# WebtoonLib — Vagabond #136

## Series
- title: Vagabond
- slug: vagabond-3f8e7b

## Chapter
- number: 136
- release_date: 2025-05-29

### Summary
The flashback into Sasaki Kojiro’s childhood continues, shifting from the internal frustrations of his home life to an external conflict. When a group of local boys foolishly attempts to bully the deaf child, they mock the oversized stick he carries as a makeshift sword. Their taunts are swiftly silenced as Kojiro’s prodigious, innate talent for combat erupts, and he effortlessly dismantles his tormentors. Observing from a distance, his adoptive father, Jisai, watches with a stern, almost ruthless pride, offering no comfort to the defeated bullies—a reaction that gives way to a quiet, unexpectedly tender moment of connection between the old swordsman and his gifted son.
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- summary_verification: unverified

### Key events
- Young Kojiro uses a wooden stick to effortlessly defeat a group of village bullies.

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
The flashback into Sasaki Kojiro’s childhood continues, shifting from the internal frustrations of his home life to an external conflict.

### Spoiler summary
The flashback into Sasaki Kojiro’s childhood continues, shifting from the internal frustrations of his home life to an external conflict. When a group of local boys foolishly attempts to bully the deaf child, they mock the oversized stick he carries as a makeshift sword. Their taunts are swiftly silenced as Kojiro’s prodigious, innate talent for combat erupts, and he effortlessly dismantles his tormentors. Observing from a distance, his adoptive father, Jisai, watches with a stern, almost ruthless pride, offering no comfort to the defeated bullies—a reaction that gives way to a quiet, unexpectedly tender moment of connection between the old swordsman and his gifted son.

## Status
- data_status: complete
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Vagabond #136](/series/vagabond-3f8e7b/chapter-136)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/vagabond-3f8e7b

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