{"id":42351,"date":"2016-02-24T18:16:02","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T00:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=42351"},"modified":"2016-02-24T18:16:02","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T00:16:02","slug":"flipping-pages-with-usagi-yojimbo-152","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2016\/02\/24\/flipping-pages-with-usagi-yojimbo-152\/","title":{"rendered":"Flipping Pages with Usagi Yojimbo #152"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"ScreenUsagi is a Ronin, a wandering samurai without a master. His master was killed during the feudal wars of Japan. Now he wanders the country fighting injustice and honing his spiritual and martial skills. \u00a0Usagi may be recognizable from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoons of the early to mid 2000s, in which he made a few cameo appearances. This is fitting, seeing that the two have been around for just about the same amount of time and were once part of the same company.<\/p>\n

In this story, Usagi has found himself in a village during a rainstorm. \u00a0This usually wouldn\u2019t be a problem for the rabbit samurai but the storm is causing the river to flood. Usagi takes it upon himself to organize the villagers to fortify the river bank and protect their homes. The villagers are exhausted and hungry. The flood is eroding their work almost as fast as they can lay it down. What’s\u00a0worse is when he is told that bandits have raided the village and run off with their food. \u00a0He quickly jumps into action.\u00a0He hears that\u00a0the bandits have made off with their harvest, which was going to last them a year, so he takes off after them alone. \u00a0Leaving the villagers working on the dike, he runs into the forest. \u00a0It is a rough going, as the storm is destroying any tracks left by the bandits, until he finds a basket of food that was left behind. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"river-rising-4\"When he finds the bandits, a fight ensues, which Usagi wins. He returns to the village with the food and the bandits are willing to help with the dike. After the storm and everything has been settled with the bandits who are now going to stay, they notice that Usagi is missing and they can\u2019t find him anywhere. The story ends one year later showing the lives of the village. <\/span><\/p>\n

Usagi Yojimbo was written and drawn by Stan Sakai, who has been doing this since the creation of Usagi in 1984. Sakai\u2019s style is always fun and somewhat playful. The black and white panels play on the classic feel to the book, and to the character himself. \u00a0The story is funny, as well as a little on the simple side at times. With it being an all ages book, that can be expected. The story is of great quality\u00a0but some may not take it seriously because of the way the narrative\u00a0is told. \u00a0The story is told in its entirety and there is no continuation of this particular story. However,\u00a0the\u00a0course of\u00a0adventures of Usagi will continue. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"STK696124\"Title: Usagi Yojimbo
\n<\/strong>Issue No. 152
\n<\/strong>Publisher: Dark Horse
\n<\/strong>Release Date: Feb. 17 2016
\n<\/strong>Rating: 9+<\/strong><\/p>\n

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