# WebtoonLib — Vagabond #197

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

## Chapter
- number: 197
- release_date: 2025-05-29

### Summary
As Matahachi's fraudulent life as "Sasaki Kojiro" deepens, his deception finally catches up to him in a brutal confrontation. Receiving a long-deserved beating for his lies, a moment of pathetic irony emerges as his deepest desire is not for victory or fame, but simply to be acknowledged by his true name. This violent reckoning serves as a stark, humiliating contrast to the sublime grace of the real Kojiro, whose identity Matahachi so foolishly tried to steal.
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## Spoiler
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### Safe teaser
As Matahachi's fraudulent life as "Sasaki Kojiro" deepens, his deception finally catches up to him in a brutal confrontation.

### Spoiler summary
As Matahachi's fraudulent life as "Sasaki Kojiro" deepens, his deception finally catches up to him in a brutal confrontation. Receiving a long-deserved beating for his lies, a moment of pathetic irony emerges as his deepest desire is not for victory or fame, but simply to be acknowledged by his true name. This violent reckoning serves as a stark, humiliating contrast to the sublime grace of the real Kojiro, whose identity Matahachi so foolishly tried to steal.

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

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Vagabond #197](/series/vagabond-3f8e7b/chapter-197)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/vagabond-3f8e7b

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