Vagabond
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Authors:
Takehiko inoue
Artists:
Takehiko inoue
Genres:
Seinen(M)
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Historical
Original language:
Chinese
Translated language:
English
Read direction:
Right to Left
Original work:
Hiatus
Year of Release:
1998
Year of Complete:
2015
Summary:
In 16th-century Japan, Shinmen Takezou is a wild, rough young man, in both his appearance and his actions. His aggressive nature has won him the collective reproach and fear of his village, leading him and his best friend, Matahachi Honiden, to run away in search of something grander than provincial life. The pair enlist in the Toyotomi army, yearning for glory—but when the Toyotomi suffer a crushing defeat at the hands of the Tokugawa Clan at the Battle of Sekigahara, the friends barely make it out alive.
After the two are separated, Shinmen returns home on a self-appointed mission to notify the Hon'iden family of Matahachi's survival. He instead finds himself a wanted criminal, framed for his friend's supposed murder based on his history of violence. Upon being captured, he is strung up on a tree and left to die. An itinerant monk, the distinguished Takuan Soho, takes pity on the "devil child," secretly freeing Shinmen and christening him with a new name to avoid pursuit by the authorities: Musashi Miyamoto.
Vagabond is the fictitious retelling of the life of one of Japan's most renowned swordsmen, the "Sword Saint" Musashi Miyamoto—his rise from a swordsman with no desire other than to become "Invincible Under the Heavens" to an enlightened warrior who slowly learns of the importance of close friends, self-reflection, and life itself.
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Chapter 16
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Chapter 15
: No Fear
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Chapter 6: The Troubles of Hon'iden Matahachi at Seventeen
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Chapter 5: Blood Game
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Chapter 4: The Brigand Tsujikaze
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Chapter 3: Oko
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Chapter 2: Akemi
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Chapter 1.2: Shinmen Takezo
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Chapter 1: Shinmen Takezo
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