# WebtoonLib — Vagabond #163

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

## Chapter
- number: 163
- release_date: 2025-05-29

### Summary
The narrative remains on the chaotic battlefields of the past, revealing the fateful first encounter between the two pillars of the story. While the prodigious Kojiro hones his deadly craft under the unhinged tutelage of Ito Ittosai, a young, feral Shinmen Takezo carves his own bloody path through the war. This pivotal chapter showcases their parallel developments before their paths finally cross, culminating in a humbling moment for the future Sword Saint as he is unceremoniously defeated by a firearm, a stark lesson in the changing nature of warfare.
- summary_source: graph_aggregator
- summary_verification: unverified

### Key events
- Young Takezo (Musashi) and Kojiro are both present on the Sekigahara battlefield, though they do not fight.

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
The narrative remains on the chaotic battlefields of the past, revealing the fateful first encounter between the two pillars of the story.

### Spoiler summary
The narrative remains on the chaotic battlefields of the past, revealing the fateful first encounter between the two pillars of the story. While the prodigious Kojiro hones his deadly craft under the unhinged tutelage of Ito Ittosai, a young, feral Shinmen Takezo carves his own bloody path through the war. This pivotal chapter showcases their parallel developments before their paths finally cross, culminating in a humbling moment for the future Sword Saint as he is unceremoniously defeated by a firearm, a stark lesson in the changing nature of warfare.

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

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Vagabond #163](/series/vagabond-3f8e7b/chapter-163)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/vagabond-3f8e7b

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