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Issue: Usagi Yojimbo #17
Publication Date: September 2003
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Issues: #17 of 27 Issues (28 Printings)
Title: Duel at Kitanoji
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDark Horse
Brand: Dark Horse Books [facing left]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dark Horse Books
On Sale Date: 09/24/2003
Volume: 17
Pages: 228
ISBN: 156971973X
UPC/EAN: 978156971973251695
Price: $16.95 USD
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Content Items: 24 (9 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: 15.2 cm x 22.7 cm
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; smooth white paper interior
Binding: squarebound; trade paperback; softcover
Publishing Format: collected editions
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Genres: anthropomorphic, historical, martial arts
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A Cartoon Appreciation

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Genres: humorous
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Vendetta

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: anthropomorphic, historical, martial arts
Character(s): Koyama Matabei
Synopsis: Usagi encounters samurai on the hunt for four ronin who killed his father. Unfortunately for the angry son, three of the renegade samurai have joined a vicious gang. With the help of Usagi the son might have half a chance, but these guys are one tough bunch.
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The Return of the Lone Goat and Kid

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Genres: anthropomorphic, historical, martial arts
Character(s): Lone Goat; Gorogoro
Synopsis: Gorogoro has been separated from his father, the fearsome Lone Goat, and it's up to Usagi to bring them back together before a shifty samurai gang with a dubious plan gets in the way.
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Images from a Winter's Day

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Genres: anthropomorphic, historical, martial arts
Character(s): Lord Yoshikawa; Rokuo
Synopsis: Lord Yoshikawa is dying, and his final wish is to be reunited with his son Rokuo, a young samurai forced into hiding after killing the son of Lord Hojo in a duel. Unfortunately, Hojo's retainers are also searching for Rokuo, and their intentions are anything but nice. It's up to Usagi to find him, race him through a gauntlet of swords, and get him to Lord Yoshikawa's side before the old man draws his final breath.
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Koji

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Genres: anthropomorphic, historical, martial arts
Character(s): Nakamura Koji
Synopsis: Nothing comes easy for rabbit ronin Usagi, not even being a spectator at the planned duel between his former teacher Katsuichi and his former rival Nakamura Koji. Before the duel even begins, Usagi becomes embroiled in a dispute between Koji and a local fencing school that demands the samurai challenge its master. Along the way, Usagi discovers a devastating secret - a weakness in Koji's style. It's a secret that could save his teacher's life, but at the cost of his own honor.
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Crows Part One

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Genres: anthropomorphic, historical, martial arts
Character(s): Shunji
Synopsis: The time has come for Usagi's former sensei, Katsuichi, to take part in a duel with the dangerous swordsman Koji. As he and his small band of travelers make their way to meet Koji at the Kitanoji Temple, they soon come across a tiny village being terrorized by a gang of renegade ronin.
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Crows Part Two

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Genres: anthropomorphic, historical, martial arts
Character(s): Shunji; Nakamura Koji
Synopsis: On their way to the arranged duel between Katsuichi and the deadly kenshi Koji, Usagi and Koji stumble across a village besieged by bandits. As they come to the aid the downtrodden farmers and peasants, Koji and Usagi find another surprise waiting for them: Katsuichi's already there, fighting against the attacking ronin with everything he's got. But the bandits just keep coming, and it looks as though there may be more than even the combined might of the three swordsmen can handle.
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Crows Part Three

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Genres: anthropomorphic, historical, martial arts
Character(s): Koji
Synopsis: With their backs against the wall, Usagi's former sensei Katsuichi and the deadly swordsman Koji must temporarily put aside their arranged duel and come up with a plan that will save a peaceful farming village from the gang of bandits terrorizing it. Meanwhile, Usagi and young Jotaro discover that the bloodthirsty brigands are planning to raid at dawn, and they don't intend to leave anyone or anything standing in their wake.
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Duel at Kitanoji

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Genres: anthropomorphic, historical, martial arts
Character(s): Nakamura Koji
Synopsis: Katsuichi and Nakamura Koji square off to see who's the better swordsman. While both are noble and honorable samurai, bushido, the Warriors' Code, demands that only one of them walk away alive.
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A Lesson in Courtesy

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Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic, historical
Synopsis: A young Usagi is dueling with his sensei who defeats him easily and tells him, 'There is more to a samurai than conquest.'
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Character(s): Nakamura Koji
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Sketchbook

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Biography

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