The American isekai you've never heard of

[@quirinoguy8665]

She's like a lore accurate souls protagonist, canonically murdering the crap out of everyone because everybody wants them dead too.

[@fadillah6014]

Isekai without sugar coating, got it!

[@kojoattah3987]

I’d like to go to fairyland

[@handlebarsmustache]

To be fair there are very few thing don't want to kill you in souls

[@BrianatorFTW]

@@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

[@handlebarsmustache]

@@BrianatorFTW You're not wrong, it's a solid premise for wonderland and hellboy.

[@Sonicsgirl13]

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.

[@lyzzistormnightcore]

She’s not six though, she’s 31 and is in a six year olds body.

[@Sonicsgirl13]

@@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_Demon]

@@Sonicsgirl13 so shes 60 when she leaves?

[@Sonicsgirl13]

@@White_Night_Demon No. She leaves at the age of 33.

[@White_Night_Demon]

@@Sonicsgirl13 do you reckon ill survive in that world if I went into it blindly?

[@lewisbarclay9113]

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.

[@andrewowens4421]

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.

[@Kyumifun]

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.

[@arilsandyawan8083]

@@andrewowens4421Welp that explained why skyrim and fallout game so fun

[@electrobob992]

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."

[@shazrael446]

@@electrobob992 This is somewhat answered in the untold tales portion. Fairyland was meant to be a trial by fire place.

[@gardenagnostic]

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.

[@puck8961]

Duncan in fact was supposed to be there. Read the 2022 edition

[@shlerbert]

wasnt it a dream

[@peterwhite6415]

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.

[@gardenagnostic]

yeah, i cant help but feel bad for her

[@BlackCherryLimonade]

I'd honestly go a bit crazy too. Poor girl, she just wanted to go home

[@peterwhite6415]

@@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.

[@grandlancercuchulainn1509]

@@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.

[@afro025]

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

[@charlesdaugherty321]

So... she didn't age while isekai'd? But did irl? That's fucked up.

[@SodaCider641]

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.

[@AllfatherBlack]

@@SodaCider641 damn do i got cptsd?

[@skrrrtsusman3450]

maybe if you revert to baby mode when under intense stress, if its bad dont listen to us armchair psychiatrists and see a proffesional. ​@@AllfatherBlack

[@lordskull4382]

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

[@Chewyoden]

Rip legend

[@maadtee6281]

One of the goat that helped us know great comics

[@dropdedgothish]

Peak childhood

[@ryunosukeakutagawa7325]

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 😭

[@wootwoot5486]

Same here, RIP Legend

[@fryguy9704]

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.

[@PseudoPhingo]

It really does give off the same energy

[@swiftstreak98]

Sad but true

[@animezilla4486]

Yes I please read more issues I didn't realize that I hate fairytale even had a continuation

[@ded2920]

I was like THERES MORE?!

[@lemoniieeee]

Samee

[@m0nk3iik]

There's more??😭

[@JPooger]

More? Finally. I got the like 2 volumes from before and was sad it was gone.

[@andrewowens4421]

I got all the volumes of the original, so knowing there could be some of her as an adult has me intrigued.

[@legoferrari14]

Dayum. Not even Tanya von Degurechaff was this mentally cracked out.

[@jart1984]

Tanya at least have mortality and doesnt mind being a deskjob workdrone

[@kalkuttadrop6371]

That's actually a super popular Death Battle opponent for both

[@magnusm4]

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.

[@heartlessnobody1143]

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-tx6er]

​@@heartlessnobody1143 pity that only 15 issues of of i hate fairyland are put

[@Soloong_Gaybowzer]

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.

[@gelusvenn5063]

Poor fuckin' Mary. She didn't even do anything wrong, she just got Gary Coleman'd so hard it broke her.

[@jmaster4941]

Baby Doll is easily my favorite DC Comics villain.

[@2ndsnake899]

This is the fairy tail equivalent of the Postal Dude and I'm all for it.

[@flyingstonemon3564]

Boys vs Girls meme but both sides are unhinged psychopaths

[@an_enigmaticdream]

I remember being a little kid excited to read every chapter since I wanted the mc so badly to go home

[@spatial_rind]

SAME BRO I was rooting for Gert when I first read it. I thought the blood and shit was cool lmfao

[@MrOnepiece14]

"A little kid" Jesus has it been that long since the comic first came out??

[@an_enigmaticdream]

@@MrOnepiece14 2015 actually! Which would be around 10 yr old me who found it-

[@an_enigmaticdream]

@@spatial_rind NO FR! I still remember the narrator death in it

[@danteshollowedgrounds]

Damn 👀👁👁

[@themantheguybestbuy8370]

8:10 💀 Nah... I don't think you're allowed to say that lil bro

[@cherricake1796]

My man can't get canceled

[@iknownot3336]

I wonder what would happen if all these " lil bro" commenters actually said that shit IRL.

[@cyanryann64]

Nah bro was spitting

[@hiddenabyss2142]

@@cyanryann64go to h ell

[@locallilly9827]

@@iknownot3336 Nothing??? What is your point even

[@JLacay]

I’m surprised this comic never got adapted into a cartoon show like Invincible and the BOYS.

[@Veqtronic]

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.

[@fadillah6014]

Maybe is just too gory for wider audience and two tittles you mention was quite new in show.

[@Shermansart]

it's not a superhero story so it doesn't have that mainstream appeal for the normies

[@padhwee3e]

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

[@jlomeli4579]

It’s probably because it’s a 6 year old girl murdering everything.

[@mathieubordeleau150]

This never being animated is a crime.

[@pyroonbusinesschannel118]

you can say these were SHOOTING stars 1:05

[@spoookley]

you know what they say, only shooting stars break the mold

[@shedingleonmyberry]

can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars

[@BookWormYuri]

That's foul 😭

[@The_mad_God_of_Cheese]

Get out

[@PlaceHolderMechanic]

@@spoookley it's a cool place, and they say it gets colder

[@superdude8745]

this comic actually looks really cool literally the only isekai ive ever been interested in lol

[@llKarmalI]

Theory: that's the same girl who gets stopped by Timmy Turner in the hall of fame

[@Quario]

The one that caused WWI?

[@chocodraws5137]

​@@Quario He might be on to something, she has the same haircut too

[@nutsack-ky8wp]

she has the same curly hair too

[@yungvoorheez5874]

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

[@therealestcupheadonyt]

they’re way too focused on their major breadwinners for now

[@KomaedasOneTrueHope]

No. Screw the big industries. Indie animation instead

[@hvnsl]

I remember reading this after finding it from the local library, my mom made a DnD character inspired by Gertrude

[@morrasod1858]

That sounds awesome

[@mr3rr0r15]

W mom

[@SockTheBop]

The SpongeBob sound effect on the scary face close-up is perfect

[@rayyannoor129]

I read that comic when I was younger, I never understood the escalation into violence.

[@LordDaret]

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).

[@Mewdo45]

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

[@aldechercov2427]

​@@Mewdo45she's dumb

[@gemstone108]

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?”

[@Milkymalk]

@@Mewdo45 Apparently they only take them there one at a time, as hinted at by the story.

[@Fraggle-h7o]

00:06 what is that sound effect called?

[@goose1156]

It’s spongebob boo-womp

[@bingolos9063]

Buwomp

[@usjdhsuakndhd]

SpongeBob bwoomp

[@vincentdreemurr]

ltg sound effect

[@Fraggle-h7o]

@@goose1156 i associate it a lot more with ren and stimpy. dating myself lmao

[@shadowki5687]

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

[@Juicestain2]

check out the wandering inn by pirateaba its peak fiction

[@zhcultivator]

"I just wanted a Cupcake 🧁 from Gertrude" - This guy

[@yuukianimates3318]

Bro isn't beating the lolicon allegations 😭😭

[@noctarin1516]

Bro isn't beating the pedophile allegations*

[@FranksAnimeClub]

like, none of us were thinking this was sexual at all

[@youtubearmy_bg8265]

​@@FranksAnimeClub watch the 8 min mark

[@LordRon]

Lol like he's gonna be sentence to fiction jail.

[@papermachete8071]

Big yikes for me

[@Warrior-Of-Virtue]

Does the Queen not realize that all she has to do to get rid of Gertrude is give her the key? She _wants_ to leave for God's sake.

[@OtakuJuanma2]

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)

[@ToothedKrux]

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.

[@JoannaSunshineBun]

@@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.

[@ToothedKrux]

@@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.

[@TheBaldrickk]

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.

[@ThermiteKitty]

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.

[@sapphirewingthefurrycritic985]

3:30 I love the moon's look of smug satisfaction at the prospect of Gertrude getting eaten.

[@ThatSpecificIndividual]

The big boss guy having slug life on his stomach is peak.

[@arkzero3157]

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.

[@puck8961]

Yeah it's pretty bad

[@bigtoblerone8446]

Yeah but what happened to Happy? It's unfair she got sent to hell she was a good girl

[@mycomnithegreat434]

I personally think she was only there to greet Gert as a "fuck you!" sort of welcoming gift

[@Main_character_MACH]

I think it wasn't Happy, it was Devil taking form of Happy

[@themightyalpaca313]

@@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.

[@numbuh1507]

Ethnicity. That's all you need to know

[@ejm1225]

I heard that she's going to appear in the next arc of I Hate Fairyland.

[@alexthedemon2203]

11:35 Now hold on a minute why didn't they just do this to bring the queen back to life?

[@TheActualFuckingSun]

Sh evil now

[@_random_oddity_]

Skottie Young’s art makes it so funny lol

[@VPT2]

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.

[@orendiofchaos2061]

8:07 - Tpye "C" Predator moment

[@juan-ij1le]

What does tpye c mean?

[@orendiofchaos2061]

@@juan-ij1le Child

[@CtrlAltRestore]

man, image comics really has a knack for taking american media tropes and turning them into a gruesome yet entertaining story.

[@funkmastaC]

It’s an amazing series that just could not catch a break. I’m glad it’s back with a vengeance.

[@Tomoko_Kuroki88]

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.

[@knightmarin]

Jokes on you, I watched this comic when I was younger

[@dyren7917]

Are you okay ?

[@MrVoyeurific]

@@dyren7917comicstoriaion

[@macmiller6055]

@@dyren7917not every young person watching these stuff they got traumatised immediately stop whining plz

[@brucemanthebestdemonofiction]

Same bruh.

[@brucemanthebestdemonofiction]

​@@macmiller6055 Agreed.

[@ChurchofCthulhu]

My favorite comic image from the last 30 years is Gertrude squeezing a dragon and using it like a flamethrower!!! LOL 🔥🐉

[@Volti-Vagra]

12:20 y e s *please*

[@moniqueperkinsmp]

SMASH and queen cloudia isn't safe too

[@firefoxvoodoo5236]

Homestuck pfp

[@EthanDegen]

This needs to be the top comment if you’re in the advice section like I am liking is a good idea

[@zorrothemacho]

Yup

[@AJcantdomuch]

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!

[@jessepeterson6694]

I remember reading this off a pirate site. It's was a fun, psychotic filled road trip of chaos.

[@channinglogue8426]

Where at? Send link

[@kalkuttadrop6371]

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.

[@psi_mae]

“You’ve never heard of” don’t patronize me, I am the biggest Skottie Young fan

[@Furluge]

8:12 - Nope, definitely not allowed to say that. You're goin' to jail. :D

[@ricecola9609]

I think i remember seeing Comicstorian reading this

[@kermitgotthesickkicks4265]

He did. R.I.P Benny fr

[@Malakai-f8t]

0:12 is that blood I see.....well.......now I know what will being happening

[@TheMadRatKing]

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

[@ennardthefuntimepuppet6456]

The fairyland's system of sovereignty doesn't quite makes sense to me, so they can fire a Queen?????

[@unfortunateTimetables]

Yesssssss I loved this when I was younger. It was one of the only good mature graphic novels I could find at the library

[@ImVeryWholesome]

Thank you Comicstorian for covering this WAYYY back

[@da_boiz_r_bak4508]

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

[@iamthestrong927]

Kazuma looks away _once_ and there's a mountain of bodies right behind his team, with Gert sitting on top of them all.

[@itu7680]

..dont call her a loli....

[@slavishentity6705]

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

[@fadillah6014]

​@@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

[@fadillah6014]

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.

[@P3ryshing3mma]

I USED TO LOVE READING THISSSS SO GLAD PEOPLE ARE FINDING OUT ABOUT THIS NOW

[@retroskeleton891]

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?

[@mycomnithegreat434]

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 😂

[@retroskeleton891]

@@mycomnithegreat434 Yeah in all honesty she was really just a dickhead, I’m surprised she wasn’t already evil.

[@nasty_playzyt4888]

The rules probably stopped her, considering that this is supposed to be a little magical quest for the children.

[@tamyahgalentine9734]

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 😭

[@ferwend719]

Damn this comic is crazy surprised you're a new channel quality content (ESP THE SPONGEBOB SFX LOL)

[@FizzyPopVevo]

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.

[@valutaatoaofunknownelement197]

Talk about a royally screwed up person of authority.

[@hunterv9983]

I first heard of it on KZbin years ago when Comicstorian posted it on his channel. RIP Benny

[@funni_noises]

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.

[@vazk-thret]

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-ij1le]

What was it

[@Positron001]

No, make it, it'll still run rings around the personality deficient, black haired everyman of most isekais (excluding Subaru, he's cool).

[@vazk-thret]

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-iu9ke]

Hold on a damn second! … You too?

[@lunyxappocalypse7071]

@@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.

[@chilliicecream5456]

She’s literally what would happen if Pomni finally snaps

[@Rocketblits]

2:52 thats a (insert funny joke here)

[@internet_unfunny_man]

What song was that?

[@medievalan6285]

​@internet_unfunny_man it sounded like a cover of the song "Wild Side" by ALI

[@Szarekh_Silentking]

whoever made this needs their harddrive check for gore

[@xenobioticcadaver]

I think portal fantasy fits it better than isekai

[@dogg6628]

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.

[@joshuaholland5279]

@@dogg6628if you think about it, The Wizard of Oz and Narnia are Isekais

[@fryguy9704]

“So he lays down some sick licks that rivals the likes of Slim Shady himself” Well, he’s not wrong

[@Ryuusei924]

anybody know the song at 1:25 ? sounds so nice :)

[@Zorymoon_bug]

PLEASE SOMEONE?

[@HitSpaceGD]

HELP

[@Blakkrazor69]

This needs a full animated series that stays 110% faithful to the written work. There can be embellishing, extra flesh, but the bits already shared need to absolutely remain.

[@therealmrarchive]

This feels like Barbara if she was in a 18+ game instead of Rayman Legends

[@zanealhamid6212]

I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart to showing me this

[@anomalousanimates]

0:57 average human response ngl

[@medievalwebman2917]

"SHe's basically Pomni with DoomSlayer mindset!"

[@MarxistMomentum]

12:22 I'm leaving a comment. Please continue summarizing this amazing comic. It's my favorite! I love Gertrude!

[@ejm1225]

If you think about it, this comic is basically a tragedy. A six-year-old girl is taken away to a magical world without warning and was sent off to a magical quest to find the key to door back to her old world without know-how. She probably suffered a lot of trauma, anguish, and misfortune for all these 27 grueling years of finding that damned key, and it all culminates into a slow, grim transformation into the sociopathic, alcoholic, foul-mouthed, ultra-violent Gert we all know and pity for. And even after finally escaping into the real world, she still remained as the maniacal, vulgar ASH TREE she grew up into; she's just now restricted into a realistic environment. She could never be the bloodthirsty slaughterhouse she was once. And yet, what she said in the final page of the final issue of the first volume perfectly sums up what life she rather prefers: "Fuck Fairyland."

[@skipskip342]

Yoo this new Adventure Time manga is looking good

[@Dad......]

When you said Pervis Peddlesteal, I heard Pervis Pedosteal, and was really worried about that rat showing a 10 year old his van.

[@NaveeSeal]

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)

[@tommyfishhouse8050]

This is the most absurdly mean spirited comic book i've ever seen.

[@erans0889]

BRROOOOO I'VE BEEN TRYING TO LOOK FOR THIS AGAIN!!!! I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS IN 7 YEARS!!!!

[@BitestheStuff]

I think I read up to her killing the Queen. Was definitely a wild ride of a series, and I'm happy to find out there's so much more new content to enjoy!

[@kharijordan6426]

Still said fuck fairy land ... Real life seams to be better.

[@Nesquik908]

So nice to see someone discuss about I hate Fairyland! Been a fan since 2016, im so glad this series is becoming more well known

[@darkshado124]

I didnt know this comic existed. I shall now binge read it.

[@mattblaster2378]

This video is really popping off in recommendations. Glad this series is getting it’s proper recognition

[@yuri-sama.questionmark]

She looks like a green haired Darla Dimple, but this story is kinda interesting

[@MatheusCarvalho-dy9pv]

Wow, I impressed as I had never seen anyone talking about this comic or any print of it anywhere on the internet until today.

[@tylerhyde3682]

What song is that @6:13

[@KalijahAnderson]

This comic is the epitome of "if unhinged was a book".

[@FatalKitsune]

I remember hearing about this but never read it. Great summary!

[@jeremyminecraft7145]

The witch riding the bike broom from **happily n'ever after** was peak

[@Greyinkling276]

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.

[@vvalteria2660]

Do you have any good suggestions?

[@Greyinkling276]

@@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.

[@lunyxappocalypse7071]

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.

[@Greyinkling276]

@@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.

[@dgaller06]

Gertrude looks like the villain from Cats Don't Dance, except she has green hair while that little girl was blonde.

[@sofiadominguezleon4106]

You mean Darla Dimple

[@dgaller06]

@@sofiadominguezleon4106 Yeah

[@Lexie-nc2vl]

Yeah you should totally do the adult arc!!!! I heard it’s amazing!!!!

[@RachelAnimations]

The thumbnail gave me PTSD from Cats don't dance

[@Logging_in]

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.

[@Eli-akad]

I was supposed to buy the omnibus version like a year back but I left it in my saved for later on Amazon. Now it’s unavailable (at least as of a few months ago last time I checked) it’s kinda crazy seeing this vid recommended to me rn😂

[@neppuneppu7892]

The Boys if it was a fairy tale.

[@dammitthatguy3107]

Hell this summery has me hooked, I'd love a continuation of this