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Off*beat (Manga)
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Tory Blake is fifteen, a genius, and bored. He spends his time breezing through school, doodling, worrying his mother, playing 90s computer games with his college-aged neighbor, and documenting everything that happens in his life in worrying detail. One night, something happens that promises to alleviate his boredom: a mysterious boy, Colin Stephens, and his guardian move into the duplex next door. Over the next year, Tory becomes increasingly obsessed with figuring out the mystery behind his neighbors' bizarre actions, to the point of transferring schools to get closer to Colin. What secrets could Colin be hiding? What is the Gaia Project, and how does Colin fit into it?Off*beat is an OEL Manga by Jen Lee Quick, the first two volumes of which were published in 2005 and 2006 by Tokyopop. Despite the efforts of its small but devoted fanbase, the third and final volume is still in limbo. However, Jen posted a notice on her DeviantArt page assuring her followers that Off*beat would be concluded sometime in 2012.By the same author, a webcomic named Witch's Quarry was started in 2012, also containing LGBT themes.A Kickstarter was successfully funded on May 3rd, 2013 for reprints of volumes 1 and 2 by the new publisher for the series, Chromatic Press, as well as a serialization of volume 3 to begin summer 2013. | |
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Gaia's Lament | |
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Gaia's Lament: Judging from Colin's sickly-looking visualization of Mother Earth, the Gaia Project may have had something to do with this. | |
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Incurable Cough of Death | |
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Incurable Cough of Death: Colin has one of these, although he insists he isn't sick. | |
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Intertwined Fingers | |
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Intertwined Fingers: Colin "tests" Tory by holding his hands like this in the park. He thought Tory had "attunement," based on his awareness of his surroundings, but what exactly that has yet to be explained. | |
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Girl Posse | |
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Girl Posse: Mandy's two friends, who start out as unsympathetic harpies but turn out to only have Mandy's best interests in mind. After all, they're right that Tory tends to step all over other people's feelings. | |
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Disappeared Dad | |
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Disappeared Dad: We don't hear much about Tory's father, except that he was apparently kind of a Jerkass. | |
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Parental Abandonment | |
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Parental Abandonment: Colin lives with his guardian, Dr. Garrets. | |
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Guile Hero | |
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Guile Hero: Tory, although he hasn't yet learned to use his powers for good instead of stalking. | |
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Shipper on Deck | |
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Shipper on Deck: Mandy seems to know there's something going on between Tory and Colin. On a slightly more malicious note, Mandy's friend Mira invokes this when she tells Mandy to 'give the newlyweds some space'. In her defense, Tory is kind of a huge jerk and had just blatantly ignored Mandy's attempt at small talk. | |
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Ludicrous Precision | |
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Ludicrous Precision: Tory tends to be very exact with dates and times. | |
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The Slacker | |
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The Slacker: Paul, Tory's upstairs neighbor, a college student who tends to skip class and mooch off the Blakes. | |
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Conspiracy Theorist | |
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Conspiracy Theorist: Tory has moments of these, particularly involving Colin and Dr. Garrets. | |
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One Head Taller | |
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One Head Taller: Would be a straight example... if not for the fact that Colin's height seems to keep changing. At one point he'll be a head shorter, then eye level with Tory, and then half a head shorter. All in the same volume. | |
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Do Not Call Me "Paul" | |
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Do Not Call Me "Paul": Despite his first name actually being Christopher, our hero prefers to be called by his middle name, Tory. Mostly because he shares the name with his Jerkass absentee father. | |
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Crazy-Prepared | |
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Crazy-Prepared: Tory's alleged reason for keeping his journals as obsessively detailed as he does. | |
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Magic Versus Science | |
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Magic Versus Science: Implied with Tory's skill at math and physics contrasted with Colin's association with plants, animals, and the Gaia Project, as well as his dislike of physics, which he feels is frustratingly "arbitrary." | |
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Luminescent Blush | |
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Luminescent Blush: Tory gets a fair bit of this, especially around Colin. | |
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Photographic Memory | |
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Photographic Memory: Tory, although it isn't perfect, so he obsessively writes things down in his notebooks. | |
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Room Full of Crazy | |
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Room Full of Crazy: Tory's closet full of journals documenting everything that happens to him kind of comes off as this. | |
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If My Calculations Are Correct | |
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If My Calculations Are Correct: Apparently Tory does a risk analysis every night before he goes to bed to see the odds of anything happening. | |
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Stalker with a Crush | |
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Stalker with a Crush: Tory. First, he keeps strange notes on the weird neighbor kid. Then he transfers to the weird neighbor kid's school. Then he sets up a study group in his physics class to spend time with the weird neighbor kid. He's aware that he's a creepy stalker and seems mostly fine with it, but it's unclear whether he's picked up on the crush part yet. | |
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The Big Damn Kiss | |
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The Big Damn Kiss: Tory and Colin finally kiss in Chapter 18, cementing them as the Official Couple. | |
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Foreshadowing | |
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Foreshadowing: A big, unsubtle one from Chapter Nine is the ending closeup on Colin's backpack. In it is one of Tory's stalker journals from 1st quarter of school. | |
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The End... Or Is It? | |
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The End... Or Is It?: The final page of the comic is Colin smiling at Tory with the words "The End...?" at the bottom of the page, hinting at a Sequel Hook. | |
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Awkwardly Gay Dream | |
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Awkwardly Gay Dream: In Chapter 15, Tory has an Imagine Spot where he and Colin face off against Dr. Garrets in a Star Wars-esque world. After defeating Dr. Garrets, Tory pats Colin on the shoulder— and accidentally strips him down to his underwear. They draw closer as if to kiss... and cut to the next morning, where Tory's mother tucks him in before leaving. | |
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Imagine Spot | |
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Imagine Spot: Tory has a tendency to daydream about everything from Mad Scientists to Ninjas to a Showdown at High Noon, complete with casting his friends and family as characters. | |
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I Did What I Had to Do | |
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I Did What I Had to Do: Breaking into a guidance counselor's office for information on Colin is just another one the tasks on Tory's list. | |
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Queer Romance | |
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Queer Romance: The central point of the story is the developing love between Tory and Colin. | |
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Cliffhanger | |
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Cliffhanger: The first volume ends with Colin asking Tory, "Why are you always around? What do you want?" The second volume ends with the two of them getting in a fist fight. | |
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What the Hell, Hero? | |
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What the Hell, Hero?: Tory gets a succession of these as his obsessive behavior alienates his mother, Paul, and Mandy. He gets better, and then manages to accidentally bait his Love Interest into taking a swing at him. Go figure. | |
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Crash-Into Hello | |
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Crash-Into Hello: Purposefully invoked by Tory. To get Colin's attention, he bumps into him while Colin is holding a stack of papers, giving him the chance to pick them up and chat with Colin. However, it completely backfires on him. | |
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But Now I Must Go | |
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But Now I Must Go: The penultimate chapter ends with Colin leaving Tory, never to return to Queens. However, before he leaves, he hands Tory a packet of "Grow-Pak" plant food, leaving Tory to figure out just where he's going. | |
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Snow Means Love | |
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Snow Means Love: Tory and Colin go to a bakery to get Colin's favorite cake. Guess what happens on the way back? Coupled with a short moment of Holding Hands. | |
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