Miyamoto Musashi is a man destined to be revered as a sword-saint and one of Japan's most celebrated samurai. But Musashi wasn't always an enlightened warrior-philosopher--for the path to greatness is filled with adversity and perilous danger. In this volume Musashi seeks out Shishido Baiken, a master of the deadly sickle and chain. Will Musashi's sword be able to stand true against this most unusual of weapons?
Esse volume vai dos cap 108 ao 117 e continua a jornada do Musashi enquanto ele tenta ganhar de diversos oponentes para conseguir se tornar invencível sob o sol e aqui começamos o arco Shishido Baiken que é conhecido por ser um mestre da corrente de foice e eu gostei desse início de arco que mostra não só por onde o Musashi anda mas também onde estão outros personagens como a Otsu e o aprendiz do Musashi que estão se aproximando dele bem como também outros personagens desprezíveis como Matahachi que continua fazendo merda e sua mãe Obaba cria do cão que não aprende a lição mesmo kkkkk mas foi um bom volume e estou doido para ver o próximo para ver a luta do Musashi.
Powerful. Every time I start to think that Matahachi cannot possibly get ANY shittier he goes and proves me WRONG. How??? Why??? Is that his hidden talent? It’s unbelievable. Uncle Gon is an MVP, hands down. What a man. Tsujikaze is finally BACK, cooler than ever. That chain&sickle of his is a beast of a weapon. But. Where did that huge scar on his face come from? And who the hell is that creepy girl he lives with? Otsu is still my pure, beautiful, precious baby. Jotaro is a bro. Musashi got his pretty face wrecked once again.😩PLEASE. CAN YOU NOT Speaking of pretty, 12 volumes into the series THAT GLORIOUS ARTWORK keeps blowing me away. Not sure it’s possible but I think it’s actually getting even better? 10/10
Reunion is the theme of this volume, with Musashi meeting an old rival and Otsu saving Granny Honinden from drowning. The sad part about it though is that Matahachi's bad decisions has come to collect and it cost his family its most likable member and I'm not talking about Matahachi or Granny.
In case I've not said it enough, the art is a joy to behold. I particularly enjoy the landscapes. There's watercolored pages in it too.
Matahachi is my least favourite character. Every time I say to myself "no this time he's gonna redeem himself". But no, every single time he disappoints me and does something stupid which hurts the people around him. Baiken is so cool though.
By volume 12, it is clear that through much hardship, Musashi has finally completed climbing a hill. However, a mountain still lies ahead in the distance, a reminder that his journey is far from over—each step, a climb toward greater trials yet to come.
Me encanta el comienzo y la reflexión de Musashi de que se puede alcanzar una cima, pero siempre van a haber cimas más altas, Inoue lo narra muy bien, sin necesidad de demasiada cháchara, mostrando, no contando y esa es una de las cosas que más me gustan de el.
Por otro lado, Matahachi se hunde cada vez más por su propia miseria, es un personaje muy desagradable, ¿Cuan sorete se puede ser? Seguro que todavía un poco más.
El final me dejó helado, porque no recordaba ese giro.. es un muy buen giro.
I'd be honest , coming back to Vagabond after 2 weeks had me forget where the story was , but thankfully as i read on i caught up fairly quickly . The book gave a ample share of it's pages to Matahachi's journey and i keep thinking that he is a real vile person , and i really dont see how his character can grow . Meanwhile another strong opponent , but this time the opponent is a forgotten element from Takezo's past .
As story as progressed I have gotten accustomed to the art style and the violence , and while the art isn't the best i have ever seen , it is still a spectacle and the violence often is limited to less than 10 panels but they leave a lasting impression .
Sometimes it feels like the story is somewhat repetitive and stagnant, however at no times this results in me feeling dull . It's tense it's exciting and in the end it always keeps me hungry for the future installment
نمیدونین چی و کجا،بالاخره یکجا کرکتر هایی که باهاشون آشنایی دارید و قبلا دیدینشون دوباره به داستان اضافه میشوند.جایی که اصلا انتظار ندارین( اصلا نتونستم حدس بزنم)
The title of this volume is “Restart”, I think. In the previous volume, Musashi couldn’t beat Yagyu and recognized his weakness again, so he keeps looking for master of sword and fighting to become strong as he can beat someone like Yagyu. His training continues.
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Un tomo profundamente reflexivo en todos los sentidos, en el que el excelente personaje que es Musashi alcanza nuevas capas de profundidad y niveles de madurez y, con él, eleva toda la obra todavía más.
Es increíble como ese chaval de 17 años del primer tomo se ha convertido en este rônin, en este adulto con mentalidad por momentos de filósofo, de espíritu inquebrantable, capaz de llevar su esfuerzo físico al máximo, impulsado por su tremenda voluntad. Su progresiva evolución es tan natural que a veces ni siquiera te das cuenta de todo lo que ha avanzado, pero es en escenas como la de la escalada de la montaña, donde está obra alcanza su cenit y un nuevo nivel. Absolutamente maravilloso.
El tomito termina de redondearse con la trama de Matahachi, que llega a uno de los grandes puntos de inflexión, y es que, al haber trazado un camino contrario al de Musashi, al volverse un ser en cierta medida una persona sin escrúpulos, sin honor, sin dignidad, sin decencia, construido en base a mentiras, cobardía de la peor calaña... y también pura humanidad, finalmente ocurre lo inevitable, la vida se lo hace pagar provocando un daño colateral irreparable que le toca personalmente y que le hará sufrir. Al mismo tiempo, su camino se encuentra de nuevo en este con el de Musashi y el propio Matahachi constata que en este punto, ambos son como el día y la noche, siendo él un charco comparado con el océano en el que se ha convertido Musashi. Sin duda alguna, esta es la trama que más seguirá dando de qué hablar a lo largo de la serie que avanza en varios frentes...
Por último, Musashi llega a la zona en la que está el nuevo rival que se ha marcado a batir, tras una temporada de viaje y superación, y antes de ir de nuevo a la capital en primavera para retomar su duelo con los Yoshioka: el famoso y sanguinario Baiken Shishido, que vive solo en una solitaria zona boscosa... aunque le pilla completamente desprevenido a quien resulta encontrarse allí.
Otro tomo tremendo como es la costumbre y lo normal en 'Vagabond', en el que sólo sigue quedando más y más claro la tremenda obra maestra que es este manga de guion adaptado y dibujo del dios entre mortales Takehiko Inoue. Una serie que de tener todos los tomos, los devoraría en menos de una semana y eso estando ocupado, y de la que necesito YA los siguientes porque no me aguanto las ganas y necesito continuarla para que mi vida vuelva a tener sentido.
Así de exageradamente bueno me está resultando este manga, un imprescindible de los gordos.
piola la boleadora ponja. interesante volver a ver personajes del principio!! el universo es complejo, esa montaña parece infinita y todos los personajes tienen aptitudes y crecimiento 👍
''¿Todo lo que quiero es un título vacío? ¿Acaso lo único que quiero es un título vacío? No... Entonces, ¿por qué deseo ser el mejor de todos?''
Musashi, tras su curso en el territorio de los Yagyu, llega a las tierras de Ise para confrontar a ese famoso Baiken Shishido. Durante su tortuoso viaje, lo único que ha estado presente ha sido la violencia y la confrontación. Decenas de samuráis querían batir en duelo contra el ya famoso Miyamoto Musashi. Entonces tras todos estos combates, Musashi se queda confundido, nublado. Entonces decide hacer algo que puede parecer una tontería, pero guarda una profundidad simbólica: escalar una montaña.
Cada paso es pesado, cada roca es un obstáculo, es la búsqueda de un sentido, el esfuerzo de poder alcanzar la cima y con ello la verdad definitiva. Para Musashi está en la comprensión del camino de la espada. En el sentido camusiano, Musashi sube con la esperanza de hallar ''algo'' en la cima, pero lo que encuentra no es una respuesta definitiva, sino solo otro camino de su viaje. El valor no está en la cima, está en el acto de escalar, en la confrontación constante con su vacío, en hallar la verdadera grandeza de su viaje. Musashi aprende que la cima alcanzada no es una conclusión, sino otro comienzo.
Matahachi sigue con los enfrentamientos, no contra los espadachines que le acusan de farsante o indigno, sino contra sus mentiras, contra el miedo constante de mostrar a las personas que le importan como es en realidad. Aquí aparece la figura de su tío Gon, sale en su defensa y sale muy mal parado, ya moribundo nos muestra una verdad que para Matahachi siempre estuvo oculta: a pesar de sus innumerables fallas o fracasos, tanto el como su madre siempre aceptarán a Matahachi como es, y el amor que le profesan siempre servirá de guía para hacer de Matahachi el hombre que siempre soñó ser. No aquel hombre ignorante nublado por esa fama irreal, sino un cabeza de familia orgulloso de la aldea Miyamoto.
Musashi en búsqueda de el guerrero renombrado Baiken, se topa con una anciana, esta le da de comer y le advierte que busca a un fantasma. Tras este encuentro, Musashi se topa con una casa, donde encuentra, a ese genio de la Kusarigama. Allí junto a una chica, el hombre le crea una sorpresa a Musashi, es Kohei Tsujikaze.
Comienza un encuentro donde no se baten solo dos hombres, se alzan dos hombres que dejaron una identidad detrás. Dos hombres que en otro tiempo compartieron un ideal, un estilo de vida, pero ahora se presentan con dos rostros totalmente cambiados. Miyamoto Musashi que deja a Takezo Shimen atrás y Baiken Shishido que entierra a Kohei Tsujikaze. Un duelo donde se cruza el eco de lo que fueron y la contradicción que buscan ser. ¿Puede un hombre escapar de la sombra de un nombre?
A pretty allegorical volume, which is perhaps not a quality I'd usually find appealing, but somehow it doesn't irk me in this case. The mountain-climbing bit was fairly simplistic and predictable in terms of its metaphorical value, and yet I don't mind, it's good enough.
Similarly, I'm not wholly convinced with the plot, i.e. how all main characters' paths "accidently" lead to the same place at the same time. And how they all seem to go through their transformative points in life simultaneously. But the story has reached an interesting phase nonetheless, and I can enjoy that development even if it's accomplished in a not particularly sophisticated way.
I was gripped with the dark, solemn ambience of this volume and its slightly oneiric vibe. It also felt good to see Musashi being able to laugh at himself, my man's really progressing.
The highlight of the volume were the pages of silent, endearing interactions between the Baiken dude and the mysterious warrior gal. I loved it, that's the good shit: pieces of information and meaning being revealed through simple interactions and imagery, not through characters spraffing their words of wisdom. Overall, I think Vagabond is excessively verbal and somewhat unimaginative in terms of storytelling, but that Baiken sequence gives me hope.
The art just continues to be haunting. You just find yourself zooming in on the drawings from time to time, to appreciate the details of the leaves, the rocks, the blades of grass.
At this point I find myself developing a sort of affection for this manga, even though I don't think it's really that much of a masterpiece as people extol to be.
8/10 Matachi’s uncle and the other person traveling with them gets decimated by a guy who finds out matachi is not the samurai he claims to be and he’s a fraud and he uses the fake kojuro name. Matachi runs away and let’s his companions get murdered until the murderer sees the chain and sickle and decides to face him, he gets destroyed in a instant and the chain and sickle fighter tells matachi to clean the bodies. He cleans the bodies and then sees takezo coming, he runs off again. He isn’t ready to face him. Then, takezo is weak and hungry and asks a person in the area if they can spare food. She informs him that the master of chain and sickle is dead, now a “ghost” roams around. After takezo runs into him, turns out he is the assassin who tried to cut takezo from a tree when the monk was punishing him and tried to kill him, but he changed. He doesn’t use a sword, he uses the chain and sickle. He gives permission to show takezo the way of the chain and sickle but he makes it known he doesn’t intend to kill him. He shows him how he fights and uses it and admits he learned it from the real chain and sickle master and points to the little girl that also uses the chain and sickle. Turns out she was the original masters daughter and she taught him the way of chain and sickle as well.
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honestly, the best way this could've ended (I refer here to the 12th 3 in 1 edition published by VIZ) was learning that the manga went on hiatus right as Musashi went to the local lord to ask for help with a famine in the village where he has spent the past 500 pages farming. This is a slow book, a sad book, a grueling book - 2oo or so of the pages involve watching people gradually starve to death in a town with only one functional rice paddy, selfishly preserved by some Silas Marner-esque figure perceived to be (but only perceived to be; he has a good heart) miser - and to me, the artist manque, is there any finer way to end than right there, not quite in the middle of a thing but certainly not at its end, with a "bang finish" between Kojiro and Musashi denied us? Certainly that's the case with Miura's Berserk, which honestly "ended" with the betrayal of Guts (everything thereafter, everything currently being done post-Miura, is just dreamlike epilogue, like the "new game plus" at the end of something like Dragon Quest XI). And isn't that all so much better? I would have to say so.
I was wondering what had happened to Tsujikaze. So, he adpoted a daughter (i do think adopted) and learned the style of chain and sickle from her.
Matahachi you never fail to disappoint and disgust me. The girl you were looking at was a child maybe of 8-10 years old, please try to keep it in your pants.
Uncle Gon was good and he died. The granny should have had died in his stead. No one would have minded then.
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