Vagabond, volumen 8

バガボンド [Vagabond] #8

by Takehiko Inoue, Agustín Gómez Sanz (traducción y notas)

Edición en castellano, tomo 8.

Chapter Titles
Chapter 069. "Life II" (命二)
Chapter 070. "Life III" (命三)
Chapter 071. "Inshun" (胤舜)
Chapter 072. "Shinnosuke" (慎之介)
Chapter 073. "Playing in the Sand" (砂遊び)
Chapter 074. "Sudden Storm" (驟雨)
Chapter 075. "Survivors" (生還)
Chapter 076. "Don't Put Your Life on the Line" (命を奪い合うことなく)
Chapter 077. "They Call Me Sensei" (先生と呼ばれて)
Chapter 078. "Ascending Dragon" (昇り竜)

Genres: Manga, Comics, Seinen, Historical Fiction, Graphic Novels, Comics Manga, Japan

180 pages, Paperback

First published October 23, 2000

About the author

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

Reviews

[Maria · Rating 5 out of 5]

MY. FUCKING. HEART.
I’m in love. What a powerful conclusion to the fight of legend. I felt goosebumps while reading this volume. You’ve no idea how important that cover is to me. 😩💔
Inshun’s backstory was unexpectedly tragic and moving. And that amazing character growth! I almost cried. 😪
And yeah, master In’ei is the GOAT. End of story.

Meanwhile, Granny’s still at it. 👀🔍🔪🔥 You better watch out, kids!

[Nicolo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Musashi and Inshun's epic second battle concludes in an unexpected way.

Inoue is killing it with his linework. His storytelling here is definitely stronger than when he started with Slam Dunk and it's a joy to read.

[Keiko, the manga enthusiast ♒︎ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gawd, I've had nothing but hate and disgust for Matahachi (and his Mom!!) since the beginning. Now, that we've established that, I give up any hopes for future brotherhood.

[Monsour · Rating 5 out of 5]

The rematch of the century ends on the stalemate, BUT DAMN THAT WAS GOOD.

Also Musashi got an upgrade after that boss fight

[ekari · Rating 4 out of 5]

it'd be great if matahachi didnt lie in every sentence that came out of his mouth

[Henrique · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vagabond Volume 8


Esse volume vai dos cap 69 ao 78 e termina o arco da escola de Horizon e cara que volume sensacional mostrando tanto a evolução do Musashi como a evolução do Ishun e por falar no Ishun achei o passado dele bem pesado nossa coitado 😭😭😭 e no final ele olhando pro Musashi e falando da próxima vez que nos encontrarmos vamos tentar não matar um ao outro isso foi demais 🥺 espero que ele volte a aparecer no futuro e agora bora pro próximo arco tô curioso pra ver pra onde o Musashi vai agora.

[Ostrava · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh man, this manga is as good as it gets. Mushashi's smile to Inshun hits like a truck.

[catita (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.) · Rating 5 out of 5]

"It's good that you survived, Shinnosuke. You are not alone"

[Whitney (The Cover Collector) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Granny is best girl.

[Zara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inshun’s story is heartbreaking.

[Katherine (Kat) · Rating 5 out of 5]

TW : rape
In anything I read and this comes up, it’s always very triggering for me as it reminds me of things I wish I could forget forever.
Otherwise, a very solid and emotional volume.

[Dhia Nouioui · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the conclusion of the fight between Musashi and Inshun and I'm glad Inshun is alive. But it will be so satisfying when Matahachi end up dead, at least I hope he does...

[ki]

“I can see through you, Inshun. Come. A battle of life and death. This time your life's on the line.”

“You had the desire to become stronger but did you have any other emotions? You were unapproachable, people stopped trying to be your friend. You became the heir of Hozoin. You became increasingly stronger. But you also became increasingly isolated. But I still admire your strength, even now. I'm still trying to get closer to your greatness. I don't know what you might think of this, but I still consider you my friend.”

“My guilt. My weakness. I wanted to become invincible so that I could cover them up and bury them. I covered myself up, with nothing to offer anyone. I was all alone.”

“So many things in this world cannot be expressed with words. Some things can not be explained. They must be experienced.”

“Musashi. Let's meet again. Next time, let's try not to kill each other.”

[Chapter #69-#78]

[Himanshu Karmacharya · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume brings about the conclusion of the fight between Musashi and Inshun.

I must confess, that it was indeed a very powerful end to a battle of strength, determination and willpower.

As a reader, I can vividly experience the changes occurring within Musashi, which goes on to show just how amazing an author Takehiko Inoue is.

[Sydneroo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating: 7.14/ 10.00 | 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

[Rawan Omer · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.8⭐
The fight I have been anticipating finally happened! And I loved it! My only problem was that it ended so quickly!
I wanted an entire volume in that fight!

Inshun's past is so sad! I was SHOCKED!
And do please proceed with caution, the entire manga might be triggering for some, it is about swordsmans, so naturally there is fighting and blood and death and worse...

Miyamoto Musashi is my absolute favourite!
Sasaka Kojiro...... He maned up ok, but will he be a match for Musashi?
I guess we'll find out!

[Soso · Rating 5 out of 5]

I only want to see Matahachi and his mother die ! I can't see them anymore, they're impossible.

Inshun's story was really moving. He becomes one of my favorite characters, I was so scared he was dead.

Musashi remains the man of my life, I can't wait to see him be over the moon alongside Otsu.

[Heaven Yassine · Rating 4 out of 5]

La suite et la fin du combat Musashi x Inshun.

[Matty Dub · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing amazing amazing!!!

[richa ⋆.˚★ · Rating 5 out of 5]

5⚔️

[Pardis Ahmadi · Rating 5 out of 5]

YES BABE!!!

[Kota · Rating 5 out of 5]

The combat that Musashi and Inshun did has done. As a result, Musashi won but it was the best fight for each other so far.

[Turpinpower · Rating 4 out of 5]

Con unos fondos boscosos que fácilmente son los mejor dibujados que haya visto en la vida, con un flashback perfectamente integrado en el combate que nos explica el triste pasado de Inshun y con ello el lado débil e inmaduro de su espíritu, y con un final de batalla ejemplar y totalmente a la atura de las expectativas creadas, el arco de Inshun y el Templo Hozoin cierra de la forma más satisfactoria posible.

Épica, lágrimas, enseñanzas, felicidad... todo tipo de sentimientos se desbordan de estas páginas y te atraviesan por completo.

La guinda del pastel la pondrá la trama de Matahachi, o mejor dicho, Kojiro Sasaki, que avanza mucho y nos deja entrever a dónde efectivamente se dirige este personaje y su destino como el reverso y la otra cara de la moneda de Musashi.

Habrá que seguir leyendo para ver adonde llega cada uno a través del camino que la vida les ha asignado en base a sus propias decisiones, aquellas que tomamos de forma directa o indirecta y que sin que nos demos cuenta, forman lo que será nuestra vida y la van marcando, en ocasiones, para siempre.

[Somnium · Rating 5 out of 5]

So many things in this world cannot be expressed with words. Some things cannot be explained. They must be experienced. - Master In'ei

Here we are on a crazy ride! Mortal combat has finally begun. But the roles are reversed. Musashi can 'see' his opponent's moves. He can see right through him! Inshun isn't his usual self, because he's putting his life on the line for a first time in his life. Everything is different for him now. And that's the one of the advantage Musashi had over him.

Musashi repeated so many times that he is finally free and can 'see', that I started to imagine him as Tommy (from the film of the same name by The Who which I really don't like). Yes, Tommy who run through the field and sing "I'm free, I can see". Yup, that's what was in my head for a moment there. 😂 But then The Beast has shown again his true bloodthirsty face as a reality check and I'm back to the show.

I will try to be serious now, because this volume is actually very sad. I like Inshun a lot. He's just a kid and a good one. His early childhood wasn't easy and nice, but with Master In'ei's guidance he grew up into a nice, skillful, strong, yet naive young man. But we'll see that his strength turned out to be a problem, because admiration of his friends turned into fear which lead him to isolation. To be the heir of Hozoin temple is a a little bit much for a young boy. He's maybe the most skillful one there, but he's still a teenager without social and emotional skills who doesn't know anything about a real world. Yes, he knows nothing (as Jon Snow)!

And then there's remorse and doubt in the demon child Musashi and in the old Master In'ei. In the former as a part of his emotional growth and conscience, and in the latter as a part of the review of his fleeting life. The weight of all those feelings you can see and sense from the way that panels are drawn - very dark and heavy.

Master In'ei gave Musashi a gift to appear a bit more civilized. The Beast got his first daisho! But a gift wouldn't be a gift without In'ei's famous pickles! 😂

Oh, and that last bow!!! Respect.

P.S. Matahachi really doesn't deserve to be in this volume!!!

[Annchan Maulana · Rating 3 out of 5]

its for adult because this book is much of blood and complicated character. this series is tell about Tokunaga-era Japan, a new government that has just taken power and the land. A young man sets out on a journey seeking spriritual enlightement by way of the soword, prepared to slay anyone who gets in his way.... but sometime with empty brain and brutality way >.<

[Ciro Manno · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stupendo, il miglior volume fin ora anche se spero di ricredermi in futuro.
Una degna conclusione a ciò che succede nel volume precedente. Intriso di emozioni, scritto e disegnato magnificamente. Se leggete i manga o i fumetti in generale dovete leggere vagabond.

[Alok · Rating 4 out of 5]

"You're a master swordsman, and yet you still train so hard? You're so great that even your son in Edo is teaching swordsmanship to the shogun."
"There is no limit to technique. There is always room for improvement."

[Aalyaa · Rating 5 out of 5]

"أنا لست وحيدا"
قالها أنشون وهو يبكي
القصة دي جميلة جميلة وملهمة وأتمنى نار شغفهم ومثابرتهم تتنقل لي

[Hugo Barahona · Rating 5 out of 5]

''Musashi, encontrémonos de nuevo, pero la próxima vez... sin tener que arriesgar nuestras vidas''

Inshun, cautivado por la grandeza y serenidad del nuevo hombre que tiene delante, arroja su lanza primero hacia su adversario. Pero esa lanza que era una extensión de su fuerza y del talento puro, ahora presenta dudas. Frente a el no está el mismo Miyamoto Musashi, sino alguien que ha mirado de frente a la muerte y, en lugar de quebrarse para siempre, ha descubierto el valor incalculable de su vida. Entonces ocurre la reflexión que ha marcado su vida, como el trascurso de la obra. ¿Dónde está su fuerza? ¿En el duelo a muerte contra un rival igual? ¿Bajo ese contexto desarrollará una fuerza perfecta? Intercambian un golpe y entonces Musashi vence a Inshun y le deja moribundo. Es aquí cuando Musashi suelta ese ser salvaje y bullicioso que escondía en su interior y volvimos ver a un Musashi sin control, donde a pesar de haber asestado el golpe definitivo, no se siente ganador. Allí en el letárgico silencio tras el duelo, es cuando Inshun empieza a ver, allí va a enfrentar a unas heridas que no tienen curación. Va a volver a enfrentar su pasado.

Durante los años de su niñez, Inshun no era Inshun. Era Shinosuke, un niño con una pureza indómita en el que no quería presenciar la violencia en los entrenamientos de su padre Mitsuda con Inei Hozoin. La lanza no le interesaba, a pesar de la insistencia de su padre con heredarla junto a su casa. Pero aquel equilibrio se quebró de forma brutal: un hombre mató a su padre y violó a su madre. Desde ese fatídico día, Shinosuke se ocultó tras su lanza y detrás de una nueva identidad: Inshun Hozoin. Su lanza se convirtió en un muro para contener su debilidad y culpa, buscando en un combate a muerte la ilusión de sobrepasar ese trauma que tanta carga le hace. Así nació Inshun, no como guerrero, sino como un niño que se encondía de sí mismo, donde muestra un paralelismo con Musashi brutal.

Tras presenciar esto, Inshun comprende algo que siempre había negado: su verdadera fuerza nunca estuvo en la lanza ni en la sangre derramado, sino en los vínculos que, aunque intentó ignorar, lo sostuvieron todo este tiempo. La amistad con Agon y los compañeros del templo, la ternura y el amor que le entregó Inei, su maestro... todo aquello lo libraba de la oscuridad que traía la soledad. Allí en ese despertar, Inshun al fin comprendió la última y más valiosa enseñanza que intentó darle su maestro: su fuerza es que nunca estará solo.

Musashi despierta después del duelo y sigue vivo un día más, entonces es hora de que retome su viaje, agradece al viejo Inei todo lo que ha hecho por el, y se va de Nara con una verdad innegable: Inshun es algo más que un rival a batir, para el es un amigo, un lazo que lo conecta con algo más humano que la gloria del combate.

De vuelta a Osaka, en otro rincón del camino, Matahachi aparece. Frente a su madre, cargado de vergüenza, deudas morales y tras la sombra de la fama que se está labrando Musashi, se sigue ocultando en Sasaki Kojiro. Bajo esta máscara, se erige una armadura de mentiras contra el peso de haber mancillado el nombre de su familia y haber traicionado a sus dos amigos de la infancia.

Y aquí, tras el choque de sus destinos, Musashi junto a Jotaro, parten a la tierra de los Yagyu en busca de respuestas, donde la obra nos devuelve la pregunta que atraviesa todo el camino del protagonista: ¿Dónde reside la fuerza en Miyamoto Musashi? Para Inshun ha sido clara: su verdadera fuerza no estaba en la lanza ni en el combate, estaba en los vínculos que lo salvaban de la soledad. Musashi en cambio, todavía camina en la otra orilla. Pero esta pregunta, repetida en cada duelo, pensamiento y paso lo acerca la esencia de lo que debe ser... su fuerza.

[Brendon A · Rating 4 out of 5]

8/10 after a head to head battle with inshun, musashi gains the upper hand and is on the brink of ending inshuns life. He hears Inshun’s voice after “he lost and died” telling him that he wants to live. So mushashi didn’t get to hit his fatal blow and win the mortal Kombat. Inshun learned that he didn’t win because he lost himself and never knew who he was. He really was a kid the master trained after something very tragic. Shinnosuke (Inshun) was at the masters house when he went back to his mom, a samurai or ronin asked shinnosukes mom for food, then when she gave everything she had to him. He followed them and raped shinnosukes mother as he was beat up next to her after trying to defend her. The father came mid act and was killed along with his mother. The master came over and found everyone basically dead in their own blood except shinnosuke. He took the child in and soon after shinnosuke started playing with a spear instead of toys and as a preteen he began the best spear man in the whole village. He was also renamed Inshun after the accident by the master to help him forgot the pain he went through and who originally was. After the fight, Inshun and Mushashi are both taken in to heal up by Adon and the master. The master falls ill but powers through, he tells mushashi that he saw the blood thirsty monster when he was about to land the fatal blow on Inshun and he saw that Musashi still hasn’t learned, he is still a blood thirsty monster. He gives Mushashi new clothes and tells him to continue his travels and grow stronger and wiser. Inshun wakes up, gives up his sword/spear and tells the master he finally knows who he wants to be. And continues to run the hoizon clan and stops being intimidating and closing himself off. He tells mushashi he wants to meet again one day and maybe not fight for once. Sasaki Koujiro aka Matachi but stole the name of a refined samurai and pretends to be him, is using his name to stay at inn’s for free and he acts like he can’t find a fighter up to his prestige. A fighter comes along and challenges him, he tricks them and runs off when he is faced by an older woman who recognizes him as matachi. Turns out to be his mother, he gives her the run down of his life so far and lies and says he goes by a new name because he brought too much shame to his old one. He wanted a new start. He also vows to take down musashi miyamoto (his bestie takezo) after finding out he ran off with the girl he was suppose to marry (he didn’t even want her himself). I think it’s just a ploy to act like “Sasaki” is the strongest and can take down any swordsman, but in reality he has no real skill.