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Vagabond (manga)

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Alternative title:
バガボンド (Japanese)
浪人劍客 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Growing up in 17th century Sengoku era Japan, Shinmen Takezou is shunned by the local villagers as a devil child due to his wild and violent nature. Running away from home with a fellow boy at age 17, Takezou joins the Toyotomi army to fight the Tokugawa clan at the battle of Sekigahara. However, the Tokugawa win a crushing victory, leading to nearly three hundred years of Shogunate rule. Takezou and his friend manage to survive the battle, and afterwards swear to do great things with their lives. But after their paths seperate, Takezou becomes a wanted criminal, and must change his name and his nature in order to escape an ignoble death. Based on the book "Musashi" by Eiji Yoshikawa, Vagabond is a fictional retelling of the life of Miyamoto Mushashi, often referred to as the "Sword Saint" - perhaps the most famous and successful of Japan's sword fighters.
User Ratings: 414 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 219 votes (Eng:142, sub:47, dub:14, raw:1, raw:1, others:14
4 French
3 Spanish
1 German
1 Portuguese
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 French edited dub
1 Polish dubbed
1 German subtitled
)
 Excellent: 104 votes (Eng:60, sub:25, dub:6, raw:2, edit.dub:1, ?:1, raw:1, others:8
2 Portuguese
2 German
1 French
1 Spanish
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian
)
 Very good: 50 votes (Eng:33, sub:12, dub:2, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Italian
)
 Good: 20 votes (Eng:11, sub:3, dub:3, edit.dub:1, others:2
1 French
1 German
)
 Decent: 6 votes (Eng:4, dub:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 So-so: 9 votes (sub:4, Eng:2, ?:1, dub:1, others:1
1 Portuguese
)
 Not really good: 1 vote (others:1
1 Portuguese
)
 Weak: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Bad: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:1, Eng:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 746 users, rank: #95 (of 6736)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 9.080 (Excellent), std. dev.: 1.4349, rank: #81 (of 7468)
Weighted mean: 8.872 (Excellent), rank: #291 (of 7468) (seen all: 9.30 / seen some: 8.76 / won't finish: 6.55)
Bayesian estimate: 8.861 (Excellent), rank: #11 (of 3489)
Chapter titles: We have 304
Vintage: 1999-03-23
Release dates: We have 138
Links: We have 3
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Artbook
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Graphic novel
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Takehiko Inoue
Original Novel: Eiji Yoshikawa
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Kodansha
English staff
English cast
Adaptation: Yuji Oniki
Cover Design: Izumi Evers
Design: Yukiko Kamematsu Whitley (VIZBIG edition)
Editing: Andy Nakatani
Graphic Design: Izumi Evers
Lettering: Steve Dutro
Touch-up Art: Steve Dutro
(none)
English companies
Distributor:
Chuang Yi Publishing Pte Ltd. (Singpore)
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Licensed by: Viz Media
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Editions Tonkam
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
Translation: Pablo Tschopp (Editorial Ivréa)
Licensed by: Panini Comics (Mexico)
Publisher: Editorial Ivréa
Spanish cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
German cast
(none)
Polish cast
Polish staff
Translation: Cezary Komorowicz
(none)
Polish companies
Publisher: Mandragora
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Publisher:
Conrad
Editora Nova Sampa (Brazil)
Panini (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Sharp Point Press
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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