THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS TAKEN FROM ONEMANGA.COM (for all your online manga needs!)

"Series Info
Title: Vagabond
OM Rank: 146
Categories: action, adventure, drama, historical, mature, seinen
Author: Inoue Takehiko

Artist: Inoue Takehiko

Chapters: 248 - ongoing

Summary
Shinmen Takezo is destined to become the legendary sword-saint, Miyamoto Musashi--perhaps the most renowned samurai of all time. For now, Takezo is a cold-hearted kiler, who will take on anyone in mortal combat to make a name for himself. This is the journey of a wild young brute who strives to reach enlightenment by way of the sword--fighting on the edge of death."

--sooooo, what's all this about? Well, I've recently gotten myself into reading Inoue Takehiko's other manga, VAGABOND (his other one is SLAM DUNK). And if you're familiar with Slam Dunk, you'd know how his art style veers towards the realistic, something uncommon in manga/anime, and, well, his art just plain rocks. Well, with his new, ongoing manga, Takehiko-sensei's art just went to a whole new level.

Seriously.

You have to check it out. Especially if you like Japanese historicals, or simply enjoy kick-ass samurais and fights. It will not dissapoint. But for me, the one thing that really got to me is the art. The story ain't sloppy either, since it's adapted from a novel, so you can expect a good plot, interesting characters, and none of that tournament-type-thingy nor the usual plot-fillers that's so prevalent with shonen mangas (yeah, Kubo Tite, I mean you, hehe).

It's a great read, so please check it out at onemanga.com (well, that's where I go to read good mangas anyway)!