I don’t know why, maybe the uber-anime cliche of the rest of the picture puts me off, but I’m fixated on the excellent, undeniable patent-leatherness of the shoe pointing toward the viewer.
So, I kind of have to call out the skirts for the school uniforms in the Wapsiverse. Spent a LOT of time being moved around the country as a military brat and every school I’ve ever gone to has a similar if not the exact same rule for shorts/skirt length. Below the tips of your fingers is the minimum height. I have yet to see a school that would allow those skirts.
You *do* realize the girls hike ‘me up and roll the waistbands under whenever the teachers aren’t being pedantic about it, right? They also make allowances for some kids growing out of their clothes.
Put both of my kids through single-sex Catholic schools, so I kinda know what I’m talking about, here… Including cutting my son’s hair at 9pm at night because the principal is threatening to shave ‘im if he didn’t get it cut by the next day…
Pushing the boundaries of school uniforms is a battle as old as time.
(A girlfriend told me that at her school they had to wear longer skirts if they had patent shoes.)
I’m against school uniforms. At a time when kids are just figuring out how they want to dress—something that’ll carry over into adulthood—the powers-that-be want to shove them into conformity and, ahem, uniformity.
It…depends. My niece’s school just did away with a school uniform. It’s diving her crazy because she gets so worked up over what to wear. For her, having the set uniform was easier for her.
Plus, if the fae (ex-girlfriend, was it?) who cursed him shows up wanting to stir up trouble, she’ll run straight into a being specifically designed for killing fae.
Actually, he’s kinda got that rock-star-posing vibe, from his turned-up collar to his patent-leather shoes. I was thinking David Byrne (not the Big Suit version), but I can’t trace a photo. Anybody more hip than me got any ideas?
And we’re back!
Hiroshi is suddenly super animuus. XD ~<3
His left shoe.
I don’t know why, maybe the uber-anime cliche of the rest of the picture puts me off, but I’m fixated on the excellent, undeniable patent-leatherness of the shoe pointing toward the viewer.
Aaaaaand there goes Primus’ “My Name is Mud.”
Lucky you, I have ZZ Top cued up ‘Sharp Dressed Man’
Oh, good, she did get him some stylish clothes.
um, thats hiroshi, not reginald…. ??
ah, blame my *hopeless* memory… but then she could just call him reginald to wind him up!! 😀
Too bad she could get them in his size
At least he lived to wear clothes!
I would assume his parents were glad to discover he was still alive.
You realize that’s a school uniform, right?
So she’s sneaking him into Gryphon High, now?
More likely he was a student there already, before he got cursed.
Don’t recall seeing him in the halls before. Something about the name makes me think he might be from Japan.
Where else is she likely to be able to grab “boy clothes” on short notice without having to explain?
Congrats, not sure it’s possible to get less naked short of wearing a space suit.
So, I kind of have to call out the skirts for the school uniforms in the Wapsiverse. Spent a LOT of time being moved around the country as a military brat and every school I’ve ever gone to has a similar if not the exact same rule for shorts/skirt length. Below the tips of your fingers is the minimum height. I have yet to see a school that would allow those skirts.
You *do* realize the girls hike ‘me up and roll the waistbands under whenever the teachers aren’t being pedantic about it, right? They also make allowances for some kids growing out of their clothes.
Put both of my kids through single-sex Catholic schools, so I kinda know what I’m talking about, here… Including cutting my son’s hair at 9pm at night because the principal is threatening to shave ‘im if he didn’t get it cut by the next day…
Pushing the boundaries of school uniforms is a battle as old as time.
(A girlfriend told me that at her school they had to wear longer skirts if they had patent shoes.)
Only ever went to one school as a military brat, and it didn’t have any uniforms.
I’m against school uniforms. At a time when kids are just figuring out how they want to dress—something that’ll carry over into adulthood—the powers-that-be want to shove them into conformity and, ahem, uniformity.
It…depends. My niece’s school just did away with a school uniform. It’s diving her crazy because she gets so worked up over what to wear. For her, having the set uniform was easier for her.
She’s also only 6 so that may change in time.
Well, it might be easier for the *parents*…
The League of Extraordinary Part Time Butterflies.
oh he looks utterly THRILLED
oh good. Houston not under 20 feet of water anymore I take it?
He’s taller than i thought he would be
I think they make a very cute couple.
His brazen snarkiness and apparent unflappability should be the perfect balance to her banzai tomboyisnhness.
Plus, if the fae (ex-girlfriend, was it?) who cursed him shows up wanting to stir up trouble, she’ll run straight into a being specifically designed for killing fae.
I couldn’t remember on the spot, so I checked back a few strips. The fae who cursed him did it because she was pissed he wouldn’t date her.
Actually, he’s kinda got that rock-star-posing vibe, from his turned-up collar to his patent-leather shoes. I was thinking David Byrne (not the Big Suit version), but I can’t trace a photo. Anybody more hip than me got any ideas?
Dude kinda reminds me a little of Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop). Still these two look good together.
🤔The style of those boots does not look the same as what Castela got for her “tree-stump” ankles. 👢