previously: >>153098844
>>153112719this is why your sensei bonks you in the head.
>>153112729Enter The hidden
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>Nezumi the Thiefhttps://youtu.be/RXRmPDZS8To
>>153112864>>153112870Up in the roofIs a Ninja!Is a Kite!No Is Ratman!!!
>>153112919Damned Italian Jesuits!
>>153112919https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KaDj53hOqg
ishida is just the best.
>>153113001Oh FUCK!
>>153112853>https://youtu.be/5AIRBpW1drE?si=rdbhFZMCjITpBUz3This really would have been perfect timing yesterday
>>153113025https://youtu.be/pBkJL3k4ftQit would've but there will be another opportunity
>>153112932Based Joel enjoyer.
>>153112908Isn't ancient sushi notoriously bad?
>>153112944That's the nicest "GET THE FUCK OUT" ever.
>>153113141Anyone notice Usagi is the only rabbit with ears big enough to droop? They'd be hanging down if they weren’t held up with his topknot
>>153112758>>153112762I was about to complain about them violating the death taboo here, but then I remembered Enmanon or somebody mentioning that the low-ranking cops in this period were typically hinin themselves.
>>153113213Gen’s back!
>>153113001Oh this one is memorable
>>153112774>No. I won't meddle!>Next panel: Quick, this way! Meddleman, AWAAAAYYYY
>>153113312https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9RAZxNdCk8
>>153112853>>153112858Huh – I don't know how this never occurred to me before, but the sequence of these stories implies that Hirata the Fishmonger and his group are in Ishida's town, right? Does this mean Stan was already planning the whole thing this long ago?!
>>153113148Women with complicated women is hard.
>>153112700oh hey, this guy translated Four Immigrants. cool.
>>153112939>>153112931Arrest that cute fox Inspector!!
>>153113503RIP Biffu Tannen-san.
>FLOO!: 12
>>153113001This horrible old bat is the real worst girl.
>>153113678Attack Floooo!
>>153113346>panel 1Lmao, he really is a himbo
>>153113352>named UdonUh-oh. He can't be long for the world.
>>153113711https://youtu.be/xweDzJrX76k?si=sZzi2P91L4Qod93N&t=17
>>153113357nilson and shermy cameo in the bottom right
>>153113854RETURN Avenging dorito
>>153113929Feudal Japan DENIED.
>>153113369I wonder what that said before he erased it and wrote in "foreigners".
>>153113231>lightning bolt in her hairoh, so it really is a white streak and not just her hair being super shiny. I've been wondering about that.
>>153113990>Time wasting post>Lust provoking image
and that is it for today. tune in tomorrow another great arc: The Mother of Mountains!
>>153113557Isn't this the EXACT thing that happens to Mifune at Adachigahara? Is there only one battlefield betrayal playbook in Feudal Japan?
>>153113690Wait a moment... Only in this rerun, I noticed how Senzo changes expression.
>>153114044Oh boy, it's time for that one already?Welp, see you tomorrow Murder.
>>153114023Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!Sakai worked on Treehouse of Horror?
>>153114054No, Horikawa is holding back his forces, letting Tomoe's forces to die fighting.At Adachigahara, Toda led his troops to attack Mifune's flank. A Totally different thing.
>>153113274>*live studio audience applause*>>153113312>*laugh track and closing credits*
Book 20365 Usagis (9241 total)955 Panels (18865 total)No Neko (969 total)*No Komori (197 total)No Mogura (37 total)No Ninjas of the Dark Light (4 total)*unless Nezumi is an outcast with a funny sense of humorHere's the 9000th Usagi.
>>153113219It must have been another anon. No sources I've looked at mention hinin being employed as street cops. Which isn't to say that it never happened, or my sources are the end-all-be-all of Feudal Japan research. I think when dealing with the issue of taboos in this time period, it's important to remember sometimes the story needs to break from reality for the sake of the fictionalized setting, and also that reality itself doesn't always fit in neatly into perfectly rigid and immutable boxes. Take this page for example >>153113731 where Sanshobo and his priests are handling a dead body, a woman, in fact, to prepare her for burial or cremation. Strictly speaking they shouldn't be doing that but I think it would be very true to life even in this time period for a priest to handle a dead body if there was no one else around to do it. Another example I can think of off the top of my head is are the battlefield looters we've seen both in the comic and in other media about this era. Are they supposed to be touching the dead bodies? No. Do they know that? Yes, they do. But do they care when there's profit to be made and do the people who are buying their looted wares also care? Probably not. There's levels to this, as the kids say.>>153113613>Not all truths are written in your books, Lord EnmaI'm starting to take this a little personal, old man.
>>153114143He sure did! Something to file away later in case we need another filler storytime.
>>153114202I was the anon who made the claim of Hinin acting as street cops (night watch to be more pedantic).My source is here.https://japanesesword.net/blogs/news/life-in-feudal-japan-navigating-the-complex-edo-class-systemSpecifically I was quoting the parts 6.2.1 Eta (Burakumin), 6.2.2 Hinin.6.2.1 Eta (Burakumin)The eta (meaning "abundance of filth" or "defiled ones"), later known as Burakumin (people of the hamlet), constituted a hereditary outcast group. Their status was passed down through generations, and they were forced to live in segregated communities called buraku, often on the outskirts of towns or villages. Their occupations were typically those considered impure or polluting by mainstream society, primarily involving death, butchery, and leatherwork:Leatherworkers and Tanners: Handling animal carcasses was considered defiling. They produced essential goods like shoes, belts, and armor, yet were scorned for their trade.Butchers: The killing of animals, particularly large ones, was taboo in a largely Buddhist society.Executioners and Undertakers: Dealing with death and punishment placed them at the lowest social stratum.Guards and Night Watchmen: Often associated with security tasks that mainstream society avoided.
>>153114044>MoM alreadyI keep forgetting how quickly in the series we hit this. In my mind's mental chronology a lot more ronin meddling happens before we get to this, including the conclusion to Jeizuma's story and the Red Scorpions boogaloo.
Can someone explain why this ronin rabbit is so kino? I read one storytime and have been addicted since.
>>153113361Isn't Ishida based around Nagasaki? It makes sense for Christians to crop up there.
>>153114305Welcome to Mister Sakai's wild ride, remember you're here forever!
>>153114305Brutal violence, funny moments, cute furry women, and characters you actually like
>>153114299>"Executioners and Undertakers: Dealing with death and punishment placed them at the lowest social stratum.">Being an executioner with a katana was also a privilege that you trained your entire life for, formed clans around, and were willing to commit murder over just so you could practice on cadavers with autistically rigid purity requirementsThese people were just all over the place.
>>153114410>"the three teachings are one!" mf's when you point out the society-wide contradictions the three teachings produceThough I guess it would be four teachings here with Shinto (five if we count bullshitdo as it's own thing). Feudal Japan had a lot of shit going-on, an not a lot of it made sense.
>>153099229>"So I sez' to Muneyasu, I-">"......">"So anyways, I sez' to Muneyasu-"
>>153114410True, but it was hardly unprecedented.For example in medieval Europe, commoners would usually get executed with an axe (provided the crime they committed permitted for an execution with an axe) while nobles were reserved the right to be executed with a sword.Granted, executioners in Europe tended to be social pariahs pretty much everywhere, regardless of who they executed, but Feudal Japan™ had its own thing about executions being divided into the "punishment given" and "chance to restore personal/family honor" types.
>>153113942I get what you're seeing but I think in this case it was just him wanting to compress the line for space. You'll notice he tries to always only have one or two words as the last line of a balloon, shoving "swooping" there would make it a very bottom-heavy balloon
>>153113690HOLY AXE HANDLE
>>153113854>>153113860>>153113871>doesn't barge in but politely invites himself>elaborates>leavesDorito-kun is a good lad.
>>153113925Well, if his father was a real by the book samurai, then yes, that's exactly what he'd have wanted. Not under tthe same sky and so on.>>153113918Define the difference between justice and vengeance, taking into account that the guy has a legal document allowing him to seek and kill his father's killers.Just throwing this out there.
>>153113942There's too much space for "gaijin", even in bigger font.
>>153113942Yakub's children
>>153113942human men
>>153114030>Adam TierneyHe's worked at I think Wayforwards for like 20 years at this point, IIRC. Was the director of River City Girls for instance.
>>153113740He really missed a step by not calling this story Endetta.
>>153113757Decapitastic! I feel like it's been awhile.
>>153114744That's insane. U̶s̶a̶g̶i̶ Stan really does know everybody!
>>153113963Hey, he already did this story as an Usagi episode!
>>153114197>Usagi's 9000th panel>insert a DBZ meme here
>>153114148Huh, you're right! I went back and checked and indeed, Mifune had basically routed the Hikiji forces when Toda hit him in the flank instead of pursuing. Which... actually seems like a weird time to commit treachery now that I think about it but never mind, you were right, that's the important part.
>>153114202>There's levels to this, as the kids say.That's a good point, fair play.>>153114299Aha, it was YOU! Anonymous!
>>153114981Yes! It was me!
>>153114390I forget which province in real Japan the Yamahashi lands correspond to, maybe the mapanon can fill us in about that.
>>153114305I believe it's because it is played completely straight. usagi isn't a cartoon bunny hopping around or has a self aware 21st century mind, it is entirely believable he exists in that place and time. and that goes for the rest of the comic, it's playing chanbara tropes completely straight, and successfully. and when it goes into it's own original territory it doesn't disappoint either. >>153114506european executioners, at least until the 30 year wars, sat in a very weird position of being simultaneously shunned for killing people and dealing with bodies as well as respected for doing a public service, doling out justice and sometimes acting as a physician. The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century by Joel Harrington is a fantastic read on the topic.
>>153114506There's actually a nonfiction book called "The Faithful Executioner" which is about a 16th century German executioner trying to escape Holy Roman Hinin status with his family on the basis that they weren't *really* outcasts, his dad or granddad had just been picked at random out of a crowd by the local lord when an executioner was needed and there wasn't one to hand. Feudal Europe wasn't incredible either, basically.
>>153115037>The Faithful ExecutionerBruh. Beat me to it by 35 seconds.
>>153115037>>153115041You faithful executioners share a briancell.
>>153115049lol, what a coincidence. Meister Franz's life story would fit like a glove in UY. feudal europe was no joke. >>153115068to be fair it is a really good book.
>>153113244Last two panels are really good 'hard-boiled cop working a case' lines from Gen. You should all watch the hard-boiled cops working a case detective movie from Kurosawa called (what else) 'Stray Dog' btw.>>153115037>>153115041>Faithful Executioner-mind
>>153115126Took a look and although it's not available in my language, a local book store does have it under "Foreign historical memoirs" tag.Price isn't too bad either, might get it if I get a chance.
>>153113196I wonder if Stan just got sick of drawing the skull speech bubbles
>>153115041>>153115049excerpt from an interview with the writer:>Tell me more about how the profession was viewed by the public.>Traditionally, it was odious. In Frantz Schmidt’s lifetime there was more of a mixed feeling—that it was important work that needed to be done by a professional. But no one would want their daughter to marry an executioner. So there was a kind of professional respect but it didn’t translate into sociability. An executioner could not go into somebody’s home, or into a tavern or public bath. Most churches wouldn’t let an executioner inside. So it was a really lonely life.I wonder how well this translates into Feudal Japan?
>>153115559>I wonder how well this translates into Feudal Japan?IIRC one of the classic burakumin discriminations is that onsen wouldn't let them in because they were considered unhygienic and would pollute the springs. The Japanese government outlawed that in one of their periodic attempts to look more civilized to the West, so then the onsen changed their rules to forbid anyone with tattoos instead, which nominally isn't caste discrimination, but guess who are likely to have tattoos?
>>153112996>rats!
>>153112915>there is a wave of pickpocketing in townFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
>>153112878This story is peak Ishida. His Justice Curmudgeon personality is fully developed, the "Rats!" catchphrase, warning Kitsune to fuck off, everything's great. Stan really nailed the tone here IMO.
>>153114305Glimpses at social norms and workings of the feudal japans everyday life peppered atop a long, adventurous tale of a lone ronin, his accomplishments and failures, his friends and foes but most of all his struggle with bushido, something he has devoted his life to and now sees its value erode with each life taken by its nonsense rules dictating the lives of everyone.
>>153115037My local libary has a copy, it's going on the list. Thanks!
>>153112729Damn Usagi, you see a guy limping towards you immediately assume he's just drunk.
>>153113183Venom symbiote Inazuma
>>153112733RIP package delivery guy.
>>153112725>>153112853aww here we go
>>153112762>violating a dead bodyYeah, they're not lasting long here.
>>153112774>"No. I am not getting any more involved in this"Usagi who are you trying to fool with this.
>>153113613Tomoe you should be smarter than this
>>153112790>merchants wanting to create a monopoly on revolutionary medicineTale as old as time, song as old as rhyme.
>>153112809Tajo you backstabbing bitch.
>>153112870GREY FOX!!!
>>153116475FEUDAL LAAAAND JAPAAAN!
>>153113613>it was revealed to me in a dream
>>153113613>>153116622Thanks for reminding me.
>>153116630>the Stalin haters won't accept any source
>>153116698Good art. Awful old biddy.
>>153113911Meddleman leaps into action!
>>153113205Being Izuma is suffering
>>153112826I don't know what's worse, her sacrificing herself like or Usagi just watching this all happen dumbfounded. I'm pretty sure he could've taken on all of them with little effort.
>>153112833>>153112838Woodcutters jumpscare.
>>153112853WHAT?!?! This comic has been blindsiding me more and more lately, holy shit I was not expecting that ending.
>>153112853
>>153116453Everyone's taken a hit to their INT because of the lack of sufficient vitamin E. Half-rations, you see. Local famine. You understand.
>>153112870>thank you, Rat-sanLmao.
>>153112885>oh no, I'm surrounded!>better throw my limited edition trading cards as a distraction!
>>153112887Damn, that looked like it hurt.
>>153112895Ishida, I love ya and all, but if literally every member of the village is willing to help out the thief, there may be some deeper injustices that need to be addressed.
>>153112908>I'll get you LUPIN!
>>153112915>there isba wave of pickpocketing in townOh godDAMMIT.
>>153112931Fucking hell, we couldn't just have a Robin Hood story. We gotta get THIS bitch shoehorned into it somehow.
>>153113361I don't know what Stan's plans were, but Ishida's story conspicuously introduces a new key player in a certain later story arc.And entirely circumstantial evidence but in >>153064153 Stan mentions a different story idea in 2002 that he doesn't get around to until 2015.
>>153112944Him pulling the 'ol Columbo shtick is so charming.
>>153112843There it is, my favorite panel.
>>153112853It's Lord Hikiji! And he's almost naked!
>>153116956He might've, but these are actual police officers attempting to apprehend a criminal. Not just a band of thugs or bandits.
>>153114016Wish there were more UY 3D models and figurines.
>>153113108>ancientThis is only 400 years ago.
>>153117868I dare you to eat 400 year old sushi, anon!
Welcome back to the death rattle tally! No new screams today and very few death screams also.See attachment for total cry so far. As always, if you have any questions about the count, feel free to ask.
>>153112762A small detail; the one guy steals the purse.
>>153112826Did you catch the trick on this page?
>>153117868>t. Steve1989
>>153116998Having done this for years and coming to expect all the beats it's nice to have a reminder of how much of a TRVTH NVKE Stan drops with his reveals.
>>153117046>This is a Mox Ruby! He threw a mox at me!>Stop that man! He's crazy!
>>153112985Wow, he solved that one fast.
>>153112996I like it when the final panel reveals that Stan set up an entire chapter just for a pun/punchline.
>>153113001Woodcutters again. I swear these rwo appear more than actual main characters at this point.
>>153113020Usagi don't act like you've got anything better to do.
>>153113031It feels like Usagi's just curious to see where this is going atp.
>>153113041Man, he really missed having a travel companion. Dude's talking her ear off.
>>153113613one of the most consequential remarks in the series
>>153113064Sic semper ai generated """"""content""""""
>>153118689Yeah sometimes nothing hits but that roasted pheasant.
>>153115041>>153115559Apparently there was an unspoken rule among European executioners that you only had three swings to decapitate someone or else the crowd would lynch you for torturing the guyThere's also the famous>Cast in the name of God>Ye Not GuiltyWhich if I recall properly was a means of clearing an executioner of murder themselves because the death was sanctioned by divine justice
>>153113929A resolution like this is more meaningful because it is exceedingly rare in UY
>>153118733>Cast in the name of God Ye Not GuiltyIs that the origin of that phrase? Interesting anon, very interesting. BOO!
>>153117023Hehhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM0tXY3wcAo
>>153118772It's one of the explanations I've heard for the Megadeus, I've never seen a primary source for it.
>>153113255>Hey, you ugly peasants!kek
>>153113258This is a good way to show how do they run out of bounty money so easily, this job probably has low profit margins.
>>153113352Udon, Noodles evil brother
>>153118772It's a phrase engraved on an executioner's sword which Big O lifted, yes. There are many phrases like that on various preserved executioner's swords, meant as Anon says to absolve the executioner of sin should he kill an innocent, as he is only carrying out justice.
>>153113357Hey is that little guy from Totoro!
>>153116363its the most natural assumption
>>153113452Usagi got the timing right.
>>153113475He is smart enough to know how to profit from this
>>153113503I don't think that is the right way to carry a music instrument.
>>153119274He's still "green', though.
>>153113521Lord Noriyuki seems to forget the last three times a mob of assassins tried to kill him on his own lands.
>>153113613This weird little story snowball to some big things later on.
>>153119306on the contrary "he" is "Too Strong" that's why he looses.
>>153113690Finding new details is why is fun to re-read Usagi.
>>153118210???
>>153114592Hashobo is Cleric material>>153119431meant for >>153114060
>>153119448
>>153113770For a culture that does a lot of artisan stuff, I'm always surprised how shitty the peasants huts were. Fucking Vickings could make better straw huts.
>>153116363Usagi didn't know Stan had started drawing yet or he'd be more suspicious.>>153118565It's not the first time, either. See Gon's story.
>>153113025I prefer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndZ6B1EaJEs
>>153119465>King of DragonsGood taste
>>153118547The columbo schtick is easier when you don't actually need hard evidence and a jury to convict
>>153114643Much like how the 47 should have charged to a suicide attack instead of scheming to kill the guy for real, so he should killed the repentant priest to avenge his father. Bushido is rough.
>>153118745I think that is what make Usagi special a nice ending is pretty rare, nobody died and most ended happy.
>>153113064If I were a gambling man, I'd bet that bag is just full of rocks and she's just fucking with Usagi.
>>153113075Surprised it took this long for him to snap.
>>153112833She was betrayed by someone close to her for money and then sacrificed herself to bring salvation to others. Wonder where Stan got that idea.
>>153113105Now she gets to talk hos ear off.
>>153113110Lmao, some bandits they are, Usagi isn't even trying here.
>>153113141>I thought Harumi was just getting fatLmao.
>>153113208Just a stylistic choice I presume.
>>153113148I'm going to be hoenst, I don't get why people were complaining about this story. I don't even hate Hayashi as a character, for all her bitter bluster, she's clearly a widow grieving and not handling well the idea that she might be obsolete. She's lashing out because she just wants to be useful, and moment she heard about the baby she finally found the new purpose in life she was looking for.Now would I like to see another story about her? Hell no, but she's fun as a one off character.
This one took me awhile
>>153113191Huh, so Inazumi's still in there. This whole sequence makes me wonder if Jei's previous body was even his originally. For all we know that might have been just yet another body in a long list Jei's possessed.
>>153113244This whole page is just great character dialogue.
>>153113291Gen, you don't know what you're getting into.
>>153113897implied rapes is something that could be counted one year
>>153113334Oh, that's an old man. I thought it was just a kid messing around at first.
>>153113932I like the detail that he seems quite surprised to be thanked; he considers himself an evil man who is atoning so it's like it didn't occur to him that people would be grateful for what he does.
>>153120229Ai->Jei->Kei?
>>153113387Goddammit Usagi, you and your big mouth.
>>153112677Hey I have this volume at home!
>>153120229i wanna vaguepost you so badkeep reading
>>153112719My favorite Katsuichi story.
>>153114716kek
>>153113486Well, I see this problem's just gonna take care of itself then.
>>153113503RIP bozo.
I read The Man Without Talent last night. I think I'm ready to appreciate the beauty of a rock now.
>>153113521>If I'm not safe in my own lands, where am I safe?That's the neat part, you never are!
>>153113533Girl just casually discovered time travel.
>>153113711https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tdyU_gW6WEGet fucked Yokai
>>153113576RIP dream/time travel horse.
>>153112853Happy Easter Monday, /co/.
>>153113613>calls Horikawa's ancestor a bitch>refuses to elaborate>leaves
>>153112887>One of you, see to your fallen comradeIshida, my man is fucking dead.
>>153120646There's no skull word balloon! I mean, he's absolutely busted his jaw and probably some teeth, but maybe not his neck.
>>153112985>Just one more question, may I see your kitchen knives?
>>153113661Ah shit, more ghosts.
>>153113678I'm sorry, this is just really funny out of context.
>>153120670>>153120646Could be worse, he could end up like Joe Swanson. Would he commit sepuku?
>>153112947>Murder! >Who? Huehuehuehueh
>>153113711No, don't follow Sanshobo! He's just going to get you all killed!
>>153113715Oh.
>>153113731Man, what a gruesome story. Sanshobo's always getting the fucked up shit. Such is karma, I guess.
>>153113740Just an average Tuesday for Usagi.
>>153113750Dude, do you have any idea how long its going to take to patch that up?!
>>153113208I guess he's a Lop Ear.
>>153113007There are two kinds of Old Lady stories.
>>153113837Sheesh, do all priests speak in riddles?
>>153113854Oh wow, wasn't this guy to show up again.
>>153113871Oh. Oh no.
>>153113105I know she's annoying but her complaining/worrying about her son just endears this story to me.
>>153113119>A FUCKING->carpentry set?
>>153118745Yeah, I was genuinely expecting Usagi to end the dude there.
>>153120816Yes, here is an entire article about them:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koan
>>153114643His father's killer is dead, that man is gone and walking in his flesh is someone new.Vengeance may be the root of justices but a tree cannot survive as roots alone and still be a tree.
>>153113128>It's Fragile! Don't break it! >It's a hammer. Fucking hell, it's so dumb but it kills me every year.
>>153113320>>153113326Komori Blackface.
>>153114054Swear to god, every battle is won by betrayal. >Mifune and Hikiji>Geishu and Horikawa>Funny Animal Oda and Funny Animal Mitsuhide>Dan No Ura>Funny Animal Yoritomo later turned on YoshitsuneWar is hell.
>>153114054Trying to do anything on a battlefield is pretty complex and difficult, betrayal especially; not much more you can do besides just ram into the nearest forces you see or just not fight at all
>>153113918>You seek vengeance!>No shit Akechi, it's on the headband.
>>153121141You have to remember how limited the spreading of information is. You can't really radio in so by the time anyone notices something's fishy you're already betrayed.
>>153113541
>>153112853With the direction of the recent Usagi Comics, I wonder if we'll eventually get Stan's take on the novel "Silence" by Shūsaku Endō which was a fairly important piece of Japanse-Christian literature. We've yet to see an actual Christian Missionary in the comic.
