OOo! Marvelous page! :D I LOVE Vincent's expression in the last panel, as well as Yuffie's.

posted by Kirlaskia on 24th Jul 2007

What was the relationship between Aeris and Yuffie? For that matter, how did Aeris relate with any of the characters besides Cloud? Someone please refresh my memory.

I'm really digging the colors used in this page. As for the new web design, I'm gradually overcoming the shock of change and will soon be able to appreciate its merits. I think I will like it, but it's just so DIFFERENT!! Give me another few days...

And Enkida, I'm glad I could contribute to the comic.

Strawberrylemonade: I'm working on a reply to your message, but I'm very busy up here in Canada, so it might take another day.

Enkida again: I just happened to notice a problem in the new site color scheme. Hover your mouse over the red INFO? button at the top of the page and you will see a bunch of unreadable text.

posted by andygoth on 24th Jul 2007

Well, andygoth, the text up there isn't unreadable, just difficult :P

Also, I love the sparkliness ^^ Sparkliness is life XD

posted by trenton_dawn on 24th Jul 2007

This is wonderful! yuffie reminds me so much of a child here because of the epressions she makes ith her face. Very well done!

posted by saharasfury on 24th Jul 2007

The new layout is top-notch.

posted by Reknamarken on 24th Jul 2007

The new site design is AMAZING!!! like mr andygoth said, it'll take some getting used to, but it looks fantastic. Good work, keep going!

btw, andygoth, it's nice to see some fellow canadians on here. Go Canada!

posted by TyranT (Guest) on 24th Jul 2007

I like the new layout, it's very pretty. Rather calming, and seems to mesh well with the setting of the last few pages.

Thank for you bringing us this wonderful comic and story. <3 Keep up the wonderful work, you're in inspiration.

-Wolf

posted by wolfloner on 24th Jul 2007

TyranT: I am from Texas, not Canada. ("Howdy, eh?") But it is really, really nice here. I'm staying in Chicoutimi and working in Bagotville, and the weather is *PERFECT* this time of year. Let me say it again. The - weather - is - PERFECT!! Everyone's friendly, the scenery is magnificent, and the food's great. I had baked lasagna just a few minutes ago. "Go Canada" indeed. :^)

posted by andygoth on 24th Jul 2007

She has stirrups on her bodysuit? Makes sense, but... Huh. Didn't expect to see that for some reason.

NICE ATTENTION TO DETAIL.

posted by klepto-maniac0 (Guest) on 24th Jul 2007

The new layout is amazing. I like it a lot better than the old one, and as usual, beautiful coloring.

posted by Tempest_Summers on 25th Jul 2007

i love the new layout.

posted by doom Bubbles on 25th Jul 2007

The new layout is awsome!!
I love this page, i never knew that Yuffie has nightmares..her being so happy all the time..=]

posted by [-Shuichi-] (Guest) on 25th Jul 2007

*loves*

RE: andygoth - If Yuffie's in your party for the part when Aeris dies, she'll lose it and cry in Cloud's arms. Draw your own conclusions.

posted by Devi (Guest) on 25th Jul 2007

Dude! Aeris! wait.. Aerith... wait... KAH! I CONFUSED!

posted by flare346 on 25th Jul 2007

Hey there,

I'm a long time reader of the comic. I love it, whether it's black and white or color.

I do hate the fact that I'm posting because I think I see an error. In panel #1 and #4, Yuffie's right shoulder scar is present, but not in #2 where it would be the most visible.

I so want to do some fan art it's not even funny. I need to find some time.

- Lizz
www.brokentao.com

posted by Lizz (Guest) on 25th Jul 2007

If you had Yuffie in your party in Aeris' death, she's shown sobbing after muttering a prayer to her body. It suggests that they were close.

posted by Niyu-chan (Guest) on 25th Jul 2007

This page make's me want to play FF7 again for long time!!

posted by Lucrecia92 (Guest) on 25th Jul 2007

With the game aside, I'm definitely sure that Aeris & Yuffie must've got along before she was killed (Hello, Sepiroth!) -- I bet she, Tifa & Yuffie must've had their own girls trip so as to show Cloud & the guys that they can handle themselves just fine. It's just a shame that the trio friendship didn't last long. Nonetheless, Aeris made her mark in Yuffie's life as another older sister type to whom she could look up to, though Tifa shared in that duty, Aeris was more of an overly angelic influence. This even balanced out with Tifa's middle-blend of qualities with Yuffie's bratty & scheming ways. Overall, those three were a combo of femme fatalic proportions. So it can't be helped for Yuffie to have nightmares about the loss of Aeris -- heck, I'd be like that, as well, if a person like Aeris was taken away just like that...

posted by M - SyxX (Guest) on 25th Jul 2007

Yuffie was a bonus character, so none of her script was particularly heavy in terms of plot.

This is probably why she and Aeris never really had any deep and meaningful conversations.

They did, however, struggle together, and there is a deep human bond that forms in survival situations, particularly between men, but in women too. This is probably the bond Yuffie's feeling now.

As for Yuffie's outburst when Aeris is slain, it could have been sheer grief, or it could have been attention seeking and a sick way to get into Cloud's arms. With her character, I wouldn't put it past her.

I don't like to create "off-screen" stuff to fill in parts of the plot that aren't explained or to explain a fan-fiction. It's filling the gaps of our knowledge with make-believe stuff that lead to the invention of God, and look where that's gotten us... I figure that if something isn't there, it's best to assume it doesn't exist than to make something up, because anything built on a lie will all come crashing down eventually.

posted by Valentine on 25th Jul 2007

Can't wait for the printed version of this. I would so buy the comic in complete form. Very enjoyable. The new layout also sits well with the part of the series that they are in.

posted by Eloc Freidon (Guest) on 25th Jul 2007

I'm sorry, Eloc Freidon, but for a myriad of purposes, the most important being the legal, "please don't sue me, Square-Enix" one, there will never be a print version of "Growth" for sale. You are more than welcome to download the zip files from the archive and print them out, but I can't justify making and selling a print comic with characters which I did not create and have no copyrights too. Very sorry!

Some of you might have noticed the transcription button on this comic. If you want to help make the "Growth" archives searchable by comic dialogue, please click on that little button and check it out. :-)

posted by Enkida on 26th Jul 2007

Wow! Nice page! Like the new look. I also like Yuffie's face in the third panel. She looks cute ;). Go Growth!!!!!!

posted by Maria (Guest) on 26th Jul 2007

Love the new layout. And I wonder what happened in Yuffie's nightmare.

posted by Elias (Guest) on 26th Jul 2007

Forget all the stuff I just commented, since it'd be better off for EVERYTHING to be canon.

posted by M - SyxX (Guest) on 28th Jul 2007