San: Three Kingdoms Comic

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San: Three Kingdoms Comic is a webcomic by Peng Guo. He stated that the inspiration for his comic came from the webcomic Fallen by Aido. He started the project at 2003.

The webcomic is not updated on regular basis. There were two times that Peng lost inspiration and stopped drawing. However, soon after, due to popular demand or he got his inspiration back, he resumed the webcomic project. There was also a time where Peng decided to use his own original designs to continue on with the comic. However, he quickly reverted back to the Dynasty Warriors design.

Contents

1 Basic Plot
2 Notable characters that have appeared

2.1 Shu Characters
2.2 Wei Characters
2.3 Wu Characters
2.4 Other Characters

3 The Chapters
4 Merchandise
5 Other Language Version
6 External Links

Basic Plot

The comic mostly serves as a parody of the novel Romance of Three Kingdoms with various cameo and references thrown in occasionally Some include the appearance of Legolas from The Lord of the Rings, and a variation of the quote "May the force be with you." from Star Wars), as well as futuristic items, such as internet, laptop and sniper rifles. Peng drew the characters of the Three Kingdoms based on their appearances in Dynasty Warriors.

[Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Just like the novel, character deaths are also present. However, most of the characters during their deaths were instead depicted as if playing on a movie and were sent to another nation for vacation (most notably Hawaii).

Notable characters that have appeared

Characters in the webcomic do not 100% follow their potrayal in the novel.

Shu Characters

Liu Bei - While being portrayed as the usual virtuous guy, Liu Bei is infamous for starting the phenomenal trick called 'Baozi Fairy'.
Guan Yu - Guan Yu was at first mistaken as a basketball player. It is later revealed that he is gay and is madly in love with Zhang Liao, much to his dismay, calling him 'Prince Wenyuan'.
Zhang Fei - In the webcomic, Zhang Fei first stated that he wants to be called 'sister'. However, in the later strips, Peng referred him as 'brother'. It is later revealed that Liu Bei and Guan Yu had to beat him up to make him accept being called brother.
Zhao Yun - He has only one appearance so far, saving Gongsun Zan. However, he's later revealed to be the cover boy of the magazine Playgirl.
Ma Chao - He also appeared only once, but his face was never shown. He's noted for having excellent fighting skills as well as dancing beautifully.

Wei Characters

Cao Cao - One of the most favored characters in the webcomic. Cao Cao is more known with his hat, which has a duckling on top of it, which will be soon called 'Duck Hat' (Peng credits 'Duck Hat' idea to [Wadatsumi Hodaka]). Cao Cao also strangely possessed a sniper rifle. There is a running joke about Cao Cao coming from the phrase "Cao Cao is sexy...". From there, some characters may just call members of the Cao family sexy, to appease Cao Cao.
Xiahou Dun - In here, Xiahou Dun's eye was revealed to be shot by Legolas. Therefore, he held a grudge on him. He also made his own recipe of 'eye dumpling' and seemed to like it.
Xiahou Yuan - He is a relatively minor character here, but Xiahou Yuan's most prominent role was during the search for Xiahou Dun's new eyepatch. In the quest, he goes on cosplaying The Terminator, Sailor Moon and a pirate. Him cosplaying Sailor Moon made Peng create a wallpaper based on it, it's called 'Pretty Horseman Seaman Sun' and consists of the Wei generals cosplaying as Sailor Moon characters (Moon, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Venus), along with Cao Ren as Artemis, Cao Pi as Luna, and Zhen Ji as Tuxedo Mask.
Dian Wei - He has a shiny bald head. In addition of that, he usually dons only red shorts and attacks with an RFD, acronym of Rescue Floating Device (a reference to Baywatch). He also claims to have a CPR certificate.
Xu Chu - He is quite a minor character here. In order to recruit him, Dian Wei had to use Guo Jia's Baozi Hat.
Zhang Liao - He is the unwilling love interest of Guan Yu's gayness. Zhang Liao always attempted to avoid him, but could never get away. There was one occassion that he hung himself committing suicide. But in the next chapter he later returned alive and well.
Xu Huang - He first joined the Yellow Turban Rebellion, gaining a 'Yellow' Turban (which is in fact his turban combined with pee). But he is later seen usually with his white turban. He also possesses a digital camera, and happens to know Jang Geum.
Zhen Ji - She has yet to appear in the actual comic, but she seemed to harbor a crush on Cao Ren.
Cao Ren - He is portrayed as a fan of Hello Kitty (on his vest was a picture of Hello Kitty), as well as the resident black sheep of Wei, being blamed for things he didn't commit. A running joke is that he's always taken away to be castrated (along with saying "Let me goooooo... I'm still virgin."), but he never got castrated. It's revealed that in fact he wears unlimited underwear.
Cao Pi - He also has yet to appear in the actual comic. Interestingly, during his first appearance, he's drawn like a Cao Cao Jr, which is like a smaller Cao Cao with mustache and another Duck Hat. It's currently unknown if Peng will draw him in his Dynasty Warriors 5 attire.
Guo Jia - He sports the Baozi Hat instead of Duck Hat, and sunglasses. When Cao Cao hypnotized various officers to join him, Guo Jia was unaffected used his hat to hypnotize Cao Cao in turn.

Wu Characters

Sun Jian - During his first appearance, he looked normal. But on his next appearances, Sun Jian is always seen to wear a chubby tiger outfit made by Sun Shang Xiang. He's also the current character that really stays dead instead of going to another country.
Sun Ce - In the beginning, Sun Ce's age was very questionable. His later appearance was the duel with Taishi Ci, which ended as both of them stripping and doing some boys love chemistry. He later donned Sun Jian's tiger costume. Also, he enjoyed watching Brokeback Mountain with Zhou Yu.
Huang Gai - He has only one appearance so far, handing the Imperial Seal to Liu Biao. However, he's most noted for being butt-naked all the time.
Taishi Ci - He's known for constantly changing his weapons, from popsicles to shish kebabs to rulers. He's hinted to be gay along with Sun Ce.
Zhou Yu - He also didn't appear in the main comic, but he's first seen enjoying Brokeback Mountain with Sun Ce, annoying Cao Cao greatly.
Gan Ning - He has also yet to appear in the main comic. He's first seen selling pirated CDs of Brokeback Mountain in mainland China.

Other Characters

Diao Chan - She was in fact the girl who mistook Guan Yu as a basketball player. She's known to have an affair with Lu Bu, but Guan Yu ordered his weaponsmith to kill her. Recently, she returned, but claimed herself as 'Diao Chan of the Japanese version'.
Lu Bu - He gained the services of Legolas, as well as having a collection of porno books. Along with Diao Chan, he's an avid eater of McDonald's, especially the French Fries. Unknown to him, his halberd is alive.
Dong Zhuo - While also evil, in the webcomic, he's quite humorous. He likes to play with children in daycare. He's later killed in a similar fashion to Julius Caesar, muttering "Et tu Lu Bu".
Yuan Shao - He is still portrayed as the usual snob noble. In one of the comic strips, he taught Chinese Gestures.
Zhang Jiao - Starts the Yellow Turban Rebellion by giving free Yellow Turbans. He also gained the services of Xu Huang by peeing his turban yellow. For a certain reason, his group is often referred as Falun Gong.
Red Hare - Lu Bu's steed, which is in fact a giant red bunny with an emblem of hammer and sickle on its body. At first he's known to be a violent rabbit, punching on Liu Bei and Cao Cao. When it was given to Guan Yu, it got a little soft.
Mother Dong - The mother of Dong Zhuo. For unknown reasons, she possessed great martial arts skills, and she can defeat Lu Bu easily. She got a heart attack when fighting Ma Chao, but returned to antagonize Lu Bu, thanks to Guo Jia's plot.

The Chapters

Chapter 1 - Beginning
Chapter 2 - Fall of the Han - PlayStation 2 is mentioned.
Chapter 3 - Yellow Turban Rebellion
Chapter 4 - No more turbans?
Chapter 5 - Liu Bei meets Zhang Fei
Chapter 6 - Name
Chapter 7 - Guan Yu
Chapter 8 - A fake name
Chapter 9 - Two sworn brothers and one sworn sister
Chapter 10 - Weapons
Chapter 11 - Hungry - McDonald's restaurant is featured.
Chapter 12 - Baozi
Chapter 13 - Cao Cao
Chapter 14 - Sun Jian
Chapter 15 - Dong Zhuo
Chapter 16 - Liu Bei meets Cao Cao
Chapter 17 - Dong Zhuo seizes the power
Chapter 18 - Lu Bu and Red Hare
Chapter 19 - Assassination - The phrase 'Cao Cao is sexy' is mentioned for the first time.
Chapter 20 - Wanted
Chapter 21 - Mistake
Chapter 22 - Remember us
Chapter 23 - Yuan Shao
Chapter 24 - Chinese Gestures - Sub-comic.
Chapter 25 - Chinese Gestures 2 - Continuing the previous one.
Chapter 26 - Meeting
Chapter 27 - Duel
Chapter 28 - Duel 2
Chapter 29 - Duel 3
Chapter 30 - Saving Lord Lu Bu
Chapter 31 - Imperial Seal
Chapter 32 - No Protection
Chapter 33 - Ask Cao Cao - Sub-comic.
Chapter 34 - Fallen Confederacy
Chapter 35 - Ask Cao Cao 2 (mistakenly written as Cao Cao 2) - Sub-comic
Chapter 36 - Imperial Seal 2 -
Chapter 37 - Ask Cao Cao 3 - Sub-comic. It's the first time Cao Ren's phrase "Let me goooo... I'm still virgin." is said.
Chapter 38 - Zhao Yun
Chapter 39 - Ask Cao Cao 4 - Sub-comic, drawn before the announcement of Dynasty Warriors 5, hence Cao Pi's generic appearance.
Chapter 40 - Death of Sun Jian
Chapter 41 - Dong Zhuo the Tyrant
Chapter 42 - Age of Sun Ce
Chapter 43 - Diao Chan
Chapter 44 - Sleeping with Diao Chan
Chapter 45 - Chasing
Chapter 46 - Disagreement - Featuring the French Fries from McDonald's.
Chapter 47 - Death of Dong Zhuo - Julius Caesar made a cameo here.
Chapter 48 - Ask Cao Ren - Sub-comic.
Chapter 49 - Mother Dong
Chapter 50 - Serve Me!
Chapter 51 - Ma Chao
Chapter 52 - Act of Vengeance
Chapter 53 - Taishi Ci - FedEx is mentioned.
Chapter 54 - Baozi 2
Chapter 55 - Wrong Letter
Chapter 56 - Lost Yanzhou
Chapter 57 - Refuse
Chapter 58 - Falling into a trap
Chapter 59 - Helmet
Chapter 60 - Lifeguard
Chapter 61 - Saving Cao Cao
Chapter 62 - Revenge
Chapter 63 - Xu Chu
Chapter 64 - Tao Qian thrice offers Xuzhou to Liu Bei
Chapter 65 - Xu Huang (Part 1)
Chapter 66 - Xu Huang (Part 2)
Chapter 67 - Xu Huang (Part 3)
Chapter 68 - Lu Bu seeks Liu Bei
Chapter 69 - Sun Ce vs Taishi Ci
Chapter 70 - Drinking
Chapter 71 - Drunken Zhang Fei - Cinderella makes a cameo here.
Chapter 72 - Remember our oath!
Chapter 73 - Peace
Chapter 74 - Shooting the Halberd - Legolas from The Lord of the Rings is featured here.
Chapter 75 - Ask Diao Chan - Sub-comic
Chapter 76 - Humiliation
Chapter 77 - Lady Zou
Chapter 78 - Dian Wei's Last Battle (Part 1)
Chapter 79 - Dian Wei's Last Battle (Part 2)
Chapter 80 - Ultraman Yuan-Shu-type - Ultraman makes a cameo here.
Chapter 81 - Xiahou Dun loses an eye - Featuring Legolas.
Chapter 82 - Mirror mirror - The magic mirror in Snow White makes a cameo.
Chapter 83 - Love at First Sight - Guan Yu offers a similar climbing method used by Rapunzel
Chapter 84 - Cosmetic Surgery - Seo Jang Geum makes a cameo here.
Chapter 85 - Liu Bei the Cannibal
Chapter 86 - Busy Night for Lu Bu
Chapter 87 - Xiapei's Last Stand
Chapter 88 - Captured Lu Bu
Chapter 89 - White Gate Tower
Chapter 90 - Chen Gong
Chapter 91 - Secret Within Secret - Legolas' apparent final appearance. Gimli makes a cameo here.
Chapter 92 - Execution of Lu Bu - The quote "May the Dark Side of the Force be with you." is referring to Star Wars.
Chapter 93 - Sparing Zhang Liao
Chapter 94 - Fate of Diao Chan (Part 1)One of the major Diao Chan stories prevalent in China.
Chapter 95 - Fate of Diao Chan (Part 2)Based upon one of the popular Japanese novels and comics on three kingdoms.
Chapter 96 - Family Resemblance
Chapter 97 - Imperial Game
Chapter 98 - Imperial Game 2
Chapter 99 - Cao Cao Discusses Actor - Brokeback Mountain is mentioned.
Chapter 100 - Shuo Cao Cao Cao Cao Jiu Dao
Chapter 101 - Ask Cao Cao 6 - Sub-comic.
Chapter 102 - Decree
Chapter 103 - Ask Liu Bei - Sub-comic.
Chapter 104 - Trapped at Hilltop
Chapter 105 - Three Conditions - Zhang Liao is seen hanging himself, but he lives on in the next comic.
Chapter 106 - Guan Yu and Red Hare
Chapter 107 - A surprise gift
Chapter 108 - Unprepared Yan Liang
Chapter 109 - Confused Wen Chou
Chapter 110 - Farewell
Chapter 111 - Guan Yu's journey - Gogo Yubari from Kill Bill and Ronald McDonald make a cameo here.

Merchandise

Peng Guo also featured some merchandise items based on his comics. Currently he sells red T-Shirts with white silhouette of Guan Yu riding Red Hare. Recently he also sells buttons with some main characters of the comic, such as Cao Cao and Red Hare.

Other Language Version

This webcomic also offers several other language versions such as Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Thai. Other language versions might have some delay from English version.

External Links

[san.pengguo.com]

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