Usagi Yojimbo

Usagi Yojimbo #29

Miyamoto Usagi and Yukichi travel north to deliver the jade dragon the recovered from thieves from the previous issue the Part One of “The Secret of the Green Dragon” when the pair come across a courier who they are unable to save from Komori Ninja. Reaching the town they find the merchant dead and a corrupt official willing to accept the jewels in possession but not the story of any actual Komori.

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Usagi Yojimbo: Lone Goat and Kid #6

The six-issue mini-series concludes with a reprinting of another classic Usagi Yojimbo story. “Lone Goat and Kid,” which has provided the title to the mini-series, features the disgraced Yagi now working at an assassin and his son Gorogoro travelling from town to town avoiding assassins sent by the unscrupulous Counselor Wakame who comes up with a new plan to put Miyamoto Usagi in his path and see what happens assuming any outcome would be favorable to his cause.

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Usagi Yojimbo: Lone Goat and Kid #5

The fifth issue of Usagi Yojimbo: Lone Goat and Kid reprints the story “The Way of the Samurai” in which the choice to save a messenger on the road leads to an encounter with the famous General Oyaneko. While on a walk through the town, Oyaneko tells Miyamoto Usagi of his service to Lord Higashi and the troubles of later serving the Lord’s son Hirone leading him to be assigned as an administrator for a peaceful town and a slow death far from the action of his youth.

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Usagi Yojimbo #28

In their wanderings, Miyamoto Usagi and Yukichi come across an art merchant attacked by bandits. Although they are not able to save the merchant, they are able to scare away the attackers and save the merchant’s assistant and the cargo they were delivering, not realizing that the assistant is in league with the bandits.

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Usagi Yojimbo: Lone Goat and Kid #4

Part 2 of “Blood Wings,” Usagi Yojimbo: Lone Goat and Kid #4 opens with Miyamoto Usagi captured by the Komorai Ninja as the rabbit ronin attempts to dissuade them from attacking the gold shipment. Usagi’s bluff that the village knows of their attack gains him the necessary time to escape and Usagi decides to warn the village rather than the caravan carrying the gold who he is already too late to save.

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