'Not A Villain' Webcomic - Kleya wins. Bandit is not happy.

‘Not A Villain’ Webcomic – Page 152

And so concludes their battle! Now Bandit's off to face the consequences.

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Aww man, I was wrong. *sad face*

Not that I wanted him to win but still.. Also, I find it amusing that he’s complaining about Kleya messing things up when he’s the one that is instigating everything. Ever heard of just leaving people alone, Bandit? It must be hard to be around someone that he can’t bully around. Jerk. I’m a little confused by that “I should just let them find her” statement. Is he talking about the twins taking her out while in sleep mode or something?

*My guess*
The vaguely described organization/group connected to Tenka in a manner as of now unexplained, that are looking for an incredible female programmer(likely a hacker)that is heavily hinted to be the main protagonist, although it has been theorized that there will be a twist revealing it is not so.

Hey, just thought I would drop by in the comments to say
OH YES HE DID. 😀

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That is all.

At least he finally got figured out how the Special works! 😉

But it seems as if the Bandit knows Kleya is the person they’re looking for and wants to protect her. That’s really interesting.

well you know how close love and hate can be to each other 😀

The Bandit and Kleya? That would be REALLY interesting! 😀

One of Aneeka’s comments when the Bandit first showed was ‘Aw, he’s falling for the main girl already’.

In your face bandit! xD
Too bad it won’t work on him anymore…

Which, of course, means it’s time for Kleya to design another new Special. It clearly doesn’t take her all that much effort to do…

She already had several, but was restricted to using just one, and chose the NICE.

Yeah, but one of those was Hero Smiley, and they all already know how /that/ works, I’m sure…

Plus besides, it’s a Random Special, which means it has to trigger itself. HA!, however, might still be up for unveiling soonish…

Not that she’s going to need that, aren’t they on the same team now?

So, is the Bandit in love with the mystery girl that most of us believe is Kleya? From his latest comments it seems like it, and that he’s about to risk everything for her. He might just be a decent guy after all, which could be more problematic for Kleya even if it is more entertaining for us.

I got 4 problems with the idea that Bandit might be a “decent guy”.

1. He behaves like a jacka**. Plus, he cheats. I’m also of the opinion that Kleya was on to something when she wondered about how he was able to damage her so her hp was too low to activate her special. I haven’t seen any redeeming characteristics on this guy so far.

2. He made the Twins. The Twins are the most irredeemably bad characters in the story thus far. They are pure bullies of the worst sort. They live only to harass and HURT people. Remember how they turned on the pain receptors the first time we met them? That’s really twisted. In addition, I haven’t even mentioned that at least one person was pushed by them so far that she DIED. When they find that out did they offer even a hint of compassion for the death of a person? NO! That Bandit not only created these little monsters but actually is proud of them says tons about the kind of person he is. I will NOT gloss this over. Someone died from their bullying and there were no consequences. Any redemption of Bandit will have to deal with this.

3. While there are indications that Bandit might, MIGHT care about Kleya, we have seen 0% reciprocation. She seems to know who Bandit is but has shown no signs that she might harbor any postive feelings towards him. A one-way crush (assuming he does have feelings for her, which is speculation) does not, a decent person make.

4. This reason is kinda meta but even a casual observer can see that this story is extremely female-centric. All the men have been either background noise or antagonists (not slamming, it’s just a fact). We’ve gone a whole book without a single male that has been even slightly helpful to our main cast. Not even a love interest. I’m sure there will be a token male protagonist at some point but I really doubt that Bandit is gonna be filling that role.

1. In the actual fights, yes, but we’ve had several rather massive hints that it’s all an act put on for the purpose of show.

2. We don’t know that. We know that the Twins’ programmer is from TENka and that, for some reason, they like the Bandit and he refers to them as ‘his girls’. While it’s been hinted that he made them, it’s not clear enough to smack him with imo.

3. Kleya has had positive feelings TWICE this entire story, only just recently figured out who the Bandit is (if at all), and hasn’t exactly been in a position to reciprocate in the middle of a fight.

4. Why not? They’re both in the Game, and apparently on the same team. So unless something happens to get Kleya kicked out soon, they’re going to be seeing a lot of each other in a friendly (or at least less antagonistic than before) context.

Now that you mention number four… It’s true, all males are either Bandit, enemies, or just plain background characters (this includes family members). Of course, since kleya is who she is, it is understandable she hangs around mostly females, though.

Seconded. So far I haven’t seen him as anything but a smug jerk. Sure, it could be an act, but I haven’t seen anything hinting to that, yet.

Wow. I see we have some pretty big disagreements as to what Bandit’s act is Tagible.

1. Bandit was hyped up to be the biggest new superstar in the game, you really think he can become that by acting like a jerk all the time? No way, he acts like a jerk to Kleya (because of what she did to the Twins) WITHOUT THE AUDIENCE REALIZING IT and also when he’s with his fellow TENka operatives, who seem to know him pretty darn well by this point. His act is his public gaming persona, which we haven’t seen much of. The REAL him is the one we, the readers, get to view most often.

2. He’s a master programmer (he’s even faster then Kleya). He’s a TENka operative (the Twins are official KENka programs). The Twins ran to him immediately after getting defeated and he showed up and was willing to set aside his “hero” persona in order to try and teach her a lession for beating “his girls”. Is that definite proof? No but Aneeka has deliberately drawn this link. Why are you determined to ignore it? Aneeka, mind confirming or denying my assumption that Bandit is the Twin’s creator? I don’t mind if not but I really don’t think you are trying to keep it a secret.

3. Oh and what exactly has Kleya had to be positive about? Because she’s not happy a lot doesn’t mean much. You know what would make a person happy, even when their lives are generally bad? Reconnecting with someone you are in love with. I’m pretty sure that her statement that “only one person is faster then me” pretty much means she’s figured it out and is NOT happy to be in the situation.

4. Do you REALLY think Bandit is going to be helping her in the game just because they are on the same team? I don’t. I believe it’s far more likely that Bandit and his cohort will be working behind the scenes to undermine Kleya at every oppertunity, under TENka’s orders, of course. Even without TENka telling him too though, if he wants to be the group leader, he has to take down Kleya first.

Bandit did create the twins. We’ll get more explanation about them once they show back up in the story.

I think he knows.

So I suppose in this meeting, Bandit will, in between getting chewed out for losing, explain how NICE works?

Good luck with the kickstarter project by the way! Hope it all works out.

Everyone knows. Sentence fragments. Mean you’re pissed.

I knew Kleya was going to win and funny as it sounds, she won legitimately. It makes it so much better lol Kleya now its time to wow ppl more with idk Attack Specials lol

Or with a better-drawn character. XD

Anyone else thinks Saisuke might be looking for Kleya?

I do! Whether he’s looking for her to do something good or bad to her is another question.

I still don’t think I really understand how the Nice special works. :/

Well, we have a basic idea from what’s happened so far. We just don’t know which emotion stat it hits.

It looks to me as though 1 hit is to HP, the other to some non-combat stat, likely happiness (remember the non-combat stats have an effect on what you can do as combat moves). And if Kleya gets damaged by a person when she’s got her hands spread in the “surrender” gesture, that person then gets hit for the damage. Although she’s the one that upset their balance, it’s Bandit falling on her that adds to the falling damage and likely counts it as an attack done by him.

This is just my speculation, of course.

I’m gonna do a fanfic for this comic 🙂 http://eternaleagle.tumblr.com/

wah? He knows? He’s always known, by the sound of that!!! but then, that would mean… ??? omg can’t wait for the next page to reveal how Bandit knows her and why he’d cover for her!!!

That probably means we’ll get a change of scene and not see Bandit getting chewed out. =P

Quick question – a little off topic.

Am I correct in assuming more information on Reality, the Ending and how it relates to hackers, and other big exposition in this universe will come later?

Yes, you’re correct.

Not A Villain Webcomic

Webcomic of a semi- reformed hacker trying to redeem herself in a post- apocalyptic world she may have created.

‘Not A Villain’ Webcomic – Page 152