Usagi Podjimbo: A Usagi Yojimbo Podcast

In the "Vampire Cat of the Geishu," Usagi's wanderings take him back to the Geishu Province and memories of the last time he was in the area. Usagi, Tomoe, and Gen were returning after the events in the "Dragon Bellow Conspiracy" (UY, Bk. 4) when they were invited to spend the night in the home of a noble woman. Too late, they find they were trapped by their hostess, a demon cursed to drink the blood of innocents. 

Kagemaru plots to usurp Chizu as the leader of the Neko Ninja Clan by revealing her traitorous actions to Lord Hebi. Hebi is later attacked in an assassination attempt, but Kagemaru comes to his rescue -- or does he?

The owl, in Japanese folklore, is a sign of evil and an omen of death. In "The Lord of Owls," Usagi crosses paths with a mysterious samurai with a lightning sword . . . and who can foresee one's death

Aboard a small passenger ship where a group of rowdy peasants sing and dance to a fun folk song on deck. However, during the climax of the performance, one of the peasants accidently bumps into an arrogant samurai who takes offence and moves to kill the transgressor, until a fellow passenger intervenes. Ikeda is a famed warrior and general who led a revolt against the Geishu Clan years ago  When his revolt fails and his army is vanquished, Ikeda and two of his retainers flee to an abandoned farm and determine that their next course of action is to hide and wait.

Usagi tells two short tales to Sanshobo: one that describes a crazy misadventure he had, and another that describes some important lessons from his past. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Politics and honor don't always mix. In a temple in which Usagi is staying with his friend, Priest Sanshobo, sanctuary is sought by a dying samurai who holds a secret that could change the course of the entire nation. Usagi and Sanshobo are bound to protect it, but there's a whole band of samurai determined to defeat them at any cost! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Usagi, while crossing a snow-covered mountain pass, comes across a little girl and her severely wounded father, the only survivors of a party attacked by bandits. It's rabbit against nature as the ronin attempts to usher them safely through the pass, in a snowstorm, stalked by predatory animals, with the threat of an avalanche literally above their heads! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Usagi recounts the battle that cost Lord Mifune his life and, for the first time, reveals how he got the scar over his left eye. Nakamura Koji is on his warrior pilgrimage, honing his skill for the day that he can avenge himself on the one who bested him in a duel many years before. But he will never make it to that day unless he can defeat the Surudoi school of swordsmanship, who have ambushed him on this journey. In this fight, however, Koji will not be alone -- he is joined by Usagi Yojimbo --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Usagi encounters the mysterious female samurai, Inazuma, whom he had met in previous travels. She has been on the run from assassins, and, during her brief rest, she tells the story of her drunken husband and the twists of fate that turned her into a fugitive." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

An assassins' guild to one side and a hostile, mysterious medicine peddler to the other, Usagi Yojimbo is between a rock and a hard place. High in the mountains above ancient Japan, he is forced into battle along the narrow Chrysanthemum Pass. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

The war between the cat ninjas and the bat ninjas resumes. Chizu, the leader of the cat ninjas is transporting a secret document, and when she meets up with Usagi, he is compelled to help her against the bats. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Those who travel the haunted paths of The Tangled Skein are warned to make an offering of protection to the demons that rule the woods. When a traveling party fails to make that sacrifice, they pay the price in another way -- the young woman traveling with them is overcome with great illness. Now it's up to Usagi to exorcise the demons the only way he knows how -- in battle. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Noodles Pare 2 Usagi gets yanked into another of Kitsune's schemes, this time with a mute noodle vendor as her unlikely accomplice. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Usagi gets yanked into another of Kitsune's schemes, this time with a mute noodle vendor as her unlikely accomplice. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Usagi crosses paths with a mysterious swordswoman while the corrupt merchant from "Kaiso" (last issue) plots revenge against him. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Usagi aids a family in protecting their seaweed farm from an aggressive competitor. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Runaways Continues to delves deeper into the wanderer's past. Stopping in a town he hasn't visited in decades, the rabbit hears a name called out and his mind retreats to a time when he was a fresh young warrior in the service of Great Lord Mifune. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Stopping in a town he hasn't visited in decades, the rabbit hears a name called out and his mind retreats to a time when he was a fresh young warrior in the service of Great Lord Mifune. Plus in Black Soul Jei makes a new friend in the form of a little girl named Keiko. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

The final story in this arc surrounding General Fujii is Daisho Part Two, in which Usagi and his guide meet up with Gen and Stray Dog right at the end of Mongrels. The three samurai decide to team up to raid General Fujii's lair, and they engage in an all-out fight for money and honour. However, not everyone on the team is keen to work together, and betrayal is afoot.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Usagi pursues the villain Fuji from "Slavers" in search of his swords.Gen and a fellow bounty hunter attempt to trust one another in pursuit of prey. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Slavers Part 2  Usagi attempts to liberate a village from a band of brigands that has enslaved it, but bites off more than he can chew. And in the nature of the viper, we find out the fate of Jei. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Slavers part 1 Usagi attempts to liberate a village from a band of brigands that has enslaved it, but bites off more than he can chew. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

The gambler from “The Duel” returns, and this time his plan is to eliminate a shady business partner by betting for Usagi in a fight to the death, in “The Gambler, the Widow, and the Ronin.” Meanwhile, the widow of a samurai Usagi killed in a duel plots her own revenge! Also in this issue, “Battlefield” concludes, as a young Usagi sneaks back onto the field of the dead. But will ghosts claim him before he can return what he stole? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Usagi crosses paths with a wandering priest who plays the shakuhachi in The Music of Heaven. But as night falls in the woods, an old enemy stalks them both! And in Battlefield part two, a young Usagi is haunted after stealing a sword from a fallen soldier. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

As Usagi's desire to travel uneventfully through a mountain pass is interrupted by both an annoying pack of tokage lizards and the attention of a gang of bandits, in The Lizards' Tale. And in part one of Battlefield, a young Usagi has his first encounter with the horrors of war!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Shi concludes, as four assassins each specializing in a different weapon close in on Usagi, accompanied by a powerful thunderstorm. With the village magistrate at the center of a conspiracy against the townspeople, the rabbit ronin must defend the town alone!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Arriving in a village where thugs act with impunity under the protection of the local magistrate, Usagi finds himself defending a farmer and his family, in part one of Shi. But when he does too good a job cleaning up the town, the rabbit ronin becomes the target of a band of fearsome assassins!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

The epic conclusion to Shades of Green comes to an end. Usagi and the Turtles track down the Neko ninjas and save the wizard Kakera so he can send the turtles home. Plus in Autumn young Usagi learns more about the seasons. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Shades of Green part 2 the story continues. Usagi and the Turtles try to protect the rat wizard Kakera from the Neko ninja's. Plus we get a young Usagi story in Usagi's Garden. Usagi learns a valuable life lesson from Katsuichi. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Usagi joins forces with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the rhino ronin Gennosuke to take on the Neko Ninja's. Part 1 of Shades of Green, plus the short story Jizo. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

The Blind Swords-pig Ino faces his greatest battle, in The Last Ino Story, as he fights for life against a devastating arrow wound and the fever that is consuming him! Usagi and Gen stumble into Ino's cabin during a rainstorm, only to discover him dying, despite the ministrations of his terrified wife. As the storm rages and death watches over them on owl wings, the rabbit ronin must work fast to save Ino. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

The rabbit ronin must once again come to the aid of a pickpocket friend who can't stay out of trouble, in The Return of Kitsune. Wanted by authorities after their last adventure and trying to keep a low profile, Usagi and Gen nonetheless become wrapped up in intrigue when a frightened Kitsune appears, on the run after stealing a letter that tells of a dangerous secret! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Held captive by the traitor who brought ruin to Gen's family and the noblewoman they served, Usagi and his rhino friend must escape and save herbut first they have to stop fighting each other! The bounty hunter's chance to restore his honor arrives at last, as Gen concludes! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Before he was a bounty hunter looking out only for himself, Usagi's friend Gen was the son of a famous general who came to ruin pursuing a vendetta. When the noblewoman who the general served returns, so does Gen's anger over the fate of his family. But if the rhino won't help her, then the rabbit ronin will, in part two of Gen!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Way back in issue #1, Usagi told Gen of his time serving lord Mifune and of the tragedy that led to his wandering life as a ronin. Now it's the rhino's turn to tell his tale, as a figure from his past reappears and mistakes him for his father. The tale of Gen's fall from noble family to hardscrabble bounty hunter begins in Gen part one! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Usagi's wanderings take him to a small town held in terror by a grim specter, in Broken Ritual, Discovering that the ghost was once a general he served with, the rabbit ronin must find the key to ending its miseryand the town's!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Usagi learns that a girl does what she has to to get by when he meets a street performer who also turns out to be a talented pickpocket, in Kitsune The two get off to a bad start when Kitsune steals Usagi's purse, but soon they must set the theft aside when a pack of brigands threatens the village they've stopped in! Also in this issue, a young Usagi learns the first lesson of being a warrior the hard way, in Gaki!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Circles concludes, as Usagi faces the demon Jei in single combat, with the life of his former love Mariko's son in the balance! Even if he defeats his supernatural foe, Usagi may not have a future in the village, as old resentments are awakened and secrets are revealed!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

The epic Circles storyline becomes deadly in part three, as Usagi leads a search party for the missing child Jotaro. At the end of the trail is the most deadly foe the rabbit ronin has ever faced, the demon Jei, who has come to the village to claim Usagi's soul!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Weary from his life of wandering, Usagi returns home to settle down, but death awaits him in his village, as Circles continues! In part two, the rabbit ronin receives a chilly reception from his childhood rival Kenichi and former love Mariko, whose son Jotaro has been kidnapped by a familiar, evil force! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

 Miyamoto Usagi's most personal battle begins in part one of Circles, as he at last returns home! On the way to his village, Usagi encounters a fellow student of the hermit sensei Katsuichi, and learns the great teacher's true fate. Meanwhile, the greatest threat the rabbit ronin has ever known threatens his loved ones in the village!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Usagi faces a horde of monsters in My Lord's Daughter. Swearing an oath to rescue a princess, the rabbit ronin has to brave a prophecy of death to fight his way through an entire forest of demon warriors, giant animals, and vicious ogres!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

In this tale, Usagi, who is camping at the edge of a river, awakens to find a Yurei, a ghost, floating before him. The ghost imparts her tragic story to Usagi. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Usagi meets Shubo, a ronin who has settled down in a backwater town and makes a living fighting duels for money. When Shubo and a crooked gambler discover Usagi's prowess with a sword, they conspire to force him into a duel to the death! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

On a rainy, moonless night, Usagi feels a presence as he enters a small village, but when the villagers tell him of a demon who haunts the bridge into town, he dismisses the tale as hysteriauntil the creature attacks! In addition to protecting the village, the rabbit ronin_must defend himself from the demon's grudge, in The Bridge --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Framed as a traitor to his clan and ousted in disgrace, bodyguard Yagi was forced to take up assassination for hire, walking the road to Hell with his son Gorogoro. Sakai homages the classic manga Lone Wolf and Cub when Yagi is hired to slay the rabbit ronin, in Lone Goat and Kid !  Link to iom geek podcast. http://www.iomgeek.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

 Stopping a group of bandits from stealing an important communique, Usagi is introduced to the grateful magistrate it was meant for, and is shocked to see that the man is a legendary general. Now in poor health and wrongfully banished to an unimportant position, and believing that the only honor left to him is a warrior's death, the general challenges the rabbit ronin to a lethal duel, in The Way of the Samurai! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Captured by the Komori clan of bat ninja, Usagi must not only escape but also give warning to both the goldmine they plan to ambush and the village they've been terrorizing, in the conclusion to Blood Wings. But with the razor-winged outlaws intent on slaying him, he may not have the chance to save either one!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Regular ninja are hazardous enough, but in part one of Blood Wings, a new clan is introduced more menacing than any Usagi has faced beforethe Komori, flying warriors with razor-sharp wings! When Usagi's wanderings bring him to a village held hostage by the Komori, he pledges to help, but soon discovers how easily the clan slaughtered all who went before him!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

a village kite festival with danger and drama in a Rashomon like approach to the day's proceedings, told from the points of view of a kite maker, a gambler, and a rabbit ronin. Alongside tense clashes between Usagi and a crooked gambling ring, Sakai creates a lesson in traditional Japanese kite making, and both plots intersect in the unpredictable climax! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message

Usagi is hired by a widow to retrieve her husband's swords, the symbol of his samurai class, so that they may be passed to his son. However, the rabbit ronin discovers the swords in the possession of the peasant woman the samurai truly loved, and she has no intention of giving them up. In negotiating between the women, Usagi discovers an even darker secret: the fate of the swords' owner! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/usagi-podjimbo/message