Usagi Yojimbo: Ten Thousand Plums #3
The truth becomes known as Gen finds the body of the headman's daughter in the wood as Miyamoto Usagi, while attempting to warn the town the killer is in their midst, discovers she's been hiding in plain sight. Once exposed, the shapeshifter proves to be a problem for even our heroes. We get plenty of action in the issue that seems to wrap up the story (but apparently not this arc with has two more issues to come). We also get a quite humorous remark from Gen about how adventures seem to find Usagi which made me laugh out loud.
The story wraps up with Usagi leaning the reasons for the shapeshifter's actions and the mad lust of the villagers to destroy her ends up setting both the village and the orchards on fire. While destroyed, Usagi (and even the shogun's men) have words for the villagers and their greed that set all the current events in motion by refusing to save a child's life leading to vengeance, destruction, and death.
[Dark Horse, $4.99]
- Title: Usagi Yojimbo: Ten Thousand Plums #3 (of 5)
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- Writer: Stan Sakai
- Artist: Stan Sakai
