Chapter 301 pictures and Morning #16 cover ^^
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Please spoiler tag these.
Hey, Mangastream picked this up, good decision. Mmm, Musashi, it's been too long.
It does feel good to have vagabond back. Hopefully inoue will finish it in this run.
I have never read Vagabond but as a fan of Slam Dunk, I guess I should read it.
Can anyone make a quick and spoilerless review ?
Miyamoto Musashi's life.
Awesome art and story.
My god, this is probably the one manga that I've read more than 5 times. It's good to have it back.
It was worth the wait.
Chapter 302 is here. Love Musashi being so simple and serene. While doing field work, lol.
Musashi meets a boy named Iori. Historically, Musashi's second adoptive son was named Iori. I wonder if they are going to travel to Kokura together? However, I don't know how the novel depicts these events.
Well the transformation from "shelter" to "power" certainly makes it seem like watching Musashi's excellent movements affected Iori in some way.
for those who buy the english volumes, VIZ has scheduled a few Vagabond releases for the last few months of the year:
last week I finished viz big vol 10….next one will take a while too wait, but I did wait a lot for 10, from 9
Vagabond #303 Raw Here: Juin Jutsu Team
Vagabond 303 out on Mangareader: http://www.mangareader.net/vagabond/303
Mangahere: http://www.mangahere.com/manga/vagabond/v33/c303/
If this kid isn't supposed to be Musashi's adoptive son Iori, I don't know anything anymore.
Yep, seems like it.
Thanks! Was waiting for this.
Vagabond #304 Raw Here: Juin Jutsu Team
Sorry for the false alarm but did people stop working on it ?
I mean the 304, 305 and 306 raw are out and it doesn't seems like there's any release.
Who have time with Vagabond when there's so many shoujo mangas out there!?!?!?
Sorry for the false alarm but did people stop working on it ?
I mean the 304, 305 and 306 raw are out and it doesn't seems like there's any release.
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The Nippon secret police is killing off all the non-official manga translators out there. Haven't you heard in the Hajime no Ippo thread, the same thing, the 2 translators are in the hospital, it seems.
Before MangaStream snatched the Vagabond scanlation, Nihil Sine Nefas were doing the ongoing chapters. Currently, MangaStream aren't doing so well, and so here we are with no steady releases. The fact that MangaStream target audience doesn't really take an interest in more complex comics doesn't help as well.
The series is almost over anyhow. There'll be scans of it eventually once the tankoubons come out.
Volume 34, the first one in like 2 years, comes out next month.
http://www.mangahere.com/manga/vagabond/v33/c304/ People have no idea I have waited for this chapter.
Mhm that chapter was half finished :/
Oh fuck yes. Hopefully more scanlations will keep popping up now. If only Inoue could pick up Real again, too.
I really like how Musashi's scars pile up. I don't even remember where he got like half of them, but it's a cool detail and shows careful attention.
Inoue in a short interview, his drawings are really beautiful
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2012/11/29/human-to-hero-takehiko-inoue-manga.cnn
HEY!
Does anybody know which chapter this panel is from?
http://www.batoto.net/read/_/159544/vagabond_v34_ch305_by_happyscans/1
Not the best scans ever but hey, someone gave it some attention atleast.
Reviving this thread because this manga is amazing and I want to see people discussing the amazingness of it. Also, re-reading the farming arc, I'm basically stumped on what the water is meant to symbolise, and the purpose of the water chapters. Earth too: after re-reading chapter 301 I was convinced the earth was the common existence without a greater purpose, in contrast to Musashi's previous life-style of aspiring to be higher than everyone else, and the arc was about Musashi letting go of his sword and planning to lead a normal life. But even so, this doesn't feel quite right.
Basically, anyone want to take a crack at analysing the purpose, symbolism, and character development of this arc?
Still farming so not much to talk about. Plus they're all struggling and starving at it. Just gotta wait now. This arc with the farming kinda leans on Musashi's patience, dilgence, and determination. It's like the farmland saga in Vinland saga except more stuff ended up happening there. In Vagabond, this is sorta like Musashi is still training and still hasn't reached that next level that will lead him to becoming a master swordsman. He's not willing to rest on just being a big name and thinking his current skills make him the best, he wants to push himself and take on challenges period whether it's farming as long as it makes him better. He's long given up certain goals he originally had and as that happens more we'll probably see that demonic spirit inner subconscious become more quiet or come out only in fights or evolve with Musashi.
! Finally the little "starvation arc" is over.
! Also funny to see that wild-looking appearance of Takuan
http://www.sendspace.com/file/u25oln
Musashi finally grew up 
and Takuan is surprised about it
The chapter is out!
This was a very nice chapter, not my favourite, but still a good way of wrapping up the arc. Some double pages like the one of Musashi bowing to the lord were pretty amazing, but apart from that, I do feel like the art was a bit rough, especially in some panels. I hope this is simply because of the quality of the scans, or the difficulty posed in cleaning it, because this is a problem I've only noticed in recent chapters. Great to see Takuan back too.
The next arc is the last, correct?
The chapter is out!
This was a very nice chapter, not my favourite, but still a good way of wrapping up the arc. Some double pages like the one of Musashi bowing to the lord were pretty amazing, but apart from that, I do feel like the art was a bit rough, especially in some panels. I hope this is simply because of the quality of the scans, or the difficulty posed in cleaning it, because this is a problem I've only noticed in recent chapters. Great to see Takuan back too.
The next arc is the last, correct?
That´s quite hard to say since it´s a rather loose adaption of the novel "Musashi". There are some things Inoue completely left out, some things he added himself and some things he simply changed (best example would be Kojiro himself).
That´s quite hard to say since it´s a rather loose adaption of the novel "Musashi". There are some things Inoue completely left out, some things he added himself and some things he simply changed (best example would be Kojiro himself).
I think I read that Kojirou wasn't deaf in the novel.
Have you read the novel? If so, if Inoue doesn't add an entirely new arc or switch around the timeframe, what events/arcs are between current time and the duel with Kojirou? (Put it in spoiler tags if you think necessary)
I think I read that Kojirou wasn't deaf in the novel.
Have you read the novel? If so, if Inoue doesn't add an entirely new arc or switch around the timeframe, what events/arcs are between current time and the duel with Kojirou? (Put it in spoiler tags if you think necessary)
Yep, Kojiro was not deaf, and he was more sadistic overall instead of his innocent and child-like behavior in the manga (for example he raped Akemi iirc).
Yes i read the novel, though it´s been a while. Iirc, a lot of things happen after Musashi leaves the village (he leaves by his own accord after succeeding btw). He goes to meet Yagyu Munenori, has a dispute with a carpenter´s guild because Osugi tricks them, then there are a lot of chapters about Otsu + Joutaru and Kojiro.
Yep, Kojiro was not deaf, and he was more sadistic overall instead of his innocent and child-like behavior in the manga (for example he raped Akemi iirc).
Yes i read the novel, though it´s been a while. Iirc, a lot of things happen after Musashi leaves the village (he leaves by his own accord after succeeding btw). He goes to meet Yagyu Munenori, has a dispute with a carpenter´s guild because Osugi tricks them, then there are a lot of chapters about Otsu + Joutaru and Kojiro.
So Kojirou was a villain in the novel? Or just a twisted protagonist?
I'm assuming Munenori is the son of Yagyu Sekishusai (it's been awhile since I've read the Yagyu arc), so that's something to look forward to.
That's quite a lot then. I heard that, before Inoue took a long hiatus a year or so ago, he said Vagabond was to end in a year, so I was expecting that after the starvation arc the manga would be nearing its close. This might still be the case, if he omits the events you listed, but even so.
So Kojirou was a villain in the novel? Or just a twisted protagonist?
I'm assuming Munenori is the son of Yagyu Sekishusai (it's been awhile since I've read the Yagyu arc), so that's something to look forward to.
That's quite a lot then. I heard that, before Inoue took a long hiatus a year or so ago, he said Vagabond was to end in a year, so I was expecting that after the starvation arc the manga would be nearing its close. This might still be the case, if he omits the events you listed, but even so.
Let´s say a twisted rival to Musashi who was also a bit different in the novel than in the manga, or rather the inner growth of Musashi from an aggressive kid who wants to prove his strength, especially because of his father to a full out martial artist and "sage" (did not find a better word) is much more highlighted in the manga than in the novel.
Yeah, Munenori is Sekishusai´s son who is much more involved in the politics at that time than his father and generally his relatives.
Well, the way things are going now, i think it could be possible that Inoue moves right to the famous duel.
Let´s say a twisted rival to Musashi who was also a bit different in the novel than in the manga, or rather the inner growth of Musashi from an aggressive kid who wants to prove his strength, especially because of his father to a full out martial artist and "sage" (did not find a better word) is much more highlighted in the manga than in the novel.
Yeah, Munenori is Sekishusai´s son who is much more involved in the politics at that time than his father and generally his relatives.
Well, the way things are going now, i think it could be possible that Inoue moves right to the famous duel.
You'd think a novel format would be more appropriate for showing character development. Instead of that, does the novel show Musashi go down a different path, or does it highlight other characters, or other features of him?
The way things are going now? Did Inoue miss out a lot of key scenes lately that brought you to that conclusion, or something else?
You'd think a novel format would be more appropriate for showing character development. Instead of that, does the novel show Musashi go down a different path, or does it highlight other characters, or other features of him?
The way things are going now? Did Inoue miss out a lot of key scenes lately that brought you to that conclusion, or something else?
Well, like i said, Musashi actually succeeded in farming and then met the retainer of the Hosokawa clan and declined his offer (there was no plead for help for food like the latest chapter), then moved on to the Yagyu residence, had a dispute with the carpenters and then reluctantly agreed to serve Hosokawa Tadatoshi and with that, to the duel against Kojiro who served Hosokawa Tadaoki. Furthermore, in the novel, he seemed a much more complete character most of the time and sometimes, outright different.
Well, like i said, Musashi actually succeeded in farming and then met the retainer of the Hosokawa clan and declined his offer (there was no plead for help for food like the latest chapter), then moved on to the Yagyu residence, had a dispute with the carpenters and then reluctantly agreed to serve Hosokawa Tadatoshi and with that, to the duel against Kojiro who served Hosokawa Tadaoki. Furthermore, in the novel, he seemed a much more complete character most of the time and sometimes, outright different.
Huh, that does imply that next arc is the duel. And I was really looking forward to seeing Munenori again too.
Thanks for all your help explaining this! I'll certainly read the novel in the future to be able to compare the two.
Huh, that does imply that next arc is the duel. And I was really looking forward to seeing Munenori again too.
Thanks for all your help explaining this! I'll certainly read the novel in the future to be able to compare the two.
Yeah, i am gonna reread it in the near future, so i am gonna correct if i said anything wrong
–- Update From New Post Merge ---
A video someone showed me just now, it´s really impressive
Raw is out.
[http://raw.senmanga.com/Vagabond/317/2
W](http://raw.senmanga.com/Vagabond/317/2)hat a beautiful second page.
this manga is getting so bored whats all this stuff about earth
i just want to see him travel around and fight again
I thought this was a pretty great chapter, but I have some concerns about Vagabond's art.
Here are some examples of Vagabond's art in this chapter: just normal pages, not the beautiful double page spreads.
http://www.batoto.net/read/_/184463/vagabond_v36_ch317_by_happyscans/3 http://www.batoto.net/read/_/184463/vagabond_v36_ch317_by_happyscans/5 http://www.batoto.net/read/_/184463/vagabond_v36_ch317_by_happyscans/12 [http://www.batoto.net/read/_/184463/vagabond_v36_ch317_by_happyscans/29
a](http://www.batoto.net/read//184463/vagabond_v36_ch317_by_happyscans/29)nd here are some examples from past chapters, around 100 chapters ago. Again, just ordinary pages.
http://www.batoto.net/read/_/60523/vagabond_v22_ch196_by_ko-scans/13 http://www.batoto.net/read/_/60516/vagabond_v22_ch191_by_ko-scans/8 http://www.batoto.net/read/_/60522/vagabond_v22_ch195_by_ko-scans/4 [http://www.batoto.net/read//60526/vagabond_v23_ch198_by_ko-scans/27
R](http://www.batoto.net/read/_/60526/vagabond_v23_ch198_by_ko-scans/27)ecently, the art looks a lot messier, and less detailed, and less (subtle?) than past chapters. I don't know, the lines seem more harshly drawn, and the variations in greys and blacks are either used less frequently, or less well. Faces seem less detailed too, and messier. All in all, art used to be a lot crisper and clean.
I don't know if this is to do with Inoue as an artist, or whoever scans and cleans these images. Hopefully it's the latter, because "messiness" is probably strongly influenced by that. Either way, I'm hoping someone here knows, or sees the same difference in art as I do, because I've seen no one else comment on it in any forum or website.
The chapter itself was, as I said, great though. it started off slow, and it feels like they're lingering too long on the village after Musashi already resolved to go to the castle, but the talk with Takuan at the end made up for it.
Inoue came back from a big hiatus to continue Vagabond.
Dude was sick, kinda understandable.
He was sick? Damn, I didn't know. I thought he stopped Vagabond for a while because he had lost passion in it.
I took a look at the Vagabond raws, and I noticed they actually look a bit less harsh and messy. The raw versions of the pages I posted:
http://raw.senmanga.com/Vagabond/317/3 http://raw.senmanga.com/Vagabond/317/5 http://raw.senmanga.com/Vagabond/317/12/ [http://raw.senmanga.com/Vagabond/317/29/
I](http://raw.senmanga.com/Vagabond/317/29/)'m not entirely sure what a scan cleaner is meant to do exactly, but I assume the difference between the raws and the actual scans is to do with what they do.
He was sick? Damn, I didn't know. I thought he stopped Vagabond for a while because he had lost passion in it.
Here's an interview of Inoue talking about all this. The interesting part begins at the ***
! Stopped in my tracks.
! There's less than a month left in the year. Time has flown by swiftly.
It's been a rather long time since I last saw you.
! First, let's talk about Real Vol. 10 which went on sale the other day.
It's been a little over 10 years since it started publication in 1999.
When I first started drawing it, I had intended for it to be able to be
read in full, but I never thought that it would continue for so long. That
being said, it's only at its tenth volume…
! I've already had a chance to read some of your reactions. Thank you.
! I haven't been in very good health the last half of the year and I have
gone through various changes so I've been treading somewhat of a tightrope.
! Through it all, I somehow managed to get the book out and I feel even more
strongly that I am glad I did after reading all your reactions. Thank you.
! And thank you for all your positive thoughts about the advertisement in
the Yumiuri Shinbun that appeared the some day. Our efforts were reward.
! To our readers, everyone who helped with research, everyone on team
Real... and also just everybody -- Thank You! I hope that we can also
enjoy the next year in a great way.
! * * *
! One of my goals at the beginning of the year was to wrap up Vagabond this
year.
! I don't know whether that well happen with less then a month left in the year.
! ... I may not have expressed that in the best way.
! I am very sorry that I have to disappoint everybody who had hoped to see
the ending that I had wanted to show everyone this year. I also feel a
sense of failure.. a sense of having lost the fight. With not being able
to meet a goal that I had set for myself this year.
! Well... trying to wrap up Vagabond this year was a "whip" for myself, and
also a "hunch". I'll leave the "hunch" for later and talk about the
"whip". I had tried to give myself some constraints in order to give
myself strengh. It was more effective than I thought. But it wasn't quite
the right thing to have.
! I got too focused on "finishing". I was looking too far forward into the
future. Of course, I did not realize that until now. But now that I've
allowed myself some space and have stopped in my tracks, I realize that is
what happened. A boxer in the 8th round who is worried about what punch
to finish off with in the 12th round is bound to lose before ever getting
to the 12th round.
! My health suffered this summer and I was not able to continue my publications.
Afterwards, I consulted with my editors and we decided to take a break for a while.
! I've gone through various examinations, but we haven't found a cause for
my condition, and so I stopped the magizine publications and reduced my
work load, and have slowly been getting better. Right now it's gotten to
the point where the symptoms only come out when I get too focused on
something.
! This may come across the wrong way, but if I had to say it, I'd say that
for me, the amount of physical and mental stress that comes from Vagabond
and Real are 10 to 7 respectively. Therefore I felt that since there was
only a little bit of work left work for the 10th volume of Real, I could
complete it.
! Now for the "hunch". I had a "hunch" that something internally was
changing in a big way, and so I wanted to bring the work to completion
before that happened.
! Now that I've stopped in my tracks, I feel that it may not have been a bad
thing for the change to happen in the middle of the series. I mean, the
work has always changed as it has continued.
! I wonder if that seems inconsistent. But that itself shows that it is
only temporary. I feel that even if it is your own work, letting things
go with the flow, trusting that there is a larger path then your own
consciousness will lead to a something better.
! I'm in the process of getting that feeling back again. Still in the process.
! I've mentioned that I am "stopped in my tracks" several times now. And
for Vagabond, it has completely stopped in its tracks.
! At the time, I could not suppress the thoughts that if I didn't finish
things right then, that it would come back to haunt me later... that I
had to do things right then... which really worried me.
! But after a while, I came to think that "It's not good to have to do
things right now".
! "Let's think that it is something I want to do."
! "And stop there."
! "Who are you trying to impress when you think that you have to do things
right now?"
! Of course, the readers are the reason for a manga's existencees and there
is no question that I have to impress them (and take responsibility for
it). That is the right thing to do. However, what is the limit of the
unbounded happiness inside the artist?
! "Are you focused on what makes you happy?"
! I've felt for some years that I have gone past the time where I could do
it just for the fun of it. That's a fact. I can't avoid having things
shroud the light of enjoyment at my center. I think that I just need to
deal with that and things will be fine.
! I have a responsibility, but if my manga were to be suddenly erased from
the earth, it wouldn't be that big a deal. Since it is something that we
can live without, and since it's not a profession I entered because
someone asked me to, I think that I need to create my work while feeling
happiness from within my center.
! As I was cleaning my desk, I discovered documents that were 5 years old
that had been left untouched for those 5 years. I started to enjoy the
act of wiping down the area under my chair. I wonder how much I had been
looking forward without looking at what was at my feet? I had felt this
several times before, but this time, the feeling was huge.
! I decided to share my current situation and what I'm feeling -- not
necessarily with the public -- but more for the Vagabond readers.
! I will let you know when we decide when and how things will start again.
! For now, it is still undetermined.
! I am grateful for your understanding. Thank you. INOUE TAKEHIKO
6 December 2010
! http://www.itplanning.co.jp/newse.html
I agree he's not quite back were he used to be, but then again he is one of the oldest still in active business. The job is pretty demanding, and most of his contemporaries are only doing one shots these days. Maybe he will never be back were he used to be. His works are still better then a lot of what the newer guys make. I'm still hopeing for a graceful end on this story and his career as a regular mangaka.
this manga is getting so bored whats all this stuff about earth
i just want to see him travel around and fight again
The historic Musashi was a character with a many layered personality, from fighting over artistry to finally writing.
Here's the timeline if you want get a rought idea of whats still left to write on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyamoto_Musashi#Timeline we are the the adopting Iori part of course. I think the Kojiro duel is the only one left. You may want to consider dropping Vagabond if you are only in for the fights.
I thought this was a pretty great chapter, but I have some concerns about Vagabond's art.
Here are some examples of Vagabond's art in this chapter: just normal pages, not the beautiful double page spreads.
http://www.batoto.net/read/_/184463/vagabond_v36_ch317_by_happyscans/3 http://www.batoto.net/read/_/184463/vagabond_v36_ch317_by_happyscans/5 http://www.batoto.net/read/_/184463/vagabond_v36_ch317_by_happyscans/12 [http://www.batoto.net/read/_/184463/vagabond_v36_ch317_by_happyscans/29a](http://www.batoto.net/read//184463/vagabond_v36_ch317_by_happyscans/29)nd here are some examples from past chapters, around 100 chapters ago. Again, just ordinary pages.
http://www.batoto.net/read/_/60523/vagabond_v22_ch196_by_ko-scans/13 http://www.batoto.net/read/_/60516/vagabond_v22_ch191_by_ko-scans/8 http://www.batoto.net/read/_/60522/vagabond_v22_ch195_by_ko-scans/4 [http://www.batoto.net/read//60526/vagabond_v23_ch198_by_ko-scans/27R](http://www.batoto.net/read/_/60526/vagabond_v23_ch198_by_ko-scans/27)ecently, the art looks a lot messier, and less detailed, and less (subtle?) than past chapters. I don't know, the lines seem more harshly drawn, and the variations in greys and blacks are either used less frequently, or less well. Faces seem less detailed too, and messier. All in all, art used to be a lot crisper and clean.
I don't know if this is to do with Inoue as an artist, or whoever scans and cleans these images. Hopefully it's the latter, because "messiness" is probably strongly influenced by that. Either way, I'm hoping someone here knows, or sees the same difference in art as I do, because I've seen no one else comment on it in any forum or website.The chapter itself was, as I said, great though. it started off slow, and it feels like they're lingering too long on the village after Musashi already resolved to go to the castle, but the talk with Takuan at the end made up for it.
I really think it's largely the scans.
