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Bittersweet Candy Bowl
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“To The Top.”
Chapter 58 — Page 11 of 11. Page posted 7/30/10.
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Taeshi’s Commentary On This Page
Oh Sandy, I do so enjoy your face in the final panel
Souppy and I kind of clashed with the end of this comic, like I completely misinterpreted his script and had something mildly different, but I changed it. I feel kind of ehhhhhhh about it. The comic just kind of.. ends.
But the purpose of the comic was not to give off a huge revelation about Sandy, it was more to just.. show Sandy. Show what she does, possibly why she’s always so busy, what drives her and how close she is with Mike. They are definitely talking way more than they used to, it’s a good thing Mike rediscovered her number.
But yeah, I would get people all WHAT IS SANDY’S DEAL and there you have it. Once again thank you Souppy for the script!
Stay tuned for a.. quite different kind of chapter on Monday!
79 Reader Comments On This Page
Comment ID #67249
Comment ID #67250
Sandy is tired, no shit
Comment ID #67251
Oh Sandychan~
You and Mike are destined to be happy.
I like slice-o-life chapters like this. I’m continually surprised by Souppy’s ability to write this kind of stuff. But props to you both for this one ![]()
Comment ID #67252
mmmm chocolate tart :3 <3 haha! i hope everything goes okay ^^
Comment ID #67253
You can really tell that Taeshi has become a lot more comfortable with Sandy’s character design in this chapter. I admit that I was half-hoping for drama/angst, but I do think that this chapter was necessary at some level. Of course, the commentary hints that I may yet get what I wished for, so I’ll just wait and see.
(Also, thanks for rewarding my insomnia with a slightly earlier update ^_^)
Comment ID #67254
YAY!! Great page. Yet another chapter comes to an end.
Comment ID #67255
Woo, the end.
And you know she’s gonna crack if Mike breaks up with her…
Comment ID #67256
You know what Sandy needs? A rival! Someone get her, Lucy, and Michael all in the same room and lock them in!
….Why do I get the feeling it’ll just end in a polygamy marriage? (Joking!)
Comment ID #67257
I don’t say this enough, Taysh, but I really do love this comic. I really really do.
Comment ID #67258
rjgkjkgjkdrjdgkfjkjdgkdfjgkdf is all i have to say
Comment ID #67259
Dawww, sandy’s so cute.
Though i can’t really read her emotions very well, its like, is she HAPPY that she’s with mike? or does she find it a burden?
Comment ID #67260
DAMMIT! why’d i look at this Chapter so early… now i have nothing for tomorrow. and i have to wait till monday to get the next scene!! dammit. Well it was a nice page, and Now i see why she is so busy with everything to just go see Mike. Hmm
Comment ID #67262
bring on a depressed song in the background
Comment ID #67263
Gwaaaah. … I still don’t like her. :s But at least now I know she’s not a witch, brewing evil potions and devouring the souls of discarded fetuses (lol fetus souls).
Comment ID #67264
@bryce IKR
and sandy looks so cut i hope she visits mike soon
Comment ID #67265
@Cedric Bale
Me too, Mike and Lucy seem much more appropriate to me >
Comment ID #67267
Soooo much edit potential for this page xD
Overall a great arc, I was glad to get some insight into the life of Sandy, though LucyxMike still otp ![]()
Comment ID #67269
aww sandy’s sho cute
Comment ID #67270
Sandy…I absolutely love the girl now. She’s adorable, but she’s so stressed because of her mom, not to mention it must hurt her deeply that she can’t see Mike…I hope you get a happy ending, Sandy. Lucy, too, but with someone other than Mike.
Comment ID #67271
This was my first chapter that I had to wait to read all of because I’ve started reading not that long ago, and I must say it was well worth the wait.
But I’m still after this more of a DaisyxMike fan.
Comment ID #67272
Fancy pants inc.!
Comment ID #67273
But…. you mean that more innocent lockers are doomed?!
How could you not make her go visit? THINK OF THE LOCKERS.
Comment ID #67274
I enjoy the smile slip in the second to last panel.
Comment ID #67275
@SmashFiles I agree. It’s a bit hard to register. It almost seems like she’s torn herself between it, but only time will tell.
Comment ID #67276
D’awww… I wanted first comment T-T Anyways, love this so far :o
Comment ID #67277
Aww… No visit…
Comment ID #67282
this is a really great chapter,i really enjoyed it.
you did a great job setting up an atmosphere.
i don’t really have anything else to say about this one.
it’s very simple,but,because of that,it’s pretty much perfect.
brilliant job,lil.
Comment ID #67287
So the Sandy chapter is complete…
Comment ID #67289
“Rich Ppl Goods” Lolwut?
Comment ID #67295
i laughed when i read the bags XD
Comment ID #67299
‘Daww~ I absolutly loved this chapter! Can’t wait for the next one, it’ll be my third new arc since I started reading this comic!!!
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Comment ID #67302
Rich ppl goods xD hahaha
Comment ID #67304
I think something is wrong she doesn’t look happy in the 2nd to last Pannel
Comment ID #67308
cools. she should move back to… wherever mike is, she can maybe stop the drama with mike O.o
Comment ID #67316
I Love This Comic/Manga Series
Comment ID #67322
Obviously she’s talking with “Maishul” on the phone, but the question is “how?” I don’t see a receiver/cell phone on her, no bluetooth headset, nothing. Is she communicating with telepathy?
Comment ID #67324
IT
IT JUST ENDS
…MASSIVE COCKBLOCK
Comment ID #67325
Maybe Sandy is just talk to herself in whole chapter.
Comment ID #67326
you’re ace at drawing pillows
Comment ID #67328
ohhh…. Sandy, so, you just need some cute bags and chocolate tart? It seems that you feel great after having “those” things.
Comment ID #67329
wooowww i get here 12.51 am and there are already over 40 comments
Comment ID #67330
IT IS THE LAST PAGE AND I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING???
Comment ID #67331
i don’t really understand sandy’s feelings throughout the entire chapter, but i suppose that’s how it’s supposed to be…keep you wondering? i’m definitely still curious. she seems kinda moody even if she may not openly express herself. i wonder if mike knows this side of her. very interesting indeed.
i support pauloxlucy anyway. BWAHA…well, nearly ALL the parings are cute to me, i suppose i just don’t feel like i know sandy enough. i feel neutral about her i guess.
Comment ID #67333
She doesn’t like modelling.
My worst fears are allayed ^_^
Comment ID #67334
aaw
I was secretly hoping Sandy would be a cow so Mike could get with Lucy
but I suppose that would be too uncomplicated ![]()
Love this comic to bits <3
Comment ID #67335
Last panel.
D’AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.
Comment ID #67336
Sandy is definitely growing on me now that she’s been showcased more prominently with her own chapter. At first I couldn’t fully get behind her as a love interest to Mike especially since I think that in a perfect world, MikexLucy really needed to happen. But now I know she needs Mike almost as much as Lucy does/did.
Comment ID #67338
omg i thought she would be kidnapped cause shes pretty and no one knew where she was mike didn’t talk for days, months and lucy found her in a farm house and she was tied up lucy got her out of the ropes saved her mike was happy but he lyked lucy now cause she saved sandy so no one cares for sandy and you see paulo, liam, carter, sandy, david, daisy, that gay dude and others crying in the corner
Comment ID #67341
@Meg …That sounds like a silly scenario David would come up with
Comment ID #67342
it was cute =3 great job
Comment ID #67344
I dunno if I should be happy or sad.
The latter strips seem to have Sandy in a downward spiral to depression, but yeah, they do get to talk a lot more than they used to.
The last three panels are the ones to sum up my feelings towards this.
Comment ID #67346
A change of pace, definitely a big revelation chapter for Sandy’s character. Some parts made me sad, others made me smile, some I just felt odd because I didn’t know how to react, but I can see just how much she cares about Maishul (Cute how she still calls him that after so many years). The last three panels were amazing, I’m really wondering what the next chapter holds.
Kudos, and I can’t wait for Monday (Never thought I’d ever say that XD).
Comment ID #67347
Good job guys
Comment ID #67349
You two have done it again. Fantastic
Got a really good look at what Sandy’s day-to-day life is like. What will happen next? Only the once-dreaded but now fondly looked upon Monday will tell…..
Comment ID #67351
yay for sandy
they should see each other again
that would be so cute
Comment ID #67367
I like the second to last panel. I think it shows even Sandy is starting to think Mike is getting obsessed with her.
Comment ID #67370
I used to strongly dislike Sandy, but am finding it hard right now.
I think Lucy hates Sandy, but doesn’t actually know what she’s like nowadays. As usual, people who are hurt by others think them horrible people, and make assumptions. As you can see, yet another victim of misunderstanding-hate.
Comment ID #67372
@Koren Korca
Interesting point…
No really, that’s something I never thought about. I was under the impression that the second to last panel was: “but they’ll probably refuse to take any pictures….”
Comment ID #67373
Why is it that Sandy is the only person who wears clothes?! Is it because she’s the only person with hair that is a different color from her fur?
On another note, I think Sandy looks rather sad in the final panel, even though she’s talking about how “wonderful” it would be when she comes to see him.
Comment ID #67374
@N8: She seems to be on speaker phone. I wouldn’t look so deep and forget the surface possibilities so much N8….
Comment ID #67378
Sandy is coming to town! x3
Comment ID #67379
I feel like she’s having second thoughts about this………..Cool.
Comment ID #67380
Mmmm well, I don’t hate her. In fact she’s not that bad of a character. Little to sweet, like Daisy, but that’s all.
I’m still MikexLucy though. I love the physically and emotionally abusive couples way more than the super sweet ones.
MikexSandy is cute buuuuut…just not bitter enough for my tastes. But now we have seen Sandy so I can’t use the fact that I know nothing about her as a reason for MikexLucy.
Comment ID #67383
@Illogical
She’s just more formal (or stylish) than most of the BCB cast. Tess has different fur color from her hair so I don’t think that’s the case. Clothes are more of an accessory than anything in the BCB canon.
Comment ID #67385
i dont get the smile slip inthe secound to last panel is she not happy with mike or is it her job
mikexsandy forever
p.s. great work a always taeshi
Comment ID #67391
Something tells me a wrench was thrown into their plans to see eachother, and Sandy just can’t bring herself to say it to Mike without making him sad.
I definitely know what that feeling feels like
…..
Anyway, back to praising, awesome as always Taeshi, I hope things work out for Mike and Sandy, but I guess we all will find out in the coming future
Comment ID #67396
It was great to have a comic for Sandy, but its like one of those comics the creator makes to buy time for a plot twist.
Comment ID #67397
Awwwww … SANDY YOU IS SO CUTE I WISH I WAS YOU
OH MY GOD THERES SOME SPANISH ADVERTISEMENT ON THE PAGE WITH A BUNCH OF CIRCLES AND TWO BUTTONS WEEEEEIRD
Comment ID #67405
MikexLucy
But Sandy is still a nice character.
Oh BTW FANCYPANTS FTW! lol
Comment ID #67408
@True Liar
really? i usually get portuguese advertisements like x-ray goggles!! heh but its not that awkward as i’m brazilian and if it’s google ads they get random ads with your language
Comment ID #67412
dang..that many comments already..?!
anyway..
Sandy is KINDA gettin on my nerves..
sometimes something just doesnt feel right about her..
but i dont know what..
and
@Xydrek and True Liar
i get ads for like the bowflex
im Brithish..
so yeah…
^-^
Comment ID #67414
I CANT WAIT TILL MONDAY!!
ITS KILLIN ME!
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Comment ID #67415
Nice, too bad is over, but at least we know a bit more about Sandy and her world. I’m just too curious to see the Monday’s chapter.
Comment ID #67416
i have a small feeling that she may just break up with him…which if that were the case I give her credit for doing it in person….I don’t know I just don’t…get the feeling that she sees this relationship continuing…Maybe her facial expressions are throwing me off
Comment ID #67418
Last panel is a naughty shot.
Comment ID #67431
@Iris
Somehow… I have to agree with you. That’s saddening. Especially since I just got a mental picture of Mike completely destroyed emotionally. Ugh… *goes to cry in the corner at his stupid emo mental picture*
Comment ID #67443
so…. am i the only one that thinks the mike x sandy means only the 2 being friends?
Becasue i’m pretty sure that goin by how they talk they’re only friends. would be best for them both mentally if they actually said to each other that it’s only friendship. perhaps soon their heads will implode from all the angst.
Comment ID #67451
Yes. Yes you are. Mostly because the whole BoyfriendXGirlfriend thing was confirmed several (ie: 15) chapters ago. And there has been nothing saying otherwise.
Now, whether or not it’s better for them to just be friends is completely different. But right now, they are definitely together.
Comment ID #67247
I’m loving the last panel. It just looks so nice to me. <3 also first x3
Pinkehlicious July 30, 2010, 1:48 AM EST.