My Impossible Soulmate

So the first chapter for My Impossible Soulmate is finished. It's a romantic Isekai fantasy about girl named Chiaki, who has a crush on her best friend Fumiko. She's suddenly transported to another world. It's written by the same author who wrote Rain (2010), in fact it's kind of a prequel to it but a fairly standalone one.

I'd like to hear your thoughts on it and provide plenty of constructive criticisms if you have them. See what aspects of the comic you'd like to see improve and if you've got any theories you can post it here too.

You can read it on Comic Fury or Tapas.

Edited by AudioSpeaks2 on Feb 21st 2023 at 6:13:15 AM

Hmm. I figured we'd be revisiting Japan at some point, but I wasn't expecting her to wake up there. (Gonna go out on a limb and guess the first chapter wasn't actually a dream.) Not to put too fine a point on it, but I have to wonder whether it's entirely wise for Jocelyn to spend too much time in modern (er, nineties?) Japan, especially in a comic starring a closeted lesbian.

Edited by TwinBird on Feb 20th 2023 at 6:52:03 AM

It’s actually the early 2000s. But anyways, could you elaborate? What makes you think it’s a little odd for the story to spend time in modern Japan?

The main character being a closeted lesbian in early ‘00s Japan I do sort of do get. But taking place in modern Japan in general? What exactly is a little strange about it?

Edited by AudioSpeaks2 on Feb 21st 2023 at 8:35:31 AM

Dunno, just a general sense there's always a level of risk in writing real-world settings you're not familiar with.

Alright, that does sound like a reasonable concern. I do trust Lynn to do some basic research on 2000s Japanese social culture. She's mainly fleshing out the other world anyways.

Chapter 2 is here!

Latest page has explains how magic works in this world.

I will not say the G-word... I will not say the G-word... I will not say the G-word...

(Yes, on the one hand, I know that there are countless analogues to "stamps," but on the other hand, there is roughly zero chance that Jocelyn has not seen The Owl House.)

Jocelyn's said that she's seen The Owl House but stated that symbols and stamps predated her watching it.

With this followup page, "stamps" appear to function less like glyphs and Luz's substitute for not being inherently magical and more like just Magitek.

Check out this cute drawing Lynn did of Chiaki dressed as Pomni.

Edited by AudioSpeaks2 on Nov 2nd 2023 at 7:38:34 PM