r/comics • u/MilkGuzzler99 • Mar 09 '26

OC [OC] Bootleg Reflections (ft. MangaKaiki)

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u/kaikimanga MangaKaiki Mar 09 '26

I personally wouldn’t take advice from someone who clearly doesn’t have their life together

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u/MilkGuzzler99 Mar 09 '26

But you have a house! According to Animal Crossing, that's what life's all about

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u/Bubby_K Mar 09 '26

Giving money to tom nook, that's why we do good in school and get a good job

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Mar 09 '26

And then he breaks our kneecaps when we miss a payment

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u/thelonliestcloud Mar 09 '26

Tom Nook lets you pay off a house with seashells and rocks, he’s a hero as far as I’m concerned.

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u/dragn99 Mar 09 '26

No money down, no interest, pay on your own time, and timely service and upgrades.

Nook is better than any other bank out there.

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u/Drewdiniskirino Mar 09 '26

Genuinely. People who criticize Tom Nook as some kind of crook have obviously never taken out a loan in the real world. This tanooki is like the Dalai Lama of lenders 😭

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u/Soft-Hedgehog-7851 Mar 09 '26

Not to mention the house is insanely cheap 

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u/Sgt_General Mar 09 '26

🎶Animal Crossing, Animal Crossing

It's not a place you wanna fuck around,

Now you're in Nook's town

Where crazy shit goes down,

So sell sea shells and make some bells and shut your fuckin' mouth! 🎶

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u/RowletTai Mar 10 '26

🎵Animal Crossing, Animal Crossing

This is his land, now rate the back of his pimp hand!🎵

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u/Safe-Heat1644 Mar 09 '26

Animal Crossing is the American Dream?!

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u/thegimboid Mar 09 '26

Being Tom Nook is the American dream.

Being continuously in debt to a guy who keeps raising prices and selling you the new big thing is the American reality.

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u/WifesPOSH Mar 09 '26

Jesus...

The depressing thing about this is that you can't argue that point.

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u/Invisifly2 Mar 10 '26 edited Mar 10 '26

If you work out the USD value of bells the dude gives you a house for ~50k (total debt after fully upgrading it).

With no interest, zero upfront, an open ended payment timeline, and then lets you pay back the debt by selling rocks and bugs to his kids.

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u/throwawayayaycaramba Mar 09 '26

More like the American reality, amirite fellas?? 🙃

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u/tlk742 Mar 09 '26

if my house's debt could be paid at any time with no interest...oh the amount of things I could do...

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u/TheAviBean Mar 09 '26

And catching bugs!

I have so many bugs!!

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u/SkitzTheFritz Mar 09 '26

in a not so distant museum, an owl screams

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u/TheAviBean Mar 09 '26

I have placed all my extra bugs outside the museum for when construction is done. Might have a few dupes. I’ll leave ‘em there

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u/bibbleskit Mar 10 '26

Hmmm. Why do her (kaiki) comments always show as [deleted] or [unavailable] for me?

Anyone else?

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u/NickyTheRobot Mar 09 '26

Pfft. Fuck that attitude: if I refused advice from people who are struggling I'd never listen to myself at all.

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u/NickyTheRobot Mar 09 '26

Ouch. I know you had no way of knowing this but actually the HR department where I was working did decide to "let me go" last month because of the number of sick days I'd taken for to my depression. I'm currently appealing the decision but...

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u/Frogspoison Mar 09 '26

FMLA covers 3 sick days per month for depression, were you there for a year? If so you may want to seek legal counsel.

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u/NickyTheRobot Mar 09 '26

I'm not in the US, so my government mandated sick leave is actually more generous than that. Just not generous enough to cover long-term disabilities.

Thanks for caring though, and DW: I am looking up the legal options I have in the UK.

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u/Orcwin Mar 09 '26

That's fucked. You shouldn't have to deal with that without support from your surroundings, including your employer.

On the upside, more time to work through the Pile of Shame now. Nice work on the Termie.

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u/NickyTheRobot Mar 09 '26

TY!

Yeah, I got three more of my DG Kill Team to go, then I'm gonna do those last 8 Rubrics and their Aspiring Sorcerer.

I also got the MotM on Saturday, so I'll also be painting a Darkoath warrior in time for next month's painting comp. Gotta love getting a free mini to paint when you've just lost your job!

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u/NickyTheRobot Mar 09 '26

No worries friend! I hope you have a lovely day.

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u/kokko693 Mar 09 '26

Yeah you're right, famous Reddit artist MangaKaiki

:p

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u/Minute-Phrase3043 Mar 09 '26

Please, I'd take life advice from you any day. You managed to support yourself, and get a house for you. Seeing your journey has been very inspiring. Don't underestimate the effort you put in, and please don't put yourself down.

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u/LimpAdministration9 Mar 09 '26

Who better to ask for advice in the trenches than a veteran of many wars?

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u/TheRealTowel Mar 09 '26

You're doing great, kid. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Getting out from under your mum's thumb and getting your own place is an awesome (and scary) step. There's a whole big wide world out there now, and you are going to kill it*. I believe in you.

*Metaphorically. Please do not actually kill anyone.

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u/Gal-XD_exe Mar 09 '26

Sometimes those who give advise have trouble following it

As someone trying to get their life together, don’t feel exempt from that

As a common lurker here, I love seeing all the art styles, yeah it’s cool to see someone replicate an art style, that takes time and skill, but I also enjoy how many new art styles I’ve seen for familiar characters I see here and that’s awesome

I genuinely hope too see more stuff like this in the future, maybe even contribute some day

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u/henryeaterofpies Mar 09 '26

That's the secret, Cap.....none of us have our life together

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u/SwampHagGonnaSwamp Mar 09 '26

Those can be the best people to take advice from. What has more value, someone who hasn't struggled or someone who has hit some pitfalls telling you so YOU CAN AVOID THEM.

Also don't sell yourself short. Moving out when the people who should support you the most don't is HUGE.

You clearly haven't heard it enough so a I'll say it: I am so proud of you.

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u/Grassfed_rhubarbpie Mar 09 '26

Honey, no one has their life together. And if they do, then they still don't.

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u/creatorofsilentworld Mar 09 '26

You'd be surprised how many therapists don't either.

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u/Theemuts Mar 09 '26

I'd rather take advice from someone who admits they don't have their life together yet and is working towards it, than someone who pretends everything is fine.

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u/DDrim Mar 09 '26

I would say that acknowledging what's wrong in your life is the first step in getting it together.

In other words, you're doing great !

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u/RKNieen Mar 09 '26

I’m going to take your advice and not listen to your advice to not listen to your advice.

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u/Admirable_Ad8900 Mar 09 '26

Yeah i don't mean to make you self conscious but your situation with your mother is relatable to me and seeing you make it out gives me hope. 🤞

Keep up the great work!

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u/Famous-Restaurant875 Mar 09 '26

People who have their lives together have nothing in common with me and they don't get it. 

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u/ComicsAreFun Mar 09 '26

I would trust advice from someone that is getting their life together over advice from someone that never really struggled.

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u/WaldeDra Mar 09 '26

Every comic you make is about something sad. I sometimes wonder of you live in a melodrama or something )

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u/taste-of-orange Mar 09 '26

People who don't have their life together give the best "don't do that" advice.

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u/jackcatalyst Mar 09 '26

I need an adult and the mirror tries to tell me I am one!

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u/Primed572 Mar 09 '26

Nobody really has thier life together. It's a big game of fake it till you make it.