The rabbit ronin's wanderings lead Usagi Yojimbo to a village where a local soy sauce maker is under attack by his ruthless competitors. Usagi stops the arson set to destroy the factory but soon realizes the town's local authorities have no interest in stopping the violence. Given that the brewer has no one else to turn to Usagi decides to stay in the town for a few days.
Sakai is known for using issues of Usagi to describe and educate young readers on various aspects of Japanese life. Here we get quite a few pages of Usagi learning the lengthy process of how soy sauce is made.
The issue may be a little light on action but there's plenty of foreshadowing to next issue's conclusion of this two-part tale that tells us there's a big battle or two coming if Usagi is to save the brewer from his enemies. Worth a look.
[Dark Horse, $3.50]
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