DONARUDO
WEEK 292 / 337 — The Fenced City
Vol. 5 ·  Chapter 30 — The Usurper · Jan 12 – Jan 18, 2021
Manga panel 1 of 5, Week 292 “The Fenced City”: The capital wakes up fenced. Soldiers sleep on the marble floors of the building that was stormed six days ago.
The Usurper
SIX DAYS AFTER THE ATTACK, TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND SOLDIERS SLEEP IN THE CAPITAL.
Manga panel 2 of 5, Week 292 “The Fenced City”: For the second time in thirteen months the chamber votes to impeach him, and this time some of his own party cross the floor to do it.
THE THIRTEENTH OF JANUARY. THE SECOND IMPEACHMENT. TEN OF HIS OWN CROSS THE FLOOR.
Manga panel 3 of 5, Week 292 “The Fenced City”: The desk is still his for one more week. There is nothing to post from it.
NO ACCOUNT. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX YEARS, A WEEK PASSES WITHOUT HIS VOICE.
Manga panel 4 of 5, Week 292 “The Fenced City”: In a hall built for crowds, the man who takes the office next stands alone, waiting on a date in the calendar.
ACROSS THE CITY, THE NEXT ONE WAITS ON A DATE IN THE CALENDAR.
Manga panel 5 of 5, Week 292 “The Fenced City”: The last dusk of the presidency. The city is fenced, the balcony is lit, and nobody is standing on it.
FIVE DAYS LEFT. THE BALCONY IS LIT, AND NOBODY IS STANDING ON IT.
TO BE CONTINUED →

This week in the saga

The last full week of the presidency passes in silence. The capital is fenced and garrisoned, a second impeachment is carried in a single afternoon, and for the first time since the escalator a week goes by with no posts at all. In a marble hall across the city, the man who takes the office next is already waiting.

Readers' Corner

Letters from the readership on Week 292. Pick a pen name — no account needed.

Opening the mailbag…