Panel 5: Yeahp, the Unnamed Kunoichi is indeed nicknamed “f**king Oyuki-chan” due to her distinctively profane speech patterns. She plays a fairly major role in the upcoming Empowered vol. 7, as well as the Empowered: Nine Beers with Ninjette one-shot drawn by guest artist Takeshi Miyazawa. (For the record, I'll likely run all the one-shots and side miniseries in a row after the webcomic catches up with vol. 11.)

And that’s it for “Problems with the Equipment,” folks. Hope the fakeout with Faux Thugboy didn’t aggravate you too much, drawn out as it was over much of a week. Next up, we kick off “Upon My Back, the Monkey of Worry,” the penultimate story in Empowered vol.5, as the book draws nearer to another epic final act full of violence and heartbreak aplenty. Yay!

-Adam Warren