previously: >>152916898
we're starting the mirage/dark horse run so a recap is called for.
cool down with the nepotism, chizu. don't you know gekokujō is all the rage now?
>>152919394right now
>>152931303>Well, as Shingen has how we say departed, I nominate myself as the new leader!
>>152931296ENTER Starscream #1
the thing about the usagi yojimbo world is, they are all human. (except those nanban savages)
>>152931351https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1LCw5f9GcM&list=RDl1LCw5f9GcM&start_radio=1ENTER!!!
>>152931342Go ninja, go ninja, GO
>>152931453POCKET SAND!
>>152931416>Lord Hijiki has fallen, I LEAD THE DECEPTICONS--I Mean, SHOGUN NOW!!
>>152931244looks like we're gonna have to juuuuuuuuuump!
you can see why chizu has a large fanbase around here.
>>152931567EXIT Starscream #1
>>152931567>>152931574well I'm sure that's the last we'll have to worry about for Neko Ninja politics
>jizo statues: 12
>>152931369>Three TimesDid you storytime the other 2 times?
>>152931546Cute Chizu
>>152931676https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF8b3dohxjo
>>152931351World's Most Elite Fighting Team!
>>152931640Big fat peasant lady asses.
oh, shi-
>>152931351Guitar Riff......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MapBJJvjhoI
>>152931676Little Usagi was such a shit.
>kabochaI was going to quickly write a fun fact about how it was introduced by the portuguese, and the name and plant found its way back into lusophone countries as 'cabotiá', but a cursory search found a weird contradiction. first most places say it was introduced from cambodia (hence the name), but also that all Cucurbita plants are native to the americas, so either they spread quickly after contact or there's some misinformation here. furthermore I found a source that claims the modern kabocha variant was bred in the 1940s, so I don't know what to think of it.
>>152931281Gen continues to be the best
>>152931178HOLY BALLS OF BUDDHA, that's the wrong Jei!I own this Saga book, I read it multiple times, and I am here since the first Dharmanon storytime, but only know I have noticed that the Jei in the summary is actually Jei III and not the original incarnation.
>>152931870...holy shit!
>>152931858this lady knows what it means to get feudal japan'd.
>>152931281I assume Kakera is Japanese for a splinter?
the lightning effects are just *chef's kiss*
>>152932068How brittle are these houses.
>>152931237Are ninja supposed to die in silence or would somebody on the opposite river hear wilhelm screams and goofy yodeling left and right?
>>152931574Shingen (from the afterlife): PLEASE USAGI, MY SISTER'S OVARIES ARE DRYING UP AS WE SPEAK. WE CAN PUT A UKIYO-E OF MARIKO ON HER FACE. USAGI, THE NEKO BLOODLINE HAS TO CONTINUE I BEG YOU!Usagi: No. Way. Okama.
>>152932131>>152932121>Scared Straight: Yojimbo Edition
>>152932178Getting Groo vibes from this page.
>>152931864>Usagi meets Disney princess
>>152931546The ever-elusive relaxed Chizu smile.Imagine a world where that relaxed smile was protected from the wear and tear that befalls her over the run.
>>152932311that's just not her karma...
>>152932325Yesterday anon asked why tokage aren't more often kept as attack dogs.Well here's why, maintenance costs.
>>152931602A simplistic chapter, yet one of my all-time favorites.
>The Glory Of War: Usagi witnesses his first battlefieldhttps://youtu.be/_X_01SmVkeU
>>152931864She's got the Mariko face about her
>>152932138>Shingen (from the afterlife): PLEASE USAGI, MY SISTER'S OVARIES ARE DRYING UP AS WE SPEAK. WE CAN PUT A UKIYO-E OF MARIKO ON HER FACE. USAGI, THE NEKO BLOODLINE HAS TO CONTINUE I BEG YOU!>Usagi: No. Way. Okama.>AND AFTER THAT THERE'S THIS NICE FEMALE NAME CLAIRE. SHE ALSO NEEDS TO CONTINUE A BLOODLINE.....
these letters are from the colored mirage issues.
>>152932114The first Usagi image I ever saved
>>152932559they would never have usagi do blackface anymore
>>152931443This might not be the right place to talk about this but anyone feels the 03 turtles were trying too hard to be cool?
and this is it for today, see you tomorrow.
>>152931307That bottom panel seems more like they're doing a performative dance battle with Chizu rapping in the background.
by the way, did you guys see pic related? there's an entire story there from Stan.
>>152931905top 5 usagi drawing in panel 4
>>152932595A bit, but they were my introduction to the series. I like them.
>>152932052you assume correctly
>>152932390such a shit. it's great
>>152931369>More must be summoned... Maybe this time I should use some frogs.We were THIS close to get a BATTLETOADS cameo.
Book 8540 Usagis (3325 total)990 Panels (6095 total)177 Nekos (460 total)3 Komori (33 total)2 Mogura (21 total)
>>152931602That mouse is an absolute unit, how did he even get so fat on rice?
>>152931408Hey, Eiji did survive Dragon Bellows! Sadly, Gunji is right, Chizu just isn't kashira material.
>>152931633(Shouldn't the eta be called to move the bodies or did city guards get permission as all rounder civil manpower?)
>>152932865Oh wait forgot one thing. The beautiful Usagi 3000
>>152931640>>152931716
>>152931737She calls him mortal?Are Obakemono not Yokai?And why does searching for this term leads me to battletech?
>>152933131>And why does searching for this term leads me to battletech?FOR THE GLORY OF THE DRAGON!
>>152931989>The best swordsmen in town.That has to be a record for lousy swordsmanship then.
>>152933600Note the wording, in town.That town had some very lousy swordsmen in it.
Here's the new totals. Even though I'm not counting ninja turtles I will count Kakera since he's not exactly Splinter and is clearly treated as being "human" as anyone else >+2 Rats>+2 Monkeys>+1 Pig>New Total: 66
>>152932085Not shy about killing women.
>>152932094The walls might literally be paper.
>>152931223I'm always surprised by the sheer breadth of the all star lineup that's found in these forewords. William Stout of all people singing this books praises is incredible.
>>152933845The sword/hammer of justice is unisex
>>152931244Why didn't they just start off with the archers?
>>152933869I was personally surprised by the one by Jeff Smith.
>>152933876This is a post Shingen story, theyre still working on that "competence" thing
1/4
2/4
And if we have any /v/irgins ITT
>>152931268Man, that first panel is so jarring. I know it's specifically for newcomers, but it's weird when this series has never had to rely on this sort of recap dialogue before. Like, Gen of all people should know of the Neko ninjas.
>>152933959>bakko-pakko mentionedBarbarians are here! Someone go inform the Shogūn!
>>152932175"Shi" is one of my favorite Usagi stories in the way it inverts the patterns of a typical "strange come to town" story seen in wandering swordsman/gunman fiction. Aside from the guy he personally helped, the villages distrust Usagi and don't want him there, blame him when roughs come to town, and are glad when he leaves. The pretty village girl who has a crush on him is self-absorbed and tawdry. The boy who resents Usagi for taking her attentions is brash and stupid, not really brave, and Usagi just threatens to kill him rather than giving any big-brotherly advice. They get together because Usagi told both of them to fuck off rather than showing to each other that they'd be a good match.The villian who betrays the other villian gets himself killed by being rash and sloppy.Usagi never finds out what the hell was going on.The gold is forgotten.
>>152931307Aw fuck, it's these assholes again.
>>152931329Oh SHIT, I was not expecting a TMNT crossover.
>>152932113Going with how incompetent the Neco begin to become, I totally accept they're fully complimented with Ed Edd n Eddie sound effects
>>152932031Nosy Komori>>152934011It's a very cool story, with strange weapons a conspiracy and we see Usagi really pissed off enough to keep grumbling even at the end.>>152931351https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj-I0zmNs3c
>>152932595Even the series kinda acknowledged that with Turtles Forever. The Mirage turtles staight up called them posers while liking their 80s counterparts.
>>152931369Three? I only saw one, and they were ready to merc each other.
>>152931425Great meta page.
>>152931403Usagi would've stumbled his way past every single one of those traps.
>>152931408This idiot already got one of the ninja needlessly killed, and he think he's leader material?
>>152931178>Kitsune steals only from those who deserve itOOOH, what a lie! I bet Kitsune stole into the office and rewrote that bit
>>152931329Lol lmao I should have known right from the get go
>>152931430Leo how the hell did the Neko beat you to the village? You had a head start!
>>152931342>>152931351ENTER
>>152931436https://youtu.be/BfQnNiQwTwI?si=9sCGEpsSD-7tzwfD
>>152931961As far as miniboss squads goni kind of dig these guys.
>>152934358>>152931453Ah, ok then.
>>152931482This dude is going to end up with a slit throat, one way or another.
>>152934316Everyone in feudal Japan deserves it.
>>152931524>>152931534I notice a distinct lack of skull word balloons whenever the turtles fight the nekos.
>>152931541>What woodcutter could afford a horse?Kek, that's a deep callback.
>>152931546I knew he was a sack of shit, I just didn't think he was suicidal.
>>152931633>>152931640The way the jizo's expression changes is peak. PEAK!
>>152931640>a single, massive daikon
>>152931594>Usagi/Gen team up>The TMNT show up tooAbsolutely based volume
>>152931560What's funny is that I don't even think she needed the blade. She probably could've killed this punk with her bare hands if she wanted to.
Question out of curiosity do we talk about "Samurai Rabbit"? Not saying it's good but nor am I saying it's bad. It's.... odd.
>>152932138>PLEASE USAGI, MY SISTER OWNS AT LEAST 13 TOKAGE NOW, ONE OF THEM IS NAMED "TOKAGEMARU" PLEASE USAGI YOU NEED TO FUCK MY SISTER CONTINUE THE NEKO BLOODLINE
>>152931574WHAT.
>>152931751Hell yeah one of my favorites
>>152931824>the tokagé absquatulating with a kabochakek
>>152931602Woodcutters!
>>152934729We talked about it already when it came out, so it's ok to talk about just about whenever.It was indeed an odd show, they somehow managed to make Kitsune not shit while turning Chizu into the second worst character in the show.
>>152934737No way kisama!
>>152931961Groups of colorful assassins with each member having a gimmick is one of my favorite tropes.
>>152931853Oh man, I forgot about this hoe. Second-worst girl.
>>152933129I never thought Stan would be an ass man all this time, I kneel.
>>152931640That was a nice story.
>>152933114look at all those vibrant colors
>>152931594I have a strong urge to post that smug Gen in the middle.
>>152931751Another classic and highlight of the pre-GC era.
>>152934856I'd still have some oyakodon with her and her mom.
>>152934764Welcome aboard
>>152932085Taking the time to draw that BLEEEH on the scarecrow is the real dick move here.>>152932077>the lightning effects are just *chef's kiss*Agreed, it looks great.
>>152935143>Taking the time to draw that BLEEEH on the scarecrow is the real dick move hereJust because you're fighting for your life doesn't mean you can't engage in a little tomfoolery
>>152931892>hey, how'd you make your speech bubbles squared off?>>152931920I feel like the "lit from below" effect in panel 5 would be fun to count at some point.
>>152932113>goofy yodelingkekThe serious answer is that Sakai gets more and more precise with the details as the comic goes on, so here they're probably screaming as they fall, but later they die without a sound and Usagi comments on it. The same thing is the answer to >>152933012; at this point in the comic Sakai either doesn't know or doesn't care (or potentially, he wanted to downplay the gnarliest aspects of the Japanese caste system, but I think we can all agree that that one's unlikely considering the shit he does show); later however the taboo becomes exact and Usagi discusses it with another character while they wait for the eta body removers to show up.
>>152931789Okay this isn't exactly a scholarly source so take it with a grain of salt but the miscommunication appears to stem from how they made it to Japan initially. According to this newspaper article, the Portuguese sailors who brought them to Japan were received by a daimyo in Kyushu. They brought him the gourd as a gift and through mistranslation he thought the gourd was native to Cambodia, instead of the sailors having departed from there to sail to Japan. >he modern kabocha variant was bred in the 1940sYes the variety being depicted in the comic is a kind of anachronism. Cucurbita moschata (shown on the left) is the kind that was brought over in the 1500s. The gourd most people call kabocha today is actually from Feudal America(!) and is called seiyo kabocha (western kabocha) in Japan, but just kabocha elsewhere. It was introduced to Japan in the Meiji era and its the kind being depicted in Usagi.Source:https://web.archive.org/web/20170909182604/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2017/09/09/food/attention-turns-kabocha-squash-cooler-weather-looms/#.WbQyQGjP32cSource on picture:https://www.botanic.jp/plants-sa/sisiga.htm>>152931676>>152931692>Yes, I see. And you call them 'kabocha' despite this crop being obviously from Peru.
>>152934909
>>152932278>we will simply crush him, and his purse>then, we will steal the flattened, mangled coins from under the giant boulder
>>152931607>Dead Children: 3+(Ninja Village)
>>152931646I'm going to be honest, I'm not a huge fan of Katsuichi's redesign. He fits the more regal sensei role now, but I kinda like how his original design was more scruffy and unassuming.
>>152932491Look, I'm just saying. Just because Lord Mifune's name wasn't distinctly mentioned in the Eppustein-dono scroll, doesn't mean he's above guilt by association. Three grown dudes, in the middle of an abandoned battlefield, holding down a struggling kid. And he just so happens to be a looter? And they were only going to cut off his hand? Really? Give me a break.
>>152935379>I told you he'd find out about Ranmaru
>>152932185I have to ask, what the fuck are tokage supposed to be ? Dogs ? Random critters ? They show up everywhere, some are feral, some are pets, some are carrying stuff around... are they edible ?
>>152935422>what the fuck are tokage supposed to be ?Dogs and rats, mostly, depending on what the situation calls for. > are they edible ? They are, but it's pretty consistently shown that they don't taste very good and are mostly only eaten when times are tough.
>>152935422All-purpose animal replacement because the animals are people.
>>152935258Can't remember if this joke has already been done, but it is now.
>>152931961>>152934423>>152934852If you used the out of bounds wall hack to cheese this fight you didn't really beat the game.
>>152931676
>>152933899Shingen had 10 of the 20 brain cells in the entire clan, 9 went to Chizu and 1 for the remainder
>>152935521and all the cuteness to kimi
>>152935494>Can't remember if this joke has already been doneFrom last year. Remember to eat your leafy greens and delicious kabocha to fight against memory loss people!
>>152932734So random question.... why does this image of Gen give me the same energy as this image?
>>152935575Well fug.Guess I should get my memory tested sooner rather than later. After all my grandad was showing signs of alzheimers before passing away.
>>152932602Thanks, Murderanon!
>>152933874Go back to your universe, Bruce.
>>152933996This volume is some kind of nadir for expository dialogue. There are two cases in Shi:>>152931841>remember last week?>>152931920>shi... that means four in our language! Four! Four assassins! Ah-ah-ah-ah!>yes, but in our language it also means DEATH
>>152931961>>152935513That fight where you had to take all four of them on at once is absolute bolloks. I swear to christ I wasted a weekend trying to beat those faggots
>>152934729There is this whole ass other little sequestered Samurai Rabbit fandom that just never gets brought up ever in the annual storytime. Truly fascinating if you're a meme anthropologist. We're like those Papua New Guinea islanders that speak mutually unintelligible dialects because linguistic drift is so severe owing to the hostility and isolation of our environment.
>>152931425And to this day, the question remains unanswered...
>>152934011I agree, the way it shuffles the tropes of its genre is enjoyable and interesting. Moyashi being the only one who understands even at the end after he saved them that Usagi is a good guy is fun.
>>152934617I doubt whether it's really supposed to indicate that they're not killing anyone; the Mirage Turtles comic has them butchering Foot far more graphically than the shit you see here.
>>152935309Been running this as my pfp on a number of accounts, it’s perfect
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>>152935583>*bites into pickled vegetable*>I cannot think or comprehend of anything more cucked than another man raising your biological son. Honestly, think about it rationally. You are not there to feed, clothe, raise and rear your boy for at least 13 years solely so she can go and call another man papa. All the hard work you didn't put into your handsome son - reading him stories at bedtime, training him in the art of war, making sure he has a healthy diet, educating him, playing with him. All of it has one simple result: his loyalty is to another man.>Never raised the perfect samurai? Great. Who benefits? If you're lucky, your mountain hermit sensei who also had nothing to do with the way he grew up, who ends up training him. He gets to teach him bushido. He gets the benefits of his kind and sweet personality that came from the way your childhood rival raised him.>As a man who was exiled from his village, you are LITERALLY dedicating at least 10 years of your life to mushashugyo while your son calls another man 'father.' It is the ULTIMATE AND FINAL cuck. Think about it logically.
/v/ question here. It's been a few years since I played it but does anyone know off the top of their head if Jin has Usagi colors on either of his Ronin outfits. I know you can rock a decent Samurai Jack but what about Usagi
>>152935943It's been years since I played it too.All I can remember is that the game looked pretty and that there was a neat looking monkey armor that was a bitch to get.
>>152932595A little bit, but they were also trying to be faithful to the tone of the original comics. They overshot the mark a little bit, but good on them for trying. '03 is the closest of the animated series to the turtle comics.
>>152934729>It's.... odd.That's probably the best way to put it. It's so far removed from Usagi proper I can't hate it for being a bastardization since it's basically its own thing. I watched it once out of curiosity and the hope that my viewing might translate to some pennies for Stan, but I don't see myself going back to it.
>>152935189He simply hid a square tokagé under his kimono, and when the moment came, he squeezed it and it made the square bubble!
>>152931654>>152934222There's two other extra stories that happened at this time but the storytime hasn't gotten to. There's some extra stuff that is in a different order for reasons that now I think about it I don't fully get- why is it, Murderanon? Regardless, there's a funny story where Leo just randomly gets teleported to the Usagi world while carrying a pizza, and there's a story by... Eastman, I wanna say? Where Leo's just randomly there and Usagi attacks him because he's being written OOC>>152931789>>152935258I don't have sources as deep as Enmanon's, but I'll note from wikipedia- the way it describes it having a Portuguese name of "Camboja abóbora" makes no sense to me- it'd be "abóbora de Camboja", the grammar is wrong on wikipedia; I also feel if they really did call it that back then, it'd still be called that nowadays- we have plenty of foodstuff, animals, etc, that we retain names in that format of "thing of place". The wikipedia page also mentions it might instead come from "cabaça", which makes more sense to me in that that IS a name we use nowadays for gourds. But it is, however, noteworthy the wikipedia page is unsourced on either of these claims, be it the "Camboja abóbora" or the "cabaça" one.Calling it cabotiá seems to be a thing in Brazil only, which would make sense as Brazil famously has a huge japanese diaspora.>>152931853Pure personal pettiness but this woman might be my most hated Usagi character, eeesh. I always forget her until re-reading this story
>>152933129>"Yes, son, I'm looking!"
>>152934568You know what? I think you're right. If they didn't want to be robbed they should have gotten on a boat and left.
>>152931640holy thicc
>>152932121the lightning flash panels already made me think of it, but the way the rain suddenly in a few panels and especially in this sequence just becomes streaks of white against black instead of the rain drops he'd been drawing before makes me wonder if Stan was doing this as a riff on Sin City, where the rain also looks like this. Shi City? Dunno>>152932546Man I love Gen and I like Shades of Green but the mention here that Gen's role was supposed to be Tomoe originally makes me sad, considering how hard she kinda fades into the background as the comic goes on; the knowledge we could've had another Tomoe story and didn't is sad>>152933220anon please consider some restraint with the memes involving big spoilers from the future of the comic, we know there's a good at least handful of newcomers this year
>>152935767How much ryo for that twink?
>>152932175As others have opined, I also really like this story, it's such a standout part of early UYMy only gripe is that I find the Shi kinda hit that Boba Fett point for me where they're so cool I wish they stuck around longer outside that one thing ofcOne of the downsides of UY being so realisitc in terms of fatality in combat is that the recurring villain roster is quite thin as a result
>>152931296Chizu is really the brains of the outfit huh?
>>152936394Wow, that's pretty Fantastic!
>>152936289Might be Frank Miller's earlier work, Ronin, which the original TMNT was basically a satirical take on.
>>152936414Thank you
>>152936394https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezrbyf6t9mY
>>152935989Man I gotta go play it again, really fucking good game Anyone play Yotei, I have absolutely no faith that that was good but who knows
>>152936433I wonder how influential that comic was, I mean Samurai Jack is pretty much the same premise too
>>152936502Nope, sorry but haven't touched Yotei either.Unrelated to feudal japan, but I have been playing Menace though, it's pretty great.
>>152933129Never thought I'd see Houshou Marine make a cameo.
>>152936433I doubt it, IIRC Ronin and Miller's other early work (e.g. Dark Knight Returns) doesn't use that style. He developed it for the first Sin City story.(Also, TMNT is a satire on a shit ton of things, but the main comic it satirizes is actually Daredevil. For example, the entire origin story sequence is basically Daredevil's origin story told from a different perspective – the guy getting whacked in the face with the canister is Murdock – and the Foot Clan is a riff off the Hand ninjas from Daredevil.)>>152936536This is the one that's really nutty to me, that Tartakovsky just ripped off Ronin wholesale and almost nobody ever seems to notice or comment on it.
>>152931733Usagi what the hell did you get yourself into.
>>152936591>MenaceLooks pretty cool, like a cross between X-com and Jagged Alliance. For me It's Death Stranding 2 right now, as comfy as the first one, then Pragmata next month to continue the theme
>>152936394you doing this on paint? if so, impressive.
Welcome back to the death rattle tally! Here are the new screams found in today's storytime:>Eyaah!: 1See attachment for total cry so far. As always, if you have any questions about the count, feel free to ask.
>>152936747>almost nobody ever seems to notice or comment on it.'Cause nobody reads comics, lol
>>152931797Always some bastard trying to stir up trouble.
Happy Birthday Akira Kurosawa!
>>152931853Girl, you only met him for five seconds, calm down.
>>152931858>people actually eating until they're fullThis ain't the Feudal Japan I know.
>>152931864Lmao, I love how he realized he fucked up on that third panel.
>>152931875Girl WHAT.
>>152931880Usagi wants NONE of that smoke. Can't say I blame him for once.
>>152931892I love it when Usagi's mischievous side gets to shine. Like, look at that smug face.
>>152931920Wait, so is that why four is considered an unlucky number in Japan? Because of a pun?
>>152931588damn raph, you meet one rhino man and now they're all evil?
>>152931961Oh no, they're cool!
>>152931967Kimie you're not helping here.
>>152937527have no idea how much japanese culture is dictated by puns.
>>152937619This is why I could never get into rakugo. Long drive for a dumb joke.
alright, here's today's drawings!Skipping the TMNT for now at least since I do agree with the anons that complained a couple years ago how it's annoying that fanart-wise Usagi's always attached to the TMNT. With that said still included Kakera since I guess he's technically an Usagi character and I just always like the Mirage Splinter design.With the focus finally on Chizu, did a general revamp of her drawing. I don't quite understand her hairdo on this story though, so eh. We're firmly in the era of the comic where Stan is entirely fine using shortcut designs for the sake of production, which is good and smart, but does mean characters are looking very samey- so I tried my best to make an appealing-looking Chizu but still having her not just look like Tomoe.Also added Gunji, who I did my best to make look distinct from Shingen, and Eiji, since anon pointed out Eiji was mentioned before. Lastly, added the Shi assassins, since they look cool and all. Beyond that, added shading to Kitsune since I'd forgotten last time, one hopefully final adjustment to Gen's head shape, resized Jei down a bit since he was a bit too big, and that should be about it. I'm already struggling with canvas size and I've no idea how lont I can keep this going without needing to resize the canvas or resize the drawings themselves down>>152923481 last thread's
>>152937640>KakeraKakera means splinter
>>152937671"What does katana mean?""It means japanese sword"
>>152932031Oh shit, these guys actually mean business.
>>152932085RIP cute assassin waifu.
>>152932114DUDE, REALLY?!
>>152931800I always confuse this one where Usagi uses fish as swords.
>>152937640The Shi quartet looks freaking cool.
>>152932121Usagi pulled out his 90s edgy face for this one.
>>152932159Don't act like your own instincts are any better, Usagi.
>>152934831Making the ninjas into petty gangs was so very lame.Justice for Cutesune, a very good girl indeed.
>>152934166>Turtles ForeverMan, that special flanderized the 80s turtles so bad, and I say it as the exact age demographic the 03 turtles was aiming for.
>>152937890I hear that was Laird's influence, he hated the 80s cartoon. But Laird was always kind of a faggot, Eastman was the 2cool guy
>>152934729How the fuck did they managed to make Kitsune the best character? is not like the rest are shit or anything Kitsune was genuinely enjoyable.
>>152937640>>152937822Yeah they look great here, fantastic job
>>152937898I think it's that they removed all the times where she fucks over her friends, but kept the 'lovable street rogue' angle. That, and when the action happens, she's just as willing to join in the fight, instead of hiding behind the fighters. They just excised the worst parts of OG Kitsune, and doubled down on the parts that are charming and endearing
>>152937926Incidentally, that seems to be the universal idea in these threads about 'improving' her in the comic. But I guess the main problem with that is... well, what do you do with her in the long-term? Because excising the 'awful' dimension is really just removing a dimension of her, period, leaving the singular remaining dimension of a straight character behind. And straight characters NOT the main protagonist tend to be written out more and more.
Anyone pick up the new action figures of Usagi and the Turtles they put out at Target? With the exception of some Transformers I'm not a big action figure guy but having a quality Usagi figure would be tempting if I could find one.
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>>152938008Early Kitsune was pretty cool, I think keeping the street artist angle is important, she is better when she isn't a career burglar who pretends to be a street performer but a street performer who steals on the side to go by.
>>152937640
>>152931875Women!
>>152937527the language seems purpose built for making dumb puns
>>152936970Yup, good ol' paint, I may lose impressiveness points since I'm using a graphic tablet but they were always meant to be just some quick and loose doodles to contribute to the storytime, for something really impressive we have >>152937640
>>152932212Great, you fed them. Now they'll never leave.
>>152931500>Our most Skill Genin
>>152932234Usagi can only tolerate ONE Spot, it seems.
>>152931415This page raises the question as to whether or not there are other turtle ninja out there since Gunji is just annoyed by their presence rather than being surprised that they exist at all.
>>152938008she can still be a thief who gets them into trouble, she just can't outright steal from usagi and the group after her introductionlike plastic man in B:BATB, thieving should be something she does but the safety of her friends should win at the end instead of what comes later in the comics, especially after noodles
>>152931691>"So did I pass?">"No, not even close. But I need SOMEONE to help me pick out the weeds, so you get to stay."
>>152932337>Hikiji?!
>>152932343Oh this is going to be a sobering moment for young Usagi, huh?
>>152932357It's interesting to see Hikiji's men being humanized for a change. Instead of being comically evil like their superiors, the soldiers are just pawns caught up in all this madness.
>>152932362Jeez, poor bastard.
>>152932390Usagi what the fuck.
>>152932407Usagi once again being a FOOL that doesn't trust his instincts.
>>152937527Yes. They say "yon" instead of "shi" whenever they can to avoid uttering an unlucky word.
>>152937640Shiiii-it. Nice!
>>152937698Shinobi means ninja
>>152932085The best thing about this is that the scarecrow was already planted, here: >>152931967So it's not a copout like "oh he made a decoy outta nowhere", he just grabbed something that was already in the village and drew a mocking face on it.
>>152931884>Where did he go? >I dunno. i was distracted by the Lovers' quarrel.
>>152932362Another of my favourite pages in the entire comic
>>152932343I really like how Katsuichi is shown consistently with small, squinty, closed eyes, which just really helps sell the shock of this moment where he's wide eyed at the soldier
>>152932494Gunichi was there from the start?! That only makes his betrayal even more disgusting.
>>152931158I wish the modern Saga editions didn't usually start here.Try to pitch this to friends and bookclubs but you can never get the older sagas in print.
>>152931961I can fix her.
>>152938297Chronicles kind of emphasized that part, she's introduced performing a puppet show, and in season 2, that becomes essential to the plot when she Pilots the gundam.Really, the issue isn't even that she is a thief, it's that half the time she seems to be making things worse for our heroes.
>>152931746Do the gods every show up?
>>152931574Tomoe and Mariko seething in the corner.
>>152939352Read on :)
>>152931858Well she’s not wrong.
>>152932150The guard just calling him a liar is pretty funny. They probably don’t care if he’s telling the truth because either way there boss is dead and if they don’t get results they’re probably next.
>>152939011>you can never get the older sagas in print.Whuh? The Fantagraphics two volume collected edition of the first seven books has had much better availability than the Saga volumes, Anon.
>>152938656We see a lot of people working for Hikiji who are just regular joes in fuedal Japan. He may be evil but a lot of the people under him aren’t any different from half the people working for other lords across the country
>>152938656one is as good as any other for most people
>>152937800You can tell the difference by whether or not the big samurai is Scott Shaw! in his Hawaiian shirt kemono.
I'm still in Dragon Bellow Conspiracy so I've got catching up to do but I have questionsDoes Usagi like follow an internal timeline where he's growing older, we see others grow up, time passes, Usagi will eventually die, kinda like Judge Dredd or Conan. Not real time but there is forward movement. Or is it more classical cartoon forever in the feudal Japan era? I've not read far enough even in my furthest readings. also how old is Noriyuki supposed to be? I can't tell if he's like a child or a young teen. I feel like he should have more advisors around than just Tomoe but I also have no idea how their like system works, I'm wrongly comparing it to like Medieval Europe clichés I think Vol 4 of this era is the furthest I've read in Usagi.
>>152940098>Does Usagi like follow an internal timeline where he's growing older, we see others grow up, time passes, Usagi will eventually die, kinda like Judge Dredd or Conan.Not to that extent but yes there has been progress. We see Jotaro get older. >also how old is Noriyuki supposed to be? I can't tell if he's like a child or a young teen. I feel like he should have more advisors around than just TomoeHe does and it becomes a rather contentious point later.
>>152935422>are they edible ?Yes, especially the eyes.
Just realized Usagi and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure started around the same time, there's gotta be at least one piece of fanart of Jotaro and one of the JoJos right?it's only what a couple hundred years of difference
>>152940098>Does Usagi like follow an internal timeline where he's growing older, we see others grow up, time passes, Usagi will eventually die, kinda like Judge Dredd or Conan. Not real time but there is forward movement. Or is it more classical cartoon forever in the feudal Japan era? I've not read far enough even in my furthest readings.By and large yes, but there's a couple times we get thrown a curveball and told "actually this story that was made in 1992 has been retconned to take place after the stories made in 2022" sort of things. It does make the timeline a bit confusing in some points. But by and large yes, it's a single coherent timeline with aging, something like six years from the start to the latest issue? I think I remember some anons figuring out?
>>152940143Not exactly what you're asking for, but this is from a previous storytime.
>>152937527Not just Japan. When I was tramping around the Land of Dragons last year all the hotels I stayed in refused to have 4 as a room number. They also had all their room numbers begin with 88 since 88 is a lucky number. So if you are booked for room 305 you would actually be in room 88306.
>>152931359>sentry duty, again>oh bother!
>>152939061It isn't even that she makes things worse, but that the later stories act like she's a good friend despite her base treachery and insufferability what she does at the end of the story after meeting Chizu is unforgivable>>152938549I did have a fanfic idea about that involving Venus de Milo/Mei Pieh Chi. She would've been accidentally plucked as a toddler from a TMNT universe where there were 5 turtles that got Mutagen'd and Kakera raised her. Her abilities would come from him, her Chinese name would be him giving her a name from the Land of the Dragons so people would think she's an exotic foreigner rather than a kappa, and she would be the reason Gunji knows about Kakera and isn't surprised turtle people exist. But I didn't want to add to the giant pile of TMNTxUsagi Yojimbo fics.
>>152939625my hot take is that hikiji isn't evil, he's just your average sengoku daimyo that picked a bad time to start conspiring against the shogun. mifune was sub-par, he let a powerful vassal betray him. >>152936394good effect on the beards >>152937635but those are the best kind of jokes!>>152937640I just realized the way you use shadow is pretty cool, makes the characters pop out and look 3d.>>152938008>what do you do with her in the long-term? it involves a near-death experience and ninja yuri techniques, but we're not ready to talk about that. but truth be told, I like kitsune just the way she is. >>152938067do you mean pic related? it does look pretty good, I like the how the black lines make it feel like a drawing.
>>152940098yes but usagi can evidently fast travel up and down the country so the entire run of the comics, discounting the non-canon stuff, only takes a few years
>>152932491>>152932494I liked Mufune more when he looked like a badass tiger plush.
>>152941107>mifune was sub-par, he let a powerful vassal betray him.My take is that Toda saw Mifune's personality change after the murder of his family and decided he was too unstable. Or more likely that Mifune had no more patience to give his vassals face and Toda took it as an unforgivable insult. never forget how petty nobles can be.
>>152932362Honestly home he made it.
>>152932175I love how nobody realized what was going on, also that woman is a bitch.
>>152933845He is not Kenichi if you know what I mean.
>>152933959Cease this backpack nonsense
>>152934011It also helps that Usagi's in prime form this story as well. Dude goes from nice and approachable, to cheeky and mischievous, to hardened badass and everything in between.
>>152931602Look, he giant rat makes all the rules.
>>152931607Lone goat and kid behind the chizo.
>>152941452Let's see what kind of trouble we can get ourselves into!
>>152932263Did this count as a stare down?
>>152941673Yes
>>152931268>>152931273AFAIK Kakera is the only rat in the entire series. Humorously Nezumi doesn't look like one (tough he may be a hamster).
>>152931582Is the comic sponsored this year as well? I forgot to save the edits.
>>152931676How delightfully devilish
>>152932263What do the Tokage sound like? I keep imagining "Eep!" as a guinea pig squeak and the growls and yips as chihuahuas and pomeranians with maybe some lizard and dinosaur sounds here and there
>>152942528I imagine them like this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6EoRBvdVPQ
>>152939358Isn't there some art of them fighting over Usagi?
>>152942488I've noticed a few mice/rat background characters, though their designs are quite different from Kakera
>>152942528I keep hearing them as the cry made by the Shocker grunts in Kamen Rider.
>>152942662I got you
new thread: >>152942893
>>152942835Nice & thanks.
>>152936329Does that still count as early UY? I'd say after the publisher switch it's hit its stride pretty well.Where would you put "high" UY?
>>152931237Color version or b/w? This was published in color originally
>>152931158Okay
>>152931574GET IIIIIIIIIIIIIIN
>>152934764The proper reaction to seeing characters do things that aren't historically accurate, like kissing.
Thanks bro.
>>152938808Nice catch. Here's a post-it Usagi.
>>152941488neato art
>>152931158bump
>>152944210Did he ever get that posted to FF net? or have we been waiting until the other, other story involving a bridge, and Usagi cleaning up a town and then moving on?I actually commissioned some Venom Mayumi fanart
we're really burning threads this year
>>152951839
>>152951839I think we've steadily been gaining readers over the years. I wonder if we should have another best girl poll at the end of the storytime due to new readers and new stories since the last one.
>>152951839How is it that the new thread is bumped off and this one is still going?Should we turn this one into a discussion thread like this >>152923161 anon proposed?
>>152955073This one’s almost at bump limit, best to just wait for the next storytime thread
Bumping this thread for Murder.
>>152957265new thread: >>152957441
