aerith and Bob: On one hand, you have names like Alyvia and Kaycee, which are acceptable in Real Life, albeit uncommon. On the other hand, you have Landyn, Zephyrine and Steadfast.
- Action Prologue: The story starts with a robot attack on Wantz Square and Kaycee delivering an Offscreen Moment of Awesome. Then she has to run to camp.
- Animesque: The series has multiple anime influences, and the art style stands out with its Big Anime Eyes.
- Badass Boast: Kaycee brags about being 'top dog' in Nova Timewise's Duelling Club. Subverted afterwards when Landyn brings up that she's actually second place.
- Big "WHAT?!": Landyn gives Kaycee one of these when he realises she's still in Wantz Square, with a Speech-Bubbles Interruption to match.
- Everyone Meets Everyone: The main characters all introduce themselves when they first meet at a training camp.
- Killer Robot: The planet keeps getting attacked by them.
- Klatchian Coffee: Prisca starts glowing gold when she wakes up from her caffeine nap, to the surprise of Muscles and Alyvia.
- I Call It "Vera": People tend to name their weapons, as they're extensions of the soul. Zephyrine calls her two swords Gust and Gale, for example.
- In-Series Nickname: Steadfast Eudemonia is known as Muscles, for her muscles.
- Magitek: Magic and technology are greatly linked as people use enhancing abilities on tech to reach sci-fi levels of technological advancement.
- Plucky Girl: Kaycee Courage.
- Rose-Haired Sweetie: Zephyrine has bright pink hair and is a cheery, sweet girl.
- School Uniforms are the New Black: Alyvia goes around in her school uniform when she's introduced in the training camp, earning some snark from Kaycee.
- Stock Shōnen Hero: Subverted in that it's a genderflipped version in a World of Action Girls, but Kaycee checks all the boxes to be one.
- Summon to Hand: Everyone seems to have their own weapon that they can summon from thin air, called Arms.
- Super-Deformed: Chibi-fied versions of the characters are abundant throughout the comic, notably in the first few chapter covers and whenever they're just standing there.
- Super-Speed: Kaycee's powers. She is able to travel 5 miles in about 5 minutes in the beginning of the comic.
- To Be a Master: Played straight with Kaycee. The Series Goal, and is even lampshaded by the author in the series description.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Kaycee loves caramel. Trooper loves Beyond Bars.
- 20 Minutes into the Future
- Two Words: I Can't Count:Trooper: Two words. Money laundering scheme. Okay that was three words.
- Witty Banter: The first Kaycee and Zephy spar has some back-and-forth taunting.Zephy: You're like a bright flame! But those burn out rather quickly, don't you think?Kaycee: Think you should worry about getting burned.
- World of Action Girls: Exactly What It Says on the Tin.
- Written Sound Effect: BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP *click*. Also the occasional Unsound Effect when the robot goes LOOOOOOOOMMM.