Why Vagabond, although a great manga, did not do justice to the Musashi novel that it adapts.

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Books mentioned:

Book of the five rings - Musashi: https://amzn.to/4dm2anw
Musashi - Eiji Yoshikawa: https://amzn.to/44xDiW0
Musashi Dokkodo - the way of walking alone: https://amzn.to/3WwLh3k
Zen, the way of the sword - Winston King: https://amzn.to/3Wp4WlK
Hagakure - Yamamoto Tsunetomo: https://amzn.to/3y3fL2S
Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin: https://amzn.to/3JL6QFZ

Music credits:

The Voyage de Audionautix é licenciada de acordo com a licença Atribuição 4.0 da Creative Commons. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Artist: http://audionautix.com/

Vagabond music video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQj2tS_sNmg

Shout out to editors:

Cruz (Main editor)

Partially edited by Alexander Moscoso. (Thanks Bro)

(And I did the musical tribute at the end with AI music and some polishing touches)

Time Tags:

00:00 Intro
3:24 The Novel vs the Manga
6:52 The Problem of Adaptation
10:13 Kojiro is not Kojiro
14:58 Seijuro, Matahachi, mother and uncle
15:54 Otsu: Virgin Romance
18:47 Takuan the Monk
19:10 The Knight Errant vs the Vagabond
27:55 Musashi and the Way of the Warrior
37:23 Musahi and social classes
45:45 Musashi and the human condition
51:02 Bushido and Chivarly
1:03:47 Outro
1:05:14 Musashi Tribute