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>>153185361Remind me, what's the thread's policy about count subjects on covers? Because that's a lotta Jizos.
>jizo statues: 19
reminder you can support the author by buying his books!
>>153185404Gen being my spirit animal right here.
>>153185396don't worry about it, we'll get to that story soon.
>>153185447Gen, your shortcuts SUCK.
>>153185434Bro is bewildered in one eye and bored in the other.
>>153185460>takes a single step>the whole thing collapsesGen you fatass
>>153185510>Guys. I'm over here.
>>153185536>>153185546https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guEKxUxbm4Q
so good to have a nice, light-hearted story.
>>153185574https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYW_lPlekiQExcuse me, what does a kitsune need with money?
>>153185574Given the shit Tamamo no Mae got up to, yeah; they were.
>>153185591Don't cross any bridges, Ronin.
>>153185591It just needs about Three-Fiddy
>FLOO!: 18
>>153185630God damn loch ness monster!
>>153185625Usagi. You have a concussion. You goddamn meddler, stop.
>>153185608>>153185636>>153185644She's perfect.
>>153185644Second pantyshot.
>>153185693Dice video link found and ready for posting.
>The Valiant Cherry Blossoms - Sakura's Themehttps://youtu.be/jB5N8DxDz24
>>153185719https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB29sh1NL1Q
>>153185703?
>>153185724see >>153185722
>>153185755Shogunate spook spotted!
>>153185719>>153185714>>153185711Possible Alternative Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSZIej-ZraE&pp=ygUhZnVua3kgZGVhbGVyIGpldCBzZXQgcmFkaW8gZnV0dXJl
>>153185770Usagi channeling Ogami Itto here.
>>153185574>>153185581>>153185588Kitsune story with a satisfying ending. Rare!
>>153185766nice. I've never played it, but I do enjoy jet set radio songs. >>153185776>one who imposes his will without reason is no man. >and when threatened by an animal, you defend yourself!
>>153185795>4th panel>I want pictures, Parker! Pictures of spider man!
>>153185636Another nonlethal FLOO!
>>153185790>Oh, Usagi. I have so much to teach you about the dine & dash.
>>153185387Man, that rabbit girl lost the genetic lottery HARD, either that or thats an okama
>>153185828>Ronin>none of them have topknots and only one of them has two swordsI guess they all lied their resumes.
>>153185848>Hän on vain yksi ukko!
!!
>>153185871>Pulls an SFA RolentoMISSION COMPLETE
https://youtu.be/yeVx1C73o8k https://youtu.be/ULeDlxa3gyc https://youtu.be/7KlxInHeH5Qhttps://youtu.be/TeXatquVqAchttps://youtu.be/or5C2jV1qRchttps://youtu.be/atVeeUXq1Kchttps://youtu.be/fVuSYUNAekchttps://youtu.be/qJtKEAQdN3Ehttps://youtu.be/Q4CsFPKVwLshttps://youtu.be/Pqj119D9kDg
>>153185853Yeah, that or somebody gave them a Hanshirō style Haircut.
>>153185591Hey, a girl's got to make a living.
>>153185882this ending still befuddles me a bit. I guess the idea is she's using the supposed tragedy of the brother, who is actually herself as an excuse to go around taking revenge on those who enslave girls like she was enslaved? feels a bit needlessly convoluted and makes me wonder if it's a reference or idea I'm just not getting. Also IIRC we don't see her again, do we?
>>153185922I think it's either that or she made up that story cause she doesn't really trust usagi. and no, we don't see her again yet.
>>153185898Could've sworn we added Pink Floyd's "Money" at some point.
>>153185954I must have missed ithttps://youtu.be/cpbbuaIA3Ds
>>153185898Another money song. Can probably be applied to Gen, Stray Dog and The Informanthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-X4W3B83UA&pp=ygUmZ290dGEgZ2V0IHRoZSBjYXNoIGdvdHRhIGdldCB0aGUgZG91Z2g%3D
>>153185922It could also be just her making up a story so she doesn't have to tell Usagi that she was sold to a brothel or to some gamblers and so she's on a road for general vengeance now and no, we never saw her again, which is a shame but I guess Stan couldn't stand writing her sakura blossoms too often.
>>153185922Or her brother was a confabulation, a false memory brought on by a history of mistreatment and possible head trauma. So she's genuinely looking for someone who isn't real.
>I'm thinking! I'm thinking!this is true commitment to the craft. >>153185993added!
>>153186059>Hey, I said, your money or your life!>I'm thinking! I'm thinking!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VTBMznLrWs
>>153186006Geez, if only Usagi wasn't so grouchy
>>153185574I like this. A very satisfying little goofy adventure is much needed after the heavy previous arc
>>153186097YOU KNEW! YOU KNEW AND STILL... part #6gorillion
>>153186080Suddenly things got very bright, must be all that glow coming from this story.
>>153185625Literally refusing to look before you leap. You will never live down the dumb bunny allegations you long eared buffoonSensei didn't bean you in the fucking head enough.
>jizo statues: 20
>>153186142or maybe he beat too much.
>>153185812スパイダーマン, meddler or mendicant?
>>153185925There are few things more frightening to me than the idea of Informant having Informants.
>>153185711>a valiant female fighter of skill out on her own>White hair highlight >Introduced fighting gamblersCLOSE ENOUGH, WELCOME BACK INAZUMA!
https://youtu.be/z3rLnRmFEmk?t=13
>>153185787Usagi...
>>153185943Professor Scott!
>>153186185Glowie/Metsuke theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fyeYAA6gnU
>>153185730>Loli detected>She's coming home with me!
that guy now has to go all the way back to edo to commit seppuku with no second as an apology, usagi.
https://youtu.be/84SvPFrjlJU
>>153186206incredible how lolis were just free back then.
>>153186221Oh boy, can't wait for that feudal moment!
>>153185864>>153185871Fuckin brutal takedown. I do definitely like this girl
>>153185121Considering Priest Ji and Ibaraki recognise Ibaraki's masters as "Dark Kami" and Jubei's village have no qualms about praying to them instead of the Buddha, its clear they must be head and shoulder above even the greatest demons, and Jei must be some sort of gestating god-in-waiting. He's probably telling the truth about how killing Usagi will allow him to ascend to the ranks of the kami, specifically the Dark Kami honoured by Ibaraki and shunned by the Buddhists.And Jei's arbitrary labelling of everyone he meets as evil, probably indicates the Dark Kami really are lawgiving deities who judge mortals and are a part of nature and harmony. Not rapacious selfish demons who only seek dominance and destruction and defilement.But Sanshobo successfully exorcising Jei goes against that. Maybe the Dark Kami are rulers over demons, and the demon spared Hama because he recognised Jei as a superior. I guess just like the Tengu, even the demons have castes in feudal Japan
>>153186233I curse the anon who keeps pointing out that kimi is cute, i’ve fallen for the propaganda and can’t help but notice and agree
>>153186059An Iconic exchange. Up there with "And now I'm just a Ronin." and "I am not a vagrant."
>>153185898The Informant is going to need his own separate file just for his theme songs.
>>153186180>>153186199>>153186185>>153186192>Usagi: Tonight's the night you get in some shit?>Metsuke: Yeah, Deep cover, on the incognito tiphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op9Ml7pS6uA&pp=ygUhZGVlcCBjb3ZlciBkciBkcmUgZmVhdCBzbm9vcCBkb2dn0gcJCdoKAYcqIYzv
>>153186284>kimi is cutefact checked by real shinobi experts!
>>153186293>Appreciate? Bitch, duty & honor is the reason I get mixed up into this shit! Fuck You!
>>153186152Oh look it's the old hag and daughter who poisoned Jotaro. I'm glad they got over their crippling sword and poisoned shuriken injuries.
bushido: not even ONCE.
>>153186271>This was revealed to me in a dream
>>153186192>Yes Mr. Delivered the fucking Grasscutter to the Emperor. You.
>>153186331>Morikawa activating his Stand And Fight ability to rebuff morale
>>153186370I'm convinced they are clones, and that the neko nnja really do spawn from a hole in the ground, fully formed.
>>153186293I mean to be fair if you piss off the shogun especially by rejecting a direct gift you look weak to your other political opponents and he probably is gonna be really pissed off and you're gonna fall out of favor. So really damned if you do damned if you don't nothing to do but march into the meat grinder and say you did your duty
>jizo statues: 21
>>153186371Wow that's a lot of Kool aid they spilled down on feudal jonestownI don't envy the poor bastards that got to pick that up.
>>153185361How many Jizzo statues in the cover? You gonna add these to the count?
>>153186491>Frogposting during a Storytime You stupid faggot.
>>153186397Oh fuckThis one.
>>153186491>not only posting a picture during storytime but it's a fucking pepecongratulations on immediately convincing everyone you eat crayons
>>153186377This is one of only two times we see the Tokugawa clan mon in the series (so far), confirming this isn't some Shogun deal with alt-history personages but the same clan that rose to power in the series called Real Life History.>>153186391Anon pointed out one year how the last panel has a weird angle, it's titled to show Lord Awase dying "upright:" his last act was the successful fulfillment of his samurai duty. Also worth mentioning that these kinds of shogunate appointed successions were the only way for one clan to take another clan's land/territory. I remember that being a question a few threads ago, how did the daimyo fight amongst themselves during the shogunate and the answer is they didn't, any inter-clan warfare is fictional.
>>153186522Melancholy music for a melancholy moment.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2aE0u5nxSoHere's a translated version for you bakas who don't speak nihongo.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyZpTP6KgPM
>>153185398Booba, flat but it's there.
thanks, stan.
>>153186532Stray, you been deserving of that for a while now.
https://youtu.be/JpbACunViJw
>>153186522Stray Dog's such a swell guy, he was still willing to share part of the money with Gen.
I don't remember exactly where I read it, maybe it was L. Hearn, about a european vising japan in the 1850s that describes a very similar scene happening in a town close to edo.
>>153186575Goyo clanner detected!
>>153186502>>153186516Someone get Sasuke and tell him to quell this frog yokai. Oh don't worry about how much it will cost us, either. He'll do it for free!
>>153185711>>153185766>Punishes slavers with a whipThis is here real themehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QIuNU_gRys
>>153186564Stray is actually a sort of interesting character in that sense.We know for a fact he's genuinely a good person who does this terrible thing to support those less fortunate but we see the lengths he goes to (holding that one woman hostage) and we are now seeing the consequences of this profession first hand (good men dying who don't deserve it). He's very much a product of his environment and we even see him lighten up in his interactions with Gen so it's not like he turns off his emotions but he lets himself he callous. Feudal Japan is an awful world. In a better time he'd be able to help those without having to take lives
>>153186491Shameful display, 10,000 years of dishonor
>>153186639>>153186647Interesting that Sakura doesn't have her distinctive skunk-like stripe of white in the middle of her hair in these colored versions.
and now, the 100th issue special.
>>153186731Is Mike Richardson actually a 7" oni?
>>153185854There's something I've always liked about the last panel. The tilted zoom-in sells a sense of the frenzy Gen's worked up.>>153185877Usagi having a chummy smile while he stands over one of the several people he just killed, wiping off a sword genuinely SOAKED in their blood is great.
>>153186740I just realized, this is probably the only time Stan has drawn himself in a realistic manner.This part was drawn by Stan, right?
>>153186281Given Japan and Buddhism's view towards Demons and Monsters, it's entirely plausible we're not dealing with an Either/Or situation. Oni, Tengu, Kitsune and fucking Tanuki run the gamut of "trustworthy servant of the gods" "serial killer" with some goofy pranksters and churlish bullies between. And we've already seen Men turn into Monsters as early as issue one and that's got s lot of folkloric precedent too. It's very probable that Jei is a Monster working for a God who's has a vested interest in Killing. But it's filtered through Jizonobu's view of the world. So he doesn't kill everyone, sparing the innocent. So whatever's in the pilot seat is using a narrower and narrower of "innocence." Eventually. Even kids like Keiko won't be safe.
>>153186769See >>153186724
>>153186807Welp, I'm blind. Thanks and sorry.
>>153186746Speaking if tall ass editors, could you imagine Usagi under Jim Shooter/Stan in the Marvel Bullpen?
>>153186717>>153186731>>153186740Oh, it feels very bitter this year. On March 4th, Mike Richardson was fired and mo longer is the CEO of Dark Horse Comics. Why was he fired? Embracer Group (yes, THAT Embracer Group) bought Dark Horse some time ago and wants to focus on "products and experiences, growth and multimedia synergy". Not once in their press release have they mentioned creator owned comics and/or great stories.Richardson was replaced by a guy who worked for EA and Activision. EA. AND. ACTIVISION.I predict 2-3 years tops till Stan and Usagi jump ship AGAIN.
>>153186305>Alright well. As a Ronin who doesn't appreciate duty and honor I better head out.
>>153186567>Watch closely, you're about to experience a Feudal Japan moment>Preist Sanshobo defined the Feudal Japan moment as a moment when ignorance overwhelms the mind of an otherwise logical samurai. Causing them to act in an illogical. Self-destructive manner, I.E As if in Feudal Japan>Feudal Japan moments are un-predictable. But they all end up bad>If they had their own category. Fedual Japan moments would be the 3rd leading killer of samurai behind Shougn Peace and Jei.>It's a fact.>A big misconception about the Feudal Japan moment is that it can be avoided by simply moving away from samurai>If only it were that easy. See, samurai always got a new trick right around the corner.
>>153186862Stupid jerk world. We just can't have nice shit
did Guy Davis really stop making comics forever, as I saw one anon comment before? I love his run of BPRD.
>>153186862https://youtu.be/VP6eZu3SAakThat is VERY disappointing news to learn, anon.
>>153186862that sucks so much.
>>153186862Aww fuck.
>>153186918Oh wow is that the same assortment of beasties seem from the moon hill inn story?
let's see how many you can name.
>>153185898So this Snitch has cousin, and that cousins sister is married to a bootleg Usagi who gets killed by Jeinazuma.Also what does "twin" cousin mean? Identical, or he has cousins who are twins, which means theres a third snitch?
>Inazuma could've livedSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN
>I never think of my characters as furrywell, there you go. all of them are real human beans.
>>153186947Rare appearance by Stan's kids with Sharon.
that's it for today, see you tomorrow.
>>153186993Thanks again Murder, see you tomorrow.>>153186862This sucks on ice!>>153186613Board queller has been informed.
>>153185787usagi imagining a little too hard
>>153185952>he always comes back
>>153187010Upon retrospect this felt so obvious, I gotta wonder why I haven't made this earlier.
>>153185812
>>153187033Thanks man! I was thinking about posting it later.
>>153187031ha, that's really good.
>>153186956This reminds me, we are still waiting for our character collage artfriend. I hope we see them again before we're done.
>>153187033Hello there.
>>153186874>Now let's see what happens with a nanban* (*southern barbarian)
>>153185531Gen is not dumb, he just looks dumb.
>>153186963>Japan during Usagi's time was still predominantly a barter economyNO IT FUCKING WASN'T STAN
>>153185871one of the best kills in the series
>>153186020I think this one fits best maybe, given her particular affinity to a poor servant girl
>>153187010>notices typoExcuse me for a second, I'll commit a seppuku without a second now.
>>153186667>We know for a fact he's genuinely a good personI feel like you could write an essay on morality in Usagi Yojimbo.
>>153186967He's lying about the cousin, possibly the sister too. For a man who deals in Information, Snitch isn't above lying, at least for free.
>>153187090Yes sir!
>>153186967It's an incest thing. His twin is also his cousin.
>>153186371this is the most ridiculous case of bullshido yetwhat like 300 people just killed themselves in unison??? I actually laughed out loud its too retarded to take seriously
>>153186429He's the guy who keeps beating everyone up in that one TMBG song.
>>153187275https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-V1uf75T0USweet home Kanto!
>>153185591>Excuse me, what does a kitsune need with money?Funny enough you'll find out in a later story.
>>153187339What? To buy umeboshi with?
>>153186516>>153186502>>153186674>>153186613>>153187010Excuse me while I painfully kill myself
>>153185608This might be a bad subject to talk about but why is it the implied thread of rape so common in fiction? I recon historically women got raped a lot, but why even in not necessarily adult stories is the implication or danger of rape so common?
>>153186468>I don't envy the poor bastards that got to pick that upPlace was probably swarming with Eta within the hour.
>>153185625https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9NoPLoLeYw
>>153186676now that I think about it, is Sakura a skunk?
>>153185676Can't get mad at Gen trolling Usagi.
>>153185680"Quest"
>>153186567the scabbards are touching! GAY!!!!
>>153186862Day will come when he just hires a secretary and/or accountant and runs his OWN publishing house, Dave Sim style.
>>153185688>My father and his wifeThere is a interesting story there.
>>153187168Hardest working man in Japan and he does it for free
>>153185714Enter! Dungeon Dice Monsters!
>>153185676>i have a life outside of you too you knowthis is an awesome line to include
>>153185837Usagi has his mascara on, you cannot defeat him!
>>153185750When you give a Rhino a pickle.
>>153186522Aww.
>>153185755>Hmmm...
>>153187397Because it's an easy way to demonstrate very quickly that you're dealing with some real lowlifes. Have them kick a puppy, have them threaten to rape a woman. It's the Press A To Jump of storytelling.>>153187451Others have said she's a skunk. I'm not 100% sure myself. There is a confirmed skunk character in an unpublished joke story we'll eventually get to. I think Sakura is supposed to be that generic bear or cat furry animal, personally, but with a distinctive hair feature like Inazuma.>>153187480I noticed that very emphatic phrasing too. Sakura has a lot going on.
>>153187478Dogu Publishing does seem like that's what Stan wants to set up and move towards. But at his age, and while I hope he's still with us for decades to come of course, I wonder how much energy he has to put into that.
>>153185898Wasn't the other snitch missing a tooth on the right side of his mouth? This one is missing one on his left.
>>153186615>Oh please mr. Samurai>We were specifically singing about this>None of us can afford eta this month>Life is tough in a historically accurate barter economy!
>>153186621I'm amazed Stan never had anyone do the Bokuden story. It sounds like something Gen or Kitsune would do.
>>153186631>PIIIICKLES!
>>153185787Is this what people talk about when they say bad touch, because this feels like a bad touch.
>>153186371>>153186377>>153186386>>153186391>Three hundred men commit Seppuku in protest>One Lord has to muster enough strength while mortally wounded to claim a fortress he'll never inhabitThis shit is the most Fuedal moment in the entire series so far
>>153185848That guy got claved in half
>>153187303I count fewer than 47 bodies in that panel.
>>153186551Man Gen legit has no bad stories
>>153185922Could be a trauma related fake backstory, or she might be a compulsive liar, or a mix of both. The way she acted was pretty compulsive seeing the little girl and immediately going for the whip when the boss refuse to sell her to her
Book 25469 Usagis (11231 total)1157 Panels (24263 total)83 Nekos (1183 total)1 Komori (198 total)No Mogura (37 total)No Ninjas of the Dark Light (4 total)>eleven thousandth panel is him getting followed by the shogun glowieNice.
>>153186956https://youtu.be/yt5V8Ro-6jw?si=Je39OeMBwa13Qcb_&t=149The page kinda reminds me of this.
>>153187685It's a whole castle with servants and all, those are just the guys in the courtyard
>>153185943Donkey!
>>153186059Best panels of the day.
>>153185764Damn, already?
>>153186080Is Bum time; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuAGgMDC6FA
>>153187303>this is the most ridiculous case of bullshido yet>what like 300 people just killed themselves in unison??? I actually laughed out loud its too retarded to take seriouslyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUHk2RSMCS8
