The Last Yojimbo

nicobobinus · 10-13-2026, 08:20 AM

I don't recall seeing a thread for this and a search came up empty...

I was entirely unaware of this forthcoming comic series from Tom Waltz and Ben Bishop until a news story popped up this week. Seems to have been announced and featured at comiccons a few months ago.

I just bought the Ashcan via ebay to see if it is going to be any good or not.

*neatoman* · 10-13-2026, 11:34 AM

OK, I was confused about this since you didn't post any sources, so I thought you might be pranking people.

Anyway, yeah, it's a real comic
https://www.stansakai.com/products/t...nt-foil-ashcan

I guess that explains why Sakai is writing the First Ronin comic, a switch writing experiment between him and Waltz?

*Allio* · 10-13-2026, 12:47 PM

Huh. That’s kind of neat.

*CyberCubed* · 10-13-2026, 01:59 PM

Usagi is pretty much getting an ending in case Stan Sakai dies before the series concluded. Between this and Senso we have an ending. (And Space Usagi is already hundreds of years in the future anyway)

*ToTheNines* · 10-13-2026, 05:48 PM

You can also preorder here: https://www.walmart.com/ip/211110029...F-3B24654F990E

Quote:

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Usagi is pretty much getting an ending in case Stan Sakai dies before the series concluded. Between this and Senso we have an ending. (And Space Usagi is already hundreds of years in the future anyway)

This isn’t an ending for Usagi and won’t be canon. It is the Roninverse version of Usagi.

I heard Tom Waltz say on a podcast that the TLR Hamato emblem purposely looks like Usagi’s mon that he wears on his shirt. We’ll see what significance that holds.

nicobobinus · Today, 03:26 AM

That's a great little detail. I'm looking forward to this a lot more now!

*Andrew NDB* · Today, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

This isn’t an ending for Usagi and won’t be canon. It is the Roninverse version of Usagi.

But what does that even mean? Usagi from an alternate dimension of TMNT that is the Ronin-verse and its own parallel Usagi-verse?

I'm legitimately confused about this whole thing and how/why it could connect to Last Ronin.

*ToTheNines* · Today, 01:47 PM

Right. The same way it is for FW Usagi, 4kids Usagi and 2012 Usagi. I guess only outlier would be the IDW turtles meet the same Usagi that the Mirage turtles know.

10-13-2026, 08:20 AM	#1
nicobobinus Random Punk Join Date: Feb 2023 Posts: 27	The Last Yojimbo I don't recall seeing a thread for this and a search came up empty... I was entirely unaware of this forthcoming comic series from Tom Waltz and Ben Bishop until a news story popped up this week. Seems to have been announced and featured at comiccons a few months ago. I just bought the Ashcan via ebay to see if it is going to be any good or not.

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Allio Foot Elite Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 4,207	Huh. That’s kind of neat. __________________

10-13-2026, 01:59 PM	#4
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,821	Usagi is pretty much getting an ending in case Stan Sakai dies before the series concluded. Between this and Senso we have an ending. (And Space Usagi is already hundreds of years in the future anyway)

Today, 03:26 AM	#6
nicobobinus Random Punk Join Date: Feb 2023 Posts: 27	That's a great little detail. I'm looking forward to this a lot more now!

Today, 01:47 PM	#8
ToTheNines Col. Stinkmeaner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,241	Right. The same way it is for FW Usagi, 4kids Usagi and 2012 Usagi. I guess only outlier would be the IDW turtles meet the same Usagi that the Mirage turtles know.