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Description Alrighty! This is getting most interesting for me and for those who are reading Picnic Heaven series! ^___^

I've recieved a lot of feedback on the series for this I thank you all once more. Many of you had questions that need answers - I'll do my best to get back to you when I get the opportunity.

Oh and I've got something for you all fans and friends out there who are keeping up with this series. YOU ARE GOING BE INVOLVED... Yes! ^^

How...? Well I'll let Blaze fill in the details for you. I'm going to let her use my journal to communicate with you on the upcoming tournament and explain details on how you can get involved literally! X3

I'll catch you all soon! = ) ^__~ Oh and keep up the amazing work too Sonic/Klonoa/DA community! ^_____^


- Espio's sensei idea originated and inspired from Magnus Andersson's Chaotix of Tomorrow game/story concept. I hope you don't mind Magnus... = ) I need to practice drawing him before drawing the final piece for you! ^^
- Most of the ninjitsu moves used/referenced in the series thus far have been from Naruto! *chuckle* ^^ Please give credit to the Naruto team, and the artist/author for their ingenius and incredible ninja ideas.

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[GO TO THE PREVIOUS PICNIC HEAVEN!] > PH#07 ~ Here Comes The Big One! [link]
[GO TO THE NEXT PICNIC HEAVEN!] > PH#09 ~ The Reason Why I Fight [link]

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Comments: 60

playstation14 [2006-08-16 02:53:52 +0000 UTC]

Why does this remind of Kill Bill Volume 2........?

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shadow-freak [2005-10-08 20:58:57 +0000 UTC]

I've actually already read through the entire series you have so far, and I have to say, these really make my day no matter how shitty I might have felt at the time. Seriously, they gave me a REALLY good laugh. :3

I originally planned on commenting on the current page, but totally changed my mind when I saw this and the previous page. ZOMGS I SEE NARUTO NINJA TECHINIQUES!!!111!!!! O3O *yeah, I'm pathetic that way o.o;;;*

I especially love that you can fit so much humor and yet still have such a good storyline to go with it >.<
Oh you know, what would be REALLY funny is if you 1000 Years of Pain (aka as the-best-jutsu-EVAR) somewhere in the series xDDD

Inside my mind:

Ryo-san: "Allow me to teach you a technique. A techinque that will be able to break through my student's defence!"

Shadow: !!!

*Ryo-san whispers something in Shadow's ear*

Shadow: ... *listening*

Shadow: -.- ........ o.O;; ...... I have to do WHAT?!?!?!?!?

*shot SHOT SHOT*
Or a chaos-sphere-ish-Rasengan. That would be... interesting <__<

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CommanderPaws [2005-10-08 04:59:08 +0000 UTC]

As allways, great job and i love your artwork.

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Jaka-Fon-Torkar [2005-09-23 13:36:15 +0000 UTC]

Oh boy, this is gonna be good.
But really Elson, how was Espio able to defeat Shaodw in the previus comic?
I mean, sure Espio's all ninja style like and all that, but how was he able to defeat the worlds Ultimate Life Form?
It's really a big mystery.
And another big mystery is: what kind of techinc is his sensei gonna teach Shadow to defeat him next time?
Man, when it comes to making mysterious things, you're one of the best people.
I'll be hearing from you soon.
See ya.

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Trample Mortals and despair!
Doom has come to this world!

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Jaka-Fon-Torkar [2005-09-23 13:36:10 +0000 UTC]

Oh boy, this is gonna be good.
But really Elson, how was Espio able to defeat Shaodw in the previus comic?
I mean, sure Espio's all ninja style like and all that, but how was he able to defeat the worlds Ultimate Life Form?
It's really a big mystery.
And another big mystery is: what kind of techinc is his sensei gonna teach Shadow to defeat him next time?
Man, when it comes to making mysterious things, you're one of the best people.
I'll be hearing from you soon.
See ya.: wave:

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Trample Mortals and despair!
Doom has come to this world!

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darkspeeds In reply to Jaka-Fon-Torkar [2005-09-23 14:13:33 +0000 UTC]

Who knows my friend, who knows. ^_~ Only if you stay tuned will you find out the truth to those questions. Hey the battle has already started! Go check it out Ja-The-Shadow-Hunter. ^_~ *thumbs up* [link]

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Jaka-Fon-Torkar In reply to darkspeeds [2005-09-23 18:32:12 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the info, Elson.
I've already seen it.
It's just too bad that Cream won't win. And I like her so much.
(Especially from the Tails Away Manga .)

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Trample Mortals and despair!
Doom has come to this world!

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Terrichance [2005-09-20 05:50:16 +0000 UTC]

It seems to me, as you keep making more of these, and they vary in humor and seriousness... I think you've found your true media.

Really nice so far. Keep it up! ^^

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MilesTailsPrower-007 [2005-09-17 04:19:49 +0000 UTC]

!!!

NINJITSU ACTION! I'm reminded of the Ninja Turtles' them song. But I guess regardless, this'll still be... a 'shell of a time'. *SHOT*

(If you don't get it, read these lyrics: [link] It says 'shell of a town' in the lyrics, but they do say stuff like what I said in the show, and thus, it's a very bad joke.)

Anyhow, this is looking cool! It's interesting you're getting some inspiration from Naruto and stuff. It looks like Espio's sensei can be tough if he wants to, and he's dead serious about his bonsai plants. *envisions Ninja Turtles running laps with Espio*

EPSIO: *huff* *huff* --who the hell are you guys?
MIKEY: *huff* *huff* I'm the... TURTLE TITAN!
RAPH: *whap*
MIKEY: Owwww....
LEO: *huff* Raph broke a bonsai, and then Mikey stepped on it. And Don tried to analyse its remains.
DON: *huff* I couldn't help it! It was interesting! *huff* *huff*

Errrr... sorry.

I love how you're doing the scenery and everything. It really gives you a feel of the area they're in, and of the setting/time, etc. Awesome use of characters still!

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darkspeeds In reply to MilesTailsPrower-007 [2005-09-21 12:23:07 +0000 UTC]

WTfudge??? Why didn't I see this earlier?? O_O LMFAO! XXXD

Thanks for sharing me your jokes (it's funny come on! = ) ...) I had a good laugh at that sweety, very creative to think of that. ^^ Heh..heh.. TURTLE TITAN MIKEY! XX3 I laughed a lot at how you moentioned Don analysing the remains... He is so facinated by everything! LOL! XXD *pokes at you* X3

Oh I think I've heard the song before. = ) So I get what you mean intially! XD I haven't heard of that phrase: 'Shell of a time' in ages! XD

Thanks again sweety, you comments are always full of fun and encouragement. = )

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MilesTailsPrower-007 In reply to darkspeeds [2005-09-22 03:44:45 +0000 UTC]

O' course Mikey's the Turtle Titan! He loves comic books, hehe. XD

You're welcome! ^__^

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SempaiMiles [2005-09-16 01:44:24 +0000 UTC]

Oh noes! Maybe Ryo-Sensei just wants to knock Espio down a few pegs and teach him a new lesson, thru a beating from Shadow that is!

-Miles

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powerofknuckles [2005-09-15 14:21:10 +0000 UTC]

heheheh ok first things first XP THIS RULES!!!

second thing, it's actually Ninjutsu not Ninjitsu common mistake people make, i have no idea why though. only few people outside the order seem to know that =/ and before you ask, yes i am a ninjutsu student XD lol

anyway, this is awesome. two things i'm lookin forward to
1) Espio kicking Shadow's butt XD
2) that phoenix tournament thing. it sounds pretty interesting, and you said we'll be involved right? so heck i'm up for it. i'll check out your journal as soon as i finish this comment hehehe

this whole thing's rockin. i can't believe Ryo-san wants to help Shadow beat Espio.. they both must be taught a lesson lol. just kidding. i don't mind him beating espio as much as i do Sonic. but i still think Espio don't deserve to loose to him.... i probably sounds like a shadow hater oh well lol

oh gah... i feel really pathetic right now 'cuz you post these excellent pieces of work and my best comments seem to be like general fan comments >.<

i wanna give you somethin that'll hopefully make your works even better than they are now or even give you new ideas. instead i can't stop talkin about how cool it is lol (btw did i mention this is awesome? )

honestly, i don't know wether i'm not a big eye for details or not. but i can't see any ovious flaws at all. i say this is relaly perfect as it is. there's the whole typical anime style special powers things in our ninjutsu reps (they're pretty cool btw) and the cool thing is they're generally original, other people ussually got for shiny blasts of energy shooting from the guys hands XP yours look more like actual attacks performed at incredible velocities (which is how ninjutsu works in esence). that's pretty awesome that's how Twilight (my character) works. so you pretty much got somethin good there

ok i think i'm gone here hehe excellent job bro. i'll go check out that journal now

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f3ng [2005-09-15 09:16:35 +0000 UTC]

I just read them all, Lol great. My personal favorites was the first one I just loved the consept, but the others was good to and it was nice to see some good art after being whitout the internnet for 3 weeks. Can't wait for more

Feng

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CobaltWinterborn [2005-09-15 04:51:44 +0000 UTC]

I don't know what else to say know buddy :3. But good luck with the rest of the other pages.

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ArcticFreeze14 [2005-09-15 01:37:24 +0000 UTC]

Hehehe, I'm having so much fun following this series! x33 This page in particular caught my interest, though I'm not sure why. o.o Maybe it's the bonsai plants? *snickers* From the way you put it off here, seems like there's more to them than meets the eye. >:3 BUT, maybe that's me thinking too much.

Seems to be some kind of a fresh new rivarly going on between Shadow and Espio, eh? =O This should make things interesting further on! Man, this tournament idea is so awesome. X33 *hops up and down anxiously*

And I like the way Blaze looks with her hair down! *hit*

Nya haha, that's another fave from me! xB Aw I'm just having too much fun with this series, a Sonic-related storyline that doesn't seem to involve the world smothered in chaos for once. X33 This thing about the fans being able to join in? Also quite interesting, that'll be something to expand on wonderfully. ;3
Keep it going, Darkspeeds, it's comin along just great! n___n

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sonicolas [2005-09-14 13:47:59 +0000 UTC]

Phoenix huh? I guess that it's her brother's name
I really like where this is going to and I especially like Ryo-san's personality calm as usual time but can burst the most fearsome anger X3
Looks like I'll enjoy this series ^^

Sorry for the short comment. Gotta rush to next class! (Bad me for not working here XP)

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foxfirefire [2005-09-13 06:54:06 +0000 UTC]

nice.

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indimew [2005-09-13 01:20:37 +0000 UTC]

YAY! NUMBER 8 IS OUT!!!

You wouldn't believe how fan-girly-ish I have become over Picnic Heaven. OMFG! I rush to the comp, jump in my swivel chair, and check for new deviations. If there isn't one from you--I sulk!
I love the poses and emotions in this one! Espio's master seems to be a great character. He's funy, serious, deadly, and mind reading! No, seriously though--I love how you can capture such emotion and humor in ONE PANEL! It makes me laugh and smile and I'm all happy for the rest of the day!

Great work! I will definately HAVE to see what Blaze is up to on this one!

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darkspeeds In reply to indimew [2005-09-13 12:27:01 +0000 UTC]

LOL! XD That really makes me day already knowing that the PH can make somebody happy for the rest of the day! ^^ Thank you for your feedback indimew and kind compliments. If you don't mind I have the next PH to work on. ^^

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indimew In reply to darkspeeds [2005-09-13 12:33:51 +0000 UTC]

SWEET!

Hehe and you're very welcome. You're very inspiring to me, as well as many others!

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Archinos [2005-09-13 01:08:15 +0000 UTC]

Heheheh.... Espio running 1,000 laps around a 5 mile track in a dress.... wait, is that a dress? Or kimono.. or whatever the men's version of it is..... If so, then It would've been a little funnier if he were in a dress. *nod nod*

Keep up the good work.... And I want to be involved o.o!

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chaosshadow35 [2005-09-13 00:33:25 +0000 UTC]

It's awesome, but... i wanna know something... How can you put the picnic heaven series so fast on DA?

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darkspeeds In reply to chaosshadow35 [2005-09-13 12:22:54 +0000 UTC]

I dunno... I guess it's a the efficiency rate of drawing them digitally (the traditional methods required more time and patience - draw, scan and edit), wheras this all you have to do is draw and submit! LOL! XXD Oh I can't just forget that one important ingredient - a pinch of determination.

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LyraVulpictor [2005-09-12 23:33:30 +0000 UTC]

WOW! This is getting more interesting by the minute!!! X3 I'm sorry I don't have time to comment properly right now, but I do want to say that this is sooo AWESOME and I'm already looking forward to the next issue! GO DARKY! ^_^

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grindzone [2005-09-12 23:12:12 +0000 UTC]

Oh god, I'm so addicted to this comic xDDD
Great work on it! I'll be counting the minutes til' the next one ^^

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Foxy-Sierra [2005-09-12 23:10:08 +0000 UTC]

OOoooo! A technique to break Espio's defense?! O.o I wonder what it is^^

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ButterflyPenguin [2005-09-12 22:50:52 +0000 UTC]

Oooh, I wonder what the sensei's going to teach Shadow? The part where he warns them about the bonsai plants & poor Espio doing all those laps, was really funny with their expressions! XD And I see Fang's made an appearance now, too. ^^ Can't wait to see what happens next & to participate in the voting process. ^^

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SBG6 [2005-09-12 22:01:23 +0000 UTC]

WOW! So far this story is incredible! I love the story so far and the design. I also like the details and the humor of Espio's sensei's obsession with bonsai trees. I can't wait to see more. I just also love those humorous expressions when Espio told them his punishment of running 5,000 laps. GEEZ! That's a lot!

I absoulutely would love to be part of deciding who should be the winner of each match. So, this only works in polls, right? Or do we each draw a match between two characters?

Overall, excellent job!

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darkspeeds In reply to SBG6 [2005-09-13 12:25:50 +0000 UTC]

LOL! XD Thank you very much for your feedback SBG6. Oh good question! I do encourage questions from time to time. X3 ^_~

Yes it'll only work on the polls I submit before each new PH comes as of to the point of the story. I'm not so sure about your second inquiry but everything will make sense when the first poll comes out. ^_~

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Lordstriker88 [2005-09-12 20:55:02 +0000 UTC]

I love the designs and actions, You must work hard and long on comics alot eh?

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Sonicfan101 [2005-09-12 20:32:03 +0000 UTC]

Really awesome! Great job! ^_^

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Battosai16 [2005-09-12 20:25:46 +0000 UTC]

Awesome work as always Darkspeeds.

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SailorSkye [2005-09-12 20:10:48 +0000 UTC]

What a cool sensei!but.. I kinda feel bad for Shad i mean he takes losing so seriosly .But anyway i think they are really good storyline.By they way Darkspeeds sir um how do you come up with these stories? mostly i need inspiration from something or from my feelings.most of my drawings express my emotions.

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darkspeeds In reply to SailorSkye [2005-09-13 12:05:04 +0000 UTC]

Holy cow SailorSkye! You posted like four times here! LOL! XXXD

Anyway inspiration comes from I guess experience and knowledge. I read a lot of manga, play a lot of games, have the passion to come up with some interesting for the concepts I admire very much and finally I get feedback from my friends and fans. All those factors help contribute towards the creation of inspiration for me.

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SailorSkye In reply to darkspeeds [2005-09-13 19:59:11 +0000 UTC]

ERRR.. sorry 'bout that i got carried away and , i guess Thats why they say "only click once" sorry.
is that the school's computer is kinda slow!

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SailorSkye [2005-09-12 20:10:43 +0000 UTC]

What a cool sensei!but.. I kinda feel bad for Shad i mean he takes losing so seriosly .But anyway i think they are really good storyline.By they way Darkspeeds sir um how do you come up with these stories? mostly i need inspiration from something or from my feelings.most of my drawings express my emotions.

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SailorSkye [2005-09-12 20:10:32 +0000 UTC]

What a cool sensei!but.. I kinda feel bad for Shad i mean he takes losing so seriosly .But anyway i think they are really good storyline.By they way Darkspeeds sir um how do you come up with these stories? mostly i need inspiration from something or from my feelings.most of my drawings express my emotions.

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SailorSkye [2005-09-12 20:10:14 +0000 UTC]

What a cool sensei!but.. I kinda feel bad for Shad i mean he takes losing so seriosly .But anyway i thinkthey are really good storyline.By they way Darkspeeds sir um how do you come up with these stories? mostly i need inspiration fromsomething or from my feelings.most of my drawings express my emotions.

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hypermegatailsfan [2005-09-12 19:40:53 +0000 UTC]

So many GASPs,yet so many LMAOs as well XD Very cool ninja action with Espio and his sensei,and the 'calm guy turns deadly serious for a second' classic strikes wel here XD Poor (past)Espio.I wonder what technique Shadow will use...your knowledge of the Ninja arts is very commendable,Elson-san!

(can't wait for the big voting )

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Ruuziuu [2005-09-12 19:25:00 +0000 UTC]

Another cool page.

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Masatoshi [2005-09-12 19:14:26 +0000 UTC]

Where's the Senen Goroshin ? :3
(= 1000 years of pain)

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darkspeeds In reply to Masatoshi [2005-09-13 12:18:55 +0000 UTC]

Oh hell no! LMFAO! XXXXD

(Hey... maybe I will use that.... *evil grin and a chuckle here and there... XX3*)

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Masatoshi In reply to darkspeeds [2005-09-13 20:31:45 +0000 UTC]

Don't forget Sakura's Shannaro, my favorite :3

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kittypuppy11 [2005-09-12 19:10:22 +0000 UTC]

cool comic, can't wait to see what happens next

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Pachamac [2005-09-12 19:09:42 +0000 UTC]

Man, I really need to see Naruto after hearing so much about the good reviews of it and the hype... but yes, this is definitely interesting so far and I love the Amy parts, and the bonsai is a brilliant joke aspect which I particularly loved. :3 Great drawings as well, and I have to ask where the tornament itself is set. If it's on those grounds it'd be a brilliant laugh to try and see the fighters avoid breaking the bonsai plants. XD A misplaced bomb, chaos enegry attack... it'd be hilarious.

Great work as always Darkspeeds and I look forward to seeing what this 'participation' will be.

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darkspeeds In reply to Pachamac [2005-09-13 12:20:30 +0000 UTC]

Cheers Ashley. I'm always smilin' at the chunky goodness of your feedback. ^_^ Do look forward to the official voting when it comes! Your vote will be crucial in determining the winner! ^_~

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Tails0 [2005-09-12 19:06:37 +0000 UTC]

Good ol' Espio! I wonder if Shadow will be able to defeat him...

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the-seven-servers [2005-09-12 18:21:15 +0000 UTC]

*is curious at the technique the master was talking about* LEMME KNOW LEMME KNOW!!!!!!!!!

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Jen-C [2005-09-12 17:48:31 +0000 UTC]

Oh Snaps! You use references from Naruto? That is so frickin Amazing!! ^.^ I love Naruto, especially I saw first and second episodes on CN (Cartoon Network)!! I was so excited and just watching the show just relized I love Ninjas so much!! *ahem* Back to the topic I love the way you use the references of Naruto and everything else in this page is very excellent! I still love the way you drew Shadow and Espio (both of them are my favorite characters ) also I can't wait what's gonna happen in the Pheonix Tournament!! Always keep up a excellent job! Your Sonic style is so amazing and beautiful! ^.^

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