True Magic

Or do I gotta pop a kernel in your ass?


True Magic is a humorous fantasy webcomic written and drawn by Aja and co-author :D. It follows the adventures of five residents of Homeville, who for certain reasons have gotten rather adept at using such unlikely weapons as guns and halberds as farm implements. With the villagers of Homeville constantly beleagured by nobles who come by to violently harass them, our heroes finally take it upon themselves to trek to the city of Hometropolis in an attempt to get the nobles to leave them alone.

The original comic ran for about five years, but the entire thing has recently been rebooted with much-improved writing and art. You can start reading it here.


The main characters, in no particular order:

Other characters, who may or may not end up being important. We'll see!

Tropes used in True Magic include:

"That'll teach you! Callin' my buddy a ponce!"

  • Bishonen - Everywhere you look! It's gotten to the point that men tend to wear their (long) hair in a braid, since its the only way to tell them from the women.
  • Blatant Lies: "If you ever threaten a priest again, I'll smi-" Alt Text: "He was going to say, 'smile and turn the other cheek'. Honest!"
  • Brainy Brunette - Bob, the self-educated peasant.
  • Brought to You by The Letter "S": This page brought to you the letter L.
  • Casanova Wannabe: Joe imagines girls flocking around him.
  • Comically Missing the Point: Jen reprimands Kiku for holding a sword in his moulth: "Oh, Kiku. Don't put that in your moulth! You don't know where it's been!"
  • Corrupt Church - The priests in the prologue are so corrupt, they even turn against their own god, Lucideus.
  • Close-Call Haircut - In the first run, Kiku accidentally pokes Joe's eye out. In the current run, a similar scene is shown, but instead, Joe is only given a Close-Call Haircut. He later gets another one to even up the other side.
  • Dark-Skinned Redhead - Kiku.
  • Death by Origin Story - Done on a larger scale. Lucideus may or may not be dead, but his absence is why the priests were able to continue their abusiveness towards commoners, which led to the events of the comic.
  • Dude Looks Like a Lady: Check out panel three: Long blue hair? Check. Heart-themed necklace? Check. Frills? Check. Actually a girl? Sorry.
  • Everyone Is Single
  • Fiery Redhead - Kiku again.
  • Five-Man Band:
  • The Generic Guy - Bob and Joe, more so in the first run. Even in the reboot, their names are catch-alls for The Everyman.
  • Have You Seen My God? - Twice. There were supposed to be other gods, but Lucideus can't seem to find them. Also, no one really knows what happened to Lucideus when the priests sealed him up.
  • Holier Than Thou - The priests, to the point of being abusive to their subjects.
  • Ho Yay: Joe accidently imagining Henson as a stripper.
  • I Can't Believe It's Not Heroin!: Kiku on hot chocolate.
  • Improbable Weapon User: Inverted in an amusing fashion with the protagonists. Instead of using farm implements as weapons, they use weapons as farm implements (and, when the situation calls for it, as weapons...).
  • Imagine Spot: Joe thinking of staying at the nightclub. He sees Bob as a magician, Kiku hunting rats, himself as a ladies' man, and Henson in a thong.
  • Kill It with Fire: Ah, yes. Fireballs. The solution to everything...
  • Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Henson is lectured by a streetwalker on how to appear male.

"...which is why the long-haired gents wear ponytails around here. It's more masculine, you know?"

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