Vagabond

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Japanese: バガボンド

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 37

Chapters: 327

Status: On Hiatus

Published: Sep 3, 1998 to May 21, 2015

Genres: Action, Adventure, Award Winning

Themes: Historical, Samurai

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Morning

Authors: Inoue, Takehiko (Story & Art), Yoshikawa, Eiji (Story)

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Score: 9.25¹ (scored by 147,913 users)

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Ranked: #3²

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Popularity: #14

Members: 390,793

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9.25

Ranked #3Popularity #14Members 390,793

MangaMorningInoue, Takehiko (Story & Art), Yoshikawa, Eiji (Story)

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In 16th-century Japan, Shinmen Takezou is a wild, rough young man, in both his appearance and his actions. His aggressive nature has won him the collective reproach and fear of his village, leading him and his best friend, Matahachi Honiden, to run away in search of something grander than provincial life. The pair enlist in the Toyotomi army, yearning for glory—but when the Toyotomi suffer a crushing defeat at the hands of the Tokugawa Clan at the Battle of Sekigahara, the friends barely make it out alive.

After the two are separated, Shinmen returns home on a self-appointed mission to notify the Hon'iden family of Matahachi's survival. He instead finds himself a wanted criminal, framed for his friend's supposed murder based on his history of violence. Upon being captured, he is strung up on a tree and left to die. An itinerant monk, the distinguished Takuan Soho, takes pity on the "devil child," secretly freeing Shinmen and christening him with a new name to avoid pursuit by the authorities: Musashi Miyamoto.

Vagabond is the fictitious retelling of the life of one of Japan's most renowned swordsmen, the "Sword Saint" Musashi Miyamoto—his rise from a swordsman with no desire other than to become "Invincible Under the Heavens" to an enlightened warrior who slowly learns of the importance of close friends, self-reflection, and life itself.

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In 2000, Vagabond won the Japan Media Arts Festival Manga Grand Prize and the 24th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category. The series won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2002 and has had over 82 million copies sold worldwide.

Vagabond has been published in English by VIZ Media under the VIZ Signature imprint since April 5, 2002, and in large 3-in-1 omnibuses under the VIZBIG imprint since September 16, 2008. The English release got Takehiko Inoue a nomination for the Eisner Award in the Best Writer/Artist category in 2003. It also has been published in Brazilian Portuguese by Panini Comics/Planet Manga since February 2016.

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Miyamoto, Musashi

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Sasaki, Kojirou

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Honiden, Matahachi

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Takuan, Soho

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Otsuu

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Inshun

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Kanemaki, Jisai

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Shishido, Baiken

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Itou, Ittousai

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Yoshioka, Seijuurou

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Jun 18, 2024

frannster

Recommended

Preliminary (327/327 eps)

life-changing piece of work
i cannot believe this was drawn and written by a real person
inoue is one of the most talented people to ever live, i hope to explore his other manga
it has an excellent story, excellent development, excellent characters, dynamics, etc.
everything under the sun about it is perfect, it is wildly consistent and never drags
everybody should read this
that's enough if you've been putting it off don't be like me and start as soon as possible (make sure to read the exhibition chapter which was written as an ending in case it never does end)

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Dec 1, 2022

charoset

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (327/327 eps)

Vagabond is a strange case. It's hard to suggest a manga when I think the first third is mostly average despite the beautiful art. It sounds like a big commitment to say the first 90 chapters have little going on, but it's a fast read at the start, and I would almost recommend for some people to skip to 128 where it changes gears completely. But I got what I wanted out of the last third, one of those amazing philosophical deep dives into why someone is the way they are, though despite what most say, I really do think the start feels very superfluous.

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Jun 17, 2020

YaAAbu

Not Recommended

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Preliminary (327/327 eps)

disappointing manga
the end is not good , actually there are no end
the story was too simple and events are really few but he mange to write more than 300 chapter
maybe because of that scenes that take the whole page with few word , the repeating memories over and over , the art wasn't bad actually it is good but i am not the one who read 300 chapters with poor ideas for just "the art is good"
the story itself isn't bad if he present it in 50-100 chapter but all thing about money so let's waste much time for ...

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