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Usagi Yojimbo, Book 2: Samurai Paperback – January 17, 1989

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 152 pages
  • Publisher: Fantagraphics; 7th edition (January 17, 1989)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0930193881
  • ISBN-13: 978-0930193881
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.5 x 8.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat introduction to Usagi's world
By Storm TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on August 17, 2006
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This was the first Usagi Yojimbo book that I had ever picked up, and I was glad I did. During the initial 80-90's TMNT boom, I first "discovered" Usagi through the TMNT cartoon. I happened by a local comic book store and saw the graphic novel on the shelves. I picked it up for around $20 (which was a large investment for me at the time!) and never regretted it.

Coming from a Japanese heritage, but with parents who never really shared their experiences, Stan Sakai's incredibly detailed and superbly researched world was like a look into a world which fascinated me, but one that I had never really gotten to know.

Usagi Yojimbo Book Two is sort of like a "Zero" issue in the way of comic book numbering. It tells the back-story of how Usagi came to be both a samurai and ended up being a masterless ronin. If you like Japanese history, are a buff for great storytelling, incredibly detailed art, and just a plain good read, Usagi and Stan Sakai will not let you down.
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5.0 out of 5 starsBack story for the bunny
By Amazon Customer on January 8, 2003
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An essential, and hard to find, addition for the Usagi fan. I myself discovered this wonderful comic only recently. I promptly purchased all the TPBs as quickly as I could, and this particular book eluded me for about 8 months longer than the rest.
It is well worth finding, however, as it fills in a significant amount of information about Usagi's origins and early life. Much that is in later books will make much more sense once one has read this book. Unless Fantagraphics reprints this (and at last check, they hadn't and have no plans to do so) be prepared to buy a used copy for more than the original list price.
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5.0 out of 5 starsSakai's legendary ronin begins to find his way
By shaxper on June 14, 2008
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Usagi Yojimbo is the kind of quality work that transcends time, genres, demographics, and even age groups. It crafts a delicate and beautiful balance between honor and savagery, cute innocence and dark brutality, simple heart-warming stories and multi-part epics that shape a dense continuity. Whether or not you've ever been a fan of feudal Japanese culture, furry anthro characters, or independent, non-superhero comics, Usagi Yojimbo is a comic that can't help but impress even the harshest critic.

Though this is volume 2 in the Usagi series, this is really the volume where Sakai's masterpiece begins to take shape. "Samurai," which begins with Usagi's classic four part origin story, weaves an almost mythological tale of a young, reckless child growing into a serious adult and becoming burdened by the weight of his honor. We see young Usagi dream, struggle, succeed, fail, love, lose, achieve his greatest honor, face his darkest day, and gradually come to terms with the cards that fate has dealt him. This is a powerful, character-building tale that makes you truly care for the character of Miyamoto Usagi with far more emotional investment than you might care for the more serious looking characters found in those other, non-furry comics.

The volume also includes several other stories from the two issues that followed the four part "Samurai" epic. "The Test" is a truly disappointing story, written by Peter Laird as an attempt to help promote Usagi by including a beloved Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, but the story is largely self-serving and makes Usagi look like an utter chump. The rest of the stories are stand-alone adventures that do little to further any sense of continuity or character development, but they are quite fun, action-packed, and often heart-warming.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsAt last! A tolerable flashback!
By Shun Nakamura on November 4, 2011
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After I read the first book in the series I became hooked so I purchased several others including this one. It is in many ways superior to the first due to the fact that in the latter we are only given a small glimpse at Miyamoto Usagi's past.This volume elaborates on many of the aspects of his past including how he met his sensei, His relationship with Kenichi and a rather detailed story about the battle that would make him a Ronin. It's all told in a manner that is extremely entertaining and gives usagi a lot more depth aside from the Bushido code. The only thing I found somewhat pathetic was one of the following stories which gives orgins for Godzilla but it didn't cost the book any stars so you know it isn't all that bad. The rest of them are just as entertaining I reccomend this highly. Buy it especially if you've read the first one.
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5.0 out of 5 starsI really enjoyed this book and the series as a whole.
By S. Davis on May 2, 2014
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Great storytelling. Culturally accurate. Very enjoyable and creative. The art, writing, and characterization are very well considered and the author is well versed in the topics that he deals with.
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5.0 out of 5 starsWandering rabbit
By Oscar "the wise" Montero on March 24, 2013
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In this compilation we get to know the past of our hero, his training, the road that took to his ronin ways. Great storytelling, drama, loyalty, fun, honor, violence, betrayal this book got it all. A must read.
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5.0 out of 5 starsUsagi really begins
By Rosewater on March 22, 2011
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It begins with Usagi in a duel with another samurai, and once it's finished (decisive victory for Usagi) Gen reveals himself. He saw the whole thing. Gen asks just what the fight was all about. In order to adequately explain Usagi basically tells his life story: from leaving his hometown to his training with mountain hermit Katsuichi to his employ with Lord Mifune to the military defeat which found Usagi masterless.

It is with this volume that Stan Sakai really kicks in the world building after a few years of doing Usagi stories for various anthology comics (collected in Book 1). This paperback collects the beginning of the ongoing Usagi comic book which still runs today. Building up on the facts established in the earlier stories, Sakai fleshes out Usagi's back story and starts the transition from the somewhat boring hero of Book 1 into the very human character we know today. Perhaps the biggest addition in this book is the introduction of Usagi's sensei Katsuichi, one of the best characters in the series. This story gives a brief overview of Usagi's training with the master swordsman, but Sakai goes back to this time period many times in future books and fills in the blanks with all sorts of lessons and adventures young Usagi had while in training, a very rich vein of stories.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 starsTotally loved this book

Epic. Totally loved this book. My second favorite of all Stan's collections.

Published 20 months ago by Fin Alyn
5.0 out of 5 starsI love this series

Great samurai stories. I can't get enough. Each time a finish one, I can't stop myself from going into the next story, and I continue with that until I finish the book.

Published 22 months ago by Yonkuma
5.0 out of 5 starsUsagi Yojimbo, Book 2: Samurai

I sent this as a gift to my son-in-law. I understand he really enjoyed it and even purchased the rest of the series.

Published 24 months ago by pat trimmer
5.0 out of 5 starsnice

graet book could not put book down.stories were good and easy readingrecieved book fast in the mail.not to expencive eather

Published on April 7, 2013 by John Benotti
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Published on November 30, 2009 by Bookaholic
4.0 out of 5 starsGetting Better

After reading through the first book, I was slightly disappointed and baffled at the hype that Sakai has garnered over the years. "What's the big deal?" I thought. Read more

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Published on November 9, 2008 by Lothe
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