Usagi Yojimbo: Difference between revisions

* [[Face Framed in Shadow]]: Lord Hikiji {{spoiler|and Jesus on the crucifix}}.

* [[Facing the Bullets One-Liner]]: Chizu's brother had one {{spoiler|before [[Taking You with Me|he blew up himself together with the boss of the Dragon Bellows Conspiracy.]]}} She thus replaced him as the head of the Neko Ninja. Invoked many times since by Chizu herself as their [[Badass Creed]].

* [[Family-Unfriendly Death]]: The cruel capture and murder of poor, innocent Noodles. His only friends are kept back by corrupt lawmen while the terrified [[Gentle Giant]] is tortured, then graphically run through with spears.

* [[Fantastic Foxes]]: Kitsune, although she's just really skilled. ''Actually magical'' kitsune have appeared only briefly, and never as named characters.

** Usagi does a brilliant job of this with General Fujii, to boot (with appropriate [[Nightmare Sequence]]), but as [[The Hero]], this is [[Determinator]].

* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]:

* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]: Usagi provokes a bandit into demanding that Katsuichi-sensei perform a near impossible feat of cutting a seed of Usagi's nose. Katsuichi calmly replies that this is near impossible, and asks the bandit to release Usagi. The bandit refuses. Katsuichi kills the bandit. When Usagi comments that Katsuichi couldn't/didn't cut the seed, he does so to teach Usagi not to shoot his mouth off.

** Also, any time a character strikes an arrow out of the air with a sword.

* [[Meaningful Echo]]: For a while, Usagi has a pet tokage he calls "Spot". Later, Jotaro befriends a tokage and names it "Spot", without prior knowledge of Usagi's. In the ''[[Space Usagi]]'' spin-off, Kiyoshi also names a tokage "Spot".

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Usagi means "rabbit" in Japanese. Kitsune, of course, is "fox", even if hers is a nickname given by her mentor in the art of thieving.

* [[Medieval Japan]]: Practically identical, besides the [[Funny Animal|Funny Animals]]. And magic and creatures of myth are ''real''. (albeit not an everyday thing)

* [[Milky White Eyes]]: Jei-san {{spoiler|and anyone he/it possesses}}, and ''technically'' all other supernatural beings since it's a black & white comic.

* [[Obake]]: Many Japanese creatures appear in ''UY'', from kappas to obakenekos, nues, onis and so on.

* [[Obliviously Evil]]:

** Somewhat explained in the backstory for Jei: {{spoiler|the priest to the 'dark gods' points out to Buddhist priest Jizonobu that while they both work to fight "evil," their respective definitions for evil are not necessarily the same. The evil and sin that Jei is fighting is defined for him by the demonic gods he serves}}

* [[Old Master]]: Katsuichi-sensei.

* [[Whip It Good]]: Sakura.

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Captain Torame in "The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy". He's so [[My Master, Right or Wrong|loyal]], he'll stay with his lord even though he knows his plans are evil.

'''Torame''': Ah, but it can be justified, ''if the rebellion '''succeeds'''!'' }}

* [[Yakuza]]: Many antagonists.