Alright, it is Wednesday and I am gonna post the thirty-second volume of Inuyasha. Feel free to react or comment on any panel, though I appreciate if image replies are not used during the dump. Feel free to discuss anything Inuyasha related after the dump.Previous thread: >>275078648Despite the OP image, I am using the VizBig 3-in-1 localization which does not feature this cover exactly. Be aware that some of the larger images have been edited to be lower quality due to image size limits.In addition, I will be dumping the one short story from the Rumic World and Rumic Theatre series that came out around this time. Today, the scans I have of the one shot are fanscans. Today, that will be "Help".
Here's the inner illustration for Volume 31 in the 3-in-1.
This chapter's cover was originally in full color. But only the cover.April 16th, 2003. Author's note:"Q: What is something that you always wanted but never got?A: A long vacation."
>>275208702We last left off with Kagome at the waterfall basin.
>>275208702>"Q: What is something that you always wanted but never got?>A: A long vacation."dw past-rumiko! you'll get one after inuyasha finishes and then an even longer one after rinne!
>>275208761We saw this part, but now we know what happened after. Urasue's handiwork continues to outlive her.
>>275208813You decide. >>275208787I'm kind of excited for Rinne. Not that I don't like Inuyasha. Those threads are going to be so dead though. I expect all of them to die before 24 hours, like our last thread.
>>275208887Off she goes.
>>275208933Now her uniform is soaked.
>>275208955Would be cool to see how a page like this is screentoned. I don't actually know much about how it works. I assume they had to cut those ripple lines and the shapes of the miasma in the water. Also, I think this is poison (shoki) rather than evil (jaki) but for some reason, Furinkan stopped mentioning which one it is.
>>275209061I assume a reference for ink in water was used here. It is cool the way it flows.
>>275209109Furinkan gives a sound effect note regarding this page: "The onomatopoeia that is shown when Kagome is touching the sparkling grave soil is "sara sara" (サラサラ) is the sound of something flowing smoothly." I guess trickle is close enough.
>>275209151Not that easy.
>>275209192
>>275209215Humans need the kind of air that water does not have.
>>275209238They're up.
>>275209269Hm...
>>275209294A simple answer. I consider it to be a pretty natural response.
>>275209320Furinkan notes that: "When Kikyo refuses to thank Kagome, Kagome thinks "本当に素直じゃないんだから。。。", "aren't you frank?""VIZ went with sarcasm. It works for me, both convey the same thing even if they're sort of opposite.
>>275209349Back to wandering, I guess. Sorry, Inuyasha.
>>275209378End of chapter. Kagome's jealousy didn't even make a blip.
Original title is 苛立つ心. It seems to more directly translate to 'irritated heart'. April 23rd, 2003. Author's note:"Q: What is something you wanted to say when waking up?A: It's okay because it's noisy."
>>275209523Furinkan again notes that: "The English translation variously calls Kikyo's creatures, the shinidamachu, "soul skimmers" or "soul collectors" but the kanji in their name translates as "dead soul insects"."I feel VIZ has been alternating terms for these because at some point, they switched to anime terms. I like "soul skimmers", personally since it reminds me of bugs (apparently, it usually refers to dragonflies) while "soul collectors" doesn't. I thought there was another localization for these that Inuyasha fans use, but I can't remember it.
>>275209612Taking it a bit to heart.
>>275209640Furinkan notes that: "The onomatopoeia Kagome makes while she is sitting by the waterfall grousing about Kikyo is "muka" (むか). This is the sound of grumbling or being angry. When placed together "mukamuka" (むかむか) it can be a queasiness."I dunno why they added that last bit. Anyway, "grr" works fine, though it is a bit silly. I think I prefer "grumble" or even "grmbl" if space is a concern.
>>275209696Kikyo described him as arriving "chasing after you", as in Kagome. Kagome doesn't seem to agree at the moment, given her sour mood.
>>275209612>I like "soul skimmers"i also like itit sounds cool + more unique
>>275209730Furinkan notes that: "One of the interesting things about the way you can make onomatopoeia into a verb is shown in this chapter. When Inuyasha arrives after Kagome is grumbling she asks him if he is going to go look for Kikyo. However she uses the onomatopoeia "kyoro kyoro" (キョロキョロ/to look around) plus the conjugated "to do" verb (している)."I guess in English, you could try to convey it by saying "go looky-looky" or some nonsense like that, but this is why I am not a localizer. I assume this is another way in which Kagome is portrayed as being a bit petulant, but you don't want to localize it such that she sounds like an actual toddler.
>>275209809...
>>275209828Oh, they even gave a flashback to the line I repeated.
>>275209844Furinkan notes that: "Another interesting onomatopoeia in this chapter is Kagome's angry glare at Inuyasha. The typical onomatopoeia for "stare" is "ji" (じ). However the sound Kagome makes is "jiro" (じろ). This means "hard stare" or "glare"."I assume this is the "hsss". More like a tea kettle than a snake, perhaps.
>>275209880Not fair.
>>275209892There's some weight to this question. Of course, we don't really get to know.
>>275209939She recognizes it pretty much immediately.
Kagura owes me sex.
>>275209970Golem is usually the term used for Naraku's puppets (Japanese term for them is 傀儡/kugutsu, which translates to puppet). The hijiri was made from a small paper doll (a 人形/hitogata, per Japanese). Furinkan refers to it as a shikigami (式神). I don't know which term was used here. Also, notice that after a volume of it being called "Hijiri" it is now "The Hijiri" (a bit more accurate since it is a title rather than a name). I don't know why they changed it.
>>275210109Sigh...>>275210049Mukotsu, you've been dead for ages.
>>275210109>I don't know which term was used here.you don't have the og jp volumes/access to the raws?
>>275210136He gets it.
>>275210155Whoops. >>275210149I never admittedly looked. It is on nyaa, so I guess I do have it. I can't read or speak Japanese though, so I never felt compelled to check these out myself. We used to have a guy who kindly would check whenever I brought this sort of thing up. Well, I downloaded it. It is unzipping. I don't know how organized this is.
>>275210251She's over him.
>>275210267End of chapter. A castle...?
April 30th, 2003. Author's note:"Q: What movie made you cry?A: It's not a movie, but the anime Hanada Shonenshi."
>>275210413"Q: What movie made you cry?A: It's not a movie, but the anime Hanada Shonenshi.">checks malhttps://myanimelist.net/anime/2004/Hanada_Shounen-shii see
>>275210413This bit of marginalia was also in the original Japanese, per Furinkan. I still don't really get the difference between this term and 'waka', but whatever. >>275210149>>275210109Okay, I found the page in the Japanese volume. By using google lens and google translate (deleting bits of text until it translated just what I wanted), it determined that the actual term used was neither puppet nor shikigami. It was "人形" which means "doll". Also, these scans have the back cover and the inner sleeve illustration (both in color), so I guess I am going to have to start posting those.
>>275210485Oh, would you look at that?>>275210478Yeah, I hadn't heard of it either. I guess I should check it out. I like the art style.
>>275210508Freckles.
>>275210485>It was "人形" which means "doll". naruhodo>these scans have the back cover and the inner sleeve illustration (both in color), so I guess I am going to have to start posting those.discovering this 32 volumes in to your storytime dump oof
>>275210551I do like that he double-checked.>>275210558Yeah, it is kind of rough. These aren't exactly perfect collections, since I have messed up with the wideban extras and whatnot. In regards to my UY and other early dumps, I sometimes think how much better they could've been now that I know how to search up Furinkan more easily. I could just redo these after I catch up. And go forever and ever...
>>275210668I love panels like that fourth one. I assume it is just the work of an assistant, but they're nice.
>>275210727I wonder if there's any truth to that first line. Do they actually get less spirit problems?
>>275210835The girls aren't wrong.
>>275210851Stifling.
>>275210879Now that I have the raws, I can check things. And yes, they went to Holy Woman for Hijiri for this specific line. This was how 聖さま was translated back in the original Inuyasha release. I have no idea why they changed it again.
>>275210951Decisive action.
>>275210970I wonder if you could eat them and be okay. Though here, it seems like they just bit them in half since the remains are discarded. Man, me having the raws might end up with me spending way too much time checking every odd turn of phrase. "Female demon" was in fact "女妖怪" or "onnayokai".
>>275211044One of those dangerous lines.
>>275211053So lucky.
>>275211084
>>275211044>Man, me having the raws might end up with me spending way too much time checking every odd turn of phrase.heh
>>275211102Saved.
>>275211112Furinkan notes that: "The woman who adopts the Infant is called simply "noblewoman" (奥方)."I guess that's what each instance of "m'lady" is.>>275210835I don't know why, but Furinkan just decided to remark about this page: "In the background of a panel the behatted villager stares curiously at Inuyasha, Shippo and Kagome, no doubt puzzled about seeing demons in town and a young girl dressed so strangely.">>275210835Also, Furinkan notes that: "When Miroku asks around about the blood-sucking birds, the villager tells him that they would not attack at a "castle town" in the English translation which is a good translation. In the original Japanese he says this is a "shiro no ohizamoto" (城のお膝元). "Shiro" is "castle" while "ohizamoto" is a "headquarters to a lord" or simply "the place where a person of high rank resides"."
>>275211164End of chapter. And we know that can be trouble.
May 14th, 2003. Author's note:"Q: What is your favorite food?A: Crabs, sea urchins, matsutake mushrooms, and puffer fish milt."
>>275211205>"Q: What is your favorite food?>A: Crabs, sea urchins, matsutake mushrooms, and puffer fish milt."i thought you were a carnivore rumiko-dono(i swear i've seen multiple comments from her about meat?)
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>>275211276Cute. Also, would be a hell of a way to die. Tripping over a corpse.>>275211240She definitely is a big fan, but there's room in her life for many foods, I guess. She even reminsed about editorial paying for meals of various meat in "My Sweet Sunday Mitsuru Adachi x Rumiko Takahashi".
>>275211435I think the Inuyasha style is basically set from this point on. I was reading Mao today and yeah, I think Rumiko sticks to this look from here on out.
>>275211482Many birds. Honestly, at least numbers, it would be scary even if they were normal birds.
>>275211500At these numbers. Anyway, let it rip.
>>275211500>>275211514Sorry, I'm a mess today.
>>275211531Trident still pulling its weight.
>>275211545Once again, I mention something right before the manga actually draws attention to it.
>>275211566Friends? They could look past all the previous people killing.
>>275211592No dice.
>>275211606Full of features. It is in fact, shoki (瘴気).
>>275211765>Full of features.she didn't even know though lol
>>275211765Mongrel as in 半妖 (half-demon), not as in dog. But good localization.
>>275211830This tactic once again. It seems like the flames don't affect them. I wasn't sure if it was self-sacrifice last time.
>>275211851Last time going out didn't work out well, but I guess it still beats burning to death?
>>275211906We see the "besshikime" (別式女) again.
>>275211949Huzzah.
>>275211988Saimyosho couldn't spy, so we have Kanna needing to be his eyes.
>>275212091End of chapter. It never ends for Kohaku and Sango.
The original title was 罪の記憶 which seems to translate to "Memories of Sin" or "Memories of Crime".May 21st, 2003. Author's note:"Q: Please tell us about the first time you recieved a fan letterA: It's a joy I'll never forget for my entire life."
>>275212139Recap for those since that happened hundreds of chapters ago.
Brace yourselves... the rats are coming
>>275212169Same term (罪) used here as the original title.
>>275212242Rumiko really didn't let up.
>>275212271Once more.
>>275212286Again.
>>275212296I think I remember being furious about this.
>>275212309Everyone.
>>275212325
>>275212342It happened again. Made to betray.
>>275212359...
>>275212372Watched without interfering per her instructions.
>>275212271>Rumiko really didn't let up.she really let an 11-12 year old boy get possessed into becoming a murderer, repeatedly
>>275212385Furinkan notes that: "Kagura identifies the Infant as Hakudoshi's "fragment" (片割れ/kataware) in the original Japanese. In the Viz translation he is "Hakudoshi's other half"."I guess one is a bit more grandiose, perhaps inaccurately. Also, I guess the Saimyosho just speak Japanese. I think this is the third time this sort of thing happened and while we never get any dialog from them, I can only assume that them speaking Japanese is more likely than two Naraku fragments and Bankotsu speaking Wasp.
>>275212436Hm. >>275212411Mass murderer! Through sudden, inexplicit betrayal during a brief moment of contentedness and being praised!
>>275212504I wrote inexplicit rather than inexplicable. It was very much explicit.
>>275212436>Also, I guess the Saimyosho just speak Japanese.it's telepathy duh they show them pictures
>>275212516Agape.
>>275212546Off he goes.>>275212536I guess that is less silly.
>>275212565End of chapter! And just now you killed a bunch too. I don't know how he doesn't end up just jumping here and there.
May 28th, 2003. Author's note:"Q: What goods would you like to see created based on your work?A: A life-size Kirara (after transformation). I wouldn't be able to put it down." That would be awesome.
>>275209109Kikyo cleavage
>>275212620They're still at it.
>>275212663Little does she know. >>275212626I thought about how someone mentioned she'd be nude if this was earlier in the manga and I wondered if she wasn't just to hide the reveal of the chest with the poison in it.
>>275212710What? Will the birds get lost otherwise?
>>275212727Has to work this time.
>>275212741What are the chances.
>>275212620>"Q: What goods would you like to see created based on your work?>A: A life-size Kirara (after transformation). I wouldn't be able to put it down." she has a big one hanging from her ceiling >https://soranews24.com/2021/09/10/legendary-manga-creator-rumiko-takahashi-gives-twitter-tour-of-her-home%e3%80%90photos%e3%80%91/>https://x.com/rumicworld1010/status/1424309415470010371don't know the exact size of it though
>>275212764...
>>275212779Sigh...>>275212775It is huge, but it definitely isn't life size. Her Inuyasha and Sessh are crazy though. They might be more than life-size, now that I think about it.
>>275212810A bit of a central question about the character, even without a religious perspective. How can you be with all this hanging over you?
>>275212832Information is valuable.
>>275212852Furinkan notes that: "This chapter finally pays off the storyline that has been in motion since Kohaku's debut five years earlier and we see him finally remember his past."It does not bring me much joy though.
>>275212885Sango is described as wounded, which makes sense given that she doesn't need a shard to sustain her life now. But it does feel a bit like an understatement given how she ends up passing out on him, accepting her death and being buried. She admittedly crawled out of that grave before being given a shard.
>>275212934Yeppers peppers.
>>275212998Anyway, revenge!
>>275213003
>>275213013Just the one saimyosho.
>>275213023
>>275213039End of chapter! Revelation!
June 4th, 2003. Author's note:"Q: What is something you can't help but collect?A: Shokugan food series."Furinkan's note: "These are miniature toy plates of food."Shokugan isn't a brand or anything. It means "food toy" and refers to small toys that can come with candy.
>>275213153A lot of unanswered questions still.
>>275213161Aw, Shippo.
>>275213177...
>>275213198Cute.
>>275213216I can only assume he overheard them. And yes, it would not be the time.
>>275213240
>>275213263I wonder what influences which screentone is used for stuff like that middle panel. It could technically have an all white background and convey the same information.
>>275213296Another moon. I assume it is third quarter so that would mean New Moon is coming up, but I don't know how accurately she plans these out. It could be first quarter even with the way it is rounded.
>>275213340These two do have names per Furinkan and other fan sources, but I don't know when their names are mentioned. I'm holding off on referring to them by name until the names are stated. If they're anime only names, we'll find out eventually, I guess.
>>275213423Furinkan notes that: ""Kikyo's spirit familiars?" - In Japanese Kocho and Asuka are known as "shikigami" (式神). Shikigami are objects animated by infusing spiritual energy into them."And yes, I checked, this is the term Inuyasha's thought bubble uses.
>>275213483Oh, I posted their names in the Furinkan quote right after saying I wouldn't. Whatever. There she is. She always seems to find the tree with the most roots.
>>275213517Name...
>>275213536
>>275213546Important business to discuss.
>>275213567Big panels. I don't mind though. I like Inuyasha's expression.
>>275213584Shippo still sleepy.
>>275213598End of chapter! Huh?Also, I had to check what they localized as "Well... hell yes!" and while I may have chosen something a bit different, it does seem accurate enough. It is "あ、当たり めーだ。" which is apparently "Ah" followed by a vulgar way to say "Of course!". Maybe I would've gone with "Well, obviously!" but it is apparently ruder than even that.
>>275213584>I like Inuyasha's expression.that's why she made them big panels
Original title is 託された矢 which both my machine translations translated as "The Entrusted Arrow" but I guess it could be also translated as "The Arrow that is Passed On" or what we see here.June 11th, 2003. Author's note:"Q: If your manga was made into a drama, who would you like to be in it and who would they play?A: I have no idea."
>>275213757Oh, is that all?>>275213747Yes, but I have heard people say that the reason Inuyasha chapters don't have much happen in them is because of these panels, so I figured I'd justify why I like it.
>>275213783Since converting her via baby didn't work.
>>275213825
>>275213837Doesn't seem convincing.
>>275213852One way of reading it.
>>275213964Is that how you're supposed to hold it?
>>275213783Those people are crazy, the reason that Inuyasha chapters fell like they don't have much happen in them is because on a chapter half of it is spend with people running, Naraku getting own or red Tetsusaiga being useless.
>>275213984Furinkan notes that: "We see the demons floating distantly in the sky with the onomatopoeia "bou" (ボウ). This is the sound of rushing air, similar to "whoosh"."Hhh...>>275214022Admittedly, I recently read Princess Knight (the 60s one, I don't know where the 50s one can be found) and I realized that almost any adventure comic is going to have a lot of panels of people running.
>>275214095Everyone bracing for it.
>>275214118Wasn't intended to be sneaky.
>>275214131At least it wasn't intended to be sneaky on Inuyasha's part. I don't know by how Kikyo decided to call upon him in the middle of the night.
>>275214146Hehehe. This is honestly one of the more cute moments of jealousy, but I admit that this situation isn't as cute outside of manga.
>>275214191Furinkan notes that: "Later when seen by Sesshomaru they make the sound "gorororo" (ゴロロロ) which is a rolling about sound."I usually see it described as a rumble, hence the 'rrrm...", I guess.
>>275209730She really looks like Kikyou in that bottom panel. Feh.
>>275214212Off they go.
>>275214235Together.>>275214221Crazy how much a sullen expression does.
>>275214260
>>275213757>I guess it could be also translated as "The Arrow that is Passed On" or what we see here.I'm just a beginner but that's what I was taught for phrasing like that, that's it's equivalent to "the noun that/who verbs""a woman who wears jeans" would be jeansをwears女(there's at least three different words for "to wear" in japanese depending on where on the body it's worn and I will not be risking using the wrong one)
>>275209939Why is Sango showing off her ass at us, again?
>>275213056So Hakudoshi is clearly a Nobody, but is Naraku or the baby the Heartless? I really need Mickey Mouse or maybe Cloud here to explain this to me.
>>275214272I guess you can't see the ends of Naraku due to the ball.>>275214326Yeah, I don't know any Japanese. I try to make it clear I am using machine translation and guessing. Just sort of explaining the reasoning behind the localization.>>275214361Looking into the distance is contemplative!
>>275214485End of chapter! The second to last line here was "いよいよ 開くか" which seems to mean "Finally, it is going to open". I don't mind curtain time (it is a common expression and not actually anachronistic since they had plays back then), but I was curious.Having the raws to look at the Japanese is going to ruin me. This probably has added an hour to this.
Original title is 鉄鶏. This is a proper noun. The kanji say "iron chicken". Or "Steel Fowl" if we use the original localization's title for this chapter.June 18th, 2003. Author's note:"Q: What do you think is the scariest horror movie?A: Joyurei (女優霊) aka Don't Look Up." Furinkan's note: "The 1996 film was remade for American audiences in 2010."
>>275214592
>>275214602Time to smug.
>>275214562>Having the raws to look at the Japanese is going to ruin me. This probably has added an hour to this.me, who asked if you have the raws: lmao
>>275214611Arise, chicken, arise.
>>275214684And thus, Naraku was defeated, once and for all.
>>275213003That adds one more person who wants to kill Naraku
>>275214684iron chicken is HEREwait does this mean abi is a chicken youkai?
>>275214699Rumiko has no idea where Myoga is at a given point in the story. But he's there sometimes.
>>275214720Furinkan notes that: ""Fool." Myoga doesn't call Kagome "fool" when she asks about Tekkei. In the original Japanese he simply says "umu" (うむ). This is more like "well" or "hmm"."I don't know if VIZ just decided to add something to it or misread it or what.Also, I don't know if there is any actual mythological connection between metal birds and the afterlife. The only metal birds I know of (from googling just now) are Stymphalian birds, which I don't believe have any connection to the afterlife or underworld. >>275214710A bit adjacent.
>>275214720making the exposition character into a tiny flea that can hop into frame at any time is the kind of 4d chess move only an author who doesn't know what a plot is and constantly wings it could have conceived ofI kneel before her prowess (I'll never stop thinking about that "what's a plot" answer she gave in that one interview lmao)
>>275214804I don't know if this should be "are ferocious" or "is ferocious" since he's presumably talking specifically about Abi's mom. I guess her species and name can be the same.
>>275214833Krak! You can see how they had to get a little weird to match the Japanese sound effect. >>275214819Hah, I own that book, but I never got around to reading Furinkan's translation. Here's the relevant bits for everyone else. "Do you create a plot for your stories?Takahashi: I don't really understand what a plot is. What do you mean when you say plot...?Like writing down an outline of what should happen in bullet points.Takahashi: I almost never make something like that, but for short stories, I might write about four components.Just four?Takahashi: Yeah. Just things like, "There's this kind of person," or "this sort of thing happens". Of course we have meetings, and we usually talk about things like this, but in my case, it's better not to decide on the details....You mentioned earlier that you don't write a plot outline, but the structure is something created in your mind.Takahashi: In my brain. Bringing paper into it is such a waste."
>>275209349What a bitch.
>>275214912Man, good thing that's over with.
>>275215017Not looking good.
>>275215041You didn't have a chance to miss him.
>>275215057Krak again. Big R again for the same reason. It was the same sound effect, but it was drawn differently in the two scenes.
>>275215082Yeah, probably should've tossed that immediately.
>>275210251He's been completely domesticated.>>275210267>>275210279This is the most self-aware mook Naraku has used so far. The Band of Seven happily got themselves killed for nothing.
>>275215113Goodbye, Princess Abi.
>>275210835I think it's a chicken before the egg thing. The reason a castle manages to get built is something about the land deters demons.
>>275215123Despite all the mortals her birds have drained, they think she deserved better than this. Another point to the whole "don't evaluate demons the way you evaluate humans" thing.
>>275215172End of chapter! You can tell VIZ was struggling with these sound effect redraws.
>>275211592>>275211606He deserves credit for trying.
Cover is on the next page. Though it also is a panel. Three pages of full color originally. June 25th, 2003. Author's note:"Q: If you could go back in time, when and where would you go?A: China during the Three Kingdoms era."I feel I remember her mentioning this before. She also mentioned wanting to meet Cao Cao in an earlier Inuyasha comment. Though she said Sou Sou, the Japanese name for him.
>>275213003Get in the line, boy:>Inuyasha>Kikyo>Miroku>Sesshomaru>Sango>Koga>Kagura>Kanna
>>275215336Probably looked a bit more gruesome in color. Had to resize it to post.Nyaa has a thing labeled "Inuyasha color pages". I am probably not going to post these (especially since there's a file size limit), but you should check it out if you're interested. I recently got the Perfect Color Edition of Urusei Yatsura. It is very nice to finally see all the red tint pages. People post the full color ones online a lot, but not the red tint ones, which I think are cool!
>>275215404Skipped an art spacer.
>>275215336she's made comments like that in more recent times as wellshe's a confirmed three-kingdoms-fag
This time it's me who's lateWelcome and thank you OP
>>275215414I can't help but agree, but I know it is a shonen manga so it is just one of those things that will work out. >>275215440Hi! Good to see you. >>275215415I wonder if she ever gets Three Kingdoms capsule toys. There was a character in Princess Jellyfish who did that (Mayaya).
>>275215517Shippo is surprisingly composed here.
>>275214699This stupid chicken doesn't learn.
>>275214684I wonder if Tekkei and Taigokumaru were daiyokai. They seemed large and strong enough.
>>275215525Diving in.
>>275215517>There was a character in Princess Jellyfish who did that (Mayaya).I was just remembering that one of the girls in princess jellyfish is a three-kingdoms-fag but was struggling to remember who! the skinny one right?
>>275215041What a dumb fucking chicken. Probably got food poisoning the same way.
>>275215592I guess the head just tumbled down rather than vanished? Also, I wanted to remark that between last chapter and this chapter, Naraku's strike on Tekkei switched from the head to the neck.
>>275215614Kagura's machinations are a lot more fun than Naraku's, honestly.>>275215603Correct. She's the lanky one with the somewhat mannish face. She's also the funniest character in that series.
>>275215650H-He’s fast!
>>275215650Gears turning.
>>275215675Same spot as last time. Now, right side up.
>>275215690These birds were present last time we were here. I don't know how they relate to tekkei, if they do at all.
>>275215734Man, until they get a new sound effects redrawer guy, I am going to notice this kRak every time.
>>275215748Not safe.
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>>275215815It doesn't seem like Myoga called her a fool in this case either. I don't know if VIZ was trying to give Myoga a catchphrase or something.
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>>275215874End of chapter, end of volume. Hm?Feel free to use the thread to discuss anything Inuyasha related. I have some stuff I'll be using to bump the thread here and there.I would normally be returning Saturday to dump Volume 33, but this weekend I am travelling. As such, I will instead be dumping volume 33 on Friday. So, expect the next thread on FRIDAY. Right now though, I'll be dumping "Help".
ヘルプ or "Help" was published on April 20th, 2003 in Big Comic Original. As such, it was published around the time of the chapters in this volume. The title is a loanword from English so it is "herupu", not any of the other Japanese words for the same thing. This translation is a fanscan. Of course, as unofficial fanscans and translations, they have their own issues but at the least we don't have to worry about flipped art. This fanscan unfortunately does not seem to have the original publication scanned, so it is in grayscale. This story originally had four pages of color and four pages of red tint. I do have Furinkan's image of the cover, which I'll post right after this. Can you guess what sort of protagonist this one has? I like this one, despite it being a fairly heavy topic.
>>275216039Just so you can see it in color.
>>275216052Oh, hey, I just noticed the Saneatsu Mushanokoji painting reference or parody in the background there. Rumiko has referenced his paintings and poetry before, specifically these paintings of vegetables and fruit.
>>275216105Happens to the best of us.
>>275216115On one hand, I appreciate knowing the exact sound effect, on the other hand, I have to look up what "dosu dosu" is. It is the sound of heavy footsteps. So, "stomp stomp" or "thud thud". I'm not doing this for all of them.
>>275216158I think this is the second time we've had the middle aged man's conflict start up when his wife was put out of commission.
>>275216180It's fine, right?
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>>275216210Recovered quick.
>>275216220Thanks, kid.
>>275216257Furinkan's note on this chapter is something that gets discussed a lot around here:"The Elderly in Japan - 2018 marked Japan’s 35th anniversary of reaching its status as the world’s oldest population in the world. More than a quarter of Japan’s population is aged over 65 and this is set to increase by 40% by 2025 when the overall population will have shrunk from 127 million in 2019 to 90 million. Japan stands out with 1.8 people aged 25 to 64 for each person aged 65 or over, and it has one of the lowest ratios of people of working age compared to those older than 65 in the world. The country is home to the longest ever recorded life expectancies and the highest elderly population share worldwide at 27%. Japan also has one of the lowest annual birthrates in the world and a continuously decreasing birth fertility rate. In fact, the birthrate in 2016 was 976,978 children, the estimate was 918,397 children in 2018 – which is a decrease of roughly 6%. With the population declining, rapidly ageing, and the birthrate depleting, the economic, political, and societal prospects for Japan are grim especially for young people." Admittedly, this story is from 2003.
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>>275216366Good for her.
>>275216396Kind of scary scenario for me.
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>>275216431I can't blame him.
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>>275216464If only it was so simple.
>>275216473Also a scary situation.
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>>275216601Sigh...
>>275216615He made it to the stairs. He fortunately get any higher and fall down the stairs.
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>>275215665>h- hayai>>275215650you know, ages ago, literally in a different decade, I saw a post noting how as the manga progressed that sesshomaru was closing the physical distance between himself and kagura and this panel was one of the ones used
>>275215734the skeleton birds are cool that's all you need to know
>>275216645End! This is a subject that is easy to push out of your mind. I have a hard time with it. But I enjoyed this story. What did you guys think of this one? Let me know, please.As mentioned before, I'll be back Friday with Volume 33 of Inuyasha. Reminder, Friday.
>>275216679>Reminder, Friday.FRIDAY>FRIDAYF R I D A Y
Going to post the wideban extras before I forget. This one is about the Shikon Jewel. Have to split it over two posts. Spoilering that which pertains to stuff we haven't seen yet. "The Shikon Jewel is Big NewsThe Shikon Jewel has the ability to increase a human or demon’s spiritual power, and as such is well known among both groups. Naturally this means that when the jewel was shattered and scattered across the land, it was big news to demons. For them, the jewel shattering was akin to someone scattering wads of cash over a city street from an overpass. Of course everyone came running. Grab what you can! Guard it from others! And it wasn’t just the demons, the humans did the same as well."
>>275216742Other half of this extra."Those with Shikon Jewel ShardsThe purpose of the Shikon Jewel was to give the main characters a goal in their travels. While looking for shards, they encounter something suspicious and end up in trouble. When a Shikon shard is involved, it’s impossible to live peacefully and happily, after all. If it were, that’d be a feat in itself. I never thought about it while working on the series, but if that ever was the case it would create a major dilemma for the cast. They wouldn’t be able to just snatch the shard away. Maybe I should have done a story like that…(chuckles). Anyway, it was almost always bad guys that got a hold of the shards. They’d absorb one into their body and then strut around acting all big. That’s the nature of demons, I suppose. The Thunder Brothers especially so. They were punks, plain and simple. If there was a powerful person out there, they’d seek them out, fists-a-flailing, just to assert their physical prowess. You can bet they never thought past their own noses. I always think of demons as living for the moment. That being said, they do have a reason to seek out the Shikon shards. They need to get stronger so they aren’t devoured by other demons, so they at least have a will to survive.Holders of Shikon shards were always unhappy, which is to say the jewel probably craved negative energy. Whenever there’s an item said to grant wishes to those in its possession, there’s usually some toll that needs to be paid. It’s been that way since ancient times. Thinking of Japanese folktales, good fortune usually came to those not seeking it, and those that tried to steal it ended up miserable. That’s how it was in Shita-kiri Suzume. And Kobutori Jiisan. Those stories about shady investment schemes are all like that too. Naraku ends up receiving the jewel from Kikyo later on in the story, but that turned out to be a poor financial decision on his part, didn’t it?"
Here's the 16th wideban cover.
>>275215815>>275215858huh, I clearly remember the anime dub having kagome say diamond and myoga being confused by that word and saying adamant I assume it's because kagome said daiyamondo which is obviously japanized english, while the old word would be kongo
>>275216823Seems like an anime only touch. Myoga says kongo and Kagome uses it too.
>>275217016maybe it was for the children who don't know what kongo is?
>>275216158>she became cranky of course she's cranky, she's cleaning up her father-in-law's shit bet the son doesn't even help hmph
Bump for reading
>>275216415thought he got abducted by aliens or spirited away
>>275213757For a full breakdown of the title...>託す is "entrust">託される is the passive form, i.e. "to be entrusted">託された is the past passive, or "was entrusted">It modifies 矢 (arrow)So most explicitly it is "the arrow that was entrusted" or, more cleanly, "the entrusted arrow." >>275214146Love Miroku just materializing there to spell it out for Inuyasha>>275214191Likewise Sango materializing here just to judge Inuyasha
>>275209215Kikyo's stinky tits...
>>275216464>he'd make it a little further ganbatte old man, ganbatte
>>275216555>I gave my son money for food there goes his teeth...
>>275216565>>275216580he's a thinking about committing elder abuse
>>275216592are those bags of trash by the fridge?
>>275216645>It's full of trash bros...>>275216679>With a helping hand, he could walk to the toilet>the one supporting him is metook him long enough to lend a hand to his wife and dad
>>275215123I could have saved her.
>tries to find one shot on mal>no, not that one >checks furinkan>Help was also published in Red Bouquet>checks >https://www.furinkan.com/rumictheater/manga/about.html>Notes:>Not available in English.I see
Kikyo is still alive in this scenario and Inuyasha has not met either of them yet.Which would you choose, /a/? Kikyo or Kagome?
>>275218034 (me)>https://myanimelist.net/manga/16118/Akai_Hanataba__Takahashi_Rumiko_Kessakushuuwell now I've read 1/6 of the one shots from red bouquet I don't know if I should record it though
so the big chicken demon had a human-looking daughter? does that mean some man fucked the giant chicken?
>>275218222yes anon, yokai are freaks also it's been established that human-looking yokai can transform remember that sesshomaru is actually a giant dog
>>275218125>>275218034As long as there are fanscans, I'll keep doing this one-shots. I did skip a one page thing called "This Year a Championship!" or "今年は優勝だっ！" because I couldn't find anyone who scanned it. It is about her meeting the Hanshin Tigers.
>>275218325>>275218125 (me) looking at the archives, the one shot red bouquet was dumped with vol.26 so that would make 2/6
>>275218222No. Abi-hime is explicitly not a hafu.
>>275218439graffiti pop with vol.21nice
>>275218505one day dream with vol.16this is getting exciting, that's 4 out of 6
>>275218527Yeah, the next two are from 2004 and 2005, so I'll get to them before Inuyasha is over.
>>275218598I just got to the end of the results and was about to say that permanent love and giri no holidays seem to have not been dumped yet >before Inuyasha is over.isn't there 20 volumes left lol
>>275218122Kikyo is the perfect woman. I want to die cradled against her bosom as she comforts me.
>>275218992>I want to die cradled against her bosom as she comforts me.is she the one who killed you in this scenario?
>>275216679This was a rough one. Been living in a similar situation ever since I was in high school. Every time one relative would go, another would manage to fill the void like a never-ending cycle.
>>275209349Ungrateful bitch. Worst girl
>>275215123Good night sweet princess Abi. You were hot. I felt she lasted longer in the anime.
>>275219322That sounds very miserable. I'm sorry.
>>275208813Bones and grave soil can resist getting melted by concentrated miasma?
>>275221028Well, they don't lose as much important stuff when that happens.
>>275215336Here's the cover of the Weekly Shonen Sunday where this chapter debuted in.
>>275216115>Honey, why can't you just let your father die alone like a dog?
>>275216191>>275216315>>275216447>>275216592>>275216679Inuyasha is full of all kinds of fantastical creatures, but nothing is scarier than the harsh realities of life.
>>275209109Naraku really messed her up.
>>275226643It was all an excuse to touch her boobs, I bet
>>275216772Thank you for posting.
>>275215123Cute yokai women lovers keep losing
Here's the Japanese raw scan that has the back cover of this volume. I may go back to some of the ones I've missed here and there for bumps.
>>275229659Oh and here's the inner sleeve illustration. Princess Abi...
These are going to stop being relevant pretty quickly. Also, the Japanese raw scan isn't consistent, so for Volume 31, it has just the back cover as its own file. Same with the inner sleeve.
>>275230864Here's the inner sleeve for Vol. 31.
>>275229659>bloody kohaku about to get you k- kowai..!>>275229676>>275230879pterodactyls :-)
>>275219282>is she the one who killed you in this scenario?God I hope so
>>275228812we're not even at the most heartbreaking one yet
>>275209215>TWIK
>>275209349The anime really undersells just how much of a bitch Kikyo is.
>>275209892Miroku, you'd say Inuyasha was in the wrong even if he was sitting in a room by himself doing nothing.
>>275210049Not until you apologize, Inuyasha.
>>275210251Really cute, but you can FEEL how whipped Inuyasha has become.
>>275210279How does her mother even know about that from her cave?
>>275234036bros are just like that
>>275210727>can't even remember his home anymorePoor Kohaku ;_;
>>275210835It's probably been built on sacred ground.
>>275210851Miroku is pretty hot.
>>275211044Naraku's poisons have been shown to be lethal even to other demons so I wouldn't bet on them being good eating.>>275210970>>275234807Nah, it's just protected territory because of Narkau's long con.
>>275211084Time to lose another family, Kohaku!
>>275211164That is a bit of an odd way to phrase it, lady.
>>275214699>>275215041>got sick from eating a poisonous yokai>first thing she does after recovering is trying to eat a powerful and devious yokai who's basically pure poisonStupid bird
>>275232873Well, I doubt anyone shed tears for Abi-hime
>>275237252Some never learn.
>>275239068she was hot and evil and willing to suck me dryi could have fixed her
>>275237252It seemed like a good idea at the time.
>>275241045How? No it didn't.
>>275241067>He's just a scrawny little half-demon, what harm can he do
>>275216115She wasn't worth even before getting fatter>>275216679Hidehiko is a good son
>>275211500Nice of Inuyasha to be so open about how much he cares.And yeah, that's a big flock of bloodsuckers. Wonder how they're being produced in such numbers.
>>275218527read!the family in this one is literally the same design from the one in help lol
>>275211592>>275211606Hey, he offered. They did the same with Koga and Sesshomaru, and they BOTH have plenty of human blood on their hands. Too bad this bitch is completely y nutso.
>>275212106Naraku really enjoys putting them through the ringer.
>>275212271>>275212286Rumiko pulls no punches on the child trauma.
>>275212309Rightly so.
>>275212411She just loves breaking Kohaku over and over and over and over
>>275212852>>275212885I like how Kagura seems to project onto Kohaku a lot and tries to talk to him even though she's well aware he's completely broken inside.
>>275213003Half the cast wants Naraku dead at this point, so pick a number Kohaku.
>>275213240Rare non-perverted Miroku.
>>275213340>pwik
>>275213724It's very rude but also very funny translated.
>>275213837>>275213852>risking herself when she's not fully healed and she's the only one who can break Naraku's barriers, which Naraku knows so he'll automatically target her firstThis dumb bitch.
>>275214191Dumb dog bullying should be illegal.
Favorite character leitmotif/theme?>Inuyashahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PShrgeY9MY>Kagomehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMToqUPiXyE>Shippohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVilixWhJqI>Mirokuhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUHqfHNmL-E>Action Miroku (Wind Void)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S8iZb2LgpY>Sangohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUiCVKICIBI>Action Sango (Sango Soaring in the Heavens)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W65eq2Nohzs>Kikyohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntSw1b_KYkk>Kikyo v2 (Soul Power)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amAvRF64N4o>Sesshomaruhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPphc0FBvTQ>Kogahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOGOKkjTeZE>Narakuhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-hmDbbrz0M>Naraku v2 (Struggle of Hatred)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUzrbcaPX5I
>>275214458The Infant has the Heart so it would technically be the Heartless, though whether it's a Pureblood or Emblem is up for debate. I'd say Emblem just because it's a branch of Naraku and because both it and Hakudoshi were once one being, so it would technically share the spider-shaped mark that's on Hakudoshi's back. As for Naraku himself, he's definitely a Heartless.
>>275214684ENTER
>>275214699Tekkei just had a major retard moment. Again.
>>275214804VIZ-translated Myoga is very rude.
>>275215017>weaklingNeither of you could even break his barrier and your dumb bird of a mother ate him like a retard. This idea pure demons get that half-demons are always weaker than them is absurd because Naraku is more powerful than 99% of pure demons; no fucking ocue what causes this behavior outside of sheer bullheaded pride.
>>275215123Bye bitch.
>>275215525Can't be too scared after all the shit he's seen at this point.
>>275215849Inuyasha...
>>275215908ENTER.Thanks OP
>>275218222She probably had a lover who could assume humanoid form or she had a humanoid form herself. That or both were Tekkei and their daughter just came out as a human-looking demon.>>275218246It always amuses me that Sesshomaru's true form is just a huge mutt. Kinda easy to forget given how little he uses it.
>>275244763100% Inuyasha's.
>>275245516Remember the bat demon and his son. I guess some demons just prefer to go around in a humanoid form. Also the moth guy that made Inuyasha go berserk that one time.
>>275244763>>275245534>the calm ominous tone in Sesshomaru's, making you know shit is about to go down>the fucking SWELL in the second halfI love Inuyasha's but this is great too.
>>275239068There's always someone. This is regarding Straizo in Jojo Part 2:"Ahh! Lord Strai is dead!"I'm going to make a thin book on Lord Strai and a fanclub of him!" or so what I had in mind before... Sob... The beauty die young... (It's written as 美形薄命, a corruption of Japanese proverb 美人薄命)･ﾟ･(ﾉД`)･ﾟ･UuUuU... This is too cruel... Waaahh!!On the other hand, it hasn't even been 2 weeks since I posted a postcard with "NOW IT'S THE TIME FOR STRAIZO TO SHINE!" written on it! WHY! WHY MUST THIS HAPPEN!? SO IT'S ALL OVER JUST LIKE THAT!? YOU'RE KIDDING ME, RIGHT!?I just don't believe it! He was finished off just like that by JOJO!! There's too much difference in treatment compared to Dio!! He's coming back alive and return, won't he? Won't he? WON'T HE?....you're making me cry ･ﾟ･(ﾉД`)･ﾟ･ Even though he was unbelievably dull (and the fact that he's a hillbilly!) I TRULY LOVED HIM!!LORD STRAI! I DON'T WANT YOU TO DIEEEEEEEE!!(Araki-)Sensei, you dummy! Waaahh! ･ﾟ･(ﾉД`)･ﾟ･PS: The girl in the first and second chapter of 1988 is way too close to him!!"
>>275245754I know. It's just weird how Sesshomaru chooses to do so even though he looks down upon a hard 90% of humanity.
>>275245516reminds me of this fanart>https://tntschnitzel.tumblr.com/post/143642832891/if-his-true-form-is-a-dogit's a question i've had for fifteen+ years at this pointrumiko please tell us
>>275215123This is what Ageha from Rinne (Rin-ne, Kyokai no Rinne, Rinne of the Boundary) looks like by the way.
>>275249329cute!
>>275239072I guess that's why birdbrain is a word.
>>275247272>we will never see puppy SeshyWe were ROBBED
>>275215734Thunderbolt Fantasy has the same demon birds, and they're even used as a mode of transportation as well.
>>275249329Very cute.
