Seinen Vagabond by Inoue Takehiko

[battle angel]

Re: Vagabond 240 Discussion Thread

nooooo my musi no!!! damm ueda....!!!!! i can`t wait the next chapter!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Aquarius]

Re: Vagabond 240 Discussion Thread

Do you think it's Musashi who got hurt by that blow ? On one hand it's what Inoue wants us to think, on the other hand, we know Musashi won't die in this fight, and this seems to be a serious blow. It's hard to say from the colour of the kimono who received it.

My opinion is that Musashi managed to catch Kurando and invert positions to make him receive Ueda's blow.

There remains one last, but unlikely possibility, another character (a defeated Yoshioka disgusted by Ueda's ways, or Sasaki ? Matahachi ?) would have hit Ueda or Kurando.

 

[zindryr]

Re: Vagabond 240 Discussion Thread

I think it's someone else. The clothing Musashi and Kurando wear are a different shade than what is actually being hit by Ueda. Musashi's is much to dark and Kurando's is much too light. I don't think Matahachi would kill himself here to save Musashi, but I guess I don't know. It really could be him. Regardless, excellent chapter. I'll see about getting it translated as soon as I can.

 

[Aquarius]

Re: Vagabond 240 Discussion Thread

I think it could definitely be Kurando, if seen from the dark side with some shadow it would look darker, just like what is being shown.

Matahachi is unlikely, IMO.

Spoiler

in the novel he survives till the end, thus I really can't see him sacrificing himself here

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My bet would rather be on Tagaya, the man who disarmed Musashi. We're not even sure he really died (he got hurt but was it lethal ?).

 

[walter]

Re: Vagabond 240 Discussion Thread

My bet would rather be on Tagaya, the man who disarmed Musashi. We're not even sure he really died (he got hurt but was it lethal ?).

Tagaya? Musashi saw his corpse just last chapter... Page 8. Not to mention you can see his GUTS spilled out after he and Musashi fought. Also, why the hell would Tagaya step up to take a killing blow from the guy he just tried to kill? And no BS please.

It'll be either Kurando or Musashi.

 

[battle angel]

Re: Vagabond 240 Discussion Thread

well i think musashi receive the blow but he can move to avoid the complete hit..or maybe kurando receive the letal hit........hummmm i`m not sure...but don`t forget the manga and the book are different .....but musashi will survive (he`s the main character)

 

[Aquarius]

Re: Vagabond 240 and 241 Discussion Thread

You were right, there was nobody else, Musashi received the blow.

Seems like Ueda has passed away, not sure whether Musashi turned back to strike him immediatel after grabbing his katana, or if Ueda put his whole life in that final blow and died from exhaustion.
From the katana's tsuba (the thing down the blade) it seems it's Kurando who got disarmed. But Musashi is also falling down in the end... Looks like the whole battle is over now.

 

[timal9712]

Re: Vagabond 240 Discussion Thread

oooohhh god!!!
this chapter is awsome but these autors..
damn them!!!
how can you be that talented and write a chapter which is more an apetizer than a conclusion
can't wait for the next chapter
hail musashi!!!

 

[battle angel]

Re: Vagabond 240 and 241 Discussion Thread

woowwww.....ueda and the yoshioka brothers were cute kidsss!!! i remenber in the book , musashi received a blow in this leg......but musashi didn`t realize his own attack again (look his eyes is the devil!!!!) anyone knows when the next chapter comes???????

 

[Musashi_Keiji]

Re: Vagabond 240 and 241 Discussion Thread

Hopefully no break was taken and the next chapter will be next week.
But yeah it seems the speculation has come to an end. Ueda did get Musashi...although it looks as if it was a shallow hit on the leg that musashi just countered Kurando killed ueda, and now finished off Kurando too.

Anyone keep track of the number of people killed? I'm wondering if any of the Yoshioka survived to carry on the school? Cuz historically the Yoshioka eventually abondon swordsmanship and become a textile company or something.... Or maybe they become a textile company cuz of the female inheritance (Den's daughter and wife)

 

[battle angel]

Re: Vagabond 240 and 241 Discussion Thread

yoshioka kempo has a textile company and while he was running his bussines,he develop the yoshioka sword-style,and he got famous,well don`t forget there`re many member of the yoshioka dojo living outside kyoto.....poor ueda, he died thinking he killed musashi., well what will happen with musashi????

 

[Gold Knight]

Re: Vagabond 240 and 241 Discussion Thread

Interesting last few chapters, I just now caught up (hadn't really kept up since 233). I've enjoyed this battle, but it's certainly taken its while. At the same time, it certainly validates Musashi as one of, if not the MOST, kick-ass swordsmen ever in all of manga.

Somewhat ironic that even after all that experience he'd amassed since the first chapter, he still strongly resembles the "demon" that he was in his youth. I mean, killing seventy men? If he had been that strong at the Battle of Sekigahara, he would've won it all on his own.

As for Ueda's slash, I think it's Musashi (his leg was clearly shown blooded and cut on page 16, and he certainly hollered), but I think it's probably going to be more of a surface wound. He got lucky though. If that sword HAD severed the back of his knee, he'd be a cripple. Still, that's not going to make it easy for him to travel. Guess it's time for that ol' monk buddy of his to make another appearance. Or maybe his girlfriend. Either way...

 

[lingdiff]

Re: Vagabond 238 & 239 Discussion Thread

Cool.

 

[bax]

Vagabond 242 Discussion Thread

The 242th chapter of Vagabond is HERE!!!

Get your fix? Good
Now it's time to discuss the chapter here. Sure, you can throw in your predictions too! Happy discussing guys


ps: Vagabond is on break until late November

 

[dariop]

Re: Vagabond 242 Discussion Thread

Who is that girl? Did she stabbed him?

 

[Aquarius]

Re: Vagabond 242 Discussion Thread

She's Akemi, Oko's daughter, Matahachi's former step-daughter, the late Seijuro's favourite girl.
She knows Musashi (Takezo) from Sekigahara.

Funny thing is that she seems to have injured Musashi with her knife (there's blood on the blade as it falls on the ground).

Seeing her jump in the water reminds me of the novel, but she can't be saved the same way now.

Spoiler

Matahachi's uncle Gon dived into the sea to save her after she had tried to commit suicide consecutively to Seijuro raping her, but poor Gon was too old for swimming and died there. In the manga version he died before Musashi met Baiken Shishido

Will Musashi be able to dive there too and save her despite his injuries ? Or Kurando ? Matahachi maybe ?
Sasaki remains my most likely bet though.

 

[patrick_tambu]

Re: Vagabond 242 Discussion Thread

I wonder if someone will come at all!!!
I'm curious about what will say Kojiro when he'll see Musashi get back to the sharpener's house...

 

[battle angel]

Re: Vagabond 242 Discussion Thread

!!!!!!?????????????akemi wtf!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pucha no se que decirlo por q ella, why she????. yes, it`ms the same as the novel, she jumps to the river, but in this time was saved by gon...maybe in the novel akemi will be saved by jotaro`s father..or musashi...but this danm girl injured musashi!!!!she has a strange relationship with seijuro.....it was her revenge..but she couldn`t kill him cos` she loves musashi.(sooorry musashi only thinks in otsu)
i hope somebody could help him, in the novel he was saved by monks, i remember in other chapter, a group of monks were looking the sky near the battlefield...takuan where are u????
what!!!??? vagabond is on break????? Y_Y

 

[gphjr14]

Re: Vagabond 242 Discussion Thread

About time they end this fight. That girl was just totally random, kind of annoying. Hope Mushashi can find out who that girl was and beat her down.

 

[Jvil]

Re: Vagabond 242 Discussion Thread

Musashi knows who Akemi is, he remembered her. Judging from what she said and her clothes is a bit strange, I won't be surprise if she is pregnant with Seijuro's child.