Usagi Yojimbo thread? What's your favorite story and why is it Taiko

Usagi Yojimbo thread? What's your favorite story and why is it Taiko.

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I think Grasscutter II is very underappreciated. People tend to only talk about the excellent first part, but the "sequel" is also fantastic. And if we count single issue stories, then I choose The Patience of the Spider. Ikeda is an amazing character.

Daisho. Because he's just so insanely pissed off throughout that story and Fujii was a great villain.

I just want to say that the next 5 issues (from July onwards) are going to be insane. Just look at those previews:
>“Mon.” Long ago, Lord Hikiji defeated Usagi’s Lord Mifune to take control of the Northern Province. Usagi, still wears the mon of his former lord. But, there are those who threaten to kill any samurai loyal to Mifune. What happens when they come across Usagi?
>“The Return” Part 1 of 4. Usagi is back in his home province for a pilgrimage to his late lord’s gravesite. Now beaten and near death, he has made his way to the one place he had been avoiding—the village in which he grew up. Bittersweet memories awaken with his long-time love, until the village becomes embroiled in a plot to assassinate an emissary of the shogun.
>"The Return” Part 2 of 4. Usagi’s home village has been taken over by assassins intent on killing the shogun’s emissary to disgrace Lord Hikiji. With the emissary’s death will come retributions resulting in the death of the entire village. Usagi has to save the emissary but, in doing so, may have to save the reputation of the lord responsible for the death of his master.

Holy plot progression, Batman! Three issues ago Usagi asked his dead lord to be released from his vows and now this happens. And we may finally get a step closer to solving the Jotaro situation.

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>Kenichi has been BLACKED

I'd say there's a high likelihood of Mariko dying because of all this.

Weird. While I don't think Kenichi had ever appeared in color in the actual comic, all colorized material so far - the covers, posters and promotional images - has presented him as a white rabbit, just like Mariko and Usagi. Maybe it happened to drive the point of Jotaro not being his actual son even further, but it's a baffling choice.

Kenichi dies, Mariko dies, Usagi has to tell Jotaro, tears ensue. Because why would anything nice ever happen?

He was white until the IDW jump, the recolors made him brown

Reminder that Chizu lost to Tomoe.

>He was white until the IDW jump

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