Though I think it's highly likely that he returned to her and his students. Otsu and Musashi's students wait for Musashi to return after the fight but even though Musashi loves Otsu deeply I can't say for sure that he returned to her as he is a very free spirit that loves to spend years traveling and training alone. The book has a semi open end as it ends pretty much immediately as the fight between Muashi and Kojiro concludes. I think one can highly expect the manga to end on a smiliar note like the book, with the final fight of Musashi and Kojiro on the island. At the end of the book Kojiro seems to have gone trough quite a bit of character development on his own because he is a bit changed from the rest of the book but the author never went deep into Kojiro's character so we don't know for sure. Sasaki Kojiro is extremely arrogant in the book though he mellows down a bit trough the ages. Musashi and Kojiro arrange a duel, Musashi arrives very late and strikes down an enraged Kojiro with a very long bokken he cut out from a boat oar. The book ends just like the legendary duel is often told. Eiji Yoshikawa wrote the story in the 1930s, but is still able to describe the settings, culture and traditions at the time. In the book Sasaki Kojiro is pure talent while, Musashi, also quite talented, gains most of his skills by lifelong honing and experience.

To state the biggest difference: Sasaki Kojiro is not deaf in the book.

Honestly, Mathachi is so rotten in the book it's not even funny anymore. Takuan, Otsu and Matahachi's mother are very close to the book, the rest of the characters are very different. Matahachi has no redeemable features in the book, Akemi is in love with Musashi and there are tons of other differences. Based on the book Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa, Vagabond is an award-winning, fictional retelling of the life of Miyamoto Mushashi, often referred to as the.

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