IVagabond

Ukukhula ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-16 leminyaka uShinmen Takez, inkathi kaSengoku eJapan? Iyabalekela abantu bendawo njengomntwana okadeveli ngenxa yesimo sayo sobudlova nobudlova. Ebalekela kude nendlu enomfana akanye naye eneminyaka engu-17, uTakezo ujoyina umbutho wezempi waseToyotomi kanye nomndeni wakwaTokugawa empini yaseSekigahara. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, amaTokugawa awina impumelelo enkulu, okwaholela eminyakeni engamakhulu amathathu yokubusa kukaShogunate. Umngani wakhe noTakezo bathola indlela yokusinda engxabanweni bese kamuva benza isithembiso sokwenza izinto ezimangazayo ngezimpilo zabo. Kodwa-ke, ngemuva kwezindlela zabo ezihlukile, uTakezo kufanele ashintshe isihloko sakhe nobuntu bakhe ukuze ubalekele ukufa okungahloniphi futhi ube yisigebengu esifunwayo.

IVagabond uchungechunge lwama-manga lwaseJapan olukhonjiswe futhi lwabhalwa nguTakehiko Inoue. Ichaza ukulandisa okuqanjiwe kwesikhathi sokuphila kwendoda yenkemba yaseJapan uMiyamoto Musashi, egxile encwadini ethi Musashi ka-Eiji Yoshikawa.
Qaphela: Wina umklomelo wamaKodansha Manga weBest General Manga kanye noMklomelo wama-24 wamaKodansha Manga esigabeni esijwayelekile ngonyaka ka-2000. Wina Umklomelo Wezamasiko weTezuka Osamu ngo-2002 futhi waphakanyiselwa i-2003 Eisner Award esigabeni se-Best Writer / Artist.