Yeah, timeline-wise this anime (that being Overlord) technically doesn't exist yet, but I'm also technically saying it doesn't exist at all in the world of Avengers... Adventure!!!, which means it can theoretically not exist whenever I want it to. Technically.
Anyways, tournament time! Since these interludes are only a couple pages long we obviously aren't seeing the full thing unfold, but I thought it'd be a nice opportunity to see some interactions between players who have yet to cross paths in-game.
You're spot-on that Mark is the bug (Cocytus). Ryan's the one in red and the female character (Albedo), and Liam is the one in the orange suit (Demiurge). If it helps with speech bubble identification at all, I'm trying to keep everyone's entries on the cast page color-coded to match, although table borders are still super-skinny and I haven't quite figured out if that's fixable yet, so bubble borders can still be a little hard to spot. '^^
So Josh and Kris are friends or at least acquainted with each other I suppose it makes sense since both are apparently known for their high level system mastery although Liam and mark didn't necessarily strike me as the kind of guys who would enter this kind of thing off the top of my head now
It never occurred to me that Josh and Kris would know each other, but it’s so obvious in hindsight. One made a career out of gaming, and the other is one of the top character builders in the community.
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Anyways, tournament time! Since these interludes are only a couple pages long we obviously aren't seeing the full thing unfold, but I thought it'd be a nice opportunity to see some interactions between players who have yet to cross paths in-game.