previously: >>153033809
>>153049733Here we go
I suppose this thread won't have much discussion because of the captchas, but it won't disappear so fast either so I've elected to continue the storytime as normal.
>>153049733Nice, I caught on super early.
>>153049817I love this one! and its sequel.
>>153049912Yeah Usagi, what do you need a plan for? This is a perfectly good opportunity to throw your life away for a bushido moment!
>>153049966https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn8TWrrhDEM
https://youtu.be/n7hRaTNc9rQ
>>153050009Baby cart is definitely easier to draw than the two guardian demons of jigoku.
>>153050037Imagine if this was the sequel series Gorogoro, that bandit would had been cleaved in half with that hit.
>>153050035he's lucky supermarkets weren't invented yet
>>153049788Captchas are nothing compared to total bushido!
Forgive me if this was answered in another thread, but do any decent retailers still have the special edition hardcover?
>master senbei, the rice cracker seller https://youtu.be/DK39PYlaRHY
>>153050089a quick search reveals amazon apparently has the box set
>>153050066Those on a road to meifumado are not hampered by captcha.
>>1530501441 option, and from a scalper for $400.
>that little smile https://litter.catbox.moe/8wk9rm.jpg
I will never get the "turbo-culosis" joke out of my head now. >>153050217yeah, it's ridiculously overpriced. I believe there never were any reprints of those, unfortunately.
probably one of the best pages in the whole series.
>>153050280Better Turbo-culosis than Ruberculosis.
>>153050312truly terrifying
>>153050130I'm reminded of all the shit Daigoro had to go through during the LW&C storytime. Getting separated from his father was the least of his worries.
>>153050350Itto is very lucky child protective services didn't exist back then. "but it builds character!" and "muh meifumadou" are excuses that can only go so far.
this is my favorite self-contained story of all, it's really well made.
>>153050234Oh no, it's this one. Damnit.
>>153050301Turns out it's the fish head that's talking
>>153049848Jesus look at those arms, I thought guns were banned during this time
RE-ENTER EL HOMBRE BUSHIDOhttps://youtu.be/SRq67UE40WQ
>>153050568Second last panelhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YzN2bPgjB0
>>153049788The captchas don't seem to be ruinous? Just fail the gag captcha, hit Get and you get a normal one.
>>153050601that sound is engraved in my mind forever.
>>153050046Usagi trying out that grapple build
>>153050615oh, I thought they were mandatory.
>>153050638Same.Hesitation is defeat
>>153049839Referencing earlier conversations, here's a yoriki with a different mon than Ishida.
>>153050655that quote truly encapsulates the whole game, almost as memorable as wooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO *TANG*
>>153049817Enter: https://youtu.be/6JGp7Meg42U?si=abGZbOpSmvToPQ23
>>153050697Fucking rooftop kamikaze ninjas in bird suits!!!
>>153049864Eta body removers referenced again; we can assume that at this point Stan has settled on historical accuracy about the dead. (My guess is that he previously just didn't know how it worked, researched it and incorporated the taboo once he knew about it)
>>153050349Okay, that's hilarious
>>153049839Rember kids vengance requires proper authorization. Consult your local magistrate office on how to properly enact revenge.
>>153049936>while Matabei fucks up Bunzo, Usagi is fighting everyone elseMatabei learned combat tactics from Sasuke apparently.
>>153050852https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb_Z6uFpodo
>>153050544>I thought guns were banned during this timeThat is why to this day Japan has so many twinks.
>>153050544A Misconception born out of samurai movies which fetishise swords and melee fighting in general.
>>153050107>Rice Cracker the rice cracker seller
>>153050783>Sign here. Here. Aaaaand here. If official, you can get revenge! With a Vengeance!
>>153050878Even the horse got the fuck out of dodge
>>153051038It realized what comic it was in and knew its life was in danger.
>>153050838https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_ZmixtigjA
>>153049848Man's built like a Dorito.
>>153050568>Only one of you Do these people even hear themselves at this point
>>153050765Jotaro!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNJBDHvznWs
>>153050568>HE'S>JUST>A>RONIN*(*masterless samurai)
>>153050638>THEY ARE>BUT>MENDICANT>ROGUES
>>153049809>>153050009It's interesting how sketchy and even crude at times the art on these two stories is, and then Duel at Kitanoji contains some of his best pages ever. I wonder if he kinda rushed these to have more time to work on the Duel pages.>>153050234This one's a weird inbetween. Some of the backgrounds are great and he even returns to his old fat-contouring of the foreground now and again, like here >>153050243, but the figures are even sketchier than in the two previous stories, if anything. Look at these guys in the center panel: >>153050349>>153050475>it's really well madeI feel like Sakai lays it on a bit too thick with the tells, especially toward the end. It always reads to me like they should have been able to figure this out and just have plot retardation.
>FLOO!: 8
>>153051268well, I'm easy to please. I like the rougher sketch-looking art.
>>153050544kek
>>153050568>Il n'était qu'une seule homme
>>153051050The pattern on Sanpei's outfit is like the triforce meme.
>>153051349Sanpei cannot triforce.
>>153051366>You're finally awake!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOuMxmzmxqk
!
>>153051366Nice parallel to...I think it was Usagi getting KO'ed by a yokai and a peasant girl waking him up? Can't remember exactly.
https://youtu.be/J84FPJAb7rM
>>153050708>never have I encountered such base treachery>literally encountered some even baser treachery like two days ago
Rest in Bushido
I remember someone last year pointed out it could've been very interesting if katsuichi lost here, and I agree. it would have been a real dilemma for usagi to deal with. it would ruin jotaro's internship, but maybe koji would take over sensei duties.
>>153049871Kinda sucks that Usagi can’t actually avenge his dad or his lords death because Hikiji is to big for him to touch.
>>153050786Poor Shunji. He's such a decent fellow
>>153051563>but maybe koji would take over sensei duties.A warrior can't train under the man who killed his master.
>>153050151This little turd again. Every time he shows up something awful happens.
>>153050046So Usgai can lift a normal sized person.
and that is it for today. tomorrow I'll post as normal but like previous years on friday and saturday I'll be away, so if anyone could step in and post in my place, feel free to. just warning it now so we can decide how it will go.
>>153049912Bunzo, in Chanbara movies is almost always the name of someone's dipshit relative. It's like Butch or Spike for bullies.
>>153051456It still amazes me how well that syncs up with the duel.
>>153049990>Horse Lives
>>153051074Jotaro is such a cute boy. Not a chance he won't grow up to be a meddler on the scale of his father, but it'll probably just be a different kind of meddling.
>>153051615I wouldn't say that, it puts a nearly impossible goal in front of Usagi, one that allows Stan to pretty much write infinitely until he finally decides that Usagi can end the bastard once and for all. I would not be surprised if Stan has already written and drew the endgame arc/arcs and now he's just taking his time to get there
>>153051736Usagimania about to run wild on you!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL1XEPJL4ps
>>153050107Usagi would be a great dad if he had a son.
>>153051731Something awful always happens all the time.
>>153050234Oh no!
>>153050260Imagine reading Usagi in real time and having to find a book from 20 years ago to know who the hell is Lady Korko.
Book 17495 Usagis (7708 total)1061 Panels (15497 total)No Neko (919 total)No Komori (175 total)No Mogura (34 total)
>>153050280Damn foreigners they are not humans not like me the cat person.
>>153050370Man, this guy is everywhere.
>>153050459Rip Rokuo
>>153050415It's more like CPS is lucky it didn't exist yet. Anyone who got between Ogami and his boy was taking their life into their own hands.
>>153050540Is every fencing school composed of jerks?
>>153052116Do you even have to ask?
>>153050588Usagi questioning bullshido
>>153051032>Uh...>I don't know how to tell you this, Jotaro, but... the Dogora school are four motheaten cripples in a ruin. Katsuichi-sensei and I killed or maimed every last one of them years ago.>Your dad is just in denial about it.
>>153051843https://youtu.be/nU0R8nMepkU?si=P0L82WTo8bQJYH7jwesterns and samurai movies are mutualistic to each other
>>153050669Isn't the whole point of reputation that people think you are honorable?
>>153052179Reputation is supposed to tell people that your school creates the toughest badasses around.There's no greater honor than victory!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdNqwDxEyiU
>>153050748Good ending.
>>153051582>YOU KNEWHe could probably recognize the inherited thickness of skull by the tone of a wooden club striking off of it.
>>153051063Koyama ("little mountain") is the Japanese word for dorito, on account of its shape.
>>153050794Poor Shunji.
>>153050807Can you really say you won if you fight an exhausted and battered guy?
>>153050821Lets change the subject remember when...>>153050827Fuck!
>>153052217>>153051650Shunji is a surprisingly nice person but it's funny how he's such a non character. He's an alright student but he clearly doesn't have the raw talent of Usagi or the promise of Jotaro It's just funny to see him get reaction shots or something like he matters such as at >>153051466When he's essentially just sensei's Plus One
>>153051582Usagi. literally everyone knows. He's a complete and absolute carbon copy of yourself at that age. You'd have to be the thickest no gamest person alive to not know.
>>153051059One of my favorite endings
>>153052116They were worse IRL.
>>153051615>>153051899I don't know if others feel the same but this comic has become so divorced from Hikiji that I don't really care if Usagi kills him or not.
>>153052259He's pretty much this teams Yamcha.
>>153051319>the child focuses his meddling intent
>>153051331>...and kills a horse
>>153050915I like that even Katsuichi caught himself having a bushido moment here
>>153052075>...what of our patrols?>it's no use sir! that was the last of our social workers battalion!>damn you, Itto, you leave me no choice. send a courtier to the department of education, they still owe me a favor...
>>153051582>Katsuichi is a SanshobroDoes anything ever come of this?
>>153052592
>>153051386Its timehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiIe2znA1ao&list=RDOiIe2znA1ao&start_radio=1
>>153051456I'm pretty sure I already said this some previous year, but for my money this is the best page Stan ever drew.
>>153051576>I was luckyThe other reason why dueling with steel is dumb. If you are trying to get a good assessment of who is stronger one needs multiple matches to see who wins on average.
>>153051441
>>153051899>I would not be surprised if Stan has already written and drew the endgame arc/arcs and now he's just taking his time to get thereWho's going to tell him?
>>153052577>Can't we just send the kid to his mother?>She died. >FUUUUCK!
>>153052217I wouldn't feel too bad for him over this, Katsuichi is actually doing his job as teacher and looking out for his pupil's development. It's not like he's casting him aside for being a shitter.
>>153052116Not all, Isao's seems decent, but his seems to be an exception to the rule. It is funny though that one anon trying to defend Kitsune by complaining about Usagi getting Jotaro to train under Katsuichi. Without his dad's meddling, Jotaro would have gone to jerk school to become a jerk samurai and get killed trying to jerk around some very skilled duelist over muh rep.
>>153050937>clinteastwoodandtimrobbins.jpg
>>153051085>even this rando knows
>>153050956>>153050996This run away pose must be so famous in this comic, it got it's own miniature.
