previously: >>152846920
>>152859531Time to ready the jiffy pop>>152859576*frightened Shocker noises*
the panel line works as the ceiling, amazing.
>>152859691 uh oh...
>>152859552ENTER
>>152859723My thoughts exactly...
>>152859552ENTER>>152859682I know we should probably count them as they appear, but IIRC there's 5 Spots across Usagi media in total?>OG Spot>Jotaro's Spot>Yuichi's Spot in the Netflix show>Kiyoshi's Spot in Space Usagi>S.P.O.T., also from Space Usagi
the way this story pops up so early never fails to get me.
>>152859703A Nice old lady? I'm sure she'll be fine...
>>152859865Goddammit, Fuedal Japan!!!
Jei's Theme: Will of the Godshttps://files.catbox.moe/ungj7i.mp3
what could the gods possibly have told him?
>>152859826>even Spot murks a guy
I find it interesting that stan used a whole different inking style for the lighting than here.
>マルチングとは、特定の分解された有機物(動物の排泄物などを含むが、これらに限定されない)を用いて、植生を希望する場所を覆う、土壌改良の一種である。この方法により、土壌が豊かになり植物の生育が促進されると同時に、土壌浸食を防ぎ、地表からの水分蒸発を抑制する。
not sure I missed any in the previous volumes, otherwise: >orphans: 2
>>152859858This one, Fathers and Sons, and the mountain top one always make me cry.
>>152860029ENTER
>>152860183Nice trio of ladies there.
>>152859753>Atsuro trying to be menacing, having second thoughts, and slowly losing resolve before folding>Usagi's expression doesn't change once in the stare downI think this and Usagi pounding the Taiko drum in the pouring rain are my favorite pages.
this page is awesome
>>152859753Not quite the Care Bear Stare, is it?
>>152860097They told him about the Leo X Usagi shipping.
>>152860261Groo returns
>>152859716What's a check?
as an extra...
>>152860086Jei is so cute when he's asleep
and now, letters.
>>152860158And then we never saw Jei again
>>152859703OH LOOK A NICE OLD LADY! RUN! God was this one really so early?
>>152859703The old lady, not the old lady!Ladies and gentlemen, here is were Usagu Yojimbo trully starts.
>>152859858I might be stupid but I don't think I realized until now that Usagi actually kills her here
extra covers from the reprint of the volume
>>152860324ENTER
>>152860287Hey look, it's Stan, Sergio, Mark, and Tom!
that's it for now, see you tomorrow.
>>152860703Many thanks Murder.
>>152860287On the left that's Stan, Sergio... Kim Thompson? And who's the fourth guy?
>>152860463https://youtu.be/C1PlVqFLWSo?is=Am15O-kSdO1zG0jK
>>152860703Thanks for storytiming, Murder.
>>152860309This is some fucking quick thinking here.
>>152860366Is this the most retarded Usagi ever gets?>Hmm, Tomoe told me she had speared a ninja in the leg!>That woodcutter's axe cut looked like a spear wound in the leg...>...and now he's traveling in the wrong direction!>I just can't make heads or tails of this one! But *something's* weird for sure.
>>152860489Translation of what the samurai are saying.>おい、お前!俺たちは荒くれ者の無法者浪人だ!>金を出せ、さもないと殺すぞ!>はっ! 面白半分で、どうせ殺してやるんだから!
Here's our updated totals for this volume. I've decided not to count the ninja turtles, if you really want to know how many there are I'm guessing it's around 10, counting both continuities that crossed over with usagi and the Mom and Dad portraits in this issue but you're free to disqualify any of those, it doesn't really matter. I'll also not be counting anything that wasn't drawn by Stan himself.>+1 pig>+1 human>+1 tiger>+1 beaver>+1 wolf>+3 (non-mogura) moles>+1 mouse>New Total: 51
>>152860703T'anks, Moidah!
>>152860669Baka anon
>>152860925He's figured out that it's probably him
>>152859858Shit's bleak yo, what the fuck.
Book 3447 Usagis (1248 total)754 Panels (1986 total)7 Neko Ninja (88 total)Mogura holding at 19Here is the 1000th Usagi panel. Very cool.You may be wondering how I'm counting the Neko ninja, since obviously we had a long story with a ton of appearances, yet the number is still comparatively low. This count is not for panels but the number of distinct Neko ninja, to get an idea of how large their clan is. For small battles - the bridge fight in v1 for example, and the Turtle Soup & Rabbit Stew fight in this volume - it's easy to keep track of how many Neko show up and die. Looking back at the bridge, three initially show up and attack, then we see three bodies on the ground. Five more show up, three more die, then the last two. 8 total. In this volume, we have the "woodcutter," one guy. Then in Turtle Soup & Rabbit Stew, four initially rush Usagi, and then a fifth appears from behind; in the last scene a sixth has joined the fray, while the initial four are dead or dying. In these cases, Stan is very consistent.On the other hand, when we have scenes like Mifune's castle infiltration, Stan just throws reason out the window, and the Neko multiply from panel to panel. Thus we go with the largest number, out of multicultural respect for their sacred clan art of breeding no jutsu.>>152860522>>152860582Very funny, thank you Murder. I need to read more Sergio.
>>152859582Stan loves his plump peasant women, doesn't he?
>>152860097"Jei, that rabbit hasn't paid taxes in 3 years!"
>>152861545You can avert rain by hanging a teru teru bozu outside your house.
>>152861545Feudal Japan, what a terrible place!Feudal Japan, it don't get much woooorse!It means no mercy! For the rest of your days!It's our horrible, societyyyy! Feudal Japan!
>>152860590Dragon Bellow Conspiracy foreshadowing...
>>152859753Usagi can smell when they're bitch made.
>>152859600Lazy fucker couldn't even be assed to climb more than a few steps.
>>152859559Beggars can't be choosers.
>>152859621Man, this is the second pig Usagi's made sworn enemies with.
>>152859912Even the lizards don't want to hang out with piggers
>>152859641Wow, the one that was an actual accident was the thing that set him off.
>>152859650Even if they don't survive this, now the pig's gonna have to deal with the entiee town pissed at him for almost killing them.
>>152859655>Well well well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions
>>152855814Your scholarship has been noted and added to the archives.> I recalled that silver was predominantly used around certain region of Japan while gold was used more around KyoSo gold was used and encouraged by the shogunate based in Edo, but Osaka preferred using silver. But that simple statement understates just how hakama-on-head retarded Osaka's money policy was. They didn't just silver, they only used silver ON TRANSACTIONAL NOTES.Okay so what does that mean? Let's consider a scenario in Feudal America 2026 if we used Osaka policy. You order dinner at your local wings-and-burger joint (TN: a kind of American izakaya). The total for your meal is $10.75. The server at the counter tells you as much. This kind of common, everyday transaction you pay with cash or your credit card. Simple enough right? You take your meal to go and you go home. You open your mailbox and you have a letter informing you that your rent is due in 15 days. The wording of the letter is something like "Please pay 1200 by the 15th of the month." 1200 what? Not $1200 USD, but 1200 BRITISH POUNDS. But you don't carry £ notes. That's okay. Your landlord doesn't actually want British pounds either, he's simply FORCED TO CARRY OUT HIS RECORDED TRANSACTIONS IN THEM. You do some quick conversions and cut him a check for the equivalent amount in US dollars. He cashes your check. He converts the USD back to pounds IN HIS LEDGER in case the government authorities want to check his books. Source: “The Tokugawa Monetary System: 1787-1868.”http://www.jstor.org/stable/1152130. >>152859537I have literally run out of research papers on the early Tokugawa system to reference.>>152857933Speaking of Morrowind>The theatrical masks of Azura, Mephala and Boethiah>I was deeply inspired by Kabuki theater masks and thought it would be interesting to create a similar concept for the Dunmer, featuring their gods, heroes, and other key figures from their history.
>>152860205(A very dynamic entry... but if they had used spears they would have had the advantage.)
>>152860522Sergioposting, nice!>>152860582Okay but leaving a winning Tic-Tac-Toe move as your victory poem goes hard as fuck
>>152859703Such a nice young man!
>>152859934How bad is the economy that there are this many abandoned temples?He finds like several every volume.
>>152859709Old lady with a son? Lets hope it's not a ghost/yokai this time around.
>>152860297Staredowns: 21 (counted in 2020)
>>152862724I'm pretty sure the authorities would be more pissed of him vandalizing the fire watch tower.
>>152860029AND THEN THERES THIS ASSHOLE
>>152859738Wow, someone actually realizing pissing off Usagi's a bad idea? That's new.
>>152859745Oh this sack of shit's gotta GO.
>>152860231I find this amusing knowing how Gen will get along with a certain somebody in the future.
>>152859858Ah, old and good Feudal Japan.
>>152859753Lmao, Usagi put him in his place.
>>152860097>Cucking your brother and making him raise the bastard?>Oh you best believe that's a murderin
>>152859770>>152859776Dang, what on earth happened for him to end up this way? Dude had it all and STILL ended up a bastard.
>>152860445>a fucking stick
>>152860304I wonder if this "gift" is to placate the shogun after Noriyuki got framed for the "fake" letter or if Stan simply let go of that plotline?
>>152859788; _ ;
>>152859800Oh no... why do I have a feeling something's going to go VERY wrong here?
>>152860317(I suspect Tomoe would have been beaten on the head by Katsuichi too for not trusting her instincts.)
>>152862951Considering how obsessed with face feudal Japan was, I wouldn't be surprised if it was for the former reason.
>>152859804Oh no.
>>152859826EVEN THE DINO HAS KILLED?!
>>152859831nonononononNO
>>152862939Some men are just born to be douchebags the second they get power. How many well off or just good parents have complete scumbags for kids they can't see for what they are until it's too late.It's just worse than usual because this being FEUDAL JAPAN more people are dying than usual.
>>152859840...wow. I was totally blindsided by this, holy shit was a twist.
>>152859582tmnt ref in the bottom left
>>152862939This is just my schizo theory, but I'm seeing it like this.>Grows up seeing his dad spend the family fortune on giving folks loans>Half the people don't even pay them back>Always respectful towards his father and mother, but this one time he overhears some villagers laughing at his sucker of a father for essentially handing out free money>Realizes the whole town thinks his father a fool and behind each smile of appreciation is a grin of mockery>When he inherits the job, he decides to not be a sucker like his father before him and hires some muscle to get the money out of people who are constantly cheating his family out of their money>Mother won't accept the fact that she and dad were played for fools>Grow frustrated with her constantly going "nOoOo! YoU cAn'T bEaT pEoPlE uP!!!">Occasionally drags some random ronins back home, asking them to kill you>Another one shows up, you know the song and dance by now so try to act tough in front of the long eared dead beat>Gives you the death god stare instead, making you lose your composureAnd the rest is history.
>>152859858>>152859865FUCK, this is harrowing.
>>152860489>Ancient ninja art of bodyslamming through a group of hostiles.Also he looks like he's got a brick in his mouth here.
>>152861981So... Tumba is Yasuke. Interesting.
>>152859871Aw FUCK, are we really getting back to back tragedies today?
>>152859881>went from aspiring to live a peaceful life among people to total solitude Man.
>>152863207The way of the blade is kind to no one.
>>152859950>it's a transplant!Carlos!
>>152863322Hai?
>>152859967Pretty sure that had less to do with him sensing your thrusts, and more with you screaming "HIYAAA" to his face.
>>152859973Gotta say, I really like this page. Manages to condense a ton of action in a way most comics, or even manga for that matter, are able to achieve.
>>152861545>>152863122Welcome to the annual storytime!
>>152863364Yeah he did the same layout during the battle before lord Mifune died last thread. Stan very rarely uses such sense panels for an entire page and it's used very effectively when he does.
>>152860023Goddamn, the mood whiplash between the past two storytimes and this one is wild.
>>152859590Neat, the monkey woodcutters are back.
>>152860047>you're MAD!You just now realized that?
>>152860052>>152860060Jesus, the fact you don't even get to see the carnage is somehow even more visceral in its own way.
>>152860064>lightning strike shaped skullHeh, that's cute.
>>152860071It takes a lot to unnerve Usagi, and this guy did it immediately.
>>152862951I'm surprised you've already managed to forget this but Hebi orders Okii to deliberately downplay the Geishus' culpability at the end of the confession story, to bury the whle thing more effectively. Most likely they didn't lose much face over that.
>>152863167That's Pimon, you idiot.
>>152860082This dude's something else, even Usagi's like "I get to get the HELL out of here!"
>>152863190>Happy endings: approximately 1 in 3
>>152860097I mean tbf, there is a LOT of blood is on Usagi's hands so far.
>>152860120Aw, now I'm sad the skull lightning was used so early on. Would've been perfect here instead.
>>152863621Must have slipped my mind.
>>152863685Nah man you've got that backwards. I guess it doesn't really show yet in these early chapters but Usagi's behavior stands in deliberate contrast to every other samurai or ronin who's actively looking for a Bushido Moment to start a confrontation over nothing. Usagi for the most part is more than ready to apologize or lose face to avoid unnecessary conflict.
>>152863762>>152860132Oh wait, there it is! Sakai does not disappoint.
>>152859775>Not just a spot, not my dog, Spot. Not my liver spot, but MY Spot!
>>152859709>carrying a peasant on his backand this is how we know that Usagi's more woke about Bullshitdo than he lets on
>>152860141Love that last panel
>>152860183Ah shit, Gen's back!
>>152860186You know, for some reason I don't trust Gen when he says there's no more bandits.
>>152860194Trusting a cheap ferry? In Feudal Japan?
>>152860410MEDDLEMAN!
>>152860097they told him something about nortubel
>>152862782This is one of those tropes that sounds like it could only be a cinematic contrivance but it's actually true. Think about it.>the close of the Sengoku Jidai era, where armies clashed on the field every season and left destruction in their wake>the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate, with its extremely strict restrictions on inter-border travel >the redrawing of the political map meant lots of formerly inhabited lands or routes that were commonly traveled are now abandoned>the constant natural disasters that are a part of life in the Ring Of Fire>the various plagues and famines that struck the land even in peacetimeA landscape littered with abandoned shrines is not so far-fetched.
>>152863773You probably also noticed, but it also shows up in the lightning that hits the tree.
>>152860211Anyone else imagining these guys doing Wilheim screams whenever they get murked?https://youtu.be/r6JK-gRELI0
>>152860220So I guess Gen can just be an actual asshole sometimes, instead of just a comedic asshole.
>>152863969>also noticed*already noticed
>>152860237>What kind of being would I be if I knowingly jeopardized my friend's life for the sake of profitYou literally did that twice already. Something tells me he's lying even to himself; Usagi has nothing to do with this.
Anon from last thread wanted canon Sakai promotions
>>152860242All this for a dinky little cup?! It could at least had decoration on it!
>>152860256USAGI YOU HAD ONE JOB!
Rare Jei fanart
>>152860283I guess Usagi's noble spirit's starting to rub off on ol' Gen.
>>152859621Random Calvin and Hobbes cameo. I wonder if this was also the same year they were in Power Pack.
>>152864061Catbox of the whole picture?
>>152864073Aesthetics is a helluva drug!
>>152864109This reminds me that I generated some AI fanart myself after last year's storytime ended...
>>152860515Just Ninja Kick the damn rabbit, next time!
>>152863799>>152863807>>152863820>>152863820>>152863843Holy shit is this official animation or fan animation?
>>152864254Ha ha! Movie reference.
>>152864109Neat.>>152864230Fuck outta here with that. Doesn't even remotely look like Jei.
>>152860817Mark Evanier and Tom Luth
>>152864205I fucking Love Hyouge MonoI wish it had an official English release.
>>152864256It's official, from the Usagi episodes of the 2012 TMNT show
>>152864129Is this the last human to show up in a crowd shot?I can't think of any after this
>>152864256Yeah, 3 parter from the fifth season, and Stan actually wrote the story (though only did the script for the first part). It's about Jei brainwashing the Turtles to help him kill Usagi and some magic baby or something I forget. Yuki Matsuzaki and Keone Young play Usagi and Jei respectively
>>152860304Panda boy and Best girl's back!
>>152864430>Best girl>TomoeAnon, you are entering a dangerous battlefield without even having seen the other girls yet.
>>152860309https://youtu.be/SFLnkrWr6tQ?si=90_awvNxHsvBM2W5
>>152860331Man, whatever they're paying this guy, it's clearly not enough.
>>152864485It just gets sadder when we learn more about the neko ninja.
>>152860344>Tomoe went into the exact opposite direction as the banditI'm guessing tracking people down isn't her strong suit?
>>152864500She doesn't have the meddledar Usagi got.
>>152860379Sakai must really like these monkey woodcutters. They've probanly appeared more than any other non-main character so far.
>>152864561They're a pretty nice sort of catch all for any passing peasant, and shows that despite all the drama and horror and violence of FEUDAL JAPANLife just goes on
>>152863082Some kind of shinobi tortoise
>>152859636What is the pointy thing in the bottle for?
>>152859641I still think they are not meant to be monkeys
>>152864343Oh, that makes sense! I should have guessed Evanier, but I don't think I would ever have picked up on Luth spontaneously (which is dumb).
>>152863793Usagi Wokejimbo
>>152864587It's a lip to help drink from the bottle
>>152864602Nah they outright have the facial structure of chimps with the ridged eyebrows and the protruding mouth
>>152864621It's a bit too generic to guess it's him without knowing who the other 3 are yeah
>>152859738Compared to the bears in the first story times this one looks more like a catoony fellow that a bear
>>152864441>Lord Anon! The Mayumifags are not following the battle signal!
>>152859745>>152859753If only Usagi had this attitude when he meet that guy who abused his wife.
>>152860410Usagi's smug grin in that first panel is priceless.
>>152859858Welcome to Mr. Sakai wild ride!I think this is why Usagi is unadaptable, is too silly adults and to bleak for kids.
>>152860474Now I'm interested in seeing the other contributions to that project.
>>152859973A thread ago I mentioned I thought the page of the fight in Adachigahara was the most dense panelling the comic does but this is the same layout actually
>>152860508Lmao.
>>152864755I mean if an audience was willing to follow the Anime Adaptation of Beastars I think we can expect some folks to follow Usagi Yojimbo..... Then again.... we got Samurai Rabbit instead.
>>152860158I was expecting Usagi to call him "Jei-san" at some point to make the joke plain.
>>152860029ENTER the blade of the gods.
>>152860410Hikiji?!
>>152860410>>152864707What a lad.
>>152860590Wait, so Sakai got the idea of the skull word balloons from Groo? Interesting.
>>152860097That Rabbit jaywalk, kill him!
>>152860569SEXO
>>152859568He's basically a Tulum Dog.
>>152860669While this is besides the points, Usagi doesn't seem shy about killing women.
>>152864348It's aimed squarely at Japanese history nerds. A hard sell.
>>152860178Nice panel with the birds, I haven't noticed it before.
>>152862981Lotta FOOLS in Feudal Japan.
Welcome back to the death rattle tally! Here are the new screams found in today's storytime:>Arr!: 1>Eeyarg!: 1>Erg!: 1>Eegurk!: 1>Yaaa!: 1See atttachment for total cry so far. As always, if you have any questions about the count, feel free to ask.>>152859537Nonsense, this is way easier than counting all the honourable/battle cries. Less judgments to do and much more straightforward. Reusing an effective counting system that I created last year also helps. It sure beats having to use an abacus.
>>152860186And another episode of, people dying for stupid reasons. In today episode Teacup.
>>152863793He's an archetypical Chanbara movie protag. They play really fast and loose with Bushido, especially when it comes to helping people.
>>152860287Look! Is the man who killed Marty Feldman!
>>152865042if Ooku: The Inner Chambers had a complete official release then Hyougemono should have one, too.
>>152860522I appreciate the new things you're adding this year, between this, the letters pages, etc. Thank you!>>152860590The mention of Napoleonic Europe here reminds me I really wish there was a spinoff story showing Europe during this time>>152862593Good Zato-Ino, good use of the 1px binary>>152864396You can tell Stan wrote only the first episode, the quality drops in the rest of the story. That first episode is great though>>152864230I don't want to darken the tone of discussion on these threads which is why last year I kept my mouth shut when someone else kept making fake AI 80s TMNT Usagi screenshots, but I'll do a single personal appeal this time- please don't slop here, it sours the whole thing>>152859537>would you tell which porgram you draw in?Clip Studio, it's been the program I've used for... god, some 12 years or more now.Anyway replying now before doing today's doodles
>>152865220Yeah, the archetype of this is Kanbei in Seven Samurai, who doesn't even hesitate to shave off his topknot to save a kid.
>>152862939He's a money lender in the bust cycle of one of the most unstable economies in the pacific. His options are Go Broke or Be a Hardass. And it's easier to turn mean from being a hard ass.
>>152865278>The mention of Napoleonic Europe here reminds me I really wish there was a spinoff story showing Europe during this time>That One Spanish Shitbird Chronicles: an Usagi prequel
>>152859576>>152859618This was a fun afternoon
>>152860309gotta give him credit thats metal.
What if Kanbe but in the early comic style?
>>152865278>The mention of Napoleonic Europe here reminds me I really wish there was a spinoff story showing Europe during this timewe had this idea floating around at some point in the last years, that came to the conclusion the closest analogue to 1600s japan at the time was the italian city states, which led me to draw this. >clip studioI figured. seems like every artist I know uses that.
>>152865327he'd be the one yelling "he's just one guy!"
>>152860309-5 for getting detected+10 for keeping stealth.
>>152860410There is nothing worse in feudal japan that loosing face.
>>152860309>>152860324Man, this injury would kill him IRL, that's right through the femoral artery, basically still unfixable to this day. Tomoe would have thought she was mistaken for about twenty seconds before the blood started dripping through the ceiling.
>>152859709There's a big shift in the inking style between this and the previous story, did Stan get a new pen?
>>152860077Every year, we get to Volume 3 and I wonder about the Implications of that>What? Because there's something unsettling sbout Jei not knowing that his "Blessing" changes his spear's color.
>>152859641>>152859650>>152859655
>>152865315Kek!
>>152860522I've been looking for this comic for a while
>>152859531So, was critters a furry magazine or a comic anthology?
>>152860251>Five guys one handedIt's probably a good thing Katuichi only had one student. If he had a whole school full it'd be a population disaster.
>>152864230He looks drunk.
>>152865764I think the answer is yes?
>>152863799>>152863807>>152863820>>152863843This episode introduced me to Usagi.
>>152863115my personal theory is that is a simple case of hard working man becoming good once he gets money and his kid never actually having to struggle became spoiled and wicked
>>152865448>seems like every artist I know uses that.Its one of the most robust art programs currently available with lots of QOL stuff and an almost endless pool of resources for learning how to use it, unless someone only draws a few times a year is a good investment whether they're a hobbyist or a professional
>>152865297Realising now what I want is basically the comic book The Swindling Indies but with animals, which is funny considering the artist of said comic is also the artist of Blacksad. Anyway I recommend it to anyone here that hasn't read it >>152853237>>152865448That is really good and just proves my point of how cool it'd be. Though I guess maybe I'd want it a different animal, I'm ok with the white rabbit protags being specifically the Usagi lineage. Your drawing is pretty good at it too, I like he feels like he's got an arrogant expression.>I figured. seems like every artist I know uses that.It's pretty good, there's a reason it supplanted Photoshop in terms of being the mainstream illustration tool, even if they've done stupid decisions in recent years.>>152865327based KanbeAnyway here's today's additions- Jei, Shingen, Spot; plus as before, a couple touch ups in others. I'm realising in the same way I'm not doing Katsuichi's eyepatch for spoiler's sake I should have Gen's horn full, but eh. Sorry anyone being spoiled by this drawingYesterday's- >>152850647
>>152860220Look is Michael Mouse
>>152860141You know, I liked better when you weren't sure if Jei was an actual supernatural thing or just some schizo with strange luck>>152860457This is the second time Usagi puts the woodcutters in a situation were they could be executed for stealing.
>>152860602We never saw Jei this sane, relatively speaking, again.
>>152860943Thank you anon, wouldn't have able to understand them otherwise!
>>152860489This wouldn't be that weird if we still saw some non mammals here and there.
>>152859703NOOAAAAAAHHH
>>152860500Oh yes, the Neko ninja are well know for being green, semi amphibious and carry a shell.
>>152860515https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md9jMYg15-A
>>152860304Remind me, what's the dramatic irony of Noriyuki sending Funny Animal Ieyasu (or Hidetoda?) a Muramasa blade?
>>152865821Katsuichi looks so uncomfortable being next to Koro. >Don't make eye contact, he will go away....
>>152847492I think Usagi was in the wrong here, there is nothing wrong to not want to die on a lost battle just to serve as a human shield for your suicidal lord.
>>152864256>>1528657972012 TMNT is probably the best animated Usagi we'll ever get.
>>152865871>You know,So... you liked him better in this one episode only?I mean, he gets fucking disintegrated by a lightning bolt, the fact that he returns as a character at all proves that he's supernatural.
>>152863799>>152863807>>152863820>>152863843>Jei's blade isn't black
>>152865929IIRC in a later crossover he mistakes them for kappa.>>152866023>t. Warthog
>>152860582>Not taking the center first chanceI'd be pissed too.
>>152860662As far as Singapore this early into the comic, huh. That's some reach! I didn't read these letters the last time I partook in this storyline, so maybe I shall read a few this time.
>>152860366Nigga can't even give his crabs a dip in Feudal Japan
>>152859716what's mail?
>>152860925>Is this the most retarded Usagi ever getsOh man you haven't seen the half of it yet. Usagi has his moments but he's never beating the Dumb Bunny rap. Wait until you see how he gets down a mountain fast.
>>152866033Which is wild considering the season he shows up in is the weakest season of the show.
>>152866023It is better to die for your lord than to live for yourself
>>152864129As far as I understand the Power Pack one came much later, after Calvin and Hobbes ended. The cameo here is from the late 80s, only a couple years after Calvin and Hobbes started syndication.
>>152866033Am I wrong to feel that Usagi is kind of an unofficial member of the TMNT at this point?
>>152866301Not necessarily, but people might give you a groaning side eye here since they're tired of how much Usagi's presence online gets tied to the TMNT
>>152866320I get that, hell it was through TMNT that I was introduced to him. But I'm in the camp of he can stand on his own merits.
>>152866070I mean, there is possible deniability, the black blade could have been a trick of the light, the wound might have been survivable, the lighting might have blow him away.
>>152866503I mean I personally think that Jei as a character should have ended with Grasscutter but I guess Stan just needed to keep someone as a perpetual thorn in Usagis side that is more personal instead of Hikiji/Hebi/Neko clan politics or the assassin guild always bungling to get him out of the way.
>>152866077https://youtu.be/0WFv2E69FSA?si=bYvwES3BgmPCSYfZ
>>152864981Would.
>people spoiling Jei stuffharrumph
>>152866557Everyone is all over the rabbit waifus until they are overwhelmed by the sex drive
>>152866545Jei is one of the most unique recurring characters. Much of the comic is drawing from Japanese movies, folklore, history, manga, etc., but Jei is a weird out-of-place horror villain who refuses to go away.
>>152866651Yes, but I feel like after being forced from Inazuma just to take over a new host introduced solely for the purpose to make him look like he used to I feel like a lot of the mystique was gone from him. Hes overused and loses a lot of the fear factor. For me as a reader it becomes less oh fuck it's Jei! Oh, it's fucking Jei whose just gonna show up and be spooky and still be forced back no matter what creepy shit or ancient evil God he's tied to now or yadda yadda
>>152859753I appreciate that Usagi's face is actually drawn five times, and not just xerox'd
>>152861545First time?
>>152860309It occurs to me that she should be able to smell the blood. If Gen can smell remnant blood on Usagi's sword across the room, never mind Zato-Ino...
>>152866832The blood would also probably still leave some smear or trace left in the blade, it's a bit of "ok sure why not"
>>152847795>in Boris the Bear #1, Boris kill Usagi, so in Usagi's first issue why don't you have Usagi kill Boris?Decided to look that up and wow, he wasn't kidding. Honestly if there's one thing I REALLY do not miss about pre-2010s culture, it's shlock like this being passed around as "parody".
>>152866870I bet it was a riot in the context of the time.Like the munchkins.People were staggering with laughter at the lollipop guild back in the day. Hard to comprehend.
>>152866832>>152866865It doesn't really hold up to close scrutiny, you'd need at least a couple of seconds to pull your hood off and press it in place to wipe the blade as she draws it, which is way longer than I'd expect Tomoe to hold that spear up there for.
>>152866633Hippity hoppity
>>152866870I doubt anyone took it very seriously.
>>152863773There's a muscleman flexing in the panel above.
>>152866832I think it helps that both Gen and Zato seem to be both older and much more experienced in killing, to the point where they've honed their sense of smell to facilitate it.
>>152866747A fundamental problem with any recurring villain is that they inevitably become jobbers if they stick around long enough, since the hero has plot armor.
>>152867128This comic actually does really well against it, except anything to do with Jei
>>152865135Lotta FOOLISH SAMURAIYou know Katsuichi would be voiced by Mako if that was still possible
>>152866870I don't really think it ever truly went away, they're just restricted to legally distinct characters now. Stuff like I Hate Fairyland and Beneath the Trees sort of fill in this kind of void, but outside the occasional Public Domain parody neither of those are touching anyone else's characters out of fear people might take it the wrong way.
>>152860232not [spoilers]bridge of tears?[/spoilers]
>>152866023He was, but he'll learn the error of his ways in a storytime or two.
>>152866023>t. doesn't understand bushido
>>152868594I suspect it's Usagi that doesn't understand Bushido. He should ask Gen about it
>>152865954The Murasama blade keeps killing Tokugawas. No other clan, specifically the Toku's.
>>152868662he understands it all too well...
>>152866870I find a lot of Usagi fanart on Pinterest, if you can believe it, but no way to source it unless whoever uploaded the picture included a source. And you know how your old mate Enmanon feels about proper documentation.
>>152865278You're definitely not the only one who feels that way about low-effort (implying there's such thing as high effort) LLM sloppa.>>152864114Gen always had a noble spirit. In many ways he has an even nobler spirit than Usagi. We get to his origin story pretty soon, remember this post.
>>152859552Whos. That. Pokemon!
>>152864300>>152865278>>152865779Fair's fair, I wasn't going to make a habit of it anyway.
>>152866870He did get his revenge, if it's any cosolation.
>>152860309Images you can feel.
>>152865821Looking forward to the final piece, it already looks amazing so far.
>>152868472That one usually draws a more brooding suffering. Also we can cope with the happy alternate ending. Usagi multiverse yo.
>>152866747This is very true. If he got one of the main cast like in terms of possession or did something Teru Teru Bozu tier again, maybe he'd get some of that menacing air back. Stray Dog and the orphanage would be a brutal option I think, could explain why he didn't appear in WhereWhen/Senso IIRC.I dunno, Jei's last appearance was particularly boring aside from Usagi's "oh shit!" when he realized who cousin Oriber was talking to. Only other option I can think of is actually doing the Jei+Sasuke fight. Would be another good target for possession.
>>152866545It sucks that it can be years before we see any plot resolution or call back to some villain or group vowing to kill Usagi I'm looking at you league of Assasins
>>152869086I liked your image, it was consistent enough (even though it doesn't look like Jei proper) and looked sufficiently fanfictionish and artistic.
>>152868909>90s Usagi >THIS AIN'T YOUR DADDY'S YOJIMBO
>>152868909He's born to meddle and Frank
>>152859858so this is Mr Sakai's wild ride ive always heard about.>>152859865Lizards can howl now?
>>152870485Yes.
>>152865552Would it be more realistic if it went through the foot?
looks like the maintenance period ended. >>152871001
>>152870663>>152870663First Frank of the year!(I recognize the paint 3D circle of shame.)
>>152870824Probably, but he wouldn't be able to wipe away the blood that way.
>>152865680What's neat was that it was foreshadowed in Usagi's backstory with his teacher, how the sword reflects the soul and how killing corrodes it. This dude has so much blood on his hands his sword is pure black.
>>152859531bnuuy
I'm surprised these threads are doing sort of well.
>>152878236It’s a tradition.
>>152878236There's only so many years someone can see these threads before they get curious and give it a read. Once that happens they're hooked.
Keeping this thread alive for further conversations (boy, the dragon bellow sure was popular one!)
>>152860261>Cheese dip!
>>152881413Its the big one where the books really finds its footing and themes
>>152882197Yeah, Dragon Bellow is where Usagi really kicks off. Not that the series ever got any less silly but earlier stories were less refined, more goofy and lacked a lot of Stan's famous attention to detail
>>152882264Yeah there's enough characters introduced beforehand that you should start from the beginning but Dragon Bellow is the first time it all really starts to click
My apologies to fans of Big Cheese, I'm my own master now.>A wounded Neko Ninja, the former kashira of the clan, leans against a zaisu>Lord Hebi watches out a window, unable to meet the ninja's eye>a wooden prosthetic hangs by his side, the design of some karakuri master from the Island of Iturup. He speaks.Kas...>Kashira delivers a report on the Dragon Bellow Conspiracy to Big SnakeWhy are we still here? Just to suffer? Every night, I can feel my leg and my arm, even my shurikens...The village I lost...the comrades I’ve lost...won’t stop hurting. It's like they’re all still there.>reaching a crescendo of emotion, the ninja slams his fist to the tatami, then grabs Lord Hebi by the armYou feel it too, don’t you? I’m the one who got caught up with Miyamoto Usagi. A ronin beyond feudal lords...even the Geishu. And I was the parasite below, feeding off the yojimbo’s power.>Lord Hebi reaches under the ninja's haori as it flaps in the breeze, helping him up into the zaisu>Their eyes finally meet. Kashira continues.We came after him in the Northern Province. Then Adachigahara...Usagi just...keeps meddling. Learning traditional crafts in his musha shugyo. Getting stronger and wiser... Who knows how bushido now? Lord.>Kashira rises, with new strength in his voiceI’m gonna make him give back our past...Take back everything that we’ve lost. And I won’t meditate...>Kashira places his hand on Lord Hebi's shoulder pad. They stare deeply into each other's eyes.Until we do.>in the distance, a smoke signal rises. Hebi and Kas can both understand what it means. "Approaching Neko Village">Tired from the effort, Kashira flops back into the zaisu.Our new Neko Village. >Outside the window, they watch other Neko ninja running across rooftops, towards the signal.I don’t know how long it’ll take, but I’ll make it bigger, better than before.
>>152883030>grabs lord Hebi by the armhuehuehue!
>>152882726I think you could skim it a bit but there's so few issues to get through you might as well read it all
>>152859531Very nice of you to storytime Usagi during eid OP, its like my very own eid present
funny how this thread is still alive. >>152883960
>>152878418>>152879753I get it, but the board is deader than ever.
>>152885826It's always been dead, nothing new under the sun
>>152866920Plus she would have probably twisted the blade, too and that would have been the end.
>>152886055It's deader now than ever.
>>152859531THIS bastard again?? Why don't they just fuck and get it over with?
>>152859703Stan's art is weird as hell. The women, regardless of age, are attractive, while the dudes are all ugly as shit. Never "Ok" or "handsome". Granny there is pipe-worthy.
>>152887529You're retarded.
>>152890312Ah, shit. That was insensitive. I didn't consider there would be faggots here that found the dudes attractive. To each his own. Bust one for me.
