# WebtoonLib — Vagabond #171

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

## Chapter
- number: 171
- release_date: 2025-05-29

### Summary
The heartbreaking duel between Sasaki Kojiro and his adoptive father, Kanemaki Jisai, reaches its devastating conclusion. In a flash of sublime, unavoidable violence, the student surpasses the master, but the victory is steeped in sorrow. Kojiro is forced to inflict a grievous wound upon the man who raised him, severing not just a limb but the final, cherished bond to his own past, forever cementing his legend in tragedy.
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- summary_verification: unverified

### Key events
- Kojiro duels his father Jisai, cutting off his arm and severing their bond in a hollow victory.

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
The heartbreaking duel between Sasaki Kojiro and his adoptive father, Kanemaki Jisai, reaches its devastating conclusion.

### Spoiler summary
The heartbreaking duel between Sasaki Kojiro and his adoptive father, Kanemaki Jisai, reaches its devastating conclusion. In a flash of sublime, unavoidable violence, the student surpasses the master, but the victory is steeped in sorrow. Kojiro is forced to inflict a grievous wound upon the man who raised him, severing not just a limb but the final, cherished bond to his own past, forever cementing his legend in tragedy.

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

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Vagabond #171](/series/vagabond-3f8e7b/chapter-171)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/vagabond-3f8e7b

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