DONARUDO
WEEK 139 / 337 — Due Process
Vol. 2 ·  Chapter 13 — Rocket Man · Feb 6 – Feb 12, 2018
Manga panel 1 of 5, Week 139 “Due Process”: The Dow falls 1,175 points in a day — the worst point drop ever recorded — and the king protests the new arithmetic: good news should mean up.
In the “old days,” when good news was reported, the Stock Market would go up. Today, when good news is reported, the Stock Market goes down.…
MONDAY. THE DOW FALLS 1,175 POINTS — THE DEEPEST ONE-DAY POINT DROP EVER RECORDED. THE AURA FLICKERS.
Manga panel 2 of 5, Week 139 “Due Process”: The same week the market falls, a private rocket lifts a sports car toward Mars and lands its boosters side by side. Even the king applauds the showman.
(Congratulations @ElonMusk and @SpaceX on the successful #FalconHeavy launch. This achievement, along with @NASA’s commercial and international partners, continues to show American ingenuity at its best!)
Manga panel 3 of 5, Week 139 “Due Process”: Four words, all capitals, no explanation: NEW FBI TEXTS ARE BOMBSHELLS!
“NEW FBI TEXTS ARE BOMBSHELLS!”
Manga panel 4 of 5, Week 139 “Due Process”: A trusted aide sits a last time at his stripped desk, one cardboard box packed. The king mourns — not for him: lives shattered by a mere allegation.
Peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. Some are true and some are false. Some are old and some are new.…
A TRUSTED AIDE RESIGNS OVER WHAT TWO FORMER WIVES TOLD THE BUREAU. THE KING'S GRIEF RUNS ONE DIRECTION.
Manga panel 5 of 5, Week 139 “Due Process”: The budget is signed, the military refunded — and in the golden dream above it, a great parade rolls past a saluting king. Paris gave him the idea.
“Just signed Bill. Our Military will now be stronger than ever before. We love and need our Military and gave them everything — and more.…”
THE GENERALS ARE FUNDED, AND THE KING DREAMS OF A PARADE. NEXT WEEK, THE STORM FRONT ARRIVES.
TO BE CONTINUED →

This week in the saga

The aura flickers. The Dow falls 1,175 points in a single day — the deepest point drop ever recorded — and the king protests the new arithmetic. A private rocket lands its boosters side by side and even he applauds. Inside the palace an aide falls to what two former wives told the Bureau, and the king's grief runs one direction: is there no such thing as due process? The generals get their budget, and above it all he dreams of a parade.

Readers' Corner

Letters from the readership on Week 139. Pick a pen name — no account needed.

Opening the mailbag…