DONARUDO
WEEK 018 / 073 No Star on Their Stage
 Chapter 2The Debate Stage · Oct 13 – Oct 19, 2015
Manga panel 1 of 5, Week 18 “No Star on Their Stage”: Ultra-wide cinemascope band: extreme close-up of thumbs over a glowing phone screen in a pitch-dark tower bedroom before dawn, the light carving a heavy brow, small intense eyes and a sweeping…
OCTOBER 13, 2015. BEFORE FIRST LIGHT, THE CROWD COINS HIS LEGEND — AND HE LIFTS IT LIKE A BANNER. TONIGHT THE OTHER KINGDOM HOLDS ITS FIRST DUEL. HE WILL NOT BE ON THE STAGE. HE DOES NOT NEED TO BE.
(""@codyave: @drudgereport @BreitbartNews @Writeintrump ""You Can't Stump the Trump""…)
Manga panel 2 of 5, Week 18 “No Star on Their Stage”: Square panel: composed older woman with short blonde hair, tailored pantsuit like armor plating, measured strategist's gaze facing a stooped elderly man with flyaway white hair, round glasses…
LAS VEGAS. THE FINAL GENERAL AND THE WILD SAGE CROSS BLADES FOR THEIR KINGDOM'S CROWN. FAR AWAY, IN THE DARK, A WEAPON IS DRAWN.
Manga panel 3 of 5, Week 18 “No Star on Their Stage”: Square panel: held to the middle strip of the frame, imposing older man with a sweeping golden pompadour mane, heavy brow, small intense eyes, strong jowled jaw, long dark suit, very long red…
Good move by Bernie S.
Sorry, there is no STAR on the stage tonight!
Manga panel 4 of 5, Week 18 “No Star on Their Stage”: Square panel: seen from directly above, a pair of hands striking a glowing phone screen confined small to the lower right quarter of the frame, tiny halftone masses of distant faces reflected only…
EACH STRIKE LANDS IN REAL TIME. BY MIDNIGHT THE CHRONICLERS RECORD IT: THE MAN WHO WAS NOT THERE HAS TAKEN THE NIGHT.
Notice that illegal immigrants will be given ObamaCare and free college tuition but nothing has been mentioned about our VETERANS #DemDebate
Manga panel 5 of 5, Week 18 “No Star on Their Stage”: Ultra-wide cinemascope band: imposing older man with a sweeping golden pompadour mane, heavy brow, small intense eyes, strong jowled jaw, long dark suit, very long red necktie drives a pen into a…
The debate last night proved that Hillary is running against the “B” team. She won’t be so lucky when it comes to me!
Signing my tax return....
THE ENEMY CHAMPIONS ARE SCOUTED. ONE SHADOW REMAINS OUTSIDE THE FIELD — THE DEPARTING KING'S LIEUTENANT, STILL WEIGHING WHETHER TO ENTER THE WAR AT ALL.
TO BE CONTINUED →

This week in the saga

The other kingdom holds its first duel, and DONARUDO fights it from the dark — thumbs on glass, striking in real time while HIRARĪ and BĀNI trade blows in Las Vegas. His verdict is carved in a single line: no star on their stage. By week's end the crowd has named his legend, and he signs a tax return thick as a sword blade before the faceless chorus.

Readers' Corner

Letters from the readership on Week 018. Pick a pen name — no account needed.

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