Fresh from winning the Best Serialized Story 1999 Eisner Award for Grasscutter, Stan Sakai returns with a new Usagi Yojimbo collection featuring six tales of the ronin rabbit's journeys and adventures in feudal Japan. "My Father's Swords" retells an encounter with a young samurai who follows in-and is followed by-the footsteps of his father's warrior heritage. In "The Demon Flute," a village is plagued by a music-playing supernatural killer. Usagi recounts a classic Japanese folk tale in "Momo-Usagi-Taro." Two Tokugawa-era whodunits play out in "The Hair Pin Murders" and Tameshigiri," a pair of Inspector Ishida mysteries. Usagi becomes entangled in a conspiracy to overthrow a lord's throne in "The Courtesan." Memory, mystery, and treachery intermingle to form Grey Shadows.
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Sakai's usual excellence.,
This review is from: Grey Shadows (Usagi Yojimbo, Book 13) (Paperback)
The stories involving the two characters on the cover (Usagi and Inspector Ishida) are a couple of my favourite Usagi tales. In them, Usagi teams with Ishida to investigate a few murders. My fondness for these stories derives from my penchant for murder mysteries in general, and these are interesting. One of the mysteries is rather short and not too mysterious for the reader, while the other is more lengthy and might surprise some, especially if one is willing to be drawn into the world Sakai has created.As well, like most of the trade paperback collections, there are a number of stories that stand alone, and these are very good too. Particularly good is one where Usagi encounters the son of a dead comrade. Overall, another solid book in a series that is rapidly closing in on the 20th collection. (#18 to be released in a few months.) I'd still recommend book 6 as the best introduction to the series, but once you're hooked, you'll want this one along with all the rest.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Dark Shadows, Darker Plots,
By KyohaPooka (one with the Dao) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Grey Shadows (Usagi Yojimbo, Book 13) (Paperback)
Truly one of the great works of comic fiction, Grey Shadows shows us a world, that while alien, becomes almost instantly familiar. The characters are likable and charismatic, but it is the complex interweaving plot and powerful themes of honor and compassion that really make this book a joy. The simplistic artwork initially give it a childish look untill you get used to it. The expressions wouldn't be nearly as intricate if Mr. Sakai had gone for a more detailed style of drawing though.
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This review is from: Grey Shadows (Usagi Yojimbo, Book 13) (Paperback)
What makes this book interesting is the addition of the inspector (whose name I cannot remember at the moment--Ishida?), and Usagi's companionship with this inspector in solving some mysteries.
Sakai's not bad at creating some detective work here for the rabbit bodyguard, and, as with all of his installments, readers get a real treat out of this book.
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