Vagabond Chapter 278 Discussion

Awesome chapter. At first Musashi is like, no way, Im peaceful now, but then he is all intrigued by Ittosai's stance and in fighter mode. Can't wait for the duel.

Holy shit its about to happen! Musashi vs Ittosai!

What banger of a Volume this was, god damn Inoue never dissapoints!

Matahatchi and his mother: Great chapters and great closure for them, well handeled by Inoue!

And now we got Musashi vs Ittosai! Musashi clearly changed, he has a new calmness around him!

Yagyu on his deathbed!

I am hyped to see how this will play out! We are definitely in the last third of the story and approching the end!

I didn’t expect that at first but I think I would have liked that Musashi just stop fighting for some time...

Boi they are gonna fight lol

There is an interesting analogy between Musashi and the 羅刹(rasetsu), rakshasa in the translation. They are born from Brahma’s foot, and they are shape changers. The foot part seems ironical right now, once Musashi is a cripple at the moment. On the other hand, he really changes his “shape” when that “demon” appears and urges to fight. Ittosai, called Musashi a demon, but he himsefl is a good one as well (and he’s using a Hanmi, a foot technique). Section 4 of Gishaku says that the title of the demon king Nirrti is the great Raksasa. He holds a sword and has a ferocious appearance. He has a double-edged sword in his right hand, and makes the sign of double-edge sword mudra (ritual gesture) in his left hand. Since Ittosai is hiding his right arm, this really makes sense.

fisher_88 said:
Also, kudos to Takehiko - I have just realized how great and nifty Musashi's new style is.



He hasnt even begun fighting with two swords yet either...

Itou is possibly missing an arm?

so will they fight or not?