The Usagi Yojimbo Saga #7
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis seventh volume of Dark Horse's Usagi Yojimbo Saga series collects issues from the long-running samurai epic, following Miyamoto Usagi and his allies—including Gen, Tomoe Ame, and Inspector Ishida—through a series of adventures that deepen the ongoing conflicts with the demonic Jei and explore the bonds of loyalty and family. The collection also features key storylines involving Usagi's son Jotaro and the return of the cunning Lord Noriyuki, weaving together action, honor, and historical Japanese folklore.
In "Traitors of the Earth, Part One," Usagi Yojimbo finds himself mistaken for a member of the feared Red Scorpion Gang after encountering students at a sword school. Invited to the school by Master Suzuki—a friend of Usagi’s late teacher—he earns respect by defeating senior students in sparring, though he lets Suzuki win to preserve dignity. When the magistrate’s son is kidnapped, Usagi joins the students in a search that quickly reveals unsettling tensions within the school. Written and illustrated by Stan Sakai, with cover art by Stan Sakai, this 2016 issue from Dark Horse sets a tense, layered mystery in motion.
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Usagi encounters several students of a sword fighting school and is mistaken for a member of the Red Scorpion Gang. The school's master, Suzuki, is a friend of Usagi's teacher, so invites Usagi to visit his school. Usagi defeats all the senior students in practice fights, but allows Suzuki to beat him to save face. Later a magistrate's son is kidnapped and Usagi joins the school's students in the search. Meanwhile Suzuki and his top aid, Ishii, are plotting and it appears they may actually be the leaders of the Red Scorpion Gang.
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