previously: >>153340829
taking the idea of ishida's town being somewhere in the middle between the geishu and hikiji like Osaka or in the Kanto, usagi has basically been walking east ever since he left tomoe hanging in there with the tea pots.
>>153357521Hello there.Read Kaito #2. No spoilers, but it was magical and more than I ever imagined. Can't wait till we all read it together.
>>153357543Aww yeah! Time for more Feudal bullshit!
>>153357572I'm looking forward to it too. might do it just after space usagi, I think.
>>153357589>>153357599>I wonder what is wrapped up on those carts.>Tatami Mats.>Miyamoto Usagi. So, what's on the carts?
>>153357521..."Muderanon"?
>>153357653>Neko granny death squad>>153357656! It's an impostor! Get him!
>>153357543HOW.IT'S.MAAAAAAAAADE
>>153357656>>153357674THE SHOGUNATE GLOWIES ARE HERE, ABANDON THREAD!
>>153357656y-you saw nothing, there was nothing to see. and anyone who claim saw anything is going straight to hokkaido
>>153357761https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIt8rxrda5Q
>>153357563>the process of making a tatami takes two yearsI'm reminded of another story involving tatami that takes place later during the storytime.
>>153357778>one tiny flaw fucks up the entire ceremonyThey must’ve cared a lot about their aesthetics, huh
just a thought, maybe kagemaru seems so incompetent because he's scrapping the bottom of the barrel to find soldiers loyal to him but who are not so good in combat.
>>153357808You have no idea.>Autism regarding how the tea room layout must behttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_tea_ceremony>Years of studying until you are ready to host a Tea ceremony, mandatory learning until you can attendhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omotesenke
>>153357893He's pulling of a Shingen maneuver!
>>153357543How it's made:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJmLt56_17s
habu sake and fugu must make an unbeatable combo.
Hebi is so fucking cool.
>>153357557>>153357563did Japan have much in the way of purple dyes back then?
>>153357578baboon spotted
>>153357994Good question. I know that purple was super rare in Europe, due to only source of it being some poisonous sea snails near Constantinople.
>>153357994apparently they did: https://www.ayasilk.com/en/workshop/kaimurasaki.html>Under the “Twelve Level Cap and Rank” system introduced in 603 by Prince Shōtoku, indicating the rank of ruling officials, the highest rank was indicated by a deep purple color, followed a rank indicated by light purple. This indicates how highly prized the color was in Japan as well by this time. However, the purple dye used at the time was made from purple gromwell, not shellfish. Royal purple from shellfish was not even available to someone of a rank as high as Prince Shōtoku himself during that era
>>153358053https://www.tumblr.com/beehunni62/679905343838568448/a-brief-introduction-to-korean-purple-dyehttps://www.chinasilkmuseum.com/yz/info_98_itemid_31240.html
>jizo statues: 238
>>153357944Oni = OgresGiri = DutyOnigiri = jelly donuts
>>153357959Hebi scares me. Unsettling fellow.
>>153357893>HIKIJI ACKBAR!
>>153358148A FUCKING ROCK
possibly the worst page in the entire series.
>>153357978Dude just ate a baby
>reason #8.273 why usagi is on jei's shit list: captured and killed the local river kami
interesting that usagi's father has the more angular head usagi had earlier in the art style.
>>153358169Stan's mon is pretty cool
>>153358243Why is kenichi black now?
with FACTS and LOGIC
>>153357704>and anyone who claim saw anything is going straight to hokkaidoTo JIGOKU, you say?
>>153357824Oh yes. Optional supplemental reading on this topic: Hyouge Mono
>>153358348He and lord Hikiji got hit by Netflix ray.
>>153358277>oh yeah? *casually breaks his own leg*I knew that this rivalry ran deep, but this is ridiculous.
>>153357906That guy probably realized it's the only way the neko ninja ever score any wins.>>153357959God, he's fucking enormous. This whole sequence is such a great moment, too. People can say what they like about the art nowadays, but the use of panel angles and framing to show scale here is fucking top tier cartooning. Stan's still got the skills even if he doesn't break them out the same way.
>>153357978Does this guy ever have a bad appearance? I swear, every time Hebi shows up he steals the scene. He's also the only "weird" character from the early issues still making cameos. Really helps solidify his imposing aura now that everyone else in the world has become so standardized.
>>153358392oh it's a special program we got going, the evildoers get punished here on earth and earn suffering points when they can redeem when they get to jigoku.
>>153358386Seems like hikiji aiming to become shogun is an open secret at this point given everyone is apparently privy to his ambitions. Wouldn’t that put him on the shogun’s shitlist since he’s gunning for his position?
>>153358059>We should start shit with this insanely jacked vagrant!>Fuck yeah!Jesus, these guys are brilliant.
>>153358522I think yes, but since there's no proof beyond rumors, the shogun can't just bust Hikiji's door in and decapitate him, without causing a revolt among other feudal lords who would see that as an act of tyranny.Also, it's still 1605 or so, so shogunate's power isn't yet so absolute they could do whatever the fuck they want just yet.
>>153358595>yeah, not with the GOBLIN wandering the area!>the goblin wandering the areahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc8iu0XFUQc
>FLOO!: 32
>>153358412Man, this guy's got some Hey Arnold anatomy.
>>153358560Yea, figured that could be it. He’s acting the part and everyone can tell, but there’s enough plausible deniability that nothing could be really done
baby's first kill!
>>153358189Why, just because of the sloppy stray color lines left scribbled on the figure where they don't belong?
>>153358892that and how ugly the eyes look.
>>153358878>>153358888geez, Kenichi jobbed hard here.
>>153358304>Kenichi walking five steps behind them carrying the cuckfishlmao
>>153358798Wasn't there that one guy who he killed by blasting his nuts off with a stick?
>>153358869Lil bro caught bodies
>>153358206Wait, shouldn't the scar not be there yet
>jizo statues: 239
>>153358189"Possibly", he says. I have the physical copy. It looks WORSE than this.But I'm not going to yell at Luth. He was old, sickly, close to reirement and passed away maybe a year after he quit. And yet, he made LESS mistakes than his replacement.So in this particular instance, I blame the entire IDW editorial.
>>153358560I *think* this is the autumn of 1606. Grasscutter states it's 1605; autumn that year is when Koji and Katsuichi fight the duel at Kitanoji temple.
>jizo statues: 240
>>153358956Getta outta here and stop trying to bang my wife
>>153358951Yama, yes. He slugged his balls into orbit and then broke his dome with the bokken, like Musashi when he was the same age.
>>153358838Boyeeeee, these guys are jobbing like neko.
>>153358965>But you are still MUCH BETTER than my last student!Hahaha, yeah, Shunji's brother who got killed by some samurai working with a gambler, what a loser that guy was!
no letters today. see you next time! also, I want to point out there's a Dr. Jin story time going on on /a/ if anyone's interested. it sounds pretty interesting, history-wise.
>>153358847>Her murderous son smiles.>It is a blank, innocent smile, as though killing has no moral valence.
>>153358449Or father, Usagi
>>153359050lol
>>153357543Anyone ever used a tatami mat for anything?Are they any good?
>>153358904>>153358911Ah, a classic-style showdown. It's been awhile!
>>153359065Thanks for storytime murder, now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna drop a bunch of memes from past years.
>>153359110
>>153359131
>>153358965Lmao, look how mad Kenichi is in the last panel.
>>153357633>So soonHow fucking long has it been dudeI'm sure the grieving period is over.
>>153359152kek
>>153359152
>>153357661Out of all the stupid things we've seen people die for what do you think is the worst?>Tatami>A fucking rock>Ice
>>153359172>>153359200The Rock, no questions about that.
>>153359224And since we had some Hebi today, I just have to post this one.
>>153358706>The Dot Eyes of Friendliness
>>153359200The tatami and ice both had some political use in demonstrating a lord's refinement and the loyalty he inspired in his men respectively, and required some skill or effort to produce. The fucking rock was just patently insane, pointless, and could be scrounged from any river.
>>153358956Well he's burned his bridges with any remaining Mifune guys
>>153358393>can I interest you in a bushido moment?
>>153357715Best girl is back in pink
>>153359200Out of everything? Honestly, probably the reputation of koroshi or the neko ninja, two permajobber organizations who could not have any lower dignity.
>>153358497He has the best showing in Senso IMO
>>153359289>can't get Tomoe>can't get his son>can't get justice for his lordIs Usagi the biggest loser in /co/ history?
>>153358189>>153358892>>153358911The eyes look much better in b&w, the white spots turn into reflections of light in deep black eyes.But what worries me are those huge empty areas, those white voids. Roofs, ground, backgrounds. It's not just this page. Those things happen all over Luth's run at coloring and stop happening (at this scale, at least) some time later. So either Luth told Sakai not to bother with some details, cause he has it covered with colors, or there was something wrong with Stan's ability to draw during that time; an ilness, perhaps. And then I remember those weird guest pages in that one issue which will be posted very soon and I'm really starting to think about the second possibility. And now he shills Usagi merch harder than ever, didn't release a new comic in 10 months and other people are making a spin-off...Guys. We might not get to the Tomoe wedding arc.
>>153359379Forgot pic.
>>153359379Please anon... Not even as a jest...
>>153357978This dumbass Starscream gets more chances than anyone else besides Kitsune
>>153359367Stan's bringing our boy low to give him the biggest win in history just kidding I expect that shit to be on the bitter side of the feudal meter
>>153359379>We might not get to the Tomoe wedding arc.say this ain't so anon
>>153357723Cheese is back to having a rounder face, huh!
>>153358847OH MY GOD! HONEY GET THE CAMERA! JOTARO IS GETTING HIS FIRST KILLS! Oh I promised myself I wouldn't cry,,,
>>153359379makes you wonder what the future of the series- if there is one- will be.
>>153358001Man remember when we though Usagi might be getting A new shirt.
>>153359379Don't even joke about it, Anon. He's probably just using the Kaito guest arc as a way to take some air, get ahead of his buffer het his plans in order. Possibly draw the wedding arc so he has it on hand in advance.Either way, based on his projections the Oribaa arc was supposed to be ending soon, right? That kind of implies a likely visit ot Geishu lands, so...
>>153358127EAT YOUR HAMBURGERS, APOLLO
>>153358847W-what is that peasant planning on doing with the pineapple?
>>153357978I bet Hebi has the best jokes at a party
>>153359728>tfw an angry peasant is about to shove a whole pineapple up your ass
>>153358798>>153358804>but moooom, I wanna watch the light drain from a man’s eyes as I pierce his heart with my swoooord!
>>153359728She said fight with ANYTHING. This pineapple is going up a Mifune supporter's nostril.
>>153359653I think Stan must have some notes somewhereAn In case Of emergency should he not be able to continue one way or another. Whether it will be an actual conclusion to any plots or just a sort of ride off into the sunset for Usagi is an unknown. And more likely if the powers that be would even bother to actually finish it for him in such a situation.
>>153359763hag-sorcerer Sasuke is literally me
>>153358847>Brick where'd you get a grenade>I don't know
>>153359850tfw Steve Orlando writes the final Usagi Yojimbo volumes with a marvel house style hack
>>153359297Can I interest you in a edit?
>>153359850>>153359887If Stan retires or passes away, it’ll be rough but likeThe series does technically have an endingIt’s an ending Stan might choose to retcon at any given moment, but it’s still an ending
>>153359932>>153359887you both shut your whore mouths
Book 36 498 Usagis (16251 total)836 Panels (32992 total)117 Nekos (1308 total)No Komori (203 total)No Mogura (37 total)No Ninjas of the Dark Light (4 total)No Zō Ninja (1 total)Takomaru's son been real quiet since this panel dropped...
>>153359929>Forgets to post the editExcuse me, I have an appointment with my second.
>>153359932what's the technical ending?
>>153359977WAR!* *Senso
>>153359977Senso.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Poii8JAbtng
>>153358561>Mariko: You're only two!>Usagi starts chuckling
>>153359887post yfw Usagi reacts to the Tomoe's wedding with a "well that just happened!"
>>153360006>>153360012thanks
>>153357571>Home>Least it was until I kuso'd everything up.
>>153360022https://youtu.be/L3hT8kS0hts?si=hv4rGsRM3D0j1Cw-&t=70
>>153357578... He's walking around in Crip colors deep in relativelu new Blood territory. Usagi, fuck's sake; change shirts for a few days.
>>153358761What a dumb bitch
>>153358539PENTAKILL? IN ONE STROKE??
>>153358911Bit of a cliche death at this point. How many of these movie kills has he done?
>>153358193A meddler in the bullrushes!
>>153359977AYYYY LMAO
>>153358304Damn. Pappy Usagi has some serious RBCResting Bushido Face.
>>153357532Does this count as the pose?
>>153358497He's the closest the series has to a reoccurring bad guy outside of Jei. You'd think he'd have poor showing here or there but he's always on point.
>>153357608>Emperor's Tatami maker>Shogun EmissarySo, is this a "Lalala see how we all get along" move or a message of, who's got who's back if lne side decides to make a play? Because I'm too filthy gaijin to say for sure.
>>153358814Cool trick!
>>153357633>I had better watch my step>And not spend like, five Bu on a shirt that won't get me geeked for the next few days.
>>153359050Wouldn't the one before Jotaro be the younger brother of the guy that got killed? I know he was forgettable but still.
>>153358798Like father, like son. This is from issue 3, by the way. Now THAT'S a callback!
>>153360491That's a pretty good catch.I suppose from the lords perspective it's just a "Oh boy, I'm sure the emissary will be pleased to sit on some highest quality tatami mats!" while the emissary will absolutely view it as a subtle jab at the shogunate and as a declaration of siding with the pro emperor/anti shogunate factions.That is, if the emissary is particularly observant and clever, so he over-analyzes the situation. Which he will most likely be.
>>153358519Usagi is a lot more convincing playing Heel here than when he was doing it to get in with Fujiis group.
>>153358974At least it's still on Usagi, it kinds of... jump around.
>>153358950Who's the cuck now Usagi? Who's the fucking cuck?!
>>153360658Eh? Sorry Kenichi, I couldn't hear you over your wives orgasmic moans.
>>153360609He had better motivation here.
>>153358546>Aw, ass! He's not a traitor after all!
>>153359048I mean these are the guys that LOST the war. I would be surprised if they were kicking ass.
>>153359200There are important political/ceremonial machinations surrounded the Tatami and the Ice was about Professionalism and Reputation, which delivery jobs live and die by. The Rock was just a Rock. Mr. Mura's Pride was the one that rankles me the most. Bro could have made it work. Bro basically won the post war Samurai lottery, and still seethed to death after committing homicide. Is this how Chizufag gets about Kitsune? Goddamn. This is exhausting.
>>153357673>Neko Ninja>Hikiji SamuraiHol' up.
>>153360807Those aren't Hikiji samurai, they're Gifu samurai. See the white square the black circle mon is contained in? The Hijiki mon doesn't have a frame like that, it's just the black sun.
>>153360773>Noble linage>Talented writer>MilfpilledMura is best girl. She had everything set for her husband and he squandered it. >>153359200As stupid as the ice was, itself represented a message that his guys could get anything done.
>>153360842>HijikiWhat the--Attendant, get me the tanto.
>>153360856>>153360842Hijiki and Hikiji, the Tomax and Xamot of Feudal Japan
>>153358296He saved his village from the Magikarp that would have turned into a Gyarados.
>>153360903alright, hear me out- what if a dying lord mifune was nursed back to health with yuri techniques to act as hijiki, hikiji's body double-
>>153360954Nursed back from what? Having his fucking head chopped off?
>>153361005Yuri makes it grow back. Unlike the foreskins of the guys who jack off to it
>>153361019And here I thought it was toad salve.
>>153357839>They're wearing straw capes!>The skins of their former victims!
>>153357854>Do not go gentle into that good night..
>>153357859Now whoever heard of a leader selecting for loyalty instead of competence and suffering for it?
>>153360177>PENTAKILLThat would be a good band name
>>153357919>>153357925Hah hah. Ninja hug.
>>153357978>He's gonna eat me. >I am so screwed>He eats other snakes, he's cannibalism>I'm not even a snake! I'm a funny animal cat!>WHY AM HARD ENOUGH TO CLUB A TOKAGE TO DEATH>Aaaaaaaaa!
>>153357978Well it's your job Kags and you wanted it.
>>153357900>>153357907A "How it's destroyed" chapter.
>>153358230Below the belt.
>>153357978Man swallows entire snake to intimidate a younger man.
>>153357817>Nothing has happened so far>got ambushed by a horde of ninjas earlier that dayDumb samurai
>>153359977Nobody tell him, it'll be funnier.
>>153360608>>153360491>or a message of, who's got who's back if lne side decides to make a play?That IS a very intriguing interpretation, but an ahistorical one for this time period. As murderanon himself made mention in the Grasscutter storytimes, the age of the Kyoto emperors having any real power had disappeared by the end of the Muromachi period Also in that arc, we see the Conspiracy Of 8, well, conspiring to restore power to the emperor (and rule from the shadows). Of course irl history, this actually transpired with the Meiji Restoration but that's 250 years away from the time period that Usagi is living in.That said, the emperor's name still commanded a certain amount of prestige even as they were sidelined out of any political power by the shogunate, especially in artisanal and cultural matters. As part of their calculated policy of establishing a parallel power structure to Kyoto, Edo not only claimed that their mandate came from the bakufu itself (not appointments or titles granted by Kyoto), but also a parallel system of titles and honors, to remind the daimyo who really held the reigns of power in the land. These shogunate titles was only useful to the daimyo, though. The artisan and merchant classes actually preferred using the Kyoto imperial system of honors and ranks to enhance the prestige of their goods and services. A fun example of this is how "Katsura-me, or itinerant female merchants aka PROSTITUTES would claim to be descended from the mythical Empress Jingu." So what's the tl;dr here? My interpretation is that this scenario is less subvervise politicking, although you could be forgiven for reading into that given what Stan himself has already shown us about chanoyu, and more of the conspicuous consumption that the shogunate enforced to keep everyone deliberately too poor to challenge Edo.Source: “In Name Only: Imperial Sovereignty in Early Modern Japan.” https://doi.org/10.2307/132906.
>>153359379ASOIAFfag here, I can't help but notice the symptoms mentioned are disturbingly similar to whatever befell GRRM.>>153359850>>153359722This is exactly the kind of coping and excuses that we were bringing up for GRRM, a long long time ago...
>>153360843Mura did not even hate or dislike him, he was just that unpleasant
>>153358053another day ruling the realm. everyone keeps asking if they can fuck in purple underwear. buddy, they won't even let me fuck in it
>>153361787I was also thinking of the Conspiracy of Eight**Seven, Namu amida etc
>>153357978See it's perfectly normal stop calling me a vorefag I AM NOT A VOREFAG
>>153361805What's GRRM?
>>153358348Dadsagi liked his women like he likes his-Look, Kenichi's Mom was black.
>>153361805never compare Stan "month long backlog" Sakai to that fat fuck ever again.
>>153358393Assuming this plan isn't awful for other reasons. There is no good reason to kill the emmissary in Town. Hikiji looks just as bad if he's found in a ditch on the 1600s Mutsu equivalent of I-90.
>>153361960Neat bottle, but where's the actual habu? I feel like they didn't give you a fair shake.
>>153358375I like that they call back to that story
>>153358169For your perusalhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:SVG_Japanese_family_crests
>>153359557Other things are different from the last time she wore a short garment, though.
>>153357907>the ninja wonKagemaru is legit more successful than Chizu as leader.
>>153357949>one, two, three, four>make 'em wait by the door>five, six, seven, eight>always pays to make 'em wait
>>153360842To be fair to anon >>153360807, the clan mons do look very similar and clan Gifu may be allied or vassals to Hikiji: the first reaction the transport guards have to Usagi is hostility ("he wears the Mifune mon! That proves he is an enemy of our clan!"). If the clans are allies, or indeed Gifu is a vassal to Hikiji, this is pretty underhanded and dastardly.>>153362113It's not actually habu sake, I just thought the bottle was neat. They had usagi sake too! Also, thankfully, not made from real usagi's.
>>153361805>>153361996>>153362025BUT WHAT IS NORIYUKI'S TAX POLICY
>>153362155Chizu's cheese wheels
>>153359763>>153359869>Sasuke has been eating shit from his insane chink boss for about 152 years longer than the USA has existed as a country>There's no end in sight.>Can't even commit kanshi. Can't even karoshi himself to the sweet release of death because the sorcery keeps him alive.>And he does it for free
>>153362356>What is Noriyuki's tax policyShogunate standard, tax the shit out of the peasants so they are too hungry to go all icky on you.Tax the artisans hard enough so they can't afford things too fancy for their station.Tax THE SHIT OUT OF THE MERCHANTS for being shitty little merchants who DEFINITELY don't deserve good things.Then use all that tax money on the extravagant estate at home (shogunate orders) and also on the extravagant estate at Edo (shogunate orders again), then what remains goes to the Geishu fortress (mandatory building ordered by shogunate), the samurai retainers within it (also required by shogunate orders) and lastly to lord Noriyuki's personal clothing (has to bee fancy, shogunate orders) and the extravagant traveling expenses (once again, as ordered by the shogunate) so that lord Noriyuki will remain wealthy enough to enjoy life, but poor enough not to be able to start a revolution against the shogunate.
>>153362283>It's not actually habu sake, I just thought the bottle was neat. They had usagi sake too! Also, thankfully, not made from real usagi's.I actually just wrote that post for the pun. It *is* a neat bottle, though.
>>153362155>more details and better body proportions which are also consistentI finally see it. It saddens me to admit or, but Stan is past his prime.
>>153358153Receive your reward in hell.
>>153358761>We will kill the prisoners>That is. The villagers that we're going to get killed off in a Shogunate reprisal of our oncoming assassination.
>>153362499He's seventy two years that he's even drawing still at all is pretty prime
>>153357599>>153357608>>153357614Wouldn't the destruction of the mats be as much a stain on Hikiji as Gifu considering it shows he can't police his own domain? Because after all, he is most DEFINITELY not associated with Neko ninja and it would be a baseless insult to suggest otherwise.
>>153358847Nana has had it with your shit.
>>153362765By the way, did they have rolling pins in Feudal Japan?
>>153362765Eustance-san! RUN!
>>153358919>Captain Gifu>No tilty Square, Hikiji Mon.>With an emissary to the ShogunStan might just be reusing names, but I swear there is some shit going down.
>>153358153Guy was so close to being likeable and alive!
>>153358330Usagi clearly is going to marry that woman.
>>153362953How big is the Usagi Bowl now?
>>153359172>surprise buttsecks 2Whats surprise buttsecks 1?
>>153357631lol
>>153363198Same picture but without the knife.
>>153357806>"There can be no other outcome!"I think I see why this guy's plans keep failing.
>>153358519dumb edit
>>153357557I can only imagine how much work this would end up being. I have nothing but respect to craftsmen like these.
>>153358497The Komori are pretty weird themselves.
>>153357571The Woodcutters are here with yet another redesign. I'm starting to think the theory I saw a few storytimes back about them being Kamis in disguise might actually be true.
>>153357578Usagi just LET HER GO ALREADY.
Welcome back to the death rattle tally! Sorry I couldn't make it yesterday, work in bureaucracy made me burn the midnight oil and I couldn't be here in time. Here are the new scream found in yesterday's and today's storytime:>*Gurgle!*: 2See attachment for total cry so far. As always, if you have any questions about the count, feel free to ask.
>>153357543>TATAMI-GARESHI!!
>>153357624>>153357633It's funny how he literally killed a close friend who defected to Hikiji. Here we see yet another traitor and yet is far more neutral this time around. Early on in the storytime I saw someone say that Usagi probably wouldn't have bothered killing Gennosuke in his current state, and this definitely gives weight to that. It's wild how far Usagi's come as a character, all while still being distinctly himself.
>>153363991Fuck, I meant Gunichi, not Gen.
>>153363551The rabussy was just too good, Anon. If you haven't had it happen to you you can't understand.>>153363991>killing GennosukeGen is alive, Anon. No thanks to Shitsune.
>>153357653Aw shit, these bitches again.
>>153359200Rock by far. The Tatami mats had an obscene amount of craft and care put into them, and the ice at least had novelty value. The FUCKING ROCK was literally worthless, a complete waste of time and energy.
>>153363991I agree it's partially down to the shift in Usagi's thinking – hell, he practically says as much – but I think another difference is that this guy was just some rando soldier. Gunichi was Mifune's other bodyguard, so his refusal to stay by his lord's side when things went to shit was a much deeper betrayal.
>>153357673>what, do you think Neko Ninjas grow on trees?
>>153357723I guess Stan finally gave up and just made Chizu look like a slightly different Tomoe again. I wonder if this is a backhanded way of telling the reader that Tomoe's not coming back.
>>153358169>Stan is a descendant from the Maeda ClanThat's really cool!
>>153363527Yeah, they feel like a bit of a holdover too. Kinda glad those moll ninjas never came back. That was really pushing it.
>>153357740You can always tell the start of a new publishing era when Stan has to resort to expository dialogue like this.
>>153357761Was it necessary to color Kagemaru like Garfield?
>>153364236I think that's my issue with the IDW run, some of it is just stating where Usagi and friends stand in the world then when Cousin Oliver shows up it happens again.
>>153357778Let me guess, HIKIJI?!
>>153357806>As you know, the third division of the hour of the tiger is just before dawn.
>>153364290Hebi Comman... I mean the Shadow Lord plots every scheme no matter how petty.
>>153363991Gunichi didn't defect; he just ran away to survive as a ronin rather than die with Mifune.
>>153358772I guess there were a couple guys with wide heads in the audience.
>>153358018Tyrian purple? That's in the ancient world, and the snails basically died out during the Byzantine era. By the late middle ages, other, cheaper sources of purple were found, and it wasn't all that expensive by the early 17th century that Usagi's set in.
>>153358761Why would they wear the Mifune getup? Killing the emissary as Hikiji's samurai would be way more effective
Couldn't find this in the mega or in my Usagi folder, so I just remade it. Here's one for the old footfag.
>>153364465Kato was either an idiot or a plant.
>>153358137>You may be skilled, but you're just one g-ACK!kek
>>153364465H O N O R
>>153364504NIPPON STEEL CAN'T SHATTER AESTHETIC ROCKS1601 WAS AN INSIDE JOB
>>153364310>You nincompoops!! How can you lose to ONE MEDICANT RONIN?!
>>153358761Is this the first time Usagi has done that thing where they tie their baggy-ass clothes back so they don't get in the way?
>>153359011Chizu looks like she's about 12 here.
>>153358375Where does the only human in Nippon get body doubles?
>>153364308As much as I don't mind Stan's uses of Japanese terms, I feel like this is where he gets a bit too cute with it. It would be so much more efficient to just say before dawn like you noted.
>>153358975>the way of the surutu is long and sad
>>153364653Nah, he does that pretty regularly.
>>153357854Huh, I just realized the Neko Ninjas don't even get death balloons.
>>153364653Nah, he does that a lot, earliest one I can remember was in the tournament where he got his swords
>>153357893HE'S GOT A BOMB!
>>153357656>>153357674>>153357699I AM NOT READY FOR THIS KAGEMUSHA BODY DOUBLE BULLSHIT.
>>153364653>>153364836Happened even earlier than that.>Critters, Issue #14 "Bounty Hunter II" July 1987
>>153357907https://youtu.be/PTAXUYLbFYk
>>153357824>They must’ve cared a lot about their aesthetics, huhAbsolutely. The objective was to put the entire drive to kill each other into aesthetics to prevent constant death and war. Even this outcome over straw mats is far better than the damage open field combat would have done.>>153358408I'm not sure if anon has the AESTHETIC APPRECIATION. for that.
>>153358522Well, there's openly defying the shogun and trying to kill him, and there's positioning yourself as the strongest candidate to become shogun when he dies. Hikiji seems to be working on the latter, at least primarily
>>153357944Wow, what a bummer of an ending. Literally just "welp, we failed, time to kill ourselves".
>>153357962I have had that combination, making bad decisions with questionable relatives in Osaka. I cannot recommend it. I also cannot remember any of it, but the tingling in my junk took days, and a cautionary trip to the doctor to resolve.
>>153357959I swear this snake gets bigger with every appearance.
>>153357962Sooo, uh... does this count as cannibalism on Hebi's end?
>>153364971>>153357978Guess that answers that question.
>>153358522No. Because every single goddam major daimyo is on that list, and they aren't necessarily trying to win by overthrowing. Marrying your way in is also a win condition.
>>153359200Dying for a disloyal thot is my pick. Second place goes to the ENTIRE FUCKING GARRISON commititng ritual suicide after turning over the post to the shogun's orders.
>>153360491>Because I'm too filthy gaijin to say for sure.WHICH IS BETTER. EMPEROR OR SHOGUN. ANSWER NOW OR TASTE STEEL.
>>153361217Goddamnit this took me a second
>>153364327>Mifune is clearly a tiger >In the last threads adachi plains retelling he's just a generic bushy haired brown furred cat manWhat the shit man. Bad colorist or did Stan not want any unique characters at all in this newest version.
>>153357978>Chizu was allowed to fail multiple times before Hebi got her kicked out>Kagemaru only has to fail ONCE and his ass is Hebi's next mealLmao.
>>153364884Considering how everyone, from lords to sword schools, were sending their men to kill their competition so they can look better in front of others I dunno if that plan worked out too well. Lessened it for sure, but folks are still dying and/or killing themselves over stupid shit
>>153358375There's an "I have powers, political powers!" edit to be made somewhere with Usagi but I can't quite picture exactly how
>>153362453>tax the shit out of artisans/merchants>spend all the tax money on services and goods from them>tax the shit out of them again, spend on them again, ad infinitumthis is how you get runaway inflation.That makes me think, how aggressive was the shogunate with exploiting silver and gold mines and with importing precious metals from abroad? I know that it was a whole controversy towards the end of the Bakufu with European powers wanting to have the exchange rates between gold and silver in Japan fixed instead of letting it be determined by the market price.
>>153364936Consider the fact that this isn't even the first time this type of shit has happened.>Sensei will accept this gesture as reparation for my deficiencies.
>>153364936>>153365308I mean there's a chance the Local Lord won't be a fucking dick and tell them to keep serving to the best of their abilities despite this failure... Right?
>>153365144Anon pointed out earlier that this is not long before Tom Luth retired and then died. Everyone involved in the making of the comic is aging, it's that simple. In the last two threads Anons have also discussed the suspicion that the switch to color was done to cover for deficiencies in Stan's ability to do the art.
>>153364327We should just start posting early pages to show how jarring the art style shift was
>>153365144Generally speaking, if a problem in the IDW run can be blamed on a color mistake, that's the correct answer. You'll really see it when the magical cousin body-swapping starts.
>>153360843>As stupid as the ice was, itself represented a message that his guys could get anything done.This. The ice was a significant flex on the other attending lords, which would boost the guy's status, and that could be beneficial for him and everyone in his province. The rock was just "I want this rock for my collection, die to get it for me please" So of the three, the rock is the worst reason for getting killed.
>>153365325Haha.Hahahah.
>>153361787>reigns of power*reins
>>153365325Anon, when Lord Mifune ordered his retainers not to loyalty-kill themselves in the event of his death because the clan was too weakened by his dad's retainers doing it, they got mad at him. It's not just a problem of a lord here and there being a dick. They're all lost in the sauce.
>>153362098I assume they know the destination, but don't know what road they'll use to get there, or even if they'll leave the same way they came in.
>>153365176I completely missed that implied threat. It just hit me Hebi definitely eats people from his territory.
>>153364631>1601 WAS AN INSIDE JOBquite literally actually
>>153362779yes, but there is no internal roller. >>153365308>Yes father! I know exactly what to do!
I didn't notice that Usagi's dad is missing the tip of his left ear until now
>>153365325Seppuku is an honor REQUESTED.
>>153357971>>153357978I finally feel bad for Kagemaru. He got the nekoninja but now is living under that thing and Hikiji who is possibly ten times worse than Hebi.
>>153365520You mean he's got a bad case of theHebi Jeebies?Anyways listen Chizu told him to his fucking face what was going to happen if they shackled themselves to Hikiji when they easily could have gone freelance. But no, he wanted the honor of a great lord and now here we are with his balls in a giant snakes vice. Can't say I feel bad for this dumb fuck who got exactly what he wanted. And only really one way this story is gonna end not that he'll ever admit to it. But hey, he gets to wear the big boy pants and say he's the leader so it's all worth it in the end!
>>153357794>EH?
>>153365544Oh I know he got himself into this mess and it looks like he's resigned himself to whatever happens. But seeing him face to face with Hebi still makes me feel sympathy toward him.
>>153358740Do you even count as an alumni if you were kicked out Kenichi? and even if you do, is the school even still around? Sword schools tend to have high casualty rates.
>>153364326More reason to see Usagi actions as too extreme back in the day. Now a days Usagi ia chill with turncoats like Kato, but back then he killled Ginnichi on sight.
>>153357854
>>153365801Usagi could sort this whole mess out by going to the Dogora and periodically just beating the shit out of their best. Either they'll quit or become a school worth of the seed lf his loins.
>>153364465>>153364504>>153364631Just wait until The Secret of the Green Dragon
>>153365801>is the school even still around?Katsuichi and Usagi were pretty much shown to wipe them out.
>>153365839Yeah, this is a great panel, in color too.
>>153358169>>153361769>>153359869
>>153357893To leave no body behind, that is the Garo way.
>>153364813>They even carried off their deadWait..
>>153358154The fact that he is a huge snake botters you?
>>153365931Wh-why are we waiting?
>>153365944Both being a massive serpent and the only one we've seen so far but also giving a very predatory sensation beyond the whole serpent thing. He just oozes cruelty. Like a Roose Bolton figure.
>>153358046Man poverty sucks.
>>153357839>A ninja's duty is in death>And I am out to SLAY~
>>153365951Anon think about it. >They're Ninja, stealthy fuckers>No death cry or bubble>NO BODIES! They're defrauding the kill count. Enma is going to freak the fuck out. >>153365979The scene with Kagemaru reminds me of that one Mask of Zorro scene where the new Zorro and Rafael have a talk over some Wine.
>>153365984Fuck's sake.
>>153358304Still say Usagi's dad head is Kenichi shaped.
>>153365983Poverty sucksBeing a samurai sucksEverything fucking sucksIt's jerk world, baby.
>>153364692He finds monkeys and shaves them off.
>>153358798>>153360604This callback is great.
>>153358950Usagi might be Jotaro's father, but he ain't his daddy.
>>153359152Now I'm sad again.
>>153365479He also fashions his ears more like Beta Usagi.
Usagi is a bodyguard picked for his skillUsagi killed 10 men, some who were known for their skillUsagi kills 3 guys in under a page>Kato assumes Usagi isn’t as good swordsmen as himself.
>>153358059>>153358024Man, this war really did just fuck over everyone in the end. Not even Hikiji's side is any better, they're all depressed and miserable and barely holding on.
>>153358076https://youtu.be/23WaoqZDCJM
>>153358174Aw shit. This bitch has got some explaining to do.
>>153358189>>153358193Not sure how I feel about this redesign.
>>153358206>>153358213>having simp dreams of Mariko even while comatoseThis is getting sad, man.
>>153358348Oh my God anon, you can't ask people why they're black.
>>153359200of those 3 rockhell, of everything rock is still a contenderTatami have extreme craftsmanship put in while ice took extreme effort and dedication to get into court on a hot summer dayrock was literally just some random river rock someone bullshit into being worth thousands of pounds of rice
>>15336235690% of everything you own
>>153358311MILF
>>153358363ANOTHER revenge plot? It better work this time.
>>153366828I will point out that while Rice Futures were responsible for a lot of financial suffering, it's outside the scope of the story.
>>153358393No wonder Mifune lost the war, his men are terrible strategists.
>>153358438Wasn't expecting him to pull a Hank Pym out of nowhere, Usagi what the FUCK.
>>153358449This is the most OOC shit I've ever seen, Usagi turned into a flat out bastard on a dime.
>>153358053Gromwell... that's the kind of bush that poacher spotted, kicking off the story in Treasure of the Mother of Mountains!
>>153363772Why do I see a sad monkey?
>>153367022speculation is evil hence why merchants are subhuman
>>153363772>>153367270No, seriously, what the fuck.
>>153365479Dadsagi has seen some shit.
>>153365382This is my "favorite" mistake BY FAR and it happened after the return to DH. The absolute Looneytunisation of Jei, because some dweeb confused his brow ridge with his second eye.No spoilers, because what the fuck is even happening, you cannot say without reading the story.
>>153365409When it reigns, it pours.
Usagi Saga Volume 10 when?
>>153367424it is a doggy dog world out there, usagi yojimbos like yourself are a diamond dozen
>>153367632
It’s always tomoe this, chizu that, but i’m gonna show some appreciation for yayoi, she’s a cute
>>153367723>i’m gonna show some appreciation for yaoiYou do you, anon. I heard some samurai were really into that.
>>153363508Nice edit, have a dumb edit from another anon.
>>153358648Damn, she's really been studying the blade while Usagi's away.
>>153358688Got legit scared for a moment there.
>>153358715[*Jurassic Park intensifies*]
>>153364504https://youtu.be/7tFySs0V6A0
>>153358772Wow, what a dick.
>>153358798>>153358804>Katsuichi and JotaroOh shit, these motherfuckers are DEAD dead.
>>153358838How the hell were there THIS many Mifune goons left over?
>>153359067Goku would be proud.
>>153358869Jesus, this kid's a living lawnmower.
>>153358896This fool put Usagi in rage mode, now he's unstoppable.
>>153358950Lmao, incredible page.
>>153358956Mariko's the only one not enjoying this moment.
>>153358975Get fucked, Mariko.
>>153358982Now I wonder if Katsuichi knows about Sasuke. Knowing him he's probably went on a few adventures with him as well.
>>153359065Thanks OP, pretty fun storytime.
>page 10Abayo
>>153367663kek
