Back in December 2021, I announced My Impossible Soulmate, my new webcomic project that would follow after Rain ended. It's now been four months since the end of Rain. Life's been determined to get in my way, but slowly but surely, things are coming along. ^_^

At the time when I announced MIS, I didn't say much of anything about it. And for many months, this continued. I kept mentioning how it was practically impossible to talk about the synopsis without spoiling something. How I couldn't show almost any characters besides the lead. How I was being coy about the specificity of the genre, of all things. While nothing I said before was untrue, I definitely haven't given you the whole picture yet.

So let's have the whole picture today (for the genre and story synopsis anyway)! ^_^

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I have dropped some hints in the past, and I do think some folks picked up on it. Yet I suspect others may be taken off guard by the direction I'm going. But today, I'm here to officially tell you that it's a Romantic Isekai. If you're familiar with this concept, then I'll be clear and say this is not a power fantasy, there are no cheat skills, and the main character could probably be taken out by a child half her size (never mind a demon lord). XD

And if you don't know what isekai means, it just refers to a story featuring someone who is transported to another world where they’ll have to either seek a way to return home, or learn to adapt in this new place.

Let me elaborate.

The story follows socially awkward high-schooler, Chiaki, who has a crush on her childhood friend - her only friend - a girl named Fumiko. They don't have a lot in common, but they've always been there for each other. And although Chiaki's feelings for her friend are strong, she fears Fumiko won't feel the same way. What if she turns her down? What if she doesn't even want to be friends anymore? Fumiko's her only real friend, after all; the possibility of losing her is so devastating to Chiaki, she plays it safe and holds her tongue.

Then one day, after a seemingly minor injury causes her to pass out, Chiaki awakens to find herself in an unfamiliar place. A place where magic and demi-humans and legends of heroism are all real. As much as Chiaki loves games and shows with settings like this, she doesn't believe she's capable of going on a quest or fulfilling some kind of destiny herself. This new world is scary, and she wants to go home as soon as possible. Chiaki would never forgive herself if she got killed in another world before confessing her feelings to Fumiko!

But how does she get back? How did she even wind up here to begin with? And why is she clicking with the people in this world so much more than those in her own world? It would be earth-shattering for Chiaki to never see Fumiko or any of her family again. But the more time she spends in this world, she fears going home might not necessarily be an easy pill to swallow anymore either...

...especially when one of her new other world friends confesses to her. :)

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It's funny. I've always wanted to do an isekai (even before the genre blew up). But ever since it did become big, and we'd see dozens of new ones every couple months, I shied away. I told myself I didn't want to do it unless I can bring something new to the table. If I'm being honest, there's so dang many out there, I don't even know if I actually am doing something new! That said, I just really think I'm onto something special here, and I wanna try and lean into it. And I hope you'll be as into it as I am!

If you're worried about this not being your thing after my previous work with Rain, that's probably fair. The new fantasy setting does change things up quite a bit, and there will be a greater focus on world building, mysteries to uncover, and a little bit of adventure. That said, at it's core MIS is primarily a queer love story (and yes, it will feature a mostly LGBTQ+ main cast). Also quirky humor, and lots and lots of feels. It will be very different from Rain, but I also think those who enjoyed Rain will be able to enjoy this as well.

I don't have start date set, since I am as of this writing still working on Rain Volume 6. And I want to at least have that done before going all in with another comic. However, I'm making good progress and I have the groundwork set to start at least hyping the next comic in the meantime (so that I can finally post something again).

Today, we have the true reveal of the story. This Friday, I'd like to launch the new Comic Fury site. And then following that, I'll post new character profiles every Monday and Friday until we get through the main cast (consisting of all of the characters seen in the poster above, and two more from the previous poster).

After that, I'll take stock of where I'm at (if Volume 6 is done, if I'm happy with my page buffer, etc.) and we'll go from there. If I feel I'm ready to begin, I'll get started posting a brand new comic series as soon as early October! If I don't feel I'm ready, I should at least have a clearer picture of how much left still needs to be done, and I may be able to name a specific date anyway. That sounds fair, right? ^_^

Either way, please let me know what you all think! Questions, comments, thoughts, super early theories? I wanna hear them all. ^_^