Merry Christmas everyone, and welcome to thread five (Tome 6) of our Les Nombrils/Bellybuttons storytime!
Last thread is here: >>88634426
We're in the home stretch now, this volume may be the most batshit crazy one of them all. The one after has a way more emotionally harrowing climax, but this is peak insanity (so far). And of course the return of the character find of 2011, Space Pirate Captain Harlock's earthly reincarnation (named, in universe, Harlock. Swear to God). And the introduction of Best Lesbian.
Previous volumes can be downloaded here (along with whatever other reaction image chaff happened to get in my folders when I ripped the threads I first read this comic in):
http://www.mediafire.com/file/8zl0odea55mi16d/Vol._1.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/6a5knqrz6a8tw44/Vol._2.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/vz77v7k2566992f/Vol._3.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/76x0jkoai4tdxdk/vol._4.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/b6db9l7sus3tvmt/Vol._5.zip
I'm going to try and knock this one out fast to beat Christmas Eve dinner which is being delayed a whole hour longer. How's everyone else doing tonight?
>>88652405
>>88652425
>>88652464
>>88652485
>>88652504
Those of you tuning in for the first time tonight and choosing to not read through back issues will quickly learn that everything bad that happens to Vicky these next two volumes she completely deserves and half the time set up to happen to herself.
And somehow still not worst girl.
>>88652532
>>88652549
Thanks as always OP.
>>88652573
>>88652595
>>88652659
For some reason, the way the noodly girl is drawn irritates me.
>>88652684
>>88652728
Albin is fucking psychic to know to call her without any prompting at all, just 'assuming' she was going to do that.
>>88652772
Megan! Hello, Megan!
>>88652796
>>88652816
Lifeguard of the year
>>88652838
>>88652850
>>88652868
This is possibly the meanest spirited thing Karine has done so far. That being said, record deal chance is important. She could have just invited Vicky to the show and figured even she can't sabotage them when the guy can see them live.
>>88652816
>summer camp
SIMPSONS DID IT
>>88652916
>>88652691
It's supposed to.
>>88652932IT WAS ME, VICKY!
>>88652932
Hugo is best boy.
>>88652960
>>88652980
You know the last page does raise a good question. Nobody else gets why Vicky has no off switch, to them she's just going at 300% at all times.
>>88653007
Vicky is the silliest.
>>88653050
>>88652972
Hugo is a simp.
>>88652405
Bless you
>>88653064
Jenny's home life is a nightmare without exit or end.
>>88653050
Vicky looking sexy in that outfit
>>88653104
Megan is clearly waifu material.Vicky is an idiot for not getting with that.
>>88653144
>>88652405
>Best Lesbian
Wow, OP, shit taste.
>>88653157
I actually kind of like James. He proves to be pretty bland as a person, but he's not a raging asshole like most people you meet in this comic. He does well given the nightmare universe he inhabits.
>>88653144
Merely a matter of time. We need dat angst to make the payoff all the more sweeter.
>>88653173Look, the only other option in this comic is Vicky and I think Megan's less shit than she is even though she lacks the secondary protagonism powers of Vicky.
>>88653200
>>88653221
>>88653247
>lewd lesbian kiss in my French-Canadian children's comic
Absurdity!
>>88653247
>>88653221
I can see where Hugo gets his plump, womanly figure from.
>>88653280
>>88653262
Megan is too good for Vicky but since Karine grew a spine, Vicky's character arc has been one of very slow realization of her flaws and tentative steps to address them. I really want to believe she can be a decent human being one day.
>>88653350
Suck it, Rebecca.
>>88652850
lmfao
>>88653388
>>88653403
This is actually the nicest and most lucid Vicky has ever been about her emotional life and how to treat her friends.
It is actually heartwarming after seeing her for so many volumes being...Vicky.
>>88652960
muda muda muda
>>88653436
>>88653447
>>88653403
>dat sixth panel
>>88653466
>Karine and Melanie are semi-okay now
All this emotional growth, its sickeningly nice
Also, everyone should actually listen to Jenny for once.She's onto something
>>88653526
>>88653350
>Megan is too good for Vicky
>Hugo is too good for Jenny
>Dan is too good for Karine
>Karine is too good for Albin
Is there any relationship in this comic that doesn't include at least one undeserving partner?
>>88653547
>>88653580
HERE WE GO
>>88653578
We need to Scott Pilgrim this shit up, get two terrible people together to break the cycle. Maybe Melanie can hook up with Albin.
>>88653621
>>88653643
>Not stabbing him while he was down
Vicky isn't hardcore at all, which is probably a normal human kind of thing.
>>88652728
WHat does Bouboule mean?
>>88653643
OH SHIT
>>88653317
>cockblocking yourself
whew
>>88653671
Fatty.
>>88653621
But Albin did nothing wrong.
>>88653670
RIP Albin
>>88653671
>>88653698
In the original her dad wanted her to learn English, right? Was it "bouboule" there too, or something English?
>>88653703
He's shitty as a person, he's controlling and cold to even his friends sometimes. He's not a murderer though.
Anyway guess what? Dinner is happening here. So this is a cliffhanger for a moment. Only three more pages! If anyone else who has this wants to finish it while I stuff my face with family, feel free, I'm sorry. I was so close, but family dinner is family dinner. Christmas, yay!
>>88653763
Have a good'un, OP.
>>88652772
man Albin is a twat
>>88652932
I just read hugo's lines in Fry's voices.
>>88653643
woah
>>88653763
cant be mad at you, but cmon its 3 pages lol
>>88652960
Albin, confirmed for French Scarecrow
>>88653763
Because I'm such a selfless guy, here are the last three pages.
Thanks for storytiming, op!
>>88653007
I can honestly see why Vicky would fall for Megan. The would honestly have the best hate sex of their lives.
>>88654024
>>88654045she gay
>>88654066
Merry christmas and happy holidays, guys! Hopefully this year wasn't too shitty for you.
>>88654045
classic Jenny
>>88654024
>>88654045
>>88654066
>>88654090
Thanks, anon...
'tis better to give than to receive, unless it's a venereal disease
>>88654066
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
>>88654138
Just wait 'til the next volume. She goes turbo-gay.
>>88654090
thanks for another volume, and for introducing me to this entertaining story
happy holidays to you too
>>88653200
Why do I get the feeling they got Michael Bay to do the Hulk vs Transformers movie?
>>88652532
Meh. I genuinely wish I had the time to go through the previous issues, but I for one have had a busy time dealing with stuff that ended in total failure anyway.
>>88653578
Hugo's attraction to Jenny is based entirely on her looks. He's nice and treats her well, which puts him far above the other guys Jenny dates, but he's only slightly less shallow than Jenny.
Bonus shit.
>>88654349
To be fair he can't really like her for her personality - Jenny has none, she's a complete blank slate who generally takes on the characteristics of whoever she's hanging out with. It's why she became a bitch when she started hanging out with Vicky and is a nicer person when she spends time with Karine or Hugo.
>>88654388
>they spread out this story for a whole year
Wow...
>>88654024
Thanks for finishing it up. I'll have a download link in a minute
>>88654045
Why are all three of them suddenly attractive?
http://www.mediafire.com/file/xbtz5atbtuqbcpv/Vol._6.zip
Enjoy. For reasons beyond me there's a few Ekho covers in there? Either way, the last volume shall be storytimed tomorrow, around 5:30 or 6 depending on how my family things go. Hope everyone has a great Christmas!
>>88653350
Reminds me of the scene from Spaced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0L__LYpHG8
Thanks for the storytime and merry christmas everyone, you guys are all I have right now
>>88653144
This page gets better every time I read it and imagine what's really going on in Megan's head
>she even takes a picture of Vicky rolling around in mud for future masturbatory purposes
>>88654580
Goth magic
>>88653104
>was that pretty well-off kid who was friends with all the lower class kids
that page is not far off, but they all made the best of it when their parents weren't on heroin.
>>88653104
Look at the bright side: at least she's not pregnant.
>>88654040
kek, this.
>>88653174
Vicky looks kinda hot in this clothing.
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Started popping into these threads recently; it's good shit, so thanks for the storytime!
I'm not familiar with the release schedule. When do we get more?!
>>88658365
Slowly, and now. Ouash translates the weekly page we get in Spirou which will at the end of a year or so be compiled into one volume. The current one is actually a giant flashback to pre book 3/4 times, since the authors wanted to go back to doing something lighter and jokier for a bit and will resume the main story in volume 9. Which at the rate they publish will be in 2019/
>>88652772
>riddlerthreads.jpg
>>88658576
>Which at the rate they publish will be in 2019/
Oh...
>>88652464
Holy shit i sit out a night and this whole thing goes from a comfy story about high school bitches being high school bitches to a convoluted soap opera, shit.
>>88658996
That turn was two nights ago, to be honest.
>>88652532
I was here for the first volume and lost track so I'm basically running off cliff notes
>>88652691
she has like double the torso and half the legs of everyone else, but it's symbolic so you get over it
>>88652980
this is possibly the best page I've read all year
>>88653350
>Humans think no further than their bellybuttons
Truly, we were the Peanutsâ„¢ featuring Good Ol' Charlie Brown
>>88653050
vicky got sympathetic quick
>>88653547
this fucking comic
>>88653247
>>88653317
>>88653350
oh shit the 3x makeouts
also
>Humans think no farther than their own bellybuttons
>>88653466
was hoping melanie and albin would have some sort of out-masterminding game after she woke up, but i guess she's mellowed out now
>>88653670
jesus, when did this highschool sol turn into a criminal drama
not that i'm complaining, albin and vinko are great, but it's such a change in tone from that volume that ended with vicky hilariously falling off the edge of a school building
>>88653547
Jenny might be worst girl but you can't deny she's the funniest
>>88661164
it's called cerberus syndrome or something
I'd have liked to see what Megane andpre-PTSDAlbin would think of each other.
You think they'd get territorial and try to out-edge the other, or that they'd get along by rambling together about the evils of conformity?
>>88662643
Albin would try to help Megane get together with Vicky, because that means Vicky wouldn't have so much time to try to break him and Karine.
>>88661164
Unless the author is a genius at spinning the same concept in a hundred different ways, changes in tone are basically the only way to keep a long running SoL series from becoming stale.
Lou! tried the same thing, but the results were...questionable.
>>88662811
Aw, I liked the first volumes of Lou! but haven't checked it out for years.
>>88662811
>Lou! tried the same thing, but the results were...questionable.
What happened?
>>88653317
oh GOD THE FEELS
>>88653350
if megan is the neighbor lesbo, she's probably the worst girl in the entire series that I've read. Jenny is best.
>>88662871
>>88662944
It's extremely hard to describe Age of Crystal. It introduces jarring supernatural stuff that is probably supposed to be some 2deep4u metaphors, trips all over itself, derails the characters and leaves you confused as to what the fuck you just witnessed.
>>88661164
>when did this highschool sol turn into a criminal drama
I actually like the changes. In the first volumes, everyone was so one-dimensional that it almost crossed the line from funny to disturbing, but now they're getting actual character development.
Though with how v7 turned out, now I fear that we'll be in Goodnight Punpun territory by volume 10.
>>88654397
Disagree entirely.
>>88653706
>>88653670
THIS FUCKING COMIC
>>88663784
is punpun the stage before or after cerebus the aardvark?
>>88663784
Nah, everyone's in a pretty good place. Vicky has lost everything so she's got little reason to not move forward, Jenny's realized what her attitude has cost her, both of them are going to be forced to work through their issues, and Karine is already going through the process of self-realization rather than simply following Albin's design for her.
>>88663936
more like to the side and off the cliff
>>88654024
I love how the perception of Albin is constantly flipped around.
>oh here's a creepy albino
>oh wait he's actually the best thing that happened to Karine in four volumes
>oh wait he's actually manipulating her for sport
>oh wait he genuinely has her best interests in mind
>oh wait fuck he's a master deceiver and a murderer
>oh wait no the actual murderer is his friend
>>88664152
NEXT VOL:
>oh wait, just because he's not a murderer doesn't mean he's not a manipulative dick again
>oh wait, its because ofsome ex-gf with his balls in her hands
>>88663854
care to explain why?
>>88663988
I mean come on, it isn't that bad. Just very bad.
>>88665201
It's not even very bad outside a few situations.
>>88665166
She clearly cares about her family and has a big heart, she's a sweet girl but she knows she's dumb, she knows she's broke, but she has a good attitude about everything and uses her meager assets to have fun and try to get what she wants.
>>88666461
>Punpun isn't very bad outside a few situations
Good joke Anon
>>88667716
I'm talking about Les Nombrils, not Punpun.
Love these threads and I love you guys. When will we be getting new volumes? >>88658576 This anon said that the main story would continue in vol 9 but when will vol 8 be out?
>>88652405
>It's a "beach episode" issue
>>88652405
When did Karine become a PAWG? Did the magic goth makeover suddenly give her an ass, or is it just better pose?
>>88663732
At this point, I think it's fair to skip that book and go straight to the next, which actually takes place before it.
>>88663732
Sounds like NGE
>>88671431The real 2deep4u metaphors in NGE were all Freudian anyway, the religious stuff was done because it was exotic to Japanese audiences and looked cool
Final thread >>88672061
>>88652405
Damn, Karine...
>>88653526
It's Vicky who keeps calling everything. She proclaimed Melanie was a two faced bitch, she called it when stating Albin was manipulative. Vicky is a bitchy profit.
OH THAT'S FUCKING IT!!! EVERY SINGLE TIME THERE'S ONE OF THESE DAMN THREADS YOU NEVER BOTHER TO POST THE NEWER IMAGES. IT'S A RE-POST OF A RE-POST. WHY DON'T YOU JUST SAVE US THE TROUBLE AND JUST POST THE NEW IMAGES INSTEAD OF POSTING EVERY SINGLE FUCKING IMAGE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
i'M NOT MAKING THIS UP. LITERALLY LOOK IT UP ON DESUARCHIVE. THIS GUY LITERALLY DOES THIS EVERY WEEK EVEN WHEN THERE'S NO UPDATE OR IF THERE IS, IT'S ONLY A ONE PAGE UPDATE.
>>88676802
That wasn't the point of this thread and you know it.
>>88676802
dude, I need threads like this because I don't browse 4chan that often/long to know every storytime ever posted. If you have trouble with the lack of updates, that's because of the authors, not OP. OP's cool.
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