What does it truly mean to be "strong"? Takehiko Inoue's monumental chronicle of the undefeated swordsman Miyamoto Musashi reaches Volume 31, weaving two souls side by side. Carrying his aged mother Osugi on his back, Matahachi Hon'iden faces the quiet, unavoidable parting from the woman who accepted him despite all his lies and vanity. Meanwhile Musashi, seeking the answer to the question lodged in his heart, sets out once more for the land of Yagyū, wishing to cross blades in earnest just one more time. Torn between laying down the sword and holding it still, he refuses to stop walking—and on the road he meets an unexpected figure, setting the wheels of fate turning anew. A volume where parting and reunion, stillness and foreboding, quietly cross.
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[Contains story details and outcomes] Matahachi walks the road home with his aged mother Osugi on his back. To the end she never blamed the wayward son who kept fleeing into bravado and lies, but accepted him—and carrying that warmth, Matahachi meets the unavoidable hour of parting from her. Elsewhere, Musashi is driven by an urge he cannot suppress: to truly cross swords just once more. Seeking his answer, he turns again toward Yagyū, swaying between lingering attachment to the blade and the wish to step away from it. On the journey he encounters an unexpected person, and this meeting becomes the thread that will move much of what follows. Quiet yet decisive, the volume sets the story surely toward its next peak.
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| Author | 吉川英治 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | 講談社 |
| Release date | 2009-09-03 |
| Volume | Vol. 31 |
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