History Manga / StitchAndTheSamurai

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In all continuities, Stitch is a bioweapon "designed to destroy everything he touches". As a result, he was originally depicted having an innate destructive desire, especially before he's reformed, though even afterwards he's still prone to mischief and destruction to a lesser degree. ''Stitch & the Samurai'' takes place in an alternate continuity where Stitch landed in Sengoku-era Japan instead of modern Hawaii. Despite the fact that Stitch should be at his most wild and destructive, he's actually very tame, not even engaging in harmless mischief. The few occasions where he does actually cause damage are more a result of him being a FishOutOfWater. This makes a fair amount of sense, Stitch's popularity in Japan is likely a consequence of ''UsefulNotes/{{Kawaisa}}'', so the manga focuses on his cuteness, making him more childlike and innocent as a result. This is also reflected in the manga's basic premise, a ruthless samurai lord finds Stitch so adorable that he halts his military campaign just to fawn over him.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: It's, you guessed it, another ''Lilo & Stitch'' spin-off. Expect aliens talking in human languages again.

* ArtShift: More like "Animation Shift" as some panels in the digital version are given brief animation loops to make them come to life.
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Prior to the introduction of Yamato, Stitch's human companions were young girls.
* TheBusCameBack: The ''Disney Tsum Tsum'' side story does this for Dr. Hämsterviel (who last appeared in the 2015 [[Anime/{{Stitch}} anime]] special ''Stitch! Perfect Memory'' and only made a distant cameo in ''Stitch & Ai'') and Leroy (in his second-ever appearance in the franchise after his 2006 debut in ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch''). Averted in English, however, since Disney and Tokyopop elected not to translate it.
* BadassAdorable: And being one like strong, cute, and fluffy Stitch will easily get you a spot in a warlord's army.
* CutenessProximity: Stitch being cute and fluffy is part of what draws Yamato to him.

* OddballInTheSeries: Stitch is now stuck in the past instead of the modern day, his new companion is an adult man rather than a little girl, and the art style has cutesy Stitch interacting with realistically drawn humans and animals.
* NameAndName: Continuing the franchise's tradition but following a trend from ''Animation/StitchAndAi'', the manga's title in its native language has Stitch mentioned second after the ampersand, but in the English translation, Stitch is mentioned first.

* NotSoAboveItAll: There are several moments of Yamato having actual fun with the childish Stitch, like riding rocking horses together.

* ShonenDemographic: The manga is targeted towards this demographic, considering its focus on a samurai warlord, though the presence of Stitch makes this one cuter than most examples.

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In all continuities, Stitch is a bioweapon "designed to destroy everything he touches". As a result, he was originally depicted having an innate destructive desire, especially before he's reformed, though even afterwards hes still prone to mischief and destruction to a lesser degree. "Stitch and The Samurai" takes place in an alternate continuity where Stitch landed in Sengoku Japan instead of modern Hawaii. Despite the fact that Stitch should be at his most wild and destructive, he's actually very tame, not even engaging in harmless mischief. The few occasions where he does actually cause damage are more a result of him being a FishOutOfWater. This makes a fair amount of sense, Stich's popularity in Japan is likely a consequence of UsefulNotes/{{Kawaisa}}, so the manga focuses on his cuteness, making him more childlike and innocent as a result. This is also reflected in the manga's basic premise, a ruthless samurai lord finds Stitch so adorable that he halts his military campaign just to fawn over him.

''Stitch & the Samurai'', also known by its Japanese name ''Tono & Stitch'' (殿さまとスティッチ, ''Tono-sama to Stitch'', lit. ''The Lord and Stitch''), is a manga SpinOff of Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' franchise written and illustrated by Hiroto Wada. It was published on Kodansha's website Comic Days for twenty-six chapters from January 13 to December 28, 2020.[[note]]Actually, the last chapter was released on December 21; a bonus mini-epilogue was released on December 28.[[/note]] An English translation was published by Creator/{{Tokyopop}} throughout 2021; the first translated volume was digitally published on [[AprilFoolsDay April 1]] and physically[[note]]on paperback[[/note]] on April 27, the second digitally on May 2 and physically on July 13, and the third and final volume digitally on October 15 and physically on December 21. Unlike the past Asian spin-offs ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'' and ''Animation/StitchAndAi'', this deviates from past entries in the franchise by taking place in Earth's past instead of ThePresentDay, with Stitch befriending a male adult instead of a young girl.

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The manga begins similarly to the original film, where Experiment 626, better known as Stitch, escapes the United Galactic Federation in a stolen police cruiser spaceship by using its [[SubspaceOrHyperspace hyperdrive]] to make a BlindJump that ends up on Earth. However, instead of traveling through just space, he also travels through time; he crash-lands in [[JidaiGeki Japan during the]] UsefulNotes/SengokuPeriod, in which he meets battle-weary samurai warlord Meison Yamato.[[note]]Yamato Meison in the Japanese original.[[/note]] After a brief struggle, Yamato is not only impressed by Stitch's strength, but the sight of the little blue "tanuki" causes him to have a thought that he's never had before: [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter "cute"]]. And so the warlord takes in the alien, not only making Stitch part of his army but also developing an unlikely bond.

The comic was digitally published [[https://comic-days.com/episode/10834108156708523477 over here.]] Note that only the first four chapters are permanently available; all other chapters were only available for a limited time after their publishing.

There was also a two-part side story released for free in June 2020 via the Japanese version of mobile game ''VideoGame/DisneyTsumTsum'' that features appearances by Dr. Hämsterviel and, in his second-ever in-franchise appearance, WesternAnimation/{{Leroy|AndStitch}}; the side story can be found in Japanese archived over [[https://catbox.moe/c/d5k50f here.]] The first part of the side story was translated to English and can be found in Volume 2 of the English release.

* AliensSpeakingEnglish: It's, you guessed it, another ''Lilo & Stitch'' spin-off. Expect aliens talking human languages again.
* AlternateUniverse: While the aliens' society is still as evolved as it was in previous works, the time is shifted to be further into the past, when human society hasn't even discovered how to control electricity yet.

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Prior to the introduction of Yamato, Stitch human's companions were young girls.

* BadassAdorable: And being one like Stitch is will easily get you a spot in a warlord's army.

* NonstandardCharacterDesign: The ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters, especially Stitch, maintain their plump art styles (although the UGF troopers in the very first page are given more humanoid builds than before), but all the humans and Earth animals are drawn more realistically.

* JidaiGeki: '''[-[[RecycledInSpace WITH ALIENS!]]-]'''

* YouNoTakeCandle: Stitch speaks in this manner, probably more than in any other work in the franchise.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Stitch is now stuck in the past instead of the modern day, his new companion is an adult man rather than a little girl, and the art style has cutesy Stitch interacting with realistically drawn humans and animals.

''Stitch & the Samurai'', also known by its Japanese name ''Tono & Stitch'' (殿さまとスティッチ, ''Tono-sama to Stitch'', lit. ''The Lord and Stitch''), is a manga SpinOff of Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' franchise written and illustrated by Hiroto Wada. It was published on Kodansha's website Comic Days for twenty-six chapters from January 13 to December 28, 2020.[[note]]Actually, the last chapter was released on December 21; a bonus mini-epilogue was released on December 28.[[/note]] An English translation was published by Creator/{{Tokyopop}} throughout 2021; the first translated volume was digitally published on [[AprilFoolsDay April 1]] and physically[[note]]on paperback[[/note]] on April 27, the second digitally on May 2 and physically on July 13, and the third digitally on October 15 and physically on December 21. Unlike the past Asian spin-offs ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'' and ''Animation/StitchAndAi'', this deviates from past entries in the franchise by taking place in Earth's past instead of ThePresentDay, with Stitch befriending a male adult instead of a young girl.