Flowers, Delivery, and Inattention
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| "Flowers, Delivery, and Inattention" 花と配達とよそ見
(Hana to Haitatsu to Yosomi) | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Kodansha | ||||||||||||
| Published in | TV Magazine | ||||||||||||
| First published | February 15, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Manga | Haruka Oda | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Minoko | ||||||||||||
The speedy Cheetor runs afoul of Rhinox's invention.
Synopsis
Cheetor has started a food delivery service. After handing Optimus Primal his energon-coated bananas, he receives another order. Cooking it in a flash, he transforms and streaks off base with freshly made shrimp fried rice on his back. Primal wonders who would request Cheetor's services from off base... but the customer is actually Megatron, much to the Maximal leader's chagrin!
Meanwhile, Rhinox is relaxing in the forest when he spots a beautiful flower. Wanting to take care of it back at base, he builds an automated watering machine for the flower. Unfortunately that's when Cheetor returns from his delivery, colliding with the machine and causing damage to the flower. A furious Rhinox lets him off with a light warning... by tracing the silhouette of a terrified Cheetor into the wall with his Chainguns of Doom.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Maximals | Predacons |
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Notes
- This story was published as the February 2023 issue of the web comic and advertised the War for Cybertron: Kingdom Cheetor and Rhinox figures.
Transformers references
- Cheetor and Rhinox debut in this issue with unusually liberal character designs based on their respective Kingdom toys being advertised, with Cheetor in particular distinguishable from his show model by little more than the consistent yellow of his beast eyes in both modes. Perhaps Oda fell back on Ken Christiansen's concept art?
- Rhinox's flower is based on the juvenile form of the Vok Metal Hunter as it appeared in the Beast Wars episode "Other Visits (Part 1)".
Reprints
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Transformers Go! Go! - cover art by Haruka Oda
External links
- Issue 21 at TV Magazine
- Issue 21 on Comic-Days
- Translation of issue 21 at the TF Translations blog
