Editing Usagi Yojimbo (section)

==The Characters==
'''Miyamato Usagi:''' The titular [[rabbitfolk]] ronin, a compulsive hero who endlessly roams the land, content to strike against evil where he finds it.

'''Tomoe Ame:''' A female [[catfolk]] [[samurai]], who must constantly struggle to prove her skills in the sexist land she lives in. Loyal retainer of the Geishu clan, Tomoe is one of Usagi's closest friends and a love interest of his.

'''Murakami "Gen" Gennosuke:''' A rhinocerous bounty hunter and sometimes traveling companion of Usagi. Originally, he was the son of an important samurai, sworn into the service of a prominent noble lady - until her husband was assassinated by a villainous subordinate. The lady took her entire entourage, including Gen's family, on a quest for vengeance, only to gradually slide into utter poverty. His mother was forced to prostitute herself for her family to survive; eventually she died, and as Gen matured, his father trained him in the ways of the sword. Upon reaching adulthood, Gen abandoned his father, wanting nothing to do with his vendetta, and became a professional bounty hunter who disdains bushido in favor of a cynical mercenary attitude never to be poor again.

'''[[Kitsune]]:''' A female fox street performer and thief who frequently travels with both Usagi and Gen.

'''Lord Hikiji:''' A [[human]] daimyo and the closest thing to an overarching villain in the series, although he prefers to operate through minions, such as his retainer '''Lord Hebi''', a fuck-off huge snake.

'''Jei:''' The closest thing Usagi has to a personal arch-rival, this wandering wolf warrior sports a black-bladed sword and is utterly crazed, if not [[demon]]-possessed (the series is characteristically ambiguous). He believes himself to be a [[Paladin|chosen champion of the gods, sent to purge the world of evil]]... but his vision of "evil" is absurdly skewed, so he basically just kills everybody he encounters. No matter how many times Usagi has seemingly killed him, Jei has always returned to bedevil him again - fittingly, the comic's creator states that Jei was inspired by Jason, the undead serial killer of the Friday the 13th slasher film series; his usual adress of "Jei-san" is literally a punny Japanification of "Jason".