Brink of Life and Death (Usagi Yojimbo, Book 10) [Paperback]

Stan Sakai (Author)

Book Description

Series: Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse)

Join Usagi Yojimbo in his hare-raising adventures of life and death. Watch as he faces assassins, medicine peddlers, bat ninjas, and more! This is a story of honor and adventure. It's a masterful adaptation of samurai legend to sequential art. Dark Horse is proud to present this epic story of good versus evil. Sakai's unique blend of storytelling and Japanese legend has made a unique niche for itself.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Dark Horse; 1 edition (August 19, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569712972
• ISBN-13: 978-1569712979
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,601,367 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Wanderings of Usagi Yojimbo, February 12, 2005

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This review is from: Brink of Life and Death (Usagi Yojimbo, Book 10) (Paperback)

Stan Sakai is one of the most gifted current graphic novelists. He is a one man show, doing the artwork and the story. Although all the characters of this series are animal-like humanoids, you think of them as people rather than as animals. However, their animal characteristics underscore the personality traits of the individuals. In this volume, Usagi Yojimbo, the rabbit ronin who is doomed to wander medieval Japan tastes the life fishermen, and runs into the usual cast of characters who populate this series, e.g., the thief Kitsune (in a very poignant story about the cruelty of the age), and Chizu the neko ninja. The brilliance of the Usagi Yojimbo series is the combination of artwork that alone can tell the story, and a plotline that engages the reader rather than just entertains.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good stories!, November 6, 2001

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F.Pabzcacs "from the top of my hat" (Plano, Texas USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brink of Life and Death (Usagi Yojimbo, Book 10) (Paperback)

Usagi Yojimbo, is a ronin, a masterless samurai who is travelling the MUSHA SHUGYO ( Warrior Pilgrimage ) to hone his spiritual and martial skills, in his travelling these 10 stories form this book, with the good storytelling of Stan Sakai and the evocative world of the feudal Japan from the XVI century

In this volume we are introduced to three important characters and the stories behind them. The most important is the story of Inazuma a young woman converted in Samurai with a reward upon her head. Then the story of Sanshobo a priest who was a HATAMOTO ( banner-man )and resign that life retiring himself to a monastery. The last story is about a man, Jei, who see himself like an instrument of gods to destroy the evil. We'll find again these characters in the volume "Grasscutter" and can read more of this fascinating story: the adventures of Usagi Yojimbo. You will not regret to buy this book.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Usagi Yojimbo Review, May 15, 2000

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This review is from: Brink of Life and Death (Usagi Yojimbo, Book 10) (Paperback)

After reading Daisho, Shades of Death, and Seasons, I knew that I could expect beautifully simple drawings and well thought out story lines in Brink of Life and Death. But Stan Sakai still managed to surprise me with a compassionate two part story titled Noodles, and this was just one of the wonderful stories portrayed through the adventures of Miyamoto Usagi. Brink focuses on the earlier wanderings of Usagi, but I guess I have to read some more to understand exactly how Usagi met some of his associates. This is yet another excellent collection of that wonderful series the readers of which have come to love, Usagi Yojimbo, the Ronin.