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Post by stillpoint on Jan 16, 2017 14:29:34 GMT -5
  Published: November 25, 2009; December 23, 2009 Synopsis: "Boss Higa has controlled his town with a stone fist for as long as anyone can remember. But a new gang has arrived intent on driving him out, and as backup they've brought along the best swordsman money can buy. All Higa's got on his side is some puny, long-eared ronin as a bodyguard. If this new gang can't be beaten through force, it may be time to resort to trickery." Notes: - Collected in Usagi Yojimbo Volume 27: A Town Called Hell and The Usagi Yojimbo Saga Book 7
- First appearance of Kato, Ayaka, and Boss Higa
- Storyline continues in "Encounter at Blood Tree Pass" (#129)
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Post by stillpoint on Jan 24, 2017 2:14:09 GMT -5
Early in this story, when Usagi and Kato first meet, they silently size each other up and each realizes how formidable the other is. That must be why Usagi resorts to bribery to end the gang war. I wonder if Kato had not been there what Usagi's methods would have been.
In the later story "Return to Hell" we find out that Kato is enamored of Ayaka. There is no indication of that in this story unless you know to look for it. Just the fact that Kato spends so much time at the inn is a clue.
I wonder who reads Usagi's dialogue, when he mentions Kato's name, in Inspector Clouseau's voice versus the Green Hornet's. Clouseau for me; I never liked the Pink Panther movies, but my parents watched them so often when I was growing up that his voice is burned into my brain.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Aug 29, 2017 20:28:51 GMT -5
This is yet another play on Yojimbo, probably the most literal adaptation so far.
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