Annual Usagi Yojimbo Storytime pt 27

Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai. Opening tonight is The Thief and the Kunoichi, where two of Usagi's less scrupulous friends meet for the first time.

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Genome """""super"""""soldiers, everyone. Liquid was a goddamn retard and he deserved that rocket to the face.

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>Kitsune again.

FUCKING HELL, STAN! Just tell myself Kitsune means Kiyoko.

Some minor spoilers for Senso, which, for new readers, is a non canonical arc I will post at the very end of everything else for reasons.

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forgot, this came at the back of last issue

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Okay here's a fun idea. Chizu murders Kitsunbe, then raises Kyoko as a ninja. I think the kid has the knack for it.

I only make one post about kistune
I won't ruin the whole thread
but just once, at least once
I would like kistune to overstretch usaji's honor and patience
I am very sick of her taking advantage of him

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>Drr it was business
This is why nobody likes you Kitsune.

Please no more images in the middle of the story time. Thank you

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I apologize, It totally slipped my mind
I am a fool, I would understand if you called for seppuku

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That is pretty clever.

>Yakitori!
>Yakitori!

And deprive us of your contributions? Nay. I will have you still. just be wary.

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It's a surprisingly effective technique, few people will question someone who acts like they belong there.

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JUST ONE DAY! ONE DAY I'D LIKE TO GO WITHOUT A MOUNTAIN OF DEAD NINJA!

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nice usaji

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>Scabbard bonking.

Usagi really tries to not kill them in recent years.

Goddammit, Kitsune.

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Let her do it, Usagi. Kitsune has long lost the ability to even show a lick of common sense.

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>another mountain of corpses because of Kitsune's bullshit

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That's a pretty big bomb. I wonder how many ninja's she had to off to amass all that gunpowder.

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how many riceballs have you eaten in your life

>Chizu kiss count: 6*

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Six

gross

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then 6 ninjas
oh come on

Hijiki has also tried to kill Usagi and all his friends, so there is also that.

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FUCK YOU, KITSUNE! I hope new readers finally got a head on why everyone hates this slut so much.

>You want me dead!
>For saying that I'll kill you!

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Inouye is a secret Regendu Zherledai fan.

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I bet the fish in that river are going to taste spicey for weeks.

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this is how many woman Usagi's killed.

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C'mon Usagi you've seen WAAAAAAAAAAH more tragic shit than that.

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We Dororo now.

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AKU
SOKU
ZAN

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She doesn't even steal for money, she steals to stir as much shit as possible. She would be more sympathetic if she was simply greedy.

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Seriously. I get times are shit and you have to get by, but she actively and regularly steals from her friends. Once might be forgivable but it's nearly every goddamn time.

And what's to stop Chizu from doubling back and murdering the shit out of her once she realizes the treaty is gone. What's Kitsune even going to do with it?

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At this point I think she is a danger addict. Usually nearly getting buried in a landslide of mobster and having a master assassin raving about killing you would make normal people not aggrivate the situation by stealing from them.

The thought of having her eyes clawed out by Chizu gets her tickled pink, I bet.

Look, I know I have a "valuable chest of rocks" counter going, and that technically this is that. But that counter is specifically for chests of gold that are actually rocks.

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>I got a rock
First ice and now this. Man life really did have no meaning back then.

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AH NAKED BANDITS! RUN FOR IT!

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>Gamblers

I wonder when Sakura will return to the comic.

rip yoshii
poor mario

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SHit lord

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>Maybe one day Kitsune will learn life isn't a game you can always win
You'd think she'd have learned that with the death of her teacher or Noodles

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It's funny because a good man died for nothing!

Tonight is really just the storytime of infuriating characters, apparently

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Oh fuck this guy now. What the hell is this volume ?!

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Was he chosen to go to a foreign land because he was such a dick no one in his native land wanted him?

Stan's wife died between the first issue tonight and last of last night (though he did work on a few other projects in between) it's likely that his grief held some influence on events.

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What a dick.

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I see. Man that's rough. Stan seems like too nice a guy for that.

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I swear, this guy has a literal murderboner.

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>Protest suicide
>Honor suicide
Any other suicides we should know about, Japan?

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I will kill you

I believe last thread held some story notes with a couple others listed

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I want to hate this guy
but I really like swashbucklers and rapiers
man why couldn't we have had a positive samurai swashbuckler crossover

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Holy crap, I was joking. Now Im just scared.

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Sinbad meets Sanjuro. I'd watch the fuck out of that.

Usagi really hasn't had any good interactions with foreingers, counting this, the adventures with gunpowder, and Contraband. Maybe someday he will. Last year, an user shared a fanfic with a friendly kirishitan. I'll see if I can't dig it up again.

Oh, and don't forget saying stuff like "he's only one guy"

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This story reminds me of The Way of the Rat

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>OH RIGHT I HAVE TWO SWORDS!

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the years are a little off but I'd take the three musketeers
or whatever that spanish captain guy was can't remember the name

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When was Zorro set?

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Aww nice

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1769 -1821 is the era
probably wouldn't work

mid-18th century. Over a hundred years late for Usagi.

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Welcome to Japan!

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You know with all the mountains of bodies it's a wonder there's even anyone left alive in Japan.

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Well, he is a Spaniard.

>The shit eating smiles in the 4th panel

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>Marry for love? lol. Where are you from. Guys! You gotta hear this! Long ears here wants to marry for love! And he asked why I thought! A woman! I know right?!

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Thanks for reading

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What a twist! Im gonna put this in the something nice box even if they where plotting against the guy who was plotting against them. True love prevailed and Usaki is up 2 ryo.

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Chizu is cannon confirmed

good thing Usagi didn't go for this one

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superman

kek

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to be fair, ice before fridges in any non winter season was rare and unique, that and it was a matter of honor and court politics
the rock i can't defend

So what are the odd of us getting a ninth saga book just to tie up the dark horse era? Kinda annoying that there a good chance it’ll stop with the 8th book

>Chizu puts her sword away
>takes it out a second later
I can't even tell you why this is hysterical.

>This is a risky plan
>I know
>What do we do next?
>How should I know? I'm making this shit up.
ha, I can't really hate kitsune, I don't know why you guys don't like her.

The chad Usagi, soon to have a liter of biological children he can’t raise because ronin reasons or something

You spend more than 6 seconds with Kitsune and not go murder crazy.

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Something about the way Te is drawn in the second panel reminds me of "Sweets."

For next time

I agree but if I posted that it would have been another image

>The last panel
>"oh FUCK, this is HARAKIRI!?, I thought it was the thing with the tentacles!"

Sometimes, like a bunch of random thugs, if you make a mistake and attack a Leporidae samurai, all you can do is double down

>MY REPORT
He was an asshole, but at least he was loyal.

No he wasn't you moron, he was using that report as a shield to do whatever he wanted and his last moments where him realizing that his excuse wasn't saving him.

>and the sword goes in
>and the sword goes out
>in, out, in, out
>keep talking bitch and I'll slice you all about

I love this story, if only for Chizu acting like any sane person would around Kitsune.

>>and the sword goes in
>>and the sword goes out
Lewd

the very first Usagi story I've known and the very page I've dropped it reading for the first time
if not for the story times I would never picked Usagi up again

He was very popular in high school but it wasn't so cool as it sounds.

Usagi holding angry Chizu like it was a Bugs Bunny cartoon is one of my favorite scenes in the entire comic.

Yeah, this is probably one of if not THE worst story in the whole series. The way Kitsune just flaunts this shit is intolerable. Has Stan ever commented on her general...everything?

It's a shame Kitsune is so awful because I really like seeing Kiyoko.

Chizu spent the entire story being pissed, but once she kissed Usagi goodbye she shows her first smile. That's sweet.

Kill yourselves

I’m a bit of a sucker for crippled warriors trying to regain their max potential ala Darth Vader

>The Thief and th Kunoichi
>one of the worst
I'll stop you right here. I know how infuriating Kitsune is, but the actual story is fantastic, even if the thieving bitch comes on top, because her awful behavior actually works in this one - it pushes the story forward and is actually addressed with proper reactions. Please don't let your hate blind you.

The big problem IS that she comes out on top though. Usagi looks like a complete door mat for taking it, Chizu looks like a chump for being pickpocketed by a child, no matter how talented and it's another mountain of bodies caused by Kitsune who purposely tried to mess with powerful players when before she was mostly all about not getting caught.The stupid stick is in effect all around the board and regardless of how much her actions push the plot forward they ultimately result in nothing as the whole affair is rendered moot. Her actions are addressed but not dealt with, they're basically saying OH THAT KITSUNE." But what does anyone learn? And this was following up stories where she got a retard killed and nearly got everyone killed by a zombie army.

There's a point where enough is enough and we passed it ages ago.

His wife got sick and had a serious stroke, then his 20 months old grandson Leonardo died - one day they found him unconcious and not breathing - then Stan's wife died. It was a rough time for him and it shows in his work (and culminates in Senso). He also did not release a single issue of Usagi's ongoing for 3 years, focusing on other things (like Senso). At least he remarried, so he found some happiness to combat the sad memories.

Goddamn. That's too much.

I am getting visual diabeetus from this, holy fuck.

Kek.

La creatura...

Did the Usagi comic have crossover issues with TMNT, or did that happen only on the TMNT side's comics and cartoons?

I want to say YES but only in the pre Dark Horse stuff.

>got a retard killed
Kitsune wasn't the one who got Noodles killed, he was arrested and essentially framed by the local governor, to cover the crime spree of another crew who had been going ham on the town because they had him in his pocket.

After the 8th Saga book, all that is left of the Dark Horse era is The Hidden trade. So I'd say the chances are none. Unless IDW manages to print all the post Fantagraphics books in color (which is waht they are planning), then it'll be collected.

He was arrested because she took advantage of him as a partner in crime. She is directly responsible for all of this.

>look at all the valuable shit in this house!
>welp, better steal the exact thing the ninja came for
It's like a textbook on why people hate the character. She should have retired or changed drastically after Noodles

>kistune
>usaji
Do you have a brain booboo, user? How do you manage to keep making these typos when the names are spelled correctly four hundred times right in this thread?

I've been drinking.

No, he was arrested because he was a perfect scapegoat, too dumb to defend himself verbally. No one knew about him being in cahoots with a thief. For once, it had nothing to do with Kitsune messing up.

Why are they biting the color meme Usagi is great in B&W

Kampai!

One 100% canon TMNT crossover on Usagi's side was Shades of Green, which introduced him to Chizu. It also references his previous meetings with Leo, so the three shorts are apparently canon too. Then we have the recent IDW/DH one shot, which may or may not be canon (lack of Keiko suggests the latter), but is actually pretty cool.

Can we agree that this is an actual plot hole and if they didn't have enormously douchey plot armor they pretty much committed suicide here? Usagi left, Chizu will figure out that she lost the treaty and how in an hour or two, and she has absolutely no compunction about whacking Kitsune, at least. Kiyoko might live I guess.

Still say we should teach Kiyoko the way of ninjitsu. Think about it.

At least fucking Rodriguez gets it right in the neck in his first appearance. It makes it a lot more bearable for me when you can see him bleeding out on the ground from applied poetic irony.

Because as much as I love the way Stan works with ink, Usagi looks great in color too. It may look better for new readers as well and will allow IDW to reprint and sell collections of DH stuff without legal issues. And after the very, very pretty recent IDW TMNT crossover, Stan may have decided that's how he wants to do it now. After all, working with IDW on that TMNT/Usagi one shot is probably what convinced him to leave DH.

Well, the whole shipment was destroyed and the guy running the operation is dead, so the treaty is much less important now. Kagemaru once again failed to prove his right to lead the Neko Ninja and Hikiji's coffers got a bit thinner, so even with Kitsune's cuntishness it's kind of a win.

But yes, I cannot wait for Chizu to bump into Kitsune again.

>He also did not release a single issue of Usagi's ongoing for 3 years
The crazy thing was that Dark Horse had been so fucking behind on releasing the trades that during this whole time, they still came out every summer like clockwork. They're so ineffectual that it actually helped.

I'm not talking about whether it worked out for Chizu's objectives, though. I'm talking about the fact that Chizu has no reason not to go back and kill Kitsune for the treaty. It's a win-win for her.

OK, those two pages had subverted my expectations.

>Kitsune deserves her own comic book series. She's *that* good a character.
Jesus Christ.

Also, who is this Charles J. Sperling faggot? I've never read the letters section before but he keeps writing these incredibly cunty letters, I can practically smell the cheeto dust and BO coming off him just reading his smug, nasal words. He's really rejuvenated my hatred for comic book nerds, and I don't understand why Stan keeps publishing his letters.

The funny thing is, Kitsune got better as a person and more careful as a thief after Noodles. Then she adopted Kiyoko and she relapsed HARD. Another funny thing is that when Kiyoko was running with Usagi for a few issues, she was much less of a kleptomaniac than usual (she stole some food, but gave Usagi his money back - can you imagine?) and in general was a much more likeable character. But when she and Kitsune are together, they are constantly enabling each other when it comes to stealing and one-upping the other.

What's up with those dinosaurs?

They're just tokage

How did he grow his arm back in the last panel?

Chizu is a romantic softie and a horrible ninja, remember? That's why she was kicked out. After the initial outburst, her attempts at murder were replaced with threats and yelling. If she goes after the fox for revenge, the moment Kiyoko bursts into tears begging for Kitsune's life, she'll fold.

I'd love to see Kitsune get bitchslapped in revenge a few times, though.

One of few mistakes by Sakai.

Any examples of letters from that guy?

Stan included the tokage lizards to represent "animal life" because all the characters are animals. Of course, other non-mammal life appears now and then; the occasional owl or frog. And then there's the horses, so... it's not super consistent. But it makes some kind of sense for the funny-animal setting.

Just an art goof. It's actually fixed in the TPB.

>Any examples of letters from that guy?


>Well, I suppose I deserved this. After [my] numerous complaints...
>Wait, is he actually posting ITT?
>Dear Stan, the comic is past its peak. Now let me explain some stories you wrote to you, while admitting I'm too dumb to understand one of them on the first reading

>all this Kitsune hate
Kitsune is the key to all of this. She is the funniest character we've ever had.

Usagi looks more aggressive those past issues, stan's drawings are getting more sharp. Look at that third panel

>Ronin goes very fast

Kleptomania is an affliction not unlike many others, that push their bearers to greater dangers than they can admit to; namely, meddlemania

Im just trying to cut out the meddle-man

LET’S HIT THOSE ONSENS!

The rock is eltingville-tier of petty nerds with power dispute. Last numbers had a bitter take on the absurdity of circumstances, reminded me of those Kerascoet comics. It just reads like crazy people killing one after the other.

Dat reverse fast draw.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=UkkF6Zz67TE

So funny story. The guy manning the pump for the blood spray was like, SUPER nervous about working for Kurosawa and eager to do a good job. So much so that he kind of overdid the pressure resulting in shit getting all Vandal Hearts. Kurosawa loved it.

AAAAA so they disliked each other because of the USAGI BBC. It all makes sens now.

Mifune and the dude getting the hose are absolute heroes for staying in character.

Oh, here’s another one. My mom was always extremely affected by movie blood, but she knew this was a good movie and so she asked me to warn her.
So I did, and she looked away, and half a minute passed, and she turned back and asked why I’d told her to... and then it’s garden hose time.
Fortunately the scene is so exaggerated that she just collapsed laughing instead.

>el ogro de las japonesa...

>that foreigner guy
oh right the spaniards or was it the portugese, they were selling them guns right?
>according to wikipedia it is set something like beginning of Edo period
i'm not well versed in japanese history

Mifune is the proest of pros

While shooting, I want to say, Throne of Blood, there's a scene where Mifune's character is attacked with a swarm of arrows that only narrowly miss him. Those where real arrows. Well not all of them but more than zero is still a lot.

Portugese, but I think they had the same king as Spaniards at the time.

There's the "hang yourself in a forest and become a sad vengeful ghost" suicide.

>Kitsune was supoosed to be Gen's deceased wife in Senso
So of all the regulars, she'd die first? Poetic.

Moe bump.

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>Now, why would an honest merchant need to hire so many thugs?
Gee i dunno Kitsune, maybe to guard against thieves such as yourself!

Time for me to meddle with another reaction image!

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>Collecting and appreciating rocks
I could understand it if it was somehow special, like a near perfect spheroid or somehow interestingly colored so folks might think it holy or something.
Hell, it would make perfect kind of nerd sense if it was painted masterfully, BUT NO! It's just a plain old rock!

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Maybe it's a fungshuey thing, where the "natural energy" of it all really ties a room together.

I thought he was portugese, so basically same shit, different lingo.

Maybe we should write some letters. Do you think IDW has the mailbag set up yet or that Dark Horse will forward them?

don't you fucking dare compare those inbred shit eating mud goblins that are the spaniards with the portuguese

Cat fight update when?

The idea is the same as in bonsai, saikei and a bunch of other Japanese arts: to create a miniature landscape to contemplate. The rock is (supposedly) valuable because it looks so much like a real mountain in miniature.

If there is one worry I have, it is that the story will never really get a proper conclusion. It's been running for a long time now, and publisher/distributor issues aside, Stan isn't getting any younger. Meanwhile, we have a whole bunch of things that have yet to be resolved. I mean, I can imagine Stan sticking with tradition and having the final story send off Usagi out on another journey, but it would at least be nice to get some closure on plot points that were last brought up years ago in real time before that happens.

I wonder how does it feel when shit eating mud goblins forge a larger and richer empire than you, while everyone else consider you their redneck cousin. Do you know any Portugese people I can ask?

One word, user. Just one word: Senso. What you mentioned was one of main reasons for Stan (who still has been coming back to normality after some pretty rough time) to write that story.

Yea Forums hates conclusions

The Portuguese kept their empire for much longer

Perhaps once the IDW run starts we could start sending Stan a monthly letter. The content would be based on our ideas and questions after each storytime. We could sign it as C. O. Boardington or something like that.

No letter will ever top the America one

Hopefully soon. I think Tomoe is winning.

Maybe, but we wouldn't be assholes. Mainly because Usagi does not suck.

>richer empire that didnt last shit
>redneck cousin that did way more

New to Usagi Yojimbo. Is this comic still ongoing?

Yes.

They must be so proud for enslaving foreign people much longer than the guys they have an inferiority complex about.

does someone has that yo! jimbo! art?

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thanks :D

No problem.

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The Meddleman Rises.

CATFIGHT PIC NOW!

No.

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....please?

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Whose the girl with the bow?

Those are kitty ears

Is this new? It looks a little different from catfight user's stuff.

More?

Sorry, my break is over. I'm diggin' these threads, though.

Who is catfight user, by the way?

Kitsune is gonna shank you.

Draw more if you get the chance.

Catfight user is the dude that drew the onsen catfight last year and the round 2 that's happening right now with the poll.

Here's the poll!

strawpoll.me/17663021

Don't forget to vote everyone!

Pic related was the first pic from last year.

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The Chizu wins ending.

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The only way is the way of Tomoe.

The Tomoe wins ending.

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The True Ending (last year's poll was a draw)

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First pic from this year's storytime.

I wish someone would edit in the parry/dodge sign into this pic. Tomoe better be glad Chizu didn't mikiri her!

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Second pic from this year's storytime.

And that's all we've gotten this year. Here's hoping for another pic soon!

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Whoever keeps voting Kitsune needs a slap.

Kitsune fights back!

Hesitation is defeat!

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Thanks user!

No problem, you wouldn't happen to have a shirtless Usagi picture, preferably from front and with sword in hand.
I need it for a thing i am thinking of making.

What's hotter? A proud samurai having to give a rouge ninja a tongue bath or the reverse?

Based beyond words. I pity the storytimelets spamming endless Endgame threads who will never know such joy.

Whoever wins this year I hope the conclusion will be really hot.

If nobody can find that, could someone at least get me that one pic of usagi where he goes all Jei face at a bunch of thugs, without killing any of them?

Nevermind, got it myself.
Be prepared for some stuff!

I'll see if I can find one!

Here's a thing.

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are you japanese by any chance

no, I was just tired and suck at spelling

fucking genious

she was looking forward for it!

did we already pass the bat ninja girl?

Nice!

Loser eats out the winner?

needs way more posture

I'm honestly hoping this is all by design, that it'll lead up to Kitsune realizing she's getting as sloppy as her old teacher was.

I want Kitsune and Kiyoko to stay alive and keep trolling Chizu. She's just too damn easy.

Kitsune can go to jigoku*
*jigoku means hell.

NEW THREAD

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