Bittersweet Candy Bowl

Story and Characters

Bittersweet Candy Bowl is essentially the story of a bunch of animals going to school. And growing up. And getting involved in complex love triangles that take years and years to resolve. It is not a story of dramatic complexity or even originality, but its characters are rarely one dimensional and always composed of 50% humour and 50% emo. Is it furry? No, not really, though Taeshi wouldn’t mind some inflation fetish artwork if you wished to provide it. Is it worth reading? Sure, if you can handle being sucked in by some memorable and amusing characters engaged in all sorts of ridiculous antics. Is the comic’s author good at writing brief summaries of her whole comic? No, that’s why I (SuitCase) wrote this paragraph. Anyway, go read about the characters below to get a better grounding of what the series is all about.

Major characters

Lucy

Lucy

The female protagonist of the story. A young Khao Manee who isn’t quite the friendliest person you’ll ever meet. She tends to keep to herself and react to things indifferently.. she also despises anyone who attempts getting close to her, normally responding with a punch to the face. There is an underlying sweetness in her, though.. which is only revealed to a few people, namely her pets and her childhood friend Michael. Others are left in the dark and just think she’s a rampaging cynic.

Birthday: November 7.

Michael

Michael

The male protagonist.. a humble and easygoing, yet worrysome Korat. He is usually quite relaxed, but can be easy to wind up. Regardless of this, Michael is generally considered immensely sweet and thoughtful by his fangirls. He is best friends with Lucy, and is the only one in the group who truly understands her. He is also quite bloody athletic.. the fastest runner of the group, although he refuses to really participate in any afterschool sports.

Birthday: August 10.

Daisy

Daisy

A cheerful young mix of a Selkirk Rex and a Ragamuffin. Although she could easily be labeled as a nerd due to her intense study habits (And painfully impressive marks), she is also a cheerleader and likes working in afterschool activities. She is always smiling and always willing to help others, like tutoring Michael in math, whom she has an unrequited crush on. She is easy to melt and praise the good deeds of others, making some people hesitate to do bad things around her.

Birthday: September 27.

Paulo

Paulo

A daring and perverted Somali. He is normally seen hitting on girls, namely Lucy who as expected hits him back. With a mallet. To the spine. He always wants to come across as the “manlier” and “stronger” guy, so he gets pretty damn competitive in sports. Paulo hates the idea of showing weakness and submissiveness although in the past, he was a bit of a softie.. but he’s trying his best to keep that trait dead and gone forever.

Birthday: April 16.

David

David

The comedy relief of the story, if there is something to label him as. He is a chipper and pretty dimwitted chocolate Labrador Retriever, although he at times surprises others with his observations, which range from humorous to just uncalled for. He can be considered a sidekick of Paulo’s, since some of his personality (Namely being a huge pervert) has rubbed off on David.

Birthday: February 22.

Abbey

Abbey

The newest member of the group. He’s a chivalrous and very polite Abyssinian who normally speaks with a huge vocabulary. He is constantly getting offended mainly because of Paulo, who tends to say horrible things about other girls. Abbey is very thoughtful.. and tends to try helping others in emotional problems.. so he is constantly getting slapped by Lucy who he wants to help since he considers her antisocialness just a cry for help.

Birthday: July 25.

Pets

Yashy

Yashy

I am hearing attorney papers being filed by Nintendo as I type this. Yeah, she’s a Yoshi.. and is the first pet of Lucy’s. Yashy can be considered a bit of a prodigy, athough her intelligence is put to bad use (Like insulting others). She is bratty, loudmouthed, and harsh. She never hesitates to say what she thinks, even if there is offense taken.. and that normally results in people either telling her to shut up or just plain kicking her.

Birthday: September 1.

Chirpy

Chirpy

Not quite an official pet of Lucy’s, since Chirpy clings to Yashy as a mother instead. Although Chirpy is aware that Yashy is merely a foster mother, she keeps calling her “mommy”.. and considers “Girl-kitty” (Lucy) to be her grandmother. She is undeniably innocent and always in awe of the world around her, always sticking to moral decisions rather than logic.. it’s a surprise Chirpy has not gained even one cynical characteristic off of Yashy.

Birthday: April 7.

Lily

Lily

A bit of a mysterious hedgehog. Lily has an easy time digging into people’s minds, at times questioning them and getting them to open up, which is a huge feat for someone who hasn’t even known Lucy that long. She could be considered a voice of wisdom and someone to talk to about problems, even if you might not want to talk about them in the first place.

Birthday: December 20.

Blur

Blur

The long-awaited pet that Mike always wanted. After Lucy got Yashy and Chirpy, Mike kept yearning for a pet of his own.. so I guess his prayers were answered. His real name is even unknown.. he was dubbed as “Blur” due to his speed.. and also since his mind is a blur now (lol pun). He is best friends with Yashy and they are constantly playing together, whether it be arguing or annoying Mike and Lucy. (They taunt them whenever they’re arguing, usually with a sexual comment)

Birthday: July 12.

Minor characters

Sue

Sue

A European Burmese. She was originally one of Lucy’s closer friends, but it seems she has faded into the background. She is quite easygoing and.. just plain normal. She thinks logically, is pretty average in school, but she’s great at organization. When there are things like plays and shows that need to be done, you’re sure that she’s in the background making it all happen. She might seem to get frustrated easily, but that’s just because she’s surrounded by idiots.

Amaya

Amaya

A quiet tabby and Sue’s best friend. They are always palling around together. Amaya is quite a mystery considering that nobody has ever heard her talk EVER. She is always quiet, always smiling, always very modest and shy.. people tend to act really sweet around her, so she’s similar to Daisy in that respect. Amaya is the youngest pupil.. also the shortest. That’s probably why she’s treated so delicately, she’s quite a loli!

Katie

Katie

A stuck-up golden retriever. She is the most popular girl in school, always trying to dress in the nicest fashions and always trying to take the spotlight and be impressive. She showers her words with “like”.. and is on an insane crusade to try and make Lucy a popular preppie girl. She finds the idea that someone might not think she’s brilliant to be shocking.. so that’s why Katie is trying to make Lucy girly, but to no avail.

Stacy

Stacy

Katie’s best friend.. she’s a prodigy in terms of writing despite hanging around someone who only cares about looks.. and Stacy tends to write really pretty and passionate poems. She has a crush on Mike.. well, it would seen the crush is epic if it wasn’t for the fact that she plants little love letters in nearly any male’s locker.

Sandy

Sandy

The long-awaited girlfriend of Mike. She is considered to be a radiant beauty.. making people melt at merely smiling at them, since her soft expression always looks so intensely innocent. Unfortunately, their relationship is long-distance.. and Mike rarely hears from her since Sandy seems to constantly be busy with god-knows-what. They have been speaking more often once they got together, though.. but it’s still quite an uneven relationship. She comes from an immensely wealthy, yet protective family.. so that’s why she couldn’t just buy plane tickets to visit. Recently she has taken a job.. hence her constant busyness. It’s currently unknown as to what exactly she’s doing (NO, IT’S NOT PROSTITUTION LOL)

Flower girl

Flower girl

Otherwise known as “That mysterious flower girl”.. none of the characters have really met her in person before.. but she’s the object of David’s affections. And by affections, I mean David stalks her. A lot. He really does like her immensely and he means no harm.. but he doesn’t know what he could say to her so he’s always going and seeing her whenever she’s watering her flower garden. Her beauty is on par with Sandy’s.

Fan characters

Tess

Tess

Tess is a Junior in high school, and quite the flirt. Half rag doll and half bengal, she’s a filthy rich rebel. She met the group as they entered high school, and has been hanging around them ever since. She’s a bit of a drinker despite being underage, likes to help others, but for her own reasons she does not care to discuss. She’s incredibly mellow for someone who’s failing most of her classes, and is always willing to lend an ear to her friends. Her motives for befriending the group are slowly being revealed… “:O”

Birthday: December 13.

Kizuna

Kizuna

I don’t wanna put words into the mouths of the original creators.. so here is her description: Kizuna’s name means bonds. She was only 2 when she was separated from her parents because her ancestors have had a long rivalry with a gang. Her parents were afraid if the gang would come and kill her so she was forced to leave. The bandana around her waist belonged to her mother’s so she couldn’t forget her family. After a year of living with Yomi, her guardian, she decided to travel around the world with Rin, who she found in Japan, that’s why she has all those accessories and trinkets. She finally settled down in the town where taeshilh’s characters live in. She is very calm and collected, but she can be a spastic at times. She is very cheerful and sweet and also has a crush on David. She doesn’t mind David’s perviness because she thinks it’s cute and perfectly normal. Kizuna is like the bestest iron chef of all time cause she cooks good. Plus she sings good, cause she listens to her music most of the time. She is rarely alone because she hates to be alone. But when she is, she is usually sketching or listening to her music. Oh yeah, Kizuna is also a big klutz.

Carter

Carter

He loves Lucy.

 

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Page last updated 26th of November, 2006.

Bittersweet Candy Bowl is the responsibility of TaeshiLH (Email link) with the help of SuitCase (Email link) the mastermind behind the whole setup of the page.. so props to him! LOL DO NOT COPY OR REDISTRIBUTE, okay I’m kidding. If you wanna take anything, feel free to do so. I’ll be flattered. So yeah.. the characters, story, and art are done by me, although Tess belongs to Lily (Email link) (She’s also the one that made up the title, WIN FOR HER) and Kizuna belongs to Shinoka (Email link). A valid RSS 2.0 feed of the comic is available, too. Go back to work and stop procrastinating, scum.