Woohooo!
Our heroine, caught off-guard because she shifted her attention to wisecracking instead of watching her opponent, is now suffering through a named maneuver. Due to the fantasy that this could be made into a video game (Kaiju Island Chronicles, the video game we saw Kumiko playing at the con in issue 7) I give them special signature moves, and they name them thus establishing it as a part of the character's fighting repertoire. Thus supers in the theoretical GG fighting game.
Thus the Gym Class Gut Punch.
I genuinely love the panic panel. No matter what, Ronni might sweat a little bit, but she's never panicked before. She wasn't expecting what she got, and now she's paying for it. No air means no focus which means no powers. Which means she's mortal- none of her density or growth tricks. She is now at the mercy of the schoolyard bully. I might just throw in a flashback page- oooh...
But I love tha panic panel. Hopefully that's a visual gag I got from Howard Chaykin that I can embrace, and hopefully it works for the reader.
And she ain't kiddin in that last panel. Nossir.
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