previously: >>153268926
>>153282670Ishidabros bout to eat.
>>153282683>Cullen BunnHuehuehuehuehuehueh
>>153282797>>153282805>>153282809What sacks of shit. They took more than they could carry and just threw it out to be ruined in the rain
>>153282865Whenever Usagi isn't on screen all other characters should ask "Where's Usagi?".
>>153282751I like how this story assumes you've read enough of these at this point that a situation like this doesn't need a setup.
>we need more rocks!we do!!
>nnghh!that's the sound of someone having their magical anus ball stolen. >>153282909yeah, it's a given usagi would stop and help a random village by now.
>>153282926Ya know it's funny I was thinking about Kappas since we saw the cucumbers growing here>>153282788And here we are again.
>>153282759The ending is one of my favorites.
>>153282903Sweet ending, don’t get enough of those in this economy
>>153282783>You are but one!You just activated his Meddleforce
>>153282903What nice ending
ENTER usagi's 大奥 is now complete, I believe.
>>153283024>>153283018Fuck, that's BRUTAL
>>153282960Oh no! Kappa women! Would
>>153283071I like how this actually matters later.
>FLOO!: 29
>Kamihaze>Rouge>Cassie CainWhy are Bat-Women so hot?
>>153283200Oh you fluffbrain you know better than to ever, ever say that. Also I do like this Yamaguchi fellow. But he does make me miss Gen
>>153283253>imaginedYou were the one who said you’re in his debt. You can argue that it doesn’t supersede the mission but he didn’t make it up
EXIT....
>>153283289This is a Gundam tier tragedy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jj_0dyCpM4
>>153283316Kino inbound
>>153283297>>153283306>When the author has decided you have enough potential love interests Farewell, flying mouse woman. Yo will love forever in my heart as one of the great what could have beens
>>153283320Remind me Murder.Will Hell screen be todays last story, or will the rain continue?
>>153283289>>153283297If only Stan had listened to his second wife, this would never have happened. Julie wanted the bat girl to become a regular.
>>153283177I don't know why, but I like this guy. Something about Usagi hanging out with a one-off mook from a previous story is a fun concept. He's not even a particularly memorable character like Gen or Stray Dog. Hammers home how basically every ronin Usagi chews through could just as easily have been a comrade if someone else was paying their bills.
>>153283343there will be a drought, but the rain will continue...
including the giant flaming chicken!
>>153283403Here's the guy anon was worried about yesterday.
lord shima of the kōsaku clan, I assume.
>>153283440I bet lord Shima would have been part of the confucian faction.Not so much due to philosophy, but because of the "fuck buddhism" angle.
so enma is into vore, huh
>>153282751>>153282909Just another Tuesday for Usagi.
>>153278249Contemporary fine art is money-laundering and a tax and inflation avoidance scheme for anyone who's in the club.
>>153282909It's kinda like what Sakai has said about the final story just being Usagi helping a village.
>>153283585>My sister was sold to an innkeeperThis might sound pretty benign, but it's Feudal Japan™ so of course it was more grimdark than just being a waitress!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoE8rZsYbvU
>>153282881He should also have access to a time machine.
>>153282903>do the right thing>recieve cute villager waifu
>>153283099>>153283008A shame about Jiro, though.
>>153283267A man after my own knot
>>153283623Everybody gangsta until the Jitte shows up
>>153283297NO WHAT IN THE FEUDAL JAPAN????? WHY CRUEL GODS WHY?????
>>153283840Ah, here we go, the rain has returned...
>>153283840Oh no. Not this one
>>153283345Julie was wise
>>153283156>No One Has Died From Eating Here!>This Week.And they'll somehow still have the best noodles & soup in the region
>>153272096nice catch >jizo statues: 234
https://youtu.be/YGINNkS0q-w
>>153283676>>153283683>>153283689>>153283697This whole pause then extended flashback just feels so clumsy.
>>153283024Usagi continues his losing streak against the supernatural.
>>153283306This story always struck me as kind of pointless. Why introduce a(nother) tragic love interest and kill her off in the same chapter?
;_;
>>153283210>>153283219HIKIJI?
>>153283306>Usagi's ex-enemy/new friend accidently fucks things up for him>the employer is straightforward and gratfulcool twists
>>153284053>"Marge, I'm confused, is this a happy ending or a sad ending?">"It's a Feudal Japan ending, that's enough."
>>153284044Oh god, my heart.
>>153284053I think this calls for some Japanese comedy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opJpxtt9D1AFeudal Japan fact: Apparently thee practice of Ubasute was something that only happened in folk tales, no evidence of this shit happening for real, or at least on any large scale doesn't exist.
>>153283363>M E N D I C A N TUsagi actually doesn't seem to get angry at rudeness very often.
>>153284052because stan loves tragic stories. but also I think to humanize the komori, and most of the other random thugs/bandits/ninja that die by the hundreds. even usagi's companion for the time was one such mook.
>there will, gradually, be more as I set the stage for a multi-chapter storylineI wonder if this is still on the table, and what exactly it would be about.
>>153283697big boobie
open at your own peril.
>>153283814HHHMMMMMM
>>153283840Time for based Granny
>>153284082>>153283210>>153283210>How Usagi views Hikijihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ah2I166f_U&t=19s
and that's it for today, thanks for reading. reminder that tomorrow I might not be able to post, so Enmanon >>153272558 will regale you all with hellish visions, terrifying monsters and hopping umbrellas. have a great weekend!
>>153284409Many thanks murder, you too
>>153284053>Loses another potential love interest & then, another kindly grandmother. FUCK YOU, FEUDAL JAPAN
>>153282764does feudalism create a defeatist spirit in the minds of peasants?
>>153284405>Hebi: Surely, you wouldn't concede failure, so soon?!>Hijiki: I would concede YOUR failure, you arrogant fool!!
>>153284409Thanks Murder, hope your obligations go well tomorrow.
>>153284409Aaand this is my cue!Man, some of today's stories were really depressing. Time for something more positive! I gave you peak Sakai humans, I gave you his humble beginnings, today I give you:A Dream of FlyingFrom Rocketeer Adventures vol. 2, 2012.
>>153284516An important note: read the Rocketeer, it's rad.
>>153284535
>>153284552
>>153284561Oh, and the movie is pretty good too!
>>153284578
>>153284017It feels more artificial than usual for Stan but if I imagine it animated, it feels something that'd be natural in a 70s thriller or something
>>153284592At this point some of you might be getting suspicious: is that really all there is to this story?
>>153284622Not at all. There's a nice little twist.
>>153284636"Who are you and what are you doing in my house!?"
>>153284636>Wait a minute, there's something bothering me about this page...
>>153284636Up, up, and away!This is going to be it for today. Tomorrow, if Enma provides Yokai, I shall post two short Sakai stories with supernatural themes.Till then!
>>153284052It's the most humanising the komori got outside of Senso, before this the best they had was one story where a komori leader gives his name. Just treats them as something other than "comedic evil mooks", like how the mogura ninja are.
>>153284686And then more modern stories with Komori turn them into absolute asshole bastards. They are much scarier than the Nekos.
>>153283125I'll just leave this here.
>>153284510Hijiki would be one of the guys Mindbender adds to Serpentor's DNA make-up
>>153282851>And that's how I met your mother.
>>153284729When Hebi's RIGHT THERE
>>153283623Once again Ishida represents the end of feudal Japan.
>>153284776>Ignores the competent statesman in favor a megalomaniacal maniac Checks out, remember this is the same guy who selected Sgt Slaughter as a donor when he couldn't get Sun Tzu.
>>153282910>We need more rocks! >The suiseki set must be perfect!
>>153282903>>153282897Well that was nice. It could have turned really ugly but then people did the decent thing and things were nice. Something bad is going to happen later in this book for sure!
Book 31569 Usagis (14175 total)877 Panels (29452 total)1 Neko Ninja (1191 total)4 Komori (203 total)No Mogura (37 total)No Ninjas of the Dark Light (4 total)Here is the fourteen thousandth Usagi.>>153284686Since I've been counting ninja as well, I've grown to appreciate the Mogura underdog. Neko and Komori both can handle waifu design well; I wonder what a mole wife would look like.
>>153284873Careful guys, this anon is clairvoyant!
>>153284386This is impressive, disturbing and makes me uncomfortable
>>153284044I think more than any other moment in the comic this is the most defeated we ever see Usagi.
>>153269516The previous pages makes it seem as if Kitsune is seething with jealousy, and Kiyoko is shell-shocked at seeing Chizu and Kitsune so shamelessly fornicate Usagi, but then this page comes and ruins that, so now Kiyoko and Kitsune were just faking everything. I think it really cheapens them and dehumanises the character moment by turning them into thieving robots whos every action revolves around stealing shit
>>153284939fornicate with*
>>153284939I think this is the consensus worst story? (the Thief and the Kunoichi). That's just another facet of why it's aggravating.
>>153284053I need to go visit my parents....
>>153284888>I wonder what a mole wife would look like.Shortstack muscle
>>153283408yo, spoiler that shit so we don't doxx enmanon
>>153284939Imagine if all those reactions to kissing were genuine and the final page was Kitsune and Kiyoko laughing about it, admitting failure and that their plans were too risky, then showing their consolation prize: a big heavy purse, stolen from the fat bastard boss during the fight. That'd make The Thief and the Kunoichi a strong contender for Top 10 best UY stories ever written.
>>153284667I was tipped off at "Lex"
>>153285047The fact that Kirsune ALWAYS wins is pretty obnoxious. It was pretty early in the comic's run that Sakai started peppering Usagi with failures to keep him from becoming a superman, but his pet fox always comes out on top.
>>153285017Yeah, he could have at least censored Enma's giant burning cock. Nobody needed to see that.
>>153284371>There will, gradually, be more as I set the stage for another multichapter story lineWonder if this is a story that's not happened yet or an early version of The Hidden>>153284931you're reminding me, didn't we discover last year that there was an Usagi stageplay?>>153284939must we drag the seething into threads it's not even relevant in
>>153283345Mm, I like Kazehime, but I can't think of anything she'd do that isn't covered by Chizu.
>>153285073She not only always wins, but often there's a last second twist which makes her win EVEN MORE. If Kitsune was a true friend to Usagi (always telling him the truth and never robbing him would be a good start) and sometimes had to go hungry because she got away with nothing, she'd be very fun to follow.
>>153283606>we must have proofwhat kinda gaijin shit is this?
>>153285113>I can't think of anything she'd do that isn't covered by Chizu.It's like >>153284622 didn't exist.
>>153284309Is this the most powerful FLOO?
>>153285099>must we drag the seething into threads it's not even relevant inIt's always like this after Kitsune robs Chizufag's waifu. Just treat it like a seasonal rain.
Just saw this, too late for the Rodrigo chapter:https://x.com/mubeitech/status/2045166728905130188
>>153283425>Accident.. what? He tripped?
>>153283425>Good evening Lord Killing Ground.
>>153285099sorry anon I missed the last thread and am reading it rn. Also I dont hate kitsune i just think Stan really fucked up the ending>>153269754I had no idea Suiseki existed and now I love it, everybody knows about that one rock or stick they found as a kid that clearly belonged in a fine art museam>>153269870>finds random stone>immediately starts worshipping itThis feels like some parable from Christianity or Islam railing against idolaters and pagans
>>153285113If anything I can imagine her being an ally to Chizu. Imagine her being ready to throw away her life because her hesitation means she's unfit to be a ninja, just to be stopped or saved by someone who went through the same feelings she has. that's when we see Punished Mayumi with her as Chizu tells the bat she's putting a team together
>>153283111You're missing one more
>>153285194I now want Kazehime to come back as a cyborg ninja.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X66ZM0L9uWA
>>153283133>I just have to fight the yokai with super strengthWhen meddling goes too far.
>>153283449>It certainly depicts Hell accuratelyInteresting opinion you have there Inspector Ishida.
>>153283840https://youtu.be/s7HcPvTew_4?si=9Z3PLlZqI9vyq62t
>>153283018>>153283024Usagi gets nerfed
>>153285408Dude was able to 1v1 a kappa way back but Stan has since nerfed his ass when it comes to confronting the supernatural
>>153283840This takes inspiration from the movie "The Ballad of Narayama". Very similar plot, although it has some grim side plots, too
>>153285535I think he got pretty lucky in that fight from what I remember.
>>153283924Good job Usagi, you drummed too much.
>>153282951You gotta smite ALL the evil, son!
>>153283018Usagi meets any samurai's worst enemy: A FUCKING ROCK!
>>153283526In my more computer savvy days, I would have made a macro of the guy on the right, alas I dunno how to make the cutting tool wrap around a given shape in MSPaint anymore. Used to be somethigb with Ctrl or shift.
>>153285717>the only good kappas are the ones that never came out of their stinking pools
It would be today of all days that I have to work yet another mandatory OT Saturday. Thanks for storytiming as always murder, I will be hosting Yokai tomorrow but today I have something to share with the class.FENGDU GHOST CITY!Right outside of Chunking, on top of Ming Mountain, is the only major temple complex in the Land of Dragons where the primary deity of worship is Yanluo Dawang, also known as Lord Enma
>>153285886Like Izumo in Japan, the area around Fengdu was thought to be an area where the veil between this world and the afterlife was thin.
>>153285902Leading up to the temple of the big man himself are various smaller shrines and temples devoted to various gods in both the Daoist and Buddhist pantheons.
>>153285915
>>153285926
>>153284108>LET'S GO, BUB!
>>153285939Oh shi-
>>153285073Kitsune is Stan's waifu apart from Tomoe who got a dignified send off.Cool storytime. I really dug this one. RIP Batwaifu.
>>153285604He's also exhausted in this one, he's been fighting the flooding river
>>153285954Another minor shrine before we get to the gate itself.
>>153285815Which guy, the peasant staring in the last panel?
>>153285971Various yāoguài* statues line the steep steps leading up to the Black Gate. *TN: that's yokai for you baka nihonjin
>>153285997Oh shit oh fuck fuck FUCK FUCKThe tour guide said you're supposed to place your hands at your hips and laugh loudly and derisively before you cross the gate, as if to say to Lord Enma that you have done no wrong, that this is a simple clerical error and you will pass his judgement and be found not guilty of all charges
>>153286016We're getting close now. More demonic attendants and depictions of the suffering that await the guilty
>>153286029COURT IS NOW IN SESSION
You're living in Usagi's world. Pick your animal and career.
>>153286036Gozumezu jumpscare
>>153283348that was really mean of you Enmanon
>>153286061THE VERDICT: GUILTY!
>>153285815I just use the eraser tool, then accidentally save it as a jpg, realize my mistake too late after closing my paint.Then I reopen the image, use the smart selection tool to create a sticker, erase everything, place and resize the sticker and feel like a total idiot.
The tour guide explained: because Lord Enma presides over Jigoku, it's not necessary to make him an offering of burning incense (it's hot enough in hell). Instead, the faithful offer bamboo scrolls - these are devotional scrolls with promises that the faithful will live virtuous, upright lives and commit no sinful acts that will land them in front of Lord Enma for judgement when they pass away.
Something I thought was very neat about temples in the Land of Dragons was how the back of the space was also utilized. This was common not just here but in other temples, Buddhist, Daoist, or otherwise that I visited. Behind the statue of Lord Enma is another, smaller devotional shrine. I'm not 100% sure who this is, but I believe it's an empress that was deified. As you can probably figure out from the context, she has become the guardian for children who have passed away and thus are not fit to stand judgement before Lord Enma.
Thanks for coming with me on this trip to Fengdu, Usagi FREAKS.
>>153286074imagine taking ayahuasca and then staring at this statue
>>153284510>>153284729HI KI JI come on now lads it's literally the 31st thread. 33rd actually if you count the two talk-back threads.
>>153286108>the faithful offer bamboo scrollsare these the famous scrolls that Wukong defaces when he goes to hell to make sure his monkeys won't die?
>>153285192Anon wrote a pretty good short story last year about the stone kami inside of >the fucking rock, since we're taking this to a theological place. Something about how the stone kami was glad it was being venerated but kind of just wanted to go back to being >a fucking rock, one with nature, in a creek bed somewhere.
>>153283289>>153283297Fuck YOUUUUUU Feudal Japan!
>>153283200>It's just one job!
>>153283714Well...
>>153282967>filthy furfag kappa
>>153283071Maybe it's better to not mention your soul in the presence of a kappa unless you're into that sort of thing
>>153283071>Kappa babby immediately going in for the hugDamn if only Usagi wasn't such a deadbeat with his ACTUAL SON
>>153286139Thanks for the tour, looks like a fun time
>>153286139Thanks for the house tour Enma.
I didn't get to the last thread until after it died, but I thought this was worth clipping>>153284027This is just like that episode of TNG with Troi's mom's boyfriend, only different
>>153283282Yeah, it might have been fine, but he just had to go and jinx it by saying "it sounds like a simple job!"
>>153283373>guyliner starts spontaneously manifesting as a Bushido Moment begins to formThe ol' Shizukiri Special
>>153286074He's a dead ringer for my uncle.
>>153283363>I'm not a mendicant.>I'm a mendiCAN.
>>153282772Man, this village can't catch a break.
>>153285172As you can see from his facial expression, the poor fellow simply smoked five weed and it made his head fall off. A churlish but hapless accident!
>>153284299I figure being soaked, and his hat failing to protect his head, would make him unusually short on patience. Like ordinarily "dirty ronin, fuck you, piss off!" wouldn't faze him, but in that situation he'd basically fucking had it at that point.
>>153283449>Some say it is the doorway to the underworld.Well, I guess we can pinpoint where this temple is located, then.
>>153282890If the stories from the last 4 days have anything to say is that peasants are as scheming and violent as their feudal overlords.
>>153284409>My mother's side of the family is samurai; the family of my wife, Julie, is samurai and can trace their lineage back to the Genpei War and a general who committed seppuku on Miyajima Island.Feh. Upstart thinks he can just marry into a noble samurai family folded 1000 times? As expected of ((((merchant Sakai))))!
>>153282926Man, a flood almost destroys their village, bandits stole their food, and a angry Kappa just jumped out of the water to kill them all in the same hour or so, Who did this peasants pissed off to get so much bad luck?
>>153286938Detroit?
>>153283468>Well... it would be the third time I encountered evil paintings, so... yeah, I consider that a real possibility.
>>153283480Rare froggo
>>153282960Teenage mother ninja Kappa!
>>153287068>feel free to talk to me and my son any time
>>153282982>>153282987>>153282990He doesn't look that hairy.
>>153283018A fucking rock.
>>153286544>This is just like that episode of TNG with Troi's mom's boyfriend, only differentThe guy from MASH, right. That was the only good Troi Mom episode.
>>153282967>even the kappa have hairy ainu barbarians>tengu have eta and hinin>Jei's origin story thread had the theory about demons with castesTheres really no escape frin feudal japan huh
>>153283053Having the top of your head open feels like a flawed evolutionary trait.
>>153283111Enter best and most tragic girl
>>153283102I love this bit in comedies were there is a string of insults just for the character to get the thing and shutting up.
>>153283177I like this guy, just some rando Usagi met in a previous job.
>>153283210The lesson here is always ask further questions.
>>153283242Protect the lord, I mean client.
>>153283242>>153283253I usually see little difference between all the bat ninja but here I see some difference here even in the background ninja.
>>153283289Damn you Stan, she was cute!
>>153283219
>>153283118Sadly, all bat-women are flat, for aerodynamic purposes.
>>153286898Yeah, the situation is really beyond rudeness and is more like a basic lack of decency. Denying someone a brief shelter from the rain is pretty harsh. Then again, all this rain IS Usagi's fault.
>>153283416The head looks unimpressed.
>>153287186That's the one, "Half a Life"
>>153287437>The Usagi storytime is completely safe! There's no way it could be derailed by 4chan having website issues two years in a row!
Welcome back to the death rattle tally! Not a lot of death screams today, I like it. Here are the new scream found in today's storytime:>Ge-ge-ge!: 1See attachment for total cry so far. As always, if you have any questions about the count, feel free to ask.
>>153283585>>153283654Again I ask how old did you have to be to not be consider "property" of your parents anymore?
>>153287068Best girl dies again
>>153283940poor people
>>153288118In a society that worships ancestors and considers you to be property of your family?I think the answer is, never.
>>153282903I wish I could settle down in a humble village with a loving wife who helped redeem my sins.
>>153288118from the sperm to the worms
>>153283408>>153285089The flaming cock, for newfriends, is a joke about an IRL hell scroll commissioned by an emperor in the 12th Century now residing in the Nara National Museum. One painting in the scroll depicts 'the Hell of the Flaming Rooster' where, well, pic related chases you around forever until you've balanced your karmic debt. It is not because my penis is on fire. I am also not into vore that clip was taken completely out of context THIS INTERVIEW IS OVERhttps://youtu.be/vCFv4LI6lgw
>>153288391He won in feudal japan
>>153282903https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpbACunViJw
>>153284256>spoilerPeople tend to underestimate how useful an old guy can make themselves when they've never stopped working and moving. Old age is slow to claim you when you're still mending fences and chopping firewood.
>>153283071>Between this and the successful "quelling" of the hungry nukekubi who Usagi partnered up with the chatty granny, Lord Shoki was able to give Sasuke a whole FIVE MINUTES off.>Sasuke was so overcome with gratitude he vowed to guard Usagi's bloodline for all eternity
>>153282960I wish I had a Kappa wife who'll play with my shirikodama**soul stone/prostrate
>>153284516The rocketeer is such a cool movie.
>>153284309Sergio was right, this is hilarious
>>153284535>>153284552>>153284561Forget about Sakai drawing human, him drawing Americans feels twice as uncanny.
>>153284720Get on the fucking robot Usagi.
>>153288840okay
>>153284487Hell, it creates a defeatist spirit in the minds of anons reading this comic!
>>153286983
>>153283210is Hijiki ever not responsible for shit?
>>153289420That guy Hikiji is always scheming just like Usagi is always meddling
>>153288452>I SAY LISTEN HERE BOYUH~>Nice boy, but his Karmic debt's gonna keep us out here all nght.
>>153288789Why would he not draw his fellow countrymen? He's as american as apple pie and motherhood!
>>153286982Maybe they made fun of an extremely collectible rock and the kami living inside it heard them and got mad.
>>153289771Your rockfu a shit
>>153289420To some extent it's this: >>153289484To some extent it's just Usagi being paranoid, lol
>>153282797Gee, almost as if it's a trap!
>>153282815Oh you fuckers are dead.
>>153282820At least there's some semblance ofnself awareness.
>>153282841>Usagi returning the food with the bandits
>>153282851Aww, genuinely a pretty nice moment amidst the chaos.
>>153282903An UY story without bloodshed and a happy ending, well I'll be damned.
>>153282931...huh. And here I thought Usagi simply vanished into the night.
>>153282946So someone DID die, just behind the scenes.
>>153282990Fell for the oldest trick in the book.
>>153283002Rorschach pls.
>>153283018>>153283024Holy shit WHAT.
>>153283055Usagi had the nut of his fucking life in those bottom three panels.
>>153283080Is this the arc with the lowest bodycount in the series so far? Only one person died, which for this series is nothing short of a miracle.
A shame Kazehime bit it. We never got a meeting between her & Chizu.>They never have a moment where they're just shit talking about each other, from ninja skills, clans, looks and petty shit while Usagi wonders how the hell he got into this situation.
>>153283111Oh no, she's cute.
>>153283156Fuck it, I'd eat there too.
>>153284044>>153284053This sucks.
>>153283623>Jitte status: SHUT UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP!
>>153283210Oh SHIT. Usagi realized they're all already dead.
>>153283776>casually ruins the valuable painting which is the only thing that might keep Shima out of the temple
>>153290606Her name means "Princess of the air/wind."I wish we got more of her, but I also agree with the other anons who wondered what you would even do with Chizu But Airborne
>>153283270Usagi it's been three fucking months, what the fuck have you been doing to that arm where it hasn't healed by now? At this point it may as well be a permanent injury.
>>153291139>Usagi it's been three fucking monthsIt has?
>>153283289>>153283297FUUUUUCK
>>153291139that shit was shattered, kappa strength + a fucking rock, the muscles probably haven't all reattached to the bone>>153291179
>>153283306RIP Bat girl. You had such waifu potential.
>>153283345So he doesn't listen to his wife to spare the bat girl, yet he's more than willing to oblige his grandkids when it comes to shoehorning Kitsune everywhere?
>>153284276>a single humongous turnipMan, Stan can't get enough of this gag and that's good, because I love it too
>>153291139Listen, magic can only do so much. Usagi is right in that he's lucky his arm works at all since it was likely crushed to splinters by the kappa.
>>153283348Goofiest decapitation in the series so far, and that's saying quite a bit.
>>153284203>even Stan himself finds the rabbit's claims of being a pacific person ridiculous
>>153291139The first part of Kazehime isn't neccesarily set AFTER the kappa thing...maybe?
>>153291214Those are 3 months after their first encounter, theres no indication of whether Usagi found Kazehime before or after the kappa incident, for all we know its been like a week since he got his arm fixed.
>>153291265It's easy to tell your wife to shut up (and vice versa), but grandkids have the puppy-dog-eyes maneuver, which a grandpa is powerless against!
>>153284363That froggo is reeeeeal doubtful about Usagi.>bro is it even safe to sit here? I heard he killed like, 1400 guys
>>153284864>samurai, we didn't say suiseki, we said suiCIDE! We just want to give up!>shut up and dig!
>>153285099>Wonder if this is a story that's not happened yet or an early version of The HiddenAlmost certainly the former I think, because in the same letter column Stan alludes to a long spate of Ishida mysteries coming up and says he has to do some other storylines first that he's been putting off for too long. Given the publication delays and so on, it's possible that by the time he wrote that comment he had already drawn The Hidden; at the very least he already knew perfectly well it was coming down the pipe.Unfortunately I think these plans were probably all derailed by the switch to IDW, except that Homecoming might have been one of those storylines he'd been putting off. I don't know that Tengu War, for example, feels like something that was urgent to finally get out.
>>153291341>>153291364It was definitely after, Usagi says as much here here >>153283118.
>>153286980You know, now that you mention this, it's funny that his second wife's surname is>FUJII!
>>153291341>>153291364>>153291920I think it only mkes sense read the other way around – the second part of the story is a forward timeskip, then we go back to the present moment, Hell Screen and the upcoming two volumes take place, and a bunch more, then the second half of Kazehime. I base that on the facts that firstly, Usagi would never go three months without getting in deep shit, and secondly, the fall/winter simply isn't skipped, we see those seasons happen, so it would have to be a three-month skip followed by a six-month skip to put us in the exact same season of the next year, which makes no sense.
>>153286188This took a while to put together. Hopefully I didn't make any boneheaded mistakes on this one.
>>153292170kek
>>153283683>SAVE US EVIL PAINTING!
>>153284044Did Usagi's mother die in a similar way?
>>153291364read the comic
>>153287193I knew it! >>153284063
>>153286139Thank you for that very educational photo reportage. Also:>points at cock>see, it no longer is on fire!>>153288452Hehehe.
>>153284044>>153284053I know it's coming every year but I still can't stop myself from tearing up>>153285113>I can't think of anything she'd do that isn't covered by Chizu.>>153291127>what you would even do with Chizu But Airbornepic related
>>153293499If the Kazehime story had a 3 months long gap in the middle, with nothing happening in-between, then the entire universe breaks down. Pic related. To make it work, the next two books (threads) should be put in-between the first and the last meeting with the bat lady. It's a one-shot story, so we can wiggle it a bit. >but the arm still hurts after 3+ monthsEven with modern medicine it often takes more time to fully heal a broken arm. Depends how fucked it was before being magically fixed (and in Usagi's case, it looked not just broken, but absolutely shattered to pieces). He is extremely lucky there was magic involved and that, eventually, he fully recovers.
>>153294859We asked "what kind of story would you tell that isn't already in progress with Chizu?" You can't counter that by suggest "the ninja girl kisses Usagi just like Chizu did, but, like, she's upside down this time" because you're basically proving the point.
>>153294864>it takes more than 3 months to healIt's magic, Stan ain't gotta explain shit.
>>153294931I mean, she could've easily been some kind of rival to Chizu
>>153283480This murderer has gone too far, they ruined a perfectly good Go match!
>>153294931I was just funnin' Taking the question seriously I think Kazehime could be used one of two ways distinct from Chizu>loyal ninja recurring character that gives insight into how the low-rank ninja liveChizu has a lot of intra-clan drama and was always close to leadership. Kazehime could be a minor recurring character that shows how the grunts live. She'd likely die eventually since Hikiji sees them as expendable pawns but she could show up and tell Usagi to fuck off from a dangerous situation a few times before her inevitable tragic end. >she decides being a ninja sucks and leaves.Chizu is committed to the Neko for better and worse but Kazehime is enough of a blank that she could just leave the Komori because it's a miserable life. They'd probably try to kill her for defecting but unlike Chizu her merely being alive wouldn't be a direct threat to the leadership so she could realistically fake her death or something. It'd risk feeling derivative of Chizu and Zato-Ino's stories but there's definitely room for something interesting, and if nothing else a reminder that walking away from the bullshit is an option could be nice and make her a decent foil to Chizu. My silly idea was she could become a nun to escape. The habit could conceal her wings and she could use her flight to respond to emergency exorcism requests with great speed
>>153283594Sheesh, poor guy. I don't even blane him for wanting to destroy that shit.
>>153283606If Toshi is able to kill armed people while drunk how the fuck are you planning to take this dude in sober?
>>153283631>Yes...well, every plan has its flaws![cue audience laugh track]
>>153283649Once again Usagi is a FOOL.
>>153283683General my ass. This dude's just a common bandit in armor.
>>153283689Now THIS is karma.
>>153283726Oh shit, honestly wasn't expecting Toshi to be in on this.
>>153283756The Hell screen didn't even save the original priests, why the fuck did he think it'd give HIM of all people mercy?
>>153283776https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u9aPu0_6JM
>>153283786>King Enma was literally guarding Buddha Pottery.
>>153295218the difference between general leading an army to sack a town for wealth/provisions and a bandit leading a gang to shakedown a town for wealth/provisions is, unsurprisingly, very small since out of work professional soldiers often become banditry if they don't get land to tend
>>153283875RIP that dude's shins.
>>153283961Lady none of this is new to him.
>>153286544Here's a version with everything but Roderigo removed, in case that's useful for someone.
>>153283994>>153284003It's both hilarious and horrifying how Tokage can go from goofy lil' friend shaped critters to Jurassic Park on a dime.
>>153284021Wait no what the FUCK.
>>153284044FUCK.
>>153295386https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F86cYaCGywThanks anon, I was looking forward to your reaction to this story. So, on a scale of 0 to FEUDAL JAPAAAAAN, how would you rate it?
>>153295386Welcome to THE feudal japan
>>153284409Thanks OP. Man, what a sucker punch to the gut. Had to collect myself there for a moment.>>153295394Oh it's HARD Feudal Japan, but unlike the normal Bushido bullshit this feels like a tangible, logical sacrifice, which makes it sting so much more. Usagi was right, this woman is easily the nost noble person in this comic so far.
>>153287068Awesome stuff, drawanon.>filenameTbf, for this series that's an improvement.
>>153295112That makes me think, we've seen plenty of cats who aren't ninjas, but not a bat(or a mole for that matter). I wonder about the social stereotypes of Feudal Japan. If Kazehime was walking down the street, would everyone assume she was a ninja?
Early Sunday storytime here: >>153296434
