Usagi Yojimbo 4 - häivähdyksiä kuolemasta

by Stan Sakai, Vesa Heino (Translator)

Usagi ja Gen liittolaisineen puolustavat maalaiskylää ylivoimaista vihollista vastaan Seitsemän samurain hengessä. Joutuessaan palkkamurhaajien tähtäimeen Usagi saa oppia miksi sana "Shi" merkitsee sekä 'neljää' että 'kuolemaa'. Yhdessä nuoren Usagin kanssa tutustumme sensei Katsuichin opetuksiin elämästä, kuolemasta, velvollisuudesta ja rehellisyyden merkityksestä.

Kirjan toinen päätarina kertoo Usagin miekkaparista. Se on katkeransuloinen tarina menetyksestä ja lunastuksesta ja samurain sielusta. Velvollisuus ja kunniantunto hallitsevat kaikkien elämää pieniä onnenhetkiä lukuun ottamatta, eikä pahuutta ole helppo kitkeä maailmasta.

Zum Teufelin neljäs Usagi-kirja on tähänastisista tuhdein, ja jatkaa samuraijäniksen tarinoiden kokoamista kronologisessa järjestyksessä.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Adventure, Adult

408 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2023

About the author

Stan Sakai (Japanese: 坂井 スタンSakai Sutan; born May 25, 1953) is an artist who became known as an Eisner Award-winning comic book originator.

Born in Kyoto, Sakai grew up in Hawaii and studied fine arts at the University of Hawaii. He later attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. He and his wife, Sharon, presently reside and work in Pasadena.

He began his career by lettering comic books (notably Groo the Wanderer by Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier) and became famous with the production of Usagi Yojimbo, the epic saga of Miyamoto Usagi, a samurai rabbit living in late-sixteenth and early-seventeenth-century Japan. First published in 1984, the comic continues to this day, with Sakai as the lone author and nearly-sole artist (Tom Luth serves as the main colorist on the series, and Sergio Aragonés has made two small contributions to the series: the story "Broken Ritual" is based on an idea by Aragonés, and he served as a guest inker for the black and white version of the story "Return to Adachi Plain" that is featured in the Volume 11 trade paper-back edition of Usagi Yojimbo). He also made a futuristic spin-off series Space Usagi. His favorite movie is Satomi Hakkenden (1959).

Reviews

[Dbgirl · Rating 3 out of 5]

At first I didn't really like this, the main story was dull and I've never understood why the author sometimes adds Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to his books since it only breaks the immersion. But when we get into the story where Usagi Yojimbo is still a child and he tries to grow his own vegetables, I started to like this. Even in the previous parts I liked the parts that told about his childhood. I personally loved that story perhaps the most, but the book got overall better (starting from there).

[Kirjastovelho · Rating 5 out of 5]

Usagin tarina sen kuin paranee. Neljännessä kokoelmassa käsiteltiin syvemmin sankarimme nuoruutta senseinsä opissa sekä Usagin katkeransuloisia lemmensuhteita.

[♡Piritta · Rating 4 out of 5]

3,5