Also chasing him is the virtuous and pure Otsū, who pines for him and whom he must reluctantly deny if he is to continue his path. However, the bullheaded matriarch of Matahachi's family, Osugi, simply will not accept that her son's disappearance is not Musashi's fault and pursues him with the intent of killing him and restoring her family's honor. After locking him in a room with a bunch of books for a couple years, Takezō, now named Musashi, sets off into the world to seek mastery of the sword. Takuan, seeing something in Takezō worth saving, finagles him out of a certain death sentence and inspires him to make something of himself. Luckily for him, when he's eventually captured, it's not by the superior numbers of the law, but through the keen insight of Zen monk Takuan Sōhō. Takezō, now pettily seeing himself as being at war against all mankind, goes on violent rampage in Miyamoto. Unfortunately, Matahachi falls in with bad company and ditches Takezō.
Musashi, at this time named Takezō, and his childhood friend, Matahachi, with their dreams of military glory crushed, start on the business of evading search parties and trying to make it back to their home village of Miyamoto.
The story of Musashi's quest to become the greatest swordsman of all time begins, ironically, with him lying among the wounded after the Battle of Sekigahara, which historically marks the beginning of the end for the era of great wars and honorable single combat among Samurai. It's had several adaptions over the years, the two most notable being the Samurai Trilogy of films starring Toshiro Mifune, note Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto, Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple and Samurai III Duel At Ganryu Island and the manga Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue. A long Serial Novel written by Eiji Yoshikawa and published between 19, this novel follows the path of legendary Rōnin Miyamoto Musashi as he slowly transforms from violent thug to Martial Pacifist using the Way of the Sword. Featuring awesome swordfights, epic Character Development, melodramatic loves, thrilling escapes, and thoughtful reflections that don't sound like they came out of a Cracker Jack box, Musashi is perhaps the quintessential samurai epic.
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