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Forged in heaven, it is called Kusanagi, the Grasscutter--the lost sword of the Gods. This legendary blade could potentially tip the scales of power for the shadowy Conspiracy of Eight in their quest to overthrow the Shogunate and reinstate the Emperor. With the help of a witch and the souls of dead warriors, they plan to recover the lost sword and bring the Shogun down. But when the fates place the Grasscutter in the hands of masterless samurai Usagi Yojimbo, the ronin rabbit becomes the focus of a deadly struggle for possession of the dread blade. And this crisis pales beside the dark possibilities should the sword come to the demonic warrior, Jei!
Grasscutter collects Dark Horse Usagi Yojimbo issues 13-22, Stan Sakai's longest and most ambitious Usagi tale to date: a sweeping epic showcasing one of comics' most individual artistic voices at the peak of his creative skills.
In Grasscutter, the twelfth volume of the adventures of Usagi Yojimbo series, the ronin (masterless samurai) rabbit Usagi fortuitously comes upon the legendary lost sword of the Gods, Kusanagi, the Grasscutter. Conspirators seeking to overthrow the Shogunate and restore the emperor to power use arcane methods to retrieve the sword from its ocean resting place, but fate places Usagi at the shore when the sword surfaces. Nevetheless, another feels drawn to Kusanagi-Jei, Usagi's monstrous demonic foe who calls himself the emissary of the Gods. Sakai combines history-his lengthy preface retells the legendary beginnings of Japan and the famous last battle between the Heike and the Genji at Dan-no-Ura-folklore, and his fictional characters Usagi, Gen the bounty hunter, Lady Tomoe, and young Lord Noriyuki, among others, in an ambitious story of politics, action, and the supernatural. This book is one of the twenty-five titles selected by YALSA's 2002 Popular Paperbacks Committee for the list of top recommended graphic novels for teens. VOYA Codes: 4Q 3P M J S G (Better than most, marred only by occasional lapses; Will appeal with pushing; Middle School, defined as grades 6 to 8; Junior High, defined as grades 7 to 9; Senior High, defined as grades 10 to 12; ~G). 1999, Dark Horse Comics, G252p,
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Mary Phetza
reviewed Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 12: Grasscutter on January 29, 2019 Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 12: Grasscutter
This is superb. It's as if the previous 11 volumes prepared the ground for one epic finish. I admit it's a bit slow at the start with all the legend backstory but after 50 or so pages it catches up and completely destroys your insufficient perception of tying up sub-plots to conclude to a grander scheme. :')
Surely, fate played a huge part of bringing Usagi to the coast when the Grasscutter emerged (now that i'm talking about the crab scene, how awesome are you Mister Stan by using Heikea Japonica Crabs?! My mind was blown fucking away when i read the backstory of them) or Jei meeting the creature carrying the sword when Usagi and Gen were after it. But i mean, we're talking about early 17th century Japan where the supernatural element is thriving, is only logical fate is the master puppeteer of the protagonists' lives. More than their own actions as you could tell that whatever they did, they would end up like there.
I also loved the Tomoe-Ikeda dynamic. Really cool to play it with mutual respect till the end. The whole story was entertaining and thrilling, one of the best sequences in comic form i've read in a long time. No surprise in winning an eisner, for sure. I was extremely tired, hammered and almost sleeping standing and still couldn't stop reading till it was finished.
And the end was beautiful in it's simplicity. With these grand tales, usually no end is good enough. This time, it was just what you needed to be even more hyped (if that's possible, which i think not :P). The story notes were full of info, apart from the comic Sakai offers us top quality information about Japan's history and culture. Extra points for that even if i think that at this point, there is no need to emphasize more on how much i like Usagi.
Go read the Grasscutter,like, now. Even if you haven't touched Usagi before, you'll still have a great fucking time.
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