Bittersweet Candy Bowl

Lucy, asking Final Fantasy Cat for help? Oh, this will end SO badly.

Here it comes…

Wow, so much improvement with the style. I really enjoy it now. Especially the last three panels.

And Augustus totally stole Mikes spot. I’m surprised the librarian hasn’t kicked them out.

I sense an incoming angst bomb next page.

AMAZING!!

oh dang that is both sad as hell and awesome. i feel so sorry for Lucy, yes i feel bad for Lucy, plz tell me all about why that is wrong *sarcasm*, and that’s also a big burn for Augustus. liking the direction this is taking though, thanks for the page Taeshi.

Lucy just turned that question around!
lol augustus looks awkward in this page.
~ 31 more pages to go

I was expecting more bite from Lucy. This whole ordeal must be really getting to her.

If Lucy and Mike become friends/more than friends again, that would make my day.

Smooth as snooths Augustus.

aww poor lucy wants to make mike happy even if it means going away from him. mike should stop being a jerk

on another note, yay FFcat for trying to help

loving it so far

Ooooh, sounds like this is gonna get good. Bringing up Daisy always gets Gussie serious. I am very intrigued about how he’ll respond. Hopefully not a snide remark. But something tells me this might get deep.

Oh Lucy: you really can’t just let things die can you? No? I thought so. And Augustas there is just gonna make it all worse.

Getting advice from Augustus, a very unwise decision Lucy.

wow i see where this is going

I sense some incite about to spring up.

Augustus doesn’t seem like the best place to get relationship advice from…

Also, he looks kinda off in the last panel lol

they still have recess in high school? AND they use actual books to study instead of the internets? WHERE IS THIS SCHOOL AND WHY WASN:T I ENROLLED??????

Ugh… I cant stand this guy… Whywhywhywhywhy

Side note, expressioms look amazing

She is asking help from the Devil. That is how i see him.

Dios Slanto! (Good lord!)

Ugh…. I want Lucy and Micheal together like crazy. But this is not the way to go! Turn back Lucy!

Esta pagina casi me hace llorar.

This page almost makes me cry.

A tumble you saaaaaay? Time for inappropriate blogging(PG-13 anyway).

On the comic: I kinda see where this is going. I’m very satisfied now that I got my update. After reading the entire archives in 2 days and reading the most recent update right as it comes out, I feel less…..withdrawal-like? Anyway, great update.

That blog is just amazing. I lol’d through every question :’)

Oh my…. Lucy what are you doing? Taking advice from the devil? That just won’t do…

A tumbler you say? This shall be interesting.

Lol, Augie is such a jerk some times…
You know. In that stunning, DASHING way.
I wonder if mike was worried about L and A being friends?

I understand EXACTLY how Lucy feels…. Hurts like CRAZY.

“How do you deal with it?” The question feels a bit vague… but I think I know the answer to that question that Augustus might answer.

As for the tumblr blog (not sure how exactly that works), nice answers to the questions. Poor David is freaking out about the Titanium Dragon.

Oh dear. He’s going to manipulate and change Lucy the same way he did Daisy…!

Oh good goddess!! This is gonna end badly.

DAT TUMBLR ART

Also, they have recess at this high school? WOOOWWWW

Panel 5: Lucy’s ears couldn’t get any flatter.

If I were Gus, I’d say, “Deal with what?” because, you know, I don’t know what particularly he’s dealing with. The assumption people are making is that Lucy is referring to Daisy, but I had the impression that bridge had been burned long ago.

Ahhh I see. She sees a kindred spirit in him in regards to his Daisy situation. Sucky.

Poor Lucy:( at least she’s trying

Oy vey. as much as I like Augustus as a character and a villain I don’t think that’s the smartest move Luce. not only have we seen him with that gang but we also know he’s very manipulative..well, lets hope whatever he’s doing he’s not going to harm anyone. :c

I love the last panel it looks so mysterious and kinda dark

I don’t want to jump to conclusions but i see there a pretty big chance that Augustus is stealing Mikes Back or doing spywork for these other guy,…

in another moment i think he maybe wanted to protect lucy from that guy and thats the reason why he ****ed her off when she wanted to join his bus recently.

anyone share my theories?

This can only end well.

This should be good O3O

How?!
D:

I don’t think he deals with it at all. My opinion? He tries to brush everything off, laugh at his problems, slink around them. Anything to avoid confronting them. That’s why he’s in the position he’s in right now.

BIG burn incoming!

44th viewr !!!!!!!! Now time fore random letters:
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Forget that mike/lucy crap, augutus/lucy ftw!

Ugh- This is just getting stupid. This is so forced. Its like somebody told mike “You need to act as angry as possible for no reason” and he said “But why?”
“I don’t know we need to up the angst”.

Mike has some good reasons to be angry! Although at this point he should be getting over it… That said hasn’t anyone else out there had a grudge so deep that you still carry it today? That’s kinda what mike is dealing with.
I think that Augustus has some real world experience that Lucy could benefit from but the problem is he’s not gonna share without a price being paid.
Also I think in this case Augustus may be busy trying to keep Lucy out of his life to prevent the interaction with his buddies in the gang…
Ah speculation how we love the!

well, i see everything is going to turn to **** pretty quickly… asking advice from a rapist never leads to anything good.

it might be funny if mike fully snaps and just goes all out on lucy, even giving her a hard strike to the face and showing her just how much he really despises her.

6th panel…. I LOVE YOU AND YER HANDSOMENESS, DR. FINAL FANTASY CAT. ♥ O ^O

**** is about to go down!

I forsee Paulo B)

I agree that your style is improving greatly, and I really loved this page. Augustus looks perfect in the 6th panel, and I absolutely love Lucy in the 4th panel. Keep up the good work Taeshi, I’m enjoying the new style more than the old one now

Oh boy Lucy, not really a good idea asking him for help.

He gets off while watching Tifa’s death scene, that’s how he keeps his cool (slightly evil comment for slightly evil character~)

…Tifa’s death scene…?

Now they must team up and force Mike to explain why he’s being so mean!

@Luigifan I believe Tifa is a final fantasy character.

Finally! I’ve been waiting for some psycological, or emotional development from Augustus. Maybe Augustus will now be pulled from the shadows and become a more veiwed character.

Augustus you better give lucy some good answers or else

reverse psychology anyone?

I had to laugh. He really is Final Fantasy Cat!

Wait… since when do highschoolers get recess?

Either Mike is going to learn to stop being a jerk, or Lucy is going to beat the f**k out of FFC.

Lucy, why can’t you ask for help from a better “friend”? Ask somebody else to talk to Mike and try to get him to talk to you or, as stated before, why don’t you two actually just sit down and talk it out. I know Mike is tired of Lucy depending on his presence, but Mike needs to stop acting this way. It doesn’t help anybody.

I love skimming through the comments section of this webcomic now! I think it’s doing wonders for letting me just laugh off stupidi—er, net-intellectualism.

More on topic, this chapter is shaping up well. Either Lucy and Augustus can help each other become more well-adjusted or they’ll ruin each other. Fun times either way.

Have I ever mentioned how much I don’t like Mike?

relationship doesn’t mean boyfriend/girlfriend Lucy. Talk about edgy.
Team Mike!!
We Like Mike!

I saw this coming sooner or later. Lucy and Augustus aren’t that different when talking about feelings: Augustus likes Daisy, but she is with Abbey, while Lucy likes Mike while he is with Sandy. However, they approach different methods to deal with those feelings. Either Augustus will either try to get out of this situation, or he will open up and we will see how fake is his smile.

Man, Lucy just can’t win! Haha, hang in there girl. That said, while she is trying to honestly get some advice out of Augustus, I feel like he’ll just blow up on her about it—he seems like a touchy guy.

I’m liking this chapter! I can’t wait for the next page(sometimes I wish I were still behind…)

I can’t wait to see just how ******* Mike gets. He’s already breached critical levels and made the universe unstable. Is he really willing to sacrifice us all for the sake of keeping Lucy an unhappy one-ear-deaf white kitty? It’s like his balls totally shriveled up and fell off. I think there needs to be a chapter soon detailing Mike’s interactions with the rest of his “friends” to show us how anyone tolerates him anymore. In reality, he’d be the kid that’s quickly exiling himself amongst his friends with his holier-than-thou attitude.

OMG !
AN ASK BLOG , this’s so cool~
Mon-day ♫ ♫

Noooooooooooo!
I knew the day would come when I would catch up to the story. I’m going to have to start waiting for the next page like everyone else.

O well at least I know the wait will be worth it, Love this comic.

TEAM MIKE!!! Lovin’ Mike forevah!!

Actually this is not what I expected. I thought it would be more yell-ish.

wow apparently eveeryones forgotten about what abbey said earlier in the chapter i wonder what his problem is

“How do I deal with what?”

“Being hated.”

Can’t wait to see how Augustus reacts.

J-Money: Considering the fact that last chapter, he was happily sitting with the great majority of the BCB main cast and giving Tess a birthday surprise, it’s pretty obvious Lucy is the only one Mike really has issues with. He acts completely normal with everyone else.

I used to really like Mike as a character…. now I just think he needs to get the stick out of his *** and be nicer to Lucy…. seriously >:\\

Sorry Augustus, but Dr. Phil you are not.

Fantasy Cat Dr. Phil WIN
Mike needs to man up and get over it. Lucy is obviously trying to make up here.
I know she used to tease him and junk, but that was her way of expressing her feelings! Me and my friends do crap like that all the time, and we all get it! Mike should’ve really just gotten the memo on his way in……
*******…….

Oh, man…catharsis approaching off the port bow!

I think we’ve all been curious as to how Augustus deals with his relationship with Daisy. Lucy has some balls. If she were to ask him in a very sarcastic, bitter manner, I bet he would just up and leave. But since she seems to be asking him a little despairingly, I think he might tell her something. I really, REALLY can’t wait until it’s Monday.

He does the trick, Lucy falls for it. Ha,ha, can’t wait to here with the answer he’ll come up with. Probably he’ll go in one of his deep FF cat moments or just annoy her again.

Oh teenagers and their emotional problems.

AAAWWWEEE SSSHHHIIITT. KILL DAT BOI. MIKE MIKE MIKE MIKE

Emo little ****

Now it gets interesting. Agustus talks to people like lucy because he’s so emo that he’s shut people out. Lucy i wouldn’t take his advise but ya he can relate so your question is valid. I bet agustus has a burned back story

i like how all the naughty characters in the description are looking at the computer like 8D

I 2 guesses how this is gonna turn out. 1) FF cat is going to turn back into rude *** cat and brush her off because he doesn’t want to get close to people. 2) he will joke about but give her some light advice because he knows she needs help.

Mike… why all the funny expressions.

That collar on FFC could make your face bleed if you TOUCHED it. Serious Lucy is serious. Give a straight answer for once. You look concerned enough. Now be concerned.

Lucy still has feelings for Mike!!! This is golden. And jeez you dealed with it just fine before Lucy. But now it’s complicated right. I wonder if this would have happened if that guy back at the Acapulco vacation didn’t persuade her to tell Mike she loved him. Oh things that will never be, how I love you so~

You know what, strike what I said before. The books look fine. :U Oh he’s getting into a chair in panel one I see.

wheres mike’s bag??? i thought he put it on the table.

I hope Mike kicks FFC’s *** when he gets back. Lucy obviously won’t do it. I just hate how Agustus isn’t hated by everyone. He keeps acting like he didn’t do anything wrong. And now he’s going to do to Lucy what he did to Daisy. This is EXACTLY how Daisy got tricked a few chapters ago. But you gotta respect Final fantasy cat’s ability to brainwash people. Bravo Agustus, bravo.

I feel like I’ve gone through an all cask rage

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it’s seven in the morning
and I have to work in six hours, and I’ve yet to go to bed.
(Though two straight days of this is probably not good for me, despite the wonderfulness of this comic.)

AND NOW I AM SO UTTERLY DEVASTATED THAT THERE AREN’T ANY MORE PAGES TO DISRUPT MY SLEEPING…

But seriously, I’d seen the advert floating around several sites that I use, and finally decided to give it a whirl, and I do believe that this is the beginning of a wonderful addiction. (Please keep up the wonderful work! If I had the money I would buy a copy of the book ; __; )

*sits back and munches on some popcorn* this….this is gonna be a hell of a show.

Im really interested to see what Augustus has to say to her. Also, i recall Augustus is actually on the low end of the food chain for some kind of gang. Im still trying to figure out if that little bit was just there or if the gang is really after Lucy and co. I wonder if they’ll make an appearance in this chapter.

**** i finaly caught up to the present page and NOW I NEED TO WAIT.

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………… Oh right -Aerith~

Augustus is being semi-cruel to Lucy thus far. Is he going to explode entirely on her or actually open up to her? If they actually become friends, I think I’d really enjoy that. Aside from Paulo, Augustus is probably the only other person I could see Lucy being with. At first I supported her and Mike, but Mike is far too immature to even remotely deserve Lucy. Sandy suits him perfectly fine. I mean yeah, Lucy is immature a lot of the times too, but she’s grown up a lot recently. Mike on the other hand has reverted considerably. I still hope all his current friends abandon him and see him for what he’s truly become. Unless he can learn to be civil with Lucy, who’s obviously trying really hard just to be able to get along with him, he doesn’t deserve any of his friends.

But if Mike changes for the better, then I’ll be really happy. He doesn’t have to love Lucy or even like her, but he could at least be civil and treat her like a person and not the scum of the Earth just because his emotions are all over the place.

Anyways, about this page, I really enjoy the expressions. Taeshi seems to be getting very good at those recently.

And it seems like the wait between updates is so immense lately. I must be really into this chapter, since the updates never seem to come fast enough, even though they’re the same that they’ve always been.

Edit: Another dumb comment filter mark? I’m starting to think my name has been marked lol

@Psychnuat

About the comment filter: It’s probably because you used the word ‘First’ in your comment; “At first I …”
Edit: Mine got caught in the filter too because of that.

I agree with your opinion. I can sympathize with Mike’s feelings, but not his actions.

I have a feeling that the only thing that will make him change his attitude is a confrontation with Augustus; Mike clearly doesn’t like him, or at least the fact that Lucy is going to him for help. Still, he choses not to talk about it. When his actions reflect what he truly feels, he is stubborn as hell. But if there is something he might be holding back or choosing to ignore, he will eventually give way to his feelings in an outburst and this will hopefully result in his feelings being rearranged for the better this time.

By the way, still love that snow!

Crikey. Hasn’t Lucy heard of “what comes around…” Even so - Mike’s totally hardened attitude does not fit the years he spent accepting the worst of Lucy’s behavior while actively being her friend. Also, Augustus’ cruelty just seems like a hook to pique Lucy’s response. Now that he’s gotten her attention; I’m afraid to see what manipulative strategy he’s going to unleash.

@The Swimmer

Really? The word first? Huh. I had no idea. Yeah I got the notice again for this comment as well.

And yeah the snow is pretty in my opinion.

She’s gonna be reeeaaaaal smooth with this one. I can sense it.
He’s gonna be all bug-eyed and flustered then try to shake it off, but he’ll get enough out for her to tell he’s not chilled all the time.

Oh, that’s a window : o . .
thought it was a poster of space : 3

Top commenter gave me an idea, I get the feeling she’ll ask about how he deals with loving Daisy even though she hates him. Acutally, this seems obvious now. I haven’t read most of the other comments, so sorry if I’m just restating what’s been said a bajillion times.

Yes mike has a good reason to be angry but this is begining to get rediculous! It just does not feel natural!

It would be awesome if you could schedule the uploads, like 1 or 2 per month. I really want to now when there’s going to be a new page uploaded.

By123445
erm…
she uploads every monday, wednesday, and friday
it says so towards the top of the page P:
hope it helped

@By123445 look at the top of the page…

I got the book a few days ago and was reading through the chapters when I got to “Rising Temperature.” Last six panels of page 12, deja-vu anyone?

Edit: Look at the post about Augustus on the blog! Did not see that coming…

Maybe Lucy knows that Augustus himself has issues with people…yet he doesn’t come across as desperate or needy…so she just wants to know how to be that way too or something similar so it’s less painful.

Man I wish I had recess in high school

I fell so sorry for Lucy, I hope Augustus could help out with her problem. I think I’m starting like AugustusxLucy now, but I dunno?

*HATE DETECTED*
*CHARGING ORBITAL FRIENDSHIP CANNON*
I’m going to love and tolerate the sh*t out of Mike.

I’m officially shipping LucyxAugustus now : 3

Go to hell Mike >:P

I’m using EMOTICONS!

Dat Jacket.

why are you being such a dick flea, why?

team lucyxpaulo ftw!

Noooooooo! Stop breaking her you creep!