At this crucial crossroads in Takezo's life, an eccentric monk and a childhood friend are the only ones who can help him find his way. Takezo's vicious nature has made him an outcast even in his own village, and he is hunted down like an animal. In the aftermath of the epic Battle of Sekigahara, Takezo finds himself a fugitive survivor on the losing side of the war. In 2000, Vagabond won the 24th Kodansha Manga Award for the general category, as well as the Grand Prize of the sixth Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2002.At seventeen years of age, Miyamoto Musashi-still known by his childhood name, Shinmen Takezo-was a wild young brute just setting out along the way of the sword. The series is currently on an extended hiatus, with the latest chapter released in May 2015.īy December 2012, the manga had over 82 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. Viz Media licensed the series for English release in North America and has published the current 37 volumes as of April 2015. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Morning since September 1998, with its chapters collected in 37 tankōbon volumes as of July 2014. It portrays a fictionalized account of the life of Japanese swordsman Musashi Miyamoto, based on Eiji Yoshikawa's novel Musashi. Vagabond (Japanese: バガボンド, Hepburn: Bagabondo) is a Japanese epic martial arts manga series written and illustrated by Takehiko Inoue. 1 Paperback Actual prices may vary +174 Invincible Under the Sun At seventeen years of age, Miyamoto Musashi-still known by his childhood name, Shinmen Takez-was a wild young brute just setting out along the way of the sword.
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