Usagi Yojimbo DojoBoard

OK, so on re-reading Lightning Strikes Twice I noticed something- at the beginning of the story when Usagi is looking over the assassins Inazuma killed, a figure in dark clothes with a straw hat and staff appears. Something about this figure provokes Usagi to draw his sword but when he does the figu...

It's been a while since I've read UY (Covid didn't help, but I digress), and I've been out of the loop concerning some storylines. Is Chizu still on the run from the Neko ninja? Or has she and Kagemaru had their final showdown? Lord Horikawa was trying to arrange a marriage between Tomoe and a lord ...