# WebtoonLib — Vagabond #145

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

## Chapter
- number: 145
- release_date: 2025-05-29

### Summary
Following the devastating display of Sasaki Kojiro's genius, the narrative shifts to the far less noble path of Hon'iden Matahachi. While the true prodigy carves his legend with a blade, Matahachi attempts to steal it through deceit. The chapter reveals the pivotal moment of his fraud: discovering the dying swordsman Tenki, who carries a letter detailing Kojiro's accomplishments, Matahachi seizes the document and the legendary name for himself. This act of cowardly opportunism starkly contrasts the authentic, blood-soaked journeys of the two masters he now stands between.
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- summary_verification: unverified

### Key events
- Matahachi finds the dying Tenki and steals the scroll identifying him as Sasaki Kojiro.

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
Following the devastating display of Sasaki Kojiro's genius, the narrative shifts to the far less noble path of Hon'iden Matahachi.

### Spoiler summary
Following the devastating display of Sasaki Kojiro's genius, the narrative shifts to the far less noble path of Hon'iden Matahachi. While the true prodigy carves his legend with a blade, Matahachi attempts to steal it through deceit. The chapter reveals the pivotal moment of his fraud: discovering the dying swordsman Tenki, who carries a letter detailing Kojiro's accomplishments, Matahachi seizes the document and the legendary name for himself. This act of cowardly opportunism starkly contrasts the authentic, blood-soaked journeys of the two masters he now stands between.

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

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Vagabond #145](/series/vagabond-3f8e7b/chapter-145)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/vagabond-3f8e7b

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