Ogami

Back in the aforementioned comments thread, Matthew (Warren Peace Sings the Blues) Brady looked to Ogami Itto from Lone Wolf and Cub (Dark Horse): “Probably not the best father, but quite possibly the awesomest.”

Daddies dearest 2010

It's Japanese, but I can't let it pass unnoticed: the last fight between Itto Ogami and Retsudô Yagyu in "Lone Wolf and Cub".

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The two were desperately hanging on to O'Ryan like pumas on a grizzly, when suddenly, with a twist he had learned from Ogami the Jap on the Smoky River, the slim Fergus was slung backward to the ground with the tendons of his arm strained and the arm itself useless for further work.

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

The two were desperately hanging on to O'Ryan like pumas on a grizzly, when suddenly, with a twist he had learned from Ogami the Jap on the Smoky

Northern Lights, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

The knees of the big man bent, -- Foyle had not taken lessons of Ogami, the Jap, for nothing -- they bent, and the cattleman squealed, so intense was the pain.

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

The knees of the big man bent, -- Foyle had not taken lessons of Ogami, the Jap, for nothing -- they bent, and the cattleman squealed, so intense was the pain.

Northern Lights, Volume 5. Gilbert Parker 1897

The knees of the big man bent -- Foyle had not taken lessons of Ogami, the

Northern Lights Gilbert Parker 1897

The knees of the big man bent, -- Foyle had not taken lessons of Ogami, the Jap, for nothing -- they bent, and the cattleman squealed, so intense was the pain.

Northern Lights, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

The two were desperately hanging onto O'Ryan like pumas on a grizzly, when suddenly, with a twist he had learned from Ogami the Jap on the Smoky River, the slim Fergus was slung backward to the ground with the tendons of his arm strained and the arm itself useless for further work.

Northern Lights Gilbert Parker 1897

The two were desperately hanging on to O'Ryan like pumas on a grizzly, when suddenly, with a twist he had learned from Ogami the Jap on the Smoky River, the slim Fergus was slung backward to the ground with the tendons of his arm strained and the arm itself useless for further work.

Northern Lights, Volume 4. Gilbert Parker 1897