Yeah, I thought about that after reading 15 too. So I checked, and it was in fact Kamekichi that Matahachi got Kojiro’s papers from. Yeah, Kamekichi was the kid that hung out with Kojiro that called himself Kusanagi Tenki. You can tell it’s him, b/c he has those scars on his face that Fudo gave him.
Well I got up to volume 19 in Canada and my bro said he saw volume 20 in stores.
*Spoiler*<--just in case
The story of Kojiro is still going on at the end of volume 19, not much fight in volume 16&17 just enought but volume 18&19 is filled with action! and in volume 18 you can see Takezo back in a nice fight scene.
Hell yeah, I just read 16 and 17. You can get it off of the Despair bot now, in case you guys didn’t know. Anyway, I thought they freakin ruled, as Vagabond is want to do. Yeah, Kojiro is actually Musashi’s main rival, for those of you who were unaware. So, expect to be seeing plenty of Kojiro from now on, for the most part anyway. Yeah, I loved the huge scene with Sasaki, the other guys, and Ito Ittosai in these two volumes. Yeah, I found it to be exciting. So if Finito says the actions even better in the next two volumes, than I already can’t wait! Man, I freakin love this manga. I’m a man of the sword myself, of sorts. Anyway, reading this stuff along with history and the teachings of some of the greatest sword masters, it’s almost spiritual, heh. Oh yeah, and Kojiro looks awesome as an adult. No wonder he was popular with the ladies.
Thats why this manga is great it isn only about sword action, it have many other strong points like the spiritual side is great.
I'm gonna buy vol 14-17 in a couple of days im looking forward to seeing Musashi's main rival, he better be a great characther since he will probaly have a big role in this manga.
I wonder one thing that maybe you guys that are ahead of me can tell,if Musash's father is alive?
The ink of a scholar is worth a thousand times more than the blood of the martyr- The Quran
Don't worry dude, Sasaki Kojiro (Musashi's rival) is a bad ass. As for Musashi's father, I can't remember. I know Musashi tried to kill him before, but I can't remember if he ever pulled it off or not. They don't talk about the guy that often, but I'm guessing he's dead.
I'm hoping he isnt since he was so cool when Musashi tried to kill him. I hope he isnt dead cause when some samurai heard his name he menitoned how legandry warrior he is or was.
The ink of a scholar is worth a thousand times more than the blood of the martyr- The Quran
Well I was tired of waiting for the scans on the net so I bought it instead, in stores they were like 10 volumes in advance, so I bought 11 to 17 and 3 weeks later, they release the scans in a batch of 5 volumes(11to15 i think)...
At least ill have them in my manga collection.
Starnum wrote:Well, there you have it. Thanks man, that's nice to know.
That just means we have some catching up to do.
I can't wait to see some of the cool things that Kojiro does later, like his patented Sparrow Cut.
<--Has read Musashi's Book of Five Rings and his biography.
In the Viz Graphic Novels, his patented move is translated as the swallow cut. I don't know if anyone else remembers Ukyo from Samurai Showdown, but one of his moves was called the swallow swoop cut. Is Kojiro deaf or is he just mute?
...Well maybe you should reread the volumes or think more before asking, becuz its pretty obvious that when your deaf, you cant learn to talk, so your mostly obligated to be mute too. You can talk but how can you learn it, and with the low technology they had back then.
Just wondering, the release, are they scans of the english volumes or translations?(no I didnt bother dling the releases since I have them in real book already)
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