>>239515 Don't forget that Saiya got Aika kicked out of her church and there is literally no blame or resentment between them.

>>239526 I've said it before but the shit with the church was the arc that singlehandedly dug this comic into the garbage. Aika paying for Saiya's education basically threw out any edge Tessa could ever have had over Aika, and Saiya still manages to fumble it, AND somehow that shit's okay between them. Would have been better if Stacy decided to take advantage of Saiya's money troubles and put a leash over her as revenge over the sushi incident. At least then there'd be some muddied area with Saiya cause between Tessa and Aika. But no, despite being a self proclaimed business genius, her default mood is "spiteful bitch" and thinks only in short term rage.

>>239509 probably. remember, last sex scene aika wanted to discuss life and why saiya likes them big followed by that stupid "curse". >>239515 >Saiya has to be one of the biggest fumblers I’ve ever seen, what the fuck. i keep saying it. i get the attraction to tessa. personality, sexually, i get it. but tessa is straight up crazy. the way shes acting right now alone would have most people cutting her off. plus saiya has everything she could want in her woman. there is literally no reason for her to cheat. none. >Because the whole “hot curse” was just some stupid shit Kip probably thought of in that moment. i mean, we all knew that. saiya aint even hot to begin with but we all knew kip just pulled it out of his behind. problem is, he totally forgot about it proving how much of a hack he really is. >>239526 another plot line dropped. church was aikas life. saiya straight up molested her in the church, got them both thrown out and aika was like "i need a break anyway". no. sorry. it dont work that way. >>239604 you think so? i cant tell when but i feel like this comic has been spiraling the drain way before that. the issue kip is having is that this comic jumped the shark so long ago that even he has no clue whats going on any more nor how to fix it. so hes spinning his wheels day in and day out, regurgitating plot points and teasing sex scenes that are really just glorified petting and cheesy dialogue. ive seen better dialogue provided by AI. were not here for the sex. were not here for the dialogue. i feel like im just here to see how much worse it gets before even kip quits on it because i think anyone can tell that hes gotten sick of it at this point.

>>239657 >anyone can tell that he's gotten sick of it at this point. Again this room temperature takes surfaces. If Kip wanted to stop, he'd stop. He's not beholden to anyone. He could just pop up at any point to say that he's placing the comic on hiatus to recharge in a different story if he was so inclined. That he hasn't means, well, he isn't. Sorry if that doesn't fit your narrative. Maybe the comics just isn't for you?

>>239688 Dude literally rents a place to draw his slop, doubt he has a job besides this.

>>239688 Could he? It's been going on for so long his paying user base has probably shifted towards majority being hardcore OSC fans. Stopping now would probably cost a chunk of patrons. Cost of living in Finland (1 person) is around $2500 USD, renting a studio to work out of $1000 USD. They net about $5000 a month after 7% income taxes, so if around 1/4 of their audiance (400 patrons) unsubbed because they were there for OSC, that's the $1500 net Kip has above his red line. Ending or pausing OSC and not immidately replacing it with something more or less identical could very well spell the end of Kipteitei. The cost of living is only rising, and his patreon's earnings have only been declining. Kip doesn't take comms outside his tiers that are already factored in here. Of which, he has a literal endless backorder considering he takes more comms per month than he delivers, by design. But taking on external comms would be a shit look for those paying and awaiting their turn in his forever queue. Looking at these numbers, unless there's just something amazing we don't know like he has a partner that makes far more than average income, I don't see Kip's art business lasting for much longer. It's just as likely they have a kid or elderly parents that require care and is making their monthly costs even greater than expected. So maybe it's passion, or maybe it's obligation that keeps OSC going. Either way, it doesn't look great in Kipverse.

>>239698 This speculation is built wholly on sand. The guys clearly is passionate about making comics since he's been doing it forever, so it's not like he'd stop making them altogether. If there were any signs of fatigue or a desire to switch, then there's be evidence of that in his Patreon. Polling and whatnot to find out what alternatives would be popular with his supporters. If there was any whiff of that happening, it would have been shared here. This doomerism kick is unhealthy. A silly fantasy of perverse wish fulfilment. Let's get back to the content, hey?

>>239703 Just compare the drawing quality to NLB, and from were does this blind dick riding comes?, the bastard could easily continue this crap indefinitely.

>>239688 bruh, what? look at the plot. look at where its going. are we not reading the same slop here? this is not written by someone enjoying themselves. this is written by someone completely and totally over it. >>239703 the patrons have been dropping for ages. i dont take any of the polls seriously just like i dont take reddit or deviantart seriously. comments get deleted all the time. and heres something you may not know. he can be passionate all he wants. even passionate writers get tired. id assume it gets even more annoying when youre making it up as you go along as kip is obviously doing. i have no doubt this started as a passion project but problem is he has no clue how to tell a story. now its a pain in his neck that he probably wishes he never started. >>239716 he will continue it right until the wheels fall off. like i said, at this point the question is just how bad will it get.

>>239718 So, this would be the point where you make the decision to stop reading and move on, yeah? Orrr are you just going to continue to moan uselessly? Talk ill of the comic all you want, but the whole "Kip's being held hostage by his own comic, let it die." schtick is just a dull, nonsensical talking point. It was annoying 200 pages ago and it's annoying now. Try to be less boring, please.

>>239724 >nah nah nah >i cant hear you, i cant hear you >the comic doesn't suck, the comic doesn't suck Cope buddy, youre in the denial stage

>>239740 ... No one's saying that?

I doubt kip is tired of making this, because it's fairly low effort and provides an income. It's unlikely to end anytime soon barring the patreon losing that safety gap. Kip's even reached the stage of their artwork where there's no real impetus to change or improve. The sizes are inconsistent and kip knows it, but people keep reading so why give a fuck.

Ok, new schizo theory: Kip is wrapping the comic up and it'll end in a semi cliff hanger within the next 15-45 pages.

>>239774 at this point i think hell abruptly end it with some stupid ending right out of left field. hes been spinning his wheels for a solid two years now so it really wouldnt be that hard. there would just be no set up or anything. my real fear is how bad his next comic will be as hes in denial as to just how bad of a writer he is.

>>239724 a fair point. i dont really bring it up often but fine. lets wait for the new terrible comic to drop. what do you all think will happen with this one? any predictions? im expecting saiya to have a crisis of conscience again.

>>239774 Has kip ever NOT ended with a cliffhanger?

>>239771 Moving on from the denialist dick rider

>>239799 Fine, cool. My problem with Aika is that at the moment she's coming across as too upstanding and perfect as a girlfriend to Saiya, making Tessa the outright heel of this story (and I do get the salient homewrecker points so it's not wholly unwarranted for her to be cast so). Aika's virtuousness is making it so either Tessa gets thrown under the bus, or some arrangement is made whereupon Aika gets a raw deal, becoming the tragic victim in some disastrous relationship. This be bad, yo. For the three to be more on the same wavelength, Aika needs to be brought back down to the level of the other two. We know that she has a hard edge to her so it might be high time for Saiya to experience it firsthand. My prediction would be that Saiya will raise a feeble challenge with Aika about her weight, causing Aika to overrreact and let slip the wholesome facade, breaking the illusion Saiya has built up in her mind about Aika being this perfect girlfriend. This'll cause Saiya to brood and seek some space (hopefully out of frame) and finally give us some time for Aika and Tessa to interact more neutrally without Saiya flapping around them.

>>239808 so... no curse then? i want to enjoy this. but the art is trash. and i know saiya is going to have another breakdown any moment now.

>>239808 I appreciate how meaty Aika looks here.

>>239808 Love a fatty stuck in a shower, he did it really well here.

If Tessa was Aika's size.

>>239808 The next pages could be peak if Kip would quit fucking around. Let these two have their moment.

>>239808 Saiya is sexy as heck in that top right panel. Jeez, I wish Kip would explore an idea/scene/character sometimes, rather than just looping round and round this humiliation thing.

i've been brainstorming through an alternate story of One Serving Choice, playing it out like a realistic take on Saiya, Tessa, & Aika's life were Saiya struggles with trying to make a good relationship with both but ultimately ends with her failing, Tessa becoming depressed & getting stuffed by Stacey to the point were she's in a broken state, and Aika trying to stay fat for Saiya cause she doesn't want her to leave and becoming lonely again then later learns that she doesn't really like gaining weight in the first place. What are your thoughts on this idea?

>>239698 Who on earth is spending 1k a month to rent a studio just to draw fat comics? This is such an insane take lmao. They probably just work from home.

>>239938 Kip has confirmed that he hires a workspace

>>239938 A few months back I believe there was a bit of a delay with the comic as he had to look for another place to work. Landlord issues or something. Can't remember the details but him and several other artists all rent out an office.

>>239950 >I'm going through a lot right now and the thing most concerning thing is that I lost my office space due to some old fuck buying out the entire building and throwing all the artists out to build some kind of epic investment center or whatever. It sucks but we are looking for a new place together and I'll have to move my whole workstation along with everyone else when the time comes. Hopefully I can work here for at least a month before the move but if any big delays happen it's because of this . I can still work from home if worst comes to worst but my whole tablets and screens and work computer setup is at the office so if I have to transport everything it will take some time. Don't worry too much for me, things will work out eventually. I'm just writing this out so everyone knows what's going on. Hope to be in a new office soon!

>>239938 >Who on earth is spending 1k a month to rent a studio just to draw fat comics? Kip is the one and only I know of. I don't know why they do, I agree they could just work from home. But some people are really weird about this stuff. They can't get into the work mode if they're not dressed up for work. Can't work in same room they play games in. And the highest level, need a separate space, not just a separate room, but separate place to get up and drive to - to really be in that work mood. It makes more sense if Kip has a kid, or doesn't tell their partner that their day job is drawing fat girl art. Imagine someone walking in on you drawing Aika stuck in the shower or some good ol' rat eating? That'd be fun to explain. Or maybe it's just a hold over from the good times when the vectors of patreon income and cost of living weren't rapidly working to meet each other in the middle. He probably had as much of a surplus as $4000 per month extra in pocket each month back then, what's a bit of that for sanity, privacy, and productivity's sake? But with the numbers as they are now, sheeesh

>>239953 In 2020 he said he was paying around $80 a month, while that has no doubt gone up a lot, I don't think it's anywhere near $1000

>>239953 Im kinda rotting for Kip, in a desperate measure start drawing BWS sizes. ngl Some his recent shapes are leading towards that.

>>239938 only people i know of that do that are of models and they rent out a hotel room to do custom videos away from family and friends. >>239953 must be nice. >>239962 never gonna happen. did you miss all the talk of his size limit?

Putting the soap in soap opera, fneh. Page 557 is up

>>240166 So no bitches getting fatter?

>>240166 Inb4 Saiya calls out for Tessa while groping Aika just so Kip manifests artificial conflict to extend the comic another 100 pages.

anyone have the OSC fanart that used to get posted on here a couple years back saved somewhere? Had them in my stash on an SSD, but now that's gone kaput.

>>240166 So how much longer y’all think this going for. At this rate I’m thinking 2028. Over or under.

>>240218 under. no way people holdin on that long. >>240166 i am not impressed. still waitin for the curse, or her guilt, to manifest.

>>240225 I said the same thing back in 2021

>>240225 How you guys see Kip in 5 years? Considering his patreon has been going down like 1k usd each year.

>>240297 Honestly I think by that point Kip will still have a lot of fans. They might have a small decline in viewers on the patreon but its just a thing where those fans of Kips unnecessarily long comics will stay for that and the ludicrous waifu polls. Kip will lose some viewer ship most likley but it won't be enough to stop their income. Plus Kip could always pull the "Patreon subs have a chance to get a commission" which they could fall back on if things get that bad which they won't.

>>240313 debatable. kip would have to do said customs and hes already having a hard enough time with his current work load. i doubt he could handle any more for less pay.

More of this scene I guess. Page 558 up

>>240430 i know this is going to be called nitpicking but why is saiya so horribly drawn in panel 3? and i ask again, what happened to the curse? before she froze up. before aika wanted to ask her why she got turned on by her being fat. now that saiya has cheated multiple times all guilt is out the window and she can embrace aika?

>>240438 Because she's enjoying the fucking moment.

>>240438 It was probably a one time random bs excuse. Why are you complaining about the scene NOT being interrupted with Saiya’s bullshit? The curse not manifesting should be a good thing

>>240430 Is getting hard to enjoy this kind of scenes anymore, no build up and pretty much the plot will circle to another copy of this exact moment. I wonder what will Kip do ones is over, people pretty much has seen Kips writing at a new low every 100 pages.