Miyamoto Musashi 5 (Shincho Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Musashi survives a deadly battle with the Yoshioka clan. He wakes up from the intoxication of his victory and is distressed at the memory of killing a young boy, even though he was an enemy general. If only he could quit his training and live with the woman he loves... He even thinks, "If only I could give up my training and live with the woman I love. However, Odori runs away from him when he confronts her with his raging love for her. Musashi, who is torn between the path of the sword and the path of mankind, asks himself the same question, and at the end of it, he comes up with a new idea. Wishes intersect and lead him to a bottleneck. Encounters and partings shake his heart in this fifth volume.

吉岡一門との大死闘を切り抜けた武蔵。起死回生の勝利の酔いから醒め、敵将とはいえ年若い少年を斬り捨てた記憶に胸を痛める。いっそ修行などやめ、愛する女と暮らせたら...とさえ思う。だが猛る恋心をぶつけたお通には、逃げられてしまう。剣の道と人の道との相剋に身を削る武蔵が、飽くなき自問の果てに把えた閃きとは―。願いは交錯し、隘路へ誘う。邂逅と別離に心揺れる第五巻。