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it was something that had to be done that's perhaps the best analysis ! it is not fate, but they were "programmed" to do this. Yukio Mishima's Hagakure Nyumon is a good book about samurai's ethic and way of life (or death, The Way of the Samurai is found in death ) The point is that by sa...

To be fair, it was I that felt we were going in circles, so I was the one that dropped out of that part of the discussion. Todd is just now entering the discussion and may have some fresh perspectives to lend. Well, we both agreed to leave it and it was pretty obvious that none of us would progress...

I thought we had agreed that this was leading nowhere and I have no real wish to go around in the same circles, but if you insist on dragging up the side-topic again... This obviously doesn't answer the direct question of whether or not Usagi murdered Gunichi No it's a general statement against cens...

My own personal take on it (without trying to guess what Stan was thinking about the character), is that Ino would have once qualified as the best, but no longer does by the time he meets Usagi. I wouldn't even say it's his blindness that holds him back, but rather his reluctance to continue fighti...

I'm going to take your "agree to disagree" sentiment one step further and extend it to the whole argument. I think our perspectives on these things are simply too diametrically opposed. Ok, let's leave that side-topic altogether and return to the unanswered mysteries above. :) Do you thin...

It's not about how the battle is going. Gunichi wasn't a regular soldier and neither was Usagi. Their sole responsibility on the field was to protect Lord Mifune, not to win the battle. Losing was not an acceptable reason for Gunichi to leave. There was still a chance to get Mifune away from the ba...

Yes. He saves his lords life multiple times at risk for his own, but makes a false assumption that Mifune was already lost and he deserves to die? I'm sorry, but I just can't respect that. He was Mifune's bodyguard. His entire career was based upon preserving the lord's life at all costs. And he ha...

Mifune was still alive. Therefore, Gunichi abandoned him. If there was still any chance for Mifune to be saved, it was his bodyguards' duty to do so (that's why they're bodyguards). Even after Mifune went down, Usagi fulfilled his obligation to take and hide Mifune's head so that it could not be di...

Now that you mention it I also wondered about that, but then forgot it ever occurred.

1) Zato-Ino
2) Sasuke
3) Katsuichi
4) Tomoe
5) Chizu

I still wonder why Ino was considered the best swordsman pre-Inazuma when Usagi defeated him in their first encounter...anoher testament to Usagi's ways -- he doesn't kill unless he absolutely has to. In this case, he defeated Ino but cutting off his nose (as opposed to his head, which may have bee...

As for Usagi evolving over time, I think that can be explained by his lifestyle broadening his horizons. Societies always impose they're own morals on their members. As a child, it was only natural for Usagi to be enamoured by the samurai lifestyle, and his wanting to become a samurai, his adoption...

I never had a problem with the death of Gunichi. The bushido code seems to call for loyalty to one's master above all else. The very first panel of Usagi #1 suggests that Gunichi was prepared for the duel and understood why it must take place. He's neither alarmed nor angry in that first panel. Sim...

Usagi did not murder Gunichi. It was a fair duel One Usagi forced him into wasn't prepared to let him back out of despite that he had to know Gunichi had no chance of surviving his suoperior skills. and one that honor demanded be carried out, because of Gunichi's traitorous and cowardly actions. Th...

He's also turned more sympathetic with the years. Since I began to read later volumes I was rather shocked to read volume two and find out that he basically murdered Gunichi, despite that the latter didn't appear to be an evil man, simply because he had retreated from a battle which was already lost...