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Ukukhula ngasekupheleni kwenkulungwane ye-16 iShinmen Takez, ixesha leSengoku eJapan? Uyakhatywa ngabahlali belali njengomntwana ongumtyholi ngenxa yobundlobongela nobuntu bakhe basendle. Ebaleka kude nendlu enomfana oneminyaka eli-17 ubudala, u-Takezo ujoyina umkhosi waseToyotomi kunye neqela laseTokugawa emfazweni e-Idabi laseSekigahara. Kwelinye icala, amaTokugawa aphumelela ukuphumelela, okukhokelela phantse kwiminyaka engamakhulu amathathu yolawulo lweShogunate. Umhlobo wakhe no-Takezo bafumana indlela yokusinda kwimpixano kwaye kamva bafunge ukwenza izinto ezimangalisayo ngobomi babo. Nangona kunjalo, emva kweendlela zabo ezahlukeneyo, u-Takezo kufuneka atshintshe isihloko kunye nomlinganiswa wakhe ukuze ubaleke ukusweleka kwaye ube sisaphuli-mthetho esifunwayo.

IVagabond luluhlu lwamaJapan lwamaJapan aboniswe kwaye abhalwa nguTruthhiko Inoue. Ichaza iingxelo eziqingqiweyo zexesha lobomi bendoda ephethe isabula eJapan uMiyamoto Musashi, egxile kwinoveli uMusashi wase-Eiji Yoshikawa.
Qaphela: Phumelela iMbasa ye-Kodansha Manga ye-Best General Manga kunye ne-24 ye-Kodansha Manga Award kudidi ngokubanzi ngo-2000. Uphumelele i-Tezuka Osamu Prize Prize ngo-2002 kwaye wonyulwa kwi-2003 Eisner Award kwi-Best Writer / Artist category.