Sunday Story Ratings #74: Usagi Yojimbo Book 5.3: Blood Wings
Usagi Yojimbo Book 5: Lone Goat and Kid: 3. Blood Wings by Stan Sakai
Originally published April 1990 in Usagi Yojimbo Volume 1, Issue 21 and June 1990 in Usagi Yojimbo Volume 1, Issue 22; this edition August 1992, July, 2008 printing
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
M
Not recommended for persons under 15 years of age, but no legal restrictions
(V, L)
Violence {M}
Minor Coarse Language {G}
Representations
Gender:
Significant characters male, women in the village in background or to-be-protected roles.
Sex:
Only implicit in the existence of children.
Race & Ethnicity:
Characters are all anthropomorphic animals in a culturally Japanese (Edo period) setting.
Disability, Physical Diversity and Health:
None noticed.
Awards
None found
Notes
At some point prior to this story I realised the signifier of character death is a thought bubble showing the skull and crossbones, but I hadn't remarked on the convention until seeing it here reminded me.
Continuity story, referencing events from the extended plot-line in the collection prior to this, which I could not get hold of.
Since the menace of the story is bat ninjas, there must be Batman references. "Man, what a dark night!" and a few panels later "Holy flying furball! It's bats, man!" (the latter of which is why I marked for G-rated coarse language).