Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #177584 in Books
• Published on: 1998-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 180 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781560970637
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Usagi's first major epic
Usagi Yojimbo is the kind of quality work that transcends time, genres, demographics, and even age groups. It crafts a delicate and beautiful balance between honor and savagery, cute innocence and dark brutality, simple heart-warming stories and multi-part epics that shape a dense continuity. Whether or not you've ever been a fan of feudal Japanese culture, furry anthro characters, or independent, non-superhero comics, Usagi Yojimbo is a comic that can't help but impress even the harshest critic.

While "The Wanderer's Road" (volume 3) proved that Stan Sakai was master of the stand-alone adventure, "The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy" (volume 4) raises the stakes a thousand-fold. Here, Usagi takes part in a 7 part epic, tying together much of Sakai's established universe and characters in a complex story of intense battles, political intrigue, interpersonal drama, and great pathos. Miyamato Usagi's world almost literally explodes on the page, proving without a doubt that you haven't seen anything yet. If this volume doesn't leave you panting, reeling, and in tears by its conclusion, then something is terribly wrong.

Of course, this is just another step in the development of the Usagi Yojimbo universe. Bigger and better things are yet to come, but that will almost seem impossible after reading this explosive installment.

Dragon! Dragon! Rock the Dragon! USAGI BALL Z! (yeah, I know...I'm bored)
This collection consists of one long epic story arc. Tomoe is sent on a spy mission into a rival lords territory where she discovers a plot to overthrow the Shogun. Unfortunately she is captured before she can relay word to Lord Hikiji. It is left up to Miyamoto Usagi to free Tomoe and upset the rival lord's plot. Along the way Usagi finds himself allied with former enemies Ino (the blind swords pig/outlaw), Shingen and his clan, as well as his ol'buddies Gen and Spot.

This is a great story for fans of Usagi Yojimbo but I must caution new and young fans. This is more of an epic story instead of the usual short one shots you may be use to. Also, you may need to be familiar with the series to make sense with all of the events.

Deep and Entertaining All the Way Through!
As many people have asserted, Usagi Yojimbo gets deeper and better the further it's read, and the more Stan Sakai has experience in developing the character.
This book out of the Fantagraphics series is the best yet (I'm reading them in order, so I'm sure it'll get better than this), and has the most complex and detailed plot line. Again, I'm no expert in Japanese history, but from what critics have stated before, Sakai is very well versed in the history of samurai, and his integration of the rabbit-bodyguard to create historical fiction is very welcome and adds for the creator's own sense of imagination and humor.

Onward to the next installment!