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* '''Neiko Sayuki''', the last of the girls to join the main cast, is an introverted and [[Deadpan Snarker|sarcastic]] girl of Japanese ancestry. While at first seemingly reluctant to admit to anyone (including herself) that she was actually coming to consider the other three friends, she's since come out of her shell a bit and softened up a bit. Neiko's good with computers and is something of a gamer.
This webcomic
The new comic strips are quite different from the old ones: they focus on Neiko and Miya and are drawn in a different style.
Use the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120102075255/http://sodiumeyes.com/comic-archive comic archive] for reference.
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This webcomic provides examples of the following tropes:
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* [[Animesque]]
* [[Art Evolution]]: Although the art has always been quite good, the style has evolved and changed over the course of the comic.
* [[Buffy Speak]]: (Princessesque)
{{quote|'''Lumina''': ''(To Neiko)'' "There's an elegance to [Kaela], you know? She has an almost princess-like quality. She's very [[Title Drop |princess...esque.]]"}}
* [[By "No" I Mean "Yes"]]: (Consolation Pride)
{{quote|'''Miya''': ''(To Lumina)'' "Alright, so your best friend and first love is hurtling away at mach speeds, and now you have to live with your shorter, uglier friends."
"But look on the bright side: Now you're the tallest! In some ancient tribes, that would have made you chief!"
"Not here though. This is a democracy."}}
* [[City with No Name]]: Other than the fact that it's located somewhere north of the [[Deep South]], and that it's probably somewhere in the continental US, nothing about the setting is really known.
* [[Cutaway Gag]]:
**(#91 - Steeped in Sunshine) In reaction to Lumina moving with Kaela (and loving it), Miya imagines an "anti-sitcom" starring the two friends.
** (Retrovindication) Neiko doesn't believe in leaving her genetic mark on the world.
{{quote|'''Neiko''': "Honestly, I think kids are just insurance for a missed chance to leave a lasting mark on mankind for the better."
'''Kaela''': "Well not everyone gets to be Edison or Rembrant."
"Sometimes all we get is a gamble on a sixth-degree to some post-mortem achievement."
''(Cut to a drawing of the waiting room of Heaven. An old man sits in a couch, waiting.)''
'''Old man''': ''(To the angel)'' "My great-grandson just invented denim leg-warmers."
'''Angel''': ''(sighs)'' "...Allright, come in."}}
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]:
** Neiko, also [[The Snark Knight]].
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* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: Lumina
* [[Generic Cuteness]]
* [[Genius Bonus]]: Miya once compared her progress in a high school class, next to her classmates, to an asymptote.
* [[Grammar Nazi]]: Miya. She apparently got Kaela to stop using "txt spk" in text messages.
* [[Halloween Episode]]: For a few strips around Halloween, the characters are dressed up, often in [[Shout-Out|referential costumes]].
* [[Head Pet]]: [http://sodiumeyes.com/2008/08/04/curiosity-and-the-cat/ Rao]
* [[Inelegant Blubbering]]: (Best Bye) Lumina can't help but sob in Kaela's shoulder, before {{spoiler|her best friend leaves for France.}}
* [[Inherently Funny Words]]: [http://sodiumeyes.com/2009/09/25/easy-crowd/ "Diaper."]
** Miya later on criticizes this approach to humor, considering it generally lazy and uncreative.
* [[Irony]]: (Majestic) In winter, with Keala,
{{quote|'''Neiko''': "I've found that the most interesting things in life are usually right under your feet."
''(Neiko finds a quarter on the ground, not noticing a deer on the field.)''}}
* [[Large Ham]]: Miya, during some of her rants.
* [[Local Hangout]]: The [[Lucky Star|Lucky]] [[Category:Shout-Out|Star]] cafe ([[Subverted Trope|the name turns out to be a coincidence]]). [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]], as the cast ''specifically'' goes looking for a local coffee shop to serve as a "designated meeting place."
* [[Meganekko]]: Lumina
* [[Me Love You Long Time]]: Anton and Torri, sort of. Anton specifically prefers Asian girls, and while they're self-admittedly something of a [[Takahashi Couple]], they complement each other nicely.
* [[Non Sequitur]]: In #143: Model Citizen,
{{quote|'''Neiko''': "I try not to be superficial, but as someone who's completely plain in all aspects, it's hard not to be intimidated by [Kaela's beauty]."
'''Miya''': ''(Looking at her fingers)'' "It's also hard to move your pinky without moving your finger."
'''Neiko''': "Noted.}}
* [[Otaku]]: Miya
* [[Seinfeldian Conversation]]: The comic mostly jumps from one to the next.
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: Miya sometimes approaches this, but hasn't really crossed the line. She does have a distinctly educated way of speaking, though.
* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]: #144: Neikover
{{quote|'''Neiko''': ''(While Miya is touching Neiko's hair)'' "You know, it ''is'' the local custom to not touch my goddamned hair."}}
* [[Team Mom]]: Kaela
* [[Technicolor Eyes]]: Red, green, yellow, blue, and purple. It's even in the title.
* [[Tempting Fate]]: (In creasing rage)
{{quote|'''Lumina''': ''(Thinking, while erasing imperfections from a drawing on a piece of paper)'' "Hey, this is turning out pretty well! Not bad, kid. Not bad at-"
''(The eraser rips the paper, ruining the drawing.)''}}
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Miya and Neiko, at first. It was really more "finally, a [[Worthy Opponent]]" than anything else.
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Kaela
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