Is it my fault for not knowing what type of comic I was getting into? Yes. With enough build-up or foreshadowing, this twist could’ve been a great escalation of the already massive battle underway, but instead it hijacks the plot so we can get to the actual point of this miniseries. The major battle is just about to go underway and then, plop, a rocket falls onto the battlefield and oops we’ll have to deal with that next issue. There’s definitely an element of this being a great shock twist, but it feels like more of a robbery than anything else. Aliens plot line doesn’t interrupt the issue’s major battle so much as flop onto it like the final twist in some bad fan fiction. Usagi’s been pretty dedicated to staying in Edo Japan, so seeing the character branch out like this is very exciting. That’s the type of concept I can get a thousand percent behind.
#Yojimbo way of the samurai 1 series#
I hadn’t read the solicitation or really much about the series before reading the first issue (and since this is mentioned in the solicitation I feel I can mention it here) so I didn’t know a giant spacecraft was going to crash into Earth so Usagi and pals could fight aliens War of the Worlds style. That said, the story does get derailed in the last few pages by what seems to be the actual concept of the title. Though it plays around with the mythology of the series which is something older fans might appreciate more, the pacing of the battle and its execution in the art are perfect examples of how consistent “Usagi” has been for about three decades now. This is one of the “Usagi” plot points that’s been growing for years (decades by the time of “Senso”) and seeing what occurs here might be very pleasing to longtime fans.Īnd even if you’re not a fan with “Usagi Yojimbo”, “Senso” is still a great place to start.
Though this aspect of the story is brought out through really blatant exposition, it doesn’t really feel too forced. That dynamic has apparently gone on for twenty years and seems to hit the boiling point in this gigantic battle. Due to honor or something, they’ve never acknowledged that they both know they’re father and son. Jotaro ( no relation) is the son of Miyamoto and his childhood love Mariko who was already betrothed to his childhood rival. It’s not a consequence-free skirmish meant to just look cool, it’s an all-or-nothing confrontation between rival armies made all the more serious by the inclusion of Jotaro Usagi among Lord Noriyuki’s ranks. Wide open pages of armies charging for their cause give way to smaller panels of the vicious personal clashes that give a real weight to this battle. And in spite of (or perhaps with the help of) the anthropomorphic cast, Sakai paints a depiction of one very gripping battle. The meat of the issue comprises of the clash between the forces of Lord Noriyuki and the evil Lord Hikiji. Now, in “Usagi Yojimbo – Senso” #1, Sakai takes his cast of animal samurai to twenty years in the future to face new developments both big and small. It’s a fairly simple concept, yet one that Sakai strives to make all his own through his distinctive aesthetic and storytelling style. The saga revolves around a rabbit ronin named Miyamoto Usagi and his adventures through an Edo Japan that’s pretty accurate aside from everyone being an animal of some sort.
If you’ve never read Stan Sakai’s classic “Usagi Yojimbo” series, that’s fine. * An all new story set in Usagi’s future! * From multiple–Eisner award-winning creator Stan Sakai!
In the fury of the final battle, a metal rocket crashes to earth-and inside is an enemy that neither side could have ever imagined! Witness the final fates of your favorite Usagi characters, in this all-new samurai epic with a startling science fiction twist! Twenty years in his future, Miyamoto Usagi fights as a general for Lord Noriyuki, against the treacherous Lord Hikiji.
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