previously: >>152931158
https://youtu.be/miUKO5g0ONk
>>152942933Fuck, I was about to link that same video.Welp, I'll be posting a bit different music later then...
https://youtu.be/S_rZ6QM4RGM>>152942947I had it prepared...
>>152942925>I am the Lizard King!
>>152943017https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVRmWKL4b7k
>>152943029Jack Black returns!
>>152943029He looks like dan schneider to me
>>152943022>>152943017Bullshit, All he wanted was to share music and be with nature!
>>152943118>Usagi: *sighs* Some motherfuckers always trying to skate uphill.
https://youtu.be/Mgpcu8ZLlFc
Jei you absolute cockwomble that was unnecessary.
>>152943204Hoo boy, we are gonna see 200% mad Usagi today!
>>152943192>>152943181Can you hear it? The voices of the Gods
>>152942893My favorite book and IMO best Usagi primer. It has a bit of everything and Fuji is still my favorite UY villain.
>>152942933https://youtu.be/Gd9tLjhC-c4?si=vswsE_9Vk6Ml7yFO
>>152942988Recurring villain>>152943000Nevermind
>>152943022And then the tokage dig the grave and ate him.
>>152942939This is probably the same monk we saw in the Jizo story.
>>152943220Do we have a running count of>This doesn't concern youFor Meddle Man?
>>152943092Here we can see Usagi change his tune, before he would have duel the guy
>>152943489And cue that one Conan track
>>152943409Once again, rock beats swordsman
https://youtu.be/BSsfjHCFosw
>>152943237ENTER.
>>152942893WORST DATE EVER
>>152943546https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajsNJtnUb7c
>>152943237This is a pretty elaborate scheme for normal bandits.
>>152943523The Mifune mon
>>152943530>GENERAL!! YOU CAN'T ESCAPE ME! I'LL CHASE YOU TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH!!! GENERAL!!
prepare yourself for two big ENTERS in quick succession...
>Stray Dog, Bounty Hunterhttps://youtu.be/evn9652oy6M
The good boy is here.
>The Informant: Honest Money-makinghttps://youtu.be/yeVx1C73o8k
>>152943617Oh ho ho how delightfully devilish Gennosuke
>>152943617There he is! Here's our boy!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b85GQ3B8tCI
>>152943489>>152943512https://youtu.be/BHfE682mm3c?si=ThU-slRdC8gJIIA-
>>152943502Glorious niponese metal folded 1 trillion times.
>>152943513>Sensei! I am going into battle and need your strongest swords!>My swords are too powerful for you, go buy yourself a weaker sword at another sword seller
>>152943523This guys looks like early Usagi.
>>152943692Big Mickey
>>152942933>>152943397https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zic2jFZ745w
>>152942925Does this take place after he bought them sushi for saving his life?
>>152943726Mickey Mouse is dead.
>>152943453Some Buddhist monks actually have their bodies fed to vultures. Considering it a final renouncement of the physical world.
>>152943048>Bouncer in a brothelErr. Isn't Usagi a kids comic?
>>152942906>Funny and cuteThis place has ruined me
>>152943192>ror, rmao replied the viper
>>152943617Enterhttps://youtu.be/idA7RsiOpqA?si=-fu3BbwXh5e0Qn77
>>152943144He really just died like that? What a waste of a fun character.
>>152943785With his body count?
>>152943833eah, at least he had a poetic end.
>>152943785>"Lol, lmao even!" Stan said calmly
>>152943875Reject bitches.Embrace bushido
>>152943893HOW ARE THERE STILL SO MANY OF YOU ASSHOLES!
>>152943901to be fair, this is pre-dragon bellows neko ninja
>>152943901This is a flashback, of course there were more of them in the past.
>>152943837Man, what a 180 change in expression
>>152943919We're getting some dunk & egg 'noble has to learn the plight of the poors' shenanigans.
>>152943919tsundere princess
>>152943930for being a title character, I never liked egg that much.
>>152943976Time to create el bastardo 2.
>>152943723Man, Michael Mouse had bad luck.
>>152944029There's a reason Stan has had an iron grip on the Usagi Yojimbo rights for years despite every studio in Hollywood offering him a boat of money.
>>152944029He brought it all to himself.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fABaTkwaHNs
>>152944042Hidden Fortress reference
>>152944042>>152944039>The two main characters end up at a festivalMaybe the comparison to Dunk & Egg wasn't that far off.
shingen...
>>152943893HAHAHA I'M SURE GLAD I DECIDED TO COUNT NINJA TOO
>>152943245Poor horse. Also, villages getting wiped out feels like a common occurence.
>>152944086>>152944075Ninjas. Why'd it have to be ninjas?
>>152944085what I did was copy the page into paint and mark each one.
>>152943617EL INFORMADOR!
Much better girl than Mayumi, I have no idea what anons see in that one
I just realized there's tokage cannibalism in volume 1
>>152944117Good reliable Gunichi, the kind of guy you wouldn't kill for a petty reason.
:(
>>152944164Sad love story. I swear I saw a movie with this exact dame plot but with planes instead of samurai.
>>152944157let's keep that discussion to when she appears.
>>152944191>>152944164Usagi would have to give up the wanderer life to get married.
>>152944157Would be neat if the anon who writes the Mayumi fanfic managed to fit her in there too.
>>152944157oh, but here is one hint: >>152944209
finnish anon, one of your countryman's here
>>152944274>Countrymen>SannaThat's a woman.
>>152943901The Neko subcontracted the Foot, Shirai-Ryu, and the Arashikage during this flashback.
>>152944160Gunichi would definitely live if current Usagi only now encountered himBut I gotta respect Stan for never retconning anything even if he probably gets better ideas later
>all the complains about colorI guess we've been here before.
>>152944108That's what I ended up doing too, kek
>>152942978>Assassin dressed as a KomusoThis is probably the most reused trope in the Chanbara genre, some bit player Assassin comes for the hero dressed as a Komuso Priest. Usually though, they're also carrying a staff with a hidden blade at the tip, just to make it more transgressively blasphemous.
>>152943865When I was in Japan I planned on trying broiled cuttlefish. Unfortunately after a rather foul tasting octopus from a stall the smell of cuttlefish made me feel sick.Maybe next time.>>152944023Usagi in the last panel is me every time I eat takoyaki.
>>152943545For her maybe. This is the perfect date idea for the guy.
Updates for this volume just barely missed the funny number>+1 Pig>+2 Rats/Mice/Whatever>+1 Bull>New Total: 70>>152944160>>152944301This is why Gunichi is one of my favourite characters, everything we see of him in the past makes him look like a good, honourable dude but his only appearance in the present is him dying to Usagi without a word, it really makes you wonder what kind of guy he really was
>>152944293Todd knew what's up
>>152944369Do we have stats on NPC rabbits?
>>152944365oops, that was the last page. see you guys tomorrow!
>>152944409See you again tomorrow Murder, here's a little exploitable.
See you tomorrow brothers.
Usagi seems to be the kind of guy who falls in love really easy. He really should just settle down already.
>>152943846So with Stray's orphanage how exactly are we going to add it to the orphan count? There's at least 8 in the first panel from what I can see.
>>152943846Straydog is terrific
>>152944393I haven't been counting them or a few other species because there are a lot of nebulous background characters where you can't really tell what they're supposed to be that would keep me from making an estimate I'd be happy with. That said, I've been thinking about going back and counting species I skipped on future years, maybe starting with foxes and goats, so maybe I'll get around to attempting a rabbit headcount some day.
>>152944341Eh, I've had cuttlefish before and I didn't really like it, even though I am generally a pretty big fan of other cephalopods. IDK how to describe it I guess too blubbery compared to squid or octopus? Granted it wasn't japanese broiled so maybe prep makes a difference.
>>152943833The afterlife is real in this setting right? Wonder how a comic about following these characters after their deaths would be like.
Book 9536 Usagis (3861 total)1009 Panels (7104 total)135 Neko (595 total)Most panels in a book so farAlso Usagi percentage is back over 50% after a startling dip below recently.
>>152943439for this comic, two appearances is recurring.
>>152943559>>152943563https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9-6eRVTDQo
>>152943757>THEY'RE>SIMPLY>SINGULAR>TRIO
>>152942957(Actually my fingers are long enough that I can do a one hand clapping, you just raise your hand, flex your wrist, let your fingers go limp over your palm and move it fast back and forth. Like playing castanets but without the instrument.)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEiCafLZYuILike this guy
>>152944870simpsons did ithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_rZ6QM4RGM
>>152944075>oh no>not on my watch ronin>my sister already has enough competition, you're not adding another girl to the usagibowl.
>>152944958>YOU WILL FUCK MY SISTER, RONIN. YOU WILL CONTINUE THE NEKO NINJA BLOODLINE.
>>152945112
>>152944540The cosmology of the Usagi universe is bizarre. Because Christianity exists and is true (Stan himself is a Christian), but also actual gods, yokai and demons from Japanese mythology exist.
>>152943575I have heard about loosing face but this is ridiculous.
>>152943579>Usagi vs. The General I don't think he's ready for his bullshit.
>>152943507Sometimes he remembers what Katsuichi taught him
>>152945280Maybe all the gods and demons and spirits are simply beings from different pocket dimensions created trough enough people believing in certain entities hard enough.
>>152942951>'apedWhat just like that? With a hard r?
>>152943550Fujii is smarter than the average crook
>>152942933This series is making me want to play Kenshi again. I've had the itch for a few threads now but baskethead here is really putting me in the mood.
>>152945496Time for a solo Meddler run.
>>152945457this isn't tik tok zoomer
>>152945457>apedThanks for reminding me, I wonder if anyone remembers this little joke from last year.
>>152942951beautiful speech
>>152943833Both him and the widow were wasted desu
>>152944066Here's the original
>>152945831The hug felt weird. Would have been better have Usagi pull back right before the moment of contact. Why'd they need to censor it anyway? It's just a kiss.
>>152943888Look at that horse's wary expression! He knows what happens to horses when Usagi is around!
>>152945831You know what I would like to see, what if stories where Usagi did things differently.Like choosing to stay with Mariko instead of going to serve lord Mifune, fleeing with this girl like Tomiko and her lover and whatever else there could be. You know, besides the obvious one.
>>152945896>Grunt grunt, neigh neigh neigh, whinny>Death poem of the horse
>>152945889kisses were imported by foreigners.Chizu gets to kiss him because she might have met some of said foreigners who told her about it.
>>152945457>>152942951>Use the R-wordAll ages comic book my ass.
>>152945915>TFW no non-canon action/comedy Harem story starring Usagi. >Usagi Yojimbo Gaiden: Many Hearts, One Ronin!!
>>152943000>Assassins called Shi>Grunts four times then dies>The last one is staggered to the next panel like he was dispatched separate from the others Pottery. >>152943007Atleast he left him his under robe so he didn't die naked. Poor bastard just wanted to wander, ponder and play some flute.
>>152944053>I came from a small town, and everyone there was involved in each other's lives!It all makes sense now! Fishers often come from a village of fishermen, and here we find Usagi comes from a village of meddlers!
>>152943875long-eared cuck lol
>>152945889How many times have you seen characters kiss in a non-porn anime?The Japanese didn't know/practice kissing and considered it a purely sexual, perverse act. To this day it's considered excessive when done in public. In Usagi's times, kissing was a carnal "trick" used mostly by prostitutes who had contacts with Westerners and it spread from there. That's why Chizu giving Usagi a kiss is a big thing. It was his first. This story is a flashback and the girl is a princess, not a sly ninja full of dirty tricks and certainly not a prostitute, so no kissing allowed.
>>152946097It's not plausible for her to have read some saucy scrolls?
>>152945831
>>152943082One thing I like is that this guy is genuinely regretful that Shubo died at the same time as mentally admitting that he was cheating his new partner.
>>152943530Slavers and Daisho are my favorite arcs.Usagi is pissed!
>>152946122Don't give him too much credit, he only regrets losing a prime gravy train in Shubo, not a friend or a person he looked up to.
>>152943237Enter one of the minor antagonists that really succeeds in getting right under Usagis skin a way we don't see often.
>>152943680
>>152946135https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHRuTYtSbJQThey call him... The Doom meddler!
>>152942925Oh neat, didn't expect a follow up to the previous tokahe comic.
>>152943530>300 year old swordsdamn, Usagi is the last inheritor of the Mifune's
>>152943606Stray dog is genuinely a fun character and I like that he's a rival for Gen that drops in and out of the story. It makes his bits feel a bit more alive and I always enjoy it when we get to see him.
>>152946155Maybe, but he's offhandedly wondering what became of the guy's family, which means he at least took a passing interest beyond the money.
>>152946108Oh no, she's a high born young woman, she's sheltered as fuck.
how do you design MON?
>>152943541I love how that guy would rather jump to his death than confront an Usagi this enraged.
>>152946335Assume the mentality of a feudal lord who wishes to gain as much power, money and land as possible and doesnt even consider the deaths of those below him being the result of his efforts as they are not as noble and dignified as you.
>>152945640I mean, anons right though. This book tends to go out of its way to language like that, only to sucker punch the audience with that word out of nowhere.
>>152946335In Stan's works? Create a simple image within a circle that is easily recognizable at distance and simple enough for even a child to draw.In real world? FUCK IT! DRAW WHATEVER YOU WANT! A HYPER REALISTIC STORK? YEAH FUCK IT, JUST DRAW THAT SHIT INTO ALL OF MY CLAN INSIGNIA!source: https://mai-ko.com/travel/culture-in-japan/crests/japanese-family-crests-kamon-2/
>>152943925The man has an intense poker face. He does what he can to make the world a better place even for just a handful of sad orphans and he doesn't want any of them to know about what he has to do to make that happen. He's a good man forced to live in feudal Japan.
>>152946302Definitely feel like he is one of the best characters to round out and make a trio with Gen and Usagi as they all together have a nice good/bad/ugly dynamic.
>>152943883This is extremely good advice. A pity they ended up falling out like they did.
>>152943816Despite his gruff manner, this actually shows Dog respecting Usagi.
>>152942933>FWEEEEEE
>>152944369>it really makes you wonder what kind of guy he really wasHe just wasn't willing to back a cause after it was totally hopeless. This is why Usagi was angry with him.
>>152945254>barge into MY bandit hideout>call ME gay
>>152944075Interesting that Shingen and Usagi apparently did not remember this brief confrontation so many years later when Shingen tried to steal that sword.
>>152946225
>>152943883Oh the tragedy of Gunichi talking to him about honor and staying true to your Lord. I guess that only counts when things aren't burning down around you huh porky.
>>152942960>not trusting his instincts yet againFOOL.
>>152946563I mean this is understandable, the sort of slavish loyalty to a bad lord is one thing but Mifune is the sort of overlord you wouldn't mind dying for if you grew up in a society where dying for your lord was considered a noble act.
>>152942969So I guess bug people are out of the question now.
>>152942978Oh shit.
>>152942982Aw man, those were Usagi's good clothes!
>>152942988Hopefully the Komuso survived, though I'm not holding my breath on that.
>>152942993Oh, that's really clever.
>>152946680Actually you bring up a point. How many robes does this guy go through. And does he have to make his own mon?I assume so because I don't know how acceptable it is for a garment maker to create the emblem of long dead lords with no actual presence anymore.
>>152943000>all that buildup, just for him to die in two pagesLmao.
>>152946744It probably costs quite a bit of money too. No wonder these ronin are all broke.
>>152943007FUCK.
>>152943017RIP flute guy. Dammit, this one actually stings.
>>152943022He finally got rid of them, but at what cost?
>>152946777>Tavern bills are tens of ryo typically >Untold costs in tailoring bills and laundry Being a ronin is fucking expensive.
>>152943029Oh great, Mr. Bushybrow's back.
usagi joins the mtg cash cow
>>152943041These villagers have the nerve to looked shocked after gambling over someone's life.
>>152943048>"Would I cheat someone like YOU?"That question seems to be asked a lot these days.
>>152946744Reminds me how the official explanation that Kenshiro in Fist of the North Star painstakingly sows his shirts back together offscreen after every fight were he rips it off to do his techniques. Maybe Usagi is in the same boat, I have to imagine Katsuichi taught some level of maintenence tailoring given his hermetic lifstyle.
>>152943055Oh. I guess this is yet another case a wife was made a widow from gamblers.
>>152946880Should make a ton of dosh to Stan at least, even if its trough enriching this shitty over priced carboard company.
>>152943063The mood whiplash from this page alone is insane, holy.>Widow contemplates her husbands death and is now given a chance to avenge him>gets comedically interrupted by her boss>her boss immediately acts like such a sleaze you feel queasy at the implications I can only hope he's next on her To Kill list.
>>152943082>I'd get rid of him in a second if I could think of a way to make somw money off itOh I just know this dude got reincarnated as a modern businessman.
>>152943962he was never a very interesting character even in the books desu
>>152946967Imagine her racking more kills the more she travels and meets horrible people, ends up recruited by assassins and then ends up being sent after Usagi.
>>152943092I can't help but wonder if this is a genuine bit of restraint from Usagi, or a long con ploy to lower Kedamono's guard and make his inevitable duel with him easier.
>>152943106>"I like to avoid trouble if I can"This rabbit motherfucker lies as easily as he breathes.
>>152946597It took me years to realize that those are highlights and not some funky looking noblewoman tiara
>>152943122Pride goes before destruction; a haughty spirit before a fall.
>>152944075So Shingen isnt chief yet. Whos the boss as of now?
>>152943144Lmao RIP bozo
>>152943833It is wild how, for as long running a series this is, it's willing to just merc characters left and right.
>>152947185Maybe one of his parents? Would explain why the position went to Chizu after he bit it.
>>152943164This dude just refuses to die.
>>152947258It's the only character that's allowed to fight Usagi and keep coming back.
>>152943169What a decent dude. Shame he found the worst possible recipient of his decency.
>>152943196Fuck. RIP fisherman, you were one of the few actually good people in this book.
>>152947336He was... evil...Also the gods said "lol, lmao even" whatever that means.
>>152943234>"I threw a rock at him!"
>>152943245RIP horse.
>>152943249The one time Gen-style robbing would've actually helped.
>>152943263That is an...oddly realistic face Fujii has.
>>152947418What do you mean? It always helps!-- Gen
>>152943290It's disturbing how they can talk about wiping out an entire village so nonchalantly.
>>152943064
>>152943298https://youtu.be/2P5qbcRAXVk?si=2Aa_UIFw9geHkomj
>>152943169>>152943177 Never really noticed it before but thinking about later revelations of Jei's origins and Inazuma the fact that Jei actually looks so peaceful sleeping before twisting into his usual face makes me think that for a brief moment Ji might have actually been in control. Like how Inazuma was able to momentarily regain control in her dreams and at the moment of her waking.
>>152943311Yet another kid dead because of Usagi's carelessness. RIP.
>>152945280I found this manga in the same shop that had Section Chief Shima and Cat Shit One and my mind immediately went to the Annual UY Storytime. >>152947017Although I Was A Crooked Bookie in the Edo Period, Now I'm Back In Modern Japan and Ready To Form My Business Empire! - A Section Chief Shima Isekai Gaiden>>152946029>No Need For Usagi! Man UY really is a 90s comic through and through.>>152945457It's an interesting choice of words. I mean it does, historically, have a non-sexual connotation of 'something being seized unlawfully.' I can only suppose Stan chose to use the word in order to give the monk a detached, poetic air.
>>152947511Perfecthttps://youtu.be/pgVIL0mo6yA?si=lzzCOVNoF4LuxmqQ
>>152944385It Just Works.
>>152947372
>>152943365Usagi calling someone a monster is saying quite a lot, seeing the absolute bastards he's already faced this far.
>>152943409>The archer said you were dead!>I got better.
>>152943416Waterfalls have saved so many damn lives in this comic.
>>152943467Time for Usagi to deal with some unfinished business.
>>152943487We do not have a count of that.>>152943352F-U-J-I-I. Two 'i' after the j, not one. Unless you're trying to make Fujii mad on purpose in which case continue.
>>152947372Apropos of nothing, I'm reminded how clever that line was; that was the real Croc; it was Batman in diguise. He deliberately played up Croc's supposed simple-minded nature so the others would lose any interest in hearing him speak, which could possibly lead to them realizing his a fake.
>>152946744>>152946777 (checked)>>152946923I feel as though I remember seeing some panels when Usagi is in Geishu territory about how grateful he is the clan is willing to patch up his clothes and give him a new set, and also some panels when he's at an inn in a bigger town where he's getting his hakama laundered, so there is clearly some money changing hands where he can get fresh linens on occasion. But also to the other anon's point, it also feels like having basic sewing skills was a more universal life skill back in these times than it is now. It's something I have tried to pick up too but the patience to really commit to learning eludes me for now.
>>152946744With how in depth the worldbuilding is in this comic, I'm surprised there isn't an entire storyline around that.
>>152947735>Usagi keeps misspelling/mispronouncing his name worse and worse to get under his skin
>>152943680>>152946171
>>152947867It's something his namesake might have done."We meet again, Fuji.">"It's Fujii! With two I's!""That's what I said, Fiji.">"FUJII!""Fujo.">"GRAAAAAH!""Whatever, get over here and die, Fiju."
>>152947867Hijiki knows this pain
>>152948341>HijikiKajuku?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni8PHkBmRCQ
>>152944098>>152944108>>152944113i think i mentioned it in the previous storytime but this still stands as one of the more impressive things usagi's done in my mindalso the sequence is just really cool and detailed, and I think this might be my favorite UY art style the series getsalso the stories between this, shi and slavers is just a really good run of great stories
>>152947536He's like this in his first appearance with usagi, and i believe it happens wagain with the bandits and jotaro in his second appearanceI wonder if he actually experiences peace and relief in his dreams or if it's just nothing. I always kinda thought of it as a brief respite from his insane mind/demonic control as in the first appearance you can see him looking pained and building into it before he awakes and attacks Usagi
>>152943177This is what I mean by possible deniability, up to this point Jei immortality falls in the same category of how Baki is ""realistic"" sure what happens is impossible but still real by bending the rules a little bit, later on Jei is straight up magic and only holy things can hurt him.
>>152947593hehehe
>>152946932>another caseIt's the same gambler and the same widow, karma is coming back around.
Made a Gen edit for all you Genheads for the previous thread but didn't get to post it in time.>>152944023>>152944341Anon pointed out in 2024 I believe it was that takoyaki in this time period is another anachronism. IRL they wouldn't be invented until the 1930s.>>152941330>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.I love this character interpretation. It makes so much sense and explains so much.>scene: a late-night strategy session in the war tent. The damp summer night is still sweltering as braziers light thearea. Reports are still coming in from forward scouts, often contradictory. The senior officers and councilors go over stratagems repeatedly, trying to argue one case or another while junior officers scramble about trying to fulfill their masters' requests for logistic reports, the tally of fighting men, the wounded, water supplies, remaining armaments, etc. >General Toda senses an opportunity to curry favor with Lord Mifune. He waves his attendant over, and whispers something to him. A short while later his attendant re-appears, a steaming cup of tea in his hands. This teacup is a Toda clan treasure, hard won during the sack of a military town in the Land of Tigers some many years ago by General Toda's elder uncle. He will serve Lord Mifune a cup of tea personally. Surely this will win him favor.>Lord Mifune takes the cup and sips at the tea. He curtly nods to General Toda, then returns to his councilers deliberations and the movements of troop tokens on the map spread before him. Understandably, Mifune-dono is a little distracted by having to keep the an entire fucking war and all its associated data going in his head.>General Toda has never been so insulted. He. He didn't EVEN ADMIRE AND COMMENT ON THE EXPERT REFLECTIVE GLAZING TECHNIQUE ON THE CUP. >The seeds of treachery were planted in General Toda's heart that night.
>>152944338Interesting to note the dropped ideas and mentions in these letters. Usagi meeting up with Fei Hong would've been hype, so it's nice seeing Stan was planning that- though I don't think the chronology actually makes sense, wasn't Fei Hong 19th century? I also only glanced at these now because I read them in my phone in bed first, so I missed it now, but pretty sure one of the letters this time indicated "I already have a story being planned about one of Katsuichi's former students", something that also ended up not happening, right?>>152944359Peak Tomoe drawing>>152946597Good Inu, I find his cranial structure so hard to get a hold of>>152947146It's a shine but other characters often don't have shines so I wonder if it's meant to specifically point out the hair being coated in something>>152947551That's just a different ENG title for Ode to Kirihito, right?
>>152943785That is the thing with Usagi, goofy and clean by not showing much blood and having the dead guys make the goofy tongue out face when they die, but quite straight forward when showing adult stuff like brothels and human misery.
>>152943530https://youtu.be/sMk-HPBF6Mw?si=F91bwImPHnRjjeYx
>>152943617Gen looks like smug Pepe.
>>152948601>General Toda betrayed Mifune over aesthetics autismTruly, cinema.
>>152942957>HA! You quote the zen master Hakuin.This is another benign anachronism; Hakuin Ekaku wasn't born until about 80 years after this comic takes place, and didn't become a zen master until long after the Fuke sect had been suppressed.
>>152947584>Todoki HawadoTodd posting memory unlocked
>>152946380From what we've seen from this comic, the waters tend to be more merciful.
Potential hot take but I feel like mentioning it since he showed up for the first time today:I don't really care for Stray Dog. He's kinda just like a second Gen but also more one note. Like Gen get a lot more varied jerk with a heart of gold moments and is generally just a lot more multifaceted than Stray Dog ever was or becomes. He kinda sucks. I can't remember him getting much better either, but that might just be me misremembering.He's like late-stage Kitsune to me, only he was always kinda just eh. Like I always forget he shows up in the Slavers arc cause he just kinda shows up and could be taken out of it without the plot really changing at all.
>>152944006Every time I read this one I feel more and more for the, Kinuko. She's got some thorns but given the whole FEUDAL JAPAN thing it's understandable and once she softens it feels like there really could have been something if not for the whole duty thing.
>>152943383>But you, I don't frightenGotta be the eyebrows
>>152943546https://youtu.be/nrdINKIyXRA?si=MXA5abZrGYjo7Fza
>>152944117>>152944344Hell yea no pun intended early Enma cameo with appropriate death dubs.>>152948607>That's just a different ENG title for Ode to Kirihito, right?I'm afraid I don't know what Ode to Kirihito is. I just saw the furry Jesus and my mind shot straight to Usagi Yojimbo.>It's a shine but other characters often don't have shines so I wonder if it's meant to specifically point out the hair being coated in somethingI think it's meant to emphasize how E X T R A yamato nadeshiko she is, because her hair is not only black and glossy like East Asian hair usually is but it's E X T R A black and glossy since a refined and pampered princess has the resources and nutritious diet to have pretty hair.>>152948714I will never forgive the anon who brought up Hyouge Mono in these storytimes all those years ago and infected my brain with ceramics-based autism as well.
>>152943551Oh he's MAD mad.
>>152946335whatever the fuck you want on your coat of arms
>>152943440>We know you like swords so we put a sword in your sword
>>152948788I can see your point, but I'd argue he creates a funny foil for Gen in the stories where they co-operate.
>>152943077It's honestly pretty enjoyable to see this piece of shit gambler get bullied by the oaf. He deserves every bit of it.
>>152948696Can you believe it took us until 2021 to make a Pepe Gen?
>>152948898Yeah, that's why left a mention of missing stuff.Only one that comes to mind rn is the one with gen and stray dog and that fugitive guy with the tragic end, that one worked well in a way gen and usagi couldn't pull off. The inazuma stuff was okay
>>152943497>>152943650https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdhuEAl-PtQ&t=25s
>>152946435I always liked the more detailed ones. the taira's must be my favorite just because I don't think any other symbol of the time used butterflies as the motif. >>152948788I agree that, as the series goes on, he could've benefited from a story where he acts a little differently, like forgoing the bounty to save a child or dying in the process while asking gen to take care of the orphanage
>>152948829You're welcome
>>152943563This seems a good opportunity as any to turn your life around.
>>152946335Mon-anon I am going to design a mon and I need your most comprehensive mon collection.>My mon collection is too comprehensive for you, anonymous. You had better go find someone with less mons.
>>152943599Gen shows up in the weirdest of times.
>>152948788I like him for his role as a "good guy antagonist". If Gen is an Usagi secondary character, Stray Dog is a Gen secondary character, and I like what he does to Gen in getting us to show another one with Gen's job who is darker and grittier than Gen, as a "this is who Gen could've become", but then also is openly (to us) not a villain, to not allow that morality tale to just easily be filed away as "Of course Gen isn't like this, this guy's a bad guy!"Plus fun design.
>>152943617Ooh, looks like we're in for a good ol fashioned showdown.
>>152943582>Samurai you've got to help! If our elder dies before he passes on his special technique to make pickled rice will be lost!>Why didn't you say so sooner woman?!
>>152943137>passes through a curtain that doesn't even go down to his neck>immediately goes "lmao those stupid faggot villagers" and changes his whole posture, tossing his purseIncredible that this archgenius didn't survive.
>>152943673Girl, you showed them the way now head back home!>>152943682>"I'll stay with you-- in fact, I'll prefer it!"Yep, she's dead.
>>152949044Good point.I'd seen people mention before that he works as an neutral bounty hounter since Gen can't really fit in that slot, plus having someone like that is an easy (if maybe lazy) way of adding drama and tension to an group.>but then also is openly (to us) not a villain, to not allow that morality tale to just easily be filed away as "Of course Gen isn't like this, this guy's a bad guy!"I feel like this would work better if it wasn't Stray Dog taking care of a whole orphanage, which is honestly kinda fucking hokey even for a comic. I think it'd work better if he just had a family to support.
>>152943230>asks one question>"You ask too many questions, vagabond!"Jeez, impatient much?
>>152948788I dunno, I kinda like him so far. I just think he's cool.
>>152948788Kinda like what >>152948898 said he’s best seen as a character who interacts with the main cast (Gen specifically) than a character of his own, but yea he is pretty one-note and could use some development, at least in relation to him and the others. He’s far from my favorite, but that largely stems from my personal dislike of dramatic irony which is kinda the centerpiece of his character>>152943828>There’s more to Stray Dog than would appearDo they ever do anything with this? It seems to imply that Usagi suspects there’s a reasoning for why Stray Dog was acting like a jerkass and why Gen shouldn’t be so hung up about it, but in every subsequent run-in Usagi and co. just thinks he’s just a jerkass. May just be looking too much into it, idk
>>152943249>that time I caught that carp in the river with my bare hands. It was bigger than I was!Waaaait a minute! This is something Young Usagi did!
>>152943726RIP Ricky Rodent
>>152949359It's what every village head-mans kid does.Ask Jotaro and I bet he too has caught a fish the size of himself at least once.
>>152949321See that's part of what I don't like about him or at least his bit in the storyCause like where the fuck did Usagi get that from? It's very out of nowhere with literally no hint of it and all to setup the reveal of orphanage.
>>152936088>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 itIt's because the series' internal chronology, the comic's publishing history, and our established storytime posting order doesn't always fit together perfectly. When Stan-dono moves to Dark Horse and stays there for 22(!!!) years, the overlap of the three fits together almost perfectly, as you might expect, but very early on, the situation is messy. For example, if we were to go in publishing order, before we even got to Shades Of Green, we would have to storytime Space Usagi. The long-established tradition began by our great founder Dharmanon is to go through the "main" Usagi Yojimbo story first, including anything new that has been published, then go into the side content, including spin-offs like Space Usagi and now Kaito '84. This side content includes some miscellaneous stories that feature Usagi and the TMNTs including the previous two unseen encounters alluded to in Shades of Green, one of which was published as a TMNT story, not a Usagi Yojimbo story, and the other one is just hard to find. tl;dr - small indie creator-owned feudalism suffering comic please understand.
>>152943298>Stupid guy with like 300 kills under his belt at this point! You should have killed me!This is really One Guy-levels of asking for it.
>>152943389Headman is surprisingly on the ball. Nice!
>>152947693To waterfalls! The cause of, and solution to, all life's problems!
>>152943489>How It's Made: Swords>>152943497I like that we get to see the master swordsmith who created Usagi's swords.
>>152943497https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LANHWwEjOAU
>>152943546>Usagi when innocent or decent people die to custom or the tragedy of times: such is karma>Usagi when someone takes his sword
>>152949708>Canine teeth on a rabbit
>>152949742That rabbit's dynamite
>>152949742convergent evolution
>>152943575Hanako is a top tier girl that never gets enough love in these threads; night and day difference between her and Kimie.
>>152949772She definitely got the tabasco, but unfortunately she lacks screentime and tragedy that makes the rest of the girls so appealing.
Welcome back to the death rattle tally! Here are the new screams found in today's storytime:>Oh!: 1See attachment for total cry so far. As always, if you have any questions about the count, feel free to ask.
>>152948788I like him but I can understand the irritation that comes with a 40+ year old series not having him grow in some way.iirc the last (most recent) story he's in has Usagi basically telling him to fuck off, right?
>>152945896Around rabbits, watch your habits!
>>152943926>tokagé substituting for herons or somethingkek
Ok, today's drawing! We added Stray Dog (whom like Kitsune I forgot to shade), "General" Fujii and his big mook, Kuniyo and her kid (I'd forgotten she reappears), Stray Dog, the orphanage's matron, a first go at the informant based on how he looks in this story, and Princess Kinuko. then touched up the gambler (forgot his ballchin). We might be reaching the point where I have to resize everyone down though.>>152937640Previous day's drawings>>152948829>I'm afraid I don't know what Ode to Kirihito is. I just saw the furry Jesus and my mind shot straight to Usagi Yojimbo.Tezuka manga about a virus that turns people furry.
>>152943692>>152943716>>152943758>>152943719I've seen them live, that flute is magical.>>152948601Same theory goes for Gunichi too, he saw his lord go off the deep end for revenge and when it looked like all was lost he jumped ship.
>>152947146One more because I really like this design>>152948607Good Inu, I find his cranial structure so hard to get a hold of Thanks, and yeah, its quite unusual, specially compared to Stan's regular cartoony canine heads
>>152949408I get it's because all the extra collections go at the end, but it does strike me there's a couple cases (the TMNT stories mentioned there, maybe the colour specials?) that could be moved out of order to match the story, while still leaving Space Usagi etc for the end. That said, I'm not the one putting in the effort storytiming, so I won't complain further. I will make one suggestion- getcomics org also has scans of Usagi; for next year might be worth getting the scans there, just so they don't have the ReadComicOnline watermark every few pages.(4chan keeps refusing to let me post this because it's taken as spam for the url, hoping it goes like this)
>>152946923>Reminds me how the official explanation that Kenshiro in Fist of the North Star painstakingly sows his shirts back together offscreenPainstaingly? He just taps them and says "You're already mended".
>>152950094Very nice work anon!One idea for the end of storytime would be to slightly gray out the dead characters.
>>152950098>trying to get us sued?kek
>>152949408I wonder if Kaito will be done when this is all wrapped up, it's supposed to be five issues
>>152950188Nah, assuming no shenanigans like last years' hacking, we should take about 45 days of continuous storytimes. That's enough time for another issue of Kaito to be out, maybe two at most. So we'll probably end up having an addendum to this year's storytime some two months after it ends to do the entire Kaito.
>>152948650You can tell Stan's a fan of Tezuka, that's basically the MO of even stuff like Astro Boy and Unico.
>>152946720His wording implies he just knocked him out, as an assassin I doubt he'd randomly kill some guy just for a disguise.
>>152944124Panel 6 here is where he decides to kill him in the future and blame it on disloyalty or some shit.
>>152947067Definitely the former, though you can tell by his face he's already prepped to kill.
>>152950094Informant reminds me of LeFou. I love it.
>>152943816>>152943828Absolutely top tier exchange. Also I'm shocked the girl survived.
>>152944568>a startling dip below recentlyDragon Bellow follows so many plot threads and so many characters that it's no wonder Usagi is in a minority of panels.
>>152943893Holy SHIT. They sent an entire army here.
>>152943907RIP Horse.
>>152944870One Hand Clapping is sifu slapping your shit.
>>152943926Woodcutters!
>>152943976I got so invested in the story I forgot this was a flashback.
>>152943796
>>152943372Stan can draw a funny animal at their emotional fucking nadir. Look at this shit. Bro is dead on the inside.
>>152944023Shadowy man at the bottom right of the first panel's up to no good.
>>152944027Clever girl.
>>152950094Fuckin' excellent as usual, and a massive haul of new guys this time.>>152948829>I'm afraid I don't know what Ode to Kirihito is. I just saw the furry Jesus and my mind shot straight to Usagi Yojimbo.>Tezuka manga about a virus that turns people furry.It's an *insanely grim* Tezuka horror manga about a virus that turns people furry. Some shit in there makes Usagi look like an episode of Barney the Dinosaur. I couldn't eat dumplings for six months.
>>152944042https://youtu.be/wJRf-1vvs7A?si=Xrghk5DEmNsckoNV
>>152945941That's bullshit, but I believe it.
>>152944075SHINGEN?! So Usagi knew of this guy before he stole the muramasa?
>>152944137>>152944142She's 110 percent right, but it doesn't make this sting any less.
>>152944409Thanks OP, enjoyable as always.
>>152950833yeah if usagi was gonna do it he should've locked tf in and done when she proposed him
>>152943550It's basically Feudalism Concentrate.
>>152943606>Sit>When he's a dogHuehuhueh
>>152943726Farewell, Nezumi Naoto.
>>152943893>WAAAALLLDO SAAAAAAN
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>>152943523Had to get this one out before the thread archives, it's too good.
>>152943563That's an intimidation check!
>>152944191Roman Holiday?
>>152944301>Gunichi would definitely live if current Usagi only now encountered himThere's no amount of character development that's getting around him ditching Mifune (And Usagi!) when things got bad.
>>152943782>>152943777>>152943768https://youtu.be/NUe7-_PhPAw?si=WNZZWySwH3CCFexV
