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Written by
Stan Sakai
Art by
Stan Sakai
Usagi and Yukichi are still in the snowy mountaintops of Northern Japan, following Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo story arc, "The Green Dragon." They are led to the hut of a strange woman hermit who allows them to spend the night. Meanwhile, the maniacal Jei and his familiar, Keiko, are on Usagi's trail when they stumble upon a bandit lair and subdue the band of cutthroats and thieves.
- A new story starring Usagi Yojimbo and the new character, his cousin, Yukichi!
- Follows directly after the story The Green Dragon.