omake = bonus or extra
Grand Theft Colo: Otaku City - pun on the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Otaku = Fanboy
MegaTokyo is hosted by ColoGuys.
Yes, he is wearing a "Sad Kimiko in Snow" blanket as a cape.
Ukyo is the guy who runs the real MT server at ColoGuys. His t-shirt in the strip says
"I own th3.net, no you can't have any". The funny thing is, he actually does own the
domain name th3.net.
4ir ou7 j00r dom3 = air out your dome
Makoto
really is the name of the MT server. The name comes from Kanon, in which Makoto is the
girl who adopts the cat Piro. That's Makoto in the trunk, with added Ping-esque earblades.
Makoto speaks:
mmmmmfmmfmmfmmmfmmfm! Tasukete!
(Tasukete! = Help!)
-rin - a rarer suffix analogous to -chan that emphisizes cuteness.
Also on the server rack: Real Life,
Mac Hall, and
Little Gamers. All of which
were hosted by ColoGuys at the time.
Nikuman - a meat filled steamed bun (niku = meat, manjuu = steamed bun with filling).
Kanon's Makoto is especially fond of nikuman.
Largo's rings spell "L33T".
Piro speaks:
Some quick notes on the GTC / GTA spoof.
First off, the idea for some sort of hard boiled / Pulp Fiction-esque side romp ala MT
style has been knocking around inside my head for years. The concept is kinda simple -
what if you did totally *wrong* things with the MT characters, sort of highly contrasted
them, yet worked in some odd way with the physics of thier personalities. The idea of
Fro Largo (Largoshin) is actually an old one. It was, i think, rodney's idea ^_^ It's
been a funny inside joke for years, and it's nice to start putting down some of the
ideas of wrongness down on paper.
With that, i do need to put out a disclaimer. Like some people have said here, you might
not find it all funny. In fact, I am a tad worried that what i am planning might just
not be appropriate for younger readers - not sure how to handle that yet, but we'll see.
This is just setup, i haven't even got going yet. If you are a tad sensitive towards the
characters, you might want to make sure you read future GTC strips with tounge firmly in
cheek. It's black humor in the blackest of terms, i'm afraid. (I'm really worried about
the next one ^^;;)
I'm just stretching some writing/funny/wrongness muslcles here. The last batch of
Chapter 3 didn't allow much room for gaming humor or crazy humor - so i'm gonna loosen
up a bit.
Frankly, the idea for what i was going to do didn't solidify till yesterday morning. I
was originally just gonna do Grand Theft Auto - Otaku City and go from there... but for
some reason, Grand Theft Colo popped into my head, i thought about poor Makoto-rin (who
really is our server) and boom, it all fell into place. I was originally gonna do the
Naze Nani strip first, but it wasn't comming together right... go with your strongest
ideas, i always say.
Remember, I am a firm believer in contrast. Sharp, dark, heavy contrasts. I don't know
what it is with my brain, but doing something like Grand Theft Colo actually helps me
with the ideas i've had for my Haibane Renmei doujinshi.... go figure.
So, if this doesnt appeal to your sensibilities, my appologies for the segway, but its
all part of messing around with MT
Piro speaks:
the guy with the blanket i call "Fanboy #1", the guy with the big glasses at the colo
center, thats Ukyo. Makoto is the server the hosts the MT site itself (we've since
added Nayuki). Fro Largo and Dom Johnson are, well... what they are :)