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ТНЕ ИОМАМ
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HOLDS
DEAR.

THINGS. ;
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SO LOOKING
FORWARD TO BEING
CHARGED WITH

I THOUGHT
YOU WOULD ALSO ONE Y
BE WILD AND
BELLIGERENT...
DEDICATED
CONCEITED... TO THE
 МО ОМЕ
ELSE ІМ
THIS WORLD
COULD HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED

YOU ARE
INDEED
INVINCIBLE.

PLEASE
ASK OF МЕ |
ANYTHING
YOU MAY
NEED.
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WILL HAVE
TO KNOW
WHO I AM.
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PASSION у
ALL МУ 7
AND
NOW IT'S
LIFE... IVE BEEN \ 2
COME AFTER ONE
TO AN
ABRUPT
END.
 „То
РЕРІСАТЕ
ТНЕ КЕ5Т ОҒ
МУ LIFE ТО
YOU, КОЛКО.
 І ВЕТ
YOU'VE
NEVER
BEEN TO
KYUSHU ,
KOJIRO!!

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SO
YOU'VE
MADE
YOUR
DECISION?
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Farewell
 1 САММОТ
РЕСЕМЕ
THE SWORD.

DECEIVE
THE
SWORD?
А
BUT I om I CAN
HAVE МО DE AN
INTENTION МА | INSTRUCTOR.
ТО FIGHT...

WHAT
ABOUT YOUR
POSITION AS
AGAINST INSTRUCTOR
ANYONE.

THE PATH
HAS COME
TO AN END
FOR ME.
TALENT/

4 YOURE
| STRONG!
 15 ТНІ5
BECAUSE YOU
REALIZE NO
MATTER HOW
HARD YOU

„„УОЦ WILL E
NEVER
SURPASS
ANOTHER?

ARE YOU
REFERRING
TO KOJIRO?

STRENGTH
CAN ВЕ
ni

1 WAS
BLIND
TO THAT
DIFFERENCE
THREE
YEARS
AGO.
< сеш > 3
 „То
TRULY MOST MEN
PROVE THAT BUT IF WHO ARE
YOU ARE YOU WANT DEDICATED
THE BEST... TO PROVE TO THE
YOURSELF SWORD...
INVINCIBLE...

ASS e
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=> /4 А щ

YOUR WAY.

THEY
MUST
SIMPLY BE
CONTENT
WITH BEING
“STRONG.”

MUST LIVE
WITH THE
AMBIGUOUS
EVALUATIONS
OF OTHERS.
 BUT TO
GO TO SUCH
LENGTHS IN
THE NAME
OF BEING
INVINCIBLE...
ТНЕКЕ 5
МО ONE LEFT
TO RECOGNIZE
WHAT YOU'VE
ACHIEVED.

‚т
WOULD ВЕ
LYING TO - GA б
MY SWORD. PONT war

25%;г
DON'T THINK
ЕЕ

THERE'S THAT
ANY WAY... IS МУ
NATURE...
.. THAT
MY SWORD
WOULD HAVE
ANY LOVE
FOR МЕ.
 1 САММОТ
РЕСЕМЕ
THE SWORD.

AND SOME
PAPER?
 ALL
YOUR TITLES,
EVERYTHING
YOU'VE WORKED
FOR, INCLUDING
YOUR INSTRUCTOR
POSITION FOR THE
HOSOKAWA...

/ YOU'RE
RELINQUISHING
EVERYTHING
TO
KOJIRO?

I SHALL
WORK UNDER
THE DEAF
AND MUTE
KOJIRO...

I SHALL
ASSIST
HIM...

FOR THE
SAKE OF THE
HOSOKAWA
CLAN, PLEASE
SUPPORT ME
ІМ THIS
ENDEAVOR...
 HOW
DARE YOU |
DECIDE THIS
ALL ON
YOUR
OWN!

пе НЕШИР,"
И ти
и
==

PLEASE
FORGIVE MY
IMPROPRIETY.
CALM
DOWN,
 PERHAPS
WE WERE
MEANT TO
VISIT YOU

IT JUST
MAY BE THAT
THE GODS OR
BUDDHA MEANT
FOR US
TO MEET...

I BELIEVE
ANYONE WHO
PROVES HIMSELF
1 THROLIGH HIS SWORD,
REGARDLESS OF
4285 \ WHERE HE САМЕ
WE Wo 2 (22) FROM, IS WORTHY
WELCOME a ESC) ГД OF RESPECT!
YOU INTO = Ah
OUR CLAN/

ФАМЕУД
SASAKI
KOJIRO...
 ТНІ5 15
JUST WHAT
WE WERE
HOPING FOR,
KOETSU...
 BOS
таа.
ш

шш

Е
<
Г
ИНЕКЕ НЕ
BELONGS...

FAREWELL,
KOJIRO.
 IVE
ВИТ EVEN HEARD THE
THE VERY \ STORIES
EXISTENCE
OF THIS MAN

HOSOKAWA IS
A PROUD CLAN,
PARTICULARLY
WHEN IT COMES
TO THEIR
MARTIAL
SKILLS.
 YOURE МОТ
THE ONLY
INSTRUCTOR.
¿2% АМО THERE'S
ДА NO DOUBT
THAT...

1 SUPPOSE
WELL JUST
HAVE TO
WAIT AND
 у
І мо.
SUPPOSE Е
WELL JUST >
НАМЕ ТО
WAIT АМО
SEE...
UJIIE
IS THE HEAD
OF THE FOUR
AS THINGS INSTRUCTORS... Д
STAND, I
KNOW UJIIE
IS NOT Bess I AM BUT А
TERRIBLY PY NEWCOMER...
FOND OF

HE WILL
NOT READILY
ACCEPT THIS
PLAN OF
MINE...

TO GIVE UP
я THE SWORD
84 AND BRING IN
SOMEONE
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Fultilled PARTICULARLY
WHEN HE
HEARS IT'S
САМВУП
SASAKI
KOJIRO.

592742,
 ... THE
WHAT'RE
you
EVERYTHING THINKING,
TO GAIN
BY THIS. OGAWA?

YOURE
DISRUPTING -
ТНЕ ОКРЕК <
ОЕ ТНЕ
CLAN.

1
7 ES

:
 / HOW
1 САМ ЕАК САМ
FIND OUT ВУ ONE СЕТ
STAYING BY ІМ THESE
YOUR SIDE, CHANGING
KOJIRO. TIMES?

ку +
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HERE
WITH THIS
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WITH HIS
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$ MOTHER.
age

& ON HER
"OWN...
» WITHOUT ча
? НМ, SHE
LOST ALL
> HOPE.

THE YOLING
MOTHER IS
STRANGLING
HER SLICKLING
CHILD AFTER
LOSING HER
HUSBAND.
 СОМЕ! WE
MUST HURRY.
THERE ARE
70 PLACES
FOR US
TO VISIT.

ТНЕКЕ5 МО
ТІМЕ ТО
WISH FOR
MUSASHIS
HAPPINESS.
SILENCE
 ТНЕКЕ5
МО ПМЕ ТО
WISH FOR
MUSASHIS
HAPPINESS.
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> WILLING TO «З
PUT THEIR“
LIVES ОМ: К г ў
> THE LINE, AND HE > BS % SEVENTY >
ALL THOSE ћ ‚ ЖЕМ. 9
LIVES WERE
 WHY
DON'T YOU
GO PUT A
CURSE ON
HIM AND =
KILL HIM.

=>М „.ИНЕТНЕЮ
> ІРОІТ
OR МОТ, :
HELL ВЕ
DEAD BY 4
MORNING.

THE NIGHT
IN THIS
TEMPLE?

= РАВІЕ +
902. бе
 МЕ
WERE TOLD
MIYAMOTO
MUSASHI 15
STAYING
IN THE
VICINITY.

LY,
И (
“ы \\\

HOW
з, MUSASHI
> USED
„BUT з „3 TO BE.
THE АР- об б
PROACH THE ©.
IS STILL TIMES
MAY
“г CHA NGED.:
а =
йо З
 ТНЕКЕ 5
MUSASHI.
THERE'S
NOTHING
I CAN |

2 HE'S
GOING +
«3, TO DIE. ;

HE'S ІМ
РАМ.

Г НЕ
з CANT 2
` ESCAPE.

„EVER
SINCE WE
WERE
CHILDREN.
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 5 МИАН 5
о MEANS е | 3
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MY MIND.
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WHO ARE
LEFT BEHIND
HAVE TO
GIVE UP 50
(ы EASILY?
 SHOSHIDAI
ПАКЦКА
KATSUSHIGE
WOULD LIKE
 НЕКЕ 15
MUSASHI,
SIR.

AT EASE. „С

МА ZS

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со
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ІТ
WOULD ВЕ
NO MISTAKE IF
YOU WERE TO
CALL YOURSELF
THAT WORD.
 LIKE A
MIRAGE...

„ЛТ
VANISHED
AS SOON
AS I
ARERONCHER,

| Allan Ка
= i | /

ПРИ,
 І5
MUSASHI
GOING
TO BE
ЕХЕСИТЕР
 AND IF
HE'S МОТ
SENTENCED Р

THEN
THAT'S ALL
THE MORE
REASON...
 и \
чіИШІ |, 4Ди YOSHIOKA,
a | gr af OTAGURO
HYÖSUKE!

MUSASHI Е
[І 2
 / IN OTHER 2 Я 4
WORDS, UNTIL |)
„„ТНАТ - |MIRAGE...
VANISHES
AS YOU =
APPROACH Е

Г1
7 COULDNT Ка
SEE IT FOR {7
WHAT IT
WAS.

A
MIRAGE...

IT
DOESN'T чие
EXIST? GERM пази ARE YOU
| у a SAY ING...
MAYBE І
ALREADY
REALIZED
IT WAS A
MIRAGE...
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МО GOOD AT ALL.
WITH ІТ...
 |
a
е

THEN Ти.
FINISH YOU [NUS
BOTH OFF, Ви
КОНЕ. #
 SO YOU
DIDN'T
MAKE IT
AFTER ALL.

KIN не
N |||ІШ ШІ \ %
MASA
|| ІШ | IN \
| ТНАТ МАУ
НАМЕ ВЕЕМ
ИНЕМ І
REALIZED...

THE MAN
WHO LOST
А BOLD DEATH
У % |

WHILE L
WHO HAD
SUPPOSEDLY
WON, HAD TO
SNEAK OFF
 ТНІ5
WILL
INTERFERE
WITH THE

. THE \
MORE I FELT
LIKE MY
DREAM WAS
SLIPPING

LACKING
 YES, ALL
SUPPOSED
VICTORIES.
 І
DEFEATED
YOSHIOKA
SEIJIIRO. -

І
THOUGHT
ID BE
HAPPY.

ALREADY.
 1 НАМЕ |
NO
REGRETS.

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RIGHT...?

INVINCIBLE
UNDER
THE SUN...

A
MIRAGE...
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“ЖШ ALL IT
: >. WAS.

NW 4 |\\Т N

К
Wi
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ЦИ

ТООК МЕ
22 YEARS
ТО REALIZE
ТНАТ.
LONGER THAN
YOU. FOR
CENTURIES,
EVEN
MILLENNIA.
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4 INTERRUPT,
SIR!

musas, ро ||WHAT? |”

WE SHALL
MEET
AGAIN
TOMORROW
 MUSASHI IM
HAS TOLD SORRY FOR
COMING HERE
UNINVITED,
SIR КОЕТЗІЇ.
ТАКЦАМ.

WELL, І
НОРЕ П
WASN'T
ALL BAD.

YOU SEEN
MUSASHI?
 LATELY
HE'S ALL
I THINK
ABOUT...

FUTURE.
CERNED...

THAT'S
WHEN I
THOUGHT

ACTUALLY
HE WAS МЕТ HIM
ONLY BEFORE I
ABOUT EVEN KNEW
50 MUSASHI..

HE
MUST'VE
BEEN aimed
YEARS
OLD.
ж”
ALREADY
WIELDING
A SWORD!

ее
SWORD?!

IT
APPEARS
| IF THE OGURA
HOSOKAWA
CLAN WILL
GIVE HIM A
POSITION.
 ITS SO
STRANGE.

AND
THAT'S
WHEN 1
тноцент
OF
MUSASHI.
 SWORD. НЕ 15 A
IN “RETAINER OF
THE KOKURA
I AM о ви
RETIRED...
BUT I
AGREED
TO DO
THIS FOR
KOJIRO'S
 PLACE FOR
VISITORS.

MUSASHI
USED

джFRINу GEдеOFті, / тиде" mus as

|| " ;

SOCIETY... коло Е.

„ОК
PERHAPS...

.-ARE LIKE
OPPOSING
WINGS ON
A BIRD...
 Іру
CONSIDERED
THEM AS ‘RAW
LINCOVERED:
—— BLADES.
Zz

PERHAPS
THAT'S WHAT
THEY ARE
TO EACH
OTHER.
 / OBSERVE
LA АМ ARTIST
SUCH AS
YOURSELF
USING HIS

GENTLE MAN,
BUT IT MAKES
ME ASK
МАХ MYSELF...

.«ҒОК THE 3
SHARPENING МИ
ОРА MN
SWORD WHOSE
PURPOSE IS TO
CUT PEOPLE
DOWN...
 MIGHTIER
BY THE
\ q SWORD.

..АМр
ТНОЗЕ
WHO ARE
WEAKENED

I BELIEVE
EVERYONE
HAS A BIT
OF BOTH IN
A SWORD
DOESN'T
SIMPLY
EXIST.

IT DID
NOT JUST
COME
FROM THE
HEAVENS.
 LET US
SPLIT THE
WOOD.

N
==
 IF THEY
; .“ТНЕМ TAKE US
У PERHAPS AWAY FROM
SWORDS WERE TRUE
CREATED STRENGTH
TO REALIZE
OUR
WEAKNESSES.

HEAVENS THAT
MADE US IN
THE FIRST
PLACE.

INDEED.
 БЕ
= о En =Т
no
rte
шш
THAT HASN
CROSSED THE
PATH OF
WEAKNESS.

HUF
 TO REALLY
WORK.

DON'T WORRY
ABOUT THAT!
IM DOING

(ЕВ mss
 WELL, WELL
GO BACK TO
MIYAMOTO
VILLAGE.

IT WAS I'VE HAD

IMPRESSIVE | 3% ЕМОЦОН
AT FIRST, < 7 РАД OF
BUT I'VE HAD Qo | KYOTO.
ENOLIGH/
ITS NO
DIFFERENT

1 WANT
TO START
OVER IN |
МІУАМОТО!
TLL
BECOME THE
GREATEST
MAN IN THE
VILLAGE!
 TLL
GIVE UP
THE NAME I
ESTABLISHED

WE CAN'T
GO HOME
UNLESS
YOU GET TAKE
WELL! | ТНІ5
~ MEDICINE

EVERYONE
THERE'S
WAITING
\ FOR УОШ
\
 " SWORDS
ARE
BEAUTIFUL

THERE'S
NO BEAUTY Y £x >

AND BECAUSE
IT IS A TOOL
CREATED FOR
KILLING, THE
MORE IT DOES
SO THE MORE
BEAUTIFUL
AND IF
ONE WERE
TO TRULY
APPROACH
SUCH
BEAUTY...

.-А BEAUTY
THAT CAN
GIVE YOu
CHILLS...
..ТНЕ WIELDER
WOULD ВЕ
COMPLETELY
IMMERSED
IN IT.
 IF SUCH
BEAUTY
EVER
EXISTED...

..STRENGTH „IT ў
AND BEAUTY a а
ВЕСОМЕ NECESSARY
FOR IT
TO KILL.

LINE OF
THINKING IS
WHAT ALLOWS
ME TO LAY
MY HANDS ON
A SWORD.
ALONE, ТНЕУ
МАУ НАМЕ
ЕМОЕО ЦР
ОМ ТНЕ
FRINGE...

LONG AS THEY
BOTH EXIST IN
THIS WORLD,
THEY MAY FIND
A PLACE FOR
THEMSELVES 4
ІМ ІТ.
КОЕТЗН...

PERHAPS
THE
HOSOKAWA
CLAN WILL
TAKE IN ONE
MORE.
НА НА.

LET'S SEE
IF WE CAN
GET MUSASHI
TO KOKURA
TOO.
 ТНІ5 |5
YOUR
WORK?

BELIEVE
ITS
CRACKED.

THAT'S THE HEAT

ACCEPT- WAS TOO р.
ABLE? STRONG.
 you
CAN'T
HELP BUT
вотке

you
CAN'T SEE
„BUT Wesen
ONCE You Под | ree
RELAX ATANDIT
LOOK |. + ЈЕ = TOO TIGHT...
STRAIGHT
AWAY...
„„МАМУ
ҒАСЕ5
ВЕСІМ ТО
APPEAR.

YOU OPEN
uP YOUR
HEART...
 ...EVERYTHING
IN THIS
WORLD 15
BEAUTIFUL...

MUSASHI
ONCE

Ж
М ANS
IRAA
 REALIZED
THERE'S
MORE.
Ў

ЛО
РРА
А

НЕ
SURVIVED.

THAT'S
ALL THERE
HE WILL IS TO LIFE,
GO ON HE SAID.
LIVING.
 ы < n > ш се>
=

РЫ
>
„I5ш
> -
you y КОЕТЗИ.
 I RECEIVED \
A LETTER
OF INQUIRY
ON MUSASHI
FROM EDO.

УОЦ МЕАМ
НІРЕТАРА!!
 SHINMEN
TAKEZO! |

HON'IDEN
МАТАНАСНИ

МАМ
OURSELVES, |
WE УЛ
 N \ |М
IT LOOKS
ANN МАМЫ LIKE гл AT
Ay МАЊА THE END OF
| \ THE ROAD.

HUH? DID Қ
YOU REALLY Б
MEAN IT?
 І ВЕТ EVEN IF
УОЦО КЕЕР YOU WERE
ОМ SWINGING THE ONLY
АМАУ, PERSON LEFT
MUMBLING ІМ THE
TO WORLD...
YOURSELF.
 WHERE Ў
YOU COULD Р \
NO LONGER |.
TASTE ІТ.
.-YOU
REACHED
 THEY SAY
A BATTLE THE GREAT
COULD COME
ЦР AT ANY BATTLES
ARE A
| MOMENT...
A RULERS MUST
ош TIMES THING
BE WARY. ARE FR Or THE
FROM
4 РЕАСЕҒШ. PAST...

LEADERS
MUST BE
PREPARED.
 У/НУ МОТ
SPREAD THIS
WISDOM INVINCIBILITY
YOU'VE IS A MIRAGE...
OBTAINED IN
A MERE 22

„ТО ALL
THE PEOPLE
OF THIS
COUNTRY.

ІҢ THE SUPPORT |.
OF A GREAT |
 І НАМЕ
FOLLOWED
THE WAY
OF THE
SWORD TOO... YESTERDAY...
PERHAPS
MORE THAN
MOST.

„1 MUST
ADMIT
I FELT
INTIMIDATED.
 YOU'VE
REACHED А |
5ТАТЕ ОР
STRENGTH
THAT I WILL
NEVER KNOW.

THIS RIPE
OLD AGE.

FEELING, IT
STARTS OUT
AS ONLY THE
SMALLEST OF
WAVES.

BECOMES
INSECURE, IT '
FREEZES |
ЦР. /
танаи
INSECURITY ні 5
GROWS AND
TURNS TO
FEAR AND
THEN
HATRED.
 YOUR
EYES AND
SOUL APPEAR
TO BE OPEN
BUT ARE
TRULY

THERE ARE
ALWAYS
FORKED PATHS
WITHIN
ONES SOUL.

YESTERDAY,
RAMBLING. I WANTED To Й
TELL YOU

ITS BEST
TO TAKE
THE ONE
AT THE
CENTER.
 ТО 5АУ,
MUSASHI.

IF SOMEONE
SHOULD OFFER
УОЦ A POST,
YOU MUST
SERVE THEM.

ITS TIME 7°
YOU CHOSE
ANOTHER
PATH,
MUSASHI?
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1 OTHERS ABOUT
BEING HELD
AS A THE END OF
PRISONER...
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of the Sword
we
У
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ШО
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ТО ВЕ ТНЕ
SHOSHIDAI

И ДАННИЙ ПІ
WILL THE
КР Ul р
PHA ОРАТИ BATTLES
EVER END?
/, Мур

CHILDREN...
 ТНІ5
MORNING, МУ
2-YEAR-OLD
GRANDSON
WAS GIGGLING
AFTER CRUSHING
A SPIDER.

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„WAS A
DEAR FRIEND
OF MINE.
WE TRAINED
TOGETHER
SINCE МЕ ly
WERE YOUNG Д
 HELD BOTH
SEIJURO AND
DENSHICHIRO
IN MY ARMS
WHEN THEY
WERE
INFANTS.

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THE GUILT IN
THE BATTLE AT
книдл IS
 |
ЕУЕКУОМЕ
COULD BE
AS STRONG
| WHEN PEOPLE
CONFRONT
EACH OTHER
FACE TO
FACE LIKE
THIS...

BOTH
SIDES COULD
REMAIN
CENTERED...
DIRECTLY
TO НІМ!
NOT МЕ!
 |_| ШІШ

...MUSASHI
WON'T
LIVE MUCH
LONGER.
 ТНЕКЕ
WOULD ВЕ
NO FIGHT.

IT
WOULD NO
LONGER BE
NECESSARY.

THINK?

ABOUT THIS |
2 STRENGTH Д) |
YOUVE Ст
 ОМЕ MUST |
FIGHT ТО
СЕТ ТО
WHERE
YOU ARE?
„FOR OUR
CHILDREN...

„AND
THEIR
СНЕ КЕМ

САМ УОЦК
5ТЕЕМОТН
ОМІУ ВЕ
OBTAINED
THROUGH
KILLING?

№
К
N
AN -

аху
\ N
enano YOURE
SO GENTLE
TODAY. WHAT
HAPPENED?

TAKEZO?

SEEMS LIKE
YOU DON'T
WANT HIM
TO DIE.
 ARE YOU
FINISHED,
SIR?

MENTIONED
OTAGURO
FROM THE TO THE
[SHOSHIDAI?
YOSHIOKA
WAS IT?

WE
...ЗСВЕАМІМО MANAGED
THAT НЕ
WOULD CUT
| HAD ONLY PowMiron
HERECENTLY |
LOST HIS ARM,
SO HE
WAS QUITE
UNSTEADY
WITH HIS
SWORD.

АМА?!
НЕ НАР ТНЕ
GALL TO
COME HERE
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THINK 175
TIME YOU
CHOSE
ANOTHER
PATH,
MUSASHI?

и У
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WITH OTSLI?

IMPOSSIBLE.

THAT'S THE
LAST THING
 ТНАТ
FEELING I
HAD JUST
AT THAT
TIME.
 ..ТНЕ
INVINCIBLE
MIYAMOTO
MUSASHI...
 І НАУЕ
А РІ.АСЕ
ТО КЕТИКМ
ТО.

AND ITS
ALWAYS
BEEN
THERE.
 =
усбАЕ ша

МУ ВОРУ
А МЕКЕ
5РЕСК
AMONGST
THE
INFINITE
 WHAT'S
THIS
FEELING

15 THIS
HAPPINESS?
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TRAINING
PURPOSES,
THESE ARE
BETTER THAN
WOODEN
SWORDS
OR REAL |
BLADES. |

WE MEET
TWICE A
WEEK TO
STUDY.

RECEIVING
THOSE
WORDS
FROM YOU,
SIR.
 SHE
MINE IS SAYS THE MY
ALWAYS SWORD WIFE DIS-
INSISTING WON'T ~ APPROVES
І ОЦІТ. HELP MY KT” OF THIS.
CAREER. ff Sy

SAYS IT'S
A WASTE
OF TIME.

“WHAT'S
A MONK
| DOING WITH
A SWORD?"

ALL BLACK
|| AND BLUE?!

ARE YOU
SURE THIS
15 OKAY?
IMA
\ PRISONER.

SURVIVAL.

YOU ARE
BEING
DETAINED
FOR
DIFFERENT
REASONS.
 ..НЕ MUST
NOT DIE A
MEANINGLESS

„МЕУЕ ALSO 7%
МЕУЕК НОРЕР
ЕОК ТНЕ Е AS MUCH AS WE, 53
CONTINUED THE YOSHIOKA,
SURVIVAL OF HAVE NEVER
AN ENEMY AS WANTED TO KILL
MUCH AS WE :
THAN WE DID
MIYAMOTO
«> MUSASHI...
Ода
SITTING ІМ И M / ной сол»
HIS CELL
HIS CELL ША
ay / %ТА THAT BE??

WORD IS
THAT HE
CAN BARELY
WALK NOW.

LET ME
HAVE THE
FINISHING
BLOW.
 IF YOU
SHOULD DIE A
MEANINGLESS
DEATH AT
THE HANDS
OF...

... THAT'S 2222

JUST THE WAY ж ‘Gr р 1 «е
THINGS ARE. за ¡E
WHAT COMES
AROUND GOES
AROUND.”

FOR
THOSE OF
US WHO
Не ВУ ТНЕ
%%
| NA MEANING
Ess т
WORD...

..МОНЕР ВЕ
НКЕ А
COMPLETE
REJECTION... |
 УОИ
SURVIVED,

RATHER.
 .-YOU САМ
SHOW US THE
POTENTIAL
THAT IS
OUT THERE.
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РОМЕ 4
~ ЕМОШОН Я
к FIGHTING. $
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LIGHT THAT A
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У THE SWORD з З
HAS ВЕЕМ “
HIS СЕМТЕК. |
THE PLACE.
HE ALWAYS

HOWEVER...

YOU HAVE
BEEN HIS
"ос,
со:

SS

THINGS. 4
 STRONG.

THANK
YOU FOR
YOUR
HOSPITALITY.
 І НАР
OPPONENTS...

FORWARD
BEFORE I
FORGET
THAT
FEELING.
ALMOST
HAD IT...

THAT'S HOW OPPONENTS WHO

I WAS ABLE TO WERE WILLING TO
COME SO FAR. GIVE EVERYTHING
THEY HAD WITHIN
THEMSEL VES.
 І ИА5
МОТ
АГОМЕ.

I DON'T WANT
TO CHASE A
MIRAGE ANYMORE.
PERFECTION OF
TECHNIQUE...
 ТНЕКЕ 5
NOTHING
ELSE I CAN
HOPE FOR.

WM
Ме” Й

АМОТНЕК МУ АХ
ВАТТІ.Е ОҒ | | ВЕТ МЕ МЕК
LIFE AND 33. ЯК Ve
DEATH... У
 PLEASE
GIVE ME
ONE MORE
CHANCE.
End of volume 30