/lit/ - Literature

>>18714546
Vagabond. I've read a lot of manga and quite frankly, most of it is bad. That's not to say that there isn't a lot of it that isn't entertaining but there really isn't a lot of what I would consider groundbreaking stuff.

Vagabond is just absolutely fucking incredible. It's a semi-fictional retelling of Musashi Miyamoto's life, an undefeated master swordsman and philosopher but it's so much more. It's perfect, it's just completely perfect. The mangaka must have tapped into some otherworldly inspiration as I just can't fathom how he was able to produce something so masterful, the art is gorgeous, the story telling superb, the insight rich, and the philosophy phenomenal. Every single character is written to perfection, I honestly can't point out a single flaw in any of it. There is so much emotion and beauty in each individual dual and every single one is different, being able to portray concepts that is impossible for any other medium to portray. I don't know how the author was able to do what he did, it's really difficult to articulate, it's a work of art. I generally wouldn't consider manga to be on the same level as books, music and movies as a form of art, but I'd consider Vagabond to worthy of the same respect that the most highly acclaimed books, music and movies get. This manga single-handedly raised the collective worth of manga as a medium. I can't express enough how fucking good it is, go read this right now.

Just make sure you don't read a low quality translation. Do your research first