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Samurai Usagi
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 18:49 -0700
by oxthowe
Here's a cool little thing I stumbled across...I wonder if the author knew anything about UY...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai_Usagi
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 19:48 -0700
by Steve Hubbell
After reading the wiki article and doing a Google image search for the Japanese name, I came to the conclusion that it is definitely not anything I would find of interest. But it is still a great name for a comic!
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 19:50 -0700
by Gallennon
I found a scan translation of it online. It is pretty cute. But it seems to play more off the fact the main characters wife is obsessed with making festival rabbit masks. At the same time the main character is trying to become a perfect samurai so he does not have to commit seppuku, like his father and older brother, who both did things that accidentally dishonored them.
Read some more, the main charter has a fighting style he refers to as Rabbit, and later decided to start his own dojo to teach this sword fighting style. Also there are many puns on how he looks like a rabbit.
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 20:21 -0700
by Todd Shogun
I like how they train at the Usagi Dojo.
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 20:28 -0700
by Gallennon
I agree. I love the giant rabbit face on the front of it.
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 20:28 -0700
by Steve Hubbell
Todd Shogun wrote:I like how they train at the Usagi Dojo.
You have a point there!
Maybe someone could find a scan of the outside of the Usagi Dojo with the name on a sign in Japanese which we could post somewhere on the Dojo site?
