Previous thread>>153584125Last thread capped out, so here's a new one. Murderanon will be posting the 47 Ronin comic tomorrow, but that is the last Usagi Yojimbo/Stan Sakai storytime for this year. When a new Usagi Yojimbo or Kaito 84 chapters get released, we will post it on here. This year was fun as always, and I'm glad the newcomers enjoyed this wonderful comic. Until we meet again, Abayo**So Long
I wank to marry Kitsune even if it's a bad idea
The Art Of Usagi Yojimbo thread is still active and not at the bump limit.
How come Usagi can't qualify for Mr. /co/?
>>153590819I want to marry Kitsune too.
>>153591501Not enough autism to jump into those threads.
>>153591501Keep him away
>>153591004yeah op you pulled the trigger too soon. ah well, what's done is done. what did newcomers think of the comic? what did old timers think of the re-read? personally, as someone who wants to make his own comics, reading usagi always fuels me with a lot of "ooh, aah, I should do this, I should do that"
Oh, is it over? I didn't see the final thread. Should I start TMNT tomorrow or wait until Monday?
>>153593339Wait until Monday, there's one thread left that's not counted but also mandatory- 47 Ronin, a whole separate comic that Stan Sakai did in the mid 2010s, always gets posted alongside after the Usagi storytime.
There is a book with a similar premise to Senso, but set in medieval Europe. It's called "The High Crusade" by Poul Anderson. It's a lot more light hearted though.
Tomoe > Mariko >>>>>>>> Shitsune
>>153593653Alright.
>>153592907>>153592948How hype would you be if Stan did the Wedding arc but Usagi interrupts it and we get a new timeline where they get married instead?
>>153593339nah just go for it man
>>153595155...y'mean, beating Feudal Japan itself?
>>153590786This annuals are always the highlight of the year in this board, no flamewars just people enjoying the comicbooks they like. Something nice about reading Usagi every year is the little details you notice on repeating reading, the Stan-ism on how he draws and just seeing his artstyle evolve though the years.
>>153595155I would like to see it.
I'm pretty proud that my suggestion was taken up as this year's count>FLOO!
>>153592801Re-reader here (I think this is my third or fourth storytime).Very good stuff, towards the end I had IRL stuff come up more so I couldn't contribute as much as normal but it was great to go through it again. Bridge of Tears remains my favourite volume though I actually really liked Grasscutter 1 a lot this time around because of how incredible the scale was. I think as you go through it again more the topography of Usagi's adventures becomes more and more clear, though that comes with the drawbacks of "oh no the good stories are starting to fall away" once you get to a certain point.One story I was thinking about the other day is how good the Revenge story (the one with the revenge headband guy) was, I like the characters that show up for one or two stories. That one is great and I felt like Yukichi clicked a lot more in the story which had a similar thing where the guy who became a bounty hunter showed up again. If you had to introduce the revenge guy or the bounter hunter guy in the same story the twist would become obvious but having them introduced in an isolated way beforehand is much better.I know we bash Kitsune a lot on this board but I think the character who *bothered* me the most this go-around is Stray Dog, it's not just that I don't particularly find him interesting it's that because him and Gen have so many stories together you basically don't get Gen and Usagi stories after a while, they're all frontloaded into the first half of the comic. I think another character I would like to show up more often in the later half is Priest Sanshobo, who is a great character and key in a lot of good stories and then sort of vanishes after a certain point (I think the Jei/Inazuma resolution?).
>>153595477These threads have been the most civilized I've ever seen. Sure there's been arguments and discourse here and there, but everyone rallies around that Meddlesome Rabbit.
>>153595541My only complaint with Kitsune is that her stories feel repetitive after a while. The only major difference is that another one of Usagi's friends come in and get introduced to her pickpocketing gimmick like Chizu or Ishida.
>>153590786We never got a beach episode. Now that I think about it, why has Usagi never gone south to the not so Japanese islands? Is chambara exclusively about certain regions of Japan?
>>153595684We did, he went to the seaweed collecting people. In fact I'm pretty sure it's pissing off a seaweed merchant that got Usagi on the bad side of the Koroishi.
>>153595563>My only complaint>onlyHer becoming a writer's pet who can never lose no matter how recklessly stupid she is wasn't a problem for you?
>>153595684Usagi battling the Tako Ninja clan terrorizing a seacoast town would be an amusing story.
Catbox isn't working so I had to work with an alternative. Either way hope you enjoy it. Thanks again based Murder Anon for allowing to read these books again.https://boards.plus4chan.org/pco/t473704.html#p479550
>>153595802That's the seaweed episode a beach episode is about gong to the beach for fun not for work.
>>153595917What a twist! I can't believe it.
>>153595869I just skip her stories.
>>153595917>>153596111I can't believe it! Yukichi actually got some fanart by a potato
>>153595563I liked Kitsune better when she was a street performer who stole by the side because when people don't pay enough to buy a meal "A girl has to do what she can to get by" and in the parade of misery of feudal japan that is fair, I think that is a fine enough character. But she isn't that she is a career burglar who often steals absurd sums on money in every caper and still keeps doing it again and again In fiction the thief is a love archetype, the lovable rogue who the hero always encounters in the middle of some trouble, but Kitsune lacks all the things that make a Rogue lovable. She isn't that self reliant since often is Usagi who has to kill in her behalf, she isn't particularly competent or clever as she often gets in trouble she can't get away from, her only saving grace is taking care of Kyoko but even there is kind of messed up since she uses her to steal and is not like she even protects her since Kyoko can kick more ass that she can. But what I think makes her stories insufferable is that she never gets the short end of the stick she always get away with everything she does and often is not even her being infuriating but the lawful good Usagi loosing all his neurons when she is around and suddenly bending backwards to make sure nothing happens to her. Gen is an asshole character done right, he can act selfish or overly opportunistic but he also has a sense of honor, he sometimes gets the short end of the stick in his stories and more importantly Usagi call his shit when he gets out of place there is a dynamic there which makes his stories less repetitive.
>>153595541I guess it's not hard to argue that Stray Dog's wad has been shot in the reveal that he's a thug on the streets so he can support that orphanage. Why appear a second time after that? This central contrast doesn't develop an inch from there.
>>153595917Holy shit!Look at Yukichi's rosary!
>>153595917Do you guys think the only time the only time Stan would put nudity in Usagi Yojimbo would be to reveal Yukichi's secret?
What did Stan mean by making Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes the only other human in UY, besides Hikiji
47 Ronin thread just started! Get in here!>>153597188>>153597188>>153597188
>>153597191>he doesn't know about Akiko
>>153597191Ocho the cat shapeshifter was also a human.
>>153595361>>153595486A man can dream...
>>153591501He's just one man!
>>153590819BASED fellow Kitsune enjoyer. But we know that when she does settle down she becomes a respectable wife then dies in battle. Remove the reason for her to steal and she mellows out in only the ways that get you in trouble and broke.
A wonderful storytime as always, until we meet again meddling ronin, Kitsune seethers, Tomoe & Chizu enjoyers, backpack enthusiasts and most important of all, our fellow Usagi Freaks. Abayo
If Usagi was found out that both Mariko and Tomoe were widows at the same time, which one would he pursue. We already know he'd go for Tomoe if she was available after many years but what if Mariko was as well?
>>153598218Wasnt polygamy tolerated at the time?
>>153598285Sure, but you could only have one wife. Others had to be mistresses.Also, take into account the fact that Usagi is a broke as fuck wandering mendicant ronin, so he can't exactly afford the upkeep of his wife and concubine(s).Unless he and his wife + concubines become a wandering troupe that he pimps out for money...
>>153595917What in the goddamn
>>153598212>Tomoe & Chizu enjoyersAnd Mayumi enjoyers. She scored a strong 3rd place on the poll and managed to break into double digits.
>>153595917Where did her vagina go
Should I draw Tomoe? Haven't drawn for the storytime this year.
>>153595917Lmao.
>>153595917Well now I want to draw toohttps://files.catbox.moe/tsjo25.pngTomoe!
>>153600165gotta remember this comic started in furry magazines of the 1980s so I'm sure everyone would've cheered for art like this, good work
>>153600205Thanks! Tried to copy his artstyle of fast and somewhat loose inks.
>>153600165Nice! Could you do some of the other girls from the best girl poll next?
>>153598382He could probably raise the money by becoming a prominent Geishu retainer. The real issue is I doubt either of the women would stand for it.
>>153598218Mariko, no question. Usagi has horrible fucking taste at the end of the day and Stan loves forcing this pairing as we see with Senso and Kaito. Sadly Usagi only really goes for Tomoe because Mariko usually isn't an option.
>>153600165
>>153595917Holy shit! I went to a comic convention over at the armory and found this! I paid $85 for the whole thing.
>>153600626based, congratulations, good way to end the storytime for you
>>153600626
>>153600641Issues 2 and 10 were the most expensive of the bunch. Both being priced originally at $20 and $50 but I was able to haggle it down. Again I love this series. Here's hoping for a good run on Mister /co/ for Miyamoto Usagi
>>153600704FIFTY fucking american ryo, holy shit you could buy a whole egg with that!
Where was the snitch during Senso
>>153595155yeah perhaps it's selfish with stan in his old age and senso already there but I won't say I don't want thisit'd be so cool especially after all these fucking years of teasingalso just made me think of somehting funny>usagi breaks up the wedding yadda yadda yadda>later usagi opens up to her fucking finally>actually kisses tomoe>tomoe looks at him in shock after>"what was that?">"it's called a kiss, the foreigners use it as a sign of affection">"where did you learn this">"....">>153595541i was like that with stray dog upon rereading his first story this time but his adventures with gen have lightened him up in my eyes againI think it's Usagi holding water for him with the "uh gee idk maybe he's not all that bad" after he betrays them at the end of the General Fujii story is very stupid and kitsune-like which hits him hard, alongside his general concept of doing shitty things for personal reason making him similar to kitsuneI'm surprised there hasn't been a story with Gen learning about the orphanage.Also unrelated but fuck i wish Sakura showed up even once more, she was cool.
>>153600626Which is the best book in Anon's collection?
>>153595917LMFAO i wasn't expecting thatwhat an ending to the story time
>>153596238she just gets so damn flanderized in a series where no one else including the setting itself falls to thatand yeah she gets no comeuppance whatsoeverif usagi was a cartoon we'd have daily 4chan posts and youtube essays about the most annoying meanspirited cartoon characters and she would be posted alongside that one fosters character and shit all the time
>>153600165very nice
>>153600793Who do you think told the Martians what planet to land in
>>153600165God Bless You Anon
>>153600626Nice to see a comic convention have comics. I swear 75% of the shit I see at local cons now are Funko Pops, Pokemon Cards, and 3D printed junk. And good luck if you prefer omnis to floppies.
>>153600626>a large portion of the Fantagraphics runFucking nice. However...FOR THE LOVE OF BUDDHA, PLEASE TELL US IF THERE ARE ANY EXTRA STORIES IN THOSE FLOPPIES. Online scans have only the main Usagi pages, but we know some issues had short backup stories. So please, please, PLEASE check and let us know. Holy crap, what an amazing year this is.
>>153601578You want me to open this shit up? I mean I posdibly will especially the issue 26, but won't people on this thread get mad if I do?
>>153601578>It ends up just being ads for GI joe figures
>>153601633Well why wouldn't you open it up? They're used comics, unless did fantagraphics seal their books back in the day?
>>153600811I miss Tomiko
>>153601676I guess I can.
>>153601808THAT MONSTER, UNHAND CALVIN RIGHT NOW
This is all from issue 26. Also sorry for the bad picture quality. Also had to remove my knee alot.
>>153601872
>>153601633I don't think anyone would get mad. But don't get me wrong, I don't want you to do anything against your will. If you plan to keep them sealed, that's fine. But if you want to read them, then go for it. And if you find something interesting, PLEASE let us know.>>153601637Lmao.
Sorry for being so slow btw
>>153601808>one of the saddest pages in the entire comic on the left>on the right, this bullshitIt's already amazing.>>153601995You're doing God's work. This is comic book history that very few know and even fewer were willing to share.
And with that here's the gold at the end of the rainbow. Sadly no G.I. Joes are here. Sorry to that one Anon. In fact there were no ads in this.
>>153602132Thank you. If you find anything else, feel free to post it. Honestly, all those early anthro comics and their ads really help to show how much Usagi was (and is) standing out of the crowd.
>>153602041>lost faceThere's no escape, is there?
>>153600165>shaved bah, coward.
>>153602103The Usagi fanart on this page feels like it's predicting his first Playmates toy.
I think this will be the other book I do since it contains the story of the samurai and peasant girl lovers. Another one of my favorites.
>>153600626Hell yeah Anon! That's a nice score, they look in good shape too.
>>153602648Th
>>153602648Ehem. They are amazingly enough. No rips or tears. Just good condition. Seller said he had trouble getting rid of them. So I just decided to buy them. Do I wish they were the omnibus, yes, but to be honest, this is a thousand times better.
>>153602693
>>153602643Eeeeyyyyy, it's a Nilson & Hermy backup! Nice.
And now we reach the back. Again sorry for the poor quality.
>>153602643>Nilson and Hermy in B&WThis is the first time I see it like that. And yes, it does look better than the colored version.>>153602776Oh look, Stan and Sergio! And not a single gray hair in sight!>>153602827My fellow Anon, never apologise for a making a favor.
>>153602622This guy's (on the right) art looks similar to an old school furry I know of.
>>153602705>his niblick is no match for my flashing swordkek
>>153592801First-time reader, bumped up immediately to one of my favourites if not my favourite. Had a friend recommend the storytime from the beginning and very glad they did. Covered 40 years and somehow it's still over too soon.Thank you for managing the ride if you're still around, Murderanon! >>153600626>>153602827Also thank you Pencil Anon for sharing these too!
So question...>>153600165>>153595917Anymore of this shit?
>>153603746FUCK thanks for reminding me. Can't believe I almost forgot. THE BIGLY ANNUAL ONSEN BATTLE COURTESY OF ANONYMOUS DRAWFRIEND
>>153603847ROUTE 1 END: TOMOE VICTORY
>>153603860ROUTE 2 END: CHIZU VICTORY
>>153603677>First-time reader, bumped up immediately to one of my favourites if not my favourite. Had a friend recommend the storytime from the beginning and very glad they did.NICE.
>>153603872ROUTE 3 END: Relax
>>153603885https://youtu.be/nBrTqGjGpMg
>>153603890
>>153603895ROUTE 3 ALT END: THE RELAXENNING
>>153603901ONSEN CATFIGHT GAIDEN: No Need For Gen!
>>153603895Pussy is temporary, Usagi, but pickles? Pickles are also temporary, but just as sweet for much less hassle.
>>153603912ONSEN CATFIGHT: THE ORIGIN
>>153603931
>>153603885>Chizu is seeing throwing stars>Tomoe is seeing tardbirdsClassic. That's how you know it was made by a real Usagi FREAK.
>>153603940END OF IMAGE DUMP. MAYUMIKEKS BTFO ONCE AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
>>153602260>Honestly, all those early anthro comics and their ads really help to show how much Usagi was (and is) standing out of the crowd.yeah other have mentioned as such when the story with the jetson fox guy stuff issue was shown but usagi really is leagues above this tripe
>>153602090Oh what the fuck, I see it's right after the chapter where the duelists gets killed and leaves his family. What the fuck, lmao. I would've been fuming if I was Stan, imagine having poignancy of a fatherless family next to fucking Calvin being held hostage.
>>153602643someone give me the qrd on groundthumperi've heard about him in these threads but it occurs to me i know nothing else about it at all
>>153604013Now I wonder if there's an Usagi and Gennosuke edit of this image
>>153604018It's a comic that Stan was doing even before Usagi, and which then got relegated to an occasional backup feature in the UY comic book. But originally, Usagi was meant to be a side character in the grand epic quest Stan had intended to build up to in the Nilson comic. The entire comic was released in a hardcover by Dark Horse and its foreword by Stan explains this in more detail.
>>153602408She's only drawn like that for character reasons, of course she'd be trimmed.But if you insist, I'm more than happy to draw women MY way. Fixed! https://files.catbox.moe/301b0o.png
>>153595541>you basically don't get Gen and Usagi stories after a whileI think that's because Stan ran out of ideas for Gen.
>>153604249
>>153604249perfect
>>153603964if I had the know-how, I'd make an addendum with best girl.
I said in a previous thread we need a Warriors like game for Usagi Yojimbo. Looking back I was wrong.... we need a game like this for Usagi Yojimbo>>153604400Also nice dub dubs
The Final(Until Next Year) Roster for an hypothetical fighter.Gameplay: Last Blade 2 w/Fatal Fury 3 OverswayRoster>Usagi>Gen>Tomoe>Kitsune>Stray Dog>Jei>Inazuma>Inazuma Jei(EX Inazuma)>Noriko>Sakura>Chizu>Shingen>Kagemaru>Sasuke>Katsuichi>Sanshobo>Yagi>Zato-Ino>Leonardo>Koji>Kazehime>Ishida>Yukichi>Tako(Martian)>Space Usagi>Kaito>Sojobo(Mid-Boss)>Hikiji(Special Boss)Anyone missing? Any name ideas for the game?>Usagi Yojimbo: Meddle Gaiden>Noriko's Hell Chapter
>>153604929Maybe Lord Hebi and the guest fighters, Groo and Colonel Orlik
>>153604976Don't forget the mysterious Hijiki
>>153604044There is now
>>153590786Dammit I missed Sensou again. Oh well maybe next year.
>>153605046Their relationship in a nutshell.
>>153604552I wanna see Gen or Usagi singing this"I am a samurai! And today I'm gonna hack and cut and hack and cut!"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quRhBnpZ5Y8
>>153605014>>153604976>>153604929My piss poor attempt of a versus screenhttps://vocaroo.com/1m2BIqgTQTtP
>>153604929Gotta have the TMNT and Master Splinter as guest fighters.
>>153605123The thread should still be accessible, at least, if you wanna go look at it and read it and read comments. >>153584125
>>153605215Well, Leo is there, I didn't think all of them would be welcomed, despite their connection https://vocaroo.com/1BV6xVOIjfHchttps://vocaroo.com/1cLR8Faa1weX
would be funnier to have both Mirage and IDW Leos as separate players, and then no Splinter, but Kakera, who'd get to use magic>>153604929Where's my Terry repalso Akechi with the farting alienalso some other Komori than just Kazehime like one of the kamikaze from Senso
>>153605218I still think steampunk mecha Usagi was a bridge too far into silliness. I would have preferred the disease ending from the HG Wells novel, or something more like the way League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen handled it. "The official records will state the martians died of the common pox, any commoners died of the fire caused by the Tako."
>>153605306>would be funnier to have both Mirage and IDW LeosAn idea for a TMNT Fighter would be each Turtle has a moveset based off a specific series >87 Leo vs. Rise Ralph>'12 Mikey vs. IDW Donnie
>>153605383I do think it does tip a bit too hard into nonsense, yes. Wherewhen ends up being way more important than I remember it being because without the justification of "oh actually the technology just got to have a massive jump because of this time travelling TMNT villain" Senso just feels absolutely nonsensical
>>153605306>TFW this is the FG Guest for Usagi's game
>>153604929No Ocho? AKA one of the only humans from the early days of the comic before Stan decided it was an all animal comic?
>>153603890I love fundoshi. It's an underated fanservice trope that does not get enough love.
Finally got the thing to work.Either way I got some new art to end my run here. Hope you all have fun next year.https://files.catbox.moe/ijerve.jpg
>>153595684Anyone remember Muramasa? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88MoGtmnX28
>>153603917>Pussy is temporaryGet it? Cause Tomoe's a cat.
>>153605046Did you draw this? It's perfect.
>>153605604I had it in my shelve, I played it like a year ago, pretty gorgeous game, The story is kind of weird but its sort of lie a theater play with multiple endings.
>>153605642Yep, and thank you
>>153605046Pretty good.
>>153605046This is amazing
>>153603895Panel 1:Gen: "You gonna finish that Daikon*?"Usagi: "As soon as i've cleansed my palatte with some matcha*."Panel 2: Chizu: "Get back here you red furred harlot!"Kitsune: "All I said was we could share!"Panel 3:Usagi: "Tomoe! Chizu! Hide your modesty! This is unbecoming!"Panel 4: Gen: "Heh. You snooze you lose long ears."
>>153603860>>153603872>>153603885>>153603901This is hot but also incredibly hilarious>>153603912>Inazuma gets robbedHa.This
>>153603946>Tomoe is seeing tardbirdsIs that a city hunter reference? I remember seeing them all the time in that anime.
>>153605904That's Sakura, the bounty hunter who is friends with Gen and uses a whip
>>153605904>inazumaThat's Sakura
>>153605954>>153605969To be fair, it's been foever since we saw her.
>>153595684>why has Usagi never gone south to the not so Japanese islands?Too many European merchants.
>>153605954>>153605969Well, I goofed. There's only one way for me to fix this. Get some asshole to commit sudoku.
Can anyone remind me when the Kaito comes out?
>>153606015In Okinawa?
>>153606128*next
>>153605725Still hasn't gotten a Steam release. I had to bust out my Vita to play it.
>>153605046nice
>>153605909No, the tardbirds are a weird (and sometimes bizarrely inappropriately timed) running gag in Usagi itself. You can find them flying past n the background now and then.
>>153600165Tomoe seems like she has such soft hair. I wish to brush it.
>>153605588That's pretty alright, Pencil anon. pretty alright indeed
>>153606015Rodriguez sucks, I can understand Usagi's hesitation to meet more of him
>>153604249Second version>>153600165
>>153605909>City Hunter I wonder how good of a Sweeper, Usagi would be.
>>153602705>>153602721>It's pitch black in here, you are likely to be eaten by a grue
>>153603847>>153603860>>153603872>>153603885Thank you, Hell King Sama!
Kami-sama, I can never get over how fast it goes. We spanned DECADES of comics and it feels like we've only ever just started. I have to say my favorite bits are in the first Dark Horse run. Which is a pretty wide breadth I know but it feels like it was when Stan was really cooking. Anyways, it was always a pleasure, thanks to Murder and thanks for everyone joining in. Abayo*>Abayo means "See you, Space Cowboy."
>>153603860You know, they should share Usagi. And each other.
>>153607974Tomoe wouldn't share with a dirty shinobiUsagi being the meat in a ninja sandwich though
>>153608177I still can't get over how there's clearly a dog among the nekos in the last panel but nobody noticed or cared because of the chicks kissing in the foreground.
>>153603964Not sure how Mayumikeks got BTFO. They crept up to 3rd place with double digit votes and pretty close to overtaking Big Cheese of all characters. If anything, Kitsunefags are getting BTFO, she didn't even make the podium. new pages with Mayumi when?
>>153608726Proofs. Pretty impressive for a minor character who dies but maybe not because she never got death bubbled and the strike was plausibly survivable in her short story arc to be in the same league as the main girls.
>>153608750She was a sweet girl with attitude and despite not being very smart or strong, she was brave and loyal. Mayumi brought no burdens into their short relationship, no duty to a clan, lord or another man. She only brought love and care. And she remained loyal even after Usagi had seemingly ditched her. She died saving the man she loved, knowing that her faith in him was not misplaced. Because he did come back for her and that was enough to make her happy.What a wonderful, tragic and beautiful short love story.
>>153608750Anon who was writing the metal gear stuff, are you here this year? Did you keep going?
>>153605588Nice dub dubs Pencil.Are you going to share anymore from the comics you bought?
>>153605046Holy shit.
>>153608726>Venom Mayumi almost supplants Big Cheese herselfB R A V O M E R C H A N T K O J I M A
>>153604552
>>153609335That art is nice, love the FLOO. The scar is on the wrong side, Shizukiri sliced her left backside.
>>153608750Eh, kitsune was put at the very bottom of the voting options despite being a major female lead, and her picture wasn't a very good choice. I didn't even realize she was an option until after i already voted tomoe.Rigged vote!
>>153608177>The one dude sitting at the top >"This is a cool clan I tell ya."
>>153609565Meant for >>153608726 lol
>>153609335https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV59bqpCeAg
>>153609958Alternatively.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_XNKapPbMM
>>153609565
>>153595917
>>153610114lmfao
>>153609472That's too good
>>153602657I think we found Snitch's Sister.
>>153609958
>>153609565you didnt read all the way, you just clicked the first option that appeared? Lol was wondering why the bottom row girls got no votes at all
>>153609472I have an idea. But may Sakai forgive me for muttering these words...Usagi Yojimbo in the Far West.So why not The Rabbit with no Name, formerly Usagi Yojimbo?
>>153611130Hmm, you don't say.
>>153610814
>>153611186>typical geishu monday>no dead messenger riddled with arrows falling off a horseFake news!
>>153611130Not the most original idea (we've talked about it once or twice per year for past several years), but always a welcome discussion!
>>153611216>The horse is also riddled with arrows.
>>153611130Watch Red Sun to see how that would go.
>>153611152>Usagi Zaaaaan!>Samurai Gunman!
>>153611130>>153611152>>153611286So what would Usagi's friends be in this timeline? Or should it be a brand new cast of characters?
>>153611905It would probably be an easier transplant than most things. Gen's still a bounty hunter, Tomoe can be a sheriff, Kitsune's still a thief and Chizu can still work as a ninja that snuck overseas to hide out.
>>153611905Tomoe: Texas ranger/State trooperGen: Bounty hunterStray dog: Bounty hunterKitsune: Traveling snake oil salesman/conman/card sharkSanshobo: Former army man turned priestChizu: Native tribeswoman, her tribe, the shadow cats, are used by oil and railway tycoon Hikiji, to do dirty work. Like attacking other tribes that are on the way of the latest railway line, or getting rid of prospectors/rivals who try to set up on lands Mister Hikiji finds profitable and wants to expand his business empire on.Sasuke: Could be just himself, being sent by lord Shoki to the distant east over the oceans to hunt some yokai that made the crossing. On the other hand, if you want to keep it more western style, he could also be a medieval witch hunter, turned monster hunter.Sakura: Traveling gambler who fights criminal groups where ever she runs into themIshida: City cop who occasionally has to mobilize to townships outside the big city
>>153612013>Kitsune: Traveling snake oil salesman/conman/card sharkTo pay the bills, her real passion is singing.
>>153611130little discussion this year about our feudal america in-joke.
>>153612078I've heard of gun blades, but this is too much!
>>153612013>>153611964>Ishida: All right, Noriko... you called down the thunder, well now you've got it! You see that? [pulls open his coat, revealing a badge] It says United States Marshal!
>>153611905Space Usagi did a great job of shuffling the supporting cast, and upon reflection I think anon's right to criticize Kaito '84 for being too memberberries with the gang (although Kaito '84 is planned out in advance and they know they only have 5 issues to get it all out so maybe that was a consideration too). I like how in Space Usagi we got a Katsuichi that was an evil scheming usurper, but also recognizably the "wise old sensei hermit" too. Ever since one of the early storytimes this year where an anon mentioned how Lone Goat & Kid could be recycled for a Wild West setting, I've been toying with an idea in my head about a way to slot in General Ikeda into Far West Usagi too, but in a "similar but different" way.>El General "Tarantula" Delestanque*>sent by the President of La Nova Sur Republica** with special orders to capture preferably alive the Lone Goat and tie up the last loose end to El Presidente's seedy past>El Presidente has made it clear that Delestanque is not to return home without having completed his mission, unless some horrible accident should befall his wife and son in their estate outside the capital. >Delestanque served with his old comrade during the revolution and is hesitant to bring him in, not least because his secret mission is an illegal cross-border operation, but Delestanque himself has plans to counter-coup El Presidente as well>El General and a small band of hand-picked loyal and elite sicarios now roam the frontier, tracking the Lone Goat, but biding their time and shoring up their own resources as well, as their leader plays the long game with the patience of a spider.*Ikeda roughly translates to 'field of ponds' (paddy, basically). Delestanque ("of the pond") sounds vaguely similar in meaning to my non-native Spanish speaker ears.**Mexico, but following Stan's tradition of not definitively naming foreign countries ("Land of Dragons, Land of Tigers")
>>153612239>This badge gives me the authority of the president and the congress, do you dare go against the president and the congress!?
>>153612239So anyway I started blastin'https://youtu.be/srjLwgtcxYo
>>153612256>Delestanque ("of the pondyou're thinking of "del Estanque"
>>153612334I smooshed it together purposefully. I'm sure it isn't grammatically correct Spanish but it's my schizophrenia and I'll have it play out how I want it to.
>>153612013Usagi: Lone RangerYuichi: Rookie Ranger from the East.Katsuichi: Samurai exiled in the West America after the Boshin War.Kenichi: Ranger / Authority in a city in the East.Mariko: cute teacher of a city in the East.Tomoe: Personal bodyguard of some former Mexican or Texan landowner called El Ninho FIAT Panda 4x4.Noriko: Personal bodyguard of another Mexican landowner. She is called Sentenza.Gen. Bounty Hunter. Son a fallen plantation owner of the South.Stray Dog: bounty hunter that finance orphanage run by nunsKitsune: cabaret actress (formerly whore); conwoman; card shark; poker player from Louisiana. Strong caujin accent.Sanshobo: former Southern Official that turned priest (and exorcist) after the end of the Civil War.Ikeda: Southern General that never accepted the end of the Civil War. Hidden as poor farmer.Inazuma: A nice rich girl from New York or Boston that followed a mediocre buffalo hunter and actor. She has an innate talent with revolver and other fireweapons.Chizu: native. Little sister of Shingen chief, banished by new chief Kagemaru after Shingen dead.Sasuke: Italian traveling monk sent by San Benedict of Nursia to fight demons and spiritis in America.Sakura: Still a schizo with double personality, but now she is Gemini.Ishida: Sheriff of a big town. But with a typical Protestant zeal.Jei. El Diablo Negro. A fugitive black slave corrupted by an ancient Mesoamerican God.Hikiji: Texas Governor; California Governor; New Mexico Governor; Mexican President. I don't know. The true big guy.
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>>153610814>>153611186Noriyuki and Timoe having less and less of a presence except for the “future” spin offs is kinda disappointing. Especially with how the panda just slowly becomes more and more of a stooge who gets outplayed by everyone around him.
>>153612256>>153611905>>153611130So I assume Jei and General Fujii take the role of Judge Holden and John Joel Glanton respectively?
>>153612314>>153612310>Usagi: No....>Jei: SON OF A BITCH.>Usagi: NOOOOO>Usagi just fucking blast Jei with a shotgun
>>153612469>Still a schizo with double personality, but now she is GeminiHow very Sakura Wars
>>153612469>Sentenza
>Usagi storytime endsAnd thus my interest in /co/ plumments to near 0.
>>153595554>Longform threads with a purpose and consistent, "new" content of niche interest don't attract shitposters when compared to complaining about popular thingImagine my shock.
>>153605588>>153606557Who would have the biggest?
>>153608840>Mayumi brought no burdensShe is the burden sadly
>>153612469What is Mayumi?
>>153598285Japan didn't really have a concept of marriage or of monogamy. What it did have was the concept of "the woman's father will get her male relatives together and beat your ass if you're perceived as mistreating her". And withholding money and resources expected to be given to her and your children by her as the woman they entrusted to you is a big fucking deal. Having mistresses and illegitimate children was tolerated, to an extent, but to openly say "your daughter/sister bores me, I'm replacing her with someone else, but she's also not allowed to leave me" is a massive insult. The only men in Japan who had out and out multiple wives were generally the very tip top rulers of the country where the status gap was so huge and his resources so vast that nobody could ever really argue that taking a second or third wife was "mistreating" the first.Thisbis assuming we're talking about Kamakura shogunate and onwards, though. Pre-Neo-Confucian Japan was shockingly progressive for a neighbor of China. While men and women couldn't really freely associate, they had a courtship system similar to 20th century dating, where a young man would just ask the girl's father for permission to see her, after which point he was pretty much free to show up to her home and be alone with her. There are tons of relatively raunchy poems in the Kokin Wakashū about young women meeting with their lovers while their fathers basically gave the guy a pat on the back. Instead of marriage, the woman would just decide "I like him enough" and agree to live with him instead of her father. The man would give her father an agreeable amount of money in case he died or they separated to care for her or any children, and then she would live with him as long as she wanted. If they didn't want to be together anymore, she'd just move back home with her father and that was that. Much different from Neo-Confucianism and "women are property" enforced by the shogunate in an attempt to larp as China.
>>153612502is this webm lacking a filename to anyone else or am I going crazy?
>>153612825Kitsune
>>153598285
>>153613027>>>/a/287868558I don't know if this works on regular X
>>153611428That's a hell of a cast, there.
>>153613050also make sure you include the comma the end. I forgot too the first time and fucked up the whole extension.
>>153612013>Chizu: Native tribeswoman, her tribe, the shadow catsThe Catfoot tribe surely.
>>153611130"Osage" Yo JimboOsage is really oh-sayj so it's for the visual punJimbo or Jinbo is a Japanese family name so maybe a maternal line one if a Miyamoto descendantBut Jimbo as nickname for James is one he exploitsGiven name is Yohei, Yo for short, sounds like You, hey
>>153612422but names with articles are objectively cooler!
>>153604249>https://files.catbox.moe/301b0o.png
>>153613109>What's yer name feller?>Ah, naemae wa Jinbo Yohei.>....gonna call you James then. Me paw baptized me as Galen Everett Muller-Kowlzowski. Folks round here just call me Gen.
>>153613190Jimbo
>>153612946A waitress in a boomtown obviously.
>>153613205Uh, yeah?
>>153612999>Japan didn't really have a concept of marriage or of monogamy>proceeds to describe marriage and monogamyOr are you talking about concubinage?Also consider that Chizu doesnt really have a family and we never see Tomoe's brother outside of flashbacks
>>153612999>Japan didn't really have a concept of marriage or of monogamy.That's not true in the slightest. The Nihon Shoki and Kojiki, which we saw a bit of in the Grasscutter arcs, talk about Susanoo taking a wife. The prologue to Grasscutter 2: Yamato-dake Boogaloo, started off with a wedding ceremony.
>>153613033Even though the dubs back up your statement, may I ask how you came to that conclusion?
>>153613105I like the sound of shadow cats better, because it sounds like something certain people would call themselves.
>>153613301Marriage did not exist in Japan. It's a foreign and ahistoric concept.
>>153612078Putting the gun in Shogun.
>>153613357Yes it did. Once again, the oldest books written by the Japanese themselves talking about their oldest myths and legends include marriage ceremonies and husband/wife relationships.
>>153613276It's more a lack of a social binding ceremony or institution of marriage. You would ask a woman to live with you and her father/brother would agree or disagree. It's why free association between men and women was limited. "Marriage" was just "this lady lives in my house and says she likes me". Men had to be constantly suspicious of other men around women, because letting some guy near your unmarried sister meant he might dump you with the resulting kid and its expenses, as well as make your sister totally unappealing for marriage.
>>153613406Yes. They had "man that lives together with woman and has children" relationships. But it wasn't the western concept of a marriage. They did not have a "Japanese wedding" and throw rice at them. It was a complex oral agreement between families that varied from something similar to modern cohabitation to "the woman is property" and should not be reduced to "they had marriage" because that implies a lot of things that just aren't true.
>>153610814Horikawa isn't your standard Geishu councillor in that he isn't a traitor working for Hikiji or some other lord trying to overthrow Noriyuki he's a spy working for the Shogun
>>153613357>>153613406This sounds like a case for academic research duel!Whoever presents us academically accepted sources to back their claims, wins.
>>153613453Where did I write they had a Western concept of marriage? You are making statements based on reactions to scenarios that aren't there. >should not be reduced to "they had marriage" because that implies a lot of things that just aren't true.Yeah and you know what else isn't true and a blanket statement? "The Japanese did not have marriage and it is totally ahistorical and foreign to Japanese culture.">>153613469Here's my source:McCullough, William H. “Japanese Marriage Institutions in The Heian Period.” Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 27 (1967) https://doi.org/10.2307/2718385
>>153613519Pro-marriage anon wins!
>>153613519Ah yes, the ultimate power: citing sources.
>>153613605>>153613572From the same essay:>...it seems to have been not at all unusual for a father to bequeath his entire estate to a daughter (in the Heian period) even though he also had sons whom one might have expecfed to share in his inheritance. Fujiwara Tamemitsu, for instance, had two sons living at the time of his death, but it is reported in Eiga monogatari that he left his elaborate Ichijo house and all his other property to his third daughter.It made me think that Tomoe might have had better luck had she been born in the Heian rather than Edo period. But then reading even further down in the essay:>...Nakayori's mother-in-law (states) in the Utsubo monogatari: 'No matter how beautiful a girl is and no matter how refined and charming, if the man discovers her living a miserable life in some wretched, desolate hut, he will think 'How squalid! What a trial it would be to live there!" And he will never go near her.""And you just know our little Tomoe Nogame would have lived in an absolute fujoshi neetcave.
I'm aware of female samurai but is Tomoe's position completely fantastical?
>>153613748To that extreme point, yeah. She pretty much has TONO! by the ear.
>>153613748It is.Source:Councilor Horikawa, "My Essay On The Audacity Of This Bitch" c.1606, translated from the Japanese by A. Nonymous.
>>153613418>>153613453original anon you replied to here, and I dont mean any hostility but youve done nothing but describe marriage and declare it to not be marriage.Going by your logic, the Islamic world did not have marriage because they had an oral agreement where a man would ask a woman if she wanted to live with him and the father/male relatives would also have to agree and the man would pay money to them, and if they didnt want to be together the woman would just leave and return his money to him
>>153613696The way you worded it made me think of pic related and I just had to make this.
>>153613519>wives of fujiwara kaneieSo going back to my original question was polygamy accepted or just tolerated but rare or shunned except for the top of the social pyramid?
>>153613748Kinda, she wields a ridiculous amount of influence over Noriyuki. Itd be more realistic if she was a relative or in-law or something like that, but she has 0 familial connection to him.I feel like she wasnt always so prominent in the Geishu hierarchy in the earlier half UY, its just that Stan neglected to introduce any other Geishu retainers beyond that one traitor in the story where they meet Ikeda, and Tomoe just slowly became more and more prominent. And then he backtracked and made Horikawa as a counterweight
>>153613985https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJZ--fcguDYToppity kekkity anon, well done!
>>153613985>crying lord enma standing in for crying lady libertyI'm fucking dead this is a masterpiece holy shit
>>153613895I have always thought that Noriyuki was alone with no aunts/uncles/cousins due to ninjas/traitors actions.So killing him is like destroying and erasing his bloodline with no Shogun issues (expect the actions about his lands)However, everyone know that actual Noriyuki is number 38.Wait a minute. In Senso, there are no panda wives/cubs; and Noriyuki should be older than Jotaro and maybe Motokazu too... Panda-bros, our daimyo... he... he...
>>153613985A masterpiece worthy of Sensei Kelly himself
>>153613850By the Edo period, polygamy, defined as a man having more than one WIFE, was not allowed to anyone. A man could have multiple CONCUBINES but only one legal wife. If a concubine bore him a son but his legal wife did not, that son could be designated his heir, but if and when his legal wife did bear a son, then his son from his concubine would lose the legal right to claim his succession. And as we know, everyone was dead ass broke all the time on purpose because the Tokugawa demanded it so, so keeping more than one woman around and their kids was nearly impossible anyways, which is why you had a lot of samurai families adopting when they didn't have any male heirs.Source:"The Japanese Law of Marriage" http://www.jstor.org/stable/752351
>>153613985Kek
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>>153614075>Panda-bros, our daimyo... he... he...He is a panda yes. they are notoriously bad at breeding.
>>153605588Naked's training's not a thing right?
>>153614223Only in the dreams of disonorable ronin.
>>153614075>>153614221So, let's say all the Noriyuki body doubles all die and/or go on strike. What happens to the Geishu lands if Noriyuki has no heir?
>>153613312She probably keeps her bush as thick as possible in order to hide small valuables in it. Her criminality truly knows no bounds.
>>153615048What kind? I don't think rings were a thing in Fuedal Japan back then, then again I am a dumbass. Ryo and those coins with holes in them (Yen I think?) Might fit and catch on.
>>153615114fancy hairpins/combs that are designed to stick in hair or small jewels/netsuke/etc that could just get stuck in the tangle were what I was thinking of. Ryo are probably too big and smooth but it might be possible to tie the smaller coins with holes in them to herself with longer pubes as a sort of emergency fund.
>>153614983Lands go to the Shogunate and Shogun decides who gets the lands.Most likely he himself.source: Shogun Harlaus "How I run this shit" c1610, translated from original Japanese by A, N, On
>>153615048>>153615114>>153615218Someone needs to draw this.
>>153614983REALM DIVIDE as everyone remotely related to the Geishu lord starts coalescing their own power bases, and even some upstarts like Ikeda's clan might make a grab for power. At least, in the bad old days of the Sengoku Jidai this would happen. I imagine in the time Usagi's set in, the shogunate would step in to arbitrate a smooth transition of power to a Geishu cousin or something. If there are absolutely no Geishu left whatsoever, then the shogunate might raise up one of the Geishu vassals to take over managing the domain, or they might decide to reward it to one of their cadet branches. Mind you I don't have any sources to cite for this info, I'm going off of general understanding of the time period. Vibeposting, if you will.
>>153613696>>’No matter how beautiful a girl is and no matter how refined and charming, if the man discovers her living a miserable life in some wretched, desolate hut, he will think 'How squalid! What a trial it would be to live there!" And he will never go near her."And not a single one thinks “I can fix her”?
>>153564552Anon from the wherewhen thread, I've found something that can answer your question. If we take this data at face value and accurate, then it seems Yukichi, Tomoe and Pandaboy (obviously, since he's the daimyo) weren't expecting to see frontline action. But of course meddleman, meddleman jr. and Pepe the Rhino are always up for a fight and took theirs off.>the dude is even wearing a Usagi surcoat
>>153615429No, ancient Japanese were wiser than us.
>>153615114>>153615218W-where might one acquire these little trinkets and loose change? Asking for a friend.
>>153615576Oh Gen. You don't have to pretend.
>Usagi in the 80s>Usagi in Space>Anons' ideas of Wild West YojimboNow I wonder about how a Cyberpunk(Oedo 808/Bubblehum Crisis inspired) Usagi would go.
>>153613467>he isn't a traitor working for Hikiji or some other lord trying to overthrow NoriyukiPay no attention to him trying to marry Tomoe off go Ito who got like, four or five guys killed currying favor sith Hikiji.
>>153615760His intentions are to tie Ito closer to the Geishu and through them, the shogun.Horikawa is actively trying to screw Hikiji over, by stealing one of the guys in his sphere of influence.Where were you when you realized Horikawa was doing more in the fight against Hikiji than Usagi had managed over the past years?
>>153615429Anon. The quote is from someone's In-Law.
>>153615654Just imagine it.>Usagi wakes up looking drunk in the garbage.>He barely has any memories about what happened last night.>All he remembers is that he was on a case about a missing rogue android on the loose.>He goes around town trying to look for said android.>Tomoe is secretly following him.>Later comes to the conclusion that Tomoe is the robot.>Goes on to chase her.>Eventually corners her and is about to take her out.>Tomoe ends up retaliating...>Only there's no blood.>It is then revealed that Usagi is the android and Tomoe thinks he killed the real Usagi.
>>153615796About the time Horikawa sold you that bridge, you fucking nanban.
>>153615796The TRVTH TAIHO the annual storytime isn't prepared to hear.>>153615841Case in point.
>>153615813Would the story end with this android now becoming his own person and now going by the name Yukichi or Jotaro.
>>153614983we got it covered with a little DIY.
>>153616057Amazing. >Lord Noriyuki was known to history as the greatest daimyo that ever lived. Folk songs from the time survive to this day about his keen insight and wise decision-making. He has become a byword for sagacity and esthetics. Some scholars have pointed out that the Noriyuki immortalized in popular history was actually a kagemusha, or body double, but this is the realm of cranks and conspiracy theorists.
Never found the right time to post it. But this is one of my favorite screencaps from a previous storytime.
>>153616179It's his gaze. I can't shake it. It's like he's staring into my very soul....
EheheheheheheheEHEHAHAHAHAHA
>>153616240oh shit the 2012 model
>>153616240will you use this power for good, or for evil?
>>153615654No matter what the era, /ourqueller/ is still hard at work and he STILL does it for free.How come Shoki hasn't been in a SMT game?>>153616215Nice.>has not had a drink in 200 years, desperately needs one.N-nice.
>>153616240Did you hack Nickelodeon for that or recreate it?>>153615813How would you fit the other characters?
>>153616295I'll let the Gods decide that
>>153616354Sweet merciful Buddha NO
>>153615796Sounds like Hikiji needs to fire the Komori and Neko ninjas and hire some outside help to deal with all this meddling.
>>153616304Somebody uploaded it a month ago.https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/usagi-yojimbo-fb8ca5b4b7ac48608b2a087ae8290668
>>153600626Based. I bought WhereWhen at AwesomeCon signed by one of the TMNT artists. Her name escapes me, but she was quite charming. I try to support comic artists, especially indies, when I can. It's an art form that deserves to be preserved.
>>153616354Rokurokubi!
>>153616302>>153615813>A Rabbit with no memory >An ancient curse passed through unfortunate souls>And one hell of a corporate conspiracy >And this is before breakfast >Usagi Yojimbo: Cyber Tokyo 2185.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O7VTw1E3b4&pp=ygUMU25hdGNoZXIgb3N0
>>153613985I love Kelly parodies
>>153615813>Tomoe is secretly following himWhat if the reason she follows is because she knows he's not her husband
>>153616354and the gods say GUILTY
>>153616354>nope.jpg
>>153616240>>153616511Made a quick and dirty import so I can use him as a piece for board games I'm not very good at rigging and the textures are very low resolution but it'll do.
>>153617010>TOS Usagi beams down to the planet with unique green captain shirt
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>>153613985Everything about this pic is perfecr
>>153615813>>153616687>>153616724So any explanation why android Usagi would have Usagi's memory and looks like him?
>>153611905Jei's just Robert Mitchum's character from Five Card Stud.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxk3WKk-FbQ
>>153613696>the Usagi head in his usual signature repalced with a little Tomoe headClassic.>Tomoe NogameYou made me read "nogame" as if it were a Japanese word; noh-gah-mé.
>>153613793kek
>>153615114>those coins with holes in them (Yen I think?)Those are bu (zeni also have holes). "Yen" IIRC is originally the counting word for small round flat(?) objects, so it became the designation for a unit of money by metonymy.
>>153617010usagi and his nephews husagi, dusagi, and lusagi?
>>153615796I actually agee with this with the proviso that Horikawa is ALSO trying to get Tomoe away from Noriyuki so that he can have more influence on clan policy himself.(One of the nice things about Senso is that it shows decisively that this faggotry didn't work.)
>>153618054>You made me read "nogame" as if it were a Japanese word; noh-gah-mé.So did I. I think that's gonna stick.
>>153617682Maybe the law is not allowed to die, so the station usually make sure officers deaths are not public. So when Usagi died he was set to be replaced. Usagi found out something shady from the company and the company tried to delete it so Android Usagi escaped but now some of his memories are corrupt. All he can basically remember was to capture an android.
>>153618422I'd buy that for a ryo
>>153618054Should it be Nogeimu instead?
>>153618679Nah, Nogame is better since her name is already Ame.
>>153618195I don't entirely blame him. The state of affairs where a random female retainer is basically running the clan through her surrogate mother role to Noriyuki is going to make the clan a laughing stock if it's allowed to go on. People who don't know Tomoe's unique history and abilities will see her peculiar relationship with Noriyuki and just assume is weak, and the plots and schemes will proliferate until one finally kills him and destroys the clan. In fact that is already kind of what has been happening. Plus, plotting to marry her off is actually a remarkably humane and low stakes scheme by Feudal Japan standards. And if Horikawa is also being a little ambitious and hoping to slide into Tomoe's current position once she's out of the way... well, a vassal daimyo has to do what he can to get by.
>>153613696>It made me think that Tomoe might have had better luck had she been born in the Heian rather than Edo period.Women's rights in Japan took a pretty big hit in general during the Edo period from what I understand with a lot of things like "A female warrior is unsightly" being 'longstanding traditions handed down through the countless generations' that started like two, three decades earlier at max.
>>153618814>In fact that is already kind of what has been happening.Disagree. It's not like Hikiji wouldn't have tried any of his shit if Tomoe hadn't existed. All that shit's happening because the Geishus are a powerful clan, staunch shogunate loyalists, and ruled by a little kid with no obvious heirs.>well, a vassal daimyo has to do what he can to get bySee, now you've just made me want to disembowel him with a fighting top.
>>153616304>Usagi was a detective who is actually dead.>Tomoe is a mourning police officer and widow to Usagi trying to find out who killed him.>Gen's a bounty hunter still a bounty hunter but now goes after rogue androids.>Chizu is chief of police and is trying her best to keep the city safe.>Kagemaru is still Starscream.>Ishida is currently running for mayor.>Mariko, Kenichi, and Mayumi should be cameos.>Jei... should not exist in the story.>Kitsune... just sell soba noodles>Yukichi... is Android Usagi
>>153614075>In Senso, there are no panda wives/cubsThey're also at war the entire time. Noriyuki is like 25 there, so any cubs would likely be pretty small and staying in the back with their mom. I don't think Senso is conclusive evidence that Noriyuki has no heirs because it's pretty reasonable for them to just be off-screen.
>>153616302This too, may be relavent to your interests.
>>153618976>JeiCmon now whats sci-fi without a space wizard? What're Sasuke and Ryoko and Kiyoko going to do?
>>153616057Cousin!
>>153618976>>153616687Someone should request Cyberpunk Usagi on the drawthread.
>>153619343Agreed. The one thing that can be said is that if he had a family you might have expected *some* reference to it in either Wherewhen or Senso (e.g. when they mention that Kiyoko is back at the White Heron Castle and not present for the march on Mutsu), but even that isn't very suggestive, and absence of proof isn't proof of absence.
>>153619543>>Jei>Cmon now whats sci-fi without a space wizard?The cyberpunk version should be some sort of genetic engineered creature designed to be the next step in human evolution. For instance, they sent a probe to Europa, it took some biological samples, and brought them back. They added them to a test subject and he's now a Jovian Enhanced Individual. Ryoko is the scientist that created JEI.
>>153620125This is a good idea, t b h. And of course what it means for an individual to be Jovian-Enhanced is that he's been invaded by a Thinglike black sludge.(The muttering about exterminating evil is presumably a bad translation of the creature's ideas about needing to cleanse and terraform Earth's biosphere to be more welcoming to Europan life forms)
>>153620125Also, since I just now thought of it, Ryoko has twin daughters (and/or clones) that JEI responds well to since she implanted memories of her as his mother that must be obeyed; he sees Keiko and Chiyoko as his Big Sisters.
I really liked 47 Ronin and I just started reading lone wolf and cub which is basically the same thing right after. I also got shogun in hardcover. Never read yojimbo though lol why is he a rabbit?
>>153620398>I really liked 47 Ronin and I just started reading lone wolf and cub which is basically the sameNo it's not. Not at all. >Never read yojimbo though lol why is he a rabbit?Because fuck you
The interview at the end of the special editions was really good. And Stan talking about his stuff being inspired by Kurosawa movied is dead-on. I just watched Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, and Sanjuro a couple of months ago and I'm definitely reminded of them.
https://youtu.be/UarknTdLwtY?si=eSr70y1uEINZ90lMI looked up "Usagi Yojimbo" on Youtube and found this, kek
>>153618814>through her surrogate mother role to NoriyukiWhich is weird because there's no indication that Pandamom is actually dead, she's just never mentioned again outside of that one flashback.>>153620125An anon mentioned ZEIRAM one year as a take on sci-fi Jei, it was pretty cool.
>>153618195Well yeah. No one said Horikawa wasn't a scheming little toadie. But the fun part of his character is that he's a LOYAL scheming little toadie, which you don't usually see in fiction. He's more Dwight than Starscream.
>>153618976Kitsune is the founder and CEO of Kitsune Noodles, a very profitable business that sells extremely cost-effective to manufacture instant soba that's ubiquitous in vending machines and kobini stores. She's also got a seedy past and occassionally she'll go in disguise to just steal like a street thief because she has legitimate psychological kleptomania, and her corporation is constantly in the press for its shady business practices, which are still kind of tame by cyberpunk standards, but still the noodles keep selling because they're so cheap and they have such dominant market presence.
>>153615654>Hey Sasuke. Don't crap your hakama if you see a yokai out there.>Get lost. You wouldn't recognize a kami damned yokai if one jumped up and bit you on the end of your fucking chinpo.So just get off my back.
For that one discussion about how you sometimes see this pose in jidaigeki/how Mifune did it in Yojimbo/Sanjuro, I found an example from 1963's "Sennin Buraku".>>153600811>also just made me think of somehting funnyPure kino
>>153620398They really aren't the same, a little more exposure and you'll get a sense for the differences. Like westerns ( a common comparison), there's room for a lot of variation in the wandering samurai on a revenge trip setup. As for why he's a rabbit, it was the style at the time.>>153620493>Because fuck youAnon, don't scare off a new guy. Relax.
>>153621535>Stray Dog: Well, Well, Well, what's a fine young man out doing out on a night like this? Don't you know it's past your bedtime, Motherfucker!!
>>153618814Don't you see. The assassination attempts that were going on since he was born will cease once we marry off the one person who's been there to fend them off! You know. Because he'll be dead.
>>153618976>>153621415Got anymore fan lore for the other cyberpunk version of the cast?
>>153620398>why is he a rabbit?because the author drew a funny rabbit samurai with his ears tied up like a topknot and it stemmed from there.
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I was looking through the Usagi RPG rule book and saw this. I seem to recall some anons were trying to figure out exactly where the Geishu and Hikiji lands were and whether Hikiji was based on Date Masumune, and this comes straight from Stan's mouth.I was wondering, are anons interested in the pen & paper RPG? I was thinking of making a modern one since it's so outdated and doesn't fit with what Usagi Yojimbo has evolved into. Things like playable snakes as a standard race, teppo as standard equipment, pronounced animal traits/stereotypes, etc.
>>153622354>I was wondering, are anons interested in the pen & paper RPG?Maybe five years ago or so, I don't even have the time to go to the games I used to.
>>153622354Are you looking through the original 80s one or the later 2005 one?I don't know if you're aware, but there was a newer one in 2022. Based on the PbtA engine, which some people have problems with.
>>153622943The 1997 Gold Rush one, didn't know there was another different one. I'll check it out.
>>153622354>I was thinking of making a modern one since it's so outdated and doesn't fit with what Usagi Yojimbo has evolved into. Things like playable snakes as a standard race, teppo as standard equipment, pronounced animal traits/stereotypes, etc.Did you check out the second RPG?For me though, the first one is unparalleled kino. The combat cards, great stuff.
