Sometimes it seems like forever between comics.... Oh wait, it’s nearly been forever.

With this first part of Harriet Cooper and the Wizard's Sacrifice Spell 4, we'll be slooooowly wrapping up the first volume of HC. Endings are always bittersweet, but I hope this final chapter gives closure to Harriet Cooper.

That being said, once I'm done with my other major project aka Fallen Star, in...2029 hum hum, perhaps I’ll return for the second volume of HC as it has been scripted...so very long ago.
All I have left to say is, I know it's been a very long wait, but enjoy!

As usual, a huge thank you to Mpgrey for his unwavering dedication to make this project as perfect as possible and for keeping everyone up-to-date on the blog. A big thank you to JNightShade too for his support and ideas all along the project.

Any suggestion, comment, or good idea for improvement will be much appreciated!

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To be completely honest, I feel things could have been a lot better, given the next part will be the final part I feel its going to feel rushed. Having to Fully corrupt Minea, Harriet and re-corrupting the professor all in the span of that issue. If they hadn't been purified the last issue and Minea's corruption was completed this issue I feel I wouldn't get the feeling that it won't be feeling cramped and rushed next time. Also I feel it would have been interesting and better corruption wise if Minea betrayed Harriet when moving her on the chessboard and Harriet was the one who fell to the Vampire Queen and not the bishop.

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Fallen Star 2020 - WE HAVE HOPE!!!!!!!@@@

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HOLY **** SHINRA KUN IS ALIVE?

Also: Wait. What happened to Penny?

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I had actually forgotten about Shinra-Kun.

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Look what i found

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I actually thought this was pretty great, if short. I would've liked another 100+ pages of corrupting chess tbh. What happened if something was corrupted by a king? What about if a pawn was promoted to a queen then corrupted? I also would've loved some post corruption scenes of the chess pieces.

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죽은줄 알았는데

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太短了，好想多看些

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The chess theme is ingenious. It could be an entire new story by itself. To be honest, I would love to see the boy corrupted by the stallion and become a hot, bad tgirl.

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卧槽！？更新了！？？？？？？？

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Awesome ! The best chapter so far, even though the game of chess could have lasted longer

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Defiantly like the chess scene and all it's corruptions, have to check the moves but get the feeling Shinra tried to do his homework on chess moves "then" made the scenes within that framework (just theory on part of why it was delayed). It could have gone longer for sure, and the corrupted pieces could have stuck around BUT doing that would complicate an already complicated game if pieces were able to turn on their former side...way it went kept it simple and gave the good guys an obvious out when she realized it was running off AI pure attack logic. Maybe see the chess pieces again in hell toward the end, or in an extra content gallery of unused renders?

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So I guess I'm the only one to feel that nothing really has happened for the entirety of those 158 pages?
A bunch of "ominous premonition" stuff, but nothing really happened. Throwing "corruption" at disposable random characters that may not even actually exist is like a random 3 seconds video-loop...It has no weight to it.

But, again, guess I'm the odd one here.

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Finally, you awake, for God's sake, you come back! Please be quick in Fallen Star! I cannot wait to appreciate it!

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It's been 84 years...

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这算是看了一把国际象棋？

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shinra is alive <3

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@Solipsist
On the blog, more people posted reactions similar to yours, so you're not alone or at fault for having a different opinion or anything. Basically what this is, is a first part of a final chapter that was never intended to be broken up. Shinra simply released it like this because it was taking so long to make everything in its entirety. Normally these pages would have been part of a much bigger chapter in which, obviously, much more is going to happen. By releasing these pages separately, we knew that they were going to be judged differently and more harshly than otherwise because, like you say, not all that much has happened in this chapter so far story-wise.
Saying that "nothing" really happened is too strict, though. We clearly saw progression in Minea's downfall, and the good guys have gotten a clear purpose as to what they can do to let their side be victorious. They're just as important plot segments to the overall story that JNightshade and Shinra want to tell as plot segments that involve the bad guys doing their stuff (and what leads to far juicier pages.)

@lord_foebane
When I saw the pages for the first time, I had the exact same opinion as you: it would've been tempting to play around much more with all these new character models and make the scene even longer, or it would have been cool if the taken white pieces would have become additional black pieces, but that would only have complicated the scene even more. I actually like how black still plays "fair". The evil in the school got to this trial and affected it, but it didn't overtake it, which is a more fitting amount of demonic influence at this point in the story. And it gave me an opportunity to give the trial the logic weakness you mentioned that Minea could abuse to win.
About the chess moves, I've tried to make the most of it given the moves that had already been brought to life in pictures. Minea's second move (E2-E4) is just plain stupid with a black pawn on D5, but it was already made because the pixies needed to be taken. The trial (following its aggressive logic we mentioned) would normally have taken the white E pawn with its own pawn on D5 instead of moving the knight...but this simply couldn't be fixed. I used page 114 to turn it into a believable match as much as possible, though I now see that Shinra made a mistake with the second black move on that page: the bishop's move should've been F8 to G7.
And yes, I know I'm taking this chess scene far too seriously. No need for anyone to tell me. ;)

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Almost 7 years from first part LOL

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Love the chess scene because it has so much potential: what are the interaction of other pieces? What if the main characters' piece got checked? How about the taken piece would turn against own side?

Get a lot to imagine

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久等了 大哥终于更新了

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@mpgrey @shinra-kun I also echo the consensus that there should be more chess.

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国际象棋nb

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Sexy Blue Centaur

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First of all I have to mention that I received an email from Shinras page. I wish you Shinra things will go good for you. Now, I know it is taking long time to make these series, but watching again the chess scene I would love to see a fourth member of the company to get corrupted by evil King. Is it hard to make a parallel second scene?

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There are part 4 ?

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just wondering when will we might get the next part

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Following up on @babe78 comment, when will the next part be posted?

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Let on day the bad guys win at the end and don't add more character, that we can enjoy what we have

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