Usagi Yojimbo DojoBoard

This is probably a reasonably easy one, but as I'm busy this week, I can't spend hours creating the most devious, hard to find puzzle. Maybe next time

When the first three Colour Specials were eventually collated into a trade collection, the originals for the first comic were found to have gone AWOL. Stan redrew the entire story as a result. Which named character did he "add" into the story that had not been originally featured in the first version?

Given I've not had ANY responses yet, maybe I've made this harder than I actually thought

Right, time for a clue then...

The first three Color Specials are collated into the trade "Tomoe's Story". The first of these, as noted, had to be redrawn by Stan because the original b/w art could not be found. Comparing the original Color Special release to the redrawn version, there are a few panels, angles and ideas that are changed slightly. There also happens to be someone introduced into a panel in the redrawn version connected to Tomoe, that wasn't there in the original, primarily because that person did not "exist" in the world of Usagi at the time the original was made. So... who is that person?

Ohhhh, this is a tough one from a resources point of view for me! I have the tbp Tomoe's Story but I am not sure if I have the first colour special! I will need to dig through my Usagi stack at home and see! Great question!

Wow, still no messages with an answer... okay, last 24 hours or so, CLUE 2...

The clue being, the answer is related to the trade that came directly before the Tomoe's Story trade

If I still don't get any right answers, do I get to set another question for this week?

Sorry Mayhem,

I want to play but life is too busy at the moment. It is a good question because I didn't know it off the top of my head. .

Peace, maka

I have to apologize also for not participating in any of the trivia questions to date.
I read them all, but unfortunately, my reason is similar Maka's situation - I also don't have much time to research the answers.
Hopefully you get some feedback from other members soon.

Well, time's up I guess... and I did have one correct answer come through heh...

So congrats to Steve Hubbell!

In the original rendition of Tomoe's Story (the first Color Special tale), Tomoe is seen practising with her brother in an early panel. In the redrawn version, this still happens, but Stan inserted a background cameo from Tomoe's bitter "cousin" Noriko in the equivalent panel. Noriko was the main antagonist from the "Mother of Mountains" story arc.

If I get a chance, I'll scan the panels and put them up to show, unless someone can do it before me...

Woo Hoo!
I finally won a contest!

I remember Stan redrawing something, but I had no idea what the answer was.

As I needed to scan some stuff tonight, I also scanned the two panels in question, so you can compare...

Noriko looks like she was already a budding psychopath even when she was little.....