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it's time to relax.

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just love the full ink used to make the scene darker.

>>153268999
Another thing color cannot replicate.

>>153269041
>doing what a girl needs to do to get by, eh?
Robbing, the correct term is robbing

>>153268985
>that middle panel

>>153269122
This is the moment Chizu becomes your favorite character.

>>153268945
>NO
>I WILL NOT CALM DOWN!

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it's actually a root, usagi.

>>153269009
This feels like the beginning of a screwball comedy, all that's missing is a smash cut of them handcuffed together.

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>>153269211
they make a very funny duo, and kiyoko is just the cherry on top

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>fat crime bosses: 3

>>153269096
Oh Anon, it's a clear case of burglary~

>>153269311
You just know kitsune’s smiling about it cause she knows Usagi won’t let chizu kill her. She knows she’s safe and is being smug about it

>>153269354
Chizu would settle for a few punches and Kitsune knows it.

>>153269362
why did chizu get her buccal fat removed?

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>FLOO!: 28

>>153269418
>what makes me a good demoman? if I were a bad demoman, I wouldn't be sitting here discussing it with you, now would I!?

>>153268958
This might just take the cake as the worst, most infuriating story of the whole series

>>153269033
>I spoke too soon
Even Mister Meddler has pattern recognition
>hello Kiyoko
And he ignores it
This is why what happens to you happens to you, Usagi

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that kitsune-smitten anon must be happy.

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by the way, it's around this volume that I notice the artstyle changed again, but I can't quite put my finger where.

>>153269516
>shoot her, stab her, smash her, set her on fire

>>153269516
Definitely one of kitsune’s worst showings so far, but this story’s certainly one of the most entertaining. Least she gets some pushback

>>153269511
>>153269516
Usagi probably gets a boner when people steal from him now

>>153269547
I see this is the fixed/edited version.

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>jizo statues: 229

>>153257368
duly noted and counted, thanks.

>>153269501
Sensing some jealousy here…

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>jizo statues: 230

>>153268958
There goes my blood pressure

>>153269470
>Tags: Ugly bastard

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one of the hardest lines ever

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>jizo statues: 231

>>153269516
>Kitsune's not so bad!
>This story
>Oh wait

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https://youtu.be/SRwrg0db_zY?t=82

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to be fair, being the result of very recent volcanic and tectonic activity, I imagine japan does have some very interesting rocks.

>>153269754
https://youtu.be/MgyAWij3SLk?si=7zUmdhvfMxJxQWV6

>>153269350
>STOP
>BEING
>SHIT!!!

>>153269236
>The longer I live the more his power slips
>Especially since he presumably keeps sending loyalists to kill me; right?

>>153269694
Tune in next time for the sequel: "One-Armed Swordsman vs. The Flying Guillotine"

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>At the Edge of the World: Don Rodriguez's Theme
https://youtu.be/QrxfKXJMu4s

>>153269354
>>153269311
I also think Chizu is playing it up because she likes Usagi holding her back. If she wanted Kitsune dead she'd just throw a shuriken.

>>153269754
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPlQjENZldU

>>153269877
Even if he has a point, pretty bold of usagi to outright criticize a lord of all people. Can definitely tell he’s seeing through bushido’s lies

>>153269516
I like this story. Kitsune is super shit in it, but all the characrer interactions are really fun. Till the very last page, that is.

>>153269754
Huh. I thought we did this one. I thought the ice and the rock were spaced out better.

>>153269900
I like to imagine that as soon as Usagi leaves Chizu just bolts back and Izuna drops Kitsune

>>153269893
The most recent chapter to come out when I picked up UY thanks to theses threads.

>>153269979
god today is just a feudal bullshit kind of day.

>>153269122
Man, Chizu looks emaciated

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obligatory
https://youtu.be/jcwoBVUqlW0
https://youtu.be/w2A_NISUX-w

>>153270045
>>153270040
It's really frustrating how strong he actually is

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my head cannon is Rodriguez is just a swindler pretending to be a special diplomat, but got a little carried away.

>>153270055
iberian genes, son!

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>jizo statues: 232

>>153270074
It's just a jizo usagi we've seen hundreds of them

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now that I think about it, the koroshi do have a bigger presence than I usually remember them having. they're not neko ninja, but they're not at mogura level either.

>>153270106
Yojimboing

>>153269522
Almost correct, my dear Murder! The art style has slightly changed in Senso, which was released directly before the first story in this thread and after a long period of Stan not drawing Usagi. Changes which carried over include Chizu's slimmer face. Probably because in Senso she has been drawn near Tomoe for the first time ever and they looked too similar, so Sakai has updated the design a bit. But the main change, which gives you that weird feel?
The lines are thinner. Just slightly, but your brain notices even if you don't.
WHY are they thinner? I think it's a combination of a long break, new ink and/or pen, and years of stress subtly showing up in Stan's art.

Anyway, want me to post a short comic made by some upstart named Stanley Sakai, age 19, after this storytime is done?

>>153269754
A fucking rock

>>153270172
He said the word

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>want me to post a short comic made by some upstart named Stanley Sakai, age 19, after this storytime is done?
well I couldn't possibly say no to that.

>>153269893
Damn Spaniards

>>153270209
I mean how many assassin groups are the really? If someone said THE BASEBALL TEAM in my area am I really being suspicious if I say the Red Sox?

>>153270230
Uuuuuuuuuh, Hmm. Does this count as a happy ending or a twist?

>>153269109
He ought to cut her into mulch!

>>153270253
what's mulch?

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just look at this pompous bastard

>>153270272
Usagi can be a little stubborn but I wouldn't call him.. oh you meant

>>153269511
Kitsune now has a whole new way of picking pockets.
I want to kiss Kitsune

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that is it for today, thanks for reading!

unfortunately this sunday I probably won't be able to post like usual. I have a social engagement I can't really miss without losing face, and I don't know if I can get home to dump at a reasonable time. if I do, I'll post Yokai. if I don't, I'd be glad if someone could step up to do it. my sincere apologies.

now, for something different, courtesy of deviant anon...

>>153269516
I could justify Kitsune's bullshit in previous stories to some degree but this one broke me. It's not even that it's a low moral bar, but that she's almost suicidally stupid.
>Chizu almost kills her but Usagi deescalates the situation
>instead of recognizing she's out of her depth she immediately tries to blackmail the dangerous merchant
>he makes the obvious choice to kill her
>Usagi and Chizu bail her out of that situation
>immediately steals from Chizu, who threatened she'd kill her for less and has shown she can track her
>somehow STILL doesn't realize she's out of her depth she immediately plans to blackmail a presumably dangerous lord

I'm pretty sure Kitsune working at the brothel was actually the good ending. I don't know enough about how social class intersected with prostitute class but given that she's actually a fairly skilled performer she might be able to become an oiran like Lady Maple


>>153269978
Many are saying this

>>153270014
He's got the same "I converted to Catholicism to so I can use its organizational power to make people I hate suffer" energy I'm picking up from young men at church these days.

>>153270329
Yeah, about that. Small family emergency, gonna be back in an hour. Please hold.

>>153270416
Kitsune got brain damage after getting possessed

>>153270467
oh shit, good luck.

>>153269754
Here it is new readers! The One! The Original! THE FUCKING ROCK!
The Reason why we keep on freaking out about rocks every time any of those little things appear.

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Thanks, Murderanon

>>153269779
This is a GENIUS scam for feudal japan. Get a random rock, don't let anyone see it but constantly talk up how great this rock is and make other people covet it for honor and prestige.

These people would have loved NFTs.

>>153270416
Here's something about Edo-period prostitution.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLRzw-PQs_Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5hUQlm_-nY

Hope you get a clue what sorta life Kitsune could have lived.

>>153270416
That she's also in her way actively assisting someone who will bring harm to others for a handful of coin.

>>153270571
>This is a GENIUS scam for feudal japan. Get a random rock, don't let anyone see it but constantly talk up how great this rock is and make other people covet it for honor and prestige.
Hey they're still doing that shit with grasscutter.
>You have a sword and other regalia that directly prove you're connected to the gods?!
>Yes.
>Can I see it?
>No.

>>153269128
Chizu's starting to look more leonine here. I should go back and check how she looked at the end of Volume 4, though of course everyone looked different back then.

>>153269900
Or just cack her while she and Usagi were initially talking. Instead she repeatedly threatens her (almost like she was trying to convince herself) and chases her around with a sword. She doesn't try to leverage Kiyoko as a hostage.
Chizu is a sweetheart and isn't cut out for the rough stuff. Kitsune knows, maybe Kiyoko too.

>>153270571
all fun and games until they call an actual rock appraiser and you're crucified for selling low quality rocks

>>153270650
>implying we just won't send assassins over the rock appraiser

>>153269109
Everyone knows about Usagi's need to meddle but unlike Gen, Kitsune loves it and how it works in her benefit without her trying.

>>153270067
Meanwhile, at Philip III court:
"We have a new report from the Jesuit Chapter in Nippon, my king."
"..."
"Lord Odo is a coward."
"Prepare an envoy to the Nippon King about this cowardice..."
"Yes, my king..."
"Ah... Write how Quark was right again."

>>153270106
>The Koroshi never fails
Historically that's not entirely true

>>153269834
Always appreciate these moments when the nameless thugs just stop being aggro and are practically minded.

>>153270062
Come to think of it, he doesn’t dual wield nearly as much as his namesake

>>153270272
>It's called Baroque, you wouldn't get it
>Just paint the portrait

>>153269983
>you can't fire me, I quit!

>>153270329
Hey Murder, I hope you don't mind if I bump this post from yesterday? >>153257368 I think it got missed and I'm all about pedantic counting, but by Monday I'll probably have forgotten all about it.

Also, thanks for posting!

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>>153270416
>there's a timeline where Usagi is friends with the finest prostitute in all the lands, the ethereal beauty Kitsune
>Maple is a thief, constantly on the run with her infant son who is secretly the heir to a lord

This could make for a great RPG adventure.

>>153270815
Oh shit wait, I'm retarded. I'm the one who can't read. >>153269586 My bad and thanks, Murderbro!

>>153270055
Rapier > katana, it's a simple fact.
Katana are top heavy, slow and cumbersome, and these are mostly peace-time samurai. To them a guy with a rapier is like a meteor hammer user to us.

>>153270905
>meteor hammer
That seems impractical

>>153270160
It's by Stanislaus Sakai?

>>153270154
The thing with the league of jobbers is that they dress, act, and fight like regular bandits and brigards, so they feel less memorable.

>>153269516
Karma's a bitch Kitsune. Especially in Feudal Japan.

>>153269754
Usagi you just don't get it man. It's the fucking rock!

>>153271138
Karma seems to be taking it's sweet fucking time with Kitsune

>>153270954
It probably is, but imagine having to fight someone using one. You just don't know where to keep your eyes or how to counter it.

>>153269122
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOV6H4NcGEs
Go ninja Go ninja Go!
Go ninja Go ninja Go!

>>153271189
Just give it time.
You never know where and when karma might strike.

>>153269021
The west hasn't taught Japan "honor among thieves" yet I guess.

>>153271189
Think about how long it's taking for Lord Hikiji

>>153268958
Around the fox, check your locks

>>153269322
Go Kiyoko!

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>>153269146
I hope this helps a certain anon relax.

>>153269424
It's hard living as a ninja outcast.

>>153269426
Does it count as a FLOO! if it's a boat?

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>>153271548
If nothing else I'm happy to have left some mark on the threads

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>>153271548

>>153269362
Okay.
We love punished Chizu and we know the little change of artstyle by Sakai... But... why Chizu is becoming Sanshobo

>>153271395
Karma's waiting until he is on the cusp of achieving everything he desires only to then make him lose absolutely everything

>>153271968
The aliens are going to touch him inappropriately

>>153269675
I don't think I ever noticed before that you can actually tell he cuts Te's throat – the necklace is cut from the blow.

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>>153270494
>>153270467
>>153270329
CRISIS AVERTED.
Now back to our regular programming.

It is the year 1972. In Chronicle, a fanzine for comic book readers and artists, a 19 years old Stanley Sakai publishes his newest work. His very own comic for everyone to see.
It's a glorious mess.

[also censored, because this is a buddhist website]

>>153269709
>Akagawa
That's the faggot who made the ice bet, isn't it?

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>>153272027
I give you what is possibly the first published work of Stan Sakai from 54 years ago.

I give you... Dante!

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>>153272047
Be amazed by the plot!

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>>153272063
>that face
Stan is never beating the furry allegations.

>>153269775
jizo

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>>153272080
Marvel at the action scenes and the very tell-don't-show take on presenting the ongoing events!

>>153269779
>Nudists! Nudists in the rushes!

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Book 30
418 Usagis (13606 total)
756 Panels (28575 total)
6 Neko Ninja (1190 total)
No Komori (199 total)
No Mogura (37 total)
No Ninjas of the Dark Light (4 total)
>>153268958
The single worst story. Kitsune's point of no return.
>>153269205
>six neko
>>153269228
>six bodies
Finally some consistency, arigato Sakai-sama

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>>153272100
You may say I am harsh, and I am. But Sakai has made incredible progress over the years and his first comics being messy only make his later work look even better.

My apologies for interrupting the mini storytime, I humbly request a second.

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>>153272141

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>>153272150
Go for it, we're at part two, which came out in 1973. Also
>John Byrne
>Chuck Dixon
Holy fuck!

>>153272181
*a second for seppuku

>>153269893
It bothers me more than it probably should that Rowdy Roddy here has a completely ahistorical sword.

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>>153272192
Lmao. Anyway...

Welcome at part 2.

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>>153272262

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>>153272279
The plot thickens!