She's like a lore accurate souls protagonist, canonically murdering the crap out of everyone because everybody wants them dead too.
@fadillah60142 ай бұрын
Isekai without sugar coating, got it!
@kojoattah39872 ай бұрын
I’d like to go to fairyland
@handlebarsmustache2 ай бұрын
To be fair there are very few thing don't want to kill you in souls
@BrianatorFTW2 ай бұрын
@@handlebarsmustacheto also be fair, there are seemingly equally few things that don't want to kill you in fairy tales, like even when disney-fied or otherwise nice-ified they still have death of the main character as the stakes, just less horrific
@handlebarsmustache2 ай бұрын
@@BrianatorFTW You're not wrong, it's a solid premise for wonderland and hellboy.
@Sonicsgirl132 ай бұрын
A lot of people seem to forget a very important key detail: Gertrude fell into Fairyland HEADFIRST. And was not given ANY medical treatment whatsoever and instead was given a map to find a key home. She more than likely suffered from brain damage as well as trauma of being taken away from her parents and home. Plus she's was 6 and didn't have such knowledge of navigating a map in the first place. With the untreated head injury and trauma and Fairyland's passive aggressive toxic positivity and riddles, it's no wonder why Gertrude ended up the way she did.
@lyzzistormnightcore2 ай бұрын
She’s not six though, she’s 31 and is in a six year olds body.
@Sonicsgirl132 ай бұрын
@@lyzzistormnightcore When she first entered Fairyland, she was 6. But because of her head injury and Fairyland the way it is, it no wonder she's the way she is now after 27 years trapped in said Fairyland.
@White_Night_Demon2 ай бұрын
@@Sonicsgirl13 so shes 60 when she leaves?
@Sonicsgirl132 ай бұрын
@@White_Night_Demon No. She leaves at the age of 33.
@White_Night_Demon2 ай бұрын
@@Sonicsgirl13 do you reckon ill survive in that world if I went into it blindly?
@lewisbarclay91132 ай бұрын
Darketh Deaddeth was ironically the most reasonable person Gert had met in years. He gave her a difficult but straightforward task and gave her what she asked for when she succeeded. Iactually felt sorry for her when she was asked why exactly she hates Fairyland so much, and she explains it's because your made to feel like your obligated to have fun her, and obligation to do anything, no matter how fun it is, makes it not enjoyable.
@andrewowens44212 ай бұрын
Exactly. It shows that Gert was just in a bad position. She made a mistake, as kids are wont to do. But instead of being given a chance to make up for that mistake, she was pushed to continue on her "journey" the way the people in charge wanted her to. So she kept making mistakes because she wasn't given the chance the fix the first one and just added on the pile. Eventually leading to her many agonizing years in Fairyland. She hated it because they forced her to follow a script and that's not how you have fun. You should be led on a journey but you should still have control as to _how_ you follow that journey.
@Kyumifun2 ай бұрын
That's somewhat how i felt about parties (various kinds) or at least how i used to explain my dislike for them. I simply don't enjoy them, can't bring myself to do so. Like, you're obligated to act a certain way _and enjoy_ it. You're expected to talk to people, maybe dance, be stupid/silly (but not reckless). As an introvert i don't like crowds or extremely loud music, i don't like the pressure, or the feeling like i'm winning in a "who looks the worst and least happy" contest.
@arilsandyawan80832 ай бұрын
@@andrewowens4421Welp that explained why skyrim and fallout game so fun
@electrobob9922 ай бұрын
Yeah it really annoyed me that Queen Cloudia didn't even TRY to give her a direct list of where to go after a certain point. No riddles just "Go here to find the key." She got sick of her being in Fairyland. Or heck summon the other kid, but instead of being used to allow Gert to be killed.. Use her as the person to open the door for her. Pretty sure they BOTH could leave if they BOTH hold the key at the same time. Or considering how Happy was super nice, she probably would have chose to stay and give it to gert if asked to. "Oh Happy, when you find the key could you please give it to gert she's been having trouble leaving and I want to her to be able to."
@peterwhite64152 ай бұрын
Honeslty, Getrude was a 10 year old child, who was having fun in her room and then got Isekai and imediatly thought she was going to die, only to get injured and was told to go on a Quest to find a Key to return home... I dont think its just her being "abit" dumb but how do you expect a 10 year old to do a whole quest after getting a "near-death experience" even if they have a guide? The poor girl problaby had multiple mental breakdowns over time both from: - Missing her parents - Wanting to go home - Trying to speed up things and failing cause she misunderstood something or it wasnt clear - She at somepoint killed something either on acident or on purpose (either due to stress or anger or both) - Slowy stop caring about it all - The main reason she hates Fairyland: Your expected and obligated to have fun there, wich makes it unfun and just tiresome. It wouldnt suprise me if Happy was given a easier task since: - Gertrude kinda messed up multiple of them, often through murder, shortening the list further; - The Queen and others want her dead, so maybe Happy had a Cheat Sheet of sorts.
@gardenagnostic2 ай бұрын
yeah, i cant help but feel bad for her
@BlackCherryLimonade2 ай бұрын
I'd honestly go a bit crazy too. Poor girl, she just wanted to go home
@peterwhite64152 ай бұрын
@@BlackCherryLimonade Myup, it also doesnt help that when she does finally get back home, she pretty much skipped her whole childhood and teenage years... I havent read the comics that far but this raises 2 really concerning possibilities about the time passage in both worlds: - She went phisically missing for 27 years before popping up again and getting a regular life somehow. - She was still there in the real world but on some kind of Autopilot. So she found herself in a Life that she never experienced or remenbers building.
@grandlancercuchulainn15092 ай бұрын
@@peterwhite6415 or even worse: it was as if she never left. She is finally home, and it feels alien to her. It was 27 years + personal hell for her. She started the journey to go home because she was a scared little girl, but grew to became only bittered and frustrated. She kills for the same reason she is trying to leave fairyland at this point; she is angry at everything. Imagine trying to grow up as a 10yrs old when you are a 37yrs old drug abusing, alcoholic violent criminal.
@afro0252 ай бұрын
This is not the case. In the second volume, when she's back in the real world, she can't keep a single job without being fired. She tries to be a clown and ends up cursing at the children, she tries to be a bus driver but crashes the bus into oncoming traffic, and she tries to do lawn moving and literally gets drunk behind the wheel. Getrude realizes that it's not fairyland's fault for her not being able to find the key, she's just dumb and doesn't care enough to put in the effort into anything, and regularly has fantasies about killing people. Not magical fantasy creatures, actual humans. Getrude was doomed even as a child, with or without Fairyland
@animezilla44862 ай бұрын
Yes I please read more issues I didn't realize that I hate fairytale even had a continuation
@ded29202 ай бұрын
I was like THERES MORE?!
@lemoniieeee2 ай бұрын
Samee
@m0nk3iik2 ай бұрын
There's more??😭
@JPooger2 ай бұрын
More? Finally. I got the like 2 volumes from before and was sad it was gone.
@andrewowens44212 ай бұрын
I got all the volumes of the original, so knowing there could be some of her as an adult has me intrigued.
@gardenagnostic2 ай бұрын
i cant help but feel bad for all of the kids. gertude was just a kid and got stuck in fairyland for years - losing her childhood and somehow growing up too soon and never being able to grow up, happy was literally just a innocent little girl who had her own chance to get the hell out of that place stolen from her by gertrude, and duncan wasn't even supposed to be there, he was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. none of them are ever going to see their families ever again. its sad.
@puck89612 ай бұрын
Duncan in fact was supposed to be there. Read the 2022 edition
@lordskull43822 ай бұрын
This book is entirely what got me into comics as a whole, watching comicstorians videos on it over and over again was the majority of my childhood
@Chewyoden2 ай бұрын
Rip legend
@maadtee62812 ай бұрын
One of the goat that helped us know great comics
@dropdedgothish2 ай бұрын
Peak childhood
@ryunosukeakutagawa73252 ай бұрын
Love how the opposite happened for me, I found it in a comic book shop when I was 8 years old and I was so traumatised by it that I refused to pick up another comic book until I was 14. So seeing this video was a massive shock 😭
@wootwoot54862 ай бұрын
Same here, RIP Legend
@charlesdaugherty3212 ай бұрын
So... she didn't age while isekai'd? But did irl? That's fucked up.
@SodaCider6412 ай бұрын
The magic in Fairyland prevented her from aging. When she returns to the real world, she’s an adult. Unfortunately, there’s drawbacks to this ranging from several mental illnesses (as displayed by her behavior; possibly C-PTSD), being illiterate, being a job hopper and then unemployed, and wanting to go back to the place where she was trapped since childhood.
@magnusm42 ай бұрын
This looks like a 90s cartoon made for adult swim and I want it. NOW! Also a 37 year old in a girl's body is a villain in Batman TAS. But it's not creepy. Just tragic and sad. Also her powers, faces and actions are like the mask without Stanley and the humor.
@heartlessnobody11432 ай бұрын
you're not supposed to be horny, you're supposed to be depressed. goes to show that writters can make good stuff if they dont want to convince you of something by force feeding it to you in animated form
@KW-tx6er2 ай бұрын
@@heartlessnobody1143 pity that only 15 issues of of i hate fairyland are put
@Soloong_Gaybowzer2 ай бұрын
There's also Charlotte from Interview with a Vampire. 60yo, trapped in the body of a 9yo. It drove her mad and she started killing beautiful looking women out of sheer envy. She didn't even feed on a lot of them.
@gelusvenn50632 ай бұрын
Poor fuckin' Mary. She didn't even do anything wrong, she just got Gary Coleman'd so hard it broke her.
@jmaster49412 ай бұрын
Baby Doll is easily my favorite DC Comics villain.
@hvnsl2 ай бұрын
I remember reading this after finding it from the local library, my mom made a DnD character inspired by Gertrude
@morrasod18582 ай бұрын
That sounds awesome
@mr3rr0r153 күн бұрын
W mom
@an_enigmaticdream2 ай бұрын
I remember being a little kid excited to read every chapter since I wanted the mc so badly to go home
@spatial_rind2 ай бұрын
SAME BRO I was rooting for Gert when I first read it. I thought the blood and shit was cool lmfao
@MrOnepiece142 ай бұрын
"A little kid" Jesus has it been that long since the comic first came out??
@an_enigmaticdream2 ай бұрын
@@MrOnepiece14 2015 actually! Which would be around 10 yr old me who found it-
@an_enigmaticdream2 ай бұрын
@@spatial_rind NO FR! I still remember the narrator death in it
@danteshollowedgrounds2 ай бұрын
Damn 👀👁👁
@fryguy97042 ай бұрын
Am I the only person who gets mad “Conker’s Bad Fur Day” vibes here? A character who was at first cute and cuddly and had a happy life until one day, they appeared in new territory, lost and trying to get back home. As time goes on, they become more adult, despite looking the same. Also, a royal figure wants to kill them, so they sent someone after them. After killing the royal figure, they are now crowed to be the new royal figure, much to their dismay.
@PseudoPhingo2 ай бұрын
It really does give off the same energy
@swiftstreak98Ай бұрын
Sad but true
@JLacay2 ай бұрын
I’m surprised this comic never got adapted into a cartoon show like Invincible and the BOYS.
@Veqtronic2 ай бұрын
Well, it took quite a long time for those series to be properly adapted. I'm sure that there will come a time where IHF will get it's adaptation.
@fadillah60142 ай бұрын
Maybe is just too gory for wider audience and two tittles you mention was quite new in show.
@Shermansart2 ай бұрын
it's not a superhero story so it doesn't have that mainstream appeal for the normies
@padhwee3e2 ай бұрын
Not to mention, it will only be good in animation, which ofc, cost and takes much longer then live action like the boys did. Also at least in the boys, the film director change most of the original story to be more deep and enjoyable and it's not easy to get a director like that
@jlomeli45792 ай бұрын
It’s probably because it’s a 6 year old girl murdering everything.
@themantheguybestbuy83702 ай бұрын
8:10 💀 Nah... I don't think you're allowed to say that lil bro
@cherricake17962 ай бұрын
My man can't get canceled
@iknownot3336Ай бұрын
I wonder what would happen if all these " lil bro" commenters actually said that shit IRL.
@cyanryann64Ай бұрын
Nah bro was spitting
@hiddenabyss2142Ай бұрын
@@cyanryann64go to h ell
@pyroonbusinesschannel1182 ай бұрын
you can say these were SHOOTING stars 1:05
@spoookley2 ай бұрын
you know what they say, only shooting stars break the mold
@Bajongus2 ай бұрын
can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars
@BookWormYuri2 ай бұрын
That's foul 😭
@The_mad_God_of_Cheese2 ай бұрын
Get out
@PlaceHolderMechanic2 ай бұрын
@@spoookley it's a cool place, and they say it gets colder
@legoferrari142 ай бұрын
Dayum. Not even Tanya von Degurechaff was this mentally cracked out.
@jart19842 ай бұрын
Tanya at least have mortality and doesnt mind being a deskjob workdrone
@kalkuttadrop6371Ай бұрын
That's actually a super popular Death Battle opponent for both
@rayyannoor1292 ай бұрын
I read that comic when I was younger, I never understood the escalation into violence.
@LordDaret2 ай бұрын
Me too. In the end, the MC lost and failed to find meaning in life. No matter what action she does, she will never be free from fairy land (mainly because she gave up on her morals).
@Mewdo452 ай бұрын
I assumed being stuck in fairyland for 27 years drove her crazy. What I don't get is why she's the only kid that ever got stuck there
@aldechercov24272 ай бұрын
@@Mewdo45she's dumb
@gemstone1082 ай бұрын
The escalation into violence is kind of the whole point?? What’s there to understand? Skottie Young wrote this after watching endless kid’s shows and fairytale type media with his own children and then went “hey what if someone got stuck in this kind of world and got driven to mind-numbing insanity, snapping to the point where they kill everything in their path?”
@Milkymalk2 ай бұрын
@@Mewdo45 Apparently they only take them there one at a time, as hinted at by the story.
@2ndsnake8992 ай бұрын
This is the fairy tail equivalent of the Postal Dude and I'm all for it.
@flyingstonemon35642 ай бұрын
Boys vs Girls meme but both sides are unhinged psychopaths
@llKarmalI2 ай бұрын
Theory: that's the same girl who gets stopped by Timmy Turner in the hall of fame
@Quario2 ай бұрын
The one that caused WWI?
@chocodraws51372 ай бұрын
@@Quario He might be on to something, she has the same haircut too
@nutsack-ky8wp2 ай бұрын
she has the same curly hair too
@zhcultivator2 ай бұрын
"I just wanted a Cupcake 🧁 from Gertrude" - This guy
@yuukianimates33182 ай бұрын
Bro isn't beating the lolicon allegations 😭😭
@noctarin15162 ай бұрын
Bro isn't beating the pedophile allegations*
@FrankTheTank1072 ай бұрын
like, none of us were thinking this was sexual at all
@youtubearmy_bg82652 ай бұрын
@@FrankTheTank107 watch the 8 min mark
@LordRon2 ай бұрын
Lol like he's gonna be sentence to fiction jail.
@papermachete80712 ай бұрын
Big yikes for me
@yungvoorheez58742 ай бұрын
I read this comic book as kid and I loved it and I love it more now so I will not stress this enough to say that Adult Swim absolutely need to make a series out this ASAP
@therealestcupheadonyt2 ай бұрын
they’re way too focused on their major breadwinners for now
@KomaedasOneTrueHope2 ай бұрын
No. Screw the big industries. Indie animation instead
@shadowki56872 ай бұрын
I remember seeing this comic at a book fair, if you want another american based isekai check out "the wrenchies" by farel dalrymple. The story is a bit grittier but has a great blend rpg & apocolyptic elements
@JAY-zf6jw2 ай бұрын
check out the wandering inn by pirateaba its peak fiction
@superdude87452 ай бұрын
this comic actually looks really cool literally the only isekai ive ever been interested in lol
@OtakuJuanma22 ай бұрын
On one hand this sounds exactly like the type of comic 12 year old me would draw with stick figures and then show to nobody. I love that sort of twisted Fairytale stories even as a 30YO. On the other, looks like the punchline is always the same "Fairy Land is gory and/or gross and she kills" in progressively more unhinged ways. That doesn't quite work without actual commentary on what's being satirized (see One Punch Man for an example of how to do it well. See Disaster Movie for how to do it horribly horribly wrong)
@ToothedKrux2 ай бұрын
I only read the first few chapters, but it was pretty apparent that this comic does lack a lot of storytelling content. It looks amazing, but it's hard to stay engaged because so little of consequence is actually happening. Kind of a shame, really.
@JoannaSunshineBun2 ай бұрын
@@ToothedKruxand now you know why Gertrude is miserable and hates where she is. The story sucks and nothing of consequence happens in fairy land. Nothing happens, nothing changes, she's there for eternity since she doesn't age and all her actions are meaningless until she gets back to the real world.
@ToothedKrux2 ай бұрын
@@JoannaSunshineBun That doesn't make the story magically better however. Antiheroes feel so great because they react to a situation they empathize with and act in ways that others do not dare doing. They succeed where others don't. With Gertrude however you don't see any kind of progress, she just lumbers around, pretty much aimlessly, no progress to show for. Even for a "monster of the week" format the spectacles seem to be much too shallow to be entertaining, as there is no real struggle visible. Generally the works of Image Comics (the publisher of this comic) do sort of have a reputation of putting flashy graphics before stories, and I feel this is the case here. Seeing as the artist is also the writer, it does make sense. It's hard to write stories AND make art, as each takes a lot to master. A prime example are the Asterix comics, where the quality of stories plummeted after Goscinny died and Uderzo did both art and story.
@TheBaldrickk2 ай бұрын
Someone's you just need to sit back and see some mindless violence. Like this. Or Happy Tree Friends. Actually involved stories can be too high brow sometimes. It fills that niche nicely.
@ThermiteKitty2 ай бұрын
The story covered in this video is _20 chapters long._ In One Punch Man terms, that's just after Saitama joins the Hero Association and Genos moves into his apartment. Most of the commentary you're thinking of comes much later, the first 4 chapters that hooked most of the fanbase from the start are _literally_ "Saitama is overpowered in a shonen battle manga world, he's bored of it and then he kills a shonen battle manga villain in a gory/gross way" And you know what? It hooked so many people for a reason! That's perfectly fine! The premise broadens out to "a cool shonen manga trope happens and then it gets comedically undercut" and eventually commentary on the nature of heroism and strength, but other series that try to do that from the start with more nuance tend to flop because they don't instantly hook new viewers. What hooks people? Punching a DBZ Piccolo knockoff into chunky salsa. There's no shame in that. So even if you boil the IHF formula down to "Gert is overpowered in a fairytale world, she's bored of it and then she kills fairytale characters in a gory/gross way", surely you can see how that hook can sustain a simple 20 chapter story with excellent art, creative worldbuilding, a few neat twists and a fun mix of comedy and violence. There's plenty to enjoy in each chapter, it's exciting to see what concept's going to be riffed on next and how our main duo's going to deal with the next big headache. The sequel gets more complicated, but even it's just an added 40 chapters for a 60 chapter IHF series total. Murata's OPM is at an ongoing 200+ chapters and is quite bloated with many fights that are just excuses for more elaborate action setpieces outside of ONE's original webcomic concepts. There's no interesting commentary inherent in the year straight of drawing and redrawing Phoenix Man's fight during the MA arc, and there doesn't have to be.
@SockTheBop2 ай бұрын
The SpongeBob sound effect on the scary face close-up is perfect
@ThatSpecificIndividual2 ай бұрын
The big boss guy having slug life on his stomach is peak.
@mathieubordeleau1502 ай бұрын
This never being animated is a crime.
@bigtoblerone84462 ай бұрын
Yeah but what happened to Happy? It's unfair she got sent to hell she was a good girl
@mycomnithegreat4342 ай бұрын
I personally think she was only there to greet Gert as a "fuck you!" sort of welcoming gift
@Main_character_MACH2 ай бұрын
I think it wasn't Happy, it was Devil taking form of Happy
@themightyalpaca3132 ай бұрын
@@Main_character_MACH That seems more likely. Either that or there is no Heaven, since the only people meant to die are bad people. Thus, there was never any need for Fairyland to have a Heaven.
@numbuh15072 ай бұрын
Ethnicity. That's all you need to know
@ejm12252 ай бұрын
I heard that she's going to appear in the next arc of I Hate Fairyland.
@alexthedemon22032 ай бұрын
11:35 Now hold on a minute why didn't they just do this to bring the queen back to life?
@CommonSense1993Ай бұрын
Sh evil now
@orendiofchaos20612 ай бұрын
8:07 - Tpye "C" Predator moment
@juan-ij1le15 күн бұрын
What does tpye c mean?
@orendiofchaos206115 күн бұрын
@@juan-ij1le Child
@sapphirewingthefurrycritic9852 ай бұрын
3:30 I love the moon's look of smug satisfaction at the prospect of Gertrude getting eaten.
@_random_oddity_2 ай бұрын
Skottie Young’s art makes it so funny lol
@Malakai-f8tАй бұрын
0:12 is that blood I see.....well.......now I know what will being happening
@Volti-Vagra2 ай бұрын
12:20 y e s *please*
@moniqueperkinsmp2 ай бұрын
SMASH and queen cloudia isn't safe too
@firefoxvoodoo52362 ай бұрын
Homestuck pfp
@EthanDegen2 ай бұрын
This needs to be the top comment if you’re in the advice section like I am liking is a good idea
@zorrothemacho2 ай бұрын
Yup
@Fraggle-h7o2 ай бұрын
00:06 what is that sound effect called?
@goose11562 ай бұрын
It’s spongebob boo-womp
@bingolos90632 ай бұрын
Buwomp
@usjdhsuakndhd2 ай бұрын
SpongeBob bwoomp
@vincentdreemurr2 ай бұрын
ltg sound effect
@Fraggle-h7o2 ай бұрын
@@goose1156 i associate it a lot more with ren and stimpy. dating myself lmao
@knightmarin2 ай бұрын
Jokes on you, I watched this comic when I was younger
@dyren79172 ай бұрын
Are you okay ?
@MrVoyeurific2 ай бұрын
@@dyren7917comicstoriaion
@macmiller60552 ай бұрын
@@dyren7917not every young person watching these stuff they got traumatised immediately stop whining plz
@brucemanthebestdemonofiction2 ай бұрын
Same bruh.
@brucemanthebestdemonofiction2 ай бұрын
@@macmiller6055 Agreed.
@psi_mae2 ай бұрын
“You’ve never heard of” don’t patronize me, I am the biggest Skottie Young fan
@funkmastaC2 ай бұрын
It’s an amazing series that just could not catch a break. I’m glad it’s back with a vengeance.
@VPT22 ай бұрын
If I recall correctly, 95% of her problems could be summed up as "I refused to listen right so I got stuck" and didn't learn this even after 27 years. If you haven't figured out how to listen in 27 years, that's 1000% on you. There is a reason why the little girl who just came in could leave after a few days but Gertude couldn't.
@jessepeterson66942 ай бұрын
I remember reading this off a pirate site. It's was a fun, psychotic filled road trip of chaos.
@channinglogue84262 ай бұрын
Where at? Send link
@Furluge2 ай бұрын
8:12 - Nope, definitely not allowed to say that. You're goin' to jail. :D
@ricecola96092 ай бұрын
I think i remember seeing Comicstorian reading this
@kermitgotthesickkicks42652 ай бұрын
He did. R.I.P Benny fr
@arkzero31572 ай бұрын
The comics with her being an adult we're really "meh" Like, it wasn't bad but out of nowhere, they just kill her and a "multiverse version" takes her place.
@puck89612 ай бұрын
Yeah it's pretty bad
@ferwend7192 ай бұрын
Damn this comic is crazy surprised you're a new channel quality content (ESP THE SPONGEBOB SFX LOL)
@AJcantdomuch2 ай бұрын
I had one of her comics from a free comic book day many years back. I didn't really see her anywhere else so I thought she only had one comic book. I'm glad you covered her, and I'm glad she's getting recognition!
@unfortunateTimetables2 ай бұрын
Yesssssss I loved this when I was younger. It was one of the only good mature graphic novels I could find at the library
@floridagaming0Ай бұрын
whoever made this needs their harddrive check for gore
@Rocketblits2 ай бұрын
2:52 thats a (insert funny joke here)
@internet_unfunny_man2 ай бұрын
What song was that?
@medievalan62852 ай бұрын
@internet_unfunny_man it sounded like a cover of the song "Wild Side" by ALI
@P3ryshing3mma2 ай бұрын
I USED TO LOVE READING THISSSS SO GLAD PEOPLE ARE FINDING OUT ABOUT THIS NOW
@da_boiz_r_bak45082 ай бұрын
Gertrude would 100% fit on Kazuma's team in Konosuba. Think about, she's a girl who's actually older than she looks, she's got yellow on her so they can distinguish she's on Kazuma's team, she has pretty bad luck, and she's a capable, but also kind of a murderhobo and would constantly have to be kept in check my Kazuma and the rest. Also, she keeps Larry because the team needs a mascot of sorts. This also completes the five man band, with Kazuma as the leader, darkness as the heart, megumin as the smart guy, aqua as the lancer, and Gertrude as the big guy. Edit 1: ok, so I would like to say that, from what I remember from reading the comics, Gertrude doesn't kill everything (at least not on purpose) for no reason, and will kill for a reason, even if it's a very small reason, so she would still need to be kept in check, and/or directed to something else. As for why Kazuma would keep her around, the answer is simple; a somewhat stable income, and someone actually somewhat competent besides him. The income part, aside from Kazuma's stuff that gets sold, Gertrude could help gathering monster parts, and then selling them, since she doesn't COMPLETELY destroy the body, unlike megumin. As for the combat part, Gertrude, thanks to Larry and his hat, has MANY weapons, creatures, and tools at her disposal, which she seems to know how to use them all, and is Quick to learn to use weapons, as seen with the axe she took from Bruud the Brutal. She's also capable of growing as a person, as seen nearing the end of the first run, with Larry, and more so in the second, where she's grown up, and full on willing to help a kid get back home (If I do remember correctly, she might have been also planning on going back with the kid, but the point still stands). So I could see her being more like the start of the series Gertrude (as in the part where she kills the moon) with Kazuma and his group, but overtime, she could mellow out and come to gain a closer bond with the rest of the group, maybe even seeing them as a new family, even maybe come to terms that it's likely her parents aren't around anymore, and if she goes back to her world, she'll have no one. Edit 2: I removed the loli part and replaced it with girl
@iamthestrong9272 ай бұрын
Kazuma looks away _once_ and there's a mountain of bodies right behind his team, with Gert sitting on top of them all.
@itu76802 ай бұрын
..dont call her a loli....
@slavishentity67052 ай бұрын
Wouldn't fit the tone. Megumin has a similar problem, she gets into fights, threatens people, and bullies Yunyun, but at least she doesn't kill people ( who aren't bad guys ) They wouldn't keep a literal murderer on the team
@fadillah60142 ай бұрын
@@slavishentity6705just think her as berserker class, she will be fine with Kazuma but I doubt with Aqua and Megumin and perhaps lunatic townfolk.... Yeah they definitely on big danger around her
@fadillah60142 ай бұрын
The most misunderstand part about Kazuma is he like lolis no! He doesn't! In fact how many times he pissed off by lolis? even he hate Iris at first. But that changed when she refered as big brother, so he was more like siscon not a lolicon.
@CtrlAltRestore2 ай бұрын
man, image comics really has a knack for taking american media tropes and turning them into a gruesome yet entertaining story.
@TheMadRatKing2 ай бұрын
I found this series a while back and it's one of my favorites ever, I had no idea it continued afterwards. I've gotta dig this stuff back up
@kalkuttadrop6371Ай бұрын
The series biggest issue was always the lack of direction. Hence the first run was the best. The author couldn't figure out what to do with the Queen Gertrude premise, so she lost it at the start of the second run. Second Run was about her trying to find alternative methods to escape and dealing with new characters Duncan and Pervis. Third Run was about Gertrude trying to redeem herself. Neither run was overall that great, and the third run just ended with Gertrude dying. The 4th one was genuinely an improvement. Cloudia gets resurrected and starts massacring everyone in a rampage, forcing the Magic council to bring back Gertrude to stop her, who then uses her power to blackmail them into sending her home. (Thus setting up floundering Adult Gertrude who was the protag when it got revived a decade later). Personally with a full re-write I'd have kept the first run the same, merged 2 and 3 with the Queen Gertrude idea (have it be about her ruling Fairyland and running it into the ground, you can include some characters and elements from the other two, ends with her dying) and then the 4th run. If you still want 4 total runs have the 2nd one be about Queen Gertrude and the 3rd about her life in exile.
@hunterv99832 ай бұрын
I first heard of it on KZbin years ago when Comicstorian posted it on his channel. RIP Benny
@Tomoko_Kuroki888Ай бұрын
10/10 art 10/10 humor 10/10 relatability 10/10 for somehow feeling nostalgic This feels like something perfect for adult swim and it feels like if I watched the whole series Id feel sad and melancholic that it ended.
@anomalousanimates2 ай бұрын
0:57 average human response ngl
@medievalwebman29172 ай бұрын
"SHe's basically Pomni with DoomSlayer mindset!"
@xenobioticcadaver2 ай бұрын
I think portal fantasy fits it better than isekai
@dogg66282 ай бұрын
Most isekai and shonen are power fantasies either with an op protagonist or a guy who finds 36 girlfriends in like two days. It's slop.
@joshuaholland52792 ай бұрын
@@dogg6628if you think about it, The Wizard of Oz and Narnia are Isekais
@ChurchofCthulhu2 ай бұрын
My favorite comic image from the last 30 years is Gertrude squeezing a dragon and using it like a flamethrower!!! LOL 🔥🐉
@retroskeleton8912 ай бұрын
I feel like all of this could have been pervented if the Queen tried to find the key for Gertrude instead of trying to kill her? I mean I can’t be the only one who thought about this right?
@mycomnithegreat4342 ай бұрын
Like the rules preventing her from killing Gert, there might have been rules preventing Queen from doing it for her. Or maybe the queen is just a dick who didn't want to help seeing how Happy got the key in under a day 😂
@retroskeleton8912 ай бұрын
@@mycomnithegreat434 Yeah in all honesty she was really just a dickhead, I’m surprised she wasn’t already evil.
@nasty_playzyt488821 күн бұрын
The rules probably stopped her, considering that this is supposed to be a little magical quest for the children.
@ImVeryWholesome2 ай бұрын
Thank you Comicstorian for covering this WAYYY back
@vazk-thret2 ай бұрын
I once had an idea about an American Isekai, the premise was about capitalist necromancy or something, but it pales in comparison to I Hate Fairyland.
@juan-ij1le2 ай бұрын
What was it
@Positron0012 ай бұрын
No, make it, it'll still run rings around the personality deficient, black haired everyman of most isekais (excluding Subaru, he's cool).
@vazk-thret2 ай бұрын
I actually have quite a few but most of them boil down to premise X is changed by factor Y, such as a being reincarnated as a beautiful feminine plant being, except your a dude. Or a guy has to use medicine to combat some kind of evil healers guild.
@MadProphet-iu9keАй бұрын
Hold on a damn second! … You too?
@lunyxappocalypse7071Ай бұрын
@@vazk-thret [Or a guy has to use medicine to combat some kind of evil healers guild.] Do you mean Parallel Pharmacy? Or something else.
@MarxistMomentum2 ай бұрын
12:22 I'm leaving a comment. Please continue summarizing this amazing comic. It's my favorite! I love Gertrude!
@ennardthefuntimepuppet64562 ай бұрын
The fairyland's system of sovereignty doesn't quite makes sense to me, so they can fire a Queen?????
@zanealhamid6212Ай бұрын
I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart to showing me this
@skipskip77372 ай бұрын
Yoo this new Adventure Time manga is looking good
@erans08892 ай бұрын
BRROOOOO I'VE BEEN TRYING TO LOOK FOR THIS AGAIN!!!! I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS IN 7 YEARS!!!!
@FatalKitsune2 ай бұрын
I remember hearing about this but never read it. Great summary!
@_General_Grievous__2 ай бұрын
I remember when Comicstorian when went over this and highschool me thought this was the craziest concept I had ever heard😂
@chilliicecream54562 ай бұрын
She’s literally what would happen if Pomni finally snaps
@SaedrisАй бұрын
the comedy in this is so borderlands-esk lmao I love it
@therealmrarchive2 ай бұрын
This feels like Barbara if she was in a 18+ game instead of Rayman Legends
@krimsonklaww611Ай бұрын
8:05 she definitely looks more like a ten year old than a 6 year old in that art style. Kind of like Ben 10 from the original series.
@kharijordan64262 ай бұрын
Still said fuck fairy land ... Real life seams to be better.
@isaiahnaegi6452 ай бұрын
0:55 my phone has the EXACT SAME MUSIC 😂. I use it as an alarm ringtone
@Lexie-nc2vl2 ай бұрын
Yeah you should totally do the adult arc!!!! I heard it’s amazing!!!!
@BucksMoltАй бұрын
I love how Gertrude is a war criminal
@darkshado1242 ай бұрын
I didnt know this comic existed. I shall now binge read it.
@andocoolxd51582 ай бұрын
I found out about this from my art design teacher, he had an issue and I was enamored by the contrast between a fairly, happy-go-lucky universe with graphic violence and slaughter ✨😈✨ Although upon first read (and the sentiment continues), I feel TERRIBLE for Ger and that issue when she had false hope of returning home with her parents, I legitimately cried.
@FizzyPopVevo2 ай бұрын
The best thing about this story is how Cloudia was such a fucking hater that she’s willing to let herself be killed all because she wants Gertrude to suffer for all eternity, keep in mind, she could have lived happily as the Queen for ages to come but she actively went there just because of sheer hater juice flowing through her veins.
@valutaatoaofunknownelement1972 ай бұрын
Talk about a royally screwed up person of authority.
@tamyahgalentine9734Ай бұрын
I swear the girl in the thumbnail the hair, the face, I've seen her animated in so many different shows as different characters yet it's litteraly her bro 😭
@Ryuusei9242 ай бұрын
anybody know the song at 1:25 ? sounds so nice :)
@SunrymoonАй бұрын
PLEASE SOMEONE?
@HitSpaceGDАй бұрын
HELP
@RachelAnimations2 ай бұрын
The thumbnail gave me PTSD from Cats don't dance
@nekbox54072 ай бұрын
8:09 the fbi will be at your door any second now
@TheSirZparityАй бұрын
They'll be pissed when find out she's in her 30s and their time was wasted.
@dammitthatguy31072 ай бұрын
Hell this summery has me hooked, I'd love a continuation of this
@NaveeSeal2 ай бұрын
so i've known about I Hate Fairyland for a long time, and i've only now wondered if the comic got an animated show, imagine how bonkers that would be. I can see them using 80s tracks as Gertrude fell into Fairyland in 1988 (i feel like More Than A Feeling would be good for a trailer even though that song came out in 1976)
@magicalmomo99872 ай бұрын
FINALLY. SOMEONE TALKS ABOUT THIS COMIC. I LOVED reading I Hate Fairy Land 😭🎉🎉💖💕💖
@yuri-sama.questionmark2 ай бұрын
She looks like a green haired Darla Dimple, but this story is kinda interesting
@busyenough2 ай бұрын
This is so much better than most recap channels, even though a little monotone sometimes, you are way more lively than all the other deadpan or ai voices that dont even give the name of the recap material. Keep up the good shit brother 👍
@MayR-up6os2 ай бұрын
10:07, literally David bowie😊
@Dad......2 ай бұрын
When you said Pervis Peddlesteal, I heard Pervis Pedosteal, and was really worried about that rat showing a 10 year old his van.
@kyrauniversal2 ай бұрын
Never Heard Of... Yeah, right. I was the kid that ALWAYS browsed the Graphic Novel library sections.
@graywill53952 ай бұрын
Rip comicstorian. Thanks for introducing me to this banger and many others.
@Logging_in2 ай бұрын
Actually, the new Fairyland arc already dropped and ended. I haven’t finished it but what I’ve read so far is great! Would love to see you do a recap.
@Roge92 ай бұрын
Also wow you're an underrated youtuber. Glad this video is popping off.
@zachanikwano2 ай бұрын
Love the art, but the protag and story are not for me lol I do appreciate this unique take on “wonderland” or “isekai.”
@atomiczombie44292 ай бұрын
This takes me way back. I remember first seeing it on Comicstorian's channel before getting into it.
@Greyinkling276Ай бұрын
The west's isekai genre is usually called the lost child or the kid in fairy land (alice in Wonderland, narnia, peter pan, etc.). Instead of being a power fantasy the genre is usually a coming of age story. The other difference is modern isekai trends are for pure escapism for teens and adults but the lost child genre is a journey and the characters are meant to return after having to grow up internally. This comic is a deconstruction of that genre. It's not a good one imo. It's more of an edgy parody really.
@vvalteria2660Ай бұрын
Do you have any good suggestions?
@Greyinkling276Ай бұрын
@@vvalteria2660 For western "lost child in fairy land" stories? I gave the classics (Oz, Neverland, Narnia, Wonderland). But a new modern classic is Over The Garden Wall. For a good deconstruction of the genre there's Discworld's Wee Free Men.
@lunyxappocalypse7071Ай бұрын
I disagree that modern isekai is pure escapism, the market has just been flooded with rapid production, so only a few gems come to light.
@Greyinkling276Ай бұрын
@@lunyxappocalypse7071 Well I'm comparing it to isekai anime and manga from before 2010, which was also more often coming of age stories. It's just the current trend in Japan is escapism settings. It can be reincarnation, video game worlds, full immersion VR games, but they're not a journey there and back again. They are an escape from the real world into another one. Exceptions and subversions are exceptions. The current trend of Isekai is escapism. To say the market is only flooded with exceptions is to ignore what the actual trend is. The "gems" are not like the decades prior. They are usually subversions, or about world building. The characters aren't trying to get back home.
@funni_noises2 ай бұрын
This is like some weird tv show that zim from invader zim would get super invested in and spend 2 months watching it, his body slowly withering away.