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Usagi Yojimbo #152

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Usagi Yojimbo #152Usagi Yojimbo #152 starts with the action in full swing as we find the rabbit ronin fighting off a storm and attempting to help a village stop the rising river from flooding and destroying their homes and fields.

Neither the complaints of the peasants that the situation is hopeless nor the arrival of bandits using the storm to steal the meager supplies of the villagers have left improves Miyamoto Usagi‘s mood.

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Usagi Yojimbo #151

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Usagi Yojimbo #151In another single-issue tale, Usagi Yojimbo #151 opens with the rabbit ronin stumbling upon a valley of death where a ruined procession, and the broken bodies of both its samurai escort and the attacking bandits all line the forest floor. In the middle of the carnage Miyamoto Usagi finds only a single survivor, the daughter of the sake brewer in Maru Town who is the promised bride to the son of a brewer in the town of Tansu in two days time.

With only two days before her scheduled wedding, and on the eve of a tempestuous storm about to erupt, Usagi volunteers to accompany Haruko to Tansu when the pair are attacked again on the road by Koroshi, the League of Assassins.

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Usagi Yojimbo #150

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Usagi Yojimbo #150Miyamoto Usagi‘s wanderings lead the rabbit ronin to an encounter with a stranger from another land whose outrageous demands cost the life of a good man in “Death of a Tea Master.” After besting the best swordsmen of the town the stranger demands the prize he was offered. To satisfy honor, the lord is force to grant his unreasonable demand to witness Hara-Kiri of a noble tea master.

Outraged by the injustice, and tied up to prevent any interferance, Usagi is unable to stop the unnecessary bloodshed. However, when the bloodthirsty stranger requires more demonstrations of ritual suicide, an angered Usagi agrees to a duel in able to enact some measure of justice for the loss of the tea master.

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Usagi Yojimbo #149

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Usagi Yojimbo #149In “The Distant Mountain” the wandering rabbit ronin comes across a samurai named Yoshi whose fellow warriors are all killed by bandits willing to kill and be killed over head-scratching prize. Even though it is obvious that Yoshi’s lord is vain, ridiculous, and not worthy of such loyalty, Usagi chooses to accompany Yoshi to make sure the samurai’s mission is completed… even if Yoshi won’t live to see its end.

At the heart of its story Usagi Yojimbo #149 is a parable about the collection of objects of questionable value by those who themselves can’t see the true value of the more precious parts of life. Miyamoto Usagi manages to complete the quest and give himself a bit of satisfaction in delivering to Lord Akagawa the rock he, and countless bandits, are willing to throw countless lives away to control and covet.

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Usagi Yojimbo #148

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Usagi Yojimbo #148One lazy autumn day Miyamoto Usagi‘s travels lead him to a small town where he encounters a one-armed ronin Mizuna Takashi. Saving the talented swordsman from an ambush on the road by a group of thieves, the two spend a short time together as Usagi learns the fellow’s tragic tale before they part as friends. Months later another choice encounter brings him upon both Takashi and the villainous Te, the samurai responsible for the loss of Takashi’s sword hand.

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