Miyamoto Usagi is no Bugs Bunny. He's a rabbit bodyguard a samurai who wanders the mountains plains and villages of a 17th-century Japan populated almost exclusively by anthropomorphic animals. Cats snakes rhinos and ninja moles plot and fight their way across a land ravaged by civil war. The 10 stories in this first collection introduce Usagi the evil Lord Hikiji and a host of other characters. The stories themselves can stand alone but taken together they begin to form an ongoing saga of treachery and revenge. Sometimes violent sometimes funny Usagi's adventures are filled with fascinating historical detail. The costumes landscapes and buildings are beautifully drawn creating such a sense of realism it's easy to forget the hero is a rabbit. If you buy the first book in this series you'll want the rest.
