I read about 70 chapters this manga is huge garbage when it comes to story and characters, only art is great if u think this manga is masterpiece there’s something wrong with you or you’re new to manga , beside art nothing is good about this manga
@@cordoba9502 im serious about this I expected to much from this manga since vagabond fanboys made it big deal and i even saw they saying its much better than berserk i gave it like 70 chapters after this I realized how boring is this manga is and its fans slap this on their favorite because they will think they are cool if they have this as favorite cuz its all about art beside there’s nothing good about this manga
"I'm beyond the hatred. Goodbye, father." That moment was my favorite. As someone who had terrible anger issues, I'm grateful I've picked up this manga.
I’ve legitimately never read a more life changing story. When I recommend Vagabond it’s difficult to communicate how this is not just a cool seinen manga, it’s a journey of personal discovery. I will be revisiting this series for life.
When i was 17 i read it but not convinced in anything but the art And now when im older 23 i read it again and it somehow changed my life, my prospective on problems and relationships, There are stories and philosophical messages that u can’t understand till u reach a certain point in life and certain point in collective experience.
“It’s better to be a warrior in a garden, than a Gardner in a war” train your body everyday, be better everyday, but know peace is the answer. Strength is a blessing, it’s a shame for a man to grow old without knowing the strength his body is capable of. Bless you all, I hope you live great lives. Exercise, learn, and love
It’s interesting how gardening in anime/manga is shown as some sort of a path to peace, happiness and fulfillment. Vinland Saga also has the same beliefs, even a scene from evangelion 3.0+1.0 shows rei actually helping the village and it’s people with trying to stay alive. I guess it’s about going outside,touching grass, and actually building connections with people over the shared goal and making something grow to feed you actually gives you a sense of fulfillment, seeing something you put sweat and tears into now growing to be this beautiful source of food.
Whenever I do gardening, I experience the complete opposite of peace, happiness and fulfilment lmao. It’s mainly anger and frustration, with a lot of curse words. 😁
i think it's more about cultivating life. Fatherhood is also a big theme in em not just gardening. Because fatherhood and agriculture is about nurturing. And nowadays, no one wants to nurture their chaotic nature
In Vinland Saga, when Thorfinn and Einar were clearing trees, it was also like starting a new chapter in their lives. You need to clear everything out first before you cultivate. You need to empty your cup to learn something new.
Personally, Vagabond is literally the best manga of all time. It resonates with many teens in the way that can help them to become better. As for me, this manga is about fighting against your anger and understanding the value of life, but not only your own one, yet the value of other people’s lives. The main character is not fictional one, as Guts or Thorfin for example, he’s the *real* person living in the *real* world and dealing with the *real* problems, it is the second reason why I find this manga to resonate with me and others
Vagabond to me speaks tons of how we all tend to run around looking for deeper meanings or for things we think can push us above our own level of existence, thinking that can truly make us happy, and in the end makes you realize how simple everything really is: it's all about you and yourself, it's all about your inner peace, You don't need to look anywhere else but at someone that has always been there with you, and that someone is yourself. Don't be driven by false idols like violence, jealousy, hatred, at the end of those there's only only a void. Focus on the only thing that in the end really matters, which is the peace of your inner self.
I really admire Vagabond for how they pursue the themes to see beyond the goals that one sets for oneself. It captures the essence of why go through harsh struggles and setbacks, knowing that one day we will all wither away, possibly even tomorrow. It's not about when you die, but how you live. Are you struggling for something solely for money and other materialistic assets, or because it's a part of you? Youre not living the life , YOU are the life
Vagabond and Vinland Saga both have impacted my way of thinking so much. I remember reading Vinland Saga and being so numb with my thoughts, and then watching the anime, with that soundtrack... I don't think anything has made me think so deeply and philosophically besides Vagabond. I noticed a huge shift in myself after the ending of the first season of Vinland Saga. I think the anime does the manga so much justice. I hope we can get a decent anime of Vagabond some day... It wont be easy, but the way they did Vinland Saga gives me hope. Some of the parts in S2 I thought wouldn't be animated properly.
Vinland Saga’s anime gives me hope for all Seinen manga. Out of the big 4, two have had *horrible* adaptations, being Kingdom and Berserk. So I had lost hope of any of these manga getting good adaptations, but with Vinland Saga’s being so good, maybe they’ll get another chance. And ofc, maybe Vagabond can get one.
I was in therapy one day and my therapist did an exorcise that very much this. He drew some circles and labled them things that I loved, and hated. Things that drove me, and things that drove me mad. Each time he would ask me what do I see? I gave an answer. But then he'll hand the paper back to me, and asked again. I gave a different answer because I saw something different. We did this at least 3 more times, and each answer and response change because I kept seeing something knew. He explained using the Leaf and Trees metaphore, but added how a forest is nothing without the Trees, and the Trees are nothing without its Leaves, and vise versa. This definitely opened my eyes to the world even more and even the world in myself.
Its truly amazing how the perspective of musashi changes throughout the story. And especially after his arrest where he talked with takuan a bunch about philosophy. After that, invincible under the sun was but a heat haze.
It actually did for me, the "Do you see how infinite you are?" and the farming arc, those two things got me good into changing and being way more stoic and chill with life
Man, you know a Manga is a masterpiece when you haven't even read it yet and a great video essay on one of it's core themes already makes you think about life lol
Vagabond is one of the few stories I can genuinely say made me want to be a better person. I highly suggest it to anybody if they haven't read it. To me a story about looking within oneself and realizing that all you ever need is already within you. The way Musashi, Matachi, and Kojiro all show you 3 different views of the world is beautiful along with Musashi meeting so many people and seeing parts of himself in all of them. "Each path born by heaven is perfectly decided.... and at once perfectly free" -Takuan
This story actually changed my life for the better. It helped me to smile more in every facet of my life and not let my pride and ego define my actions.
In a story about swords and fights, my favorite arc is the one where the strongest swordsman in the world puts down his blade and picks up a hoe and tills the land so that rice can grow.
When i was 17 i read it but not convinced in anything but the art And now when im older 23 i read it again and it somehow changed my life, my prospective on problems and relationships, There are stories and philosophical messages that u can’t understand till u reach a certain point in life and certain point in collective experience.
I've read vagabond once, and I haven't thought about the meaning of the story too much as it's not something I search in this media. This video and comment section made start reading it with a bigger mindset. Thank you guys
This video is such a surprise... I just finished Vagabond yesterday and it's more than worthy to be called a masterpiece. Truly breathtaking! It's as if I've opened my third eye.
When i was 17 i read it but not convinced in anything but the art And now when im older 23 i read it again and it somehow changed my life, my prospective on problems and relationships, There are stories and philosophical messages that u can’t understand till u reach a certain point in life and certain point in collective experience.
Vagabond helped guide me into a beautiful view on life, also it’s inspired me into martial arts and to always try better myself. Life is short and I want to die knowing I gave the life I live life value. I’ve lived a beautiful life so far, I’m married, I’m no longer the broken boy I once was who only saw darkness and didn’t want to live but years of growth I’ve let go of toxic people in my life and have a beautiful family, that’s not blood related. Family isn’t always blood it’s who is there for you. For everyone, make most of everyday, do what you love and makes your mind body and soul happy
In the panel where Sekishusai tells Musashi to smile more, I genuinely cried. I still don’t know why. This manga is truly the greatest piece of literature I have EVER consumed.
I can't even tell you how many times I've cried during my first readthrough, the feels within this story are truly special. Such an emotional ride it's been. I hope one day Inoue Takehiko decides to finish this story and hopefully we'll get a masterful adaptation just like Vinland Saga got so far. But the incredible art makes it really difficult to get a faithful adaption I'd imagine. Nonetheless this masterpiece is one of my favs ever, just up there with Berserk and Vinland Saga.
When i was 17 i read it but not convinced in anything but the art And now when im older 23 i read it again and it somehow changed my life, my prospective on problems and relationships, There are stories and philosophical messages that u can’t understand till u reach a certain point in life and certain point in collective experience.
I wish it would get an adaptation too, just like Slam Dunk. The art style is similar (obviously) and every time I see Musashi while reading the manga, I also see Hanamichi Sakuragi because they look so much alike 😂😂😂
For me reading Vagabond was the turning point of my life where i realised a lots of things, i am very grateful for the masterpiece Vagabond is. Wonderful video btw.
This video came out at the perfect time. I just finished reading this beautiful masterpiece. The lessons of this manga are truly valuable. Musashi is such a beautiful charecter. Thanks for this video.
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I'm a big fan of Berserk, so naturally I got recommendations from friends and the algorithm to read Vagabond. Thinking about it I was watching some videos like this one, and I remember thinking Is it really that good that it will "change my life"? Seeing some great things being said about it, and even managing to avoid spoilers, I started reading it this year, and boy how unprepared and unaware I was about the amazingness of this manga but also as well how has it REALLY changed myself and my life. Firstly, yes the art is astonishing and how it aides the storytelling is whole separate discussion, but what I wanted to focus on in this comment is just how ATTACHED I grew to the characters of Musashi and Kojiro. One of the major themes in Vagabond is change and growth, and I personally experienced a lot of it in the recent 3 years. Being a person led my a lot of hate and frustration, jealousy and envy, completely unaware of my own true nature, and feelings of love and acceptance. Willingness but inability to change led me to a critical point in my life when I even had thoughts so desperate they even contained suicide. Luckily I didn't give up, I moved, got a new job, lived alone, got through a lot of nasty things, but also a lot of hard work, which eventually led me to acquire new experiences, new people, new stuff in general. And I have changed so much that I can't even recognize how I used to be. I don't know when exactly the change happened, it's more about a process rather than an exact event, like how a tree is a sum of its leaves and a forest a sum of its trees, to put it in Vagabond's perspective. All of that led me to become so attached to this Manga, plus the lessons I have learned from reading it proved invaluable and critical to my life and personality, it is on par with Berserk itself. It also made me even more confident in being hopeful and I can't wait to see how much more I'll grow as a person and how much more the story of Vagabond will affect my live and the way I see it. And as for the continuation, I am sure it will eventually happen when the Master decide it is the right time for it. And if not, Vagabond is still one of the greatest gifts to Humanity even in it's unfinished state and is well worth reading through.
started reading this back in January 2022 to start a fresh year, since year 2021 broke me. that was when my character development arc started as well, and I'm grateful I tried, it was hard but I'm more better that my past self. Now I just finished watching vinland saga 1 and 2, I think I'll be having a new improvement. ❤
i read this manga a few weeks ago, and in 50 chapters, i could say i really love the tempo of the manga and the characters growth. already one of my favorite manga.
Read all of Vagabond in February at the beginning of this year (2023) and it’s truly a masterpiece and the best manga I’ve ever read. In the short term it’s helped me start cultivating a growth mindset, the understanding that every person including me changes dramatically through the course of their life. I was feeling stuck in my ways: procrastinating instead of doing university work, extreme introversion due to social anxiety and a general bitterness towards life - there was no way I could see myself living 5 years from now. Just seeing Musashi naturally grow into a better, kinder person has given me immense hope. All this is without mentioning the countless spiritual lessons Inoue placed throughout the work. I study philosophy at university so I find that stuff really captivating and I am capable of understanding them on an academic level, but because of vagabond I feel that I must come to understand them personally. I plan on re-reading soon to hopefully help those lessons sink in, and am beginning to meditate and exercise more to care for my body. If you read this far thanks, I needed someone other than my girlfriend to gush about this series to. And if you have not yet read vagabond I hope you understand this comment as the largest recommendation I could possibly give. READ IT RIGHT NOW. :)
" I was feeling stuck in my ways: procrastinating instead of doing university work, extreme introversion due to social anxiety and a general bitterness towards life - there was no way I could see myself living 5 years from now. " Love this. This is where I was at for a while. slowly improving, glad you are as well.
It's a good message, to not get swept up in the little things, to take a step back and look at things from outside a narrow perspective. If you like Vagabond, you might like Blade of the Immortal, which is a more fantasy, less slice of life series, but features some beautiful art that really reminds me of Vagabond. Be well!
That opening quote is so powerful that I put it in a rap, " it's a shame it's the little things, miss the woods focusing on trees, you miss the trees by dwelling on the leaves. It ain't always as it seems gotta see without seeing, be thankful that you woke up still breathing"
i love how both vagabond and vinland saga had farming arcs, and both also happened to be my favorite arcs of each respective series (fyi i've only watched the vinland saga anime the manga is pretty low on my to read list)
Amazing sometimes reading a vagabond can help us to understand life , we all the same as Musashi , we just not know that yet , progressing in life we start to search for a reason for life or search about philosophy to live on on. Every monthes or years our perspective for life change , till we found something we live on
Reading Vagabond literally made me rethink how I wanted my life to be. I was once a person driven by external motives like the praise of other people, materialistic wealth,and a desire to be perfect and the best; always stuck in future I always dreamed to reach. However,Vagabond taught me that everything I've ever wished for already exists in the now, I just needed to learn how to swim through all the bs and see it. Literally started my whole spirituality journey.
Honestly I respect Miyomoto Musashi a lot, it’s not everyday you can meet someone who wields more then one sword and win (yes Ik short sword) I respect him alot, especially in Baki(probably not realistic) but even he was challenge for everyone in that universe because of his blind determination to be the best, no the strongest underneath the sun. That’s pure will and the power the back it up.
I just wished to read something like this when I was young, could have learned a lot of things. I learn from it now too but would help a younger self a lot more.
Currently at vol 9, right when Inshun attacks Musashi with a loud scream during their second battle, so I‘m not gonna watch the video yet, but oh my goodness gracious, the last chapters were nothing but overwhelming greatness my eyes and my sole witnessed. Especially how Musashis growth over the last few weeks is betrayed during the fight, it’s so awesome and when he recalls takuans lesson to see everything in its entirety, it was such a great scene. I was so goddamn hyped man, after finishing the vol I was like „that’s my guy man, that’s my guy musashi, tell‘em how it’s done bro“ and „he’s on another level bro, he’s literally HIM“ and was jumping around in my room, I was his hype-man😂 I probably only witnessed a single leaf of the greatness vagabond carries in its forest and I‘m so eager to get to know every single tree of this story ❤️
I thought the series was good, but I read it like 8 years ago and monthly updates. One day I will reread it but I honestly forgot about much of it, didn't leave to much of an impression on me compared to Inoue's other works Real and Slam Dunk.
Vagabond along with beserk and vinland saga encompass different viewpoints and genres ( not so much vagabond and vinland ) but they really go to show the potential of manga and the height of perfection it can be taken to
im almost done reading it and damn, I was reluctant at reading it but after a few chapters it got me hooked, the internal battles of musashi resonated with me, imo vagabond is better than berserk, during reading it made me sit and think, musashi is the best main character written. i genuinely love how his character developed throughout the story..this is what i love about reading manga!
Forever one of my favorite stories of all time. Musashi is one of my favorite characters of all time. I'll never forget the life lessons Inoue has taught me by way of Musashi's journey.
I read it 4 times over a few years It did change me Many should find their sword Whether it be an art form, athleticism, etc Find yourself through your sword
One day I got bored at school and i randomly found this manga online I read all 258 chapters at school and it completely changed my life after I finished it a void appeared that I couldn’t fill till this day I’m still waiting for Inoue to drop
Only once Musashi let other people into his life and tries to connect to them, only then does he truly become strong. The farming Ark was peak Vagabond, it was him trying to fight for other people and sacrificing his own body and health. Invincible under the sun are just words.
Vagabond tells about a Life without regrets of past, without worry of future and without fear of loosing anything or everything... ....life of Miyamoto Musashi
ye so basically i just watched until 1:31 because i stopped to vid and started reading vagabond right after that. now its my fav manga abd yes he is right. it changes you
Brother... This is such a beautiful video. I commend you. I would just love to know what the last scene with the purple background was from? The sentence is thought provoking.
I read about 70 chapters this manga is huge garbage when it comes to story and characters, only art is great if u think this manga is masterpiece there’s something wrong with you or you’re new to manga , beside art nothing is good about this manga
Anyways
Lol u mad af
I can't tell if he's serious or trolling
I need to get out of the internet
Find God
@@cordoba9502 im serious about this I expected to much from this manga since vagabond fanboys made it big deal and i even saw they saying its much better than berserk i gave it like 70 chapters after this I realized how boring is this manga is and its fans slap this on their favorite because they will think they are cool if they have this as favorite cuz its all about art beside there’s nothing good about this manga
" it's farming time " _ musashi
- and Thorfinn
Welcome to the rice fields
-Musashi
Welcome to the wheat fields
-thorfinn
I too, like wheb Musashi says "it's farmin' time" and goes farmin' all over
"So, anyways. I started farming!"
"I'm beyond the hatred. Goodbye, father."
That moment was my favorite. As someone who had terrible anger issues, I'm grateful I've picked up this manga.
Could you tell me where he says that? I can't find it whatsoever and I don't remember it. I need it haha.
It appears in chapter 122 I believe@@westender.
@@simonriley2283 Yeah it is in chapter 122, thansk so much
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I’ve legitimately never read a more life changing story. When I recommend Vagabond it’s difficult to communicate how this is not just a cool seinen manga, it’s a journey of personal discovery. I will be revisiting this series for life.
REAL
REAL!!
Read The Climber/Kokou no Hito
When i was 17 i read it but not convinced in anything but the art
And now when im older 23 i read it again and it somehow changed my life, my prospective on problems and relationships,
There are stories and philosophical messages that u can’t understand till u reach a certain point in life and certain point in collective experience.
It’s very very special. Was thinking about getting a tattoo in kanji with the Word infinity
"All truely strong people are kind."
Yes!!
“It’s better to be a warrior in a garden, than a Gardner in a war” train your body everyday, be better everyday, but know peace is the answer. Strength is a blessing, it’s a shame for a man to grow old without knowing the strength his body is capable of. Bless you all, I hope you live great lives. Exercise, learn, and love
It’s interesting how gardening in anime/manga is shown as some sort of a path to peace, happiness and fulfillment.
Vinland Saga also has the same beliefs, even a scene from evangelion 3.0+1.0 shows rei actually helping the village and it’s people with trying to stay alive.
I guess it’s about going outside,touching grass, and actually building connections with people over the shared goal and making something grow to feed you actually gives you a sense of fulfillment, seeing something you put sweat and tears into now growing to be this beautiful source of food.
Whenever I do gardening, I experience the complete opposite of peace, happiness and fulfilment lmao. It’s mainly anger and frustration, with a lot of curse words. 😁
@@adampenbrook5751 I thought that was called being a parent?
@@adampenbrook5751 what can u even get bad at 💀😭
i think it's more about cultivating life. Fatherhood is also a big theme in em not just gardening. Because fatherhood and agriculture is about nurturing. And nowadays, no one wants to nurture their chaotic nature
In Vinland Saga, when Thorfinn and Einar were clearing trees, it was also like starting a new chapter in their lives. You need to clear everything out first before you cultivate. You need to empty your cup to learn something new.
Personally, Vagabond is literally the best manga of all time. It resonates with many teens in the way that can help them to become better. As for me, this manga is about fighting against your anger and understanding the value of life, but not only your own one, yet the value of other people’s lives. The main character is not fictional one, as Guts or Thorfin for example, he’s the *real* person living in the *real* world and dealing with the *real* problems, it is the second reason why I find this manga to resonate with me and others
« Actualy torphinn and Guts are inspired by réal charactere » 🤓
Thorfinn Karlsefni was real
@@chrisdesfarges3257 🤓
@Goofy facts vinland is dogshit after the farm arc
@@Ash_Wen-li 😂
Vagabond to me speaks tons of how we all tend to run around looking for deeper meanings or for things we think can push us above our own level of existence, thinking that can truly make us happy, and in the end makes you realize how simple everything really is: it's all about you and yourself, it's all about your inner peace, You don't need to look anywhere else but at someone that has always been there with you, and that someone is yourself. Don't be driven by false idols like violence, jealousy, hatred, at the end of those there's only only a void. Focus on the only thing that in the end really matters, which is the peace of your inner self.
Nah, you're still too stuck with the western way of thinking, too individualized, too selfish. Vagabond's message is beyond that
I really admire Vagabond for how they pursue the themes to see beyond the goals that one sets for oneself. It captures the essence of why go through harsh struggles and setbacks, knowing that one day we will all wither away, possibly even tomorrow. It's not about when you die, but how you live. Are you struggling for something solely for money and other materialistic assets, or because it's a part of you? Youre not living the life , YOU are the life
Vagabond and Vinland Saga both have impacted my way of thinking so much. I remember reading Vinland Saga and being so numb with my thoughts, and then watching the anime, with that soundtrack... I don't think anything has made me think so deeply and philosophically besides Vagabond.
I noticed a huge shift in myself after the ending of the first season of Vinland Saga. I think the anime does the manga so much justice. I hope we can get a decent anime of Vagabond some day... It wont be easy, but the way they did Vinland Saga gives me hope. Some of the parts in S2 I thought wouldn't be animated properly.
Vinland Saga’s anime gives me hope for all Seinen manga. Out of the big 4, two have had *horrible* adaptations, being Kingdom and Berserk. So I had lost hope of any of these manga getting good adaptations, but with Vinland Saga’s being so good, maybe they’ll get another chance. And ofc, maybe Vagabond can get one.
I was in therapy one day and my therapist did an exorcise that very much this. He drew some circles and labled them things that I loved, and hated. Things that drove me, and things that drove me mad. Each time he would ask me what do I see? I gave an answer. But then he'll hand the paper back to me, and asked again. I gave a different answer because I saw something different. We did this at least 3 more times, and each answer and response change because I kept seeing something knew. He explained using the Leaf and Trees metaphore, but added how a forest is nothing without the Trees, and the Trees are nothing without its Leaves, and vise versa. This definitely opened my eyes to the world even more and even the world in myself.
Its truly amazing how the perspective of musashi changes throughout the story. And especially after his arrest where he talked with takuan a bunch about philosophy. After that, invincible under the sun was but a heat haze.
It actually did for me, the "Do you see how infinite you are?" and the farming arc, those two things got me good into changing and being way more stoic and chill with life
Vagabond is one of the reasons why I became fascinated by Japan.
Man, you know a Manga is a masterpiece when you haven't even read it yet and a great video essay on one of it's core themes already makes you think about life lol
Vagabond sure is a masterpiece. Keep up the good work as always.
Vagabond is one of the few stories I can genuinely say made me want to be a better person. I highly suggest it to anybody if they haven't read it. To me a story about looking within oneself and realizing that all you ever need is already within you. The way Musashi, Matachi, and Kojiro all show you 3 different views of the world is beautiful along with Musashi meeting so many people and seeing parts of himself in all of them.
"Each path born by heaven is perfectly decided.... and at once perfectly free" -Takuan
This story actually changed my life for the better. It helped me to smile more in every facet of my life and not let my pride and ego define my actions.
In a story about swords and fights, my favorite arc is the one where the strongest swordsman in the world puts down his blade and picks up a hoe and tills the land so that rice can grow.
When i was 17 i read it but not convinced in anything but the art
And now when im older 23 i read it again and it somehow changed my life, my prospective on problems and relationships,
There are stories and philosophical messages that u can’t understand till u reach a certain point in life and certain point in collective experience.
This is the type of content I'd dream to do. Love it brother, thankyou for making this.
I've read vagabond once, and I haven't thought about the meaning of the story too much as it's not something I search in this media. This video and comment section made start reading it with a bigger mindset. Thank you guys
Musashi really went from "unrivalled under the heavens" to "unrivalled under the farm"
Mere words :)
This video is such a surprise... I just finished Vagabond yesterday and it's more than worthy to be called a masterpiece. Truly breathtaking! It's as if I've opened my third eye.
When i was 17 i read it but not convinced in anything but the art
And now when im older 23 i read it again and it somehow changed my life, my prospective on problems and relationships,
There are stories and philosophical messages that u can’t understand till u reach a certain point in life and certain point in collective experience.
Good use of metaphors. Perfectly in line with the symbolisms in Vagabond. Love your work.
we need more content on vagabond from you. great work
Vagabond helped guide me into a beautiful view on life, also it’s inspired me into martial arts and to always try better myself. Life is short and I want to die knowing I gave the life I live life value. I’ve lived a beautiful life so far, I’m married, I’m no longer the broken boy I once was who only saw darkness and didn’t want to live but years of growth I’ve let go of toxic people in my life and have a beautiful family, that’s not blood related. Family isn’t always blood it’s who is there for you. For everyone, make most of everyday, do what you love and makes your mind body and soul happy
In the panel where Sekishusai tells Musashi to smile more, I genuinely cried. I still don’t know why. This manga is truly the greatest piece of literature I have EVER consumed.
I can't even tell you how many times I've cried during my first readthrough, the feels within this story are truly special. Such an emotional ride it's been. I hope one day Inoue Takehiko decides to finish this story and hopefully we'll get a masterful adaptation just like Vinland Saga got so far. But the incredible art makes it really difficult to get a faithful adaption I'd imagine. Nonetheless this masterpiece is one of my favs ever, just up there with Berserk and Vinland Saga.
When i was 17 i read it but not convinced in anything but the art
And now when im older 23 i read it again and it somehow changed my life, my prospective on problems and relationships,
There are stories and philosophical messages that u can’t understand till u reach a certain point in life and certain point in collective experience.
I wish it would get an adaptation too, just like Slam Dunk. The art style is similar (obviously) and every time I see Musashi while reading the manga, I also see Hanamichi Sakuragi because they look so much alike 😂😂😂
For me reading Vagabond was the turning point of my life where i realised a lots of things, i am very grateful for the masterpiece Vagabond is. Wonderful video btw.
This video came out at the perfect time. I just finished reading this beautiful masterpiece. The lessons of this manga are truly valuable. Musashi is such a beautiful charecter. Thanks for this video.
Yo, I just wanna appreciate your thumbnails. They are one on the cleanest and most appealing ones I've seen on CZcams. Also your Videos are amazing :^)
I'm a big fan of Berserk, so naturally I got recommendations from friends and the algorithm to read Vagabond. Thinking about it I was watching some videos like this one, and I remember thinking Is it really that good that it will "change my life"? Seeing some great things being said about it, and even managing to avoid spoilers, I started reading it this year, and boy how unprepared and unaware I was about the amazingness of this manga but also as well how has it REALLY changed myself and my life.
Firstly, yes the art is astonishing and how it aides the storytelling is whole separate discussion, but what I wanted to focus on in this comment is just how ATTACHED I grew to the characters of Musashi and Kojiro.
One of the major themes in Vagabond is change and growth, and I personally experienced a lot of it in the recent 3 years. Being a person led my a lot of hate and frustration, jealousy and envy, completely unaware of my own true nature, and feelings of love and acceptance. Willingness but inability to change led me to a critical point in my life when I even had thoughts so desperate they even contained suicide. Luckily I didn't give up, I moved, got a new job, lived alone, got through a lot of nasty things, but also a lot of hard work, which eventually led me to acquire new experiences, new people, new stuff in general. And I have changed so much that I can't even recognize how I used to be. I don't know when exactly the change happened, it's more about a process rather than an exact event, like how a tree is a sum of its leaves and a forest a sum of its trees, to put it in Vagabond's perspective.
All of that led me to become so attached to this Manga, plus the lessons I have learned from reading it proved invaluable and critical to my life and personality, it is on par with Berserk itself. It also made me even more confident in being hopeful and I can't wait to see how much more I'll grow as a person and how much more the story of Vagabond will affect my live and the way I see it.
And as for the continuation, I am sure it will eventually happen when the Master decide it is the right time for it. And if not, Vagabond is still one of the greatest gifts to Humanity even in it's unfinished state and is well worth reading through.
Keep going masked man can't wait to watch this video
started reading this back in January 2022 to start a fresh year, since year 2021 broke me. that was when my character development arc started as well, and I'm grateful I tried, it was hard but I'm more better that my past self. Now I just finished watching vinland saga 1 and 2, I think I'll be having a new improvement. ❤
I want it to come back so bad.
i read this manga a few weeks ago, and in 50 chapters, i could say i really love the tempo of the manga and the characters growth. already one of my favorite manga.
Read all of Vagabond in February at the beginning of this year (2023) and it’s truly a masterpiece and the best manga I’ve ever read.
In the short term it’s helped me start cultivating a growth mindset, the understanding that every person including me changes dramatically through the course of their life. I was feeling stuck in my ways: procrastinating instead of doing university work, extreme introversion due to social anxiety and a general bitterness towards life - there was no way I could see myself living 5 years from now.
Just seeing Musashi naturally grow into a better, kinder person has given me immense hope.
All this is without mentioning the countless spiritual lessons Inoue placed throughout the work. I study philosophy at university so I find that stuff really captivating and I am capable of understanding them on an academic level, but because of vagabond I feel that I must come to understand them personally.
I plan on re-reading soon to hopefully help those lessons sink in, and am beginning to meditate and exercise more to care for my body.
If you read this far thanks, I needed someone other than my girlfriend to gush about this series to. And if you have not yet read vagabond I hope you understand this comment as the largest recommendation I could possibly give. READ IT RIGHT NOW.
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Gg dude
man youre the best just reading your comment i can feel the same joy i feel everytime i talk about this masterpiece of art
" I was feeling stuck in my ways: procrastinating instead of doing university work, extreme introversion due to social anxiety and a general bitterness towards life - there was no way I could see myself living 5 years from now. "
Love this. This is where I was at for a while. slowly improving, glad you are as well.
One of the best manga imo excellent video Masked
The way I’m crying watching this!!…. Thank you, my friend
Love the video, great job Masked.
It's a good message, to not get swept up in the little things, to take a step back and look at things from outside a narrow perspective. If you like Vagabond, you might like Blade of the Immortal, which is a more fantasy, less slice of life series, but features some beautiful art that really reminds me of Vagabond.
Be well!
That opening quote is so powerful that I put it in a rap, " it's a shame it's the little things, miss the woods focusing on trees, you miss the trees by dwelling on the leaves. It ain't always as it seems gotta see without seeing, be thankful that you woke up still breathing"
i love how both vagabond and vinland saga had farming arcs, and both also happened to be my favorite arcs of each respective series (fyi i've only watched the vinland saga anime the manga is pretty low on my to read list)
been about a year since i last watched you, forgot how much i love your videos
0:01 that quote is literally my favourite quote ever, just see the bigger picture and stop focussing on the small things
I find it so interesting that to understand what it was that he truly desired, he had to learn that what he wanted was truly unfulfilling.
Love your videos, can't wait for you to cover requiem of innocence
Amazing sometimes reading a vagabond can help us to understand life , we all the same as Musashi , we just not know that yet , progressing in life we start to search for a reason for life or search about philosophy to live on on. Every monthes or years our perspective for life change , till we found something we live on
You can say the same about Vinland saga
Another banger vagabond video.
"THE LONGEST HOURS YOU'LL HAVE IN YOUR LIFE ARE THE ONES YOU SIT THROW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE RIGHT"
Sasaki Kojiro, Musashi and so many other characters really stuck with me throughout their journey this series got it all for real
Reading Vagabond literally made me rethink how I wanted my life to be. I was once a person driven by external motives like the praise of other people, materialistic wealth,and a desire to be perfect and the best; always stuck in future I always dreamed to reach. However,Vagabond taught me that everything I've ever wished for already exists in the now, I just needed to learn how to swim through all the bs and see it. Literally started my whole spirituality journey.
Honestly I respect Miyomoto Musashi a lot, it’s not everyday you can meet someone who wields more then one sword and win (yes Ik short sword) I respect him alot, especially in Baki(probably not realistic) but even he was challenge for everyone in that universe because of his blind determination to be the best, no the strongest underneath the sun. That’s pure will and the power the back it up.
I just wished to read something like this when I was young, could have learned a lot of things. I learn from it now too but would help a younger self a lot more.
Currently at vol 9, right when Inshun attacks Musashi with a loud scream during their second battle, so I‘m not gonna watch the video yet, but oh my goodness gracious, the last chapters were nothing but overwhelming greatness my eyes and my sole witnessed. Especially how Musashis growth over the last few weeks is betrayed during the fight, it’s so awesome and when he recalls takuans lesson to see everything in its entirety, it was such a great scene. I was so goddamn hyped man, after finishing the vol I was like „that’s my guy man, that’s my guy musashi, tell‘em how it’s done bro“ and „he’s on another level bro, he’s literally HIM“ and was jumping around in my room, I was his hype-man😂 I probably only witnessed a single leaf of the greatness vagabond carries in its forest and I‘m so eager to get to know every single tree of this story ❤️
I thought the series was good, but I read it like 8 years ago and monthly updates. One day I will reread it but I honestly forgot about much of it, didn't leave to much of an impression on me compared to Inoue's other works Real and Slam Dunk.
amazing video, Keep it up 🖤
I just started this series last week and i made it to chapter 70 in 2 days, this series got me hooked immediately 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Vagabond along with beserk and vinland saga encompass different viewpoints and genres ( not so much vagabond and vinland ) but they really go to show the potential of manga and the height of perfection it can be taken to
Masked goat fr
Now i wonder who would be the ideal studio to being this Manga to animation🤔
Just finished the manga last night. What an amazing story
I just read the entire manga (at least what we’ve got) a few months ago, and it was the best experience I’ve had reading anything!
I read this when I was 16 and it changed me forever
im almost done reading it and damn, I was reluctant at reading it but after a few chapters it got me hooked, the internal battles of musashi resonated with me, imo vagabond is better than berserk, during reading it made me sit and think, musashi is the best main character written. i genuinely love how his character developed throughout the story..this is what i love about reading manga!
Forever one of my favorite stories of all time. Musashi is one of my favorite characters of all time. I'll never forget the life lessons Inoue has taught me by way of Musashi's journey.
Takehiko Inoue did slam dunk too right ?
@@theshonenmaster2989 yessir, and thats another one of my favorite mangas
@@NinthShinigami yeah I ain't surprised.
i enjoy loosing more than winning, because i did my best with every loss
I read it 4 times over a few years
It did change me
Many should find their sword
Whether it be an art form, athleticism, etc
Find yourself through your sword
Just finished Books 1-6 and Kojiros story might be my favorite so far
Great vid bro.😺
The Climber deserves a video too
I just ordered the first volume and I am excited as hell for it
One day I got bored at school and i randomly found this manga online I read all 258 chapters at school and it completely changed my life after I finished it a void appeared that I couldn’t fill till this day I’m still waiting for Inoue to drop
I'm currently on the part where Musashi says "it's farmin' time" and then just farms all over the place.
"invincible is just a mere word"
Only once Musashi let other people into his life and tries to connect to them, only then does he truly become strong. The farming Ark was peak Vagabond, it was him trying to fight for other people and sacrificing his own body and health.
Invincible under the sun are just words.
Do not hate failure. Love success
"When I close my eyes, I am infinite! "
vagabond is my favorite work of fiction ever
Aight, I'll read it. Seems cool :)
I can’t wait to read it I’m trying to get all the volumes to read I’m so ready heard it’s great
I agree Changed my life to, 12 years ago.
Vagabond does change my life.
My favorite manga, it changed my life.
Vagabond is one of the greatest manga of all time.
currently reading it and it was one of the best mangas ever
We all live on our own island in the sea.. Until we realize we're all part of the same ocean.
“Invincible is just a word”
Title said It all It did change my life
i just want the vagabond hiatus to end more then anything
Vagabond tells about a Life without regrets of past, without worry of future and without fear of loosing anything or everything...
....life of Miyamoto Musashi
failure is wisdom
I think it’s time I start vagabond.
ye so basically i just watched until 1:31 because i stopped to vid and started reading vagabond right after that.
now its my fav manga abd yes he is right. it changes you
Brother... This is such a beautiful video. I commend you. I would just love to know what the last scene with the purple background was from? The sentence is thought provoking.
absolutely beutifal video
I really want a hardcover release of this manga.