Comics Which Contain This Story

First Issue: UY Vol. 1 Issue 3

Characters

The following characters are mentioned in the story:

• Miyamoto Usagi

Story Synopsis

The first issue of a two-part story, Usagi arrives in a new town, looking for a place to spend the night and maybe some employment. A figure rushes past Usagi, greeting him as she goes by. Hot on her heels are some police, who ask him where she went. Usagi didn't actually see this person, so he's no help to the police. They refuse to believe him and attack him. The yoriki <Police Administrator> arrives to investigate the fracas, and warns Usagi to pass through the town quickly. As the yoriki leaves, he bumps into a soba <Buckwheat Noodles> seller. The soba seller offers Usagi some noodles, and he politely declines. Unexpectedtly, a voice from within the soba stand talks to Usagi!

After chasing the soba seller for about a block, Usagi finally cacthes up to him and confronts him. The door of the storage compartment in the stand opens, and out steps Kitsune!

The next morning, Kitsune is entertaining a crowd on the street with a tale of Susano-o-no-mikoto, using a top and a sensu, or folding fan. Usagi walks on the scene just as she finishes her perormance, and treats him to lunch.

Meanwhile, in the Magistrate's residence: The magistrate is demanding the yoriki that the crime wave be stopped immediately, and that he wants an arrest, or else. The yoriki rides off, heading for the thieves' hideout. When he arrives, he tells them that they have to lie low for a while. They refuse this, and tell him that he can go arrest some scapegoat to appease the magistrate. He decides that Noodles <the soba seller> would be a perfect scapegoat.

While Kitsune and Usagi are eating lunch, Kitsune tells Usagi Noodles' heart-rending story. While this is happening, the police are out to arrest Noodles! Just as Kitsune finishes, someone bursts in and announces Noodles' arrest.