>>153154712
MY BODY IS READY!

>>153154712
Never saw that cover before, very rad

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https://youtu.be/39Qdzx_Ge-g

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>>153154757
it's pretty creative

>>153154797
Here it is, the original FEUDAL JAPAAAAAN! Mendoza moment!
I recall it being the very first image edit I made for these threads.

>>153154861
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnuSpbmMtG0

>>153154712
Fug, this is a great cover.

>>153154757
I also feel like I never saw it before. Is this your first time posting it, Murder?

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https://youtu.be/PyWRCf_iZSs

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>>153154927
pretty sure I've posted it before. it's one of my favorites.

>>153154780
based capy-chad

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>FLOO!: 16

>>153154970
This is fucked up. More than usual.

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this whole arc is drawn with rain in mind, and I love it.

>>153154986
there's a reason >>153143375

>>153154994
jesus, just when I think it couldn't get bleaker

>>153154986
>>153154970
Well that sucks.
>>153154994
In the immortal words of Randall, from Clerks: I stand corrected, THAT sucks!

>>153154771
https://youtu.be/PyWRCf_iZSs?si=Dam3TIB97OTP6ZCZ

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very subtly, ENTER: Best Girl.

>>153155074
so he really doesn't like sake. Interesting.

>>153155052
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9oJaUIaSyI

>>153155030
he did it, he condensed usagi yojimbo down to a single page.

this is starting to read like a louis l'amour novella

>>153155030
>knows he shouldn’t meddle
>meddles anyway

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>>153155166
who?

>>153155222
>Oh shit a sword!
>Yeah? What are you gonna do about it?
>This!
>Oh fuck a sword!

>>153155197
famous short-story writer, mostly did westerns, and was pretty popular in his time. This story Reminds of The Rider of the Ruby Hills in particular.

>>153155079
>top right
He certainly likes what he sees

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>>153155254
neat. I'll put that one on my to-read list.

>>153155284
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iMV9XA6t_8

>>153154732
Fuck.

>>153155402
Bootleg Usagi Yojimbo there

>>153154792
>>153154797
Dude.

>>153155434
NOOOOO WOODCUTTER MONEYS, DON'T GO IN THERE, NOOOOO!

>>153154975
>I killed a lord's little boy, now let me leave
Boldest request in the history of Feudal Japan

>>153155469
https://youtu.be/_fjEViOF4JE?si=y0JUPQoxY_qnbM0d&t=17

>>153154961
Begger's guild is getting their money's worth. Man's less an assassin and more of a rogue lawn mower.

>>153154797
>>153154802
Unfiltered feudal moment.

>>153155476
A Hatamoto's boy, let's not get our ranks wrong now.

>>153154990
>You killer!
Oh fuck off grasshopper.

>>153154810
Its such a miserable moment is perfect.

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it is a bit lame that jeinazuma just lets them live

>>153155576
Oh fuck…

>>153154809
>The Bums secured enough funds to hire a hit man
Every time I read this story I always question how they pooled their resources together,

>>153155586
This "Can't die before I've spitted my enemies" bit feels like those Korean comics from late 2000s.

>>153154994
This is the single bleakest story in the comic, pure misery from start to end.

>>153155572
honestly, Jei's first appearance seems like the high water mark for his character. Everything after it is just kind of meh by comparison.

>>153154841
The suffering to launch a thousand ships.

>>153155342
Usagi is kind of a,smart ass

>>153155621
>HE'S
>BUT
>A
>SOLE
>SAMURAI

>>153155647
Mayumi's mayumis!

>>153155653
>tfw you can feel a samurai's third sword

>>153155653
>Usagi, I feel your swords poking at me, but you threw away one of them...

>>153155425
A cute moment between this two.

>>153155458
The first time I read this I genuinelly thought the woodcutters were gonna die.

>>153155321
This exchange always stuck with me.

>>153155755
I really wish you had posted the alternate ending and pretended that this was the ending of storytime, I would have even played along.

>>153155743
imagine getting dumped by a giga-chad like Usagi and your only comforter is Feudal Japan Chris-chan

>>153155775
>Implying Feudal japanese Chris would have had a job

>>153155789
he could always be gainfully employed as the village idiot.

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>>153155773
every year I think of doing that, but ultimately decide it might be too obtrusive...

>>153155572
Obviously the gods informed Jei of the orphanage Stray Dog was getting money for. He's the shining beacon of morality in Japan.

>>153155816
Ancient Ninja technique! BULLET SEED!

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>>153155814
to quote usagi, there's nothing more sinister than children.

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https://youtu.be/WUqDezHZ7B0

>>153155773
I remember joining in on the pre-game thread last year and seeing that alt. ending thinking it was real, only to be hit with the actual ending during storytime and it hurting far more than it otherwise would. It’s bad enough as is, new readers shouldn’t be subjected to such a cruel joke

>>153155507
>>153155541
>>153155554
>AIIIIEEEE GEN-SAMA SAVE MEEEEE!!!

>>153155903
The thought’s been running in my mind for a while, with how long his ears are it’s impressive how he hasn’t gotten them chopped off in a fight

>>153155222
God. What a gaggle of jerks.

Point for Chizu as best girl. I don't see Mariko sticking around and applying antidote.

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the only hint we have as to the informant's social standing...

>>153155941
KILLER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maoGJOYYttI

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>>153155942
to be fair, mariko wouldn't have the ninja collective hunting her.

>>153155903
Sicko modo

>>153155980
Just lock them all in a cage and see who emerges. A cage match always works

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you dumb, sweet girl.

>>153154970
>Dead Children: 11+(Villages)

If we haven't already someone should count "needless deaths from person ignoring warning not to get involved"

>>153156094
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKhpE-oNoGY

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>A Dream One Night in Spring: Mayumi's Theme
https://youtu.be/AbLIMYuwWXI?t=8

>>153155963
Giving away information for FREE, Informant's up to shit.

>>153156094
What's the thematic significance of him killing Mayumi and his girlfriend earlier?

>>153156126
Fucking gollum :D

>>153154759
My favorite page so far.

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>>153156129
it might be his fear of bringing harm to those around him, like he expresses the night before he abandons mayumi

>>153155485
>We gotta run!
>Trying to trick me and take all the money, Gen?!
>We gotta fight & get paid!

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>usagi dojo
if I'm not mistaken, it's this one anon found in the web archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20080320062030/http://www.usagiyojimbo.com/sakai.html

>>153155596
Keep reading, ronin.

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>hikiji was inspired by Date Masamune
what the hell. how come we never saw him with a comically large kabuto decoration!?

>>153156111
>Somewhere, Kenshin Himura got a familiar pain in his heart.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ObWAo9BP9Sc&pp=ygUeaGVhcnQgb2Ygc3dvcmQgcnVyb3VuaSBrZW5zaGlu

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Stan struggled to write a proper ending to Bridge of Tears and mayumi's story. in this draft, mauymi is in league with the koroshi...

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...and this one, he just made it to break our hearts even more.

that is it for today, thanks for reading. I have one extremely cool thing share later, though!

>>153156198
How many assassins are they going to throw away just after one ronin?

>>153156217
Just need to up the numbers. Maybe one will fail, but if you send like 3-5 trained assassins at him at once they’re bound to win thanks to numbers. After all, he’s just one guy

>>153156217
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tizt08xnFII

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>>153156206
Thanks Murder, now I must darken the mood with some edits and sloppa.
Chizu cosplaying as The Boss: https://litter.catbox.moe/kqkxmq9w1o1bu54j.jpg
Portrait of Mayumi in sloppa form: https://litter.catbox.moe/ybzp62sl6o9ndiue.jpg
Venom Kashira (those who know will know): https://litter.catbox.moe/y5pu1vj8x99uq93u.jpg

To balance out the sloppa, I prepared 3 new edits for this thread, starting with the latest version of the classic.

>>153156111
>>153156193
Man I haven't watched Trust and Betrayal in years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NrkA4vYIrQ&list=PL9A26684E958CF532&index=12

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Book 23
443 Usagis (10591 total)
1007 Panels (22154 total)
46 Neko (1100 total)
No Komori (197 total)
No Mogura (37 total)
No Ninjas of the Dark Light (4 total)

>>153156206
Canon to the alternate (good) timeline. I bet their kids are cute.

>>153156154
I worded that in a shitty way. I meant the Terminator killing Haruye by accident and then Mayumi on purpose. I suppose it falls under the same theme as your reply suggests.

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>>153156291
A Gnomish samurai!

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>>153156303
And something that confirms my mental age of twelve.
Have a good night, everyone.

>>153155853
UsaJei has some real Evil Ernie energy, moreso than Jei's other forms.

>>153156094
>>153156104
I do think Mayumi saved his life here and her sacrifice actually wasn't pointless.
Shizukiri was a top-tier swordsman while Usagi was still recovering from ninja poison and didn't have his usual swords.

>>153156154
>abandons Mayumi
>harm comes to her because he's not around to protect her
>doesn't abandon Mayumi
>harm comes to her because a lot of people hate him and aren't above using her to get to him
That's how it is on this feudal bitch of an earth

>>153156347
Usagi should just become a mountain hermit

>>153156395
With his harem?

>>153156104
Feudal Japanese Mozambique technique

>>153156104
>Usagi is so mad he strikes Shizukiri twice

>>153156437
Yes, he'll have a compound too

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>>153156094
Fuck.

>>153155572
I've een thinking about what could have made the Jeizuma arc work a bit better. I feel that if it was a gradual thing rather then all at once it would work better. Like Inazuma is still pretty much herself at the end of Grasscutter, maybe has an episode going crazy and killing the monks immediately after Jei 1' death but otherwise once she comes out of blackout seems to be in complete control. Recongizes Keiko as the girl who saved her and starts travelling with her, and as it goes on you see more and more of Jei creeping into her personality. Maybe have Keiko be a directly corrupting force telling her to enact the will of the gods. Would have been more interesting in giving us more of Inazuma and would also aleviate Kusanagi not finishing Jei if his coming back was something hard to do as more required corrupting another individual from the ground up.

>>153155392
awkward arms going on on panels 1 and especially 2

>>153156786
Inazuma is actually very small they use camera tricks to make her look bigger like Tom Cruise.

>>153156633
Wrong image, I'm retarded.

>>153154797
That's pretty Feudal

>>153156764
You'd have to change some things with their first meeting, the Iconic "... Aunty" scene would have to be postponed.
Replaced with a scene where Inazuma takes Keiko under her wing, despite the dangers. Very Lady Snowblood.

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>>153156932
Feudal, you say?

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>>153155011
Life hit him hard, but he was given another shot at happiness.
2004: Sharon Sakai finds out she has a rare type of an inoperable brain tumor
2011: Sharon has a serious stroke, half of her body is paralyzed, she keeps getting worse. Work on Usagi pauses for a year.
2012: Stan finishes the Shoyu two parter in February, a year after the first issue came out. Then his work on UY stops for over 3 years.
2013: in December, Stan's 20 months old grandson (boy in the picture) Leonardo dies in his sleep. Poor kid just stopped breathing. Sharon keeps getting worse, she is barely lucid, sleeps 23 hours per day, goes deaf and blind.
2014: in August, the first issue of Senso, is released. Sharon dies in November, she was 61.
2015: in May, Usagi Yojimbo resumes. In October, Stan marries Julie Fuji.

>>153156437
>>153156582
Usagi's Harem
>Chizu
>Mayumi
>Tomoe
>Inazuma
Who else?

>>153157020
Mariko comes to visit every now and then but keeps on being denied.

>>153155079
>Dat ass

>>153157020
Kitsune, if only just to keep her from robbing

>>153157139
Don't toss Gen's wife at Usagi!
How about Kimi? She could come with Chizu as a package deal.

>>153157139
>How many times must I drill this lesson into you?!
>A-ah-about, 2 more times?

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such is life in Feudal Japan

>>153157157
Hi this my girlfriend Chizu. And this is Chizu's girlfriend Kimi.

>>153157020
You got Sakura and Kazehime for ones that haven't shown up yet.

>>153156978
That's rough. Also, holy hell Stan has that wisen grandpa look.

>>153155853
>>153155861
Bums me out there is no proper Usagi Yojimbo show because I'd love to see Usagi Jei animated after that TMNT crossover with Jei

>>153156111
https://youtu.be/R4xWbRBLj2I?si=YBr_ZrdkzLrVwc_a

>>153156764
I think it's mostly about the setup and payoff. You needed to have Inazuma have a more active role first, give her a story or two more as just Inazuma; and then you needed to have her death be more meaningful, with a couple more Jeinazuma appearances first, and not having Jei just immediately go into a body that just looks like his prior one and makes the whole thing feel like Stan regretting this plot and undoing it

>>153155222
love these dumbass thugs

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>>153157020
Kazehime
Kinuko

>>153157183
>>153157157
Not to get too ship-brained but IIRC Stan said there was a gay character but it was never plot relevant so it never got brought up in-comic.
I fully believe that character is Kimi, who is gay for Chizu.