Usagi Yojimbo #71

(W/A/CA) Stan Sakai. STAN SAKAI On sale November 26* b&w* 24pg Few cartoonists have refined the art of telling a complete story in one comic book like Stan Sakai. The modern master of the done-in-one has done it again with November's installment of the long-running series Usagi Yojimbo. Usagi's sensei* Katsuichi* has led a remarkable life* but some of his choices would leave many samurai questioning his judgment. "Bells" recounts a formative event in young Katsuichi's life when* as a student* he courted the daughter of the master of a rival sword school. Katsuichi's pursuit of the girl does not sit well with Ikyu* the proud senior instructor who intends to marry her and inherit her family's school! With his public image threatened and his intent with the girl contested* Ikyu challenges the upstart Katshuichi to a duel* only to have Katsuichi decline the invitation. Facing public disgrace* and shouldering his new reputation as a coward* Katsuichi eventually earns the title of "The Master." What happened that would allow such a title to be bestowed upon the misunderstood warrior? Read Usagi Yojimbo #71 to find out!