Usagi Yojimbo #7 [Third Printing]
(November 2003)

Fantagraphics, 1987 Series
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[Title Page and Credits] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 4 pages (report information)

Pencils
Stan Sakai
Inks
Stan Sakai
Letters
typeset

[Table of Contents] (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Stan Sakai
Inks
Stan Sakai
Letters
typeset

Introduction (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sergio Aragonés (credited)
Letters
typeset

Kitsune (Table of Contents: 4)

Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Sakai (credited)
Pencils
Stan Sakai (credited)
Inks
Stan Sakai (credited)
Letters
Stan Sakai (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I call this strolling on the dragon's back.
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; martial arts; adventure; historical
Characters
Kitsune; Miyamoto Usagi; Hatsu; Ichinobei; The Brigands
Synopsis
Usagi meets a delightful street performer named Kitsune. A little too late, he learns she's also a pickpocket.
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Gaki (Table of Contents: 5)

Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Sakai (credited)
Pencils
Stan Sakai (credited)
Inks
Stan Sakai (credited)
Letters
Stan Sakai (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The road of true Bushido
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; martial arts; adventure; historical
Characters
Katsuichi; Miyamoto Usagi
Synopsis
Young Usagi tries to prank his sensei but it produces horrifying results.
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Broken Ritual (Table of Contents: 6)

Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Sakai (credited); Sergio Aragonés (credited) (plot)
Pencils
Stan Sakai (credited)
Inks
Stan Sakai (credited)
Letters
Stan Sakai (credited)

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; martial arts; adventure
Characters
Miyamoto Usagi; Nishamura; General Tadaoka
Synopsis
Usagi stops in a small village where he helps the townspeople put the ghost of General Tadaoka to rest.
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The Tangled Skein (Table of Contents: 7)

Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Sakai (credited)
Pencils
Stan Sakai (credited)
Inks
Stan Sakai (credited)
Letters
Stan Sakai (credited)

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; martial arts; adventure
Characters
Miyamoto Usagi; Lord Noriyuki; Tomoe Ame; Lord Mifune; Obakemono
Synopsis
Usagi narrates a tale set just after the death of Lord Mifune; Usagi spends a night in a hut but his host turns out to be an evil spirit.
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Gen Chapter 1: Lady Asano's Story (Table of Contents: 8)

Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Sakai
Pencils
Stan Sakai
Inks
Stan Sakai
Letters
Stan Sakai

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; martial arts; adventure
Characters
Gen; Miyamoto Usagi; Lady Asano; Oda
Synopsis
Usagi and Gen meet the disgraced Lady Asano, who is determined to obtain vengeance on her late husband's enemies. Learning Gen is the son of her husband's general she requests his aid but Gen refuses.
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Keywords
tokage

Gen Chapter 2: Sins of the Father (Table of Contents: 9)

Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Sakai (credited)
Pencils
Stan Sakai (credited)
Inks
Stan Sakai (credited)
Letters
Stan Sakai (credited)

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; martial arts; adventure
Characters
Gen; Miyamoto Usagi; Lady Asano; Oda; General Murakami (flashback); Kazu (flashback, death); Woodcutter (flashback); Woodcutter's wife (flashback)
Synopsis
Gen tells Usagi how he gave up his father's vendetta and became a bounty hunter. Usagi tries to help Lady Asano against her foe Oda which finally makes Gen take action to rescue his friend.
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Gen Chapter 3: Lady Asano's Revenge (Table of Contents: 10)

Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Sakai (credited)
Pencils
Stan Sakai (credited)
Inks
Stan Sakai (credited)
Letters
Stan Sakai (credited)

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; martial arts; adventure
Characters
Gen; Miyamoto Usagi; Lady Asano (death); Oda (death)
Synopsis
Lady Asano finally has her revenge on Oda but dies as a result. In her final moments she mistakes Gen for his father, deeply affecting Gen. When Gen discovers Oda was carrying his father's swords - meaning he must have killed Gen's father - Gen weeps.
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The Return of Kitsune (Table of Contents: 11)

Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Sakai (credited)
Pencils
Stan Sakai (credited)
Inks
Stan Sakai (credited)
Letters
Stan Sakai (credited)

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; martial arts; adventure
Characters
Gen; Kitsune; Miyamoto Usagi
Synopsis
Usagi again encounters Kitsune. Gen is immediately smitten by her so Usagi delays informing him that she's a thief. Gen plays the part of a gallant hero for Kitsune - only to be robbed by her in the end.
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The Last Ino Story (Table of Contents: 12)

Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 29 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Sakai (credited)
Pencils
Stan Sakai (credited)
Inks
Stan Sakai (credited)
Letters
Stan Sakai (credited)

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; martial arts; adventure
Characters
Gen; Miyamoto Usagi; Zato-Ino; Fujiko
Synopsis
Usagi and Gen find themselves in the village where Zato-Ino has retired. Discovering the blind swordspig is ill and dying, Gen becomes determined to save his former enemy's life.
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[Pinups] (Table of Contents: 13)

Usagi Yojimbo / illustration / 4 pages (report information)

Pencils
Stan Sakai (signed as SAKAI [in box])
Inks
Stan Sakai (signed as SAKAI [in box])

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; martial arts; adventure
Characters
Miyamoto Usagi