previously: >>152859531
>Dragon Bellow Themehttps://files.catbox.moe/puggch.mp3
in a sudden moment of common sense, Lord Tamakuro became an adept of THE WAY OF THE GUN
>>152871078Damn Portugese and/or Dutch, giving guns to Feudal Japan. What's next Krisitans?
>>152871071>"It's disgraceful for samurai to get so drunk they can't do their duty"So you can get shitfaced at work as long as you're aren't too shitfaced to work? I guess feudal Japan has at least one positive feature
Best girl incoming
have I ever told you I love Teppo? 'cause I fucking love Teppo. https://youtu.be/2XtcDZDARUIhttps://youtu.be/kY2x9wIcES0https://youtu.be/3og2tRDjXw4https://youtu.be/9WvDI1MkIxQ
>>152871078So as Stan said in the letters page guns were already very commonplace in Japan by this point, so Tamakuro stockpiling guns wouldn't be nearly as big of a deal as it would be IRL
>>152871317I feel stockpiling without tokugawa knowledge and permission would indeed be a big deal, though.
>>152871225>>152871229>>152871239The traditional Japanese artform of Misunderstandings Plots
>>152871046Poor horse, also I like this transitions mid sentence.
>>152871343Oh no it'd be a big deal politically especially in the post-war period, but in terms of warfare power scaling it's not quite as much of a threat as the story lets on. Especially consider how bad Tamakuro is with optics and how quickly everyone finds out, it'd probably go quicker IRL than it does in the story
>>152871343Yeah, it's one thing if you're building an arsenal with the Shogun's approval/ acknowledgement, but another to stockpile to back another lord or for your own powerplay
>>152871396oh, I get it.
>>152871078Is there any movie about old japan that actually has as many guns as they really did back then? Old ssmurai movies like to pretend they didn't exist.
>>152871087Goddamn ninja, you could both have gotten away with it if you didn't attack
>>152871457The Neko Ninja don't seem to be very smart
>>152871434Kagemusha definitely has.
>>152871474I blame all the lead they use to dye their clothes.
>>152871488That last panel of Tomoe makes her look like a crackhead.
>>152871252Samurai look so good with rifles, much better that europeans wearing clown costumes and tights
>>152871396>>152871317Maybe guns were introduced later in this timeline and the unification relied more on traditional warfare without as much dependence on guns?
>>152871163Interesting, you can gell the distance from each others by how heavy is the rain.
>RYUUUUUheh
>>152871502samurai dressed to look cool but europeans dressed to look FABULOUS.
>>152871584>>152871590>Shenron! I wish for Tomoe to have game!>Alas, that wish is beyond my power.
>>152871533That's a possibility, while Japan knew about guns thanks to the Mongols and Chinese, flintlock rifles as we see here - which as an aside are called "tanegashima" as opposed to "teppo" which referred to more antiquated firearms - were introduced to Japan when the Portuguese came in the mid 1500s. This is getting ahead a bit but the way Usagi treats foreign missionaries they seem far more new to Japan than they would be at this point, so it's entirely likely that they first arrived much later in the timeline.
>>152871001I keep forgetting how early Dragon Bellow Conspiracy happens in the storytime.
>>152871684both it and grasscutter happen very early
>>152871141iirc most of the guns during the latter Sengoku Jidai and onward were domestically produced, particularly in Nagahama and Sakai.
>>152871524even the horse is pissed
https://youtu.be/33MoluW6P1M
damn, noriyuki knows the ol' reliable technique
Magnificent
>>152871103>instant loss 2koma
>>152871722>SakaiEery coincidence.Also yes, they reverse engineered them pretty quickly after their first introduction to Japan
>>152871820There she is
>>152871820E N T E RNTER
>>152871899Once again: the Neko Ninja are not a smart people
>>152871932>>152871938>>152871942Another victim of the dreaded Bushido Moment
>>152871384Horses exist to die in this comic Im afraid. They just don't get a good break Unless it's their legs.
>>152872073a horse's duty ends in an upstate farm!
Rest in peace Spot, you were the realest.
and so the first great arc ends.
>>152871820>It's Chizu! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=barWV7RWkq0Usagi Yojimbo is drawn before a live studio audience
that's it for today, thanks for reading.
>>152872285Thank you for enriching my existence.
>>152872285Thanks murder, dragonbellow conspiracy made for some great birthday reading.
Best girl? Pfft, I bet Chizu doesn't even steal things non-stop even from her friends.
>>152872337
>>152871091Later on, Usagi will mention the neko ninja dying without a sound – the new generation were better trained than this guy from the old guard evidently.
>>152872285I honestly really like these hyper realistic designs.
>>152872317best girl is actually a couple volumes off still, but chizu is nice nonetheless.
>>152871126The thing with the fireplace hook being severed and suspended in the air is great.
>>152872161Lord Hebi just being a fuck huge snake will never get old.
>>152871013>>152871018>i hate anthro characterswow, this jodorowsky fellow sounds like an asshole
>>152872377Chizu definitely got loads more game than Tomoe.
>>152872207Belgium>>152872212Finland>>152872243>the drawingThat's where all of the missing blood in this series went to.>>152872285Thanks OP. Dragon Bellow is one of my favorite arcs; it's a very straightforward but large-scale story that is full of well-paced action. Captain Torame isn't the star of the show, but I think his character is a really good addition. I would say that, even if he follows bushido in a more stricter/literal way compared to Usagi, there is still an underlying amount of cynicism to his work as if bushido is less of an ideal but more of a way to rationalize his loyalty to someone who he wouldn't have otherwise with the whole "it's not rebellion if we win" line. It's just enough ambiguity to wonder how sincere he was before being killed in battle. >>152872385It's like having a big bodybuilder in the role of a scheming vizier. Very gap.
If everyone in these threads had to become a villager in feudal Japan what kind of skills would you personally bring to the table?
>>152871317>Tamakuro stockpiling guns wouldn't be nearly as big of a deal as it would be IRLYou mean the other way around, right? It wouldn't be as big a deal IRL as it is in the comic, where they're rare.
>>152872447My corpse could block a moderate hole for a short while. That's probably my most useful ability.
>>152872447I would be a quack doctor that gets crucified and stabbed with a spear for malpractice.
>>152872437>It's like having a big bodybuilder in the role of a scheming vizierHe's just as likely to break you int two with his bare hands or lack there of as plant evidence against you
>>152872447Warehouse manager, so I'd be bullied by some feudal lord or local crime boss for storing their ill-gotten wares.
>>152872385My favorite part is that he still has the fucking shoulder pads and like 20 belts on to actually keep the fucking thing attached to him. I love the absurdity of it and no one acts like it's particularly unusual that he's just a giant fucking snake. He's just an asshole.
>>152872447Night watch, a sweet deal for night owls like me, with only a 70% chance of death by ninja
>>152871252Very cool indeed
>>152871313How does Usagi avoid getting his ear cut off in any fight ?
>>152872212>I dislike Groo>t: FinnNo haista vittu sit. Groo is great.t: other finn.
>>152872592The floppy bunny ear conforms to the blade you see and simply escapes being cut
>>152871364This is one of those cases where Sakai accidentally lets on that he doesn't know much about swordsmanship. They're having this whole conversation about who will win and meanwhile, from the position illustrated Usagi just has to turn his sword and cut upward to Takohana's face and he's done.
>>152871203This too gals look honest...
>>152871385>in a shocking, unparalleled twist, the two ladies were NOT assassins after Zato-ino's bounty, they were just normal friendly travelers who had a pleasant interaction with him
>>152871423(I feel like more than "Usagi", Stan could have put a stylized rabbit head silhouette.)
>>152871246To leave no body behind, that is the garo way.
>>152871430Wicked and petty as he may be, he certainly has the ambitious spirit and ruthlessness to keep the shogun throne.
>>152872420"asshole" doesn't even begin to describe Jodorowsky
>>152871210Hebi is quite reasonable for a giant snake.
Book 4 has:235 Usagi (1483 total)708 panels (2694 total)Still no MoguraNow let's talk about Neko Ninja. Taking into account the small groups/big battles consistencies or lack thereof, today we had195 Neko Ninja (283 total)!>>152871968>We have many to mourn forUnderstatement of the era. In the second panel here, we can see 14 Neko running away. Chizu would be survivor 15. 180+1 (Shingen) dead. The Neko Ninja have suffered a devastating 92% casualty rate in this battle!!!
>>152871498(Well... She is related to the lizard queen)
>>152872447Beekeeping seems to be a universally desirable skill, but old school beekeeping sucked 20 miles of cock and I'd basically have to invent the modern hive set up to not destroy the colony every time I harvest.>bee stings the local magistrate >get bushido'd to death to atone for the crimes of my subordinates
>>152871653You're right that these are tanegashima, but they're not flintlocks – they're matchlock guns of the type called a serpentine, as the footnote in >>152871078 rightly says. If you look at the locks in e.g. >>152871078 or >>152871252 you can see clearly that there is no flint, the gun has a flat pan and no frizzen. Instead, the cock simply drops a lit piece of slow match onto the bare pan, igniting the priming powder.
>>152872780But she'll have no game.
>>152871629piggy lost his stache there
>>152872758What other giant snakes are there to base this against? That drunkard Orochi? The used cars salesman that became Cobra Commander?
>>152871434I remember the bandits having muskets is an important plot point in the Seven Samurai.
>>152871646I wonder if Eiji made it.>>152871968>The Neko Ninja has been sorely depleted.I wonder if Stan was planning on making the Neko more low-key after Dragon Bellows before defaulting to them being the jobber ninjas in stories again.>>152872022Friend-zoned by Usagi, she really does have no game.
>>152871113The ongoing bit of the misfortunes and fortunes of Gen pursuing Zato is one of my favorite parts of this story.
>>152871646>>152871657(Shingen is perhaps even too honorable for a ninja, even if he wished for vengeance with this attack he showed his clan's true strength to Hikiji, and lost a lot of ninja in defense of a shogun who most likely would have them all killed.)
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>>152871225Okay, so Usagi clearly states here that children were among the murdered but we don't see any bodies directly nor get an exact number. Should we add a guesstimate to the dead children count or just ignore it?
>>152871590>the dragon's roar is RYUUUUUUU
>>152872772
>>152872070Zamn, Ino's built like a shit brickhouse
>>152871942>plopCome one, that's so fucking lame for such a sequence.
>>152871813>A civil war unlike ever seen!Sounds more like a typical Thursday... (unless they accounted that Tamakuro has neither the power or legitimacy to completely carry out his gambit but just enough to shake things up into an "every lord for himself" frenzy?)
This volume only brought the total up by one, counting Lord Tamakuro himself, I wasn't quite sure what Torame is supposed to be so I didn't bother counting him. We're really at the point where every character starts to become some ambiguous mammal thing so don't expect an update every thread from here on out.>+1 pig>New Total: 52
>>152871434Generally, guns are treated as a sign that the days lf the Samurai and Bushido are dying. Often they're used to kill the Protagonist.
>>152871653>>152872899Here's a pic of the portuguese/japanese style of match lock (replica). There's a variety of lock configurations depending on country of origin, but the purpose is the same. That being said, the british and dutch were using the snaphaunce (predecessor to the flintlock) as early as the 1560's, but were more expensive and complex than a matchlock (15 shillings for a snaphaunce compared to 10 shillings for a matchlock). During the turn of the century 1600's (usagi's time), the doglock (English lock) became a popular choice in Britain. Safer and less expensive than the snaphaunce, they both were used to great effect in the English Civil War and in the new world colonies. These eventually evolved into the proper flintlock in the 1620's-1630's. A couple of snaphaunces and doglocks ended up in Japan through the Dutch, but they were far outnumbered compared to domestic matchlock production.
>>152871956Made even dumber by this panel >>152871413You'd think he would be flexible enough to follow his own advice and successfully rebel.
>>152873451Forgot pic
>>152872034Gen is my favorite character so far.
>>152873184Just add "1 Ninja village" into the tally.
>>152871225>>152871229>A Samurai>Touching corpsesWhat heresy is this?
>>152871239>>152871246What the fuck do they cook in those pots that spilling them sets fire to everything.
>>152872385I know it is meant as a joke by most anons but I genuinely do like to headcannon the idea he is some kind of supernatural creature with a glamor effect to go unnoticed.
>>152871091You know, it occurs to me Tomoe could just say she saw someone sneaking in and went to check it out, then just play dumb about the guns and tiles. But that feels more like something Chizu or Kitsune would pull.
>>152872447Innkeeper>>152873498K, >Dead Children: 1 + (1 Ninja Village worth)
>>152871029Hell yeah, more Tomoe.
>>152872447priest or clerk or some kind of official with paperworkOr cannon fodder who soaks up all the arrows and gunshots so the samurai can ride over my corpse into the enemy
>>152872146>>152872150This is bullshit, Fuck
>>152871985It may not be obvious to our new friends joining us for the first time, but this is the Bushido Moment to end all bushido moments, right here. The misery caused by Usagi getting all up on his honoraburu bullshit here is incalculable.
>>152872592I believe there's a nightmare sequence where it happens.>>152873495My brother. He's always a treat to read.
>>152871180Booba!
>>152873665
>>152871180I-indirect kissu
>>152872146That lizard got a body count of 2, not a bad score for a tokagé.
>>152873495If you like him now, you’re gonna love him as the storytime continues
>>152872171>I think you're running out of ideas>t. Kid writing to Sakai before Dragon BellowThat kid will be pushing fifty by now; I hope he's still an Usagi fan and remembers this with mortification.
>>152873665Fuck, it had to be done.
>>152872329>>152872437Dragon Bellow for sure holds up against any later arc. In particular, it's really noticeable how ready Stan is to kill off or retire significant characters at this point in the series; these days he would never countenance waxing Chizu or retiring an Ino-level character as part of a major story. He's just too careful with maintaining the cast for that, which makes these early stories hit different – this one in particular.
>>152873578>Kitsune: "Help! Thief! He went that way! Oh he was so horrible!">Chizu: "So anyway I started blasting"
>>152872447>baffling ability to read nanban writing>incongrous grasp of the basics of swordsmanship>constant muttering about disease being caused by invisible animalcula and attendant insistence on washing hands>lack of respect for social superiorsYeap, I'd be dead within a week. I'm with >>152872466, I'd be gap filler.
>>1528739252026 - The year of Mendoza
>>152873969And since we won't be seeing him anymore
>>152873100Same. The way he keeps blaming Ino for things he could have easily avoided just by being less eager to murder him always cracks me up.
So Zato's karma must be great, right? I mean, things just work out for him, despite his disadvantages, despite having such a tremendous body count, what's going on there?
>>152874125Pour one out for my ninja
>>152871343I'm sure the Tokugawa would be most interested to learn how Tamakuro managed to get the funds (rice) to hire so many samurai into his private army.After all, the Shogun held the purse strings for the clans and in the age after sengoku jidai, the shoguns made sure to send as little in stipends to the lords as possible, expressly so they couldn't afford large standing armies.
>>152871013What fucking Mickey Mouse comics was he reading? Gottfredson’s run was notorious for being rather edgy, and after that it's mostly French comics that aren't exactly saccharine, either. This feels more like performative hatred he fostered as a kid because it thought it made him look "cool", more than anything.
>>152871046RIP Horse.
>>152874158You know thinking about it - Stan never actually explained *why* Ino is an outlaw, did he? I mean sure the several dozen murdered bounty hunters won't help his case but what exactly was the inciting incident for him?
>>152874125Rip Megatron, now begins the age of starscreams.
>>152871932I guess by now Stan hadn't yet established Usagi's forehead wound and it was his way to draw eyebrows instead?
>>152874356Wait! Chizu is the best girl, she should rule!
>>152872447Got a decade+ of experience with music, though I don’t think they had pianos in feudal japan so i’d have to pick up something else to learn if that’s an option. Shouldn’t be too hard though with the theory knowledge I already have, but it does make me question what the music/instrument scene was like back then
>>152874371I was going to say no, but looking back the original version of the Adachigahara battle neglects to show how Usagi got his scar, he just suddenly gains it between pages. I'm pretty sure he always intended for it to be a scar but it's notable how often he uses that shape for eyebrows
>>152872076(I think I get why everybody is so strung up...Fundoshi probably gives you such a fierce perennial wedgie that you can't think straight anymore.)
>>152871049>Hikiji?!
>>152874320>You know thinking about it - Stan never actually explained *why* Ino is an outlaw, did he?No, I think it's taken for granted that the reader will have some concept of the Zatoichi movies, and then stuff like him wrecking that village when the villagers try to capture him makes the whole thing snowball.
>>152874371No, that's the scar already. You can see that it's always basically the same shape and over the left eye.
>>152871225Pretty goofy crow for such a gruesome scene
>>152871013>>152871018I'm not sure how Jodorovsky has any sort of recognition. Whoopee, he failed to make a Dune movie and made a performatively profound yet absolute nonsense comic. Big whoop.I am not surprised we've not heard anything about the Waititi Incal adaptation since the announcement.
>>152871001>Dragon BellowSTAND UP NEWFAGS! THIS IS WHERE USAGI YOJIMBO BECOMES USAGI FUCKING JIMBO
>>152871370Kek. Also do farmers get psid for their rice or everything goes to the lord of the land?
>>152871924i mean in this case they didn't know about gun encampments
>>152874420>>152874508I'm referring on how he draws it exactly the same on Torame's forehead too.
>>152871143I mean, all they have to do is stab anything that looks remotely suspicious. You don't need to put much thought into that.
>>152871172>>152871180The Dildo of Feudal Japan
>>152871071No one can resist the temptation of Geishu sake.
>>152871078Girl you better wash your hands after that, lead poisoning is no joke.
>>152871087Man, Tomoe is a Neko Ninja magnet. This is the second time these assholes have butted heads with her.
>>152871385>>152871388Biggest sluts in Nippon.
>>152871103>I must not fail!>I--I've failed...lmao.
>>152871113Man, the Woodcutters keep popping up when you least expect them to.
>>152871434There's plenty in Ran. Kagemusha (1980) features a man being mortally wounded by a gunshot as an important plot event.
>>152871447We should have started counting cleavage.
>>152874755I thought we had a booba counter?
>>152871118Huh, even after all he's been though, Zato still seems willing to be cordial to people. Just makes his situation all the more tragic.
>>152871737This series is interesting in that it's not very shy about the prominent characters losing fights.
>>152871140>"Do you samurai know no politeness?!"No, samurai were notorious assholes.
>>152871180>putting a hand on TomoeWhen Usagi inevitably offs this guy, I hope it's slow and painful.
>>152871199Still didn't learn to not graverob people.
>>152871203Never thought I'd be jealous of a blind pig.
>>152874494Usually he draws the ire of the Yakuza.Anyone ITT that hasn't watched Ichi, I recommend 1 thru 4, then the odd numbered films. Even never hit with me, weirdly enough.
>>152871210Jesus, this story has everyone. It's like one big reunion.
>>152874899All the big Usagi arcs are like this, lots of little subplots build up over a couple dozen issues or so and culminate in a big climactic showdown
>>152874592Huh! I never noticed that. I guess Torame was also wounded at Adachigahara.
>>152871911aaw, cute last panel
>>152874592Yeah that is odd, but he's drawn eyebrows different ways too. Maybe there was some kind of symbolic reason?
>>152871402>>152871413>>152871447And usagi's first confrontation with bushito
>>152871220Oh shit.
>>152871229>>152871239>>152871246Great, now I feel bad for the Neko ninja.
>>152871260I'm surprised he can still move like that, with how badly he was injured last time.
>>152871285>"No samurai would show such compassion for ninja!"I mean, he's not wrong...
>>152871584
>>152871911>the faint scent of ... cinnamon?
>>152871329Usagi hasn't learned the rule of "if you don't see a body, they're not fucking dead".
>>152873463His family is loyal to their master, that their master desires supremacy against his neighbors and the shogun is not his place to question
>>152871343>"It's good to serve a lord again!"Don't get comfy, you're about to be a Ronin again soon.
>>152871370Pay up, Tamakuro.
>>152871388>Gen chooses Zato-Ino over sex. With two women. At the same time.
>>152875200 its not cinnamon roll. The ninja dies 2 pages later
>>152874320He did during his introduction, Ino learned the sword to stop being bullied for being blind but people still kept bullying a man with a sword so one thing led to another.People attack him and he defended himself then caught a bounty for causing a ruckus
>>152871398I find it charming how Usagi can switch between his signature stare and goofy little dot eyes on a dime.
>>152872161>>152872164Noriyuki really takes an intellectual nosedive after this. He’s basically starts getting played by everyone after this. Stan remembered that’s he’s just a kid and man did the lord start acting like it.
>>152875427I think at some point between now and his next appearance they must have gone through about half a dozen body doubles, no wonder he starts getting so incompetent
>>152871388>Bounty hunter chooses vengeance over sex with two women at the same timehttps://youtu.be/tuL4IaCf4qM?si=P9haD1rh_1Lv2FZs
>>152875351Makes you wonder which ones the mask. Nice simple country boy or steely eyed killer.
>>152875427I think it's kinda funny how he gets more confident in himself as he ages but it just leads to him confidently making wrong decisions.
>>152875618That's what happens when you have retainers that somehow make all the right decisions for you. The little lord will never be a Bad Guy but God damn will be probably absolutely fuck up everything when his safety nets are removed. Or he'll just get fucking killed the second Tomoe is out of the picture.
>>152871447>>152874755Yeah, I'm wondering about this tooThe number of cleavages in the whole comic's run has gotta be like less then twenty or around that (and iirc most of it comes with that one scene with tomoe's sister)
>>152873566I mean, I don't know how else you would explain that later in the series he becomes nearly twice as large as he is now.
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>>152872437"Fatalistic" is the word I would use to describe Torame. Cynicism, to me, has the connotation that Torame doesn't really believe in bushido. I think he does, he just recognizes that there's a certain tradeoff you have to make as a member of the warrior class: you can't discard your sacred oaths of service the moment your lord takes a course of action you find disagreeable, better to have never taken up the sword to begin with if you value a clean conscience that much.https://youtu.be/jNKjShmHw7s?&t=17>>152874217>the Shogun held the purse strings for the clans> the shoguns made sure to send as little in stipends to the lords as possibleNeither of these statements are true. >>152873451Very cool anon. I have saved your post and the picture in our archives. You know back in 2024 an anon made a good post about the composition of black powder in Japan at this time. Perhaps if the mood hits you, you would care to give us a well-researched and cited essay on the state of firearms both domestic and foreign in this period as well?>>152872447If I'm lucky I'll be isekai'd as a court historian for a daimyo, or maybe even the shogunate itself. Otherwise I think there's enough of us in the annual storytime that have been hit with the autism debuff that we could collectively open like, the Feudal Japan equivalent of a mentat school for training (adzuki) bean-counting bureaucrats for the various lords of the land.>>152871434>Old ssmurai movies like to pretend they didn't exist.That doesn't sound right to me. I think there are some movies in the genre where the presence of firearms aren't necessary but they don't outright ignore their existence. UY is something of an outlier because of Stan's deliberate choice to omit them entirely post Dragon Bellows.>>152874755>>152874762>>152875667BOOBA!: 47 (counted last year)
>>152874125Shingen deserves a slot in the power ranking chart.
>>152871402Aw, I have a hunch Usagi's gonna merc this guy and it's going to be so tragic.
>>152871832If you crop the first panel, or edit out the funny animal people fighting, and printed it out on high quality paper and then told people this was a ukiyo-e woodblock print from the 1700s-1800s I bet you could convince them.
>>152875886What film is that?
>>152871438That dino wants a piece of that kitty booty.
>>152874512He's very happy with the situation, for crow reasons.
>>152871447Holy shit, her boobs are huge. I guess her normal attire just does a good job covering those up.
>>152871452I'm dying at Usagi and Tomoe having the exact same face at the bottom panel.
>>152871460Hey, maybe he's into that.
>>152874217The Shogunate was basically the paramount power in a clan federation. The Shogun had his own clan, some of the clans were genuine allies of the Shogun's clan, and other were outright enemies who were forced to take the best deal they could, which might not be such a bad deal if it would have cost too much to force them to take a worse one.
>>152876020I dunno, I think Stan's just not good at drawing boobs so he put the cleavage way too high which would only happen if really big boobs are squeezed together really hard.
>>152875886>Neither of these statements are true.They weren't? Huh, I was under the impression that that's how it worked.Ok, how did Shogun tard wrangle the daimyo then?
>>152874265He might have been referring to the Gold Key comics, which isn't even fair because they made EVERYONE they worked with look bad. Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, Woody Woodpecker, they all suffered under their low quality and made overly saccharine to compensate. I wouldn't be surprised if they were the actual culprits responsible for the negative stigma cartoons ended up with.
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>>152871497Tomoe's bunda and THE POSE
>>152874265>Gottfredson’s runThat was the '30s. Stan's not THAT old.Albeit it could have been rerun. I read some reruns of it as a kid.
>>152871497Panties won't be invented for centuries.
>>152871463I don't know whether to laugh or pity these poor bastards.
Welcome back to the death rattle tally! Here are the new screams found in today's storytime:>Uuh!/Ugh!/Uhn!: 7>Yaar!/Arr!/Arck!/Yark!: 7>Ook!: 2>Ork!: 1>Gaah!/Gha!: 1>*Rattle*: 1See attachment for total cry so far. As always, if you have any questions about the count, feel free to ask.
>>152871488TOMOE HE DID NOT GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS JUST FOR YOU TO PULL THIS SHIT!
>>152871497...is it just me or is that last panel oddly seductive?
>>152871518Cowards? Nah, they just know better.
>>152871524Giving these red shirts humanizing dialogue right before they're being mowed down has become a disgustingly hilarious running gag. At this point I'm waiting for one of them say they were only a few weeks away before retirement.
>>152876174>IF YOU WONT SERVE THE MASTER THEN ILL MAKE SURE YOUR SON WILL
>>152871535RIP horse. Again. Man, this is a new record for the thread.
>>152871554>"Only I get to defeat you, Samurai!"
>>152871578RIP dream horse.
>>152871584>>152871590Wasn't expecting Shenron to show up, though considering past references I really should've at this point.
>>152871524Usagi charging a mile away like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHdDxKy2QW0
>>152871613I'm really digging this reluctant alliance they got going on here. Shingen's come a long way from being a simple sword bandit.
>>152872447I guess a pretty good cook, though I'd have to relearn a lot due to new ingredients. I imagine I'd be killed some day when I turned around and saw the dumb neko ninja poisoning the food. If I couldn't get a job as a cook my computer programming skills would be useless and I'd probably end up like >>152872466
>>152876174
>>152873557Probably something cooked that has a lot of grease, or maybe it's cooking in some type of oil. Depending on what kind it is, food oil may be flammable, but grease is more likely. It floats on top of water and is usually easy to ignite when exposed to flame, and that means if the water doesn't put the fire out first, the grease will catch fire and spread out, catching other things in the house on fire.
>>152875886wow that's a lotta fucking people
>>152876163>Ok, how did Shogun tard wrangle the daimyo then?1/2So in the direct aftermath of and the years immediately following the pivotal Battle of Sekigahara, the Tokugawa clan directly seized power: fiefdoms were rewarded to Tokugawa and their clansmen, their hatamoto, and the family's allies, taken as war plunder by the victors from the losers. Edo city, obviously, was under direct shogunate rule as were the major cities of Osaka, Kyoto, Nagasaki, and others. The balance of power was like 60% Tokugawa and the other 40% in the hands of the daimyo who had to present a fully united front to even stand up to the shogun. After that, the shogunate had two, arguably three major institutional changes made. The first was the policy of "sankinkotai" where a daimyo had to rotate his attendance at the court of the shogun in Edo, and when the daimyo was in his own domain, he had to leave behind his family members as hostages. The travel between the feudal domain and the shogun's court was highly ritualized and purposefully expensive (we'll see this in action at the end of the storytime when we read Stan Sakai's 47 Ronin). This ritualized procession and habitation in Edo was a direct drain on the funds of the daimyo, where no productive labor, even managerial, could be done and simply existed as a money sink.
>>152876163>>1528765532/2 contThe second policy, counterintuitively, was the shogun's decree that all daimyo must build a castle within their domain and house their house samurai within the castle. You would think this would be a great way for an ambitious daimyo to gather strength for a rebellion but what this policy actually did was allow the shogun to keep conveniently appraised of the troop strength of any one daimyo, serve as yet another money sink (samurai sitting around means they aren't otherwise farming or administering their own little land plots), and also importantly it meant the daimyo and his retainers were alienated from the lands they were supposed to govern. Quote:>"The absence of a substantitive presence in the countryside meant the daimyo became increasingly ignorant of the economic resources of their domains. Taxes rested on the daimyo's assessment of the production capacity of vilalge agriculture. Village cultivators had little interest in accurately disclosing this information and after the early 17th Cen no comprehensive surveys were attempted. Given that (tax rate) adjustments were made irregularly on imperfect information in the face of local opposition, it is hardly surprising that the marginal rate of taxation converged to zero over the two and one half centuries of Tokugawa rule."So tl;dr summary: the shogunate intentionally starved the feudal lords financially just as the feudal lords intentionally starved the peasants to keep them in line. There's a quote from that time about how the proper role of a peasant was neither full but neither so famished as to be incapable of work: just fed enough to be kept alive and useful. Source: “The Stability of Megaorganizations: The Tokugawa State.” Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE) http://www.jstor.org/stable/40751856.
>>152871620Fun bushido fact: There actually was a way for Torame to question and critique his masters decision. However it would have required him to cut his own belly, present the cut to his master and then tell him why his plan was bad and why he should feel bad.The Down side would had been that this would have killed Torame.Quote: Kanshibara: Committing seppuku to protest the behavior of another samurai. An example would be Hirate Masahide’s seppuku in 1553 to protest Oda Nobunaga.Source: https://mai-ko.com/travel/japanese-history/samurai/harakiri-and-suppuku/
>>152875989The Hidden Fortress.
>>152876579>JITERESPECT IT
>>152876553>>152876579Thanks for the explanation Enma, I can always count on you for feudal facts.
Hey since we're on the topic of blickys, your old mate Enmanon would like some advice on revolvers and bolt-action rifles, if there are any /k/ommandos in the thread. I only have pic related and I'm looking to expand my armory as the founding fathers of Feudal America intended. Not for any serious defense purposes, mind you, just for tooling around with and admiring. I know we're long gone from the days when you could find surplus moist nuggets for $50 at a flea market, but other than that, I can't say I know too much about firearms either modern or historical.
>>152876307that is part of the big strenght of this series, how it flows between cartoony and serious at a moment's notice. by the end you don't realize the characters are drawn as talking animals.>>152876613>the guys shooting the bows correctly holding them 1/3 of the way up and having it rotate after firing after I read almost all of karl friday's books on early medieval japan, these little details pop up everywhere. >>152876553since we eventually find out UY takes place around 1605, had these measure already been put in place, or did Ieasu have to wait until after the sieges of osaka to implement most of it?
>>152872949He's so scared it flew right off.
>>152871666Ah fuck, this was the worst time for a reunion.
>>152871899>>152871924Reverse ninja law dude
>>152871706Shame they have to fight, you know they'd get along swimmingly if it wasn't for the money. Then again, that could apply to a lot characters in this comic.
>>152871744Cool panel
>>152876900It's inverse ninja law. The strength of a ninja is inversely proportional to how many other ninjas currently exist. As numbers decline, power per ninja increases until you get to the last of the clan who stops jobbing and starts kicking ass.
>>152876730>sigOh shit man, that's not a p320, is it?Some reading: https://www.myinjuryattorney.com/national-claims/sig-sauer-p320-accidental-discharges-and-firearm-injury-claims/
>>152871820Chizu looks so cute with that hair.
>>152871737Lucky for him Rhino horns grow back eventually.
>>152871985>I only serve one lord... unless I betray them later.
>>152876797>had these measure already been put in placeThe "sankinkotai" law was first introduced in 1615. So that procession we see in Grasscutter is actually anachronistically early by a decade. I can't find an exact date for the shogunate's other decree, but the article I am quoting made it seem like a gradual, generational policy first kicked off by big man Ieyasu, but then continued by his heirs.>>152876946It is in fact a Piss 360(-40). I am aware of the accidental discharge issue but I don't think it will be a problem for me, personally.
>>152874477Heh
>>152872146Spot!!!!!!!
>>152873566He made sense back when you saw a a reptile here and there but now he looks so out of place.
>>152877160Given that he's essentially the 'face' of Hikiji's faction I think making him the last remaining lizard in the story is a good way to make him stick out and clearly make him as evil as possible.
I have to be honest with you anons. I do not care about Japanese culture nor got any interest in further learning about it when reading Usagi, whatever information I get my pea-sized brain just forgets about it for the next annual storytime. I still come back everytime because Usagi as a comic is just that good and I like the company of you guys.
>>152877046Ok, sad to hear you got the only gun to kill people, instead of it being just a tool people use to kill people. But I'm glad you know this and are prepared, hope you find a better handgun sooner rather than later.
>>152871886>>152871892>Ten minutes of fighting side by side and now they're best friendsLove this trope
>>152873312It makes up for it with that kino ass parting shot
>>152871985>Probably could have lived a happy life deep inside Tome's pussy>Chose to be a wandererWhile it's good for us Usagi is a fucking moron here
>>152875311If Gen is Chewie, does that mean Usagi is Fuckface?
>>152877046>"I don't think it will be a problem for me, personally."Quote from Man Killed By Negligent Discharge
>>152876579>the shogunate intentionally starved the feudal lords financially just as the feudal lords intentionally starved the peasants to keep them in line. There's a quote from that time about how the proper role of a peasant was neither full but neither so famished as to be incapable of work: just fed enough to be kept alive and useful.
>>152871796I'm alway caught by surprise from how hardcore this panda boy is. Dude does not fuck around.
>>152876730as long as it produces a loud bang and a giant cloud of smoke, it's a good purchase. >>152877444neo confucianism is one hell of a drug.
>>152871820This comic loves its cat waifus, huh?
>>152871825>"Our life of peace depends on us staying alive!"...oh god, I hope this isn't foreshadowing.
>>152871892FUCK
>>152871904NOOOOOO
>>152876730Get a Chiappa Rhino>whybecause it's fun
>>152871172>Dogs out>NonconsensuallyI don't like this guy.
>>152875010>>152875033In this funny animal comic, a great many innocents are dying horribly all the time.
>>152871203>So called Misanthropes when they're shown a crumb of comfort and companionship
>>152876730Unfortunately the gun that won the west is a lot more expensive than it used to be. Brazilian Rossi clones of Marlin 1894 are around 900 feudal American ryo for a non-22lr, and those have a reputation (derogatory, although if you're willing to file a bit, they're probably ok) and Italian replicas of the ol' reliable single action army are between 450-600. I personally have a Henry and this Uberti in a historically anachronistic 357 mag, and the Henry is probably my favourite gun. If I could go back in time, I'd save a bit more for a Winchester (now made in Nippon) or a Marlin. I do wholeheartedly recommend a lever and revolver in the same caliber, if your budget allows.
>>152875643>he'll just get fucking killed the second Tomoe is out of the picture.Again?!
>>152875950>>152871932Fuck, I knew it going to end like this. This arc is merciless, holy shit.
>>152872850>To this day, historians are mystified by this one little region of Japan's ancient proverb>Torusto za prosesu
>>152871942Interesting how the blood matches with Usagi's clothes in the bototm panel. It's as if he's bleeding out spiritually over this encounter as well. Might not be intentional, but a really cool use of the medium regardless.
>>152876020Kimono are designed to flatten the silhouette because Japanese people were retarded before Amerika-jin enlightenment was forced on them and thought big tits were unaesthetic. "Titty monster gets reshaped by kimono/struggles to put on kimono/looks bad in kimono" is a classic Japanese ecchi trope.Just another case of the wrongheadedness of bushido.
>>152877911Always again with this kid!But the issue is he won't have any adult body double because he KILLED ALL THE FUCKING PANDA CHILDREN
>>152872447sign up to be ashigaru with whatever i could steal off a battlefield
>>152871957>>152871962I wanted this pig bastard to die a grisly death the moment he slapped Tomoe. Guess I got it, just in the most monkey's paw way imaginable. RIP Shingen.
>>152878000>"Titty monster gets reshaped by kimono/struggles to put on kimono/looks bad in kimono" is a classic Japanese ecchi trope.Proofs?
>>152876588Kanshi, uh... shows up later in the storytime.
>>152877224>whatever information I get my pea-sized brain just forgets about it for the next annual storytimeEh. That just means you can have the same conversations as if they're new each year!
>>152871985Usagi you get back there and tap that feline ass, holy shit what are you even DOING.>>152873696First time reader here, I'm already fucking mad.
>>152872850Beekeeping is so cool... Wish I had the space to support it.
>>152871402>>152871413Usagi wears Tamakuro colors well.
>>152875643Tomoe’s kind of spoiled him by being so loyal and competent that he’s actually pretty terrible at dealing with manipulative retainers who play him like a fiddle. Sure, he can talk like an adult sometimes, but the dude is pretty naive when it comes to politics and can’t read the room—especially with all the backstabbing among his own people. Honestly, he’s not really taken seriously by most of the other lords half the time. It’s interesting how he’s a smart kid, yet still just a kid surrounded mostly by sycophants.
>>152871535>HE'S CRAZY MAN! RUN AWAY!
This seems like a good time to post this; most of the additions so far are more general locations of interest in Japan though one of them will become important about a month from now. Now, the Geishu marching on Tamakuro heavily implies that the two provinces directly border each other; not just because of response time but also because another lord would almost certainly have either objected to Noriyuki marching through their lands or joined in to claim credit. We know that Aki is Lord Noriyuki's domain so that makes three possible contenders. Suo, Iwami, and Bingo.My guess is that Tamakuro's domain is probably Iwami; Iwami was famous for its silver mine, which would have given him a lot of wealth to build his arsenal with, and the shogunate assuming direct control of that province afterwards is also a good reason for Hikji and his followers to seek wealth elsewhere. Especially where mines are concerned. Iwami also works for another reason; namely the guns themselves. The Japanese had had access to older style Chinese guns for ages but those were largely impractical for large scale engagements. The arquebus matchlocks introduced by the Portugese were an entirely different deal and Japanese lords quickly saw the advantages of those to the point that their use became widespread during the late 1500s. The shogunate tried to centralize production of them near Kyoto in the first decade of the 1600s but wasn't quite successful at that so other gunsmiths still continued with a lot of being around Osaka. Of course importing guns made in Goa and brought over to Nagasaki by Portugal was also still a popular choice. Iwami is in a location where either option works and also doesn't require moving supplies through nosy Geishu territory.
>>152871613He bellyflopped and floated to shore.
>>152869086I appreciate the respectful exchange.>>152869406Thank you anon!I overslept tonight so odds are by the time I've done my drawings the thread will have hit bump limit, but eh. If it does I'll just fold the new sketches into tomorrow's. Thank you for posting these as usual, Murderanon!
>>152876588>Criticize your boss>But also kill yourself.Sounds a little counter productive to make opinion from the bottom up so prohibited.
>>152872138>There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of the gentle
>>152871474No but they sure do have lots of bodies to throw at a problem
>>152872146FUCK, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
>>152878365>to the point that their use became widespread during the late 1500sPutting it lightly, japanese armies had more guns per capita than european armies of the same agethey fucking loved guns
>>152878615The first duty of a samurai is loyalty, the first vow of a vassal is service and he swore oaths of fealty as such. To forsake those oaths in a time when his reputation very well could mean life or death would bring ruin not just upon him but upon his family. If your lord doesn't ask you for counsel then its only your place to protest his actions if you're willing to stake your life on such wrongdoing.When the system works there is a camaraderie and trust but when it doesn't it breeds nepotistic thugs and sociopaths who hide behind notions of honor to avoid getting rightfully fucked upStill better than a merchant ruling class
>>152871413This is one of my favourite pages in the entire comic. Such a good moment.>>152876370You know, I was going to go "it's just a chinese dragon, coincidence, etc" but to be honest, Sakai lived in Hawaii, this is 89, there actually are good odds he knew about Dragonball, so maybe it IS a Shenron reference>>152871635Love how chill the ninjas look here>>152871737There we go now it's justified why I've been drawing Gen with the horn sliced off. I love his panicked expression>>152871957Piggu-dono looking like the poster to The Shining lol>>152872192Here's confirmation the woodcutters have been monkeys from the beginning- they were last second redrawn from humans which is why they look weirder in their first appearance, but ever since their facial structure leaves no doubt it's a chimp's>>152874265Jodorowsky was born in '29 in Chile. Gottfredson's stuff was in newspapers and occasional reprints in magazines worldwide, but I've no idea to what degree they would've existed in Chile by the mid-late 30s. Most likely he was projecting a rejection of the saccharine shorts into the comics since it's the same character, and then had an overexaggerated reaction because it's Jodorowsky; but it's worth noting that as great as Gottfredson is, a lot of his stuff IS just daily gag strips, and outside of him Mickey kinda had dogshit luck in comics for decades and decades, with no one like Barks to make good stuff
>>152878704>This is one of my favourite pages in the entire comic. Such a good moment.Its a good one, i have it saved>chill ninjasJust normal soldier things, 85% mind numbing boredom, 10% sheer terror, 5% "hey, i'm pretty fucking cool right now"
>>152878365>Now, the Geishu marching on Tamakuro heavily implies that the two provinces directly border each otherThey say outright that the provinces are neighbors: >>152871049>IwamiGood guess IMO.As a general comment on the map, given that Hikiji is stated (in Samurai) to be a minor lord before the battle at Adachigahara, I feel like his and Mifune's relative placements in Mutsu are sort of misleading; it seems clear that Mifune controls the larger portion of Mutsu before it's unified by Hikiji.(Also, it's not called Adachigahara Plain; "hara" already means plain. "Adachi ga hara" parses as the plain of Adachi.)
>>152878645Yeah, feudal lords definitely went all in on them. I started to say more about that but realized it was moving away from my actual point about where the guns would be coming from in Japan; namely central Honshu and Kyushu. Though I guess I could bring up here that guns, while widespread in warfare, didn't really fit into regular life in feudal Japan since matchlocks weren't much use for hunting or self-defense. The warrior class also hated them for obvious reasons.
>>152871252>Porker is such a shit shot he missed every single target Amazing marksmanship
>>152878797>The warrior class also hated them for obvious reasonsa few good years to be a man-at-arms/ashigaruat least until the sword seizures
>>152872150I guess this series loves it's bittersweet endings. Zato finally got what he wanted, but it's almost a Pyrric Victory.
>>152878704>outside of him Mickey kinda had dogshit luck in comics for decades and decades, with no one like Barks to make good stuffI mean, it was the same in the cartoons: Mickey was the poster boy, then they took the edge off him to make him more family friendly, then he lost the crown to the irascible Donald and never recovered. (And, actually, Barks was involved there too; he was an animator for the Donald Duck shorts until he was in his forties.)
>>152878832Not quite yet. There's one more story coming. It's titled The Last Ino Story.
>>152878867Goddammit. Ah well, better brace myself for more sadness.
>>152878365I also forgot to mention that another point in Iwami's favor was Usagi crossing a mountain range while following Tomoe's captors. >>152878785Strictly speaking, you can be neighbors with somebody without your properties directly touching. Nextdoor neighbors vs neighborhood.Now, far as Mutsu goes, we have multiple instances of Mifune being at events in Sendai, which seems less likely if that was originally Hikiji's part of the province and there's not much that I can see that necessarily says Mifune had a larger portion of the area. It could have easily just been the richer portion.Plus Usagi's constant use of the euphemistic "northern province" makes me think Mifune's domain was swallowed up by Hikiji's and he just can't bring himself to use the new name. Far as Adachigahara goes, blame Stan for that one. In recent years, it's switched to Adachi Plain but the original story title was Return to Adachigahara Plain.
>>152876730Wrote the doglock/snaphaunce post. Not a /k/ommando anymore, but I can help. If you are looking for good surplus bolt action rifle's that's close to the same price that mosins are going for now, look at yugo mausers (m24/47, m48 series, captured k98's "preduzece 44"). They're extremely well made, most are still in great shape (always double check the bore just in case), and since they're not as collectable as unaltered german mausers, they can still be found for a good price. Only concern would be ammo, but plenty of Greek surplus ammo is available online at under 40 cents a round if you don't mind cleaning corrosive ammo(stay away from Turkish 8mm unless you want reloading components). For revolvers, it kind of depends on what caliber, size, style, and budget. My personal favorite is a Uberti Cattleman in 45 LC. I handload for it to keep ammo costs down, but they also make it in 38/357 and even 9mm luger. If you want an affordable double action, old s&w model 10's or police trade-in's can be found for a decent price. Ruger gp100's and security six's are built like tanks, both can take a steady diet of the heaviest 357 you can throw in it and don't cost an arm and a leg if you get one used.Feel free to ask any questions
https://youtu.be/fRLIYz8f58E
>>152877315Could also work as Zato. AngriestZato has a nice ring to it.
>>152872447Spinning and weaving, though I'd have to get used to the Japanese style-tools. I think they're using a specific kind of backstrap loom at this point, so that would be a lot of learning. Using a spindle wheel too...though I think most peasants wore hemp, and I can't think of how that would work on a spindle wheel.
>>152872171>>152872176Man, was this comic really that popular in Singapore? I think we're up to the third letter from there so far.
>>152879096Welcome to feudal Japan, the ride never ends until an American warship parks off the coast and demands you let him sell you whiskey
>>152871141>Damn PortugesesorryAnyway there we go, today's sketches, 9 posts before bump limit! Added Lord Tamakuro, Captain Torame, the mysterious ninja lady what's Shingen's sister and who looks kinda weird here because we only got a small appearance to use as reference but I'll adjust her as needed if she reappears tee hee, and Fujiko; plus the usual adjustments to others pre-existing sketches.Here's yesterday's drawing, and see you tomorrow, hopefully earlier on my part! >>152865821
>>152879305>The virgin blind massuer>The Chad Deserter
>>152876553>>152876579Suddenly, I'm less mad about Usagi turning Noriyuki down.
Caught up now, and I'm suprised to announce there has been no new Jizo statues from the first first storytime until now. So the count is still at 11 (though 24 are implied with 2 dozen men going out to go fight the shape shifter and Gon making then for the 23 that perished, and then Usagi making Gon's).>>152871229Never noticed this, but Stan redrew those 6 panels foregroind and background amazingly well, didn't realize they were different until now!>>152871942Now would this count as a death scream? The "AAAA" cutting off with the little bubble seems to make it like it's Torame yelling it>>152872108Obligatory pointing out birds
>>152878847>then he lost the crown to the irascible Donald and never recoveredHe recovered pretty well in the 80s. By that point both him and Donald were retired, but Mickey's Christmas Carol was what kickstarted the Disney Renaissance. Won't deny the damage had been done by that point, though.
>>152879147>Strictly speaking, you can be neighbors with somebody without your properties directly touching. Nextdoor neighbors vs neighborhood.C'mon, man. You know that's not how it's used without qualification when people talk about regions.>Now, far as Mutsu goes, we have multiple instances of Mifune being at events in Sendai, which seems less likely if that was originally Hikiji's part of the provinceI'm not saying that the pointers are in the *wrong places*, I'm just suggesting that putting them in opposite corners of Mutsu is sort of underselling the difference.>there's not much that I can see that necessarily says Mifune had a larger portion of the areaI adduce it from the following:• As you say, Sendai is in Mifune's domain• Hikiji is a "minor lord" before Adachigahara• They must be adjacent domains; any intervening territory was clearly conquered and annexed by one or the otherThe other possibility is that Hikiji's domain is part of *central* Mutsu and that he annexes the north only subsequently, but that's adding superfluous entities. >Mifune's domain was swallowed up by Hikiji's and he just can't bring himself to use the new name.Yeah, I mean, obviously, I don't think anything I wrote contradicted that.
>>152879305Nice!The hairline thing cracks me up more every day, Drawanon.
>>152879693Yeah, I was talking abut the classic shorts specifically there; those had been dead for a good 20 years by the 80s, longer if you don't count the shitbox generic-Goof shorts.
>>152879534>Obligatory pointing out birdsGood catch! Are those the comic's first tardbirds?
>>152879761It's what his legacy will be, that and being argued if he got retconned as a monkey because of Tom Luth's weird colour choices like 30 years later>>152878847Sure, but he specified the comics, and to be honest for a good chunk of the 20th century worldwide Mickey was actually more known for comics- everyone knew he was an animated character of course, but day-to-day most people interacted with comics. Which also for a good chunk of like 40 years unless you were Italian were dogshit in the case of MickeyAnyway happy "first thread to hit bump limit of the 2026 Storytime", everyone!
>>152872097>You've got a sparekek
>>152879817>Anyway happy "first thread to hit bump limit of the 2026 Storytime", everyone!It's somehow very appropriate for the Dragon Bellow thread to be the first.
>>152879947sensible bandit is sensible!
>>152872176>even Stan Lee liked UsagiHoly shit.
>>152880058Sakai was the letterer for the newspaper Spider-Man strip that Lee wrote, or dialogued, or whatever, starting in 1995 or so, so learning he was on Lee's radar isn't surprising.
>>152879261Singapore is miniscule, all you need is if there was a one specific popular comics shop importing this, then disproportionately a huge amount of Singapore's youth had access to it
>>152880154Wow, that's cool. It's fascinating how interconnected media is in general.
Before the thread dies, how many newfriends do we have so far this year? I'm seeing a lot of surprised comments on certain pages, which is nice to see.
>>152880183Yeah, you can draw a sort of group connection between a lot of these people. Tom Luth coloured for Captain Carrot for instance, Mark Evanier worked for Kirby and on multiple TV shows like the 80s Garfield cartoon and was the companion of Walt Kelly's daughter, and often worked with Scott Shaw, who drew Captain Carrot but also guest stuff for Sakai and perhaps more famously nowadays early Archie Sonic together with Mike Gallagher, who's the cousin of the guy doing Heathcliff comics nowadays, etc. A lot of these guys were 2nd generation nerds who grew up as kids reading golden age stuff and met at the original San Diego Comic Cons in the 70s.
>>152880196I've never joined the annual before, as I always seem to miss the start and say to myself "I'll have to remember to catch it next year" and then didn't until somebody linked it on another board. I did read the first few comics myself many years ago, and it was always on my list of stuff to finish reading, because this comic kicks ass!
>>152880196I don't know if they'll bother posting here but I know I've roped two people from a book club months ago by letting them know this had started
>>152880196Yeah, this is my first time here. Alaays wanted to catch these Storytimes but never really had the time to.
>>152871957>>152871962https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmt-T6sKzmkMISSION ACCOMPLISHED
>>152878026>the reasons pandas were an endangered species was because Noriyuki kept dying so much
