Read Vagabond Manga Online

Read Vagabond Manga Online

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Vagabond Review:

10/10 for everything? Damn, I sound like I’m really easy to please. That isn’t case (I think), but I’m usually open minded. Enough about that, though. Allow me to pour my heart out for the legend of Miyamoto Musashi beautifully illustrated in Inoue Takehiko’s best work yet: Vagabond.

AS ALWAYS: May contain spoilers idk.

Of course I came here from Slam Dunk otherwise the name “Inoue Takehiko” would’ve remainded a mystery. Am I slightly ashamed for not knowing someone as great and talented as him? No…yeah.

Reading chapter 1 was a trip and a half for me. I wasn’t interested in the story 100%, but I was extremely attracted to the enigma that is Shinmen Takezo. An attractive boy with a wild attitude and a lust for killing? That’s what messed up dreams are made of. Matahachi on the other hand…nah.

I remember struggling to finish chapter 8 as I thought Oko and Akemi were main characters. I was totally not okay having a super sexy prostitute lust after Takezo, but I also wanted to see Takezo get it on. What do I really want in my life? Anyway… I finished chapter 8 and suddenly I was on chapter 45. I’m pretty sure Inoue Takehiko put some sort of spell in this manga that puts the reader in a temporary trance. I can vaguely remember my mouth hanging open through most of it and not swallowing my spit until it leaked out of my mouth. As unattractive as that sounds, it’s a natural response!

Vagabond is simply the work of an angel. The artwork is extremely detailed and there were many close ups of Takezo that looked almost real. The character development (or under development in Matahachi’s case) was pleasing to witness as Takezo has many chances to learn something new and he takes each and every one.

Though he is quite rude and unruly in the beginning, it is his same dare devil attitude that allows him to meet and fight very skilled swordsmen who leave him with another bit of knowledge to aid him in his quest of becoming the most skilled swordsman. Like…Takuan! I knew from the very moment Takuan was introduced that he would be a big help to our wild monkey Takezo.

Like Slam Dunk, I must admit some fight scenes dragged on a little longer than they needed to and while I enjoyed Sasaki Kojiro’s arc, I was also desperate for it to end! Kojiro is another enigma within the Vagabond universe, but I must continue to express my love for Takezo. Sorry, Kojiro.

Kojiro: A-waah.

I have quite a few chapters to go and the manga is still ongoing, but I know for a fact that my opinion won’t change. In fact, I feel like the upcoming chapters I’m going to read will only strengthen what I’ve already mentioned above! I read reviews of Vagabond before actually reading the manga and some of them were negative which is why I should mention that despite reading my review, it is highly possible that you may not like Vagabond.

Why? Well we all have our own preferences, of course! Anyone who doesn’t like Vagabond should probably be avoided, though. Check the negative reviews and make a mental note to ignore these people if you’re unlucky enough to encounter them in your daily lives.

The legacy of expert swordsman Miyamoto Musashi lives on through Takehiko’s Vagabond and will hopefully awaken the dormant fighting spirit we all have inside of us.

#1 manga? You bet.

hanamichi

About Vagabond

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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