CIEA archive vol. 0 - cover 1 + mindset (Patreon)

it's the CIEA archive, for the sake of convenience.all of it's released content, so it's on da house. they'll all be tagged under "CIEA archive" and every time a chapter is completed and completely released publicly, it'll be compiled in 1 big ol' post like this...so that's where you can find it.

CIEA started with this prologue (and cover) on april 13th, 2018.8 years ago...and im only on chapter 8.1. (well technically, i've completed 17 chapters but still. some chapters like this one and ch. 5.5 are very short.)i initially started working on CIEA via flipnote 3DS around dec. 22 2015 at least. maybe a little more way back before then. childa certainly existed for a lot longer...i guess they were like thumbnails...but they were really 1-panel-a-page kinda things, like you'd often see on hatena. eventually i felt it was too stifling, and went and started working on it properly. i added the journal prologue.if i recall, i made it as far as the beginning of chapter 5. im pretty sure i still have it sitting around somewhere, but i'd rather clean and cut it up if i ever release it...it was all originally posted to smackjeeves. up to like, chapter 5 or something? RIP btw. some other company ran it into the ground shortly after acquiring it from the owner if i remember correctly lol

perhaps things have changed, but a lot has also stayed the same when i look back at it.

i also redrew the 1st cover for it's 4th anniversary, i think. i'll upload it separately later.