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バガボンド [Vagabond] #5
Vagabond, Tomo 5
Inshun, el segundo mejor del tempo Hozoin. Frente a su inigualable habilidad con la lanza, Musashi experimenta un temor que nunca antes había vivido.
208 pages, Paperback
First published January 21, 2000
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Takehiko Inoue
316 books1,553 followersTakehiko Inoue (井上雄彦) is a Japanese manga artist, best known for Slam Dunk and Vagabond.
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April 23, 2023
This entire volume covers a duel between Miyamoto Musashi and Hozoin Ishun, a warrior monk who specializes in spear fighting. The duel is intense. The most interesting thing about the duel is that Musashi and Ishun have very different personalities when the fight. Musashi is determined and is fueled by his rage, while Ishun is cheerful and is fueled by his confidence. The more that I read this series, I realize that the author is skilled at giving each character a distinct personality, which give the characters life.
November 3, 2019
Yes, that's more like it! Very intense volume that almost entirely consists of one fight. And what a fight it is! Brilliant stuff.
November 4, 2023
به جلد یازدهم رسیدم و واقعا شاهکاره این مانگا
از شخصیت پردازی گرفته تا آرت و داستان قویای که پشتشه
جلد پنج و این نبرد و مبارزه هم خیلی جذاب و عالی بود
پیشنهاد میکنم حتما بخونیدش
خصوصا برزرک فنها
از شخصیت پردازی گرفته تا آرت و داستان قویای که پشتشه
جلد پنج و این نبرد و مبارزه هم خیلی جذاب و عالی بود
پیشنهاد میکنم حتما بخونیدش
خصوصا برزرک فنها
October 22, 2025
This fucking guy…what a chad.
September 21, 2015
Now this is more like it! A major fight but with a surprise ending that would change everything the reader knows about the titular vagabond, Miyamoto Musashi.
This is the best volume yet. It narrowly outpoints the Yoshioka arc. Takehiko Inoue is on fire.
This is the best volume yet. It narrowly outpoints the Yoshioka arc. Takehiko Inoue is on fire.
April 25, 2023
یکی از اون یکی خر تر و خونی تر!
March 2, 2019
Inshun is a damn beast.
March 20, 2025
The art is insane.
May 8, 2022
Alright this chapter was so good.
Moral message: Arrogance will get you nowhere, especially if you're a reckless mountain boy with no particular fighting style.
Moral message: Arrogance will get you nowhere, especially if you're a reckless mountain boy with no particular fighting style.
January 6, 2024
Vagabond Volume 5
Esse volume vai dos cap 41 ao 49 e finalmente cheguei onde tinha parado ano passado eu tinha esquecido completamente dessa luta insana que tem nesse volume com o protagonista vendo um verdadeiro adversário na sua frente pela primeira vez sentido medo essa luta por mais que não tenha acabado já se tornou umas melhores da obra só me lembrar daquele momento de dragon ball nesse momento Cell sentiu o terror isso se aplica muito aqui com o Musashi entrando em desespero agora não sei se ele vai perder a luta se vai ganhar ou se a luta vai ser interrompida mas uma coisa é certa o protagonista nunca mais será o mesmo depois dessa luta que obra meus amigos que obra.
Esse volume vai dos cap 41 ao 49 e finalmente cheguei onde tinha parado ano passado eu tinha esquecido completamente dessa luta insana que tem nesse volume com o protagonista vendo um verdadeiro adversário na sua frente pela primeira vez sentido medo essa luta por mais que não tenha acabado já se tornou umas melhores da obra só me lembrar daquele momento de dragon ball nesse momento Cell sentiu o terror isso se aplica muito aqui com o Musashi entrando em desespero agora não sei se ele vai perder a luta se vai ganhar ou se a luta vai ser interrompida mas uma coisa é certa o protagonista nunca mais será o mesmo depois dessa luta que obra meus amigos que obra.
May 9, 2020
Rating: 6.86/ 10.00 | 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
August 19, 2019
*yawn* have they stopped hitting each other back and forth with sticks yet?
September 16, 2021
What a volume. Best fight thus far. The art is simply marvelous, unbelievable how Inoue can draw such a thing. As for Takezo, I think he's gonna win.
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September 1, 2025“I was feeling too uptight. But I've got nothing to lose. I'm either going to get one step closer to being invincible or I'll lose and die.”
“I actually don't know whether I'm strong or weak. But I do know that you're really strong. If I beat you, then can I claim to be strong?”
“Miyamoto Musashi. I can sense you. It's as if you're putting your life behind each and every one of your attacks.”
“Musashi. You're so young and pure. You bare your very soul and it manifests itself in your demon-like power. It's the power of your life itself.”
“When humans battle one another. A certain demon observes in silence, waiting in anticipation. It clings to us waiting to devour our very souls. Never moving on its own. It sits still, observing from the darkness. Patiently it waits, until finally the weak seek refuge within its darkness.”
“Musashi knows only too well how the demon 'fear' can make even the mightiest of men fall.”
“You're not going to give up. I have to kill you, don't I? No one. No one's been willing to risk their life to try to beat me. I've never experienced a fight like this before. A battle to the death. Miyamoto Musashi. This match, it's going to make me even stronger than I am now! I just know it!”
“Stonger. This match will make me stronger! Just as Musashi puts his entire being into his sword, I want to put my life behind my spear. It's a matter of life and death. If a can take it that far, then even devils and demons will fall before me!!”
“Long. Short. I can't reach him. He's too far. Can't move my right arm. Bleeding won't stop. It's dark. My body's cold. He's going to kill me.”
“I understand now, one of us has to die. Be calm. Stay in control. This battle of life and death, this experience will make me invincible. Relax. Patience. Don’t hesitate. Thank you, Musashi. Thank you for teaching me about life.”
[Chapter #41-#49]
“I actually don't know whether I'm strong or weak. But I do know that you're really strong. If I beat you, then can I claim to be strong?”
“Miyamoto Musashi. I can sense you. It's as if you're putting your life behind each and every one of your attacks.”
“Musashi. You're so young and pure. You bare your very soul and it manifests itself in your demon-like power. It's the power of your life itself.”
“When humans battle one another. A certain demon observes in silence, waiting in anticipation. It clings to us waiting to devour our very souls. Never moving on its own. It sits still, observing from the darkness. Patiently it waits, until finally the weak seek refuge within its darkness.”
“Musashi knows only too well how the demon 'fear' can make even the mightiest of men fall.”
“You're not going to give up. I have to kill you, don't I? No one. No one's been willing to risk their life to try to beat me. I've never experienced a fight like this before. A battle to the death. Miyamoto Musashi. This match, it's going to make me even stronger than I am now! I just know it!”
“Stonger. This match will make me stronger! Just as Musashi puts his entire being into his sword, I want to put my life behind my spear. It's a matter of life and death. If a can take it that far, then even devils and demons will fall before me!!”
“Long. Short. I can't reach him. He's too far. Can't move my right arm. Bleeding won't stop. It's dark. My body's cold. He's going to kill me.”
“I understand now, one of us has to die. Be calm. Stay in control. This battle of life and death, this experience will make me invincible. Relax. Patience. Don’t hesitate. Thank you, Musashi. Thank you for teaching me about life.”
[Chapter #41-#49]
April 16, 2018
An entire volume for a single fight!!
Picking up from volume four, this book moves better than the last volume despite only featuring a single fight. But our protagonist did learn a good thing, and that's FEAR. I also like how it tease the Niten-Ichi-Ryû(dual wield) style of combat that Musashi is famous of.
This volume displays the same high quality of art and good phasing of the other volume. It shows that Musashi(Tekezo) has a long way to go to become Japan's sword-saint.
Picking up from volume four, this book moves better than the last volume despite only featuring a single fight. But our protagonist did learn a good thing, and that's FEAR. I also like how it tease the Niten-Ichi-Ryû(dual wield) style of combat that Musashi is famous of.
This volume displays the same high quality of art and good phasing of the other volume. It shows that Musashi(Tekezo) has a long way to go to become Japan's sword-saint.
February 17, 2021
Como si Inoue se hubiera estado conteniendo y por fin soltara a la bestia. Y menuda bestia, todo un tomo dedicado a un duelo, en un principio trivial llevado a cabo con armas de madera, y que acaba resultando intensísimo física y psicológicamente, una apabullante exhibición gráfica y narrativa que llega a ponerte los pelos de punta.
August 30, 2024
An intense fight followed by a great lesson in humility, not only for the protagonist, but also for the readers. I can sense the path the manga is about to follow, and I am more than prepared to share the journey
August 12, 2020
This fight sure dragged.
December 17, 2022
تعطشه للدماء هو اللي مخليه مستمر 327 شابتر الواضح
January 24, 2023
somehow i could feel the blow that inshun gave. this is just so intense i had a hard time to even take a breath
July 4, 2024
Inshun leave my baby alone ᕕ( ⋟ ʖ̯ ⋞) ᕗ just let him win!!!
December 14, 2025
Inshun feels like the blueprint for Kiyoshi-possessed Aang
December 18, 2020
en general siempre que leo cosas donde se narran peleas me las salto porque me aburre pero aquí disfruté cada página!!! （╹◡╹）
August 20, 2019
The demon within lurks as fear. The more you repress it, the more fearful it becomes. It grows and grows the more you ignore it. Until,... The moment you feel weak. When you feel the weakest, the demons of repressed fear overwhelm you and claim you as their own. Rage is only the weakest representation of your skill and the biggest indicator of fear. This is probably why Naruto was advised by the Anbu Ops member in the fight against Orochimaru that if he wished to save Sasuke and defeat Orochimaru, he must not give in to the power of the nine tailed fox and must rely on his own power. The nine tailed fox was also a manifestation of the fox's fear of being repressed and sealed inside a human body and over-whelming hatred against the village. Whenever Naruto gave in to the hate and anger, he suffered the greatest damage in his body and soul. His healing would slow down after every time the red chakra cloak would envelope him. The same happens to Musashi. He is hindered by his own demon fox of hatred, anger and revenge. He becomes weak when it consumes him and therefore he must confront his demons before he can become a great samurai.
If you wish to defeat the enemy, defeat fear within yourself first. Fear of the skill you confront and fear of the skill you have not yet acquired.
There was this moment when the old man asked Musashi, ... "Are you going to live till then?" As if to ask him if he was even prepared to take on the battles he was taking on. Musashi was not built to train under a form since being formless and fluid was his greatest strength against fixed forms of the opponents. However, he lacked caution and emotional control which is probably why traveling with the monk Takuan is going to make him who he turned out to be,... The samurai saint of the village Miyamoto. One is incomplete without the other.
If you wish to defeat the enemy, defeat fear within yourself first. Fear of the skill you confront and fear of the skill you have not yet acquired.
There was this moment when the old man asked Musashi, ... "Are you going to live till then?" As if to ask him if he was even prepared to take on the battles he was taking on. Musashi was not built to train under a form since being formless and fluid was his greatest strength against fixed forms of the opponents. However, he lacked caution and emotional control which is probably why traveling with the monk Takuan is going to make him who he turned out to be,... The samurai saint of the village Miyamoto. One is incomplete without the other.
March 28, 2016
First thing this is beautiful!!!
So the old guy from last time was the master but he is now retired and Miyamoto fight with the second generation master Inshun. A full volume battle and it was great, though I was rooting for Miyamoto but deep down I know he need to lose; he fights like a beast and need to be grounded... beside the amazing artwork there was a couple of dialogues that were just great!
Very good volume; with one of the greatest fights in manga!
So the old guy from last time was the master but he is now retired and Miyamoto fight with the second generation master Inshun. A full volume battle and it was great, though I was rooting for Miyamoto but deep down I know he need to lose; he fights like a beast and need to be grounded... beside the amazing artwork there was a couple of dialogues that were just great!
Very good volume; with one of the greatest fights in manga!
July 1, 2021
Basically one long fight with no resolution.
Virtually no story. Good art.
Enjoyable to a point.
Virtually no story. Good art.
Enjoyable to a point.
October 13, 2025
Intense et avec des dessins sublimes. Les différents styles graphiques transmettent à la fois la puissance, la vitesse, la peur, la pression et tant d'autres.
February 21, 2020
Tenemos que casi todo el tomo es pura acción. La manera en la que el maestro Inoue narra el combate es bastante dinámica, entretenida y me pareció original. Intercala el combate con reflexiones filosóficas y psicológicas sobre el miedo y sobre morir. Al mismo tiempo explora las naturalezas de los dos personajes y los compara y los contrasta de la misma manera.
El esperado combate entre Inshun y Miyamoto llega y es trepidante. Al mismo tiempo tenemos algunas lecciones y preguntas que le hace el viejo monje a Miyamoto antes de la pelea.
El tomo está cargado de acción y quizá mi único cuestionamiento sobre esto es por qué pasar tanto tiempo con este combate. La trama a largo plano me parece muy simple, Miyamoto quiere ser una leyenda, busca ser alguien fuerte y poderoso. Pero no tenemos información, y con una meta tan vaga, es complicado que la historia a largo plazo me emocione. Estas escenas de combate me emocionan evidentemente pero no va a poder sostener mi atención con el duelo de Inshun por más tomos y me va a tener que dar una meta más clara a largo plazo.
El esperado combate entre Inshun y Miyamoto llega y es trepidante. Al mismo tiempo tenemos algunas lecciones y preguntas que le hace el viejo monje a Miyamoto antes de la pelea.
El tomo está cargado de acción y quizá mi único cuestionamiento sobre esto es por qué pasar tanto tiempo con este combate. La trama a largo plano me parece muy simple, Miyamoto quiere ser una leyenda, busca ser alguien fuerte y poderoso. Pero no tenemos información, y con una meta tan vaga, es complicado que la historia a largo plazo me emocione. Estas escenas de combate me emocionan evidentemente pero no va a poder sostener mi atención con el duelo de Inshun por más tomos y me va a tener que dar una meta más clara a largo plazo.
December 13, 2020
De este tomo apenas hay nada que decir, simplemente: BUUUUUUUUAAAAAAH.
Básicamente un uno contra uno entre Musashi e Inshun de principio a fin. Donde cada paso, ataque y movimiento cuenta, con una lucha psicológica entre voluntades tan importante como lo meramente físico, aspecto en el que cada página, composición y viñeta es lo mejor que podría ser. El espíritu indomable, orgulloso e inexperto de Musashi, contra la templanza y técnica maestra de Inshun.
El final hace que saltes del sofá estrellándote contra el suelo por las prisas de coger el siguiente tomo, porque lo vas a necesitar con ansiedad.
El mejor tomo hasta la fecha, con un nivel visual y artístico perfecto en toda la extensión de la palabra, simplemente descomunal y sin parangón, cuya calidad y capacidad para enganchar es inversamente proporcional a lo que dura su lectura.
Que me inyecten en vena esta serie.
Básicamente un uno contra uno entre Musashi e Inshun de principio a fin. Donde cada paso, ataque y movimiento cuenta, con una lucha psicológica entre voluntades tan importante como lo meramente físico, aspecto en el que cada página, composición y viñeta es lo mejor que podría ser. El espíritu indomable, orgulloso e inexperto de Musashi, contra la templanza y técnica maestra de Inshun.
El final hace que saltes del sofá estrellándote contra el suelo por las prisas de coger el siguiente tomo, porque lo vas a necesitar con ansiedad.
El mejor tomo hasta la fecha, con un nivel visual y artístico perfecto en toda la extensión de la palabra, simplemente descomunal y sin parangón, cuya calidad y capacidad para enganchar es inversamente proporcional a lo que dura su lectura.
Que me inyecten en vena esta serie.
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