vagabond

 

manga 

First published in 1998, the epic samurai manga series "Vagabond" is a series drawn from award-winning Takehiko Inoue after the popular manga series "Slam Dunk". The manga is based on the 1935 Japanese classic Musashi Eiji Yoshikawa, the widely circulated novel by the 17th century swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. But the writer did not content himself with a narration as the only and final reference to his story, adding subplots to the original story.

Musashi is a ruthless fighter striving to achieve spiritual enlightenment, and a search for wisdom - perhaps the book emphasizes action. Takehiko Inoue's manga's drawings are classified as violent, but violence is only one aspect of this dark series. Following Musashi's path from solitary beast to saint and wise hermit, Takehiko Inoue as Musashi reaches the heart of the legendary monk. A look through the historical background of that period in feudal Japan is thoroughly explored through The Journey of a Vagabond Samurai.

The Vagabond manga has sold more than 80 million copies worldwide and has been translated into many languages. She has a very large fan base. Unfortunately, the series is currently on hiatus after Takehiko Inoue stated that he had been tired of manga for years, but promised to return when he felt "inspired." The manga ranked fourth on myanimelist.

story

    In 16th century Japan, Shinmon Takezou is a wild and abnormal young man, both in his appearance and his actions. The contestants were feared by the people of his village, which led him and his friend Matahashi Honda to flee the village in search of something greater than country life. The two join Toyotomi's army and yearn for glory--but when the Toyotomi is crushed by the Tokugawas at the Battle of Sekigahara, the friends struggle to survive.

    After being separated, Shinmen returns home on a mission to inform the Hounds of Mathachis' survival. Instead, he finds himself a wanted criminal from his village and, due to his violent history, is responsible for his friend's alleged murder. He is tied to the top of a tree after his capture, but itinerant monk Suho Takuan, who sympathizes with the "demon child" as the villagers call him, secretly frees Xinmin and brings him back under a new name to avoid persecution by him. the authorities.

Takehiko Inoue

    Born in Isa Town, Kagoshima Prefecture, Takehiko Inoue has loved drawing since he was a child. During elementary and middle school, Inoue joined the Kendo and Basketball club as a junior and became the team captain in his third year at Oguchi High School, Kagoshima Prefecture. Takehiko Inoue took summer courses at an art preparatory school and planned to attend an art university, but those schools were too expensive, so he ended up Ending up at Kumamoto University near his hometown. . 1] His contribution to Weekly Shonen Jump caught the attention of editor Taizo Nakamura, and when he was twenty years old, Takehiko Inoue dropped out of university and moved to Tokyo to practice as a Japanese manga artist.

    The most famous of the sword fighters, the "Saint of the Sword" Muziyama, his rise from a sword fighter with only one desire to be "invincible under the sky" to a more mysterious fighter who seeks meaning.