Mushibugyo 1

This was pretty good I'd say. The art's a spiritual successor to the late (and great) Traumeister, and although the story is nothing to write home about yet, I can see it improving. Cheers to new manga!

{Kyouho 6th year. {Year 1721} The age of the shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune,}

(Purple circle- Warship class new serialization!! A huge 48 pages!!)

{Because the masses had demanded it, a box for their complaints 'Criterion box' was created.}

(Pink text- A lone kunoichi's blade, The way of ying and yang, a mysterious samurai....the specialists are all on display in Edo!!}

{And within this 'Criterion box' a letter was left.}

{Within the next year, two important things happened....}

MUSHIBUGYO-

{The first was the creation of 'Koishigawa Youjoujo' for the sake of the people.}

{The other was....}

{The newly enacted ' Inner city Magistrate office'.}

{This Magistrate office would be called by two 'special' names.}

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(Top purple circle- New serialization!! A bug slaying battle action in Edo!!!)

(Yellow- It's not good enough to become a strong warrior!)

(Yellow- It's not good enough to become a just warrior!)

(Yellow- For a man isn't just a warrior!!)

(Side purplish bar- First Camp, Tsukishima Jinbee on duty!!)

MUSHIBUGYO
FUKUDA HIROSHI

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{Kyouho 16th year.}

{Tsugaru Domain. (Currently Aomori prefecture)'s innermost village.---}

Guy: Whew.

So this is the Tsukishima style's doujo....

Guy: It's not as full of pride as I heard....

Hmm...

???: Yaaaaaaahhhh!!

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(Joujuu Senjin!!) Constant Battlefield!!!

Someone: That's enough!

???: Phew...

Thank you.

{Wow! Three guys down at once...!)

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Dad: You idiot son!!

I said to aim for the waist!!

???: GUWAH!!?!

It's with that type of blade that you can even cut grass!

???: Ngh... Father, no...Sensei...

Thank you....

For your guidance!!!

Dad: Right!! Now bring it on Jinbee!!

Jinbee: Got it Sensei!!

(Handwritten- phew...)

(Handwritten- Look at them go...)

Dad: Fool! That's not how you do it!!

Jinbee: Thank you!!

Guy: Heh...

Jinbee: Thank you father!!!

Guy: This kid's interesting.

Um...Excuse me...

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Dad: IS THAT ALL YOU'VE GOT JINBEE?!?

Jinbee: I'VE GOT PLENTY MORE FATHER!!!

Guy: U---Huh?

(Handwritten- Excuse me..)

Other guys: Sorry,

Once the two of them get into training mode, they shut everything else out.

Dad: Jinbee! Why do you think a warrior carries a sword around....?

It's because he has 'strength'!!

A weak warrior isn't a warrior at all!!

You follow me?!

Jinbee: Yes father!!

Dad: Hmph!! As if a weakling like you could understand me!!

Jinbee: Grah!! Understood! I'll concentrate more!!

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Jinbee: What?

I've been chosen to come to Edo and work under the top?!

Guy: Yes.

(Handwritten- Finally they put the weapons down...)

Guy: I'm Matsunohara Kotori. I've been ordered by the head to search the country for those with skill.

Jinbee: This honor is too much for me!


I'm overjoyed that the head would want me to serve under him!!

Dad: Heheh,

So the time for you to stand on your own has arrived....

Jinbee! You'll have the chance to meet plenty of strong warriors in Edo, so improve your skills!

You can't lose to anyone! You have to become a magnificent example of a warrior!

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Jinbee: Father!!!

Mom?: Oh Jinbee,

You've already become so splendid...

Guys: Awesome! Promoted to Edo huh?

Good luck little man!!

Don't let those Edo guys push you around!

Jinbee: Mother...everyone...

Thank you so much!!

I Tsukishima Jinbee,

Will persevere to the top,

Until my blade is known even in the heavens!!!

(Handwritten- What are you talking about fool!)

(Handwritten- What a goal! To the heavens!!)

Jinbee: Pardon me for asking, but why am I suddenly being asked to move to Edo?

Kotori: Well,

About that...

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Kotori: It's for the new magistrate office.


It's name is,

The Mushibugyou.

Dad: Mu—mushi?

Mom: What's that...?

{Edo.}

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???: Hmm...

Another nest,

Has appeared today too.

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Jinbee: Wow....

So this is Edo!

There certainly are a lot of people....

Kotori: All right Jinbee-kun.

We're going to the Mushibugyo now.

Jinbee: O-Okay!!

{R-Right! I am a warrior.}

{I can't become dazed at a time like this...!!}

Jinbee: People will think i'm some sort of country bumpkin.

{Still it bothers me...}

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{Just what will I be doing in this 'Mushi' bugyo? And why was I asked aboard in the first place...?}

Kotori: Ah~Well you'll know once you get there!

Jinbee: It's the 'city' so I guess I'll be a detective or something...


Still it bugs me.....!

{No! I am a warrior!}

{No matter the reason for my sudden move, I'll see it through to the end!!}

Jinbee: But stil....

(Handwritten- It bugs me....)

Jinbee: ...Uh....Kotori-dono?

{I'm lost?!?!}

{I've failed already!!!}

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Guy: Huh?! The Mushibugyo?!

Can't you see I'm busy?!

Woman: I've never heard,

Of such a ridiculous thing...

Kids: 'Smatter? Lost?

Country bumpkin!

{Mother, Father, everyone...}

{People in Edo are so very cold....}

???: Samurai-sama, what's wrong?

Have you been hurt?

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Jinbee: Thank you for being my guide....

???: Oh it's no problem! The Mushibugyo is close to my house.

I work at the Tea shop 'Shunka shuntou'. My name is “Haru”.

(TN- Shunka shuntou is the four seasons. {Spring, Summer, Fall Winter.})


Jinbee: I've come to work for the Mushibugyo today,

I am Tsukishima Jinbee.

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Haru: What's wrong?

Jinbee: Nothing!!

Haru: Do you need some water?

Jinbee: No no! I'm fine!

Fine...!

Don't worry about it!

Haru: Teehee,

Jinbee-sama has quite a personality too it seems.

Jinbee: Hm?

Haru: It's just that everyone in the Mushibugyo is like that,

All with very unique personalities.

Jinbee: Unique personalities you say....

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Haru: Especially the one called 'Silver eyed Mushikari'.

It's said that his skill is among the best!

{….'Silver Eyed Mushikari ?!}

{And just what is the Mushibugyo...?!}

{Just what kind of warriors of valor are waiting for me there?}

Haru: I'm sorry, I think I said too much.

Jinbee: No! It's fine! But may I ask you one more thing Haru-dono?

This Mushibugyou....


{Just why was I asked to move out here?}

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???: Gyah!!

Haru: Jinbee-sama!! That voice...!

Jinbee: Wait for me here Haru-dono!

Hey! What's going on....

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{Wha...!?}

{This person is bone dry!!}

Jinbee: Just what's going on....

(Sfx- Zuzuzu)

(Sfx- Zuzozozo)

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{I...It's huge!!}

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(Sfx- Zuzuzuu)

Jinbee: Why you....

LET THEM GO!!!

MONSTER!!

Thing: Guuaaaaah!!

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Jinbee: Wha...!!

These are threads?!!?

Gah!!!


Haru: Kyahhh!!

Ji—Jinbee-sama?!

Jinbee: No!! Don't come any closer!!

Haru: Kyahh!!

Ahh...

(TN- Why hello thar.)

{What should I do....?!}

{If this keeps up we're....}

Monster: Ghoo?!

{What the..?}

{A demon appeared.}

{His appearance Ghostlike.}

{A single warrior.}

{He has a strange sword in his posession.}

{And, stands wordlessly watching.}

{S—Silver haired.....}

Thing: Shaah....

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Thing: Shaaaaah!!

{The spider is fleeing!!}

Jinbee: Run Haru-dono!!

Haru: Huh?

Kyahhhh!!

Jinbee: Haru-dono!!

Damn!!

???: Aww...

Look at what the spider did to my favorite set of bandages...

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???: We'd better exterminate it quickly, before it gets to be a major annoyance.

{Another one?!}

{When did she get here....}

???: The spider,

Doesn't have a chin or bones....

{It just uses its fangs to bite down into it's prey and it sucks it's digestive fluids,}

{Until the body is no more than a dried up shell that is tosses aside like garbage.}

???: Being captured by the spider alive is no better than being captured dead.

Mushikari: Let's go.

???: At once!

Jinbee: Just a moment,

the two of you!!!

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Jinbee: I don't know who you are,

But allow me to help!!

Please!! I have to save Haru-dono!!

???: Huh?

What is he going on about?

Mushikari: You?

Assist us?

There's nothing you can do with that sloppy fighting style of yours,

You mere bug.

Jinbee: What?!

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Mushikari: Disappear.

Weakness is a sin!!

Jinbee: A bug am I....

That Silver haired warrior!

He's disgraced me...!!

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(TN- Why hello thar again.)

Haru: Aah.....

Spider: Shaaaaahhhh

Haru: Noooo!!

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Jinbee: Hold it!!

Don't take even one more step towards Haru-dono!!

You damned monster!!

Haru: Jinbei-sama!!!

{Just as I thought. If I followed the trail of innards that the spider left behind,}

{I'd find the place that he has created as his nest...!}

{But....}

{Where is the Silver haired warrior...?!}

Spider: Ug

Ughaaaah.....


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{This will be my first battle in Edo....}

{Tsukishima Jinbee}

{Is on duty!!!}

{I mustn't lose focus!!}

{Or allow my spirit to be broken!!}

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{No matter my opponent...}

{I can defeat them if I take my training to heart, and swing!!!}

Spider: Gyaaahhh!!

Haru: Look out!!

Jinbee: Hmph!

I warrior is not caught unaware twice....

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Jinbee: Rapid fire!?

My blade won't move...!!

Guahhh!!

Haru: Jinbee-sama!

Jinbee: Ngh....

Weakness.....

Is a sin....

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Jinbee: Heh....

Father said the same thing....


Jinbee: Of course...

Even if my blade cannot move, losing to any opponent is unforgivable...

If I should lose then...

My life....

The people and things I want to protect,

would be all things I stand to lose if I am defeated!!!

That's why,

As a warrior....

I cannot,

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{Be defeated}

{In a place like this!!!}

Spider :Gaaah?!?!

{He used the hilt of the blade to smash it....?!}

Jinbee: Let us do battle....

Until the death!!

{This is the way I have learned....}

{The way of the warrior!!}

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Jinbee: JOUJYUU SENJIN (Constant Battlefield!!)

Phew...

Haru-dono, are you okay?

Haru: Aah Jinbee-sama...

I was so scared!!


Jinbee: Wha?!

Ah um...

Er...

Owwww!!

Haru: Kyah!! I'm so sorry!

We have to hurry and get you to a medical clinic...!!

Jinbee: I'm indebted to you...

Huh?

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Haru: Aah....aah....

Jinbee: To think there this many....

{My body won't move any more...!!}

Jinbee: Guahhh

{This....}

{Is this really the end?!?}

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{The Silver haired warrior!?!}

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{At that time...}

{I saw the stars...}

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{These stars,}

{Were ones that I've admired since my childhood.}


{They shone brightly, enveloped by the night sky----}

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Jinbee: Um excuse me!!

Haru: You shouldn't move Jinbee-sama!!

Jinbee: Thank you...

For saving me again!!

{Weakness is a sin!!}

{I really am still far too weak....}

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{But...!!}

Jinbee: But I am still a warrior...!

So one day, I will return this favor to you,

A sword for a sword!!

You arrived to save me when I was in a crisis,

But I will return the favor!

So until that day,

When I am like you, stronger than anyone else, I won't lose!!

This is my way of the warrior!!

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Mushikari: Is that so...

Haru: Kyah!! Jinbee-sama?!

Kotori: Ah! Jinbee-kun?

How did you end up here?!


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Kotori: I thought maybe you had gone to look for information on your own,

And then run away when you found out the true reason for your upheaval to this office....

??: The Mushibugyo,

Is a group dedicated to eliminating the gigantic bugs in Edo....

And you were called to join us!

But what....

Happened to you?

Mushikari: It's been decided.

Kotori: Wha—What do you mean?

Mushikari no Mugai-kun?

(TN- Mushikari means 'Bug hunter.')

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Mushikari: That guy....

{Would be all things that I stand to lose if I were defeated!}

Mushikari: Let's....

Let him join.

{Father....Mother...}

{I still don't quite understand the details of the Mushibugyo.}

{But...}

{I've met...}

{A very strong warrior.}

(Under pannel text- Next time Mushibugyo's new members continue to appear!!}