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Synopsis

Aiken sets up a male Mii for Rain

Author Notes 

Subtle joke in the first panel. XD

Anyway, I guess I should explain for anyone who hasn’t interacted with a Nintendo product in the last six years or so (as the Funtendo Yuu Us is a parody of the new Nintendo Wii U). In short, all their recent consoles have an feature where you build an avatar based on yourself called a Mii. With the Wii U, it is actually integral to setup, since each person’s account on the machine is designated via a Mii. So here we see Aiken thinking he’s helping but… yeah…

If I may say, I think Miis look kinda stupid. Especially when I draw them. And ESPECIALLY when I draw them in a manner that’s supposed to “resemble-them-mostly-but-is-off-a-little-kinda-intentionally”. You know, just keeping it off minutely so Nintendo doesn’t sue me (for instance, “Baby Bro’s” hairstyle is not actually available option; it’s similar, but not exact). 

What does one call a parody Mii though? O_o

This is a lengthy blurb anyway, but I want close with a little fun fact: Since the Mii Maker screen always makes a point of having a “birthdate section”, I decided I should probably include it. But when I create characters for any story, I often have a zodiac sign in mind for them, but rarely come up with a specific birthdate. As it turns out, Rain’s a Virgo. I’ve known that forever. But the actual day wasn’t decided on until I drew this page. ^_^

Transcript

So, you're playing your gift to her?
The guy at the store talked at great lengths about the setup taking a long time when you play it for the first time.
As long as Ryan's going to spend hours playing dress-up in his room or whatever, I'm just going to set everything up for him, so we can just play.
Aww. That's almost sweet of you. Now if only you could stop using the wrong pronouns out of spite.
Whoa, wait. Is that supposed to be... her?

A male Mii with the name "Baby Bro"

Uh, I don't think she's going to like that very much...

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