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Yo, Dojo People! I would like to know everyone who reads this post to tell me your favorite Usagi story and why it's your favorite! Mine, personally, is Grasscutter II because I liked the idea of Usagi, Gen, and Sanshobo delivering the sword of the gods to Atsuta Shrine while being attacked by the two strongest ninja clans.

My all time favorite would have to be issue #11 from Fantagrphics, the Tea Cup featuring Usagi and Gen. I love this story because it is an all-out tribute to my other favorite comic series - Sergio Aragones' Groo the Wandereer. It was also the first issue of Usagi I ever bought, because of the Catnippon back-up story by Sergio.

After that, my favorite would have to be split between the two-part "Homecoming" story from Critters #10 and 11 (UY Book 1) and the four-part "Circles" story from Fantagraphics issues #28-32 (UY Book 6). I realy like the way Stan slowly unfolded the story of Usagi's relationship with Mariko, Kennichi, and Jotaro.

i think my favorite UY story is Grasscutter( thanks Thomas!!!) my favorite part of that story is the prologues they are aweasome and i really like UY vol: 3 no. 63 that was the 2nd story i read of UY and its aweasome!!!!

Abayo,
Marchino

Grasscutter is the most exciting story line. I loved the Inazuma/Gen fight.

Grasscutter II had Chizu being a major player so that was fun.

I'll have to give this a bit more thought...back soon.

I really enjoyed Lone Goat and Kid. I like the Lone Wolf and Cub movies so I naturally loved Lone Goat and Kid.

My all time favorite stories (for it really spreads over more than two TPBs) are the Usagi/Jotaro stories from Travels with Jotaro and Fathers and Sons. Sensei's depiction of their relationship and how they both try to tell the other their secret (but both are unable to do so), finally Usagi's departure...

Priceless, highly sensitive....

There isnt a single Usagi story I didn't like.
But my favourite would have to be Dragon Bellow Conspiracy. All these characters coming together and Shingen! I miss him

MikeM

This a tough one for me. I like the entire Grasscutter saga (spanning from TPBs 11 through 15). I also like the Koji saga that intertwined with that. "Daisho" was the first TPB I bought, so that has a special place in my heart...Of course, I also love the Sasuke stories...

Gosh, there's just so many great stories I can't pick just one.

One of my favorites is "Noodles," partially because it's the first UY story I ever read. I would also consider it the most emotionally wrenching UY story to date. About 11 years ago (I was about 17 years old, and I had never read many comic books other than the occasional Marvel title and a few of the Dark Horse Alien Vs. Predator comics), I picked up the Dark Horse UY #1 issue on a whim, and "Noodles" showed me that this wasn't just another "funny animal" comic book.

My favorite is the Kite Maker's story. I think this story exemplifies Master Sakai's extraordinary skill of a storyteller who informs, experiments, and entertains within the same breadth of a story.

I'd say FEVER DREAM was my favourite, with GEN'S STORY a close second.

Difficult question There is a lot of fantastic stories. I must think about it

That's such a difficult question, but I think the Dragon Bellow Conspiracy (UY Book 4) is simply amazing, and I'd probably put it at or near the top of my favorite UY stories.

Dragon Bellow Conspiracy is tops for me, the sweeping epic-ness of it bringing all the beloved characters together in a really dramatic story... hard to beat. I think the only ones I like more are any that allow Usagi and Jotaro to interact.

A lot of my favorites are the little ones-- the short stories, especially if there are tokage in them. I think "Zylla" is my favorite of those, plus the one where the tokage help Usagi against some bandits, and he buys them noodles and such at the inn.

But as for story-- I'd say "Shades of Green".