# WebtoonLib — Vagabond #169

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

## Chapter
- number: 169
- release_date: 2025-05-29

### Summary
Sasaki Kojiro’s education in violence under Ito Ittosai reaches a new level of cruelty, forcing the deaf prodigy to confront the grim consequences of his own sublime talent. While Musashi’s journey is an internal battle to transcend the sword, Kojiro is thrust into a harrowing external trial, his prowess becoming a source of profound isolation and suffering. This shared path of pain, though walked from opposite ends, tightens the fated bond between the two swordsmen, each grappling with the curse of their own strength.
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## Spoiler
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### Safe teaser
Sasaki Kojiro’s education in violence under Ito Ittosai reaches a new level of cruelty, forcing the deaf prodigy to confront the grim consequences of his own sublime talent.

### Spoiler summary
Sasaki Kojiro’s education in violence under Ito Ittosai reaches a new level of cruelty, forcing the deaf prodigy to confront the grim consequences of his own sublime talent. While Musashi’s journey is an internal battle to transcend the sword, Kojiro is thrust into a harrowing external trial, his prowess becoming a source of profound isolation and suffering. This shared path of pain, though walked from opposite ends, tightens the fated bond between the two swordsmen, each grappling with the curse of their own strength.

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

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Vagabond #169](/series/vagabond-3f8e7b/chapter-169)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/vagabond-3f8e7b

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