Sword of Heaven



In an Alternate Universe Earth, there are two types of men: those who seek and gain power, and those who get their asses kicked thanks to a lack thereof. Some speak of a mystical artifact called the Power Drive, which can supposedly grant incredible power to the one who holds it. Enter Hotaru Myoujou; renegade, Ronin, and total jerk. Loads of mindless violence and action abound as he searches for the Power Drive.

This is a webcomic created by troper User:Blackmoon. Operates on the principle of Rule of Cool, and frequently suffers from Schedule Slip. Especially after the project was abandoned.

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This series provides examples of:

 * Affectionate Parody
 * Animesque
 * Anachronism Stew: Aside from the modern slang in a fantasy-based milieu, the most recent chapter features two men with swords being attacked by a man with an alchemically-powered chaingun.
 * Art Shift: A random shift to a black and white page to emphasize change in location.
 * Captain Ersatz: Qingting for Ling.
 * Career Killer: Qingting and Karasu.
 * Deconstructor Fleet
 * Did Not Do the Research: Subverted; research is often done, but scrapped in favor of Artistic License.
 * Ensemble Darkhorse: Komadori proved surprisingly popular with the female readership.
 * Epic Flail: Flotsam wields a Meteor Hammer, a gigantic ball on a chain.
 * Five Man Band
 * Hotaru, Komadori, Jetsam, Flotsam, . Note that the characters don't fall precisely into those roles- Hotaru is more of a Lancer, and Komadori more heroic, among other differences.
 * Gatling Good: The aforementioned alchemic chaingun.
 * Gratuitous Japanese: Parodied with Flotsam's weapon; its name is Japanese, but was intended to translate to Gratuitous Japanese Name.
 * The Rival: The Mongoose to Hotaru.
 * Ronin
 * Rule of Cool: Basically the whole point of the series.
 * Schedule Slip
 * Shout Out: Oh god so many.
 * Blade of the Immortal: A discussion held in this page.
 * Ace Attorney: A one-shot character the page before that bears a remarkable resemblance to a witness in the first game's first case.
 * Naruto: Another one-shot character in the second chapter is visually based off of Lady Tsunade.
 * Not to mention all the chapter titles are based off of song titles.
 * Stealth Hi Bye: In their first confrontation, Furet manages to pull this off in plain view of Hotaru.