Shinmen Takezo
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Chapter Info
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| Story Arc: | Takezo arc |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Chapter: | 1 |
| Japanese Title: | 新免武蔵様 |
| Romanized Title: | Shinmen Takezō-sama |
| Total Pages: | 42 |
| Weekly Morning: | Issue #40 (1998) |
Chapter Chronology
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Shinmen Takezo (新免武蔵様, Shinmen Takezō-sama) is the 1st chapter of the Vagabond manga series.
Summary[]
Shinmen Takezo lie down on the battlefield as the battle of Sekigahara has just ended, calling himself a failure as other men pass by. In the morning, Matahachi, lie in the field as well. He apologizes to his mother and Otsu for leaving Sakushu in vain as he has not made a name for himself. Soon Takezo finds him and for a moment Matahachi mistakes it as a refugee hunter but Takezo tells him he survived too. On hearing these words, Matahachi bursts into tears and they depart from the field.
Night dawns and Takezo helps Matahachi limp in the forest. While they take a rest, Takezo reassures Matahachi that once they find a village they will find medicine. Matahachi explains they left Sakushu to make names for themselves, but instead of cutting enemies, they were only given machetes and told to cut grass in order to make roads. Takezo soon notices something behind him. While Matahachi continues to ramble, he asks Takezo to take care of Otsu if he dies but someone soon holds a sword to his neck. Mistaking him as Takezo, Matahachi jokes around. As he turns around he realizes that it is actually a samurai! Matahachi stumbles backward, trying to avoid the samurai's sword, but gets cut on the arm and runs away looking for Takezo. He then sees Takezo is fighting a samurai himself, headbutting him and grabbing and smashing his head into a tree. The other man then slips and Takezo turns towards Matahachi, picking and throwing a boulder at the samurai chasing Matahachi. Takezo then smashes a stick into the samurai's head and pierces it into his throat. Takezo turns his eyes on the last remaining trembling in fear samurai and smirks as then proceeds and kills him.
The moon shines bright as Takezo and Matahachi continue their journey. With a determined expression, Takezo says that there was no way he would die, since he was "Shinmen Takezo" and Matahachi repeats the same with his own name and with a faltering breath, and states they are gonna make names for themselves. Matahachi collapses and Takezo runs out in the forest to find a village. The field is abundant with corpses and Takezo notices something is wrong with him as well as he vomits over one of the bodies. As he lies down, he notices a figure brooding over him but it appears to be a woman in a kimono.
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
- Shinmen Takezo (Debut)
- Matahachi Hon'iden (Debut)
- Akemi (Debut)
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| Volume 1 | 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 |
| Volume 2 | 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 |
| Volume 3 | 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 |
| Volume 4 | 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 |
| Volume 5 | 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 |
| Volume 6 | 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 |
| Volume 7 | 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 |
| Volume 8 | 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 |
| Volume 9 | 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 |
| Volume 10 | 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 |
| Volume 11 | 98 • 99 • 100 • 101 • 102 • 103 • 104 • 105 • 106 • 107 |
| Volume 12 | 108 • 109 • 110 • 111 • 112 • 113 • 114 • 115 • 116 • 117 |
| Volume 13 | 118 • 119 • 120 • 121 • 122 • 123 • 124 • 125 • 126 • 127 |
| Volume 14 | 128 • 129 • 130 • 131 • 132 • 133 • 134 • 135 • 136 |
| Volume 15 | 137 • 138 • 139 • 140 • 141 • 142 • 143 |
| Volume 16 | 144 • 145 • 146 • 147 • 148 • 149 • 150 |
| Volume 17 | 151 • 152 • 153 • 154 • 155 • 156 • 157 |
| Volume 18 | 158 • 159 • 160 • 161 • 162 • 163 • 164 |
| Volume 19 | 165 • 166 • 167 • 168 • 169 • 170 • 171 |
| Volume 20 | 172 • 173 • 174 • 175 • 176 • 177 • 178 • 179 |
| Volume 21 | 180 • 181 • 182 • 183 • 184 • 185 • 186 • 187 • 188 |
| Volume 22 | 189 • 190 • 191 • 192 • 193 • 194 • 195 • 196 • 197 |
| Volume 23 | 198 • 199 • 200 • 201 • 202 • 203 • 204 • 205 • 206 |
| Volume 24 | 207 • 208 • 209 • 210 • 211 • 212 • 213 • 214 • 215 |
| Volume 25 | 216 • 217 • 218 • 219 • 220 • 221 • 222 • 223 • 224 |
| Volume 26 | 225 • 226 • 227 • 228 • 229 • 230 • 231 • 232 • 233 |
| Volume 27 | 234 • 235 • 236 • 237 • 238 • 239 • 240 • 241 • 242 |
| Volume 28 | 243 • 244 • 245 • 246 • 247 • 248 • 249 • 250 • 251 • 252 |
| Volume 29 | 253 • 254 • 255 • 256 • 257 • 258 • 259 • 260 |
| Volume 30 | 261 • 262 • 263 • 264 • 265 • 266 • 267 • 268 • 269 |
| Volume 31 | 270 • 271 • 272 • 273 • 274 • 275 • 276 • 277 • 278 |
| Volume 32 | 279 • 280 • 281 • 282 • 283 • 284 • 285 • 286 • 287 |
| Volume 33 | 288 • 289 • 290 • 291 • 292 • 293 • 294 • 295 • 296 |
| Volume 34 | 297 • 298 • 299 • 300 • 301 • 302 • 303 |
| Volume 35 | 304 • 305 • 306 • 307 • 308 • 309 |
| Volume 36 | 310 • 311 • 312 • 313 • 314 • 315 |
| Volume 37 | 316 • 317 • 318 • 319 • 320 • 321 • 322 |
| Extra Chapters | 323 • 324 • 325 • 326 • 327 |