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バガボンド [Vagabond] #24
Vagabond, Volume 24
Eisner-award nominated creator Takehiko Inoue’s critically acclaimed take on the life of Miyamoto Mushashi. Transcends the potential of what manga can be.
Striving for enlightenment by way of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi is prepared to cut down anyone who stands in his way. Vagabond is an action-packed portrayal of the life and times of the quintessential warrior-philosopher--the most celebrated samurai of all time!
On the eve of his duel with the leader of the great Yoshioka School, Musashi takes a step back to reflect upon his past in order to acquire a higher level of understanding and awareness. However, a chance encounter with deaf-mute swordsman Sasaki Kojiro provides an impromptu preview of what will become the greatest duel in the annals of Japanese history.
Striving for enlightenment by way of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi is prepared to cut down anyone who stands in his way. Vagabond is an action-packed portrayal of the life and times of the quintessential warrior-philosopher--the most celebrated samurai of all time!
On the eve of his duel with the leader of the great Yoshioka School, Musashi takes a step back to reflect upon his past in order to acquire a higher level of understanding and awareness. However, a chance encounter with deaf-mute swordsman Sasaki Kojiro provides an impromptu preview of what will become the greatest duel in the annals of Japanese history.
208 pages, Paperback
First published October 23, 2006
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Takehiko Inoue
316 books1,554 followersTakehiko Inoue (井上雄彦) is a Japanese manga artist, best known for Slam Dunk and Vagabond.
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August 22, 2019
BEST. VAGABOND. VOLUME. EVER.
MY BOYS. THAT CHEMISTRY.
Since WHEN does Sasaki Kojiro give grannies piggyback rides and playfully pinches people’s cheeks??? 😩 I’m not talking about The granny, although she makes an appearance here as well, for one reason only: to witness her ‘mortal enemy’ getting killed. No one is surprised. Otsu and the monk are there too, btw!
WHEN did Musashi get so wise and self aware?
WHY WAS THAT PLAY FIGHT INVOLVING TWIGS AND A SNOWMAN SO CUTE???
I SWEAR, if either of them diES—-no, I can’t.
All I want right now is for Musashi and Kojiro to become BFFs and be GOATs together.
MY BOYS. THAT CHEMISTRY.
Since WHEN does Sasaki Kojiro give grannies piggyback rides and playfully pinches people’s cheeks??? 😩 I’m not talking about The granny, although she makes an appearance here as well, for one reason only: to witness her ‘mortal enemy’ getting killed. No one is surprised. Otsu and the monk are there too, btw!
WHEN did Musashi get so wise and self aware?
WHY WAS THAT PLAY FIGHT INVOLVING TWIGS AND A SNOWMAN SO CUTE???
I SWEAR, if either of them diES—-no, I can’t.
All I want right now is for Musashi and Kojiro to become BFFs and be GOATs together.
August 2, 2022
The interaction between Musashi and Kojiro was so heartwarming, I want more.
August 18, 2020
The duel begins, and all the buildup is about to be paid off - yet I find that the highlight of this volume was the meeting, at last, between Musashi and Kojiro.
I mean, they did kind of meet once years ago, but I doubt either one would remember.
I mean, they did kind of meet once years ago, but I doubt either one would remember.
April 15, 2024
Vagabond Volume 24
Esse volume vai dos cap 207 ao 215 e finalmente mostra o encontro entre Myamoto Musashi e Sasaki Kojiro e puta que pariu por mais que não tenha tido a luta deles ainda só deles se encontrarem e um passar a entender o outro já foi insano eles usando o galho pra desfazer o boneco de neve e depois usando o galho um no outro e depois o Musashi pensando que se fosse um duelo de verdade os dois estariam feridos mdsssss isso foi só um gostinho do que está por vir não vejo a hora deles lutarem de verdade porque com certeza vai ser um dos ápices da obra.
Esse volume vai dos cap 207 ao 215 e finalmente mostra o encontro entre Myamoto Musashi e Sasaki Kojiro e puta que pariu por mais que não tenha tido a luta deles ainda só deles se encontrarem e um passar a entender o outro já foi insano eles usando o galho pra desfazer o boneco de neve e depois usando o galho um no outro e depois o Musashi pensando que se fosse um duelo de verdade os dois estariam feridos mdsssss isso foi só um gostinho do que está por vir não vejo a hora deles lutarem de verdade porque com certeza vai ser um dos ápices da obra.
October 2, 2015
The story crawls as it approaches the duel between Musashi and Densichiro. It allow for some insightful moments for both Musashi and Kojiro. Now, that is a fight worth looking forward to.
April 26, 2022
Lol, I'm so sorry, I freaking laughed when Takezo advanced without holding a sword! The freaked-out face of Den was so hilarious I could die—and then I realized it was no laughing matter. It was a change in Takezo's character. You don’t need a sword to fight, or rather, a sword does not make oneself a samurai; it is enlightenment within. And Takezo finally achieved that lightness when back then, a sword is a cross for him to bear. He's become one with everything, and that's what this volume's all about. A chance encounter with Kojiro at the old man's manor made Takezo realize what he's been lacking ever since until he put everything in place. This is one hell of a volume.
By the way, that encounter with Kojiro, them playing symbolically on a snowy ground slashing a snowman is everything I could ask for! I mean, they aren’t enemies (fictionally, Vagabond-ly) and they aren’t friends—but that scene was freaking wholesome all I could do is smile and cry.
By the way, that encounter with Kojiro, them playing symbolically on a snowy ground slashing a snowman is everything I could ask for! I mean, they aren’t enemies (fictionally, Vagabond-ly) and they aren’t friends—but that scene was freaking wholesome all I could do is smile and cry.
March 21, 2021
Finalmente si sono incontrati! 😍
Altro volume stupendo...
Altro volume stupendo...
September 17, 2021
Denshichiro has no chance! Musashi was so inside his thoughts that he forgot to draw his sword lol what.
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September 14, 2025“I don't need a teacher. I'll open my eyes up to everything on this mountain. My ears to every sound. My nose. My skin. I'll become one with the mountain. My soul will become one with the mountain.”
[Chapter #207-#215]
[Chapter #207-#215]
September 24, 2024
The long awaited battle with denshiro is looming , but before that Musashi has to come back to his roots and learn the ways to be one with his surroundings , he can do so with the help of his nemesis Kojiro
It was filled with anticipation and neat art work with some awesome throwback moments , it was everything i have come to love of this series
It was filled with anticipation and neat art work with some awesome throwback moments , it was everything i have come to love of this series
August 4, 2021
kojiro y musashi juntos 😳😳😳
December 19, 2022
كانت الفصول حلوة و مضحكة بسبب لقاء الاتنين 😭😭😭😭😭صدقًا لو كانوا أصدقاء اههخهخهخ
July 7, 2023
Musashi and Kojiro's interactions were so heart warming.
I really don't want either of them to die
I really don't want either of them to die
July 14, 2022
Finally, Musashi and Kojiro meeting each other was fantastic. Seeing these two genius eating together was special.
September 20, 2025
''Mi corazón se volverá uno con la montaña y entonces... mi katana me lo enseñará... todo es lo mismo... los árboles, el viento, el agua, yo... todos son uno.''
A un día del combate tan esperado, Musashi tiene recuerdos muy lejanos, pensamientos que le llevan de vuelta a su niñez y a la soledad de la montaña: el hallazgo del cadáver de un guerrero y su espada. Entonces Musashi entró en un estado irreal, un momento donde solo estuvo él acompañado de la espada, donde descubrió lo que llamó ''la verdad''.
''Los árboles, el viento, el agua, yo... todos son uno.''
Musashi experimenta la no separación entre él y el mundo que le rodea, esta intuición profundamente sintoísta y budista, nos muestra que Musashi en ese momento rozó la no-dualidad, donde no hay separación entre el sujeto y el objeto. El recuerdo de aquella ''verdad'' se refuerza cuando contempló la figura de Sasaki Kojiro. Con una increíble naturalidad, corta un muñeco de nieve con una simple rama. Este gesto que puede parecer simple pero surrealista, sacude a Musashi. Allí no hay violencia: solo cabida para la armonía. El hombre frente a él, no lucha contra su espada, ni la usa como un instrumento aparte de sí mismo: su espada es una extensión de su propio ser.
Musashi testigo de esa escena, se pregunta; ''¿En que punto me he desviado del camino?'' No fue la figura de Munisai Shinmen, ni el odio de los aldeanos de la aldea Miyamoto, ni el abandono de su madre. Fue él mismo. Su ambición desmedida, su obsesión con la fuerza, lo arrastraron a esa lucha constante. Kojiro, sin decir una palabra, se convierte en un maestro involuntario, indirectamente le muestra a Musashi su espada: aquella ''verdad'' que Musashi había rozado de niño, el camino hacia la unidad.
En la víspera al duelo, ambos miden sus almas en un simple cruce de ramas. Un juego es suficiente para demostrar que sus espadas están destinadas a encontrarse una y otra vez. Mientras en el dojo Yoshioka, Denshichiro practica con furia y rompe la roca donde entrenaban su padre y su hermano. Entonces transforma la desconfianza de sus discípulos en esperanza, lo que no sabe que este acto es un presagio de la caída de los Yoshioka...
El día del duelo llega. Camino al encuentro, Musashi es interceptado por Ueda, que incluso apunta con una pistola para detenerlo. Está dispuesto a todo con tal de salvar a su señor. Le advierte: si mata a Denshichiro, todos los discípulos de Yoshioka buscarán venganza, alargando esa cadena de sangre. Musashi continua, y frente a frente con Denshichiro, su superioridad se vuelve palpable. Por un instante roza aquella ''verdad'' y sin darse cuenta, lanza un ataque a su rival con la mano desnuda.
El combate avanza, cuyo desenlace parece favorecer a Musashi, pero... ¿logrará esa totalidad con su espada? ¿Musashi se librará de esta espiral de una vez por todas? Si entiende aquella ''verdad''... ¿sabrá entonces donde reside la fuerza?
A un día del combate tan esperado, Musashi tiene recuerdos muy lejanos, pensamientos que le llevan de vuelta a su niñez y a la soledad de la montaña: el hallazgo del cadáver de un guerrero y su espada. Entonces Musashi entró en un estado irreal, un momento donde solo estuvo él acompañado de la espada, donde descubrió lo que llamó ''la verdad''.
''Los árboles, el viento, el agua, yo... todos son uno.''
Musashi experimenta la no separación entre él y el mundo que le rodea, esta intuición profundamente sintoísta y budista, nos muestra que Musashi en ese momento rozó la no-dualidad, donde no hay separación entre el sujeto y el objeto. El recuerdo de aquella ''verdad'' se refuerza cuando contempló la figura de Sasaki Kojiro. Con una increíble naturalidad, corta un muñeco de nieve con una simple rama. Este gesto que puede parecer simple pero surrealista, sacude a Musashi. Allí no hay violencia: solo cabida para la armonía. El hombre frente a él, no lucha contra su espada, ni la usa como un instrumento aparte de sí mismo: su espada es una extensión de su propio ser.
Musashi testigo de esa escena, se pregunta; ''¿En que punto me he desviado del camino?'' No fue la figura de Munisai Shinmen, ni el odio de los aldeanos de la aldea Miyamoto, ni el abandono de su madre. Fue él mismo. Su ambición desmedida, su obsesión con la fuerza, lo arrastraron a esa lucha constante. Kojiro, sin decir una palabra, se convierte en un maestro involuntario, indirectamente le muestra a Musashi su espada: aquella ''verdad'' que Musashi había rozado de niño, el camino hacia la unidad.
En la víspera al duelo, ambos miden sus almas en un simple cruce de ramas. Un juego es suficiente para demostrar que sus espadas están destinadas a encontrarse una y otra vez. Mientras en el dojo Yoshioka, Denshichiro practica con furia y rompe la roca donde entrenaban su padre y su hermano. Entonces transforma la desconfianza de sus discípulos en esperanza, lo que no sabe que este acto es un presagio de la caída de los Yoshioka...
El día del duelo llega. Camino al encuentro, Musashi es interceptado por Ueda, que incluso apunta con una pistola para detenerlo. Está dispuesto a todo con tal de salvar a su señor. Le advierte: si mata a Denshichiro, todos los discípulos de Yoshioka buscarán venganza, alargando esa cadena de sangre. Musashi continua, y frente a frente con Denshichiro, su superioridad se vuelve palpable. Por un instante roza aquella ''verdad'' y sin darse cuenta, lanza un ataque a su rival con la mano desnuda.
El combate avanza, cuyo desenlace parece favorecer a Musashi, pero... ¿logrará esa totalidad con su espada? ¿Musashi se librará de esta espiral de una vez por todas? Si entiende aquella ''verdad''... ¿sabrá entonces donde reside la fuerza?
May 15, 2024
lol, adorable cutie-patooties frolicking in the snow xD
Matahachi's pathetic ass is finally getting properly whopped, and yet it doesn't bring much relief or Schadenfreude. Is there a Matahachi redemption arc coming next, following his current ordeal? Honestly, I hope not, it wouldn't be particularly interesting.
The whole "reconnecting with your inner child" thing was imo a bit too therapy-coded, if you know what I mean. It's like transposing a concept from the field of psychology straight into a basic literary representation. It's made a little too obvious what kind of therapeutic practice was an inspiration for those chapters. Especially when Musashi apologised to his younger self - it sounds like exactly something that a therapist could recommend you to do. Even though it's all represented in the manga quite nicely, it's a bit boring when literature becomes a therapy session.
Or maybe I'm bitching too much, I still enjoyed this volume a lot.
Matahachi's pathetic ass is finally getting properly whopped, and yet it doesn't bring much relief or Schadenfreude. Is there a Matahachi redemption arc coming next, following his current ordeal? Honestly, I hope not, it wouldn't be particularly interesting.
The whole "reconnecting with your inner child" thing was imo a bit too therapy-coded, if you know what I mean. It's like transposing a concept from the field of psychology straight into a basic literary representation. It's made a little too obvious what kind of therapeutic practice was an inspiration for those chapters. Especially when Musashi apologised to his younger self - it sounds like exactly something that a therapist could recommend you to do. Even though it's all represented in the manga quite nicely, it's a bit boring when literature becomes a therapy session.
Or maybe I'm bitching too much, I still enjoyed this volume a lot.
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January 17, 2021
Vagabond at some of its best, and the fight didn't get as easily resolved as one had thought from the very beginning. The unbalance is still there, but it's the layers both fighters have acquired that somehow resonate through their attacks that stand out here. And of course, finally Kojiro and Mushashi meet and it couldn't have been a better encounter. Better than that dumb cameo Musashi had in one of the previous volumes (what happened to Kojiro's pals after the fight, while we're at it? Are they gone for good? That's good to me, but an incredible waste if that's the case.)
Anyway, yeah, one of my favourite ones so far. The hype for what comes next is unreal.
Anyway, yeah, one of my favourite ones so far. The hype for what comes next is unreal.
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February 23, 2020
Este tomo es todo lo que está bien.. Musashi y Kojiro juntos en la nieve es una escena increíble, en unos pocos capítulos se puede ver como es cada uno. Quizá sea porque Musashi está demasiado enfocado en su duelo con Denshichiro, pero los dos entienden que no es aún el momento para un enfrentamiento, y todo tiene un tinte muy amistoso.
Como si eso fuera poco, también llega el día del duelo con Denshichiro, y Ueda toma una decisión muy arriesgada.
Como si eso fuera poco, también llega el día del duelo con Denshichiro, y Ueda toma una decisión muy arriesgada.
February 4, 2024
لحظات لعب موساشي وساسكي سوا وتعلم موساشي منه وازاي بيغيظوا في بعض بظرف وفي النهاية ساسكي يلاعب خدوده علامة إنه حبه
لحظات حنان الست العجوزة الأمومي عليهم الاتنين وهما محرومين من الأم وردود فعلهم المختلفة موساشي بشكرها والامتنان ليها وساسكي باللعب معاها
إدراك موساشي طريق التطور الحقيقي وإنه ظلم نفسه وأنكر ذاته لفترة طويلة
كل الأشياء اللي تبدو بسيطة دي هي ما تجعل هذه المانجا ماستربيس بالنسبة لي
لحظات حنان الست العجوزة الأمومي عليهم الاتنين وهما محرومين من الأم وردود فعلهم المختلفة موساشي بشكرها والامتنان ليها وساسكي باللعب معاها
إدراك موساشي طريق التطور الحقيقي وإنه ظلم نفسه وأنكر ذاته لفترة طويلة
كل الأشياء اللي تبدو بسيطة دي هي ما تجعل هذه المانجا ماستربيس بالنسبة لي
September 24, 2024
Musashi and Kojiro finally meat as they play in the snow! It's great to see them interact and get a chance to meet outside of a duel, especially for Musashi's benefit as he clearly has something to learn here. But then we get the start of the Denshichiro match and it's pretty hilarious, I'm excited to see how this actually plays out.
March 23, 2021
That official meeting between Musashi and Kojiro was 👌👌👌 uff. It's so beautiful how the mangaka manages to convey so much feeling with such little words. Musashi and Kojiro don't talk but communicate through swordplay. Can't wait for the moment they duel each other. Its gonna give me goosebumps.
November 20, 2023
El reencuentro de musashi y kojiro no podía haber sido mejor. En otra vida seguro que fueron los mejores amigos. Musashi dándose cuenta de que fue él mismo el causante de tantas sombras de su pasado... es increíble su evolución
November 11, 2025
The battle between Takezo and Denshiciro starts . I hope Takezo will kill him with a Kojiro’s movement against the snow balls . The story is going so fast , I have all the volumes and in the last days I have read a lot . Hope after this arc there will be a more introspective arc
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December 18, 2018
Os traços e o que unem dois personagens nessa edição, eu acho que é a minha favorita até então.
August 29, 2019
Really awesome samurai manga!! Lots of awesome fights, love the story and art 😻😻⛩⚔️😁❤️❤️
November 21, 2020
Kojiro and Musashi’s interaction is adorable.
Musashi thinking profoundly on how to fight Denshichiro, his self-talk and self-awareness... just great character development.
Musashi thinking profoundly on how to fight Denshichiro, his self-talk and self-awareness... just great character development.
May 15, 2022
when will matahachi die 😐, looking forward
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