[AMN] New Review: Vagabond Vol. 29

Musashi’s battle against the Yoshioka warriors in the last volume of Vagabond was one of the most epic, artful battles I’ve seen in a manga. His current battle isn’t quite as epic, but it’s just as important. Crippled and imprisoned, Musashi’s struggling inside himself once more. Is it time to put down the sword, or is there more left to do?

Officially imprisoned for, you know, killing seventy men, Musashi contemplates this question in a prison cell under a castle. His confinement there is mostly for his own protection. His reputation now precedes him more than ever, and every warrior knows that if they can best the man who killed seventy men, then they’ll be the man who killed the man who killed seventy men. Aside from potential challengers, the lords of the land are out in throngs to recruit that same man as an instructor, warrior, or even just to stand around if he’d be willing.

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