Usagi Yojimbo

• Title: Usagi Yojimbo: Ten Thousand Plums #5 (of 5)
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• Writer: Stan Sakai
• Artist: Stan Sakai

Usagi Yojimbo: Ten Thousand Plums concludes with the second-half of “Tabo” which opens with Miyamoto Usagi, Yukichi, and the pilgrims running into further resistance on their way to the shrine. It’s hard not to feel a bit of current events creeping in to the story with the anti-immigrant guards attempting to keep out undesirables. The ronin manage to quicky convince the men, one of whom Usagi notices as one of the bandits who have attacked the pilgrims on the trail, the error of their own ways.

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• Title: Usagi Yojimbo: Ten Thousand Plums #4 (of 5)
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• Writer: Stan Sakai
• Artist: Stan Sakai

The second story of the five-issue arc begins here with Miyamoto Usagi and Yukichi arriving at a new town for some much-needed rest. With some cash following their recent adventure with Gen, the pair splurge taking advantage of an inn known for its hot tubs. While there, Usagi meets a Christian on a pilgrimage, like many others, to a local Buddhist shrine which legend say has the power to heal the sick. Usgai relates the odd occurrence to his traveling companion who it seems doesn’t know much about Christianity allowing Usagi to recount the little he does know to Yukichi.

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