Usagi Podjimbo
By Otakuology
Usagi Podjimbo: A Usagi Yojimbo Podcast. Travel the wonders road and go down the Giant comicbook rabbit hole that is the Usagi Yojimbo series.
Usagi PodjimboMay 03, 2024
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Usagi Yojimbo: Return To Adachi Plain / The Withered Field
Usagi recounts the battle that cost Lord Mifune his life and, for the first time, reveals how he got the scar over his left eye. Nakamura Koji is on his warrior pilgrimage, honing his skill for the day that he can avenge himself on the one who bested him in a duel many years before. But he will never make it to that day unless he can defeat the Surudoi school of swordsmanship, who have ambushed him on this journey. In this fight, however, Koji will not be alone -- he is joined by Usagi Yojimbo
May 03, 202435:25
Usagi Yojimbo: Lightning Strikes Twice
Usagi encounters the mysterious female samurai, Inazuma, whom he had met in previous travels. She has been on the run from assassins, and, during her brief rest, she tells the story of her drunken husband and the twists of fate that turned her into a fugitive."
Apr 18, 202426:12
Usagi Yojimbo: The Chrysanthemum Pass
An assassins' guild to one side and a hostile, mysterious medicine peddler to the other, Usagi Yojimbo is between a rock and a hard place. High in the mountains above ancient Japan, he is forced into battle along the narrow Chrysanthemum Pass.
Apr 04, 202425:07
Usagi Yojimbo: Bat's, The Cat, And The Rabbit
The war between the cat ninjas and the bat ninjas resumes. Chizu, the leader of the cat ninjas is transporting a secret document, and when she meets up with Usagi, he is compelled to help her against the bats.
Mar 25, 202428:58
Usagi Yojimbo: The Wrath Of The Tangled Skein / The Bonze's Story
Those who travel the haunted paths of The Tangled Skein are warned to make an offering of protection to the demons that rule the woods. When a traveling party fails to make that sacrifice, they pay the price in another way -- the young woman traveling with them is overcome with great illness. Now it's up to Usagi to exorcise the demons the only way he knows how -- in battle.
Mar 15, 202429:32
Usagi Yojimbo: Noodles Part 2
Noodles Pare 2 Usagi gets yanked into another of Kitsune's schemes, this time with a mute noodle vendor as her unlikely accomplice.
Mar 08, 202425:41
Usagi Yojimbo: Noodles Part 1
Usagi gets yanked into another of Kitsune's schemes, this time with a mute noodle vendor as her unlikely accomplice.
Feb 28, 202426:22
Usagi Yojimbo: A Meeting Of Strangers
Usagi crosses paths with a mysterious swordswoman while the corrupt merchant from "Kaiso" (last issue) plots revenge against him.
Feb 27, 202422:14
Usagi Yojimbo: Kaiso
Usagi aids a family in protecting their seaweed farm from an aggressive competitor.
Feb 09, 202430:23
Usagi Yojimbo: Runaways Part 2
Runaways Continues to delves deeper into the wanderer's past. Stopping in a town he hasn't visited in decades, the rabbit hears a name called out and his mind retreats to a time when he was a fresh young warrior in the service of Great Lord Mifune.
Feb 02, 202431:37
Usagi Yojimbo: Runaways Part 1
Stopping in a town he hasn't visited in decades, the rabbit hears a name called out and his mind retreats to a time when he was a fresh young warrior in the service of Great Lord Mifune. Plus in Black Soul Jei makes a new friend in the form of a little girl named Keiko.
Jan 26, 202440:23
Usagi Yojimbo: Daisho Part 2
The final story in this arc surrounding General Fujii is Daisho Part Two, in which Usagi and his guide meet up with Gen and Stray Dog right at the end of Mongrels. The three samurai decide to team up to raid General Fujii’s lair, and they engage in an all-out fight for money and honour. However, not everyone on the team is keen to work together, and betrayal is afoot.
Jan 19, 202433:17
Usagi Yojimbo: Daisho Part 1 / Mongrels
Usagi pursues the villain Fuji from "Slavers" in search of his swords.Gen and a fellow bounty hunter attempt to trust one another in pursuit of prey.
Jan 04, 202436:18
Usagi Yojimbo: Slavers Part 2 / Nature Of The Viper
Slavers Part 2
Usagi attempts to liberate a village from a band of brigands that has enslaved it, but bites off more than he can chew. And in Nature of the viper, we find out the fate of Jei.
Usagi attempts to liberate a village from a band of brigands that has enslaved it, but bites off more than he can chew. And in Nature of the viper, we find out the fate of Jei.
Dec 22, 202332:48
Usagi Yojimbo: Slavers Part 1
Slavers part 1 Usagi attempts to liberate a village from a band of brigands that has enslaved it, but bites off more than he can chew.
Dec 18, 202322:06
Usagi Yojimbo: The Gambler, The Widow, And The Ronin / Battlefield Part 3
The gambler from “The Duel” returns, and this time his plan is to eliminate a shady business partner by betting for Usagi in a fight to the death, in “The Gambler, the Widow, and the Ronin.” Meanwhile, the widow of a samurai Usagi killed in a duel plots her own revenge! Also in this issue, “Battlefield” concludes, as a young Usagi sneaks back onto the field of the dead. But will ghosts claim him before he can return what he stole?
Dec 14, 202336:35
Usagi Yojimbo: The Music Of Heaven / Battlefield Part 2
Usagi crosses paths with a wandering priest who plays the shakuhachi in The Music of Heaven. But as night falls in the woods, an old enemy stalks them both! And in Battlefield part two, a young Usagi is haunted after stealing a sword from a fallen soldier.
Dec 04, 202326:43
Usagi Yojimbo: The Lizard's Tale / Battlefield Part 1
As Usagi's desire to travel uneventfully through a mountain pass is interrupted by both an annoying pack of tokage lizards and the attention of a gang of bandits, in The Lizards' Tale. And in part one of Battlefield, a young Usagi has his first encounter with the horrors of war!
Nov 27, 202322:19
Usagi Yojimbo: Shi Part 2
Shi concludes, as four assassins each specializing in a different weapon close in on Usagi, accompanied by a powerful thunderstorm. With the village magistrate at the center of a conspiracy against the townspeople, the rabbit ronin must defend the town alone!
Nov 17, 202325:20
Usagi Yojimbo: Shi Part 1
Arriving in a village where thugs act with impunity under the protection of the local magistrate, Usagi finds himself defending a farmer and his family, in part one of Shi. But when he does too good a job cleaning up the town, the rabbit ronin becomes the target of a band of fearsome assassins!
Nov 12, 202329:06
Usagi Yojimbo: Shades of Green Part 3
The epic conclusion to Shades of Green comes to an end. Usagi and the Turtles track down the Neko ninjas and save the wizard Kakera so he can send the turtles home. Plus in Autumn young Usagi learns more about the seasons.
Nov 03, 202327:36
Usagi Yojimbo: Shades of Green Part 2
Shades of Green part 2 the story continues. Usagi and the Turtles try to protect the rat wizard Kakera from the Neko ninja's. Plus we get a young Usagi story in Usagi's Garden. Usagi learns a valuable life lesson from Katsuichi.
Oct 29, 202335:37
Usagi Yojimbo: Shades of Green Part 1
Usagi joins forces with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the rhino ronin Gennosuke to take on the Neko Ninja's. Part 1 of Shades of Green, plus the short story Jizo.
Oct 23, 202322:13
Usagi Yojimbo: The Last Ino Story
The Blind Swords-pig Ino faces his greatest battle, in The Last Ino Story, as he fights for life against a devastating arrow wound and the fever that is consuming him! Usagi and Gen stumble into Ino's cabin during a rainstorm, only to discover him dying, despite the ministrations of his terrified wife. As the storm rages and death watches over them on owl wings, the rabbit ronin must work fast to save Ino.
Oct 19, 202331:27
Usagi Yojimbo: The Return Of Kitsune
The rabbit ronin must once again come to the aid of a pickpocket friend who can't stay out of trouble, in The Return of Kitsune. Wanted by authorities after their last adventure and trying to keep a low profile, Usagi and Gen nonetheless become wrapped up in intrigue when a frightened Kitsune appears, on the run after stealing a letter that tells of a dangerous secret!
Oct 10, 202325:17
Usagi Yojimbo: Gen Part 3 (Lady Asano's Revenge)
Held captive by the traitor who brought ruin to Gen's family and the noblewoman they served, Usagi and his rhino friend must escape and save herbut first they have to stop fighting each other! The bounty hunter's chance to restore his honor arrives at last, as Gen concludes!
Oct 05, 202322:56
Usagi Yojimbo: Gen Part 2 (Sins Of The Father)
Before he was a bounty hunter looking out only for himself, Usagi's friend Gen was the son of a famous general who came to ruin pursuing a vendetta. When the noblewoman who the general served returns, so does Gen's anger over the fate of his family. But if the rhino won't help her, then the rabbit ronin will, in part two of Gen!
Sep 27, 202320:13
Usagi Yojimbo: Gen Part 1 (Lady Asano's Story)
Way back in issue #1, Usagi told Gen of his time serving lord Mifune and of the tragedy that led to his wandering life as a ronin. Now it's the rhino's turn to tell his tale, as a figure from his past reappears and mistakes him for his father. The tale of Gen's fall from noble family to hardscrabble bounty hunter begins in Gen part one!
Sep 19, 202319:32
Usagi Yojimbo: Broken Ritual
Usagi's wanderings take him to a small town held in terror by a grim specter, in Broken Ritual,
Discovering that the ghost was once a general he served with, the rabbit ronin must find the key to ending its miseryand the town's!
Discovering that the ghost was once a general he served with, the rabbit ronin must find the key to ending its miseryand the town's!
Sep 12, 202325:36
Usagi Yojimbo: Kitsune
Usagi learns that a girl does what she has to to get by when he meets a street performer who also turns out to be a talented pickpocket, in Kitsune The two get off to a bad start when Kitsune steals Usagi's purse, but soon they must set the theft aside when a pack of brigands threatens the village they've stopped in! Also in this issue, a young Usagi learns the first lesson of being a warrior the hard way, in Gaki!
Sep 07, 202319:04
Usagi Yojimbo: Circles Part 4 (Closing The Circle)
Circles concludes, as Usagi faces the demon Jei in single combat, with the life of his former love Mariko's son in the balance! Even if he defeats his supernatural foe, Usagi may not have a future in the village, as old resentments are awakened and secrets are revealed!
Aug 29, 202321:31
Usagi Yojimbo: Circles Part 3 (Shroud Over The Mountain)
The epic Circles storyline becomes deadly in part three, as Usagi leads a search party for the missing child Jotaro. At the end of the trail is the most deadly foe the rabbit ronin has ever faced, the demon Jei, who has come to the village to claim Usagi's soul!
Aug 25, 202320:26
Usagi Yojimbo: Circles Part 2 (Remembrances)
Weary from his life of wandering, Usagi returns home to settle down, but death awaits him in his village, as Circles continues! In part two, the rabbit ronin receives a chilly reception from his childhood rival Kenichi and former love Mariko, whose son Jotaro has been kidnapped by a familiar, evil force!
Aug 19, 202318:11
Usagi Yojimbo: Circles Part 1 (Wind Over The Tombstones)
Miyamoto Usagi's most personal battle begins in part one of Circles, as he at last returns home! On the way to his village, Usagi encounters a fellow student of the hermit sensei Katsuichi, and learns the great teacher's true fate. Meanwhile, the greatest threat the rabbit ronin has ever known threatens his loved ones in the village!
Aug 11, 202323:23
Usagi Yojimbo: My Lord's Daughter
Usagi faces a horde of monsters in My Lord's Daughter. Swearing an oath to rescue a princess, the rabbit ronin has to brave a prophecy of death to fight his way through an entire forest of demon warriors, giant animals, and vicious ogres!
Aug 04, 202319:50
Usagi Yojimbo: Yurei
In this tale, Usagi, who is camping at the edge of a river, awakens to find a Yurei, a ghost, floating before him. The ghost imparts her tragic story to Usagi.
Aug 01, 202313:43
Usagi Yojimbo: The Dual
Usagi meets Shubo, a ronin who has settled down in a backwater town and makes a living fighting duels for money. When Shubo and a crooked gambler discover Usagi's prowess with a sword, they conspire to force him into a duel to the death!
Jul 29, 202321:26
Usagi Yojimbo: The Bridge
On a rainy, moonless night, Usagi feels a presence as he enters a small village, but when the villagers tell him of a demon who haunts the bridge into town, he dismisses the tale as hysteriauntil the creature attacks! In addition to protecting the village, the rabbit ronin_must defend himself from the demon's grudge, in The Bridge
Jul 26, 202322:18
Usagi Yojimbo: Lone Goat And Kid
Framed as a traitor to his clan and ousted in disgrace, bodyguard Yagi was forced to take up assassination for hire, walking the road to Hell with his son Gorogoro. Sakai homages the classic manga Lone Wolf and Cub when Yagi is hired to slay the rabbit ronin, in Lone Goat and Kid !
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Jul 19, 202322:29
Usagi Yojimbo: The Way Of The Samurai
Stopping a group of bandits from stealing an important communique, Usagi is introduced to the grateful magistrate it was meant for, and is shocked to see that the man is a legendary general. Now in poor health and wrongfully banished to an unimportant position, and believing that the only honor left to him is a warrior's death, the general challenges the rabbit ronin to a lethal duel, in The Way of the Samurai!
Jun 29, 202319:39
Usagi Yojimbo: Blood Wings Part 2
Captured by the Komori clan of bat ninja, Usagi must not only escape but also give warning to both the goldmine they plan to ambush and the village they've been terrorizing, in the conclusion to Blood Wings. But with the razor-winged outlaws intent on slaying him, he may not have the chance to save either one!
Jun 21, 202319:26
Usagi Yojimbo: Blood Wings
Regular ninja are hazardous enough, but in part one of Blood Wings, a new clan is introduced more menacing than any Usagi has faced beforethe Komori, flying warriors with razor-sharp wings! When Usagi's wanderings bring him to a village held hostage by the Komori, he pledges to help, but soon discovers how easily the clan slaughtered all who went before him!
Jun 13, 202321:56
Usagi Yojimbo: A Kite Story
a village kite festival with danger and drama in a Rashomon like approach to the day's proceedings, told from the points of view of a kite maker, a gambler, and a rabbit ronin. Alongside tense clashes between Usagi and a crooked gambling ring, Sakai creates a lesson in traditional Japanese kite making, and both plots intersect in the unpredictable climax!
Jun 07, 202318:19
Usagi Yojimbo: Frost & Fire
Usagi is hired by a widow to retrieve her husband's swords, the symbol of his samurai class, so that they may be passed to his son. However, the rabbit ronin discovers the swords in the possession of the peasant woman the samurai truly loved, and she has no intention of giving them up. In negotiating between the women, Usagi discovers an even darker secret: the fate of the swords' owner!
May 18, 202321:28
TMNT/Usagi Yojimbo: Turtle Soup & Rabbit Stew/The Treaty
On this episode of Usagi Podjimbo I take a look at the first crossover from the Teenage Mutant Ninnja Turtles meets Usagi Yojimbo in Turtle soup #1 & Usagi Yojimbo#10 (The treaty) Leonardo falls through a portal, crossing time and space, before popping up in the world of Miyamoto Usagi.
May 15, 202322:34
Usagi Yojimbo: The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy 6 & 7 Storm Clouds Part/The Fate Of The Blind Swordspig
The war is over, but which of the combatants have lost their lives, which have been seriously injured, and has the Dark Lord emerged even more powerful than before? In parts six and seven of The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy, alliances dissolve, Usagi contemplates an end to his days as a ronin, and the fates of Gen and Zato-Ino are revealed!
May 11, 202327:03
Usagi Yojimbo: The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy Part 5 (In The Heart Of The Storm)
The storm has arrived! In part five of The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy, the rabbit ronin's friends and enemies alike stand united against a massive plot to overthrow the Shogun and reshape the balance of power in the country forever. But even this force may not be enough to withstand an army carrying the largest cache of guns Japan has ever seen! Rendered with a grace that verges on the miraculous.
May 10, 202323:57
Usagi Yojimbo: The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy Part 4 (Thunder And Lightning)
Just as Tomoe Ame escapes the treacherous lord whose plot she's discovered, the rabbit ronin finds himself prisoner of the Neko Ninja! Meanwhile, bounty hunter Gen at last catches up with the fugitive Zato-Ino, and the ensuing battle will leave him forever scarred. But all of these differences must be put aside when the true scope of the plot against the Shogun is revealed in part four of The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy
May 04, 202326:10
Usagi Yojimbo: The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy Part 3 (Downpour)
The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy continues! In part three, Usagi infiltrates the castle of the lord who has kidnapped Tomoe Ame. Learning from her of the conspiracy against the Shogun, Usagi rushes to share the news, but is he too late to prevent civil war? Rendered with a grace that verges on the miraculous, Usagi Yojimbo is a delicate echo of a Japan that is vanishing forever.
Apr 27, 202323:48
Usagi Yojimbo: The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy Part 2 (The Winds Howl)
Part two of The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy further twists friendships and alliances! As Usagi tracks the kidnapped Tomoe Ame and Gen tracks the fugitive Zato-Ino, the Neko Ninja make their presence felt. What looked like one conspiracy may be two! Rendered with a grace that verges on the miraculous, Usagi Yojimbo is a delicate echo of a Japan that is vanishing forever.
Apr 23, 202319:32