Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai! We've made it to The Hidden, the final arc published under the Dark Horse banner. 7 issues, and then a hop skip to IDW!
Previously:
Annual Usagi Yojimbo Storytime part 28
Angel Richardson
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Aaron Brown
Leo Thomas
Brody Edwards
Liam Howard
Gabriel Foster
This was the first single isue of UY I picked up. It was released around the same time I started the first storytime. By the end, 3 issues were out.
Landon Walker
Parker Wood
Isaac Lee
Ryan Martin
Aw yeah
Elijah Gomez
Sebastian Nguyen
Eli Richardson
the first story of Usagi I read was the 35th anniversary retelling of the first issue.
The first one I bought was a week ago
Julian Martin
Dominic Sanders
Always glad to hear of new supporters.
Austin Barnes
Julian Sanchez
Easton Stewart
Lucas Sanders
aww yiss, peak ishida mystery!
Gavin Robinson
Gavin Lopez
Cooper Rivera
Aiden Lopez
Charles Brown
5 horses in total survived this night.
Michael Jackson
>Woodcutters 33.
At this rate, they're just barely going to overtake dead horses by the end.
Ryan Sullivan
Jonathan Johnson
Joseph Johnson
Jason Gomez
More of this?
Kayden Barnes
Elijah Gutierrez
William Allen
Lincoln Harris
Zachary Rogers
Ryder Jenkins
Alexander Martin
Hot diggity
Charles Wright
Alexander Morris
Charles Harris
Brayden Evans
Ryder Baker
Austin Walker
Cameron Martin
Austin Cooper
Michael Lopez
Dominic Taylor
I'm a little surprised he's not using his jitte
Carson Stewart
Jace Sanchez
Carter Richardson
Ian Bailey
Benjamin White
Ethan James
Asher Martin
Aiden Taylor
Josiah Brown
Wyatt Barnes
Colton Anderson
Colton Rogers
smooth
Samuel Rivera
Eli Robinson
I forgot to mention this, but be on the lookout for pineapples.At this point, Stan started putting one in each issue somewhere.
Tyler Gray
Zachary Turner
Nathan Butler
pffft
Anthony Ramirez
Jackson Miller
Leo Cook
Noah Williams
Hudson Scott
Christian Morris
lotta respect being forced around here
Mason Morales
Ryan Bennett
Daniel Robinson
Brayden Green
Jonathan King
Henry Foster
Alexander Richardson
Gavin Garcia
Poor horsey
Jackson Gomez
Robert Rogers
Ian Morales
Jaxson Gutierrez
Hunter Sullivan
Noah Wright
David Thomas
for a lowly thief he's surprisingly generous
I guess the rich thieves just spend it on themselves
Landon Barnes
Thomas Peterson
Jack Reed
Xavier Davis
>only 3 guys! 19
Christopher Murphy
Lincoln Clark
Jordan Lewis
Blake Ward
Chase Roberts
Henry Johnson
Leo Carter
Oliver Turner
Jose Nelson
Kayden Richardson
Levi Baker
Jose Campbell
Alexander White
Did he replace the one that got stolen?
Jeremiah Butler
Andrew Bell
his jitte was in the first page of the issue after it got stolen. Either he has a spare or Kitsune snuck it back to him
Henry Nelson
Yes, he had another in the very next issue
Carter Reed
Jason Morgan
Blake Brooks
Wyatt Garcia
Carter Carter
Mason Rivera
Bentley Davis
Just a great guy
Anthony Parker
Jace Jackson
Brody Hall
Nathaniel Ross
I missed a page.
Eli Harris
Justin Kelly
Nathaniel Nguyen
Isaac Harris
Blake Rogers
Sebastian Martin
how long has the inspector been wearing sandals instead of the geta?
Michael Peterson
Jayden Walker
John Hughes
Brandon Rodriguez
Oliver Davis
Owen Gray
oh god he's going to die
Jack Bennett
Nicholas James
What does he spend all his money on? Travel expenses? He should be rich by now.
Cameron Clark
Benjamin Bell
>The snitch buys out the government
Jacob Cruz
Isaac Peterson
Jackson Young
Ayden White
Gabriel Barnes
Leo Rivera
He's a great guy too
Landon Jones
Ayden Perry
Carson Morris
there it is
Bentley Peterson
Christian Edwards
Brandon Martinez
Mason Harris
Michael Torres
Jaxon Torres
Connor Campbell
Alexander Reed
Oliver Roberts
Dominic Nguyen
Cooper Johnson
Jaxson Price
and there
Ryan Gray
Benjamin Gutierrez
Gabriel Butler
>Mark Schultz
GO BACK TO MAKE DINOSAUR COMICS ALREADY!
Cameron Rivera
Robert Roberts
Gavin Murphy
Zachary Barnes
Cameron Brown
>it must apply to everyone or it is meaningless!
this is why I like ishida
Angel Allen
Evan Bailey
Xavier Howard
money money money!
David Flores
Dominic Gomez
>westaboo
Landon Clark
Colton Carter
Isaiah Bailey
Jacob Torres
Jacob Long
Ayden Walker
stare down of reason?
Dylan Perez
Robert Morris
So I used to think Kirishitan was just some wacky phonetic thing Stan was doing but no turns out thats what they were called. Maybe it was still a wacky accent thing but it's a real term apparently.
Ryder Miller
nice
Jacob Perry
Isaac Williams
Joshua Thompson
Charles Perry
I like to think he noticed it was gone right away, tracked them down and very casually asked them if they've seen it.
Caleb Johnson
Matthew Thompson
Aaron Price
Did they forget their shogunate seal at the inn or something?
Carter Edwards
Jacob Rodriguez
>For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life
John 3:16 if anyone cares
Connor Allen
Isaiah Flores
I think they're trying to clean things up on the DL; my read is that they've screwed this job up pretty badly.
James Russell
Wow Japanese have terms for everything.
Christopher Hernandez
Unfortunately he would come back as a crazy samurai man in some 40 odd years, start a rebellion and get a fuck ton of people killed
Hunter Cooper
I mean I guess it still makes more sense to two gods farting out islands.
Lucas Hernandez
Kevin Russell
Carter Thomas
Carson Garcia
Eli Cooper
It's always weird to see another rabbit and I cant say why
Zachary Morris
Daniel Bailey
Benjamin Thomas
Angel Barnes
Adrian Hernandez
balls of steel
Dylan Cook
Ethan Morales
Xavier Ortiz
can the snitch just be arrested already? Worse than Kitsune
Joshua Hall
>What a foolish way to die.
>I know. He should have disemboweled himself instead.
Asher Miller
Joseph Robinson
Cooper Martin
David Sanders
Parker Martin
Adrian Robinson
Im on to you Nii
Ryan King
Ryan Gray
Caleb Thompson
Wow. That's pretty surprising actually
Elijah Williams
JESUS CHRIST!
Lucas Brown
what a great ending
Landon Wood
Colton Wood
Leo Baker
Correct
Christopher Hall
Henry Thomas
it looks like the samurai further in back is holding invisible reigns
Nolan Jenkins
It makes a lot of sense too when you look at Ishida's life and general philosophy
Michael Reed
Bentley Russell
It's just 'christian' as it would be pronounced in katakana (ki-ri-shi-ta-n)
Charles Collins
Levi Clark
Easton Stewart
Jack Morales
That horses face
Alexander Myers
Isaiah Thompson
I love these cultural notes
nothing makes a good story like research into the bizarro shit that goes on in real life
Austin Edwards
>my name is horse and this is jackass
Julian Reyes
Carter Barnes
Jonathan Collins
Mason Hall
Austin Murphy
Jayden Baker
William Allen
So he IS Nezumi right? He planted the note in Usagi's sleeve and then drew attention to it.
Luke Sanders
Nolan Phillips
I guess this is before the kirishitan uprising.
Hunter Murphy
We can't be certain, as Usagi went through a large crowd just before meeting them.
Mason Ortiz
Still a couple decades before that
Joseph Howard
This is probably around 1610something with Shimabara not happening til the 1630s
Charles Hernandez
Wouldn't Ishida recognize his voice though?
he probably is
Brody Peterson
Logan Allen
About 25 kilometers east of Lake Towada, at the top of a small wooded hill in remote Shingo Town are two earthen mounds, which a bizarre local legend claims to be the graves of Jesus Christ (キリストの墓, Kirisuto no Haka) and his brother Isukiri.
>"Ancient religious papers" unearthed in the 1930s describe how Jesus Christ traveled and studied in Japan in his early 20s before returning to Judea. After being arrested by the Romans, Isukiri took his place on the cross, and Jesus fled to Shingo Town where he lived until he died at the age of 106.
David Morris
He spends money to get money.
Caleb Sanchez
Assuming he used his regular voice. Nii could easily be pulling a Batman.
Adam Green
Jonathan Powell
Jace Fisher
show some decency
Bentley Taylor
Might ass well get this out of the way while we're here
William Watson
>jesus got isekai'd to japan
this comes from the shimbara rebellion?
Christian Jenkins
Hunter Gutierrez
Did Stan have a hand in TMNT's creation or something?
Oliver Turner
Jaxson Edwards
No, he just met the guys at a con and they became bros.
Owen Jenkins
>only one guy 20
Nah, just drew some fanart really early in, and that led to him befriending eastman and Laird
Joshua Wood
tell me, is this story canon?
Hunter Peterson
Robert Jackson
Usagi meeting Godzilla is canon, I'm sure this is too
Isaac Roberts
Probably. It would have to fit somewhere after Shades of Green, but before Jei picked up Keiko though.
Jayden Clark
Henry Fisher
sure enough
Oliver Ramirez
Ayden Hill
The shape of Nezumi's head also doesn't match Nii's
John Cook
Xavier Roberts
Andrew Hernandez
Cooper Stewart
Aaron Bailey
It's a mask
Xavier Hernandez
Jaxon Martin
I love how he just immediately jumps to summoning turtles
Wyatt Cooper
Jaxon Young
Turtles get results
Jayden Garcia
Asher Perry
Adam Torres
>woodcutters 34
Hey, they've matched the dead horse count!
Jace Perry
Luke Reed
Carter James
Nicholas Diaz
Bentley Sanders
I'm gonna read this in the morning. Later in the morning.
Thanks for posting Dharmanon!
Julian Sanchez
last panel is cool
Kevin Stewart
Dominic Wilson
Sleep well
Luis Watson
Jacob Fisher
>No Keiko
is the the original Jei then?
Grayson Young
Tyler Mitchell
As near as we can tell, yes
Camden Nguyen
Angel Cooper
Ayden Price
This and the next page are actually a 4page spread in the printed version
Ryan Harris
Jack Wood
am I imagining things or is the color of issue different from the IDW one's?
Adrian Brown
Joseph Clark
Is that suppose to be the fucking Bat signal?
Asher Gonzalez
Blake Lee
Robert Flores
Luth did colors for both
Easton Lopez
Aiden Taylor
Jonathan Allen
Luis Carter
yes
Robert Butler
Jack Jones
Grayson Hill
thanks for reading!
Levi Torres
They were immediately eaten by a snake or a bear. Because you didn't expect anything nice did you?
Carson Davis
Oh, my heart
Bentley Bennett
Thanks for posting? What's next? We doing IDW? Senso? Space?
Jason Brooks
the shot of the archer here is really dynamic for Stan usually. I like the experimentation.
Kayden Green
One last thing. I'll probably story time Akiko after Usagi is finished, but if anyone has suggestions, I'll make a poll out of it.
Next we're jumping to IDW. Then Yokai, Space, and Senso.
Caleb Reyes
thanks for posting!
the hidden is one of two usagi books I have, for good reason. I think it peaks up there with grasscutter and senso
>confirmed and implied direct usagi kills: 799
>confirmed and implied overall deaths: 2.673
>so far, usagi accounts for 29.89% of the death toll
James Long
>Akiko
This got mentioned a few times in the past and actually got me interested so Im down
Wyatt Miller
In what was Japan when Jesus got Crucified? Where the nobles still painting their mouth black?
Leo Jones
How does Ishida knows that? Did he read the script or is he secretly a Cristian.
Camden Hall
Keep reading
Henry Lee
Highly recommend watching Silence if kirishitan persecutions are a topic you're interested in and are in need of something that will eat up a good chunk of quarantine time. I came across it in the process of writing that Usagi christmas story that's been floated around in these threads in the past and it became my favourite movie of that year
Luke Cook
nice, I'll check it out
Liam Clark
Is it me or they let their beards grow over the course of the story?
Julian Wright
I thought that movie was up it's own ass. Incidentally, Rurouni Kenshin had a Christian arc in it's somewhat infamous filler last third. Which I honestly didn't think was too bad an idea. The execution left a lot to be desired but the concept of the hero fighting a supposed reincarnation of Amakusa Shiro who only wanted to find a home for his people as he was taking advantage of could have been really cool.
Hudson Price
Well he is not wrong, the shogonate would have do the same they did to budaism and shinto.
Aiden Wood
Plus it just had some nice shots.
Dylan Morris
Dammit Ishida you are a loos cannon!
Caleb Long
>I thought that movie was up it's own ass.
Eh, that's fair. I have more respect/interest in those kinds of topics then what's generally seems to be considered... fashionable nowadays so YMMV
Liam Diaz
Makes sense after everything that happened.
Isaiah Wood
Thank you dharma
Charles Smith
Oh I certainly agree that the spread of Christianity and it's relationship in the east is VERY interesting, and what the Tokugawa did to them was all horrible and easily the great bases for a movie. I just think the script was a bit heavy on the melodrama and should have trusted the audience more.
Grayson Butler
Ishida is never shown having to pass through any of the checkpoints, is he?
Josiah Howard
Kek. I'll treasure the elephant ninja forever.
Robert Wood
He's got a Jitte
Oliver Torres
People always drone on and on about the cross thing, but few talk about that awesome water into wine part. That one would get people's attention really fast.
Michael Roberts
>the elephant ninja would later be punished for failing his mission and forced to commit Seppuku
Jaxson Perez
Those guy are crucifying them wrong, you are suppose to not give them any kind of place to rest their feet, that way their bodies are force in a uncomfortable position. The idea is that the lungs can't work properly if the body is in the cross position so once the person looses all his strength and can't no longer maintain himself he would suffocate.
Ethan Richardson
Also I really want to point out that the reason Christianity was banned by the Tokugawa had a lot less to do with actual oppression of ideals and more meddling politics using religion as an excuse to meddle in Japan's affairs. To play devil's advocate (HAH!) foreign influence was really mucking things up pretty hard for Japan. We all saw what the Portuguese fuck was doing as an example. And then there's the issue of the economy collapsing, the spread of ideas and possible revolution, well someone had to step in. Also I hear that there was a lot of other incidents revolving around the whole mess between the protestants and catholics.
I mean Im certainly not defending murder and oppression, but it would have happened to any religion that wasn't native. You should have seen what Nobunaga did to the Buddhists. Warlords gonna warlord.
Oliver Sanchez
But he survived as the blade was too short to fully penetrate its giant belly.
Cameron Cruz
That was probably for the actor's sake. You ever watch a Crucifixion scene in an old movie and the feet are usually conveniently off camera.
Kayden Cruz
>That statue.
Nice.
Jonathan Jackson
Stan plays this twist so well- its natural to assume Ishida knows so much about Christianity because he knows so much about everything, but knowing that much about a banned topic can easily be a clue to the twist as well. Add in him being so soft on Hama and the dropped note, and its reasonable to suspect it.
Christopher Wright
To be fair, Europe loved the strategy of teaching love and peace and then attack the fools with their weapons.
Assholes will always teach tolerance and non violence since only in that world would people allow them to stay assholes.
Eli Gonzalez
since there was another ishida story I have the excuse post this. sorry the perspective is wonky
Oliver Jackson
This thread is actually reminding me that at some point I'd like to get around to seeing how it compares with the book.
The idea isn't really to crucify them in the traditional sense, they're being slowly drowned by the high tide
Henry Young
>This thread is actually reminding me that at some point I'd like to get around to seeing how it compares with the book.
I heard the book is a lot better. So I may read it myself. It's not like Im busy.
Lucas Ward
>Howdy! My name is Rawhide Kobayashi.
Oliver Morris
>What's going on in this thread?
Benjamin Hill
First time I see an ant-eater in this comic, I think.
Bentley Hughes
Speaking as a father: this is accurate.
Logan Campbell
Ishida's reaction here is very... Telling.
Austin Long
Yeah he's usually a lot more composed.
Owen Gonzalez
Hudson Richardson
I'm surprised ishida is a heathen he follows the tenants of christianity, so how could he actually be one
Henry Howard
a
Jonathan Richardson
>OUR religon
>OUR teachings
>WE can't allow.
John Young
Panel 4
Isaiah Brooks
Stan's ability to foreshadow is wild. What do they say? You may not have noticed, but your brain did. Nice to use that as a compliment for a change.
Jackson Perez
It also makes a lot of sense considering his fervent belief in that justice must be for all and not just the elite. I know it's not like the European was that much better than Japan was at the time, but I can see how a system of faith that teaches that virtuous actions will be rewarded while the truly wicked will find only damnation appealing to someone who's seen and experienced so much loss occur that goes unanswered for.
Levi Parker
I think the fact that he has a dead son is also what clinches it hard. Paradise after death is certainly a lot more appealing in times of suffering and sorrow. There's certainly no shortage of loss all around but it's easy to think that this would be how some people would come to cope.
James Garcia
Most definitely. I'd like to think Ishida is one of those characters that is settled enough that he likely would see a peaceful end by the time the series is over, but after this revelation, I'm not so sure...
Easton Lopez
If you know what to look, you can see when Hama passed "the thing" that appears in
Liam Flores
Yeah I caught that too.
It's crazy how well Stan can hint without giving shit away. Rereading the books every year can be mindblowing.
Carson Ortiz
Fucking Shogunate Gestapo, I swear.
Grayson Mitchell
So an idea I was wondering about while thinking about Usagi and his dealing and foreigners, but what if Usagi WAS a foreigner. Like how do you think about a brief mini arc about Usagi leaving Japan for a while. Maybe visiting Korea/China/India. Take the Musha Shugyo thing on the road.
Ryan Gonzalez
In retrospect, maybe having a mon sitting square on your back isn't such a good idea if there are archers about.
William Foster
This is the first time since forever when Noriyuki's dog appears.
I can't believe Tomoe is fucking dead.
My heart, that's so cute.
Nolan Sanchez
Big ol pineapple
Nolan Garcia
Honestly I think I'd just be doing everything in my power to draw attention away from my junk. Because kenjustu has a specific school of targetting your junk.
Cooper Torres
He'd have no real way of leaving, and especially no way of returning without getting summarily executed the nanosecond a Shogun official found him
Caleb Walker
That's part of what makes it exciting.
Jaxson Young
>Imagine my surprise!
Dominic Taylor
>a carpenter follows the religion of a carpenter
nice
Landon Hernandez
Mikey is a weeb. Typical. And yes, I know they are reincarnations in the current IDW run.
But he looks different, that's clearly the 3rd Jei! The continuity of this story is dildos.
>sleep well
>posts the most gruesome Jei kill to date
Sure.
I have this book, that spread is amazing. What saddens me is that this crossover is drawn and colored MUCH better than Stan's IDW run so far. There are issues where some pages seem very, very rushed.
Juan Gomez
You say wonky, bit I see someone who had a cool idea and could be really good with more practice. So keep drawing!
Dominic Edwards
He runs on demon rules, you can only control them of you know their true name.
Julian Davis
God with a capital G probably exists in this world and promises something more than endless suffering and reincarnation, true eternal paradise
Dylan Morgan
Things like that are the reason why I love rereading Usagi.
Carter Perry
He hides the crucifix as evidence, but also so nobody questions where it goes.
Michael Gomez
He's the one bossing Sasuke around
Luis Peterson
In terms of christianity, Shoki is more like a patron saint of demon hunters.
Jason Hill
Jei is an emissary of Satan, which would explain why he views them as “Gods” and acts on a twisted sense of morality
Ian Thompson
Why did you say that name?
Andrew Mitchell
Shouldn't it be arriving at the truth, not to the truth?
Mason Moore
Respect the Jitte!
Eli Moore
I like how for all his bluster Ishida runs right over him. Maybe he knows that Ishida isn't afraid to kill his bosses and frame the murder.
Jaxon Gray
At this moment, Usagi realized he had fur.
Nathan Hall
>Second to last panel
He is so angry his ears seize to exist.
Daniel Adams
>seize
Michael Walker
Or cease.
I dunno, this barbarian language of English isn't always that easy to use.
Asher Turner
Good catch!
So far the list of technical mistakes Sakai has made is:
- a town official loses his impressive mustache in one panel
- fuGitive spelled as fuJitive - twice!
- a guy without his right hand gets it back for one panel
- Ishida loses his impressive eyebrows when his picture shows up in a short summary of the previous issue
- two horses brought by a murderous fiance pretending to care about his bride disappear from the story for good right after he dismounts and there is no logical reason for that, since he would be needing at least one of them to get back home
- it is unclear if Hellscreen has been painted 15 or 20 years ago, since both versions are given in a span of a few pages and it's never clarified
- clan official from The Hidden gets so angry he loses his ears for a panel
- in the same story there are multiple panels where horse riders hold invisible reins
- again in The Hidden, Ishida says 'arrive TO the truth' instead of 'arrive AT the truth'
- disputable: guards can't enter Noriyuki's chamber because of immovable cursed doors, but ignore paper thin walls; while the entire room may be magically sealed, it hasn't been stated in the comic
Remember to post examples if you know more!
Carson Miller
Ah the portugese. Always fucking things up somehow.
Michael Hall
I mean when the Pope says "you get THIS HALF the world" you better act like you own it otherwise they'll walk all over ya.
Matthew Anderson
Look Im just saying while I don't think anyone should be prosecuted, tortured or executed for their beliefs it's also sometimes really hard to sympathize with people who go out of their to shove their faith in everyone's business and then act surprised when they get told to piss off.
Adam Green
I read that as Popeye instead of Pope and it made your post extra hilarious and confusing.
Cameron Stewart
>Im strong to finnus cuz I love my Jesus, Im pope eye the papal man
Ryder Nguyen
Bentley Flores
>kenjustu has a specific school of targetting your junk.
elaborate?
Mason Sanders
>this crossover is drawn and colored MUCH better than Stan's IDW run so far
Man I think so too, it's weird that luth did both
Adrian Smith
> out of their to shove their faith in everyone's business
well, it is part of their religion to do so
Colton Gutierrez
Cooper Thomas
Juan Baker
If what I can gather from Stan's Twitter and Facebook is right, he traveled a lot in 2019 and visited a lot of conventions around the world. If you add the usual commotion with switching publishers and the fact that the ink type and pen model that he has been using for the last 25 years are no longer being produced and he either runs dry on them or already had, then there's little doubt that he had to rush a few issues and use some shortcuts, so the comics would have enough time to be colored. And neither Sakai nor Luth are getting any younger.
Aaron Miller
Bottom panel, from left to right:
>a Zig Forums migrant
>company wars
> (in the background) I only wanted to talk about comics
>a meddling shitposter
Andrew Thompson
were western ships really black back then?
Isaac Scott
Lincoln Foster
Yes, they were coated with pitch, to keep water out, which stained them Black.
Jaxson Campbell
What is the Ishida's town by the way? Edo? Kyoto?
David Thomas
So I guess even Ishida has some limits where it comes to his job. Of course it's obvious if you know the twist, but it's weird if you don't.
David Reyes
The kanji here means "mouse/rat".
Hunter Cruz
Usagi really likes fish.
Ethan Richardson
Usagi's reaction is big hint here.
Nathaniel Bailey
snitch is dumbfounded, what else could they do in a fish restaurant?
Xavier Lee
Was typing a joke about "what else is there to eat in Japan" but then I started thinking what else WOULD old Japan actually have?
We know of fish, rice, barley, seaweed, pumpkins(?), plums(???), radishes, and turnips I think.
Can anyone think of anything else shown?
Blake Cook
He definitely suspects that Ishida is also a Quincy but isn't going to accuse him of it.
Evan Perez
fourth panel is why ishida always squints
Aaron Bennett
>christians arrived to japan in 1543
>in no more than 45 years they started forcibly converting people and destroying native shrines
ah yes, i think i've seen this pattern before
Jeremiah Williams
I honestly don't think he is. Look at the height difference - Nii is slightly shorter than Usagi, who is head and shoulders above Ishida. Nezumi seems to only be a couple inches taller than Ishida. The difference holds even in a fight scene, where Nezumi would have to stop slouching in order to fight effectively.
Jacob Peterson
you don't see contrast this big where it comes to sizes of usagi and gen's bodies in the comics
Ryder Carter
How close is Stan to the Cerebus marker (300 issues)
Liam Cox
>no mo land, no mo evil
Well, you can't argue with this logic.
Angel Richardson
Gen isn't much taller in the comic, but he always was more massive.
Adrian King
229 issues
Parker Cook
Whatever else you won’t go wrong with Akiko.
Juan Brown
this was beautifully coloured
Gabriel Cooper
There's no hint towards Christianity being "true" in usagi's world, but plenty for traditional Shinto stuff; Buddhist exorcism seem to work too.
Ayden Jones
The main series has 247 issues, but then there are spinoffs. Yokai and the recent TMNT crossover (worth 2 issues each), Senso is 6 issues and Space Usagi is 9. Different specials, short stories and strips would give at least 1 more full issue. So there's material for at least 267 regular Usagi issues.
William Bailey
>implying ishida wouldn't be able to exorcise
Kevin Wood
Not that big, but certainly a large town
Hunter Morgan
Yeah, I'll be one to say I wasn't really jazzed about this story in particular. It's kinda nice it tries to reference the earlier crossover with the Turtles, but it's not as good, which isn't helped by how it's a quick one-shot. I'm also not big on how Jei was handled here, leading a group of bandits and actively looking to claim magic artifacts. It feels like a retread of the 2012 animated crossover, and in general it just feels out of character for him. He just doesn't really seem the type of generic villain to plan shit out, y'know? And just because he got a hold of Grasscutter once doesn't mean that holy weapons and supernatural relics are a goal of his - he literally just stumbled into like he does everything else, leaving ghastly and grisly murders in his wake.
Jordan Martin
Stan said he made Gen a rhinoceros because he enjoyed the contrast between a rabbit and a rhino. But he draws both of them pretty similar, especially once his artstyle set in.
I recognise three periods when it comes to how Sakai draws Usagi:
— Usagi's cheek fluffs point down, heads are big and mouths are narrow when shouting
— cheek fluffs still point down, but the heads are smaller and the mouths can now be quite wide
— Usagi's fluffs now perk up, eyes are often drawn as oval dots
And with the quality dropping a little in the most recent issues, I say there's fourth distinct period.
James Morris
He did have a gang way back in Circles. Jei has probably changed the most out of anyone in the comic