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No Need for Bushido! Page #326 Wu: Something's not right here! / Tang: True, he was slightly more difficult to beat last time. / Tang: Unless... / <> / Wu: It's not them! / Tang: Then where the hell are they?
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No Need for Bushido! Page #341 [[Murasaki points.]] / Murasaki: By the kami! / Murasaki: I never thought I'd see you people again! / [[Yorikiro is shocked.]] / Yorikiro: Ina, it's the guy who killed me! / Ina: Tried... / Yorikiro: It's the guy who tried to kill me! / [[Ken yells at Yorikiro.]] / Ken: Another one? / Ken: Dammit, Wataro, I'm losing count of all the guys tryin' to kill ya! / [[Ken points at Murasaki.]] / Ken: How 'bout a freakin' introduction so I can take notes! / Murasaki: Of course. Shounen, introduce me. / Shounen: I present Lord Murasaki Maru, the owner of these farmlands, and vassal to the Senshin clan. / Murasaki: Ahem. / Shounen: Badass vassal to the Senshin clan.
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No Need for Bushido! Page #1-3 Narrator: In the land of the rising sun, a tale of epic proportions unfurled. A tale encompassing love, war, intrigue, deception... / Narrator: ninja assassins, samurai warriors, blind taoist priests, pointy hats, and dysfunctional families... / Narrator: that historians forgot to put in the history scrolls... / Narrator: Go figure. / Misaki: Would you like some tea, Ina? / Ina: Certainly, Misaki. / Misaki: Oh, and I have some terrific news for you! / Misaki: As you know, your father has been working on a peace treaty with the brutish Wataro clan. Well, they finally reached an agreement. / Ina: That's nice... / Misaki: You're to be wed to the daimyo's eldest son! / <> / Ina: You're going to make me marry some guy I don't even know from a clan despised throughout Japan!? / Misaki: Oh, you'll make such a cute couple! / Ina: Just so my father can ratify some stupid little treaty? / Misaki: It'll be the most incredible wedding. / Ina: Are you even listening to me? / Misaki: And I picked out the cutest wedding kimono for you!
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No Need for Bushido! Page #4-6 Kagome: Dear, isn't it about time you told Ina about the wedding arrangement? / Masuhiro: Kagome, Precious, I was hoping you might inform her. / Kagome: You're not getting me to do your dirty work. You made the treaty, and you can tell her. / Misaki: You don't have to worry about that! I told Ina the good news earlier today! / Kagome and Masuhiro: You did what? / Ina: That's it, I'm blowing this joint! / Ina: This is, without a doubt, the worst day of my life! Nothing could make this day any worse! / -RRRIP- / -AHHHH!- / Ina: And the force of gravity goes out of its way just to prove me wrong. / Ina: Well, here goes my first step into a brighter, more promising world! / Ina: A clean slate from which I can forge a new beginning! / -STUB!- / -WHUMP!- / Ina: ...ouch
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No Need for Bushido! Page #7-8 Masuhiro: Ina? Ina, are you here? / Kagome: AHHHH! / Kagome: My silk sheets! / Masuhiro: I believe you're missing the full gravity of the situation. / Kagome: I know! They were brand new. / Ina: Who needs that ungrateful clan anyway? / Ina: I'm an intelligent, self-motivated, drop-dead gorgeous sixteen year old woman... / Ina: entirely capable of deciding her own fate. / Ina: I can get along just fine by myself. / -GRUMBLE- / Ina: As long as I have a palace full of servants to prepare a daily banquet and wait on my every need.
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No Need for Bushido! Page #9-10 [[Ina is walking down a dirt path, carrying a sack.]] / Ina: Of course turning back now wouldn't be such a bad idea. By submitting to my father's decisions, I could, in fact, save my clan from war. / Ina: All I'd have to do is admit I was wrong. I'm sure they'd welcome me back with open arms and everything would work out just wonderfully. / Ina: Gods, I'm delirious from hunger. / Ina: Wait, what's that? / [[A fire and four figures are seen in the distance.]] / Ina: A fire! / [[A diagram of a campfire, a stick figure, and a plate of food.]] / Ina: Where there's fire there's people, and where there's people there's food! / Ina: Help me! I'm lost out here and I don't know anybody / Ina: And I don't know where I'm going and I don't have any food / Ina: And I'm cold and I'm defenseless and I'm a runaway and I'm hungry! / [[The four figures, bandits, look at her while brandishing weapons.]] / <> / Ina: Maybe that was a little too much information...
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No Need for Bushido! Page #11-12 [[Two bandits look on Ina]] / Genshi: A lost girl. / Yukta: You shouldn't be out at night. There're all sorts or devious characters. / [[Fujio is holding a sword.]] / Fujio: Don't worry though, we can protect you. / Fumio: ...for everything you've got. / [[Yukta grabs Ina's arm and holds out his sword.]] / Ina: Help! / [[A silhouetted figure is seen on a cliff.]] / Yorikiro: Let her go... / [[Yorikiro's face is clearly seen now.]] / Yorikiro: Or suffer the consequences! / Fujio: Who? / Fumio: What? / Genshi: How? / Yukta: Where? / [[Yukta points.]] / Yukta: Kill him! / Yorikiro: Meep. / [[Yukta charges.]] / Yukta: Ksaaa! / Yorikiro: Surrounded! / [[Yorikiro smiles]] / [[Yorikiro unsheathes sword.]] / Yorikiro: Looks like it's time for me to cut loose! / Yorikiro: Standard Horizontal Slice Attack! / [[Yukta blocks Yorikiro's sword]] / Yukta: Ha! / Yorikiro: You're not supposed to block! / Ina: Sooo... is this guy supposed to be rescuing me?
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No Need for Bushido! Page #13 [[Genshi attacks.]] / Genshi: Ksaa! / [[Yorikiro backs up and steps on a rock.]] / <> / [[Genshi swings sword as Yorikiro trips.]] / Genshi: Hyaa! / [[Genshi misses Yorikiro and instead hits Yukta.]] / Yukta: Gah! / [[Yorikiro takes advantage of his position and stabs Genshi in the chest.]] / Yorikiro: Stomach Piercing Attack! / Genshi: Blarg! / Yukta: Agh! I'm spewing! / Fumio: You killed Yukta and Genshi! / Fujio: You bastard! / Ina: Hey! This comic started out sweet and innocent and now it's all bloody! / Ina: What the hell happened? / [[Fumio attacks.]] / Fumio: Kwaaa! / [[Yorikiro prepares his counterattack.]] / Yorikiro: Super Final Sword Slicing Genki Attack!!! / [[Yorikiro and Fumio pass by each other, their swords making contact.]]
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No Need for Bushido! Page #14-15 [[Yorikiro looks to his right.]] / [[Yorikiro's sword breaks in two places.]] / <> / <> / Yorikiro: Holy flipping shnikies of death! That wasn't supposed to happen! / Fumio: What're you going to do now, samurai boy? You're fresh outta swords! / Fujiko: Ha! / Yorikiro: In a situation such as this, I can resort to only a single solution. / Yorikiro: A special technique so humble in its brilliance... / Yorikiro: ...so totally foolproof, that I have refused to use it... / Yorikiro: until now. / [[Ina sneaks off.]] / Ina: Just walk away slowly... / [[Yorikiro raises his broken sword. Lightning seems to emanate from it.]] / Yorikiro: Super Secret Special Technique! / [[Yorikiro turns tail and runs.]] / Yorikiro: Run away!!
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No Need for Bushido! Page #16 [[Yorikiro runs up behind Ina.]] / Ina:That are you doing? / [[Yorikiro picks up Ina. She looks surprised. The bandits chase them.]] / Yorikiro: I'm rescuing you! / [[Yorikiro is carrying Ina.]] / Ina: It looks more like you're running away to me. / Yorikiro: The code of Bushido, the way of the warrior, would never allow me to just run away! / Ina: Look, samurai boy, I have no need for Bushido! / [[Ina points back.]] / Ina: Now put me down, go back there, and die with honor! / Yorikiro: Sorry, too busy rescuing you.
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No Need for Bushido! Page #17 [[Yorikiro is carrying Ina.]] / Yorikiro: Take a deep breath. / Ina: What? / [[Yorikiro and Ina are overlooking a waterfall. The bandits are still following.]] / Yorikiro: We're gonna have to jump. / Yorikiro: It's the only way to avoid being killed by those bandits! / Ina: Avoid being killed by killing ourselves? Wow, you're flipping brilliant. / [[Yorikiro dives, still holding Ina. Than bandits watch from the cliff.]] / Ina: Look Mr. Samurai, I realize haven't known you very long but I think I should let you know... / Ina: I hate you!
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No Need for Bushido! Page #18 [[Fumio and Fujio are standing on the cliff, looking down over the waterfall.]] / Fumio: They jumped! / Fujio: Uh, but didn't they just jump into water? / Fujio: Yeah! / Fujio: Uh, but didn't they just jump into water? / Fumio: Yes! / [[Close up of Fumio's eyes]] / Fumio: ...and if the water doesn't kill them, the fish will most definitely finish them off! Hahahah! / [[Fumio and Fujio turn away from the cliff.]] / Fumio: Anyway, let's go pillage a farm. / Fujio: Yay!
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No Need for Bushido! Page #19-20 [[Yorikiro is seen through Ina's eye, blurry]] / Yorikiro: Hey! / [[Ina opens her eye a little more.]] / Yorikiro:Hey, girl! / [[Ina opens her eye more and Yorikiro is seen clearly.]] / Yorikiro:Wake up! / [[Ina is laying on the ground. Yorikiro is on all fours, looking into her eyes. They're both soaking wet.]] / [[Ina punches Yorikiro and he flies back.]] / Ina: Off! / [[Yorikiro is flat on his back and seeing stars. Ina sits up, rubbing her face.]] / Yorikiro: Ouchies! / Ina: Where are we? / [[Yorikiro sits up, rubbing his chin, still seeing stars.]] / Yorikiro: We're near a river. / [[Ina grabs Yorikiro by his collar.]] / Ina: I know that! I meant exactly where are we in Japan? / Yorikiro: You don't actually expect me to keep track of such complex things like space and time, do you? / Ina: Come on, don't you warrior types have some sort of highly developed natural sense of direction? / Yorikiro: I'm a samurai, not a compass!
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No Need for Bushido! Page #21 [[Ina takes the ribbon out of her hair.]] / Ina: So, umm, why are you wandering around this area? / Ina: Don't you have anything more important to do? / Yorikiro: What, saving you isn't important? / Ina: I mean... / Ina: Don't you have any family? Someone to stop you from fighting bandits or jumping off cliffs? / Yorikiro: Well, when you put it that way... / [[Yorikiro looks off to the side.]] / Yorikiro: You know, you look pretty cute with your hair down! / Ina: That's why I'm putting it back up!
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No Need for Bushido! Page #22 [[Ina waves.]] / Ina: Well, it's been fun, but I'm gonna get going. / [[Ina walks away and Yorikiro follows.]] / [[Ina looks uncomfortable as Yorikiro tries to follow casually.]] / Ina: Are you ogling me or what? / Yorikiro: Umm, I thought I'd go with you and protect you. / Ina: Yeah, you're real good at that! / Yorikiro: You're still alive, aren't you? / Ina: Touché!
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No Need for Bushido! Page #23 [[Ina and Yorikiro are walking together on a road.]] / Yorikiro: So what's your name? / Ina: Ina. / Yorikiro: Just Ina? No clan name? / Ina: No! / Ina: Sorry... / Ina: And you? What's your name? / [[Yorikiro throws up his arms and yells.]] / Yorikiro: Call me , master of the martial arts and wielder of a secret knowledge of fighting style so mystical and great it has no name for all those who witness it perish before they can grasp the immense power before them!!!! / [[Ina and Yorikiro stare blankly.]] / Ina: How 'bout I just call you Yori? / Yorikiro: That'll work
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No Need for Bushido! Page #24 [[Yorikiro and Ina stop at a crossroads.]] / Yorikiro: Onwards then! / Ina: Onwards where? / Yorikiro: Forwards! Ahead! / Ina: But forwards which way?? / Yorikiro: Ummm... / [[Yorikiro points forward.]] / Yorikiro: Wess- / Yorikiro: Sou- / Yorikiro: North! / Yorikiro: Definitely north! / Ina: Why north? / Yorikiro: Why not? After all, there are lots of cool things north! / Ina: Like? / Yorikiro: North Pole, North Star, Norther Lights, North Japan, North North Japan, Canada! / Ina: Canada? / [[They look at each other.]] / Yorikiro: Ok, maybe not Canada, but the other stuff I said is cool.
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No Need for Bushido! Page #25-26 [[Establishing shot of a town. Yorikiro and Ina approach a bridge.]] / Yorikiro: Ahh... civilization! / Yorikiro: Time to kick back, eat some food, and enjoy the scenery. / Ina: An ancient wise man once said, "Fair sight never filled empty stomach!" / Yorikiro: No wise man ever said that! / Ina: Well maybe that's why there aren't many alive anymore! / Yorikiro: Uhh... ha... ha... / [[Inside restaurant.]] / Ina: Ohh... that's the best sayuki I've ever tasted! / Yorikiro: Well, time to make our leave... / Ina: Wait! What about paying? You didn't even leave a tip! / Yorikiro: ...uhhh... / Ina: Geez, never mind! I'll pay for it this time. / [[Ina produces a large stack of gold coins.]] / Yorikiro: Say, where did you get all that money? / Ina: I... sort of borrowed it from my dad's secret sake stash. / Yorikiro: A cheap skate and a petty thief, I guess we're the perfect team.
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No Need for Bushido! Page #27 [[Inside restaurant.]] / Yorikiro: It's getting dark so let's find a place to camp. / Ina: Camp? But there's an inn right across the street! / [[Yorikiro against a sunny outdoor scene, with cherry blossom petals falling.]] / Yorikiro: I prefer to sleep under the stars, breathing the fresh air, and being one with nature! / [[Yorikiro and Ina, outside under an overhang, while it rains.]] / Ina: You're broke, aren't you? / Yorikiro: Yes.
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No Need for Bushido! Page #28 [[Yorikiro and Ina, walking through the rain.]] / Ina: Agh! I'm getting soaked! Where's one of those paper umbrellas when you need one? / Ina: Geez, I just know I'm gonna catch pneumonia and die a slow, horrible- / Ina: Achoo! Aah! It's started! I'm dying! / [[Yorikiro starts to remove his outer garment.]] / [[Yorikiro puts his outer garment over Ina's shoulders.]] / Ina: Uhh... thanks. / Yorikiro: Least I could do for a sickly, dying girl.
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No Need for Bushido! Page #29 [[Ina and Yorikiro, outside, in the rain.]] / Ina: Ouch! I stubbed my foot! I can't see a thing in this storm! / Yorikiro: Here, let me carry you. / Ina: What? No way! / Yorikiro: Just 'till we reach the inn. / [[Interior of inn. The sign on the front desk reads "Foreboding Ninja Death Inn".]] / Innkeeper: These days seem to get drearier and drearier! / Innkeeper: I haven't even rented out the honeymoon suite in weeks! / [[Yorikiro enters through the door carrying Ina. Lightning flashes in the background.]] / Yorikiro: We need a room! / Ina: Two rooms. / Innkeeper: One honeymoon suite coming up! / Ina: Wait! Two rooms! / Yorikiro: What's the difference?
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No Need for Bushido! Page #30 {{All one panel}} / [[ Ina is being held by Yorikiro who is standing in front of the door to the inn.]] / Ina: No honeymoon suite! / Yorikiro: But it's cheaper to get one room! / Ina: I'm not going to sleep with you! / Yorikiro: What? I never said that! / Ina: But your eyes did! / Yorikiro: My eyes? I think you're overreacting here. / Yorikiro: I mean, you're cute and all, but- / Ina: No honeymoon suite! End-of-story-final no-more-that's-it! / Ina: And put me down! / Yorikiro: Yes ma'am. / Innkeeper: Maybe they've been married longer than I thought...
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No Need for Bushido! Page #31 [[Yorikiro stands in the threshold of Ina's room.]] / Yorikiro: Ill be in the next room over if you need me. / Ina: I think I've had quite enough help from you for one day, Yorikiro! / [[Ina closes door.]] / <> / Ina: Hmph / [[Ina sees something surprising.]] / [[A rat is sitting on the bedding. Ina stares at it.]] / {{Inset image of rat in upper right corner.}} / Rat: Squeaky / [[Two guards stand by.]] / <> / Guard 1: Did you hear something? / Guard 2: Nnnope. / {{Narrator's text in box, lower right corner.}} / Narrator: And the inn's hired security guards remain ever vigilant.
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No Need for Bushido! Page #32 [[Yorikiro kicks down Ina's door.]] / <> / Yorikiro: Ina! What happened?? / [[Ina grabs Yorikiro.]] / Ina: Aratarat arataratarat aratarat / Ina: A rat! / [[Ina, still clinging to Yorikiro, blushes.]] / Yorikiro: So? / [[Ina pushes Yorikiro away.]] / <> / Ina: I want another room! I demand a rat free sleeping environment! / Yorikiro: Ok, we'll share my room. / Ina: No! You stay here! With the rat! / Yorikiro: But- / Ina: Deal with it, samurai boy!
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No Need for Bushido! Page #33 Narrator: Two dark figures leap silently from rooftop to rooftop, seeking their prey. / [[A ninja leaps down off the roof of the inn.]] / Guard 1: So I walked up to the girl with the low cut murasaki kimono and said, / Guard 1: "Hey babe, do you need a bodyguard?" / [[The ninja drops down behind the guards.]] / Guard 1: "Because your body is..." / [[The ninja swings his sword. Blood sprays out from both guards.]] / <> / [[The ninja runs into the inn, leaving two pools of blood behind.]]
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No Need for Bushido! Page #34 [[The two ninjas enter the inn.]] / [[The innkeeper sleeps at the front desk.]] / <> / [[A ninja raises the grip of his sword.]] / [[The ninja strikes the innkeeper with the pommel of his sword.]] / <> / [[A ninja takes the inn's logbook from a shelf. The book nest to the log is "Sun Tzu's Art of War".]] / [[A ninja runs his finger down the room listing.]] / [[Rm6...vacant]] / [[ Rm7...Ieuji]] / [[Rm8...Ina]] / [[Rm9...Yori]] / [[Rm10...Cho]] / [[Rm11...vacant]] / [[Rm12...Nari]] / [[Rm13...Matrix]] / [[Rm14...Tokeii]] / [[Rm15...Waldo]] / [[Rm16...Chisato]] / Ninja 1: Room 9 go! / Ninja 2: I'm on it!!
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No Need for Bushido! Page #35 [[Yorikiro is awake in his bed, lookin at the ceiling.]] / {{Flashback is in monochrome.}} / [[Yorikiro thinks about his past.]] / Hirotomo: Yorikiro, although you're destined to lead our clan, your role is one of service. / Hirotomo: Even the needs of a daimyo come second to those of his followers. Do you understand? / Yorikiro: Yes, father. / [[Back to the present, Yorikiro sits up. A silhouetted figure runs past his door.]] / [[Yorikiro glances at the door.]] / [[Yorikiro reaches for his sword.]]
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No Need for Bushido! Page #36 [[Ina is sleeping.]] / <> / [[Ina is still sleeping.]] / [[Ina wakes and looks up.]] / [[A shadowy figure is silhouetted against the entryway.]] / [[Ina sits up.]] / Ina: Yori, you pervert!! / Ina: What are you doing in my- / [[The figure is revealed to be a ninja.]] / Ina: Eep!
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No Need for Bushido! Page #37 [[One ninja kneels beside Ina while the other looks on.]] / Ninja 1: It's not him! / Ninja 2: Quickly, silence her! / Yorikiro: Leave her alone / [[Both ninjas, startled, look at the door.]] / Ina: Yori! / [[Yorikiro stands in the doorway.]] / Yorikiro: Ninjas! I hate Ninjas! I don't know why you've come here, but you'll have to face me before laying a hand on that girl. / Yorikiro: Now prepare to taste the sharp, pointy, steel tip of my sword, ninja scum!
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No Need for Bushido! Page #38 [[Yorikiro grabs his sword.]] / Yorikiro: It's cuttin' loose time! / Yorikiro: Flight of the White Lotus Attack! / [[Yorikiro swings his sword.]] / Ina: Great job, Yori! But when did you get your sword fixed? / Yorikiro: Fixed...? / [[Yorikiro looks at his broken sword.]] / Yorikiro: Holy flipping shnkikies of death! / Ninja 1: Kill him.
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No Need for Bushido! Page #39 [[A ninja attacks. He cut's Yorikiro's upper arm.]] / <> / [[Yorikiro sheathes his broken sword.]] / <> / [[Yorikiro starts to swing the sheath.]] / Yorikiro: Head Bashing Sword Sheath Attack!!! / Ninja 1: Oh crap... / [[Yorikiro hits the ninja in the bask of the neck.]] / <> / [[Yorikiro raises his sheathed sword.]] / Yorikiro: That was left handed. / Ninja 2: You'll find me to be a more challenging opponent!
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