previously: >>153021926
brutal.
>>153033841>>153033847Gen is such a tsundere.
>>153033847Always did love the banter between these two.>>153033854>top pannelAnd suddenly, goth waifu
>>153033859>>153033867Stuff like this really shows how alike Usagi and Gen are and how they complement each other.
>>153033867>Half a dozen other Long Earred Ronin
>>153033891Gotta hand it to 'ol long ears
>>153033919>The Black Teeth are popping but the mental health is dropping.
>>153033921Gen's all heart
>>153033909Gen has to up his meddler wrangler skills because his boy already did some troublesome meddling.
>>153033967This nigga trying to act like the informant.
>>153033976>Gen: Don't meddle.>Usagi: But there's a possible cash reward.>Gen: Let's meddle.
would you guys call this crime boss fat?
>>153033967Is that guy supposed to be a weasel or a rat?
>>153033924Yea, doesn’t get get enough appreciation, Gen and Usagi are always a fun pair
>>153033998Running the same game, if he wasn't giving speciesanon someone to count I'd question why not just use Informant.
>>153034043>FatHe doesn't look like he's from Hong Kong at all.
>>153034050definitely a rat, given his profession.
>>153034054This story makes me want Usagi & Gen as P.Is in Tokyo.
>>153034110rip honest inn keeper.
>>153034050Weasel, Rats look like Kakera.
>>153034110Not Shoji!!!
>>153033921Usagi looks so cute in those bottom panels
>>153034136Just to let you know Murder.I got Shizukiri introduction theme ready here for his first appearance.
>>153034052yakuza booba
ENTERhttps://youtu.be/XnuSpbmMtG0
>>153034156ENTERhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyWRCf_iZSs
>>153034164oh, that's a much better one
>>153033867Great last panel.
>>153034203I think yours fits better at a later story, you know the one.
>>153034124Poor guy got his wish.
>>153034220yeah... :(
>Betrayal! Kagemaru's couphttps://youtu.be/PH67e9Qh-TI
>>153033841https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHsUGJ4jDsw
>>153034182Aww hell.
>>153034251>Kagemaru: YOU'RE EITHER LYING OR YOU'RE STUPID!!
>>153034308ENTER Starscream #3
>>153034268https://youtu.be/lEgP6UwBbVU?si=qaf_T27joyWisYJr
>>153034270that's another great one.
>>153034323EXIT Starscream #3
>>153034268I raise you:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVmaou-eQfY&pp=ygUNc2hpbm9iaSAzIG9zdA%3D%3D
>>153034339>>153034345KIMI!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=barWV7RWkq0
>>153034352And so begins Chizus exile that has gone on for over 20 years now.I think.
>>153033921Cute bros. I love Gen.
>>153034370Holy shit, is that Usagi Yojimboing?
>>153034350added
>>153034334....Why not murder the snake as well? They have the numbers. Then blame it on the bat ninjas.
>>153034430Good day, Hitler-san
>>153034406>.Why not murder the snake as well?You murder the snake. Go ahead. Sit here. I'll watch as you try.
>>153034441Benuo Noches, Mein Fuher!
>>153034470https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhJQp-q1Y1s
got a two day ban from /v/ for posting bombun. well, still got a rabbit to post about here. thank you for your work murderanon
>>153034470>>153034463Imagine getting your ass kicked with Flounder & Calamari.
>>153034487hope you're enjoying, anon.
>>153034406Because 1. He is their Patron and 2. You first.
>>153034572Time for a good moral story.
>>153034323F to Slipstream.
definitely one of my favorite young usagi chapters
>>153034406>Killing the guy who's paying you>Killing Cobra Commander/Big Snake who could eat people whole if he should choose.
>>153034268He clearly isn't aware of Inverse Ninja Law. Fool played himself
https://youtu.be/pHHBdxXsiRo
>>153034364I do wonder if stan will ever wrap that up if he ever decides to end the comic. I mean, we already know how he would end it usagi saving a random village and walking into the sunset but would he try to tie up the other character's loose ends?
>>153034406>Killing the guy who not only pays you but will most likely slaughter you if you try anything funny
>>153034652>I do wonder if stan will ever wrap that up if he ever decides to end the comic.I think the ends he gave characters in Senso are meant to by and large be the "if I die before I can wrap this up, assume this is what happens" plans. If so, we know the way this ends is eventually Chizu gets control of the clan back.
>>153034657AHHHH!
>>153033809I would have posted this yesterday during Grasscutter II, but didn't know it existed until now. So here is Holy Diver on shamisen.https://youtu.be/VaEY8ejkB64?si=7MXElByxWjv8_afW
>>153034690that makes sense, but I was thinking more along the lines of writing the actual story.
>>153034715Finding more Samurai-core music always feels great!
>>153034715RIDE THE TIGER!
>>153034308>>153034316>>153034323So removing your hood and being named doesn’t guarantee you safety from death
>>153033915I love that fifth panel as a reaction image.
>>153034715amazing find!
>>153034715https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwAcRSGWeZ0
>>153034783RIP Prince of darkness.
>>153034752>What is life..?
>>153034743Akira's theme from Virtua Fighter 2?
>>153034820Crush your enemiesSee them driven before youhear the lamentations of their women
>>153034844https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX_wprkggoE
>>153034797https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrTvvarV2QU
>>153034844SOCIETY!
>>153034835I swear there was something about cheese dip as well
Man I just can't like Kitsune stories after noodles, I just skip them.
>>153034882Such loyal overeager right hand man
>>153033945So here we see Usagi trying to infiltrate and betray an organization for the third time, right?He's getting good at this.
>>153034879this one is one of the best imo.
>>153034835>Conan: Do you know the Riddle of Steel, samurai?>Gen: Yeah. My Steel is only good for how gold it gets me!
>>153034903>Kitsune with her hair down and torturedI know you are here somewhere anon, it's your day again.
>>153034243He looks more like a dinosaur than a snake here.
>>153034844Usagi looks like he's gonna commit a crime or 5.
>>153034361Winnie The Pooh?
>>153034931Or get raped by guards in a prison
>>153034903She looks hot with her hair down
>>153034955Gordon-san......
>>153034732>It's an expression of Pain.
>>153034844This is one of those jokes that doesn't work in black and white.
>>153034223Great entrance. Also it seems like hebi is much more lizard than serpent this time around. He's got a neck wattle like an iguana that didn't feel anywhere near as prominent in his prior appearances. >>153034298The worst part is he's fucking right. Let her heart get in the way of her job and bungled it all. Chizu just isn't meant to be a ninja
>>153034991He? Really Usagi, HE was the evilest man you ever met?Not General "I stole your swords and committed horrible crimes with them" Fujii.Not "Dark lord, slayer of your lord and employer of multiple ninja clans" Hikiji.Nope, it was this guy you knew for maybe an afternoon if even that.
gen and kitsune are cute! CUTE!
>>153035035And so, many more people died all for the sake of Kitsune's greed.
>>153035027>ONE OF
>>153035044>>153035055ENTER
>>153034406Even if they pulled it off, given Hebi’s their boss, I don’t think that’d go over well when seeking new employment as it would sink their reputation>yea, our last lord died because of a rival ninja clan>oh, so you guys are incompetent and couldn’t protect your lord
>orphans: 20* *based on >>152999525
https://youtu.be/CqPWepy6adM
>>153033945>Shizukiri mentionedhttps://youtu.be/PyWRCf_iZSs?si=LEGq-y4EuVkp8JEd
>>153035086https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DaYJPqb5Mg
>>153034903Damn, Kitsune looks cute with her hair down.
>>153034502dang, two cases of yakuza booba in the same storytime. Some Bodhisattva must be pleased with me.
>jizo statues: 14
>>153035148>Ara ara~ let onee-san take care of you
>>153034955"Get his rags off, he's just one guy"
>>153035174https://youtu.be/1twBr6SfhDQ>>153035181goddammit anon lmao
>>153035193>>153035195Nice detail with the samurai I only just now noticed.
>>153034110I can't help but notice that wherever Usagi goes innocent people get killed.
>>153035262I see dead people.
>>153034691>Can’t you take a little joke, Gen?Lady, that’s fucking ROBBERY
>>153035268That's just the status quo across the Feudal Japan.We just get to see it through our POV character.
>>153035111Imagine just being able to sell a kid you don't want.
>>153035222>>153035235>So what did I learn? Crime doesn't pay?>No, I just learned don't get caught>Excuse me now I have to go recruit a small child to teach her the very same dangerous game instead of a legitimate trade so one or both of us can be slaughtered like dogs in the street
>>153034298Kagemaru pulling reverse Starscream and going full Megatron on Chizu!https://youtu.be/7tFySs0V6A0?si=yjGWLkG6uWUabIM6>>153034610>SlipstreamGood one!>>153035022>the worst part is that he's right>Chizu isn't meant to be a ninjaWell, I think she finally understood that, because in her most recent appearance she tried to solve her "I care too much for Usagi and he cares too much for me" problem in a very creative way.
>>153034879You're cheating yourself. Her and Kiyoko are great.
>>153035235>>153035328Kitsune is an awful person
>>153035292If there's an innocent peasant in feudal Japan and nobody's around to see him, does he still die?
>>153035262>>153035269Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!Two Motozaku?Oh, nice that father-son couple near Inazuma. I hope that nothing bad is going to happen to them.Ino's daughter and there is Spot from Japanese Valhalla.The girl near Sanshobo... Her? Really? But doesn't she appear in a late story. Is Noodles the big guy with purple dress?The old woman near Ikiji. The woman from the detached head yokai story? Or the grumpy woman escorted by Usagi?Sasuke only a background guy? Really.
that's it for today, see you guys tomorrow!
>>153035381They really really are not. >>153035394Don't worry she says she does it just to get by so it's okay to have no redeeming character moments. Noodles died for this bitch, man.
>>153035078>Same smile as when she reassired Usagi.
>>153035086Always in the same, aggressive outbursthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dHaUHNFyy8
>>153035428>The girl near Sanshobo... Her? Really? But doesn't she appear in a late story.I think that's the princess Usagi was guarding shortly after hearing about Mariko marrying Kenichi.
>>153035035More evidence as to Gen being best boi
>>153035452>Noodles died for this bitch, man.Noodles died because he was unable to defend himself from false accusations by an unrelated third party, covering an entirely different set of crimes. A party whome Kitsune proceeded to get executed in revenge. Keep his name out of your mouth.
>>153035433Thanks Murder I hope you saw my halo edit of Ikeda's death last thread, I'm very proud of that one.
>>153034619This has always been my favorite variant of the golden ax story
>>153034281how many neko ninjas are there, considering they have dead members whenever they show up in a story ??
>>153035377Also, she's willing to let desrters live which is 50/50 if they betray the clan or not. She's a deadly weapon but also too much of a sweetheart.
Usagi Panel #7000Book 16349 Usagis (7213 total)916 Panels (14436 total)128 Neko (919 total)No Komori (175 total)No Mogura (34 total)>>153035577Have I got an answer for you!
>>153035262>>153035269https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_UGAnxeCEk
>>153035577Enough to be considered to be a spent force yet enough to be a contender in the Hijiki Bowl.
>>153035097>>153035111Loli Kitsune’s a cute
>>153035536I did and I lol'd
>>153035636https://youtu.be/A6GKfEtnIRk
>>153034230Imagine having to make Hebi's clothes or dress him in the morning. How many obi would you have to tie around the, and how tight would they need to be since he has no shoulders?
>>153034251
>>153034008>gen only meddles for money (or if it's to protect innocent women or children)>usagi does it for free
>>153036078>if you're good at something, never do it for free
>>153033859Here a new shitpost for you all.
>>153036413Kek
>>153036413It's spelled Tamagotchi! And they aren't old, they were the hottest shit when I was like 10!
>>153034715>what was playing in usagi's head at adachi plainhttps://youtu.be/IvZvDFs2tZM?si=3KSdmyiqVewDhnXy
>>153036569Ishida theme.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnxI0mgAqgY
>>153034364In Outer JigokuWomen become demons
>>153036784I have the perfect song for that!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV59bqpCeAg
>>153036784 we haven't gotten to her yet
>>153036861>Mistaking Big cheese for Venom kashiraFor shame anon.
>>153036519Hello fellow 40 year old! How are your back pains today?
>>153035078>>153035466This isn't a defense of Kitsune, but there is a LOT of suppressed trauma in that tightly-wound smile.
>>153036988A Bitch and a half!
>>153033809Everyone is here
>>153033891I always confuse this story with the one with the guy who pretended to be retarded
>>153037010This is a good ass Shizukiri.
>>153033915Gen looks like the Rhinos from Babar.
>>153036903Cheese doesn't have an eyepatch
>>153034110RIP
>>153036519>TamagotchiTell that to Hijiki
>>153034156>>153034165You know this guy is strong if Gen is giving the money so easily.
>>153034308You have a loyalty problem when there is a conga line of backstaber right behind you.
>>153037166AND he can outstare Usagi.
>>153034323Goldie from a yester year.
>>153034943We share the same neuron
>>153034370>>153034388Fuck! You are right.
>>153036784>We will forsake our clans. We will leave our provinces behind us and become one with this earth. We have no emperor, no karma, no sutra. We go where we're needed, fighting not for daimyo, not for shogunate, but for ourselves. We need no reason to fight. We fight because we are needed. We will be the deterrent for those with no other recourse. We are shinobi without borders, our purpose defined by the era we live in. We will sometimes have to sell ourselves and services. If the times demand it, we'll be revolutionaries, criminals, terrorists. And yes, we may all be headed straight to Naraka. But what better place for us than this? It is our only home. Our Nirvanna and our Naraka. This is Outer Nirvanna.
>>153034422Stupid uncouth ronin! Throwing away a chest filled with precious, aesthetic rocks!
>>153034470Legendary style.
>>153034563See Jei can function in society.
>>153034606https://youtu.be/--rAXEgMsAI?si=GozOi9VTUABCeiNg
>>153034606To be honest even if the peasant survived having a big lump of gold in pre laws society sounds more truble that is worth
>>153034674>>153034686Good thing Usagi is there to shield her from the consequences of her actions.
>>153037399Yeah.Imagine your neighbors trying to steal it or merk you for it. Then if you survive, you got a big target on you on the roads with every bandit trying to get a piece of you. Finally when you make it to civilization and try selling it, the authorities come upon you and start asking you where you got the gold. When you tell them a pond kami gave it to you, they will execute you for lying and thievery, while the local magistrate/lord pockets the axe for his personal safe keeping, until the shogun finds out and sends a subjucation force to take him down for "preparing for a revolt by gathering large amounts of money".
>>153034703That is rich comming from Usagi
>>153034345Jesus, were those shurikens laced with poison or fent?
>>153037520There is a difference?
>>153037470Usagi just becomes a very different person whenever Kitsune is involved for some reason
>>153037634>>153037520
>>153036784
>>153034406>They have the numbersCitation needed.
>>153035222Music for this scenehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9rzUI7fkdo
>>153034943>>153037259https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6nYO-ywsTk
>>153033872That line and that face in the last panel are hard af, it has to be said.
>>153034844>Usagi's got his eyeshadow onA lot of motherfuckers are gonna die
>>153033841Gen embodying exactly how I feel after the previous arc.
>>153034865https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWakSmT2c3A
>>153033854Aw yeah, Gen and Usagi on another whirlwind adventure!
>>153033859Usagi pulling out his Pocket Pikachu.
>>153038321IMO it looks like a first generation digital monster.
>>153036078>In fact, the more women and children get hurt, the more eager I am to meddle!
>>153035298Back when Frank still had it. His Lone Wolf and Cub covers were sick
>>153035111How old do you have to be to not be sellable anymore?
>>153035206Oh shit, isthe same guy!>>153035193>>153035209
>>153033980for you
>>153035176And here is the core issue with Kitsune, she ain't a street performer stealing on the side, she is a thief pretending to be an artist as a cover.
>>153035262Look the old granny Usagi killed
>>153036784>>153036861Don't start again with Venom Chizu and yuri kunoichi reviving techniques Stray Dog.
>>153037712I was gonna mention this in the noodles story with his whole "you don't need to justify yourself to me" or somethingDidn't matter with the nigga stealing the fish tho?Kinda feels like stan bends usagi's character to allow for kitsune in the plot
>>153034165Another example of Usagi losing.
>>153034169Usagi, Shoji fucking DIED.
>>153034619The moral is : FUCK PEASANTSDamn...
>>153034203>Two, four, six, eight>Always pays to make 'em wait
>>153034879the stories by themselves are by and large fine it's just the latter ones where she starts becoming annoying and unreasonable that's the issue, for me at least
>>153034223>>153034230>>153034236>>153034243Frankly, Kagemaru is right; she's been a flop as a leader.
>>153035181lmfao
>>153034625Won't chu fry high, freebird, yeah!
>>153034988Use your imagination. Plus he'd have to be green for the rest of the story and he'd look silly.
>>153034903Kitsune sure seems upset at the ideat that she got a friend killed for one of her money-grubbing schemes. I'm sure this will teach her a lesson!
>>153035161>I'll give it back.>I'll keep the coins.
>>153034619The parody of the old story is funny, but what was the correct course of action here? There doesn't seem to be a way to get his normal, useful axe back.
>>153035222https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZscBf10Y5A
>>153034422>No! My master's entire suiseki collection!
>>153039081The Nekos were kinda fodder before her. I blame Shingen.
>>153034762wtf gen, that's borderline racist.
>>153035328tbf she was already pickpocketing, might as well have someone to teach her how to do it
>>153036078>Clean it up, usagi
Bit of a resurgence in biodiversity after our first empty thread>+1 Rat>+1 Gorilla>New Total: 84
>>153035035based Gen
>>153038724That's an issue ?
>>153037235as it turns out when you have an organization where moving out isn't an option at all and there is zero reward for staying where you're at the only option is to move up, regardless of whom you step on to get there
>>153035269Really good page
>>153034691>HA! Surely letting one gambler thug run off has never in history led to more thugs appearing!
Welcome back to the death rattle tally! Here are the new scream found in today's storytime:>Ert!: 1>Gyork!: 1See attachment for total cry so far. As always, if you have any questions about the count, feel free to ask.
First time reader here, what's with the moralfagging against Kitsune ? Please no spoil if it's related to future stories, but so far I don't see where she's wrong considering having a non-ninja thief character feels like a given and she clearly has a problem (kleptomany ?) and loads of trauma from her youth. She only knows tricks like Gen only knows bounty hunting, and she has been shown to care deeply about her friends and to refuse help even if she's in deep shit.
>>153034715Was this one posted already?>https://imgur.com/gallery/JFsIFCc
>>153039794One could argue that with the former she could at least be trying to live honestly until she can't make ends meet for one way or another and resorts to thievery. Even if she was theoretically making enough to live in a manner to her liking she steals solely for the thrill of it, including taking jobs would get her killed unless Usagi is around. And that she doesn't change this at all whole towing a minor along who will definitely be killed by association, and hell who she has play very active roles in this, is really pretty fucked up. She is genuinely a bad person
>>153040085half of it is a meme blown out of proportion, the other half is anons forgetting ho to have fun!
>>153033867I love how this one incident keeps cropping back up
>>153040085>>153040114Actually that's a sound answer, though I'd say the minor would get killed faster on her own, and Kitsune's just perpetuating a fucked up business model, not unlike the neko ninjas or the hordes of bandits and opportunists shown in many of the stories. She may be a bad person and I may be swayed by fox pussy though
>>153034054It's probably because they're the most common pairing but it's also clear why, they're the most fun duo
>>153036861The eyepatch is taken from the hilt of the terminator's sword.
>>153040085>First time reader here,You'll see it when it happens
>>153039270sell the golden axe and get a new one, not like it turns the trees into gold bars
>>153040320sell it to who? He lives in the middle of Buddha Fucking nowhere.
>>153040085While taking in Kiyoko after what happened with Noodles is questionable (not strictly bad) a lot of Kitsune's worst moments come later on and returning fans tend to recontextualise her actions with that in mind, personally I see this story as the moment when her character starts shifting from cynical to callous
>>153040376his nearest neighbor will take a gold axe for a regular one and some food, he's just an ignorant peasant!
>>153040376a.k.a. gunma prefecture
>>153034236>>153034243A superb sequence here and yeah Kagemaru's right, Chizu has failed a lot more times than she's succeeded. I love that it's Usagi's success from last time that's the final straw.
>>153040085She already got two friends killed in her trade and is endangering at least three others to be the next
>>153040386>While taking in Kiyoko after what happened with Noodles is questionableI can't really blame what happened to Noodles on her. That was pure ACAB top to bottom. It how she treats this girl that will show her true colors.
>>153037954Rare find!>>153040296I was waiting for someone to post something worthy of this picture I took from a movie theater in the Land of Dragons. You never disappoint, storytime.
>>153040085>muh twama
>>153040193i diagnose you with foxoplasmosisits terminal without bnuy treatment
>>153040085>and she has been shown to care deeply about her friendskeep reading
>>153040423RUNNING IN THE 90S! IT'S THE NEW WAY I LIKE TO BE!
>>153040434Chizu is unironically TOO good to be the Kashira. Like I said last volume she should have forced the defectors to run one last mission instead of just letting them go. She lacks the authoritarian ruthlessness needed in being the leader of a ninja clan. Yes she can and is willing to get her hands dirty but she's not willing to get her soul dirty despite being a ninja.
>>153040497The noodles issue isn't really a matter of blame it's a matter of it should have been a gigantic eye opening wake up call to the kind of danger she's constantly putting herself and others in.
>>153040562The big issue is she's trying to make it so her clan doesn't have to live as the generic disposable bad guys in a martial arts adventure story.
>>153040576That's fair but at the same time a girl's gotta eat. Anyway a lot of Usagi characters seem to be addicted to the life they leave. Kitsune and Gen are probably the most obvious examples but I'd argue Usagi too, dude loves what he does, as much as he pines for his old flame and son he absolutely could not sit still for long if he managed to get them.
>>153040647>That's fair but at the same time a girl's gotta eat.She has shown no shortage of marketable skills. >Anyway a lot of Usagi characters seem to be addicted to the life they leave. yes but most of them aren't in the livelihood of breaking the law.
>>153035216Is it just me who finds this scene satisfying? Maybe that says something about me but after all the instances of thieves stealing effortlessly in this comic it's sometimes nice to watch someone cocky just instantly eat shit
>>153040562I mean if we're talking personal competence Kagemaru was absolutely about to kill Usagi if reinforcements hadn't shown up.
>>153040614Which makes her even more of a fool. I get the sheer brutality needed to make good shinobi is corrosive to the soul but at the same time her bleeding heart is risking their livelihood. They don't live in a time where the Neko Ninja could find alternative employment or find other uses for their skills. Feudal society is incredibly cutthroat, her way makes them vulnerable to more ruthless ninja like the Komori. She's too good for this time period
>>153033809I like that picture, everyone even the characters that appears for one story are here.
>>153040681>She has shown no shortage of marketable skills.For 2026 or Feudal Japan because being a street performer ain't much of a life especially since she's probably one of the untouchable castes
>>153040683The life of Feudal Japan cuts indiscriminately. Sometimes you like to see it happen to someone who thinks they're hot shit in a sake glass when really they're cold diarrhea in a leaking gourd.
>>153040776Nobody has much of a life in feudal Japan. It being hard isn't a justification to be a shit.
>>153037712>>153038965The man's simpery knows no bounds. Jei was right, the ronin is an affront to the gods.>>153040434>>153040724Kagemaru redemption arc finally happening in the bigly 2026. Many are saying this!>>153038232>Order a meal for me>I'll drink tea with it>Murder mc's I'm a killa deal with it
>>153040776>since she's probably one of the untouchable castesShe's not though. We see her backstory. She was the daughter of a merchant. That makes her a merchant.
>>153040776She's shown to very consistently draw in sizable crowds. She can also read and write. She could really turn to a productive walk of life but she refuses to either out of an obscured death wish or sheer love of the game. Honestly if she just admitted this isn't about getting by but just because she wants it that would be something to help me lower my derision towards her. But between that and the number of ways the story bends over backwards to accommodate her just makes me very tired whenever I see her come back up.
>>153040883It's just insane when we get a latter thief who's basically Goemon Hood who gives to the poor and it's all YOU HAVE TO TURN YOURSELF IN!! But Kitsune... "Well a girl has to get by."
>>153037328What makes this so fitting is that this seems to the path that Chizu wanted to reform the neko ninja into before her plans were cut short by Kagemaru's coup.
>>153037712Probably cause he sees her as a friend, and in general you’re gonna be a lot more lenient with your friends or even just someone you know compared to strangersThat being said Usagi should be trying to stamp out the thief in her or, at the absolute bare minimum, get her to stop robbing him and his friends
>>153040085Like the others have said, you'll see over time. However if you enjoy worst girls then you'll love Kitsune. She's a great worst girl. Also this is Feudal Japan we're talking about. It's not like she's the worst person around.
>>153041111>at the absolute bare minimum, get her to stop robbing him and his friendsQuads of truth. Letting it happen to Gen once is funny and part of their bants. Routinely letting it happen to everyone you care about like fucking Tomoe and INSPECTOR ISHIDA is aiding and abetting.
>>153034750>guaranteeOf course not, named characters die all the time in this comic! They just die less quickly and frequently than the nameless Neko Ninja, whose average life span is like 2.5 panels. Check it, Yaye got four whole panels up front, and then about five more in disguise up to where she was confirmed dead, the average Neko ninja would count himself lucky to last that long
>>153040085I was like you onceYou might end up reconsidering later on with some other stuff she doespersonally it's the later stuff but also the fact that usagi just kinda gives her a pass where he doesn't for other characters thart aren't kidsalso her catchphrase is stupid, especially in a series where characters don't have them; this is also an issue with stray dog who is kinda more similar to kitsune than i once realized
>>153040497would noodles have been running around at night if it weren't for her?hard to say desu, but it'd be weird for him to do so
>>153040085Give it time...
a lot of people forgetting the setting is supposed to be dogshit and the characters are working within it to the best they can. Kitsune isn't endangering Kiyoko, not intentionally at least- she's trying to teach Kiyoko how to survive a horrible world by taking advantage of it, as opposed to ending up dead on a street gutter or raped as a child bride
>>153040928A good point i hadn't thought about, and he's also more honest in his dealings with Usagi tooI think kitsune is hindered a lot by the fact she ends up being the designated "here to cause mc infighting" character later on, like a walking marvel event, and she mostly skirts by with no issue and quips at the end of her issue and the reader is just supposed to like her???In all honestly I never intended to be a big kitsune hater and I wasn't really by the first storytime way back when but the more i think about it and the more I reread the comic the more she just sticks out like a sore thumb.I'd go so far as to say she almost got writer's pet vibes. At the very least I think stan likes her quite a bit, he goes out of his way to make her look very pretty whenever she shows up.
>>153040085I'm of the camp that find her stories a bit repetitive.
>>153041455Take her to an orphanage or somethingthat excuse doesn't work when they're plenty other bad off kids that don't do that or get better
>>153040085A lot of it is genuinely that Stan overuses her and she becomes, in a meta sense, an annoying character, but then anons feel the need to, whether through guilt of some sort or memes, justify retroactively that annoyance. It can't just be "man, Stan uses her too much and she never gets a proper comeuppance despite causing trouble for our heroes", it has over the years and with the constant exaggeration of memes become "she's satan incarnate and I'm entirely justified in hating her die die die". It's one of the few negative sides of these storytimes and the insularity of the culture they generate- you're supposed to be enjoying hating her because you did last year and you want that feeling again. If, unwisely, this were to become a general instead of just a yearly month-long event, you'd quickly see this escalate into recurring schizos shitting themselves at even seeing a picture of her.Or put another way, it's >>153040149
i have fun memeing about worst girl
>>153041455She's teaching Kiyoko how to skirt the line. She's not the only one living in shit hole Japan. Everyone else gets by without reckless endangerment. When both the crooks and law will cut you down without so much a look or question then YES she is endangering Kiyoko.
>>153041648>Everyone else gets by without reckless endangermentIf that was a thing, we wouldn't be running a threadly counter of death cries and orphans.
>>153041398Given your mention of stray dog, now that I think about it, it’s funny how with kitsune she gets progressively worse while stray dog gets an immediate cool-down from his first appearanceAt least as I recall his biggest crime going forward is just being a bit of an inconsiderate jerk, but in his introduction story he was damn ready to merc an innocent girl that was helping them if he didn’t get Fujii’s head. People have issues with him already, imagine how much worse it would be if he was pulling stunts like that for bounties, or worse, actually going through with it. Don’t think that orphan defense will hold if all the while you’re actively making more of them
I can't believe how evil Usagi is, encouraging a child to go learn swordfighting with a hermit in the mountain. Does he not get he's endangering him, setting him up to be possibly killed in the future in a fight?
>>153041734Nigga you don't get to pull that shit when you see first hand how Usagi handles traveling with Jotaro and puts his safety as a priority. I know this thread is spiraling into just kick the shit out of Kitsune but now you're just trying to incite stuff without even trying. Can't wait for a fresh start in tomorrow's thread this one has definitely gotten odorous.
>>153041398>>153041684Stray Dog only shows up once in a blue moon so it's not as annoying as Kitsune
>>153041772>trickster fox spirit enters thread>it immediately goes to shitShe can't keep getting away with it!!!
>>153033867That's a Jizo statue in the fourth panel right? Are we at 15 or 16 Jizo statues now? Work hasn't let me read all the threads closely sadly
>>153041868>MFW I've been outfoxed
>>153041856He also only mellows out from his first showing while Kitsune only gets worseAt a certain point she's doing heists that are enough for a pair to live off of for the rest of their lives and she still does objectively stupid moves that recklessly endanger everyone off the expectation that all the other pieces on her gameboard will save her. It's one thing for Usagi to hold to his conscience and try to help that bungles into bullshit, its another thing when Kitsune actively fucks over the only people who try to help her.
>>153041772He's not putting his safety as a priority if he's helping Jotaro get into the way of the sword at all, instead of living the safest in his relatively rich home family. He's being nothing but selfish making him train with his teacher rather than with the teacher of the man who actively is his father. Yet we understand that such a choice would make no sense for the character or setting, and therefore don't pearlclutch about it. That's the point. You can complain all you want how Stan overuses Kitsune. >>153041856 this post makes that obvious point. But people have, year after year, evolved from that into genuine moralfagging pearlclutching "won't someone think of the children", and it's annoying at best and outright miserable at points. I'm coming here to read a fun comic and have a good time with people, and I can get joining in and criticising the comic when it's not fun, but when it starts to become a circlejerk of morality posturing, that's shit. That's soccer-momming.
>>153034754>They won't interfereShe still doesn't know Usagi very well
>The new reader Kitsune cycleIt begins. Every year.
>>153040085>Noodles dies>Kitsune doesn't change her ways>decides to go from involving someone with the mentality of a child to a literal child in her crimes>continues to involve Usagi in her bullshit selfishness>suffers no consequences while saying her catchphraseThat kinda shit. She's not the worst girl - that's Mariko, as you'll soon see - but she draws a lot of ire because of Stan handwaving her behavior. Especially compared to, say, Gen or Stray Dog, who have sensitive sides beyond their surly behavior; it's hard to find a silver lining with Kitsune's development or lack thereof.Early on though she isn't that bad, I think its after this that she really takes a turn for the worse.
>>153042073>he's helping Jotaro get into the way of the sword at all, instead of living the safest in his relatively rich home familyMotherfucker Jotaro is a samurai's son, he is predestined into a sword life from the day he is born. Usagi is trying to best prepare him for that life by letting him have a master who understands how bullshit that life is. There was never any choice for Jotaro to not live by the sword except to ruin his quality of life and his family's honorKiyoko, however, could go into any kind of profession including entertainment. And i can already see you going >oh but kiyoko was already a pick pocket she had no choiceand that's not the fucking point. It is the fact that she takes Kiyoko under her wing its how Kitsune later behaves with complete reckless disregard for the consequences of her actions. Usagi tries to keep jotaro safe and the endangerment comes because Usagi is a morally good person who can't but help people who are undergoing misfortune, Kitsune steals enough in one heist to live for years at a time but still immediately goes into yet other extremely dangerous jobs, actively fucking over the only people who are keeping her alive during it because she see's life as a game.She goes from entertainer who picks some rich pockets for food money to complete fucking idiot making enemies of the most powerful people in her local area after having stolen enough to retire off of just a few stories earlier. And when Usagi and friends try to rescue her and Kiyoko from her own decisions she backstabs them.People focus on Kiyoko so much because it highlights how much worse she has gotten as a character when she has almost zero connection to her first few stories after this one
>>153035328In fairness to Kitsune plenty of non-criminals also get slaughtered like dogs in the street.
>>153033973Is this the first time we get a mention of Usagi not drinking alcohol? I recall it starts to becoming a more common trait as the comic goes
>>153034043No, but his shoulders are presented very wide which makes him look bigger than he likely actually is imo.
>>153039270There isn't one. He's for once not trying to teach a lesson, he's just going "shut up and stop scaring the fish"
>>153035168With this, to my memory, only Usagi and Hebi are left with a name describing their animal without explanation. One of the relics of how this comic started.
>>153041874>>153033867Oops, jumped ahead accidentally and we are now at>14 jizo statues(unless the archive has failed me and there were others)Thanks for the storytime Murder!
Apirl 1st is almost upon us. Pray that it doesn’t interrupt storytime
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>>153042935Testing 1 2 3
>>153033927Usagi finally channeling the Yojimbo spirit
Another reason Kitsune gets so much flak here is the storytime goes through half a year to a year's worth of issues in one day mainline Tomoe hasn't shown up in 20 years. Kitsune shoes up somewhat often and it seems a lot more frequent to us than if we read it on release, which wears out her schtick faster.
>>153040085The jist of it is she gets worse. I think Kitsune at this point in the storytime is a decent character. But there's a certain story later on that broke me. I'm still not a vocal hater but I understand them. >>153041592I don't think it's overuse, later on there's a bunch of Ishida stories and I never see Ishida hate.
>>153034352The last two panels are interesting because she still hadn’t gained any serious foothold in taking back her clan. Problem is that Kagemaru just wants to become Hikiji bitch. He executed his takeover perfectly but didn’t really have to many long term goals.
>>153034690Senso and the tmnt crossover are probably the closest will get to an official conclusion to the overarching narratives.
>>153041510>I'd go so far as to say she almost got writer's pet vibes. At the very least I think stan likes her quite a bitI may be misremembering but I vaguely remember something about Stan's grandkids liking Kitsune
>>153043485Too many starscreams, please understand
>>153043421It's overuse of an abrasive character, put better. But abrasive characters aren't a bad storytelling choice. There's nothing wrong with Kitsune inherently- she's meant to be an annoying character who shows up and causes trouble, and the trouble is a story for us to read. But when she keeps getting used over and over, the suspension of disbelief of her circumstances starts to get stretched. Ishida, on the other hand, is never an antagonist for Usagi. Basically similar issue to Jei.>>153042935anon, come on. Mind the spoilers even if just as a funny meme.>>153043504I believe so, yes. I imagine Stan's plans if anything would be for his family to keep the comic going after he's gone.
Going back to a few threads ago, I did ask at the lunch table if anyone knew what "yokai" meant. The only person that did was the young gamer guy and he thought it meant "a ghost possessing an object" Demographics were mostly 20s and up Americans (one Mexican), tech company, somewhat nerdy but not deep into it. I'd say that for mainstream audiences, you'd still need to drop a hint about yokai.
>>153043421Difference in tone, the trouble that comes with Ishida or Sasuke is just horrible stuff that happens around them that they have to solve and usagi helps them put with, mostly by his own choice because he's moral. The trouble Kitsune brings with her is directly a result of her own actions and is just as often foisted onto Usagi. Even when he was probably going to help anyways its still a dick move and that's before the fact that he usually comes out behind on these matters. It would be fine if Kitsune's trouble was a rare thing, that she takes the fortunes she steals and then lives peacefully for months if not years, but it isn't so she comes across as greedy and foolish. To do the same with an Ishida or Sasuke story and they come across as dutiful. Even gen regularly gives away his bounties to orphans and such despite his miserly attitudes. Imagine if Gen kept repeating the persimmon tree shit every time he ran into Usagi, off loading all the danger onto him then trying to screw him out of his share of the cash. Now imagine if he did even worse than that but for some reason Usagi just kept justifying his shitty behavior with a catch phrase, not even getting him back tit-for-tat. He'd be intolerable without his sense of honor and the genuine friendship that develops.You cant just have a shitheel be part of the main cast and expect people to like them without some concessions. Some combination of they get their comeuppance regularly, they have some degree of honor, be somewhat sympathetic, develop away from it as a person, or be genuinely pretty goddamned cool in other respects. Kitsune is lacking in most of those because stan's daughters liked her.
>>153043538Shit you’re right, my bad it is not letting me delete it for whatever reason
>>153034844>I'm not a meddler...I'm just ahead of the curve...
>>153044147You can't delete your post if it's too old. You can report yourself for spoilers, jannies will usually be happy to remove it for you.
>>153044316>You can report yourself for spoilers, jannies will usually be happy to remove it for youHonor is tarnishedThe janny acts as secondSeppuku of post
>>153033956Wow, a fight that DIDN'T end in a total slaughterhouse? Color me surprised.
>>153035123>I eventually made my way to Edo, the Shogun's new capitalIn other words this happened 2-4 years ago when she's telling the story (autumn of 1605). It kind of comes off as though it was longer ago, but the first time Usagi meets her can't have been too long after the events of this story.
>>153033809this is really art to remember if i might say myself
>>153035394>>153035452*spits loudly*
>>153035639>HijikiIt's spelled J I G O K U
>>153038679And look! He keeps his eyes on Kitsune while the whole theater is going on.
>>153041510She's canonically supposed to be the most beautiful character IIRC.
>>153042374I feel like I noticed one earlier instance, but in any case you're right – in the earlier stories he cheerfully drinks sake in moderation; as the series goes on he becomes more of a bushido stereotype about it, maintaining his viglance at all times by drinking tea instead.
>>153043911Good post, Anon. (Sasuke is a great comparison because storytime constantly memes on him and the shit he gets Usagi into too, but he's always fighting horrible monsters threatening normal people and also clearly gets the worst of it himself several times, so even though he's constantly getting Usagi in trouble he's not an opprobrious character and the jokes are much less seething.
>>153044504kek
>>153040296this is some badass art, anon
>>153046332Hey man, how's your fan story going?
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>>153043704Hope you are all having a Blessed Day.
>>153043704Huh, I would have thought that more would have known because of the Yokai Watch games, but I guess they never really took off like pokemon.Thanks for the research anon!
>>153043704I mean, that just matches the point being made. The young gamer guy is who I'd expect to be the audience for a comic like this, too.
