Some questions for Stan! (Or whomever can answer them.)

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Chopalong Slashity
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Some questions for Stan! (Or whomever can answer them.)

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1. Is there a possibility we will ever see a gashadokuro show up to menace Team Usagi at some point? Just wondering since it's one of my favorite yokai! And correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think I've seen it show up yet, even in the Youkai chapter of UY: Legends.

2. So Jei shows up in Usagi Senso, but not in Space Usagi. Logically that means sometime between the end of Senso and Space Usagi, someone finished the job for good. Will we ever get to see who, how, and when?

3. I just realized that that hairband (with the inverted-arch shape) that Tomoe wears sometimes shows up on other characters both in UY and other Japanese media set in the period or at least featuring fashion from the era. If it's distinct enough that I noticed it was common, I figured there must be an actual name for the type. What is it?

4. Speaking of Tomoe and her hair, she's had occasions where she endured vicious swordfights, rain, mud, all other manner of awful conditions, and no matter how messed-up her exceptionally poofy hair may have been, it was fine the next day without even the benefit of a comb or mirror anywhere nearby. How does she do it? :P
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Re: Some questions for Stan! (Or whomever can answer them.)

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1) I mean I wouldn't hold my breath. Gashadakuro are basically completely impossible to defend yourself against according to myth. But possibly a nightmare scenario or something akin to the Hell Screen could make that interesting.

2) Isn't Senso supposed to be more of an "alternate future" scenario than a canonical ending? Either way, since Space Usagi takes place in, well, space... there's no real way of knowing that there isn't still a Jei roaming around somewhere on Earth.

3) I'n curious about that myself actually.

4) Comic book magic is the best conditioner.
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