Vagabond is a seinen manga by Takehiko Inoue, serialized since 1998 and based on Eiji Yoshikawa's novel Musashi. It follows Miyamoto Musashi as he moves from a swordsman obsessed with proving himself "unrivaled under heaven" by cutting down opponents toward an inner journey. Volume 35 picks up after Volume 34: Musashi leaves behind his quest to win by the sword and settles in a barren village, where he lives with the fatherless boy Iori, "child of the earth." He trades his blade for a hoe, trying to dig irrigation channels and reclaim wasted fields—pitting human effort against the barrenness of nature. Yet disasters keep coming: torrential rain, floods, and pests repeatedly defeat the reclamation work. Through repeated dealings with the land, the water, and his own impatience, Musashi begins to grasp a state of being "like water, like the earth": not clinging to victory at the edge of a blade, but holding fast to what he originally is. This is the 35th volume of the series, collecting chapters roughly from Chapter 304 onward. It is a key stretch of the "farming arc," different from the earlier sword-facing chapters: quiet and restrained in pace, focused on deepening the characters' inner lives, and bringing Musashi closer to the stage before his fateful duel with Kojiro.
Sharp Point Press is a publishing house in Taiwan, China, whose publishing focus covers youth literature and other popular reading for young adults. Based on the materials currently in the database, the house is associated with the author Jiulu Feixiang, and the representative title recorded is Tong Ti, which falls under youth literature. As only one title is included in the database and public information is limited, it is not yet possible to present its full product line or series profile, nor to infer its overall publishing scope from this. This introduction is based on the available bibliographic information and focuses on indicating the publisher's presence in youth literature; further author resources and publishing features await confirmation from additional materials.
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