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'''{{Wolverine}}''''s first solo adventure was written in 1982 by Creator/ChrisClaremont and pencilled by FrankMiller. It was named simply "Wolverine", as the character. It is a limited series of 4 issues, with an adventure of Wolverine in Japan, continued in Uncanny X-Men 172 and 173, where the rest of the team joins the adventure.

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'''{{Wolverine}}''''s first solo adventure was a four-issue miniseries, written in 1982 by Creator/ChrisClaremont and pencilled by FrankMiller. It was named simply "Wolverine", as the character. It is a limited series of 4 issues, with an adventure of Wolverine in Japan, continued in The story continues through Uncanny X-Men 172 #172 and 173, where #173, when the rest of the team joins the adventure.
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The X-Men were invited to the wedding, including their recent incorporation, Rogue. Wolverine still hated her for her fight with Carol Danvers when she absorbed her memories and powers. But things had not ended yet, and the criminal ties laid by Shingen were not very easy to break. The Silver Samurai requested an interview with Mariko, and she accepted, refusing any help from the X-Men. Still, she has to take it, when they are attacked. Mariko, Yukio and Storm defeated the Silver Samurai, and Wolverine and Rogue joined the fight in the hospital. Everything was going to end well... [[spoiler:but Mariko stopped the wedding, and rejected Wolverine because he was not worthy. It was revealed in later issues that she was under Mastermind's control when she rejected him, but refused to get married with Wolverine until she could clean her family from criminal links.]]

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The X-Men were invited to the wedding, including their recent incorporation, newest member, Rogue. Wolverine still hated her for her fight with Carol Danvers when she absorbed her memories and powers. But things had not ended yet, and the criminal ties laid by Shingen were not very easy to break. The Silver Samurai requested an interview with Mariko, and she accepted, refusing any help from the X-Men. Still, she has to take it, when they are attacked. Mariko, Yukio and Storm defeated the Silver Samurai, and Wolverine and Rogue joined the fight in the hospital. Everything was going to end well... [[spoiler:but Mariko stopped the wedding, and rejected Wolverine because he was not worthy. It was revealed in later issues that she was under Mastermind's control when she rejected him, but refused to get married with Wolverine until she could clean her family from criminal links.]]



* DeusExMachina: The solution so that Wolverine does not end married in the end (type 2).

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* DeusExMachina: The solution so that Wolverine does not end married in DiabolusExMachina: [[spoiler: Mastermind has recovered from his coma, and has started manipulating the end (type 2). X-Men again, including convincing Mariko to call off the wedding.]]



* HeelFaceTurn: Yukio starts off working for Shingen.



* TranslationConvention: It is implied that when text is enclosed between < >, the characters are talking in Japanese. Well, they ''are'' in Japan, the only "gaijin" is Wolverine, who speaks Japanese without problem... so, it's < > basically the whole time, except for Wolverine thoughts.

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* TranslationConvention: It is implied that when text is Text enclosed between in < >, the characters are talking > is in Japanese. Well, they ''are'' in Japan, the only "gaijin" is Wolverine, who speaks Japanese without problem... so, it's < > basically the whole time, except for Wolverine thoughts.Wolverine's internal monologue.
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'''{{Wolverine}}''''s first solo adventure was written in 1982 by Creator/ChrisClaremont and FrankMiller. It was named simply "Wolverine", as the character. It is a limited series of 4 issues, with an adventure of Wolverine in Japan, continued in Uncanny X-Men 172 and 173, where the rest of the team joins the adventure.

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'''{{Wolverine}}''''s first solo adventure was written in 1982 by Creator/ChrisClaremont and pencilled by FrankMiller. It was named simply "Wolverine", as the character. It is a limited series of 4 issues, with an adventure of Wolverine in Japan, continued in Uncanny X-Men 172 and 173, where the rest of the team joins the adventure.
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'''{{Wolverine}}''''s first solo adventure was written in 1982 by ChrisClaremont and FrankMiller. It was named simply "Wolverine", as the character. It is a limited series of 4 issues, with an adventure of Wolverine in Japan, continued in Uncanny X-Men 172 and 173, where the rest of the team joins the adventure.

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'''{{Wolverine}}''''s first solo adventure was written in 1982 by ChrisClaremont Creator/ChrisClaremont and FrankMiller. It was named simply "Wolverine", as the character. It is a limited series of 4 issues, with an adventure of Wolverine in Japan, continued in Uncanny X-Men 172 and 173, where the rest of the team joins the adventure.
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Many elements of the original four-issue series were later used in the ''Wolverine'' anime, including Yukio, Shingen, Mariko, and Logan's buddy on the Japanese Secret Service. It also ends up incorporating many later facets of the ''Wolverine'' ongoing, like Madripoor.

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Many elements of the original four-issue series were later used in the ''Wolverine'' anime, including Yukio, Shingen, Mariko, and Logan's buddy on the Japanese Secret Service. It also ends up incorporating many later facets of the ''Wolverine'' ongoing, like Madripoor. The 2013 film ''Film/TheWolverine'' also includes characters and concepts from this limited series.
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* RunawayBride: [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt As if someone like Wolverine would really end married]].
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* BatmanGambit: The first duel of Shingen and Wolverine. Unknown to Mariko, the attacks were deadly attacks, forcing Wolverine to toss the wood sword and fight with his claws... and loose his honour in front of Mariko, as it would seem as if ''he'' was the one to was going for bood.

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* BatmanGambit: The first duel of Shingen and Wolverine. Unknown to Mariko, the attacks were deadly attacks, forcing Wolverine to toss the wood sword and fight with his claws... and loose lose his honour honor in front of Mariko, as it would seem as if ''he'' was the one to who was going for bood.blood.
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'''{{Wolverine}}''''s first solo adventure was written in 1982 by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller. It was named simply "Wolverine", as the character. It is a limited series of 4 issues, with an adventure of Wolverine in Japan, continued in Uncanny X-Men 172 and 173, where the rest of the team joins the adventure.

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'''{{Wolverine}}''''s first solo adventure was written in 1982 by Chris Claremont ChrisClaremont and Frank Miller.FrankMiller. It was named simply "Wolverine", as the character. It is a limited series of 4 issues, with an adventure of Wolverine in Japan, continued in Uncanny X-Men 172 and 173, where the rest of the team joins the adventure.
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Many elements of the original four-issue series were later used in the ''Wolverine'' anime, including Yukio, Shingen, Mariko, and Logan's buddy on the Japanese Secret Service. It also ends up incorporating many later facets of the ''Wolverine'' ongoing, like Madripoor.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: During this adventure, and after working with Yukio, Storm changed her classic outfit to the [[http://sd619.deviantart.com/art/Storm-punk-look-colored-185025641 punk outfit]] she used during the 80's.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: During this adventure, and after working with Yukio, Storm changed her classic outfit to the [[http://sd619.deviantart.com/art/Storm-punk-look-colored-185025641 [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/26425820@N06/3281477669/ punk outfit]] she used during the 80's.
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The X-Men were invited to the wedding, including their recent incorporation, Rogue. Wolverine still hated her for her fight with Carol Danvers when she absorbed her memories and powers. But things had not ended yet, and the criminal ties laid by Shingen were not very easy to break. The Silver Samurai requested an interview with Mariko, and she accepted, refusing any help from the X-Men. Still, she has to take it, when they are attacked. Mariko, Yukio and Storm defeated the Silver Samurai, and Wolverine and Rogue joined the fight in the hospital. Everything was going to end well... [[spoiler:but Mariko stopped the wedding, and rejected Wolverine because he was not worthy. It was revealed in later issues that she was under Mastermind control when she rejected him, but refused to get married with Wolverine until she could clean her family from criminal links.]]

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The X-Men were invited to the wedding, including their recent incorporation, Rogue. Wolverine still hated her for her fight with Carol Danvers when she absorbed her memories and powers. But things had not ended yet, and the criminal ties laid by Shingen were not very easy to break. The Silver Samurai requested an interview with Mariko, and she accepted, refusing any help from the X-Men. Still, she has to take it, when they are attacked. Mariko, Yukio and Storm defeated the Silver Samurai, and Wolverine and Rogue joined the fight in the hospital. Everything was going to end well... [[spoiler:but Mariko stopped the wedding, and rejected Wolverine because he was not worthy. It was revealed in later issues that she was under Mastermind Mastermind's control when she rejected him, but refused to get married with Wolverine until she could clean her family from criminal links.]]
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In earlier X-Men issues, Wolverine had met Mariko Yashida, a japanese woman, from the powerful Yashida family. They had a romance, and now Wolverine goes to Japan for her. He met an old friend, the agent Asano Kimura, who informed him that Mariko was married. It was an arranged marriage, ordered by Mariko's father, Lord Shingen. Her husband was violent with her, but she refused Wolverine's help: it was a duty of family honour. Shingen captured Wolverine and defied him to a duel for Mariko. Wolverine lost, and was taken out of the mansion.

When he woke up in the street, he was attacked by The Hand, and rescued by the ronin Yukio. Yukio falled in love with Wolverine, but he still wanted Mariko. Even worse, she was an agent of Shingen, instructed to seduce Wolverine, but she falled in love with him for real. Considering that he was done with Wolverine, he arranged a meeting with Katsuyori, head of a rival cartel, and ordered Yukio to kill him. She teld Wolverine that Katsuyori was who sent The Hand against them, and they follow them to a Kabuki play. Katsuyori expected one of the actors to jump from the stage and attack Mariko and Shingen, but Wolverine intervened and saved them. But in the fight, Mariko saw Wolverine's savage fury for the first time, and left horrorized.

Yukio left Wolverine when he calls her "Mariko" while being drunk. He follows her to ask for forgiving, but finds Asano killed in his apartment, by one of Yukio's daggers. And by a smell, he finds out that she was working for Shingen all the time. He chased her, and they were both attacked by The Hand. Wolverine decided to take down the criminal empire of Shingen, and Yukio attempted to redeem herself by killing him. But she was captured and defeated in a duel with him. But she redeemed herself in another way: she killed Mariko's husband when he was about to kill her. For Wolverine, it was a tie, so he let her leave. He had a second duel with Shingen, and killed him. He thouth that Mariko would have to swore vengueance against him for that, and that the only options were to kill her or to let her kill him... but no. Mariko thought that Shingen had brought dishonour to the Yashida family, so she should kill him, and then suicide to regain such honour, but Wolverine's duel allowed her to escape that destiny. And so, they organized their wedding.

The X-Men were invited to the wedding, including their recent incorporation, Rogue. Wolverine still hated her for her fight with Carol Danvers when she absorbed her memories and powers. But things had not ended yet, and the ciminal ties laid by Shingen were not very easy to break. The Silver Samurai requested an interview with Mariko, and she accepted, refusing any help from the X-Men. Still, she has to take it, when they are attacked. Mariko, Yukio and Storm defeated the Silver Samurai, and Wolverine and Rogue joined the fight in the hospital. Everything was going to end well... [[spoiler:but Mariko stopped the wedding, and rejected Wolverine because he was not worthy. It was revealed in later issues that she was under Mastermind control when she rejected him, but refused to get married with Wolverine until she could clean her family from criminal links.]]

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In earlier X-Men issues, Wolverine had met Mariko Yashida, a japanese Japanese woman, from the powerful Yashida family. They had a romance, and now Wolverine goes to Japan for her. He met an old friend, the agent Asano Kimura, who informed him that Mariko was married. It was an arranged marriage, ordered by Mariko's father, Lord Shingen. Her husband was violent with her, but she refused Wolverine's help: it was a duty of family honour.honor. Shingen captured Wolverine and defied him to a duel for Mariko. Wolverine lost, and was taken out of the mansion.

When he woke up in the street, he was attacked by The Hand, and rescued by the ronin Yukio. Yukio falled fell in love with Wolverine, but he still wanted Mariko. Even worse, she was an agent of Shingen, instructed to seduce Wolverine, but she falled fell in love with him for real. Considering that he was done with Wolverine, he arranged a meeting with Katsuyori, head of a rival cartel, and ordered Yukio to kill him. She teld told Wolverine that Katsuyori was who sent The Hand against them, and they follow them to a Kabuki play. Katsuyori expected one of the actors to jump from the stage and attack Mariko and Shingen, but Wolverine intervened and saved them. But in the fight, Mariko saw Wolverine's savage fury for the first time, and left horrorized.horrified.

Yukio left Wolverine when he calls her "Mariko" while being drunk. He follows her to ask for forgiving, but finds Asano killed in his apartment, by one of Yukio's daggers. And by a smell, he finds out that she was working for Shingen all the time. He chased her, and they were both attacked by The Hand. Wolverine decided to take down the criminal empire of Shingen, and Yukio attempted to redeem herself by killing him. But she was captured and defeated in a duel with him. But she redeemed herself in another way: she killed Mariko's husband when he was about to kill her. For Wolverine, it was a tie, so he let her leave. He had a second duel with Shingen, and killed him. He thouth thought that Mariko would have to swore vengueance vengeance against him for that, and that the only options were to kill her or to let her kill him... but no. Mariko thought that Shingen had brought dishonour dishonor to the Yashida family, so she should kill him, and then suicide to regain such honour, honor, but Wolverine's duel allowed her to escape that destiny. And so, they organized their wedding.

The X-Men were invited to the wedding, including their recent incorporation, Rogue. Wolverine still hated her for her fight with Carol Danvers when she absorbed her memories and powers. But things had not ended yet, and the ciminal criminal ties laid by Shingen were not very easy to break. The Silver Samurai requested an interview with Mariko, and she accepted, refusing any help from the X-Men. Still, she has to take it, when they are attacked. Mariko, Yukio and Storm defeated the Silver Samurai, and Wolverine and Rogue joined the fight in the hospital. Everything was going to end well... [[spoiler:but Mariko stopped the wedding, and rejected Wolverine because he was not worthy. It was revealed in later issues that she was under Mastermind control when she rejected him, but refused to get married with Wolverine until she could clean her family from criminal links.]]



* AncestralWeapon: The sword of the Yashida clan

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* AncestralWeapon: The sword of the Yashida clanclan.



* DistressedDamsel: Averted. Mariko Yashida ''is'' a Distressed Damsel, but refuses to be rescued: for japanese honour, she must face her problems on her own.
* HonorBeforeReason: Staying with an abusing husband, just because of honour?

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* DistressedDamsel: Averted. Mariko Yashida ''is'' a Distressed Damsel, but refuses to be rescued: for japanese honour, Japanese honor, she must face her problems on her own.
* HonorBeforeReason: Staying with an abusing husband, just because of honour?honor?



* {{Seppuku}}: If Wolverine was not around, Mariko would have killed his father, for bringing dishonour to the family, and then suicide (or die trying to kill her father). In any case, she would not live in dishonour. But Wolverine did it first, saving her from that dilemma.

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* {{Seppuku}}: If Wolverine was not around, Mariko would have killed his father, for bringing dishonour dishonor to the family, and then suicide (or die trying to kill her father). In any case, she would not live in dishonour.dishonor. But Wolverine did it first, saving her from that dilemma.



* TranslationConvention: It is implied that when text is enclosed between < >, the characters are talking in Japanese. Well, they ''are'' in Japan, the only "gaijin" is Wolverine, who speaks japanese without problem... so, it's < > basically the whole time, except for Wolverine thoughts.
* VillainousRescue: Yukio rescued Wolverine from The Hand, but only to seduce him, gain his confidence, and kill him as Shingen instructed. That she actually falled in love with him for real, and refused to continue that plan, does not deny why did she rescue him in the first place.

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* TranslationConvention: It is implied that when text is enclosed between < >, the characters are talking in Japanese. Well, they ''are'' in Japan, the only "gaijin" is Wolverine, who speaks japanese Japanese without problem... so, it's < > basically the whole time, except for Wolverine thoughts.
* VillainousRescue: Yukio rescued Wolverine from The Hand, but only to seduce him, gain his confidence, and kill him as Shingen instructed. That she actually falled fell in love with him for real, and refused to continue that plan, does not deny why did she rescue him in the first place.
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* {{Seppuku}}: If Wolverine was not around, Mariko would have killed his father, for bringing dishonour to the family, and then suicide (or die trying to kill her father). In any case, she would not live in dishonour. But Wolverine did it first, saving her from that dilemma.
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* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Many 80's adventures of the X-Men took place in Japan, but this one is the greatest.
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* DeusExMachina: The solution so that Wolverine does not end married in the end.

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* DeusExMachina: The solution so that Wolverine does not end married in the end.end (type 2).
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* DeusExMachina: The solution so that Wolverine does not end married in the end.
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* LoveTriangle: Wolverine, Mariko and Yukio. For once, Wolverine is in a love triangle without Jean...

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* LoveTriangle: Wolverine, Mariko and Yukio. For once, Wolverine is in a love triangle without Jean...Jean...
* VillainousRescue: Yukio rescued Wolverine from The Hand, but only to seduce him, gain his confidence, and kill him as Shingen instructed. That she actually falled in love with him for real, and refused to continue that plan, does not deny why did she rescue him in the first place.
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* JapanesePoliteness

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* JapanesePolitenessJapanesePoliteness
* LoveTriangle: Wolverine, Mariko and Yukio. For once, Wolverine is in a love triangle without Jean...
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* HonorBeforeReason: Staying with an abusing husband, just because of honour?

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* HonorBeforeReason: Staying with an abusing husband, just because of honour?honour?
* JapanesePoliteness
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* DistressedDamsel: Averted. Mariko Yashida ''is'' a Distressed Damsel, but refuses to be rescued: for japanese honour, she must face her problems on her own.

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* DistressedDamsel: Averted. Mariko Yashida ''is'' a Distressed Damsel, but refuses to be rescued: for japanese honour, she must face her problems on her own.own.
* HonorBeforeReason: Staying with an abusing husband, just because of honour?
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* AncestralWeapon: The sword of the Yashida clan
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* BatmanGambit: The first duel of Shingen and Wolverine. Unknown to Mariko, the attacks were deadly attacks, forcing Wolverine to toss the wood sword and fight with his claws... and loose his honour in front of Mariko, as it would seem as if ''he'' was the one to was going for bood.
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* BadassGrandpa: Lord Shingen. A mere common man with no super powers and no special weapons (and an old man, for that matter), capable to defeat Wolverine on hand-to-hand combat, is not something we see very often.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: During this adventure, and after working with Yukio, Storm changed her classic outfit to the [[http://sd619.deviantart.com/art/Storm-punk-look-colored-185025641 punk outfit]] she used during the 80's.
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* ActionGirl: Yukio. To the point that she would have sex with Wolverine [[TooDumbToLive on the rails of the supersonic train]], just for the thrill of the risk.
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* DistressedDamsel: Averted. Mariko Yashida ''is'' a Distressed Damsel, but refuses to be rescued: for japanese honour, she must face her problems on her own.
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The X-Men were invited to the wedding, including their recent incorporation, Rogue. Wolverine still hated her for her fight with Carol Danvers when she absorbed her memories and powers. But things had not ended yet, and the ciminal ties laid by Shingen were not very easy to break. The Silver Samurai requested an interview with Mariko, and she accepted, refusing any help from the X-Men. Still, she has to take it, when they are attacked. Mariko, Yukio and Storm defeated the Silver Samurai, and Wolverine and Rogue joined the fight in the hospital. Everything was going to end well... [[spoiler:but Mariko stopped the wedding, and rejected Wolverine because he was not worthy. It was revealed in later issues that she was under Mastermind control when she rejected him, but refused to get married with Wolverine until she could clean her family from criminal links.]]

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The X-Men were invited to the wedding, including their recent incorporation, Rogue. Wolverine still hated her for her fight with Carol Danvers when she absorbed her memories and powers. But things had not ended yet, and the ciminal ties laid by Shingen were not very easy to break. The Silver Samurai requested an interview with Mariko, and she accepted, refusing any help from the X-Men. Still, she has to take it, when they are attacked. Mariko, Yukio and Storm defeated the Silver Samurai, and Wolverine and Rogue joined the fight in the hospital. Everything was going to end well... [[spoiler:but Mariko stopped the wedding, and rejected Wolverine because he was not worthy. It was revealed in later issues that she was under Mastermind control when she rejected him, but refused to get married with Wolverine until she could clean her family from criminal links.]]]]

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Yukio left Wolverine when he calls her "Mariko" while being drunk. He follows her to ask for forgiving, but finds Asano killed in his apartment, by one of Yukio's daggers. And by a smell, he finds out that she was working for Shingen all the time. He chased her, and they were both attacked by The Hand. Wolverine decided to take down the criminal empire of Shingen, and Yukio attempted to redeem herself by killing him. But she was captured and defeated in a duel with him. But she redeemed herself in another way: she killed Mariko's husband when he was about to kill her. For Wolverine, it was a tie, so he let her leave. He had a second duel with Shingen, and killed him. He thouth that Mariko would have to swore vengueance against him for that, and that the only options were to kill her or to let her kill him... but no. Mariko thought that Shingen had brought dishonour to the Yashida family, so she should kill him, and then suicide to regain such honour, but Wolverine's duel allowed her to escape that destiny. And so, they organized their wedding.

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Yukio left Wolverine when he calls her "Mariko" while being drunk. He follows her to ask for forgiving, but finds Asano killed in his apartment, by one of Yukio's daggers. And by a smell, he finds out that she was working for Shingen all the time. He chased her, and they were both attacked by The Hand. Wolverine decided to take down the criminal empire of Shingen, and Yukio attempted to redeem herself by killing him. But she was captured and defeated in a duel with him. But she redeemed herself in another way: she killed Mariko's husband when he was about to kill her. For Wolverine, it was a tie, so he let her leave. He had a second duel with Shingen, and killed him. He thouth that Mariko would have to swore vengueance against him for that, and that the only options were to kill her or to let her kill him... but no. Mariko thought that Shingen had brought dishonour to the Yashida family, so she should kill him, and then suicide to regain such honour, but Wolverine's duel allowed her to escape that destiny. And so, they organized their wedding.wedding.

The X-Men were invited to the wedding, including their recent incorporation, Rogue. Wolverine still hated her for her fight with Carol Danvers when she absorbed her memories and powers. But things had not ended yet, and the ciminal ties laid by Shingen were not very easy to break. The Silver Samurai requested an interview with Mariko, and she accepted, refusing any help from the X-Men. Still, she has to take it, when they are attacked. Mariko, Yukio and Storm defeated the Silver Samurai, and Wolverine and Rogue joined the fight in the hospital. Everything was going to end well... [[spoiler:but Mariko stopped the wedding, and rejected Wolverine because he was not worthy. It was revealed in later issues that she was under Mastermind control when she rejected him, but refused to get married with Wolverine until she could clean her family from criminal links.]]
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'''{{Wolverine}}''''s first solo adventure was written in 1982 by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller. It was named simply "Wolverine", as the character. It is a limited series of 4 issues, with an adventure of Wolverine in Japan, continued in Uncanny X-Men 172 and 173, where the rest of the team joins the adventure.

In earlier X-Men issues, Wolverine had met Mariko Yashida, a japanese woman, from the powerful Yashida family. They had a romance, and now Wolverine goes to Japan for her. He met an old friend, the agent Asano Kimura, who informed him that Mariko was married. It was an arranged marriage, ordered by Mariko's father, Lord Shingen. Her husband was violent with her, but she refused Wolverine's help: it was a duty of family honour. Shingen captured Wolverine and defied him to a duel for Mariko. Wolverine lost, and was taken out of the mansion.

When he woke up in the street, he was attacked by The Hand, and rescued by the ronin Yukio. Yukio falled in love with Wolverine, but he still wanted Mariko. Even worse, she was an agent of Shingen, instructed to seduce Wolverine, but she falled in love with him for real. Considering that he was done with Wolverine, he arranged a meeting with Katsuyori, head of a rival cartel, and ordered Yukio to kill him. She teld Wolverine that Katsuyori was who sent The Hand against them, and they follow them to a Kabuki play. Katsuyori expected one of the actors to jump from the stage and attack Mariko and Shingen, but Wolverine intervened and saved them. But in the fight, Mariko saw Wolverine's savage fury for the first time, and left horrorized.

Yukio left Wolverine when he calls her "Mariko" while being drunk. He follows her to ask for forgiving, but finds Asano killed in his apartment, by one of Yukio's daggers. And by a smell, he finds out that she was working for Shingen all the time. He chased her, and they were both attacked by The Hand. Wolverine decided to take down the criminal empire of Shingen, and Yukio attempted to redeem herself by killing him. But she was captured and defeated in a duel with him. But she redeemed herself in another way: she killed Mariko's husband when he was about to kill her. For Wolverine, it was a tie, so he let her leave. He had a second duel with Shingen, and killed him. He thouth that Mariko would have to swore vengueance against him for that, and that the only options were to kill her or to let her kill him... but no. Mariko thought that Shingen had brought dishonour to the Yashida family, so she should kill him, and then suicide to regain such honour, but Wolverine's duel allowed her to escape that destiny. And so, they organized their wedding.

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