HamstaPowah

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.

Tenla: This is so embarrassing...
Mialo: I don't see the problem. This is the most I've ever seen you wear.

Y-you ain't Gus! Gus ain't got boobs!
—Faceless Minion #74 comes to a stunning realization

HamstaPowah is a manga-based anthropomorphic fantasy webcomic. It follows the (mis)adventures of a small group of rodents attempting to overcome an evil force known as Ekana. It used to update every Monday with a full-color page (although this wasn't always the case), but has now ceased updates for an indeterminate amount of time.

The overarching plot is actually much larger then the comic itself would initially suggest, as there are multiple subplots and interweaving parallel storylines. So far the only obvious indication of this is the ominious hominid who revealed that the very existence of the main characters was the result of an experiment gone wrong. There is also an entire backstory to the whole comic that remains largely unexplained (The entire childhood of the protagonists and their failed attempts to stop Jenya).

The comic switches between various forms of humor, from Slapstick to sarcasm and everything in between. As the comic progressed, a more serious undertone was attached to some of the main plot points, and the recent pages focus more on moving the plot forward and blowing things up (to the delight of many fans) then making silly jokes.

Because of its manga influences, the comic virtually requires newcomers to go on an Archive Binge if they're going to have the faintest clue as to what's going on. A recently completed Retcon of the earliest pages have corrected some of the earlier mishaps and made significant improvements to the artwork.

Main Characters:

The Good Guys:

  • Sam Boyd - A hamster who, while the lead protagonist and the author's avatar, doesn't actually have very good fighting skills, although he still manages to kick ass when he needs to. No-so-secretly in love with Hiaté Noumou, thanks to zenith's timely interruption.
  • J'Aime Beck - Sam's adopted sister after their entire town was destroyed and their parents killed. She keeps trying to pair Sam with Hiaté, often with amusing results.
  • Hiaté Noumou - The mouse who is supposedly destined to save the universe from annihilation. A native of Tomed, she is the designated Rodbearer for the Rod of Ulzis and a summoner. She is also able to manipulate the elements to cause wanton chaos. Despite often amusing culture differences, she is attracted to Sam.
  • Mialo - A rabbit who talks to Hiaté through the Rod of Ulzis. How or why has yet to be explained.
  • Tenla Lemen - A thief who stole the rod of Ulzis from Hiaté only to realize that she needs to give it back.
  • Hickory Nutchel - A squirrel whose entire purpose is to serve as comic relief.
  • Zenith Argyle - A older hamster who has a long history with Sam. He is a total jerk and a serious badass who appears to hate almost everyone, but has a good heart... way, way, way down there; somewhere.
  • Lia Kiris - A mouse with electric nunchucks. Yeah.
  • Diestat Noumou - Hiaté's grandfather, whose sole purpose was to teach her how to harnass her powers and then get taken hostage by his own grandson.
  • Darin - A mouse, and escaped experiment who seems either incapable or unwilling to talk until he gets seriously pissed off, at which point he'll do things like blow up an entire floating fortress.

The Bad Guys:

  • Ekana - The big bad mother-of-all evil whose been causing untold evil and destruction for thousands of years.
  • Jamal - A urakait who continually tries to kill the main characters, without success.
  • Jenya - An evil mouse girl who freed the shadow's master and has become a urakait as a reward.
  • Haren Noumou - Hiaté's evil brother, who appears to have been possessed by one of the urakait.

Summons:

  • Mopoko - The ridiculously cute Summon of Hiaté, who functions as her Created, a summon unique to her individual personality. It is an air elemental and can grow to hilarious proportions by inhaling.
  • Aquablazen - Hiaté's grandfather's Created that she inherited. It is a water elemental (obviously).
Tropes used in HamstaPowah include:
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