About No Need for Bushido

No Need for Bushido is an action/comedy/drama comic that takes place in Feudal Japan. It follows the adventures off an odd-ball cast as they try to save the country... or at least avoid the oncoming rush of ninja, samurai, fighting monks, anachronisms and sound effects. With an eclectic mix of influences including anime, American comic books, action/adventure movies, cartoons, old kung fu movies, and way too many videogames, NNFB has a fast-paced, colorful, and cinematic presentation. NNFB updates every Monday.

FAQ

Who makes NNFB?

The comic is drawn by Alex Kolesar and written by Joseph Kovell.

Where's the comic?

You probably found this section on our main page. At the top of the page click on the button that says "newest page" and you'll be at the last page uploaded.

What's No Need for Bushido about?

NNFB is an action-comedy-drama that takes place in war-torn Feudal Japan. The story jumps between many different characters, but focuses on a small group of travelers who get caught up in the ensuing war. This group includes a runaway princess avoiding an arranged marriage, a foolish samurai, a blind taoist priest, and a hotheaded drunk with an excessively large sword.

Where should I start?

NNFB is a story-based comic. The newest page will make absolutely no sense without reading what comes before it. So, it's best to start at our humble beginnings on page 1 and read on from there. You can get a basic plot summary and character descriptions by reading our Wikipedia page, or you can check out the comic timeline. These aren't very good substitutes for the comic itself, though.

What happened to the art/writing?

It got better. NNFB was our first comic endevor, so we've been learning the basics since page 1.

Is this anime/manga?

NNFB shares a lot of similarities with both anime as well as American comic books - so it's a little of both. You don't need to read anime to "get" NNFB.

When are new pages added?

NNFB updates one page every Monday. We update additional content (art, news posts, etc.) throughout the week.

Is that it?

Nope. In addition to the comic itself, there are quite a few other features on the site. At times, we will take old pages and completely rewrite them into one-off strips. These "Remixes” usually parody the comic, so you probably will want to read the main archive first.

We also have a subcomics section that contains two mini flash movies, a blog hosted by one of the comic's characters, bonus pages, a sketchbook and various filler comics from years ago.

If you want to talk about No Need for Bushido or random goings-on, please join us in the forum or in the tagboard.

ENJOY!

About Alex

Alex graduated from Columbus College of Art and Design with a Major in Illustration. Alex cowrites, draws, inks and colors No Need for Bushido.

About Joseph

Joseph graduated from Columbus College of Art and Design with a Major in Industrial Design. Joe writes No Need for Bushido, manages the website, and produces various additional extra material - minicomics, animations, rewritten dialog, etc.

Key words: Anime, samurai, comics, books, TV, movies, video games, entertainment, Webcomic

News

So I'm working on another redesign for the website, which isn't so much a full blown redesign as much as a rethinking of this one. First off, we're bringing back the tagboard. I just haven't been able to spend much time in the chat room we made in its place, so a tagboard just makes more sense. We'll also be implementing Oh No Robot into the archives so you'll be able to search for, say, the page where Cho talked about pretzels by simply typing in "pretzel" into a search bar. This'll all roll out in a few weeks.

I wanted to point out that the Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards have begun their nomination process. I also want to point out that Alex and I personally think that No Need for Bushido is a fairly good Action/Drama comic with very nice artwork. So you can do with that what you will. And by that, because I know at times I can be too subtle, nominate the hell out of us.

Lastly, we've gotten some Cho fanart from Stefan of Hero in Training! This brings Cho yet one step closer to beating out Yori for the most popular fanart character - where I personally think he should be.

Transcription

Uso: So the kid couldn't even kill Yorikiro. He should've let me go after the traitor first and saved himself the trouble of failing.
Tadashii: Ryoku died in service to his lord. I can think of no better way to leave this world.
Uso: Bah, what further service can he do now?

Honou-ku: Then, Uso, how do you expect to succeed, when Ryoku failed?

Uso: By not announcing my presence like that arrogant fool! When that Yorikiro brat realizes I'm there, I'll already have won.