Review- ′Usagi Yojimbo Color Classics #3: “Samurai, Part V and VI”

Usagi Yojimbo Color Classics # 3; Stan Sakai (Author, Artist, Cover Artist) Ronda Pattison (Colorist)

Usagi Yojimbo #3 Color Classics #3 continues with his seclusion after taking leave from his master, the lion Katsuichi. Usagi has yet to train with his news swords, “willow branch” and “young willow”. As he isolates himself in order to do so, he is surprised by a stranger wearing a hat that hides his features. (Such a classic scene!!).

Of course, the stranger is none other than Gunichi, bodyguard to lord Mifune. After witnessing Usagi′s performance at the Dogora Fencing School contest, he now wants to try him out with a duel. The first sword to taste blood will be declared the winner of the match.

Sometimes I wonder whether Stan Sakai doodles sword-fighting scenes even in his dreams because they look so fiendishly easy. The flow of movements is portrayed perfectly.

Usagi will end this fight knowing blood, even if it comes from a different source. After this duel, he decides to return to his home before presenting himself to…