Panel 1: Bit of an open question as to whether F**king Oyuki-chan is still a humble genin in the present day, or if she's achieved a higher ninja rank—as in chunin, jonin, etc.—but is still affecting a humbler one just for the hell of it. (For the record, those alleged ranks predate Naruto by many decades.)

Next week, a seemingly obscure moment from a flashback earlier in the volume reaches its fruition in this flashback, before we head into the present-day climactic scene of Empowered vol. 7.

Today’s Patreon update: Probably another dose of Vintage Con Sketches, from the late-90s/early-2000s era when I was cranking out a ton of ’em.

-Adam Warren