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Post by stillpoint on Feb 2, 2017 19:15:07 GMT -5
 Published: December 22, 2010 Synopsis: "Kitsune's got a good con going: she's been making a mint selling oil and falsely claiming it comes from the toads of Mt. Tsukuba, which are said to have extraordinary healing powers. But too much of a good con can be a bad thing, and before long Kitsune's partners want a bigger cut of the profits, or else! When Usagi tries to intervene, he's plunged into a web of lies even his best intentions won't be able to unravel!" Notes: Collected in Usagi Yojimbo Volume 28: Red Scorpion and The Usagi Yojimbo Saga Book 7Discuss the issue and/or post full reviews below! |
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Post by richarddragon on Aug 24, 2017 6:20:43 GMT -5
Your typical Kitsuné story: self-contained, light, and lots of fun  |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Aug 31, 2017 20:17:55 GMT -5
Your typical Kitsuné story: self-contained, light, and lots of fun I loved that the three thugs were modeled after the three stooges. |
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Post by lobsterjohnson on Aug 31, 2017 20:46:26 GMT -5
This cover is one of my favorites.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Sept 1, 2017 21:06:47 GMT -5
This cover is one of my favorites. It is cool, though it once again makes me wonder how Stan decides which animals are animals and which are people. |
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Post by shaxper on Sept 2, 2017 13:57:41 GMT -5
This cover is one of my favorites. It is cool, though it once again makes me wonder how Stan decides which animals are animals and which are people. this one required toads being animals for the sake of historical accuracy. the only time Stan ever employs lower animals that aren't tokage, it's to maintain historical accuracy. in this case, "tokage oil" would have felt almost blasphemous. what would be the point of all that attention to historical accuracy of the very basis is corrupted? |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Sept 2, 2017 14:23:04 GMT -5
It is cool, though it once again makes me wonder how Stan decides which animals are animals and which are people. this one required toads being animals for the sake of historical accuracy. the only time Stan ever employs lower animals that aren't tokage, it's to maintain historical accuracy. in this case, "tokage oil" would have felt almost blasphemous. what would be the point of all that attention to historical accuracy of the very basis is corrupted? Oh, I have no doubts about it fitting in historically it's just something I often wonder. We see lots of cats, dogs, and rabbits as people, there's a panda family, a fox or two, goats and bats and even as snake as people but fish are fish, birds are birds, horses are horses and turtles are turtles and I've always wondered how those choices get made. |
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Post by richarddragon on Oct 7, 2017 21:12:17 GMT -5
Re-reading it, I noticed a small error: on page 2, Kitsuné pulls off her right sleeve but then cuts her left arm in the following panel!
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