2013-05-30
Explanation
This comic is a mostly wordless action sequence about two ninjas -- one in dark blue/purple and one in dark red/maroon -- who spot each other at night and charge toward one another as if preparing for an epic battle. The panels build dramatic tension as they run, lock eyes across a split panel, and then leap toward each other in fighting poses under the moonlight. They clash in midair, and subsequent panels show them running side by side, then walking away together.
The punchline comes in the final panel: the two ninjas are sitting together on a couch at home. One says "Ewww..." while the other reads a book titled "SEX." The reveal is that the two ninjas are actually a couple, and their dramatic nighttime encounter was not a battle but rather a romantic rendezvous. The "fight" choreography was actually flirtation and foreplay, subverting the expectation of a violent ninja showdown.
The votey shows a ninja head/helmet rendered as a round shape, resembling a sperm cell -- a visual pun connecting the ninja theme to the sexual punchline of the comic.