>>153139008
MY MU HAS BROUGHT ME HERE

>>153139008
Oh well

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so, the next three stories were published in color. this first one was redrawn for the DH saga book (I believe) so I'll leave it untouched, but the other too I'll post their color versions so you all can rage about the changing eye colors- I mean so you can appreciate how it compares to modern color UY.

>>153139078
>Posting the HD remake
I hope we get to see the original too.

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>>153139105
well, would you like to see the original too? I can just post it right after too. the thread image limit can handle it.

>>153139153
That'd be great!

>>153139140
>Unfortunately, this is Feudal Japan so I must be on the bullshit.

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>>153139164
coming right up, then.

just look at those tasteful flat colors and how they enhance the gradients on the sky.

>>153139115
>I am one of just three to whom he taught this new style
I kinda get why he didn't, but I still think he really should have fixed this line for the redraw. It makes no sense placed here in the chronology since we know of four students of Katsuichi and the two preceding Usagi presumably didn't evaporate.

>>153139236
>Ordered to commit seppuku
Which generally would mean a "seppuku as punishment" rather than a "seppuku as a way to restore honor".

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>>153139310
know your ritual disembowelments, it can save your face!

>>153139334
The Implication there is that instead of councilor Odo cutting his belly and then having someone cut his neck for a fast and merciful death, had to spend several agonizing minutes there bleeding to death, while having to maintain a kneeling position.

>>153139155
>two generations of the Geishu have had faggot advisors
Is this some sort of hereditary mental deficiency? Gullible trust in evil retards? Noriyuki's usually portrayed as wise for his years, but he consistently fails to see through Horikawa's bullshit this exact same way.

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the following two stories have no redrawn panels in the their black-and-white versions.

>>153139174
>You will put your blade away immediately
This pig hoe lives in Feudal Japan and still can't tell the difference between a sword and a stick?

>>153139302
>>153139312
Poor little Tomoe. So much sadness in those big, pretty brown eyes. It breaks my heart.
After seeing those pages, can you understand why I rage so hard when they're colored green or grey and keep switching?

>>153139380
Multiple reasons.
1, Conniving and treasonous counselors were the norm. Remember the guy who got headshot during Grasscutter episode 1?
2, Lead based makeup was a thing back then and women were not told to stop wearing it during pregnancy.

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this is the equivalent of a teen putting up an edgy poster in their room

>>153139221
FLOO! counter not incremented?

>>153139465
rip Lord Noriyuki #14

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>>153139458
sir, FLOO counter at 15 and counting, sir!

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top two panels remind me of woodblock prints.

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>>153139363
Like here! Violet? Are you shitting me?
>>153139408
And here! Suddenly green then back to brown in a span of two panels!

This comic is cursed when it's in color. Apparently it always has been.

>>153139278
>panel 4
>one eye brown
>other eye grey
I can feel Eye Anon seething from here.

>>153139507
Oh no! We cannot enter this room through these rice paper doors!
If only there was another way into that room, like a wall made out of similar low durability material!

>>153139542
Holy shit! It's a giant lord Hebi!

>>153139505
Since I fiercely vented during the last storytime, I promised myself not to overreact this year. But yes, I am always seething.
However, I'm choosing to believe that the panel in question is just badly scanned and the compression did not help.

>>153139438
>Conniving and treasonous counselors were the norm.
That should just make the lords warier.

>Lead based makeup was a thing back then and women were not told to stop wearing it during pregnancy.
I guess that wouldn't.

>>153139425
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFeUko-lQHg

>>153139554
I mean, you'd freak out too if it was an aggressive 5 meters tall Lebron James. A giant giant snake must be equally scary for them.

ugly ass artstyle

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ugly little gradient here but overall, these color editions are so much better than what we have today it's not even funny. it's actually quite sad, in my opinion. but I'm sure there some of you who enjoy modern UY.

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like, just look at this cloud- it's straight out of a shin-hanga design.

>>153139496
>Guards Guards
Not my favorite Discoworld novel but it's solid

>>153139623
I enjoy modern UY for the stories and line art, not for its colors.

>>153139629
DAMMIT USAGI! SETTLE DOWN! GIVE JOTARO A HALF SIBLING!

>>153139644
Remember when we head canoned this fox hunter as Sasuke's mentor and predecessor?

>>153139672
Ever since here Usagi has been a simp for fox girls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaKNAAAcZF4

>>153139457
>Usagi is the one who's fought like a dozen yokai
>Tomoe is still the one who catches on
I guess this also made more sense circa Dragon Bellow than it does here.

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the "BITCH!" comment was changed to SNARL! in the black-and-white edition btw.

>>153139718
>>153139724
Uh oh, more incoming hentai!

>>153139623
When Emi Fuji is doing the coloring, it's alright. Anyone else and it's mediocre at best.

>>153139528
Wait a minute... this is the fuckin' bandit who stole the sumi set!

That's crazy that he set that up several books ago to tie this story into the continuity better.

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a ghost in the well doesn't sound so bad as a ghost in the machine.

>>153139783
Kojima trade delegation!?
In that case you should be wary of everything, from vampires to cyborg ninjas to giant robots with nuclear missiles!

>>153139788
Do note that this color story came out before the sumi set story, which is probably why the kid at the end hasn't fallen under the control of the sumi set.
Or maybe it only starts working when it has child blood ink in it?

>>153139623
Digital coloring and its consequences have been a disaster for the rabbit race.

>>153139783
AND DON'T CALL ME SHIRLEY!

>>153139153
Don't worry, Odo is a trustworthy guy even though he's made of goo

>>153139684
>that fox is a FOX!
>that bitch!
I get it but kek

>>153139979
You should see that Cardassian neck trick

>>153139748
And yet in spite of everything this is only the third-worst fox in the comic.

>>153139985
SHE'S A YOKAI AND A BITCH!

>>153139493
Have you seen the cover for Usagi Yojimbo Fantagraphics 1? Does appearance order change the canonical eye colour?

>>153140071
HOW ARE THERE STILL MORE OF YOU!

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>>153140044
I love that dub like you wouldn't believe.

>>153139078
>>153139084
>>153139098
>>153139107
The closest we will ever get to a lovemaking scene. Ever.

>>153140108
THE OLD RELIABLE

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!

>>153140165
>>153140174
As much as I detest the notion of marrying off Tomoe(I know, I'm a degenerate shipper), I have to admit I find Saburo here to be an interesting Dark Horse candidate as a husband, if only because he'd so very obviously be in the same boat as Tomoe, and I think you could, in theory develop an unorthodox sort of relationship out of that.

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I love kitsune

>>153140215
Now imagine if she was married to lord Ito.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xGpo8CPQz0

>>153136992
>>153139416
>>153139496
>DOG painter brings evil portrait to Noriyuki
You aren't fooling anyone, Koro

>>153140263
Such an interesting thought. Now, what would happen if Lord Ito passed away before Tomoe could produce any heirs?

>>153140284
Usagi waltzes in to netorare the shit out of Ito.

>>153139833
>Do note that this color story came out before the sumi set story
That's what I'm saying, it's nutty that he wrote the entire sumi set story so he could set up the reprint of this story in continuity later.

>>153140307
Ah, my mistake, I mistook your earlier posts meaning.
I will now commit seppuku.

>>153139819
>Hm, someone else is doing the exact same thing I am.
>I'd better stalk him!
It's extra funny that he's right.

>>153139140
Between this and Noriko, I gotta say; he's kind of s dipshit.

>>153139623
I like the idea of color Usagi since the world is colorful and color can add a lot to scenes, but that clashes with the fact that Stan spent decades drawing in B&W and a lot of artistic choices were made with that in mind.
Doesn't help that the editors/colorists often seem to be asleep at the wheel but I consider that a problem of competence instead of style.

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lol

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welp, the time has come to say goodbye.

>>153139844
Hard not to overinterpret that sixth panel.

>>153139800
>a ghost in the well doesn't sound so bad as a ghost in the machine.
How about a Ghost in The Shell?

>>153140391
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfDTuNyup9Y

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>all that empty space
it's a beautiful chapter, but my girl Tomoe doesn't deserve this...

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>A Quiet Time - The Road Beckons: Usagi Leaves The Geishu Province
https://youtu.be/rg4OREDwy9k

>>153140113
Vega claws!

>>153139438
Also, Hikiji seems to have ongoing designs on the Geishu lands, and getting a man inside (Arimura, Odo, Iké's first wife, plausibly Horikawa), is a key part of that. He probably spent years doing the same thing under Mifune's nose.

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>>153140458
that's alright, as long as it's not Man-Machine Interface. that thing gave me headaches.

>>153140588
If he ever makes it back and discovers what's happened, I hope somebody reeeeeeally rubs his nose in it.

>>153140568
Now I must take this opportunity to shill the shit out of the excellent manga series, Hyouge mono.
What does it have? It has everything you'd want!
>late sengoku period warfare
>samurai politics
>historical characters
>comedy
>booba
and most importantly, TEA CEREMONY AND AESTHETICS AUTISM OUTTA WAZOO!
So what are you waiting for? Go and set out to find some high culture!

>>153140549
FUCK ALREADY

>>153140718
>Actually, your father started fucking with us, first.

>>153139946
Oh Christ, this fucker again.

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>>153140705
a series by and for the gentlemen aesthete.

>>153140346
Well the guy he saw wasn't out for a pleasant stroll at night, he was running. And running in the dark is not something you do unless you have to, which probably means trouble of some kind. Either the figure is in trouble or is causing trouble. Both are worth investigating.

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>orphans: +1

>>153140767
>Soon ronin, soon...
>Never seen again after this
What did Stan mean by this?

>>153140797
GODDAMMIT, FEUDAL JAPAN.

>>153140792
>>153140797
To be frank, this guy brought it upon himself.

>>153140823
https://youtu.be/umO0QJQoNOo?si=H2THMNgRJneY4B6G&t=3
t: Feudal Japan

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>>153140805
he's going to crash into tomoe's wedding ceremony, and be ignored as norkio did the same just before.

>>153139623
>>153139629
this looks like shit