[Dark Crescendo No. 4 Side Story] Tomoichiro Iwagami [Grok Runaway Edition] & Shinjuku Concerto
2026/03/03 tue
First, Dark Crescendo Episode 04.
I finished it at 20 pages, but I was working with ChatGPT to touch it up because I thought I might redraw it a bit.
Then, when I showed it to Grok to see if it could tell the difference, for some reason it suddenly started making a video of the panel layout.
The beginning was still acceptable, but Grok gradually entered runaway mode.
The video production ignored the original work so much that it turned into a complete gag, so I just went ahead and made it into a video (lol).
[Dark Crescendo No. 4] Tomoichiro Iwagami [AI Manga]
*I will explain in the order of the original drawing, the touched-up drawing, and then the runaway Grok GIF image.
[Original Image]
[Touched-up Image]
*The expression of Machine King Yen has become a little more strong-willed.
[Grok Runaway Edition]
Why did you go out of your way to raise the right arm?
[Original Image]
[Touched-up Image]
Ah, even though there are two pages, it arbitrarily combined them into one...
I had no choice but to draw the right part of the original page above.
[Grok Runaway Arc]
Hey, Grok!
Why is it that even though it's Machine King Yen, the voice is male and the mechanical parts are gone?
This one has a male voice too...
[Grok Runaway Arc: Two-page spread image revision]
It removed the machine from the face on its own again, and the voice is male too...
This one also removed the machine from the face on its own again, and the voice is male too...
[Original Image]
[Revised Image]
Yen's face has become a bit cooler (lol).
Also, the way the Beast King's charge is drawn has changed.
[Grok Runaway Arc]
Hey!
Why did you punch and defeat the Beast King on your own?
The story will end right here (lol)!
Why are there so many Beast Kings, like they're some kind of mob character? (lol)
[Original Image]
[Retouched Image]
This part hasn't changed much.
[Grok Runaway Arc]
The Beast King in the right corner is ignoring the panel borders and sticking out again, and why does he have bat-like minions? (lol)
Grok, aren't you going a bit too crazy? Why are you breaking through the panels with a kick and even destroying the dialogue?
[Original Image]
[Retouched Image]
The way the Beast King's charge is drawn is different.
[Grok Runaway Arc]
Why is Yang attacking on his own again? (lol)
His hairstyle is different, and he's tripping while trying to escape...
[Original Image]
[Retouched Image]
The way Yang is used and the panel layouts have clearly changed.
[Grok Runaway Arc]
He's gone and summoned multiple copies to attack and defeat it on his own again...
There aren't multiple Beast Kings!
Why is Yang easily catching and parrying the Beast King's attacks with his bare hands!
That's not convincing at all (lol).
He's ignoring the original work and kicking it on his own (lol).
*Bonus
[Original Image]
*This is still just the original image and hasn't been retouched yet, but shall we have the runaway Grok try it again? (lol)
[Grok Runaway Arc]
You said, "If you take even one hit, it's over!" but you were taking hits easily just a moment ago...
Yan's face doesn't even look like the same person anymore; he looks like a child (lol).
That concludes the Grok Runaway Arc.
Dark Crescendo 1, 2, 3, and 4 can also be watched as videos.
Bonus
Darkness 184 (Ritardando and Concerto Arc)
This is the seventh installment, a sequel to Shinjuku Crescendo, which I started writing around 2010 but abandoned halfway through: Shinjuku Concerto.
When Grok goes out of control, it turns into horror (lol).
