Usagi Yojimbo #103
By Geoff Hoppe
July 18, 2007 - 23:36
Dark Horse Comics
Writer(s): Stan Sakai
Penciller(s): Stan Sakai
Cover Artist(s): Stan Sakai
Everybody and his brother in comics (and movies, and video games, and tv…) uses Japanese swords. It’s as if
In Usagi Yojimbo #103, Jizonobu, a Buddhist priest, diagnoses a mysterious disease affecting a local village. When the regional Daimyo’s (like a feudal lord) daughter falls sick of the same disease, he brings the girl to Jizonobu with an ultimatum. Cure her, and Jizo’s temple will have a new patron. Fail, and the monastery will be razed.
This issue abounds in the things
The art, also by
Worth the money? Yes, for fans and casual readers alike. Since #103 begins a storyline, it’s a good place for new readers to enter the series.
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