Takezo RAW

I felt the intensity in that room man

Had him RUNNING LMFAO

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOO

I love this guy already

Ahhhhhh that inner conflict hitting

Need

I love them together . Now I’m gonna take a guess but I feel like the reason Takuan has him up there is to finally get him to actually want to live? Gonna find out

TAKUAN BRO???

I THINK I’VE REACHED THE POINT WHERE IT GETS REALLY AMAZING

EVERYTHING IN HIS CHILDHOOD CULMINATED IN HIM THE BELIEF THAT HE DESERVES TO DIE

Needed someone to show him the light, had to beat some sense into him, Takuan GOAT

Always thought Vagabond covers were fire whenever I saw them, reading it confirms this

Feel like I’m done with the first part of this story, the birth of Musashi Miyamoto, I feel like this is one of my favorite moments in manga, chapter 21 was just phenomenal.

LOVE when Inoue uses ink like this

INVINCIBLE UNDER THE SUN!!!!!! GOAT!

The irony in this situation is beautiful

LOOOOOOL LITTLE DUDE SMOOTH!

Yeaaaaaah Seijuro def my third fav so far, behind Musashi and Takuan

THE FOUNDATION OF MUSASHI’S TWO-HANDED SWORD STYLE!!!!!

Stopping here

LMAAAAAAAOOOOOO

Vagabond is great every chapter

Just like Musashi

This old dude > Yoda

“Erupting from the depths of Musashi’s subconscious, an involuntary howl” I love how this manga depicts their metal state and pressure during a fight

Choreography is very organic and easy to follow

And therein lies the difference between, this is gonna be something that Musashi will be able to learn from, and Inshun as well

RAGE

LOVE how fear is depicted here, this is Musashi’s first battle with a true prodigy and it’s been a struggle against fear, fearlessness being his greatest strength and he tries to cover it with rage, he sensed a bit of this fear against Denshichiro, but not quite like Inshun

This is meaningful for Inshun as well as Musashi’s the first person to ever put his life on the line with every stroke against Inshun, so this life & death experience with teach Inshun to put his all into his blow, we see the start of this and he does a battle cry

The demon fear clings to Musashi more tightly as the fight goes on

GOAT CHOREOGRAPHY

INSHUN SO COLD

COMPLETELY taken over by the darkness of fear

FUCK

NAH BRO THIS WAS A FUCKING 10/10 FIGHT, HAD HIM RUNNNNNNNNING, Musashi’s characterization from this is about to be so great. 50 chapters in and Vagabond a 10/10 man

Giving the first few chapters greater meaning by correlating it to Musashi’s current situation >>>>>

I love when themes get brought up again in later when a situation exemplifies them

Perfect lol

OMG DUDE

The interesting thing about Matahachi is that he isn't even weak, just a coward

BRO I AM FUCKING READY FOR THIS!

It’s phenomenal how Takezo was seen as a fearless demon, almost inhuman, and now Musashi suffers with fear, one of the most human emotions, as well as love because he wants to be Otsu

Nah bro the suspense is unreal

I’m in complete awe of what I’m reading

Selfless sword

No words

Bruh...

So glad he didn’t die

Top 2

LOL

Another fire cover

LMAO

GOAT

MUSASHI IS SO FUCKING GOAT

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY CRAZY

What an intense fight holy shit, only 3 words of dialogue in the whole chapter, I just know if this was animated it’d be amazing with everything being dead silent and only hearing the splashes of the water and Otsu’s flute

AHHHHHH I NEED THEM TOGETHER

This is just insane

Musashi’s so small

THE CONSISTENCY!!!!

ONE WITH HEAVEN AND EARTH!!!!!

To exude this much suspense from two men in a small room, with very few words exchanged and one sleeping nearly the whole time, it’s just, and to further characterize Musashi through it by associating nearly identical scenario to one he had with his father, it’s just unreal

Beautiful

I love how they didn’t say a single word but you can still gauge the relationship they have

I’m so fucking ready for this

Inoue is such a good colorist, love that green/red on Matahachi