Comic #2398: 2011-12-07

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Comic Description

Panel 1:

• Setting: A simple interior with a green background. The scene depicts three characters: a redheaded girl, a boy, and Schroeder, who is wearing a yellow shirt.
• Text:
  • Boy: "The redheaded girl kissed me. And?"
  • Schroeder: "You don't understand."

Panel 2:

• Characters: The same characters appear.
• Text:
  • Boy: "And there was a blemish on her neck."
  • Schroeder: "So?"

Panel 3:

• Character Focus: Close-up of Schroeder, who appears frustrated.
• Text:
  • Schroeder: "For so long, I watched her at a distance."

Panel 4:

• Character Focus: Charlie (the boy) speaks with a supportive expression.
• Text:
  • Charlie: "If we had met sooner, then she’d have been a person, not a disappointment."

Panel 5:

• Focus Shift: Schroeder looks pensive.
• Text:
  • Schroeder: "Play me a nocturne, and let my idle hope die in it."

Panel 6:

• Background: Musical notes are depicted on a page.
• Text:
  • "Let it die because remembering dead hope is easier than keeping it alive."

Panel 7:

• Character Expression: Schroeder has a thoughtful and sad expression.
• Text:
  • "The grief…"

Panel 8:

• Simple Background: Schroeder continues to express himself.
• Text:
  • "It is good."

The comic combines themes of love, loss, and introspection, and demonstrates a candid dialogue about feelings and expectations.