Vagabond

Japanese manga series

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Publication & release details

Author: Takehiko Inoue
Publishers across editions: Kodansha · Viz Media, LLC
Genres: action anime and manga · adventure anime and manga · epic anime and manga · historical anime and manga
Original language: Japanese
Serialization magazine: Morning
Native title: バガボンド

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Reference snapshot: 29 October 2026. Factual database license: CC0. Dataset credits & downloads.

https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1244799

Volume 1 cover © respective creators / VIZ Media · Image source

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Vagabond

Takezo begins Vagabond with strength and little direction

In the aftermath of Sekigahara, Takezo’s physical power keeps him alive but offers no answer to what he should become. The manga’s fugitive opening makes survival feel less like victory than an unfinished question.

Character analysis · 4 min

Vagabond

The weight of a line in Vagabond's sword fights

Vagabond’s swordplay gains much of its force from what the page leaves unresolved. Inoue’s changing line, open space, and attention to bodies make an attack feel like a risk unfolding, rather than a clean emblem of mastery.

Visual analysis · 3 min

Vagabond

Matahachi gives Vagabond a second account of ambition

Matahachi’s path alongside Takezo complicates the idea that only fearlessness counts as ambition. In their early lives after Sekigahara, the friends’ contrasting choices reveal two different ways to imagine what survival might make possible.

Character analysis · 4 min