Summary
Growing up in the late 16th 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, Takezo 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. Takezo and his friend manage to survive the battle and afterwards swear to do great things with their lives. However, after their paths separate, Takezo becomes a wanted criminal and must change his name and his nature in order to escape an ignoble death.
**Awards:**
– Won the 24th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category in 2000.
– Won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2002
**Note:** was nominated for the 2003 Eisner Award in the Best Writer/Artist category.
- Ch. 327 The Man Named Tadoki 02/12/2025
- Ch. 326 To Be A Samurai 02/12/2025
- Ch. 325 Noted Treasure 02/12/2025
- Ch. 324 Kokura's Treasure 02/12/2025
- Ch. 323 Travel Clothes 02/12/2025
- Ch. 322 Dragonflies 02/12/2025
- Ch. 321 Shusaku Collapses 02/12/2025
- Ch. 320 Footpath 02/12/2025
- Ch. 319 Something Frail 02/12/2025
- Ch. 318 Rice Seeplings 02/12/2025
- Ch. 317 Pure and Clear 02/12/2025
- Ch. 316 Spring Thunder 02/12/2025
- Ch. 315 When the Water Warms 02/12/2025
- Ch. 314 Breath 02/12/2025
- Ch. 313 A Corpse and Lives 02/12/2025
- Ch. 312 The Fool's Paddy Field 02/12/2025
- Ch. 311 A Lively Life 02/12/2025
- Ch. 310 Late Autumn 02/12/2025
- Ch. 309 Earth 02/12/2025
- Ch. 308 Locusts 02/12/2025
- Ch. 307 The Tip 02/12/2025
- Ch. 306 Infinite Smiles 02/12/2025
- Ch. 305 The Water Path 02/12/2025
- Ch. 304 Overflowing Water 02/12/2025
- Ch. 303 Rainy Soil 02/12/2025
- Ch. 302 Children of the Earth 02/12/2025
- Ch. 301 At the End of the Jorney 02/12/2025
- Ch. 300 The Future of Our Fiefdom 02/12/2025
- Ch. 299 Mogura 02/12/2025
- Ch. 298 Instructor 02/12/2025
- Ch. 297 Too Flashy 02/12/2025
- Ch. 296 Kojirou's City 02/12/2025
- Ch. 295 Paper Balloon 02/12/2025
- Ch. 294 Give It Up 02/12/2025
- Ch. 293 Haze 02/12/2025
- Ch. 292 Profile 02/12/2025
- Ch. 291 7 Years 02/12/2025
- Ch. 290 The World of People 02/12/2025
- Ch. 289 The Music Inside 02/12/2025
- Ch. 288 Kokura 02/12/2025
- Ch. 287 The Way Of Without A Blade 02/12/2025
- Ch. 286 Tiger And Tiger 02/12/2025
- Ch. 285 Learning To Smile 02/12/2025
- Ch. 284 The Spiral 02/12/2025
- Ch. 283 Thirteen Years Old 02/12/2025
- Ch. 282 This Form 02/12/2025
- Ch. 281 A Great Man Falls 02/12/2025
- Ch. 280 Ittousai, The Demon Swordsman 02/12/2025
- Ch. 279 Aspiration 02/12/2025
- Ch. 278 Treasure 02/12/2025
- Ch. 277 A Friend 02/12/2025
- Ch. 276 A Chance Meeting 02/12/2025
- Ch. 275 Liar 02/12/2025
- Ch. 274 Mother 02/12/2025
- Ch. 273 Mother And Child 02/12/2025
- Ch. 272 Dreams Worn Out And Returning Home 02/12/2025
- Ch. 271 The Shadow Of The Spiral 02/12/2025
- Ch. 270 Vagabond 02/12/2025
- Ch. 269 Light 02/12/2025
- Ch. 268 On The Edge Of The Sword 02/12/2025
- Ch. 267 Crossroads 02/12/2025
- Ch. 266 Fragments 02/12/2025
- Ch. 265 Just That Much 02/12/2025
- Ch. 264 Heat Haze 02/12/2025
- Ch. 263 The Facts Of A Dream 02/12/2025
- Ch. 262 Separation 02/12/2025
- Ch. 261 Moonlight 02/12/2025
- Ch. 260 The Flames of Hatred 02/12/2025
- Ch. 259 Still the Stick 02/12/2025
- Ch. 258 The Glowing Light in the Depths 02/12/2025
- Ch. 257 Contradiction 02/12/2025
- Ch. 256 Voices 02/12/2025
- Ch. 255 Questions 02/12/2025
- Ch. 254 Home 02/12/2025
- Ch. 253 To Live by the Sword 02/12/2025
- Ch. 252 An Imprisoned Musashi 02/12/2025
- Ch. 251 Prayer 02/12/2025
- Ch. 250 An End to Fighting 02/12/2025
- Ch. 249 The Man in the Rumors 02/12/2025
- Ch. 248 Pulse 02/12/2025
- Ch. 247 While You Sleep 02/12/2025
- Ch. 246 Nothing's Changed 02/12/2025
- Ch. 245 Reunion 02/12/2025
- Ch. 244 The Solitary Way 02/12/2025
- Ch. 243 Frogs 02/12/2025
- Ch. 242 The End of the Battle 02/12/2025
- Ch. 241 One Stroke of the Sword 02/12/2025
- Ch. 240 A Chance Meeting 02/12/2025
- Ch. 239 Mud of Blood 02/12/2025
- Ch. 238 Necessary to the Era 02/12/2025
- Ch. 237 In the Way 02/12/2025
- Ch. 236 The End of the Battle 02/12/2025
- Ch. 235 The Depth 02/12/2025
- Ch. 234 Heaps 02/12/2025
- Ch. 233 It Finds a Way 02/12/2025
- Ch. 232 Life 02/12/2025
- Ch. 231 Exhaustion 02/12/2025
- Ch. 230 Sallowed Sky 02/12/2025
- Ch. 229 The Rapids 02/12/2025
- Ch. 228 Swarm 02/12/2025
- Ch. 227 Army of One 02/12/2025
- Ch. 226 Debt to the Yoshioka 02/12/2025
- Ch. 225 Musashi Against Seventy Samurai 02/12/2025
- Ch. 224 Ichijoji Sagarimatsu 02/12/2025
- Ch. 223 From the Treetop 02/12/2025
- Ch. 222 Friends 02/12/2025
- Ch. 221 Old Friends 02/12/2025
- Ch. 220 Admiration and Hate 02/12/2025
- Ch. 219 Unbreakable Bonds 02/12/2025
- Ch. 218 Demise 02/12/2025
- Ch. 217 Denshichiro Advances 02/12/2025
- Ch. 216 A Year After 02/12/2025