Because fuck, it's confusing in here.
Each thread replying to this entry will deal with a particular strip, beginning with the first-published appearance of Kimiko Ross and progressing from there, excluding ones in which she does not appear. This is to save my sanity.
Before we begin, let us make a few things quite clear:
This will all likely make no sense. I'm doing my best to be coherent, but I'm only human.
This will all likely make no sense. The subject matter is insane.
I will make mistakes. I am not perfect.
I will make factual errors. I am willing to fix these as they are pointed out to me, as I can.
Got it? Excellent.
The rules of this exchange are a bit hazy to me, but I'll be doing my best to identify the following in each page/strip/whatever:
Physical Location
Persistent Details (things that are noticed or mentioned upon by those other than Kim herself)
Supernatural Shenanigans
Potential "dream sequences" or other illusory elements
Things that make no damn sense and are never mentioned again
Death Count
According to Aaron Diaz, the author of the series:
" As for which strips are “real,” for all intents and purposes they all literally happened. I wouldn’t overthink it. "
This is
Word of God, but we'll still be disregarding the last part. Overthinking it is what this is for.