[0018] Cloud
 

[0018] Cloud

The current story arc started with this strip: A Trip to the Forest.

  • Woo: Imagine, I’ve met two new friends in the forest, Shadow the fox and Sid the squirrel.
  • Sandra: Sweet! Let’s hope you’ll get along with them as well as I do with my best friends Larisa and Cloud.
  • Woo: Cloud? Isn’t that a rather strange name?
  • Sandra: Yes, it is. Cloud’s parents were obsessed with the video game Final Fantasy VII at that time. Cloud was the name of the hero of the story.
  • Woo: Ha ha. They surely regret calling him like that now.
  • Sandra: I don’t really think so…
  • David: Get ready for your sword training, Cloud! Mr. Masaru is already waiting!
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  1. no space says:

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    Oh Cloud, you androgynous little punk. What would the fangirls(boys?!?!) do without you.

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  2. Odos says:

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    Ok… I just have to say this…

    Sandra looks a LOT like Roll (from the Mega Man series of video games), it’s kinda frightening… (I’m sure this has actually already been said somewhere before, but I haven’t visited the forums… yet)

    Anyway, I’m Lovin’ the Comic so far, keep it up :)

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  3. Skann3r says:

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    Wow, both of Sandra’s friends have FF VII names. Funny how there’s a hero and a boss in the matter. I wonder if their personalities are the same. Does Sandra have a rival? Can’t wait to see more of this comic. Keep up the great work!

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  4. Novil says:

    “Sandra looks a LOT like Roll (from the Mega Man series of video games), [...]”

    I had to google “roll mega man” because I had no idea who this person is. But you are right, Sandra and Roll are looking similar.

    “Wow, both of Sandra’s friends have FF VII names.”

    Oh my, I totally forgot about Elena from the Turks. I will probably change her name because that was not intentional at all.

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  5. Spanner says:

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    I’d forgotten how long ago FFVII was… seems like only yesterday.

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  6. Drake says:

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    Well, out the names from FFVII, they could’ve chosen worse. Imagine if he was named Rufus. Poor ol’ Rufus the Doofus…

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  7. darktail says:

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    …I actually think that someone out there really tried to name their son/daughter after FFVII. I just hope they never managed. :XD I rofl’ed at the last panel! I just hope he likes sword training. :XD

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  8. LT says:

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    “I will probably change her name”

    I see you did … I rather liked it as it was, pointing out Cloud as an odd name but making no mention of Elena because it’s common enough. Ah, well. No real damage done.

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  9. mynameisracoon says:

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    lol….and another of sandra’s friend will be skywalker…

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    [...] one of Sandra’s schoolmates, was first mentioned in this strip, but not actually shown. So, now you know what he is looking like. Cloud is one of the main [...]

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    [...] you are a new reader you should have a look at the strips Cloud and Major mistake in which Sandra’s friend Cloud Williams was [...]

  12. Arche says:

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    Actually, I remember hearing from someone who attended an anime convention who was talking to a couple with the last name of Valentine. Along with them was their first-born son, Vincent

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  13. PyramidScheme says:

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    I can’t honestly say I’ve never thought about naming my kids after video game characters…

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  14. Dan says:

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    Hahaha, awesome.

    Cloud, eh? I’ve met quite a few people named after fictional characters. For example, a while back, I met a woman named Arwin working at a Home Depot. And I have a cousin is named after Wolverine. (Well, Logan, not “Wolverine”, although that would be funny)

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  15. DreamTermiantor says:

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    This Masaru guy is fake.
    Japanese do not wear footwear inside the house.

    haha :)

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  16. Noelle says:

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    Aww, thats cute, one of my friends is named Cloud. He’s tall, and blonde, and everything.

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  17. Lee says:

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    cloud…i think it could be worst if he’s name was squall, and he’s late for gunblade training o.o

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  18. Grandmoogle says:

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    I have never played FF VII, but I know the game fairly well and I am a fan of some of the other FF. I had made a character before I had known about FF VII in which I name Cloud. A lot people asumed that the character was inspire by Cloud from Final Fantsy because of how popular he is. Though my character was inspired by a character name Cloud he was from a movie and comic named The Storm Riders.

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  19. Doggycat says:

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    Amazing this is just like Calven and Hobbes…but for use! I COMPLETELY LOVE THIS!! <3

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  20. Sandor says:

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    I was just about to give up on this, but I’ll admit that was funny. Kind of reminds me of a joke a comedian once told ‘I know for a fact that it works pretty well to let your kids pick their own names when they are old enough. I knew two such kids myself. And let me tell you, Chewbacca and Skeletor were the coolest kids in school.’

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  21. Fennec says:

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    Anyone else notice that Clouds Father looks remarkable similar to Tetsuya Nomura?

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  22. Jake says:

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    I love the comic, but as a native english speaker I’d say “Mr. Masaru is waiting,” instead of “Mr. Masaru is already waiting.” Just nitpicking, really, but occasionally the wording doesn’t feel natural. It’s grammatically correct, just an odd way of saying it, because “already” implies that somthing happened sooner-than-usual, while “waiting” implies that the subject has been around longer-than-usual.
    Sorry, grammer nerd here. If it helps, I see similar slip-ups in other German-to-English webcomics, like Erzengel.

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  23. tyciol says:

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    I am just so utterly disturbed that there could be teenagers at this moment running around named after Cloud.

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