Vagabond, Volume 16

バガボンド [Vagabond] #16

by Takehiko Inoue

「強い」とはどういうことか……。
六十余戦無敗だった男「宮本武蔵」を、井上雄彦が圧倒的画力で描く超話題作！

Genres: Manga, Comics, Seinen, Historical Fiction, Comics Manga, Action, Historical

200 pages, Paperback

First published February 21, 2003

About the author

Takehiko Inoue (井上雄彦) is a Japanese manga artist, best known for Slam Dunk and Vagabond.

Reviews

[Nicolo · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lot of blood, this volume is unkind to limbs it seem.

As I said, this manga doesn't waste a character. Jisai Sensei's best disciple, Ito Yagoro returns to visit his old master and though Jisai's defeat at his hands lead to the master's depression, Ito isn't a bad guy at all. He has semblance of being a likable character.

The art really rules in this series but the writing is no slouch.

[Henrique · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vagabond Volume 16


Esse volume vai dos cap 144 ao 150 e tenho que me retratar pois na resenha do volume passado falei que o arco do Kojiro tinha acabado mais continuo nesse e ainda não acabou kkkkkk mas fiquei até feliz que continuou esse arco contando a vida do Kojiro que etim personagem que eu achei muito interessante que agora na sua adolescência quer que seu pai adotivo o ensinei a usar a espada a todo custo e seu pai não quer ensinar por temer que ele vai se perder nesse caminho só conhecendo isso eu achei esse volume ótimo principalmente pelas reflexões que ele faz e incrível ver a profundidade que o autor consegue passar na obra pelo simples fato de um personagem querer aprender a usar uma espada e outro não querendo que isso aconteça é muito interessante de ver as reflexões desse volume espero que conforme a história vá avançando que o protagonista Musashi que deseja se tornar invencível sob o sol tenha essas reflexões pois séria um acréscimo do incrível pra ele mas enfim outro ótimo volume de Vagabond.

[Maria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well. That was inevitable. Look, Jisai. You couldn’t keep this tiger in a cage forever. Stop lying to yourself.

[Dhia Nouioui · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kojiro feels almost real as a character, because you know him from his first years of life, more than Musashi actually. I wonder what Inoue plans to do with Musashi then, because as a character he's being overtaken by Kojiro.

[Kota · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kojiro kept training himself without purpose but he found something like a pleasure for cutting man down. This volume is about his beginning of the art of martial.

[IAN · Rating 5 out of 5]

این خط داستانی فوق‌العادس‌. هیچکدوم از کرکترا از دست نمیرن. کار هنرمند هم بی‌نظیره

[ki]

“If you set out on the way of the sword, you're destined to die unless you're strong.”

“You must try to be one with the earth.”

“Master, if you are the man on top, then what have I to look forward to after I defeat you? When I think that this game will soon come to an end, I feel terribly lonely.”

[Chapter #144-#150]

[richa ⋆.˚★ · Rating 5 out of 5]

5⚔️

[Samar · Rating 5 out of 5]

جدا فخورة بتينكين، و بالطريق اللي اختارها، اتجنب التهور وواضح انه اتقبل واقعه، تقريبا 😄،
كوجيرو يجري في عروقه دم السيافة النقي، مو مهم لأي مدى تحاول فيها ابعاده وعدد المرات اللي ترفض فيها تدريبه اوجيسان، انت مو أقوى من القدر

5

[Susᥫᩣ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kojiro is cold

[Nehemiah Bekele · Rating 5 out of 5]

I rlly want to write how i feel about this volume, but i just don't know how, it was just phenomenal, it's amazing once art like this becomes normalised when your reading it, n then it just blows u away even more than u ever expected

[Arman Keshavarzi · Rating 4 out of 5]

دروغ چرا داستان ساساکی رو حتی از خود موساشی هم بیشتر دوست داشتم.

[Ana Laura Iñiguez · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5ish. I can’t seem to get to like any character in this arc.

[Juho Pohjalainen · Rating 5 out of 5]

We're hitting a new stride now. I never disliked Musashi, exactly, but I find this particular storyline a good deal more compelling. I hope it'll last even after we're done here.

[Alexito · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kojiro es mi padre

[Dr Rashmit Mishra · Rating 4 out of 5]

We continue with Kojiro as we see him have his first full fledged kill . We learn what makes him tick and how he has refined his natural talents of swords manship .

Arguably it still is one of the finest book , however i question whether or not we are actually stuck in the story . It's not moving anywhere

[ryo narasaki · Rating 5 out of 5]

story-telling, character design, layout, mood, art, everything is excellent.

[Valdir S · Rating 5 out of 5]

The plot kinda slowed down a bit, but it was needed.

[Pablo González Rubio · Rating 5 out of 5]

It explains some combat techniques for some situations. There’s also shown the relationship between a master and their disciples.
Finally, Kojiro reveals himself as an excellent kenjutsu-ka.

[Hugo Barahona · Rating 4 out of 5]

''¡Kojiro tu camino no es por ahí! ¡No vayas! El hombre enloquece por la espada...''

Jisai vuelve a abrir una pequeña academia de la espada para los habitantes del pueblo, como un intento para reconciliarse con su pasado. Sin embargo, mantiene firme su negativa de enseñar a Kojiro. Los días vuelan, las estaciones pasan, y aquel niño crece. Con 17 años, Kojiro insiste una y otra vez al hombre que lo ha cuidado como un padre, donde le ruega a través de su propia espada que le muestre ''el camino de la espada''. Jisai no cede: para un niño sordo la espada solo le traerá ruina, miseria y muerte. El mundo es un lugar despiadado y la espada no tiene lugar para alguien como Sasaki Kojiro. La guerra se aproxima. Soldados recorren los pueblos en busca de jóvenes para engrosar sus filas. Tenki, compañero de Kojiro, sueña con alistarse con él. Dos niños, cegados por una percepción errónea de la espada, donde persiguen esa ilusión infantil llamada fama. ¿A qué dos jóvenes nos recuerdan...?

En ese mismo tiempo, Ito Ittosai, el mejor alumno de Jisai regresa a la aldea. Va a ver a Kojiro y a su maestro y en esa confrontación revela la verdad que Jisai ha dedicado su nueva vida a repremir: en el interior de Kojiro duerme una bestia, un tigre indómito que no puede ocultarse eternamente, Kojiro posee un talento aterrador. Para Jisai, Kojiro es un hijo al que proteger; para Ittosai, es un espectáculo que desea presenciar desplegarse en su esplendor.

Una noche en la playa, Kojiro entrena en soledad, observado de cerca por Ittosai. Entonces aparecen cinco espadachines persiguiendo al todopoderoso Ito Ittosai. Entre ellos destacan Denshichiro, el hijo menor de Yoshioka, el joven orgulloso y destinado a soportar la herencia de su familia, y Ueda, su fiel aprendiz. Para Ittosai, la espada no es una disciplina o un camino hacia algo más grande: es un juego entre depredadores. Y así, propone que los hombres se midan a Kojiro.

Lo que allí se despliega no es un duelo, se trata de una demostración de ese animal encerrado de Kojiro. Alguien que no ve en el adversario un rival a batir ni un ser humano: solo un mero obstáculo que debe abatir, un instinto puro que busca romper su cautiverio. Esa frialdad, ese vacío emocional, es la prueba de que la bestia late en su interior, su propio potencial.

Sasaki Kojiro, el niño que Jisai Kamenaki crio con el amor que nunca imaginó sentir, se acerca inevitablemente a un sendero distinto al que su padre adoptivo soñó para él. El camino del rechazo y la renuncia de Jisai, se ve opacado por el de Kojiro, esa espada como existencia, como el único medio para expresar lo que siente. Y allí, como un eco del destino, aparece la espada de Ito Ittosai: la reencarnación de esa espada sin freno, esa bestia indomable que Kojiro parece destinado a seguir.
¿Se impondrá el amor de Jisai, ese amor que siente un padre hacia su hijo, salvar a Kojiro de ese destino?

[Turpinpower · Rating 5 out of 5]

Otro tomo más en el que continúa la vida de Kojiro.

Aquí veremos su transición de adolescente a adulto tanto física como mentalmente, pues aunque Jisai, ahora reconvertido en maestro tras ganarse el respeto del pueblo por lo ocurrido en el tomo anterior, podría entrenarlo y convertirlo en su mejor alumno con diferencia, decide no entrenarle durante todos esos años debido a la bestia que Kojiro oculta en su interior.

Sin embargo, cuando Yagoro Ito entra en escena, antiguo alumno de Jisai, el mejor que jamás tuvo, el cual lo superó y derrotó y quien ahora se hace llamar Itosai Itto (figura histórica famimosísima por ser el creador del estilo de combate Itto-ryu), verá el potencial oculto de su hermano de escuela Kojiro y sacará a la luz la bestia latente en su interior.

Para ello se valdrá de un grupo de samurais que viajan para ver el país y mejorar en su habilidad, aprovechando los tiempos convulsos que están viviendo justo antes de que estalle la guerra. Así, orquestado por Ito y bajo su supervisión, Kojiro tendrá sus primeros duelos uno contra a uno a muerte, en los que demostrará sus años de entrenamiento autodidacta y su habilidad innata para la batalla.

Y resulta que entre esos guerreros se encuentra... un joven Denshichiro Yoshioka.

Una vez más un tomo fantástico que deja unas ganas locas de seguir.

[47Time · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kojiro grows up into a strong young man. Jisai still refuses to teach him the sword to protect his life - both from dying in a fight and from ending up obsessed by the sword and brought down by it like Jisai himself. Ittosai visits again. He criticises Jisai for not training Kojiro, then attacks the young man to provoke him. Later he has Kojiro witness him fight several weaker swordsmen. Though surprised at first, Kojiro quickly regains his composure and attacks the men himself.

[Brendon A · Rating 4 out of 5]

7.5 My review for this volume ended up never uploading and I lost it forever RIP. Basically Kojiro trains with a stick everyday despite his adoptive father/master refusing to show him the way of the sword because his blood lust is too strong. Until he is faced by a group of swordsman during war times that try to antagonize Kojiro and make fun of him for using a stick. He basically showed them up by using his stick and then comes face to face with Denshichiro Yoshioka as he floats about being the second son to kempo Yoshioka.

[Brandon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jisai has spent so long trying to keep Kojiro from being a swordsman, only for a former pupil to come along and push Kojiro right into the fight. Some great art this volume, but then again when doesn't Inoue absolutely stun with his art? The shots of Kojiro, this calm deaf boy just waiting to strike out, and Ito having such overwhelming intimidation for how otherwise fun and silly he can be, are some of the standout moments.

[Ethan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vagabond volume 16 overall was a very excellent volume and I loved being able to get to know Kojiro much better and the origins surrounding him. The art and themes being displayed are so masterful and the manga is so perfect in its display of nature, emotion, and learning to be stronger. Very very good volume again.

[Gustavo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kojiro crece y Jisai se sigue negando a enseñarle a usar la espada, pero la llegada de Ito Ittosai, el discipulo principal de Jisai sirve como catalizador para que Kojiro finalmente tenga un enfrentamiento con espadas como la gente, y a partir de ahi todo cambia para todos.

[Kaustubh Dudhane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ito is back and just like Inoue's style, all characters have some part to play in this epic manga series. Moreover, I am starting to feel that Shojiro is overtaking Musashi as a character. Moreover, he also looks like a girl (but with a beast inside him.)

[Siddhant Bakshi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Sasaki Kojirō's story! This series just keeps getting better.
The way that Inoue portrays a deaf character's point of view in this medium is excellent.

Also - seeing so many characters from Musashi's part of the story finally cross paths with Kojirō was very satisfying.

[Heaven Yassine · Rating 3 out of 5]

OMG le massacre du tigre fou c'est gore !

[Kurtis Burkhardt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really awesome samurai manga!! Lots of awesome fights, love the story and art 😻😻⛩⚔️😁❤️❤️