Vagabond 248

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Page 01
お前の親父おっかなかったよなァ
Your dad was one scary man.

天下無双とも言われるほど強くて
So strong they said he was the strongest under the heavens.

烈しくて変わってて
Violent and strange.

人と違いすぎる生き様
Too different from us humans.

誰も近づけやしねえ
No one could get close to him.

近づきたくねえ
No one wanted to.

息子のお前ですらそうだったろう？
Even you, his son, didn’t really want to, did you?

それが今やどうだー
But now...

Page 02
お前
Man,

どんどん父ちゃんに似てきたなァ
you’re starting to get more and more like him.

気味が悪いぜ！！
It’s creepy!!

Page 03
はっ
Hah.

隙間風の夜。
A draft in the night.

＃２４８｜鼓動
#248 | Pulse

Page 04
夢か・・・
A dream...

はあ
Haah.

夢であってくれ
I hope that was a dream.

怒るか　武蔵？
Would you get mad, Takezo?

親父さんに似てるなんて言ったら
Mad if I said you started to resemble your father.

なぜあんな夢を・・・？
Why did I dream that...?

きっと俺は・・・
I must...

何ていうかお前のことが・・・
Well, how should I put this...

Page 05
怖いんだな・・・少し・・・
I must be scared of you... a little...

思えば昔から・・・そんな感情はあった
Thinking of it now... I’ve always felt that.

言葉で説明できなかっただけで
I just couldn’t put it into words.

怖くて　そして・・・
I was scared, and...

疎ましい
Repulsed.

Page 06
No text.

Page 07
オーイ
Hey.

こっち向け
Look over here.

オーイ
Hey.

Page 08
見たかな
Did he see me?

ムチューした？
You dream?

Page 09
思う存分ムチューってしたかい？
Dream as much as you wanted?

寝なさい！
Go back to sleep!

親・・・
Intimacy...

あったかい家族・・・
A loving family...

はじめから諦めるしかなかったから
She’s always just given up, so...

武蔵のことも遠くから見てた
She’s been watching you from afar.

Page 10
寒いな・・・
It’s so cold...

夜が明けたら出ていくよ
I’m leaving in the morning.

早くよくなるといいな・・・
I hope you get well soon...

もう少しゆっくり歩いたらどうだ・・・？
Why don’t you try walking a little slower now...?

武蔵・・・
Takezo...

Page 11
・・・死んじまうぞ　お前
... You’ll die, man.

・・・生きてるか？
... You alive?

Page 12-13
ドクッ
*thump*

Page 14-15
ドクッ
*thump*

Page 16
ほ・・・ほ
Y-... yo--

ほんとに大人を斬るなんて
You really killed a grown up.

ドクッ
*thump*

大したことなかったぞ
That was nothing.

何で俺が泣いてんだ？
Why am I crying?

何だよ又八　言いたいことがあるなら言え
If you’ve got something to say Matahachi, say it.

た・・・武蔵
T-... Takezo.

Page 17
一緒に村を出ねえか
Wanna leave the village with me?

その・・・
I mean...

俺はこのままじゃダメになる気がする
I feel like I’m never gonna be anything if I stay here.

い・・・戦へ行かねえか？
Do you... want to go to the war?

面白そうだ
Sounds fun.

行く
I’ll go.

あっさり・・・
Just like that...

ドクッ・・・
*thump*...

俺は強いお前が怖くて
I’m scared of how strong you are,

疎ましくて
Repulsed...

Page 18-19
そして大好きだ
And I love you.

まだ壊れていないもの
There’s still something that

俺のこの両手にまだ
I haven’t destroyed with my own two hands yet.

大切なものはある
Something important.

Page 20
おふくろと
My mom,

小次郎―
and Kojiro...

急ごう
I better hurry.

まだ間に合ううちにー
While I can still make it...

『バガボンド』＃２４８／完。＃２４９は、次号１３号に登場！
“Vagabond” #247 / End. #248 will appear in the next issue, #13!

Enjoy.

(Note: Vagabond 249 should be out relatively soon. 248 technically came out two weeks ago, then there was a one week break, and 249 should be this week. So, soon.)