Saint for Rent - To Lay Down One's Life for Cat's Nine

By Xu Ru

Look how pretty this is? Just look at it! The story is a fair draw-in, as well, since it's like taking the clunkiness of Potter-style travel, and spins it with Time! Plus, who can deny flash animation, I ask you? NOT I...at least not this time, this webcomic's fun from the start.

First Saint is introed as being the proprietor of a Time Travel Inn, which people and others visit by going through the closet. Saint isn't one by nature, but feels he wouldn't turn down a saintship due to the sorts of requests he was asked to fulfilled by some of his customers to stop in. When 1 of them asks him to use a wand to kill a monster, it and she disappear upon he acquiescing, but is then greeted by a popping-into-his-timezone cat. Once he gets insight from different time inn-owners as to what the cat was (a real cat) and why it'd come, Saint believing it could've been the Asian girl who'd asked for his help, 1 of the future inn-owners confirming its catdom.

When the cat jumps off and starts becoming like a billy goat, making it difficult to reclaim her again, presuming the kitty is a girly, 1 of the other people watching him lose the cat as she sits off in a far up spot, decides he had better things to do then chase her down. Armand commenting on plumbing work needing to get done, Saint glad he was offering to help Wink wink . They then attempt speaking Spanish at it, since it was rumored cats were suckers for one of the Lurv languages. Meanwhile, as he's checking the first room for the disappeared monster, kitty comes back and brings with her another traveler wanting Saint to kill a monster, he now equipped with sword.

Saint goes out and sees Armand wrassling with a monster, perhaps not the monster, he claiming he'd been trying to help Saint get his little miss kitty back. Armand scares Saint as he's pushed by this monster over the edge of the 2nd floor, but he stating he still was handling the situation, even though he's being watched by guests down below who look terrified at his descent, 2 men finding a sack to break his fall with. 1 of the guys mentions how this was how you used time travel to save your own ass; not actually understanding how this occurred. They then advise Saint to kill it by stabbing the head, he uncertain with its odd acting movements, which involves he getting wrapped by its flexible limb, the others debating how best to help him.

Kitty distracts it for a mo., then confusingly, the cat turns into a girl, who is caught by one of the guys on the first floor, Saint coming soon after. He then considering the best option for the monster is to probably bury it with flowers, he having lived through this 3 times before another fella thinking of stuffing it in the closet. Then it's clearer of Armand's future self having helped to catch those who'd fallen and 1 of em was returning to their time. Saint was more concerned with his inn no longer being more damaged than it already was, but then soon deflated with not only future Armand leaving, but many of the other guests, this-time Armand deciding it was shower power and expected Saint to handle lunch by the time he was out, Saint a bit let down by all his guests leaving so abruptly, but Armand making the good point of they probably not interested in residing with a monster, Saint hoping this didn't garner bad reviews.

Then kitty fetches Saint's pops manacle, which hadn't been a part of his inheritance, wondering where puddy had found it. The saved girl then declares the monster had been carrying it, insulting Saint's intelligence, which he suavely knocks back with his skills in the kitchen, brunch being a good showoff mo. This is the 1st 40 pages which is listed on Goodreads, but I'll be including the Travel Log, since the next book starts after this chapter, or tagalong ch., anyways. The Travel Log takes place in the future.

Armand is the only one, and is interrupted by a time cop/Reaper when he declares the host is out, but Reaper is apparently troubled by present-Armand, who tries to get out of taking responsibility for Reaper stating his time-traveling license had expired, he then confiding how Armand would have a stroke in under a minute. Armand realizes future fella is the Reaper, he preferring the title of time police, Armand also asking respectfully to not get taken out just yet. Then Armand reveals he has important info which'd help him claim an important immortal, upon investigating this claim, Reaper wanting more deets. When Armand falls and hits his head, learning Reaper had stopped time within half a second of his fatality, he decides to go along with him and help, Reaper stating how if he introed himself properly, Armand wouldn't be able to say his name, anyways, so gives the name Casimir Demort, the last fellow time-traveler's name for him.

Armand then suggests they go to The Helen Inn, Armand's first hotel, which'd allow them to get to where they could find this immortal, Armand reminded how he'd been 17 when he'd started at Helen's. This is the last part before the 2nd book! Dang, I like it, the art and coloring, much more flash ani. than I thought there'd be, which makes it a little confusing for me, but I guess it's a part of the draw, since the story apparently gets easier to follow with the 2nd reading. I'm digging it, though and I'll definitely follow from here on!