In the context of the comic, though, I don't think showing consequences to getting killed or turned into a tree would be very meaningful. The focus isn't so much on how Kimiko deals with failure, but rather how these failures come about. They're self contained illustrations of personal folly, like a Twilight Zone episode or something like that. Kimiko may act these out for us, but ultimately each of those stories isn't about her.

Okay, I think I'm done overanalyzing my own dumb comic. I need to get back to drawing the next one. :)