Musashi, in Training! (武蔵、ただいま修行中!!, Musashi, tadaima shugyochou?), or "Musashi In Training!!" in the Project ILM Scanlation, is the 126th chapter of the Urusei Yatsura manga.
Summary[]
Ataru and Miyamoto Musashi continue their rapscallion ways across a pastiche of historical Japan.
Plot Overview[]
The corrupt priest of the Shitsubo-ji temple, Cherry, and his adoptive children Lum and Ran arrive in ancient Kyoto, looking for Ataru Moroboshi, who ran from their village several days ago. They discover him wearing a mask and fleeing a crowd of angry people, who believe him to be called "Miyamoto Musashi". Ten's fiery breath disperses the crowd, and the quartet flee into the wilderness. Soon afterwards, the people of Kyoto seek the aid of Sakura, owner of the Yoshioka Dojo, and ask her to hunt down "Miyamoto Musashi" in exchange for them canceling her restaurant tabs. She gathers her sister Shinobu and current student Kojiro Sasaki and goes in search, running into Ataru in a restaurant in Kyoto, where he uses his true name (and blackmailing Kojiro about his own dine-and-dash) to worm his way into their confidence. Suddenly, a runner comes with news that Miyamoto is on the rampage in the marketplace, and Sakura and her entourage go to intervene, with Ataru and his entourage tagging along. They discover the real Miyamoto stealing food from the market, and Ataru leaps onto Miyamoto's bundle of stolen goods, letting the ronin carry him away from the angry mob.
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
- Onsen-Mark (as Miyamoto Musashi)
- Shūtarō Mendō (as Kohijo Sasaki)
- Lum
- Ten
- Cherry
- Ataru Moroboshi
- Sakura
- Shinobu Miyake
Trivia[]
- Gu Gu Ganmo (Gu-Gu ガンモ), a kid's comedy manga in the vein of Doraemon about a 9-year-old boy and the many comedic misadventures he has with a magical alien named Ganmo, who resembles a cartoon chicken wearing sneakers, debuted in the same issue of Shonen Sunday as this chapter. Written by Fujihiko Hosono, it would run until 1985.
- Sakura and Shinobu are introduced as the female heirs of the Yoshioka Dojo; this is a reference to the real-world school of swordsmanship, Yoshioka-ryu, founded by Kenpo Yoshioka. It became famous in the latter half of the 16th century after Kenpo Yoshioka became the martial arts instructor of shogun Yoshiharu Ashikaga during his reign from 1521 to 1545.
- The Ichijoji shrine, where Sakura is told she can apprehend Musashi, is a real-world location; it's a three-tiered Buddhist pagoda in the Hyogo Prefecture, and is regarded as one of the National Treasures of Japan.