It's a /co/ tradition to storytime this every Spooktober, and I'll be damned if it dies this year. Oldfags and newfags alike are welcome to enjoy this classic tale of peer pressure, unfriendly ghosts, and thicc Russian teens.
>Spoonfeedertube made a video on this a month agoAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
Please bump if you're reading.
Going through these captchas I'm starting to think I should started this way earlier. Oh well, I'll still be here anyway.
>>151076544>SyrnikiI had to decoder ring that, and still got it wrong.
>>151076456>It's a /co/ tradition to storytime this every Spooktober, and I'll be damned if it dies this year.Who gives a shit, anyone could just look into the archive and find it from previous years. Waste of time and waste of thread.
>>151076456On a side not does anyone know why the fuck Neil Gaiman recommended this in the JL8 comic specifically? Did the author just like it?
>>151076761Thank you for bumping.
>>151076769The grumpy protag running into supernatural stuff that changes her outlook on life probably reminded him of Coraline.
>>151077138>>151077117>>151077104>>151077079So uh did she reward them or do you think they were dissapointed or something?
>>151077182I'm sure they DP'd her offscreen.
Missed a page, I suck cocks. Start from here>>151077619
Thanks for doing this OP
>>151078078ayyyyy
>>151076456Fucking love this comic. Thank you, OP, you're alright.
d0tkxh
bump, you can hide your little bone fingers anytime here...
I member storytiming this myself (not on Halloween tho). That was over 9000 years ago, still have good memories of witnessing angry seething anon complaining about storytimes being pointless.>but why would you post pages here>when you can just torrent the whole thing>wow you so stupidPic is from that era.
>>151079139*pic removed to not interrupt storytime, will be posted later
>>151079173Thank you for your courtesy.
>>151076560>commies>richЛai think that's their d. could not even be their a
>>151079102If she was really fucked up she could hid it under her skinOr up her ass
>>151079117She's gonna get ghost lung cancer
>>151076728Thank God you are fatassed. Otherwise you would have broke your neck and dieded of starvation or something. Naaaah there's no way that would happen/fascetious
>>151079533And she never answered him He probably thinks she's nuts or is gonna go punch her friend out about lying about this story or something
>>151077737god, look at that thick russian ass
>>151079139storytimes are one of the few good things on /co/ I don't get why anons get so ass mad about it
Is her dad dead or what's going on?
>>151079576Deadbeat Russian dad.
>>151079576It's never explainedWe can only assume he's dead seeing as none of them mention him
>>151078941What a pathetic cuck
>>151077404You talk to your dildoes like that? hot
>>151077783>if we are all done losing ourselves in Anya's DerriereIn a Minute. Actually, take five class.
>>151079775I love this page, funny as fuck
What's the chances that she turned out like her mother?
>>151077982Old laptops heated like a motherfucker, so it's understandable she sets it on a table top and not her lap or bed.also>can afford private school>2 story house with individual rooms>a fucking laptop in 90s?>all of this on social security
>>151079847It's not the 90's, it's set in the present (2011).
>>151076590>throwing away perfectly good foodThis will never not make me little upset.
>>151080050at least the homeless get a nice treat
>>151079862I thought this was autobiographical, from her own fobby days? >>151078154see? she uses a chocolate, those things were driven to extinction by iphones. so, I'd guess early 00s
>>151080149>I thought this was autobiographical, from her own fobby days?No that was her other comic be prepared
Why no fan art of this story?
>>151079469Would.
>>151080244There's so here and thereAnd plenty of rule 34
>>151076779>>151076815ENTER
>>151080362Damn she went through her womb
>>151077358Don't fight it Anya, embrace the inevitable.
>>151080509https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB_E3gJK9oI
I never understood why the ghost hide?
>>151080697She might have been afraid more people might know who she is
Has something done a dub on this?
>>151080757Yes there's one on youtube I think they're still working on it
End of storytime. Happy Halloween, everybody. Enjoy the rest of the night.
And now I can post......
>>151077535>>151077477>>151077458>>151077437>>151077515>>151077422Daww small Emily
...... and the edit.Never forget this very important lesson, kids.
>>151080764Nah, sadly that project was cancelled. It got as far as the part where Sean invites Anya to his house party.
>>151080826The Littlest Femcel
I'm surprised that Anya didn't fall for the nerd.
>>151080254I love how immediate moments like this can be in comics and how much you just fill in the blanks
>>151080838Based >>151080806Thanks OP, a Happy Halloween to you too!
And if anyone wants to save any images ITT, remember
That was a really good read. Thanks for sharing, OP.
>>151081176Oh fuck
>>151077810tbf, wouldn't falling down together look even more suspicious?
>>151076779that's a dead kid
>>151077861Katy sounds like a fun time.
Glad to always see this posted during spooky month
>>151079999Smothered to death in your big sister's boobs, what a way to go.
>>151079107>90 year old woman turns into a ho after reading one magazinemany such cases
>>151082805Nice try but she's not that thick.
>>151077918Anya plays helldivers.
Do ghost not mature?
This was a nice treat. Cheers opie
>>151080924I'm surprised anyone still thinks that male nerds are for falling...for.
>>151083684to be fair, a 2010s girl magazine has more sexually charged things in its pages than a girl of her era would've seen in her lifetime.
Thank you for this. I remembered the other thing it reminded me of: [Awan] Anta to Tada no Rigaikankei da | What We Have Is Strictly Business. [English] [NudeSalad]
>>151085854Is this a civ 2 reference?
>>151078815I love his honesty.
>>151077358T H I C C
>>151085854Anon, that thing has 0 semi-anthro mice. Fuck you.
>>151078733>I have to get out so you can get in the backShe wants to fugg>>151078815Same Matt story. Either she's committed to the bit or she really did went to summer camp with Matt and there's an american pie flute story situation
>>151079862No, murderghost. You can't have any pizza.
>>151076560>fat was a sign of wealth in RussiaIn starvation times maybe. A lot of second half of the 20th century Soviet people were pudgy because their diet was like 80% bread. Kids and people in active jobs burned off the empty calories, but they caught up with a lot of people as they aged. In Soviet Russia, you were either undernourished or overweight and undernourished.>>151077155The censors must have removed the "hot chick rewards saviors beyond their wildest dreams" part, dang. Seriously though, hope they at least got handjobs and a feel of her boobs for saving her life.>>151076628>>151077515>>151077846>randos using diminutives like "Dima" or "Anya">>151077169>>151077904>using "Anushka" in the 21st century in anything but the most tender moment or towards a small childIs the author 3rd+ generation immigrant or something? They would know these things if they were at least 2nd gen.
>>151078913>the hot girl is a kekHuh, didn't see that coming.>>151079501>Ghost girl got keked to the point of murder>somehow forgives that doucheWut.>>151079775>>151079811>cute ghost girl>she's fucking crazy and not the sexy typeStory of my life.>>151080548>>151080563>>151080577No offense, but that was a weak speech. The ghost must have been one foot in the afterlife if that exorcised her.>>151080658I know she was a murdering psycho, but still. Get her out of that hole she miserably died in and in a proper grave with a funeral at least, you bitch.
>>151086897Nope, first gen, born in the glorious Soviet Union and escaped during the crumbling. She did lean a lot on her "russian identity" in her earlier works so I wonder how she manages now that being Russian is a cultural sin.Her most recent work almost entirely eliminates russian, pardon, "eastern european influences" in favour to standard milquetoast body positivity messages. Charming drawings, tho.
>>151087338If she's using being Russian just in the exotic sense, I don't see who and why would critique her for it. There are plenty of immigrants from shitholes with evil scumbags in charge who do fine still calling themselves culturally part of their people. It's being pro-government that makes you a piece of shit. And technically, with how turbo-ass the Russian Federation was and is at producing culture, all of it is actually Soviet or imperial or Rus'-ian anyway and has nothing to do with the current country despite how its propagandists are desperately screaming the opposite (because even they know modern Russia has produced nothing of value and are trying to appropriate things they don't even have the only claim to because they were just one of the states inside a bigger country).
>>151087490Rooskies do produce their own stuff, it's mostly for an internal market and after sanctions even more (let's not forget the Masha and the Bear thing, as mediocre as it was). Brosgol leaned heavily on her "traditional russian-ness" in Be Prepared, and we're talking expat russians (so intrinsically butthurt about the Union) and the discourse got kinda rabid after 2022. Her keeping it "exotic" as a migrant makes sense, you're right.
>>151087554ghost footjob woo
>>151086897>In Soviet Russia, you were either undernourished or overweight and undernourished.This is a "common sense" take based on not actually researching the subject.
>>151078941Take the yuri pill and go for those fat tits.
>>151087701She should do that in front of Siobhan, as a joke. That would be so funny haha.
>>151082805I miss the days when stew could contain his fat fetish, his early Anya pics were great. Everything he does now is hamplanets.
>>151087701Liz seems like the prime type to go to college, have a somewhat decent gay relationship/experience and go hard into it. Shitty male ex in high school and being the popular girl all about image in high school seems like it would make her the prime one to take the yuri pill.
>>151089034I'll try to dial it back a bit.
>>151086897you're weird. not in a good way, either.
>>151087701This pic needs a follow-up with both of them taking the yuri pill.
>>151084070I think that was kind of the point. Emily never got past her delusions. Not in life, and not in death until Anya.
>>151089235Excellent news if that really is you, Stew. I'll believe it when I see it.
>>151080806Thanks for the storytime. I was aware of this but never actually read it before, it was good.>tfw no ghost wingman trying to get you laidAlthough if a guy found Emily, I imagine she'd just have gotten super possessive instead.>>151082004Out of 10!
>>151089410which one of them would take the plunge first? my money is on Elizabeth
>>151090475100% Elizabeth. She was getting NTR'd by her boyfriend for a while before that party, so she would've had time to stew and realize taking the yuri pill is the right move, while Anya's more or less caught off-guard by the whole thing, so she just kinda goes along with Elizabeth.
>>151080362I wonder how bad this would have turned out if Emily could posses Anya. She'd live her femcel fantasies to the extreme.
>>151080838i love this edit so much
>>151079615>>151079639>>151079655>>151079681>>151079701despite being a ghost, emily has the best expressions in the book
>>151090503>Anya gets eaten out first, not by some hot basketball guy, ghost, or even her super tomboy looking friend but by the Stacy "straight" girl who Anya wanted to steal the man ofunexpected but perfect. hopefully Elizabeth can make Anya feel good
>>151090886it kinda annoys me anya never actually apologizes to siobhan. siobhan was right about sean, was right about anya acting like a douche, and still chose to hang out with her at the end even though anya was a total dick. and anya never seems to apologize for being a dick to her. siobhan deserves better desu
>>151090886>Siobhan eventually catches Anya and Liz during the one time they decide to fool around during school>Starts joining in>Emily becomes even more aggressive than she is in the actual story because now she's a mixture of resentful and horny
>>151091056I think it's one of those unspoken things among friends where you don't need to apologize to each other, you know the other is sorry and the other accepts it
>>151079461What happens if she dies again?
>>151080362>the effort makes her turn back to her original lookFirst time I'm noticing this.
>>151091845good catch, I just noticed that too
>>151091056true but I guess their friendship is stronger than that. that or the desire for some cigarettes is stronger than Anya's bullshit
>>151091059>Siobhan decides to join in since Elizabeth seems to have enough resources to get them a couple packs worth of cigarette per month>Siobhan is apparently good with her hands and mouth, so Elizabeth is really willing to treat them to the finer things to pay them back>Rest of the school is confused as to why these two relative outsiders are hanging out with Elizabeth who is giving them gifts and treats but they all eventually grow accustomed to it>Anya's social status climbs higher than it ever did during the book>Emily starts reading yuri to see how to increase Anya's popularity the gay wayEmily probably wished she took the yuri route than the femcel route, probably would've led to fewer deaths overall.
>>151077358
>>151092903Introduce him to her mom
>>151077963I thought for a long time Franklin had been president at some point.
>>151090881>despiteIt's BECAUSE she's a ghost. Brosgol has more freedom to change and exaggerate her expressions that the other characters', since Emily's ectoplasm and not flesh and bone.
>>151093783I saw this image years before I read the comic and am literally getting it just right now lol
>>151092746Nice Emily.would receive ghostblowjobs from/10i know you started that one before i mentioned your hamplanet shift, so i'll refrain from commenting further
>>151086897>diminutives like "Dima" or "Anya"Anya's not a diminutive. "Dima" I imagine might be short for Dimitri, but Anya is just her name.
>>151092746She cleans up nicely
>Sequel about her having overcome her social issues in college but not dating from still wrestling with her appearance>A new Biology Professor will be taking overENTER >>151092903
>>151087701Hot
>>151094905This is so cute. Too bad Emily was a psycho.
>>151095327true.
>>151095327Psycho ghost pussy hits different.
>>151092491For some reason she's my favorite.
>>151093783Yes, but I'm not giving up the hentaihey where did the bone go?
>>151076769Pics?
My one complaint with this is the middle. It's a fantastic story and an amazing character arc for both characters. I just wish it'd been longer, with more scenes of Anya defrosting and opening up to her new friend, forging a bond. Teaching Emily about the modern world, getting Emily's insight into how things changed, seen Emily delight in her new life. Maybe even have a scene where she put her foot down and went "nope, the old way WAS better" about something.I still think the book ended the way it should have, with Emily turning on Anya then becoming increasingly unhinged as it all began slipping away, leading up to the final "I get it. But what you want doesn't even exist" confrontation.But as good as the book was, it would've been even better with a little more room to develop the girls and forge their friendship.
>>151093979Not the artist, I got it in the drawthread. VERY delighted in the delivery!
>>151080443Oh no, she's got a 2nd phase!https://youtu.be/MYb0uomzcBQ?si=D-zWntHwenMIZGs7
>>151079483This was actually what happened with Emily, The Boy, and The Girl. Was she justified setting the barn on fire? https://youtu.be/hDYeIonuf44?si=YdOFXnv3S94rYSRR&t=70
>>151096550if you can make Emily orgasm, is she exorcised like that one episode of American Dad?
>>151097770>dirtbag tomboy type but a loyal friend>sticc body type and very tallI get it
>>151098381No. She was obviously jealous of an adult woman being romantically involved with an adult man she had an unrequited desire for.
>>151080577>>151098092>what you want doesn't even existI mean that sounds like a clever line but I'm not sure it really is.>wanting how others look, what they have, who they haveI get that it's bad to murder people out of envy, but people exist who definitely do have things to envy. This seems to be entirely based on the fact the girl Anya was jealous of was getting cucked and proved to not so enviable after all, ignoring the fact there are plenty of people with enviable lives who aren't getting cucked.
>>151076456Midnight bump.
>>151098685>>151098696So they were related, right? Not just thematically, but genetically.
>>151100510Probably distant cousins because Emily never scored
>>151099244She wants to have the man she loved and live a perfect happy life with him. And... that ship sailed a hundred years ago. She tried to live vicariously through Anya, but Anya is a living breathing person with her own hopes and dreams, not a doll to be played with. Which brings us to the second problem: Emily also wants to just always get her own way and attain happiness without worrying about other people's feelings. Anya says "I'm no longer interested in that dude"? Well clearly Anya's wrong. She'll need to be FORCED back onto the path Emily wants!It doesn't work.There's no scenario where Emily gets what she wants. She's not going to have that happy relationship for herself, and she's not going to have everyone just give in to her whims.
>>151100436That must make for a mighty bump!
>>151095327If anything that excited me when I first read it all those years ago. I wanted to be her exception to such torment...then again I also waifu'd Carrie too, so maybe I'm just wired wrong.
>>151079432at least give him pity sex.
>>151094994She is awfully self conscious for a girl who can choke people out with he thighs.
>>151102674Thighs are a complicated affair. They can be mostly muscle, or mostly fat.
>>151079576>>151079590>>151079598Actually child support gets mentioned here >>151077180The dad is a slave to the system
>>151080605I really like the overlay
>>151080736This is way too much of a 180
>>151076456Nice
>>151102295
>>151087490I dunno...Miiside and Atomic Heart were pretty neat
>>151098014Maybe ill go to the actual site and download it here the google one
>>151103697KEK
I can't believe I missed this thread.I love Anya's Ghost.
>>151100711My issue is that really only applies to Emily because she's dead. It doesn't really apply to Anya or the reader who's alive, it's not some kind of universal truth which feels like how it's presented. It's less that what she wants doesn't exist, more>You specifically didn't get what you wanted in life, fucked up any chance you might have had by committing murder-suicide and definitely can't have it now you're a ghostIs it good to be a controlling self-interested fuck? No. But do people like that exist in reality and get what they want? Yes. It's a small nitpick and I otherwise enjoy this comic a lot, but I think the resolution could have been a little more insightful.>>151100651>Here lies Emily>She never scoredPlease tell me this exists.
>>151102214Anon, do you have a minute to hear the word of Zimmy?
>>151103697Rare comic featuring a real raping sex pest.
>>151103774>Please tell me this exists.My exact thoughts as well. And I could swear I've seen it, but I'm not having any luck on the booru.
>>151090886Is Siobhan jusy like irish or is she like asian?
>>151105826>light hair>name is SiobahnWhat gives you the impression she's Asian, the eyes? Narrow eyes are actually pretty common among people of Celtic ancestry.
>>151106193Really? So it's like a clint eastwood eyes?
>>151106526I could be wrong but I think that's the intention, yeah.
>>151076456Havent finished reading it all but i gave it the o'l college try anyway
>>151103697Is this guy who plowed a maid?>>151105183Why is she mad of becoming like her mom?
>>151107095>Is this guy who plowed a maid?Yep lol
>>151098092I think it's a fair take. Realistically, I think this book could actually be longer and it would enhance the story even. There's plenty to work with that could build out all the other characters and it enhance Anya's story and the ending.Still, mark of a good book where the biggest complaint is that it could/should have been longer but it's still a strong story.
>>151094010Anya is the diminutive of Anna.
>>151100651>>151100510Imagining Emily finding out Siobhan is her distant cousin, stalking her, and jealously watching Siobhan get her backwalls hit by a dead ringer of the guy she liked and thinking "it should've been me"
>>151102295he'll get one under the table handy
>>151105826>>151106193I knew she was Irish but I didn't know about the narrow eyes, Celtic ancestry thing. Is it somewhat common for Irish characters to be drawn like that?
>>151107069very nice! I wonder if she wore the skirt to secure some extra smokes
>>151107384>image dump bot in another storytime thread>posting a page from the comic that's already been postedOk janny, what the fuck? If these are Hiro sanctioned bots can you at least keep them out of storytimes because this is going to get really fucking annoying. The Ghosts storytime is currently getting the same treatment >>151089534
>>151100436Built for buttjobs.
siobhan is a girl? what about dima?
>>151107069Never thought about Siobhan that way, but that skirt and those thigh-highs are making me think lewd things about that smoker.
>>151107463I like to think Siobhan is a full tomboy but she's willing to flex her sex appeal to get what she wants...more and better cigarettes
>>151107112Never understood the problem.
>>151087701I remember when this pic was trashed when it was posted, lmao.
>>151107069>new OC in 2025Super nice!
>>151107405>Is it somewhat common for Irish characters to be drawn like that?Not so much these days perhaps, but if you look at old political cartoons of the Irish they're often drawn with small eyes relative to the size of their faces. It's kind of a noticeable phenotype.
>>151107095>Why is she mad of becoming like her mom?not uncommon thought for women, especially since she's internalized self-hatred and sees those elements in her mom.
>>151107427It's a spambot that farms goodboy points for that ip so it can be used for ban evasion later.
>are you sure this will help me find a boyfriend? >Yes, yes... boyfriend, sure
>>151076703Needs a version of this page only Anya's being distracted by Liz and Siobhan related lesbian thoughts.
>>151108951>You can't catch me gay thoughts!
>>151108901Pretty sure that's a boy.
>>151079139Well reading storytimes connect you with others anon and help (a lot...) to notice things that you alone didn't catch. Than every years we MUST gather to see if a grim destiny as finally catch up with "la zorra puta" and if the suffering will never ending in feudal japan (also we spot the hidden ananas...)
>>151076456The mom is pretty hot.
>>151107675Some very lovely gingers there
>>151079615>>151079639Honestly, if emily could interact with things, couldn't she just have given her bone to a boy? She could've seduced one herself. If it extends to humans she even could've gotten a little WOO WOO
>>151076456I have this book! Good stuff!
>>151108901I love how they're both into it, with Emily's blushing being like "I get it now"
>>151107320Like how Bill is the diminutive of William.
>>151103717as usual, batman is right>>151103697I remember a pic of wondie and PG kissing in this artstyle, wish I still had it
>>151103774I don't agree with your reading. The difference between Anya and Emily is that both can be selfish and self-centered but Emily thought that entitled her to take away other people's lives (the barn) or right to choose what they want (threatening Anya into dating who SHE decides Anya should be with). Both of them deal with the disappointment of finding out that the real world is unfair. Anya goes "shit" and maybe has a cry. Emily deals with it like... well someone that can't handle the fact that the world she wants doesn't exist.
>>151107339I like this. Then have it turn out that the "dead ringer of the dead guy" is actually one of those butch-but-fashionable lesbians that looks kinda like a dude in the right light.
>>151080757>>151080764>>151080876I think comic fan dubs work best when they're covering specific parts and not the whole thing like a supercut video or what B-Mask did
>>151109381true, it's too bad we don't see more of her
>>151107427You must be joking. Have you not noticed the absolute state of board, or have you been part of the problem?
>>151108901well, I do feel lucky.
>>151078577>>151078598seems like the filenames were fucked up
>>151098138I'm glad that you like how it came out.
>>151076456What an interesting story. I feel like I have encountered this before, but I don't think i ever read it until now... or maybe I just forgot every major part of it while everything still seems eerily familiar.Thank you for the storytime.
Good God I'd pump Anya full of my love every day
>>151093783What would people think of you when they see you have a human finger bone necklace?
>>151081176Anon, seeing that image has me questioning all the images I've saved since that time frame. Can't imagine the filesize difference I never noticed every time.
>>151112585t. ecker shitter trying to protect his spambot
>>151114784You should learn how to read.
>>151076612>>151078534>>151078772>>151078856>>151078941the only reason i remember this shitty comic
>>151077358i like that
Ive got siobhan fever
>>151076456nortubel tier horror story
>>151114242If we settle for the ghost of a deranged delusional girl, and you known we do, that's last of our concern
>>151076494Bump
>>151083790>she's not that thick.For now.
>>151076761It's tradition.
>>151076494yo
>>151077079to be fair I'd say she's pretty hot, plump in just the right way to make her curvy.
>>151077515>>151077535The American school culture really is complete shit.
>>151087277>>Ghost girl got keked to the point of murder>>somehow forgives that doucheIs that the takeaway? I thought the twist is Emily was never with the guy at all, she was just this obsessed stalker he rejected outright. I don't think not being interested makes him a douche, especially with how much of a nutcase Emily was.
>>151083790But she should
>>151076544>chubby motherHootttttttt!
>>151117448It's not just there, I'm fairly sure I've found manga, anime and TV shows about how those who stick out too much become acceptable targets of ostracism. Nail that sticks out gets hammered.Though it depends, often a class president or the kid of someone important can or is expected to overperform to get into a good college and aren't picked on for it, but that's likely a narrative thing more than a reality.I also vaguely recall Brit boarding school shows and stories about anyone doing too well in class being the subject of humiliation later.
>>151087701>>151089410Bang
>>151078913Why does Sean make it sound like she's doing him a disservice? He's already having extra sex while she stands outside and listens.>>151078941It's strange to see this conversation>in a negative light>between two womenWhen there are government advertisements in modern times featuring the reverse.
>>151120197>Why does Sean make it sound like she's doing him a disservice?He likely wanted to keep a good impression with Anya until he got to bang her.He probably wanted Liz to tell him she was out there sooner so he could be dressed and tell Amber to keep quiet sooner instead of having to ask who she was talking to and scurry out to maintain appearances last minute.
>>151076544I should take time to draw her mom again, one of these days. >>151120089Amazing job on this. Hot damn.
>>151077301ZAMN
The lesson here is never to trust dead things in wells.
>>151120089Saucr mothufuka
>>151119776Bullying and shit is just a thing anywhere with large amounts of kids. Probably some sort of anthropological study you can do on it.
>>151121178Just did it, m8
>>151121212Do you have a page?
>>151121242I'm the same artist >>151087701 but i don't submit stuff anymore
>>151121212Based
>>151121191It's not just kids. It's most people in general.
>>151121290Why? Were you attacked? Also where can I find the full image?
>>151121290Probably for the best. Your art isn't very good.
>>151121290rip was gonna follow ya on the twitters.
Man i never drew this sort of shit before, what is this shit coming over me.
>>151121660good!
>>151105183Don't worry Anya, we love them.
>>151119633It looks like they're saying this to each other.
>Dima is so undesirable that anons resorted to yuriTo be a ruski nerd is suffering
>>151120089God I wish that were me on the left
>>151119633I'd make love with either of them nightly
>>151117665Emily was obviously in love with that guy if him being with another girl put her in a murderous rage, even if it wasn't reciprocated. So at least from her delusional point of view she was cheated on. So it's very strange that she not only didn't become hostile, but also decided to continue pursuing this other guy who was cheating on his current girl friend.
>>151120089B A S E D
>>151122662Thing with Dima is that he helps Anya with the research but he doesn't do anything to illustrate himself as dependable beyond that. He asked what she was muttering about, but didn't follow her and grab her last minute from falling after she was shoved. Liz is no better really, but I guess her being pretty but pathetic draws more sympathy for bystanding, it's only really Siobhan who went out her way to stick up and watch out for Anya really, but it seems more from them both being out of place rather than any lez vibe.All this is likely because none of them were intended to be Sean's romantic opponent but compel Anya reflect on her ideas about fitting in by discarding her real self and dignity.
>>151121140Lesson rejected. Ghost daughterwife too important.
>>151122956I think his persistence toward Anya throughout the book as well as his displayed reverence toward his motherland's culture conveys a degree of reliability. He was at least consistent. His deference to their teacher despite the fact that he has probably faced consequences for it before is another illustration of that.Anya would obviously never pair with Dima because despite her displayed desire to form a pair bond based on intimacy and honesty, she still has hypergamy as a high priority.One could interpret that there is a missed opportunity wherein Anya and Dima could have formed a friendship and mutual respect, but I think that may run contrary to Anya's characterization. She resolutely rejected her heritage in the first pages, and her arc was all about letting go of what she latched onto in lieu of rejecting her upbringing. She would never go back; she is all about moving on.All that said, I would have liked to see another scene between her and Dima.
>ghost girl slowly gains physical form>this means she can now actually do all the things she wanted to>self sabotages and dies againwhat was the point? she could've had a life
>>151094905This is like getting your grandpa hooked on... Ehhh.. Kendrick Lamar.
>>151120089how do we think this would go down? what would convince Anya to go for it?
>>151124084Blackmail and possession
>>151123380>All that said, I would have liked to see another scene between her and Dima.Agreed. Instead of Anya wandering off by herself I don't think it would have hurt to>have her spot Dima sulking away into the woods without his glasses on>She follow to make sure he doesn't fall down a hole of his own>finds him searching on hands and knees for his glasses after they were thrown by bullies>Anya bumps into Siobhan trying to smoke hidden behind a tree>Siobhan assumes Anya's crawling around through bushes looking for her last cig she dropped, compelling her to offer one>Anya declines, explains she's helping Dima, apologizes about everything>Same remark from a stunned Siobhan about Anya being weird, but silently helping the two look as well.>Anya and Dima thanking her for different reasons.It would have been a lot at once, but hammer home even if not everything's great the three are going to look out for each other: Dima's brains helping the girls with school problems, Siobhan's bravery helping with bullies and Anya's' heart helping bring them together.
>>151124169that's how it starts but eventually Anya will be taking the initiative on her own
>>151124198and then threesomes right?Dima will build a harem of social outcast cuties.
>>151124198That's the real heart of such stories like these. But it doesn't work out like that. In reality the insightful get abused halfway to death. I appreciate your reply to my post.
>>151112519>>151114031>thin girl falls down a well>snaps like a twig>big booty bitch falls down a well>lands on fat, syrniki-grown ass cheeks like on a pair of safety airbags>hurts wrist only because she foolishly stuck it outHmm, what was the author trying to say? We might never know.
>>151126113If I knew Anya around then, I'd want to chill in her room and listen to music
>>151122662he can become a girl too
>>151124084No one can go against Anya's killer curves.
>>151110176In the sense that it's a diminutive, yes, but in a cultural sense, you can call your boss William "Bill", but calling your boss Anna "Anya" would be overly familiar, closer to calling your boss "Billy" unless he's one of those guys who insists on that over "Bill".
>>151121571Fuck you I'm going to submit art now.
>>151127016That's great news, love your art, and I'm sure all Molly McGee fans on /co/ do too, the show and the Rule 63 AU.
>>151124084>liz starts seeking out anya when sean is busy with "practice">to confide in her an have a sympathetic ear>anya finds liz crying makeup running because sean forgot their date and had "practice">decide to go together on a pitydate>one drink too manyin media rez
moar like in media lez
>>151123514Come on anon. Do you really think anyone would go for a relationship with an insane murderer clingy teenage ghost girl?
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>>151127559yes, obviously
>>151127213are they making out in the woods or under the bleachers?
good thread, everyone
RIP Emily.
>>151128131I'm going to miss her...
>>151128344362 days until the next thread
>>151128344>>151128416It's odd she never made Anya and her spiritualist abilities into a series. It would lend to that easily and probably would be successful. Considering this was her most popular work and she ended up working on more ghost-related stuff afterwards.
>>151128547some things should stay as one shots, not everything needs to be a huge series
>>151128586It's not like this was some epic with the perfect ending. This was a teen drama and a ghost story that could easily be continued. Anya's arc was becoming an ever so slightly better person and getting over a crush.
>>151128547>>151128586>>151128702I wouldn't mind a time skip but keeping the ghost thing in the first book. Then again, this story is self-contained enough, it almost feels like it should be a one and done, unless she has another plan for Anya's story.
>>151123514takes too much effort and willpower to hold it together though, and the fact that she's mentally unstable really doesn't help. one wrong comment and she'll get pissed off and her "physical form" suddenly crumbles because her focus shifted
>>151128547sometimes people just want to tell one story
>>151128702nice as it'd be, i really don't know what else she could add. anya finally accepts herself. the story's main theme seems to be about envy and wanting what other people have, and anya's gotten over that. she accepts herself better, she's not ashamed of her heritage or who she is, and she's not trying to be something she's not or chase after something that wouldn't really make her happy. plus, emily's gone. what would a new ghost add? even if it's a timeskip to an adult anya, what sort of thing would she be tackling that a new ghost would have to be added to give her a lesson?
>>151128702I don't think Anya has the specific ability to see ghosts and it's more Emily chose to be seen by her. When Emily didn't want to be found Anya couldn't keep track of her.
>>151129126>>151129426>>151129448>>151129671In part two, Anya meets a new ghost and then other people with ghost partners and all the ghosts have special abilities and can possess their partner or a weapon and vie for the title of Shaman Queen.Or, you know, just continue the teen drama and solve ghost-related mysteries. Both have unending potential for stories.
>>151129748i think you're looking for a completely different story at that point than what anya's ghost is about. the first is just a shonen manga about ghosts, and the second is just a mystery story that involves ghosts. it's not really exclusive to the setting of anya's ghosti'm sure there's some sort of story that already does what you're looking for anyway. it's been a long time since i've last read it, but i think mieruko-chan does something similar to your second idea where the main character works with some other characters to solve ghost-related cases (though, that's a bit later - iirc, at the start, it's just a slice-of-life comedy story about a girl who can see ghosts)
