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Furinkan notes that: "Takahashi had joined Twitter recently when this chapter came out and shared the unused title page on her Twitter account." I'll post this after the dump.

June 30th, 2021. Author's note:
"Q: Could you tell us something that based on vague impressions alone you wouldn't try?
A: I missed my chance to get in on the Tapioca fad."

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>>284419946
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>>284419969
Still calling him Mao-san, though it seemed like she struggled to get it out here.

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>>284419987
Term for ghost here was 幽霊 (Yūrei).

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>>284420096
Now, I might question the idea of thus leaving the family, but it seems to refer to the head family essentially and Kanae is marrying out of it. Also, VIZ made it a little more explicitly about death, he says その家は滅びるという。 (Sono-ka wa horobiru to iu.) or "That house/family will be destroyed/ruined".

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>>284420256
The last line to me seems more ambiguous in Japanese to me. It was 抜いたから･･･ (Nuitakara) or "As it was pulled out..." from what I can tell. Not sure on this one though.

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>>284420373
She refers to it as the 護り刀 (Mamori-gatana) or Sword of Protection like the chapter title. That might sound like a somewhat fancy name for it, but it apparently can just be used to refer to any sword used for self-defense, commonly a small sword known as a kaiken (懐剣). Looking into it more, being passed as a wedding gift is even more appropriate as daughters of samurai were said to carry it in the belt of their wedding kimono. If you look up images of these blades, you often see women holding them.

>>284419897
With that sword and big red bow, Nanoka looks kind of similar to the protagonist of Blood+ (I haven't watched the series, just seen pictures of it)

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>>284420506
Kanae seems a bit less certain or intentionally a bit indirect as she says 血･･･のようなものが (Chi ... no yōna mono ga) or "Blood... like thing" essentially. Nanoka also seems like certain and doesn't refer to the previously known information as far as I can tell, but that might just be Japanese sentence structure thing. 刀が死体の血を吸った･･･? (Katana ga shitai no chi o sutta?) or "Did the sword absorb the blood of the corpses...?"

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>>284420592
The second incident that she remembers seems to be different in Japanese, though that might be a nuance thing. It was 隣同士の諍いの時も (Tonari dōshi no isakai no toki mo) or "Even the quarrel between neighbors".

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>>284420689
Mao uses -san here and says 使い手のあなたも斬らねばならない。 (Tsukaite no anata mo kiraneba naranai.) which seems to be "You, as the user, must also be cut".

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>>284420755
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>>284420785
Mao says you to the sword here.

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>>284420907
End of chapter!

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Three pages in full color to celebrate the 100th chapter! Well, originally. The cover is on the next two pages. Per Furinkan: "There was also a Twitter contest to give away three original drawings of Mao by Rumiko Takahashi to celebrate the 100th chapter and 1,000,000 tankoban copies of MAO sold. Entrants had to follow Takahashi's official twitter, share their thoughts on MAO and use the hashtag #MAOを推したい (I want to recommend MAO)." I guess you went up with promotional hashtags like that if you name your series something as common as MAO.

July 7th, 2021. Author's note:
"Q: What would be the first thing you'd do if you were suddenly split into two?
A: Sleep."

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>>284421012
The cast. Pretty much...

>>284421034
>Tenko made it
Secret final boss? It's more likely than you think.

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>>284421034
Skipped the art spacer. VIZ decided to just use the term katashiro 形代 rather than translating it to talisman, charm, paper doll, straw doll, etc. like they sometimes do. This term refers to an effigy or substitute used in Onmyodo, typically a paper doll but not always as we've seen in this series.

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>>284419897
and nanoka comes in with a second cover!

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>>284421134
The sword's response seems to have been rewritten significantly to simply convey sentiment as the original line for it here was こんな形代など。 (Kon'na katashiro nado.) or "A katashiro like this." Presumably disliking the use of it.

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>>284421214
I still can't quite get what term is being translated as "will" here. It is nen something, but I keep looking up each kanji and getting confused and the Google keeps saying it just means "very carefully" which clearly isn't right.

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>>284421346
Sometimes, I look at the machine-translated translation and it is so direct that I feel I don't need to say anything. Which is great, it makes me very happy when they can write the dialog directly and keep it sounding natural. Of course, that does leave me with little to say since I really don't have as much trivia from old interviews for MAO. And me making jokes about it doesn't quite fit.

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>>284421411
?!

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>>284421426
Uh, this seems to be translated a little indirectly. Nanoka specifically refers to Mao's Byoki's Blood (which is always a little goofy to me, but whatever). It mentions that the blood is poisonous to the sword (hence the image of Mao and his cut and the blood on the sword's tip). And as such, the sword was afraid of the blood flowing into it through the hilt. I mean, it ultimately is the same conclusion, but yeah.

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>>284421560
Her line here is basically "My Byoki's blood should work too". So, yeah, the sword didn't quite know that Nanoka has the same blood yet.

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>>284421600
Mao seems to use an expression here 危ない橋だったぞ。 (Abunai hashidatta zo). This literally means "That was a dangerous bridge" but it basically means "That was a huge risk" or "That was a risky gambit".

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>>284421657
Mao's response seems a little less kind in Japanese, but there might be some nuance I'm not getting. It was うん･･やっぱりわかっていないな。 (Un... yappari wakatte inai na.) or "Yeah... it seems you still don't understand.". As for his comforting words to Kanae, he seems to say that it is impossible for the police to suspect you rather than stating that he will do something to clear her reputation.

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>>284421763
The sign is translated to Keep Out which is reasonable, I feel but in case you're curious, it originally said 外来者出入禁止 (Gairai-sha shutsunyū kinshi) or "No visitors allowed" directly, but equivalent to "No Trespassing" or "No entry" or "Authorized Personnel Only" etc. etc.

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>>284421841
End of chapter. This time, Nanoka did say yokai rather than ayakashi. The store name is written as 冥命堂 with the furigana めいめいどう. It is romanized here directly. 冥 seems to mean dark or deep, 命 means lifespan or command and 堂 is hall.

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Per Furinkan: "The MAO promotional video was released this week on July 15th with voices by provided by Yuki Kaji (Mao), Hiro Shimono (Hyakka) and Toshiyuki Toyonaga (Kamon). Hiro Shimono was just getting out of the hospital after contracting the Coronavirus." Here's the link: https://youtu.be/i9cPoASccC8

July 14th, 2021. Author's note:
"Q: What's a book you wish you could erase your memories of and experience for the first time again?
A: Sangokushi."

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>>284422009
Sir here was だんなさーん。(Dan'na-sa ̄n.) here. Furinkan seems to have interpreted it as "husband" or "darling" if their summary is anything to go off of, but we have seen it used as meaning master or boss in MAO, so that might be wrong.

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>>284422073
Mao addresses Meimeido with -san. Honestly I assumed that with 堂, it only referred to the place but maybe it is common for people to have that kanji in their name too. I wouldn't know.

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>>284422109
VIZ went back to saying just "hagunsei" rather than "hagunsei blade" or "hagunsei sword" which would be more accurate to the Japanese. Nanoka refers to the skin resembling 鉄 (tetsu) or iron. Mao refers to him as a 玉鋼 (tamahagane) ayakashi, whatever that is. Split up, it becomes "jewel steel" which obviously isn't a thing. I guess he's like diamond? Anyway, both Mao and Meimeido refer use the term ayakashi rather than yokai here.

>>284422073
I originally translated it as husband back in the day too, but I'm more inclined towards the "boss" interpretation now. It's funny to imagine them being married, though.

>>284422239
>玉鋼
It's basically just a specific type of Japanese steel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamahagane

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>>284422239
This is reasonable translation, but the Japanese seemed more direct and said it originally referred to gaining prosperity through killing and stealing. Seems the family was using it solely via placebo effect for a while now.

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>>284422310
Hehe. Nanoka's response was 違います。(chigaimasu). I don't know how formal it is, but presumably a little bit more than "no way!" but it made me laugh so I feel it is fine.

>>284422295
Oh, well, don't I feel silly. When Google wasn't translating it, I assumed it was because it was made up rather than because English uses a loanword for it that is a direct romanization. Thanks for the info.

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>>284422408
The last line seems to have originally referred to the sword coming back to life again.

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>>284422434
It is kind of fun flipping between this page and the last because the bottom Nanoka panels are very similar. I wonder how she determines how to ink the irises.

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>>284422469
Hehehe. Nanoka's line in the top panel is just いや... (Iya...) which means either no, no thanks or a filler word like um or why, depending on context. Any of those seem to work. VIZ seemed to have interpreted it as no thanks.

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>>284422561
Furinkan has a note here: "In this chapter Nanoka also starts to practice a series of hand gestures/mudra called "Kuji no in"." This is the term used here by Uozumi. 九字の印. Though Wikipedia calls them Kuji in without the no. Anyway, these previously came up because Mao used an attack called Nine Cuts which is based on these in part. I didn't realize Furinkan took their iconography for this from the manga itself. Though Wikipedia has a very similar diagram to this.

Oh and Nanoka says これさあ、無理でしょ。 (Kore sā, muridesho.) or "This is impossible, isn't it?" rather than "I suck at spells" but this seems to be a common way of stating dissatisfaction at your own ability. At least, I hear it a lot in manga and anime.

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>>284421657
Nanoka being recklessly self-destructive is quickly becoming the defining part of her character

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>>284422658
Hm... tiger... hm, tiger, tiger, tiger. Bird... birdy, birdy birdy.

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>>284422718
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>>284422745
He refers to a 虎のバケモン (Tora no bakemon) or "tiger monster" here.

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>>284422784
End of chapter. By the way, Meimeido doesn't bother with an honorific for Mao. Got reminded of that since Nanoka doesn't use one for Soma.

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Furinkan notes that: "Also, Soboutei Must Be Destroyed by Kazuhiro Fujita and Ponkotsu-chan Kenshochu by Tsubasa Fukuchi both ended in this issue of Shonen Sunday. Takahashi sent Fujita a congratulatory doodle." Furinkan doesn't seem to have a link to the doodle. I don't know if Fujita posted it anywhere, but if it is out there, maybe someone can find it.

July 21st, 2021. Author's note:
"Q: What are things you'd open your otherwise closed wallet for?
A: Manga volumes."

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>>284422820
Soma still uses -sensei for Mao and uses -san for Nanoka.

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>>284422838
Mao doesn't use an honorific here.

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>>284422845
Rather than murder, he referred to blood-sucking incidents, 吸血事件 (Kyūketsu jiken).

>even OP almost forgot today was Mao Tuesday and got late

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>>284422884
Per Furinkan: Soma reveals in this chapter that the old name for the cursed sword is "Akanemaru" which is written with the kanji "地血丸" meaning "blood circle".

Also, VIZ went with relic, but the term Nanoka used was 呪具 with the furigana じゅぐ (jugo) or "curse tool".

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>>284422922
Come back to life or revive itself again, like in the previous chapter.

>>284422891
Thursday, and I've honestly been later. I was practically falling asleep half an hour before I started so I am glad I started when I did.

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>>284422954
Soma specifically said he didn't want to meet Mao again like this rather than specify fighting.

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>>284422980
Bit of a pattern to these fights, yeah. Otoya as always being MVP. But yeah, Nanoka specifically says fire techniques will beat the metal attribute tiger. Reminding us that beasts (mammals) are metal attribute.

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>>284423040
Talisman here is 呪符 (jufu). Curse tag or curse seal. You get it.

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>>284423072
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>>284423174
Has the scar from before.

>>284423031
Again, I feel like the question mark is a little superfluous when Otoya is clearly already doing what Mao needs him to do.

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>>284420020
are those his brains?
>>284420256
>>284420320
>the head family essentially and Kanae is marrying out of it.
son-in-law's problem now
fuck them in-laws
>抜いたから･･･ (Nuitakara)
i've always learned that kara is more of a "because/since" type thing (or "from")
抜いた meanwhile is the past tense of nuku "to draw, to pull out" etc
so i think it'd be "because (I) pulled (it) out"
>>284420506
>being passed as a wedding gift is even more appropriate as daughters of samurai were said to carry it in the belt of their wedding kimono. If you look up images of these blades, you often see women holding them.
it's a wedding present blade?!
r- rumiko-dono...

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>>284423276
Like butter.

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>>284423288
End of chapter. Nanoka states that he's become completely a minion of them. あんた完全 に御降家の手先に･･ (Anta kanzen ni Go kō ke no tesaki ni)

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殺す覚悟 (Korosu kakugo) is the original title. This is technically accurate, but it means willingness to kill.

Per Furinkan: "This issue of Shonen Sunday also advertised a new Inuyasha Q-Posket and some official Mitsuru Adachi and Rumiko Takahashi hashtags to use on Tiktok." I guess I'll post their screenshot of the latter since there's a Mao image in it.

July 28th, 2021. Author's note:
"Q: What do you believe are two things that when paired together cannot be defeated?
A: Soba and onions."

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>>284423384
Per Furinkan: "Soma's uniform is a duplicate of Hakubi's which is a type 45 kai Imperial Japanese Army uniform."

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>>284423410
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>>284420569
>the protagonist of Blood+
saya?
>I haven't watched the series
i did back when it adult swim aired it
saya wields a full-sized sword though, with a custom bend and-- oh hey, funny similarity, saya's blood is poisonous too (to a specific type of creature though) but she has to actually draw blood which is why it has that custom bend so she can cut herself and then it flows down the blade through that fuller/groove in the middle
here's the first opening, you can the blood going down the middle of the blade near the end
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GepvEq1HGyU

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>>284423418
Mao doesn't really mention his curiosity, just saying that he is in a place where you get asked about your resolve. Essentially, the crossroads thing, but a bit longer. I like Nanoka's face here.

>>284423429
Looks like both their eyes turn red, as well

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>>284423466
I don't know if this Mao's dialog in the last panel is correct. I do see the word "ichi" in there, so maybe it is saying one blow? But the Google translation of it is completely different. The line is 一時的にでも斬れるなら勝機はある! (Ichijitekini demo kirerunara shōki wa aru!) and Google is suggesting "If I can manage to cut him, even temporarily, there's a chance of victory!" which seems different to me. But again, machine translation, take it with a grain of salt, learn Japanese and draw your own conclusion.

>>284423274
Yeah, I was using the word "as" to mean "because/since" in this context and emphasizing that no specific subject was used.

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>>284423519
Yeah, based on this, it seems Google was more correct.

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>>284423526
Hehehe, I love Nanoka. You see why I don't want her to have a weapon?

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>>284423553
He does actually say Nanoka here. No honorific though.

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>>284423561
Pretty cool. This is a bit cheesy, but the original line might've sounded a bit bland. I do think it fits Soma more though. そこで見ていてください。(Sokode mite ite kudasai.) or "Please keep watching there."

>>284423485
oh yeah! well saya's eyes are already a dark red even when calm, they glow brighter in fight mode
and there are scenes that suggest they're actually glowing

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>>284423586
I think there might be two meanings in Soma's statement here that VIZ missed. The original line was ぼくは殺せる。 (Boku wa koroseru.) or "I can kill". I can see how you can interpret it as "I am not able to kill her" but I think it is also intended to be him psyching himself up.

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>>284423624
生意気だ。(Namaikida.) or "Cheeky/Saucy/Cocky/Impudent".

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>>284423682
End of chapter!

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Furinkan mentions that: "Comics Natalie ran a small blurb with Rumiko Takahashi this week talking about her fondness for Ryoichi Ikegami (Crying Freeman/Sanctuary) and Riichiro Inagaki's (Eyeshield 21/Dr. Stone) new manga Trillion Game." I think Furinkan translated all of Takahashi's comments, which are pretty brief.

"I think it's quite fine to say that Ikegami-sensei and Inagaki-sensei are a unique combination.

Haru has a masculine feeling that is not unfamiliar in Ikegami-sensei's work, but Gaku is a very modern boy, although his glasses are held high, he is not a confident young man. This series keeps thrusting into my heart across the frames of the page. This is a quite fresh and fun work in the world of Ikegami-sensei.

I think Trillion Game is an interesting original that can be established even with pop drawings, but it is a very impressive concept because it is drawn with Ikegami-sensei's realistic gekiga-style.

The girls are also attractive. Especially Rin-chan, who was recently introduced, who is lovable and cute. For me, a longtime fan of Ikegami-sensei, a very exciting work was born yet again. "

Furinkan also notes that this is a double issue, so there was no chapter the week after this.

August 4th, 2021. Author's note:
"Q: Do you have a movie poster that you thought was excellent?
A: Drunken Master."

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>>284423817
I will admit, this makes it a lot cooler than just a sword, but I still really liked the berserker style with just clawing at stuff and hitting them with whatever.

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>>284423849
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>>284423895
I don't know if Soma actually knows it is her blood. He just says "Poisonous... blood?!" Also, he states that she is unconscious.

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>>284423976
The ever versatile barrier.

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>>284423982
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>>284423991
As we've come to expect, they've gotten away. But we kept the sword.

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>>284423998
I couldn't find what term was used for acolyte here. I think maybe there wasn't one? Also, Mao's final line here was different. It was あのまま持ち続けていたらどうなっていたか･･･ (Anomama mochi tsudzukete itara dō natte ita ka...) which seems to mean "What would've happened if she continued to hold onto it...?", so possibly wondering both about if she would die or maybe if she would kill.

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>>284424040
Sometimes, Otoya just asks questions for readers just picking the series up, I guess. Mao's response was similar, but different. It was 少し分けてやらないと。 (Sukoshi wakete yaranai to.) or "I need to share a little bit."

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>>284424058
End of chapter...

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Cover was originally in full color.

August 18th, 2021. Author's note:
"Q: What's a sushi material you can't live without?
A: Sea urchin and fatty tuna."

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>>284424075
I guess he's cleaning up pieces of himself? He hasn't had time to get dressed fully.

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>>284424113
Nanoka mentions she was passed out from the middle of the fight.

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>>284424148
Per Furinkan: "In Japanese a twisted-paper string is known by a few different names such as "koyori", "kamiyori", or "kanzeyori" (紙縒り, 紙縒, 勧世縒)."

Mao uses こより (koyori) here. Meimeido says 紙のこより (kami no yori). He specifically states that it breaks easily. Will here was 意思 (Ishi).

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>>284424208
Oh, by the way, Meimeido referred to Nanoka as 嬢ちゃん (Jō-chan).

>>284424148
I think that makes at least four times Nanoka has passed out at the end of a battle
>Mantis: Arm cut off
>Shiranui's shikigami: Accidentally gave Mao blood
>Souma and monster Mao: Tackled Mao to pull off the needle
And now this. Won't be anywhere near the last time, either.

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>>284424235
汁 (shiru) can mean either juice or soup. And Mao's line suggests that it has progressed in its fermentation, not that it is complete in it. Which makes sense given how old his last one was.

>>284420755
that's why her eye was bleeding?!
>>284420785
ugh
>>284420849
>Mao says you to the sword here.
what?
>>284421012
>use the hashtag #MAOを推したい (I want to recommend MAO)."
>I guess you went up with promotional hashtags like that if you name your series something as common as MAO.
i've also seen some official japanese tags that are... long-ish like that, longer than what we think of for tags
but also yeah i wish mao had some other word or subtitle to help with general tagging/searching...
>Q: What would be the first thing you'd do if you were suddenly split into two?
>A: Sleep.
one rumiko to sleep, the other rumiko to work

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>>284424268
Mao seems be feeling directly responsible here in Japanese, saying 私菜花にあんな事をさせていたのか･･ (Watashi Nanoka ni an'na koto o sa sete ita no ka) or something like "I can't believe I let Nanoka do something like that..." Not sure if that sentiment comes across with the localization here.

>>284421105
all of tenko leads are just her getting rid of her enemies to consolidate power over the tokyo area holy shit anon your mind...

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>>284424301
The wording here in Japanese is really funny to me so I'll post the whole thing: 私のために･･･あれは･･･噂に聞いた恋人つなぎ。(Watashi no tame ni are wa uwasa ni kiita koibito tsunagi.) which Google Translate translated as "For me...? That... that's rumored lovers' hand-holding technique." Machine-translated nonsense, obviously, but it did make me laugh. Maybe you could use the term fabled here, but I feel like that's very cheesy.

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>>284424384
She's such a goof.

>>284424299
Rather than saying "The cursed sword is hiding inside her", he said something like "You were hiding inside her".

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>>284424419
Guess he is aware it is hers. Well, she definitely wielded it. I don't remember if he knows that is what is in her body. Presumably he does, I feel like that came up in the last fight?

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>>284424439
The older refers to him as Soma-nii-sama while the younger goes with just nii-sama (兄さま).

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>>284421214
she's back!
she's gone...
>>284421311
nanoka, now is not the time to be an impulsive shonen mc! or maybe it is...
>It is nen something
it's just nen 念 here, the rest of the sentence is different words/particles
i'm also not getting a phrase the way, for example, "be careful" is ki then a verb (気を付けて)
it's just nen
>>284421397
>I can't let go of it!!
oh no oh no oh no
>>284421411
>I must separate them!
nanoka's going to lose her arm again!!

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>>284424474
輩 (yakara) was used here for hoodlums or thugs again. It means a "group of" basically.

>>284424408
>he said something like "You were hiding inside her"
well not quite, this is an example of the mtl guessing a pronoun
the sentence
>体内に潜んで憑いていたか...
has no pronoun at all, and japanese verbs do not carry that information the way verbs do in other languages (i think there's one verb form in japanese that means it was done to the speaker, but this is not that)

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>>284424517
The girl's line here seems different to me, but it is possible that machine translation is failing me again. The original line in the first bubble of the third panel was 蓮次さんはもらいっ子の家で色々苦労したらしいんですよ。(Reiji-san wa morai-kko no ie de iroiro kurō shitarashī ndesu yo.) or "I heard that Renji had a lot of difficulties growing up in the family that adopted him."

So, either machine translation is really mucking this up or VIZ really rewrote this for no reason. I guess either one of you guys will correct me or we'll see if the backstory is expanded upon later (I feel like it is, but my memory isn't the best).

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>>284424598
Per Furinkan: "Otoya asks Nanoka why she has a bag to hide Akanemaru in. Nanoka says it is because if she was caught with a katana in the Reiwa era she would be arrested. Otoya tells her that she would be arrested for openly carrying a sword in the Taisho era as well. Sword law and legality has changed much over the history of Japan. One of the earliest "sword hunts" was enacted by Oda Nobunaga in the 1500s who sought to limit the samurai class's access to weapons. The illegality of carrying swords during the 1920s (Taisho era) stemmed from the Meiji Restoration in the 1860s. Widespread sword confiscation was not completely enacted until the American occupation of Japan after World War 2."

I do find this little exchange funny. But yeah, Furinkan does mention the original lines, where Nanoka said something like "In the Reiwa era, if you carry an exposed blade, you'll get arrested immediately" and Otoya says something like "Here in the Taisho era, a sword ban is actually in effect as well, though". Otoya specifically uses the term 帯刀禁止令 (Taitōkinshirei) which means "Ban on carrying swords". There seems to be more information about it under 廃刀令 (Haitōrei) or "sword abolishment edict".

>>284424575
Gotcha. Sorry. This is unfortunately going to keep happening since I can't really spend even MORE time on each page. I appreciate the correction.

>>284424499
Also, nen, got it. That makes sense. When I was translating 念が入って (Nen ga haitte), Google kept suggesting "with great are" or "with attention to detail".

>>284421426
>mao didn't block
this stays between us, the other disciples can never know...
>>284421560
>>284421600
out-cursed the curse!
>>284421657
it seems what mao said is part of an idiom
the full thing is
>危ない橋を渡る
渡る means "to cross" and is the part that mao omitted, so viz basically completed the idiom which fit with a similar one english has
>do you realize what you did?
she's becoming a true shonen protagonist, that's what she did!!

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>>284424728
Chinese lute here was 月琴 (gekkin). As I mentioned before, this is known in English as yueqin (from Chinese) or moon lute. And yes, Reiji refers to Nanoka as ねえちゃん (Nē-chan) or "big sister".

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>>284424771
End of chapter. Reiji's powers are insane, honestly. You really gotta have the plot work for you for this to be fair.

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Original title appears to just be 駆け引き (Kakehiki) which appears to just mean bargaining/haggling/tactics/strategy/diplomacy/etc.

August 25th, 2021. Author's note:
"Q: Summer means a lot of Summer homework. Could everyone talk about how they approached finishing their summer homework when they were children?
A: I took my assignments seriously and did them all right away."

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>>284424816
Recap. Also, Reiji's reaction is a bit less cliche and maybe a bit more appropriate since he's intended to be somewhat clandestine, despite his grand title. It was just へえ、知ってたのかい。 (Hē, shitteta no kai.) or "Wow, you knew that."

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>>284424846
I appreciate VIZ interpreting it as whacking him with the lute, since it does seem in character for Nanoka to consider that option, but the original line seemed to be more vague. It was この距離なら月琴奪って･･斬れる･･･? (Kono kyorinara gekkin ubatte... kireru...?) or "At this distance, could I snatch the moon lute and cut him down?" As in defeat, presumably. The last bit was basically just "cut", so maybe "cut the lute" or something else is the implication.

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>>284424888
Fortunately, she didn't have to wait too long.

>>284424748
Good info. Thanks.

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>>284421746
やっぱり means stuff like "as expected, sure enough, in the end, after all" so that's where the "of course" came from
>he seems to say that it is impossible for the police to suspect you
because he'll do this to them >>284421763
problem solved ;-)
>>284421968
>冥 seems to mean dark or deep
the same mei as the meido in inuyasha
>>284422009
>The MAO promotional video was released
>with voices by provided by Yuki Kaji (Mao), Hiro Shimono (Hyakka) and Toshiyuki Toyonaga (Kamon).
and all of them ended up keeping their roles for the anime
also that promotional video is a recap of volumes 1-8
>Q: What's a book you wish you could erase your memories of and experience for the first time again?
>A: Sangokushi.
which is japanese for "record of the three kingdoms"

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>>284424920
Reiji doesn't specifically refer to bargaining chips, but the sentiment is the same. If the woman isn't about to die, Mao will resist. And he notices that he seems serious in the last panel.

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>>284425046
Little surprised that last panel isn't a thought bubble.

>>284424966
Good to know. Appreciate it.

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>>284425073
Now we got Hagunsei and Hagunsei Blade on the exact same page. I guess it isn't a big deal, but...

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>>284425087
The third panel is not nearly as direct. It is just something like "Was it to separate me from that Nanoka girl?". Mao's response was also a little less moralistic, he just said she has no connection to the Goko Clan.

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>>284425116
He doesn't say "give a crap" but he does seem a little rude about it. He says he is not interested in the Goko Clan's ゴタゴタ (gotagota) which means trouble, mess, quarrel, dispute. One of those words based on sound effects.

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>>284425156
Here, they translated katashiro 形代 as decoy. I mean, it did sort of serve as that, but it definitely isn't its primary purpose as we'll see.

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>>284425170
The shikigami falling over shouldn't be funny to me, but it kind of is.

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>>284425178
てめえ (temee) as expected.

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>>284425187
Mao being seemingly having a good handle on all five elements does lead to some spectacular moments, but it does make me a bit less excited to see him fight compared to other characters.

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>>284425242
End of chapter!

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September 1st, 2021. Author's note:
"Q: Are there any picture books you read as a child that have left a lasting impression on you?
A: Rieko Nakagawa and Yuriko Yamawaki's Guri and Gura."

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>>284425298
I'm not sure if this is the correct interpretation of the original line. The original line was ったく食えねえ野郎だぜ。 (Ttaku kuenē yarōda ze.) or "What a useless guy" or "Seriously, what a good-for-nothing".

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>>284425354
!

>>284422239
>steel yokai
neat
do you think he used to hang out with totosai?
>which would be more accurate to the Japanese
the japanese did say hagunsei sword this time though, hagunsei no tachi (tachi is a type of sword)
>>284422408
nanoka's still in denial...
>>284422469
>it's a cursed sword
just like hagunsei! you'll match :-)
>>284422561
>a cute sword?
>いや...
don't hate before you see the results nanoka-kun
>>284422650
>these previously came up because Mao used an attack called Nine Cuts which is based on these in part
and rumiko offscreened mao making the gestures lol

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>>284425378
この野郎 (Kono yarō...) was Reiji's line here.

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>>284425405
Messenger butterfly was 符蝶 (fu chō) or "butterfly charm".

>>284425381
Yeah, they always say hagunsei no tachi in the Japanese as far as I can tell.

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>>284425458
Beckoning fire seems like a good translation. It was 誘い火 (Sasoi hi). Also, VIZ messed up and didn't bold the T in LEFT. I honestly can't blame Nanoka though.

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>>284425487
Hyakka and Nanoka seem a bit more mean to each other in this moment in Japanese with Nanoka asking if he checked properly and Hyakka calling her てめえ (temee) in his rebuttal.

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>>284425523
Based on what I see in the dialog and the next couple of pages, I think Renji's line here is mistranslated. I think the dialog is intended to come prior to the bottom panel. Unless I'm wrong. The line was ったくあの野郎。ふざけやがって。(Ttaku ano yarō. Fuzakeya gatte.) or something like "That damn guy! He's really pushing it." presumably referring to Mao, not Shiranui.

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>>284425555
Bug ingredients was 虫の素 (Mushi no moto) was in bold and in quotes, amusingly.

>>284425170
Mao is no longer fucking around
>>284425178
Good ol' Genbu
>>284425444
Why on earth is one of Nanoka's lines crooked?

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>>284425609
Ah. Yeah, I remember this.

>>284425585
I have no idea how that kind of error even happens.

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>>284425637
End of chapter. Otoya's line refers to the rather vague 地方を (Chihō) which seems to mean "regions" or "places".

>>284422658
accept your fate nanoka
you've already got the reckless impulsiveness, now you need the blade...
>>284422730
well shit
>>284422745
worked just like that? okay then
>>284422800
>a tiger
wasn't the beast looking like sesshomaru's deranged horned third cousin before?
>>284422922
i totally forgot that akanemaru was a cursed goko tool and that it already had that name
(i guess i thought the smith named it?)
>written with the kanji "地血丸" meaning "blood circle"
the other thing is that akane is written as 地血 which are the kanji for "earth/soil" and "blood" however 'akane' is not how these kanji would normally be pronounced
akane as a word apparently refers to a shade of red, especially the one produced by the dye from the roots of the madder plant (akane also refers to that plant dye, and the plant itself)
that akane is written as 茜, but akane also sounds like "red root" 赤根

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The original title was 慈善家夫婦 (Jizen-ka fūfu) which means "The Philanthropist Couple".

Furinkan notes that: "Takahashi published a "Wednesday's Diary" in Shonen Sunday this week. She announced that her editor, Kento Moriwaki, was leaving after five years working together. She thanked him for all his help with projects both manga-related and otherwise. She said she looks forward to working with her first female editor, Riri Okamoto and says she is glad that she is easy to get along with." I'll post an image of it after the dump.

September 8th, 2021. Author's note:
"Q: Are there any instruments you've always wanted to play?
A: Ukelele."

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>>284425709
Heh, she's hiding from trauma.

>>284425706
Good info regarding the kanji, seems like relevant stuff.

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>>284425784
Heh, the little flowers.

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>>284425848
Centuries of friends dying.

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>>284425872
Friends who will conveniently never be brought up again

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>>284425881
Nanoka is scared to go home alone and Hyakka explicitly says they are going somewhere more dangerous in the Japanese text.

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>>284425930
Per Furinkan: "... one can see three sets of lines in various configurations. These are called "trigrams". The trigrams are strongly associated with yin and yang (in Chinese mysticism) which gave form to onmyodo. Each trigram represents an element, a direction, an animal and an attribute."

Also, Mei uses -sama for Hyakka and Shiranui here. She also refers to the garden as the Garden of Longevity or 延命の庭 (Enmei no niwa), ie. "Garden of Life Extension" again.

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>>284425964
Oh. Right. Ugh...

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>>284425978
Per Furinkan: "Hell pot - Mei describes the pit the [men] are in as being like a "hell pot" (地獄の釜). A "hell cauldron" or "hell kettle" would also be appropriate translations. This is a form of punishment in hell where sinners are stewed in a pot. There is a saying in Japanese "to open the lid of the hell pot" (地獄の釜の蓋も開く). This refers to the 16th day of the New Year and also during Bon festivals when even a sinner in hell and the demons who torment them are given a rest. " Vision of hell feels like a good translation if you have none of the cultural context, but I still wish we got that cultural context.

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>>284426023
Furinkan also refers to these men as yakuza, which I understand given the tattoos we see on some of them, but I certainly don't think all of them are.

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>>284426038

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>>284426042
Oh, Furinkan also mentions that this hell pit does appear to function in a similar fashion to a kodoku.

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>>284426050
Mao mentions she took Soma through the barrier.

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>>284426056
This was a chapter title drop in the original Japanese.

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>>284426082
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>>284426090
This sort of stuff always hits me very hard. I can hardly stomach it, even if it is nothing explicit.

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>>284426119
End of chapter, end of volume. Sigh... So, yeah, that line from the two girls was mistranslated (though even the original Japanese text was intentionally misleading). Thanks anyone who read along, but also thanks anyone who reads it after. I completely understand. This volume went by a bit quicker with all the action scenes.

Feel free to use the thread to discuss anything MAO related. I have some stuff I'll posting here and there to bump the thread.

I will be returning next Thursday to dump Volume 12 of MAO. Thank you for reading. Hope you enjoyed!

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>>284426166
Thanks OP. Fairly Nanoka-focused volume, and not a lot of main story, but that saves me some effort on the timeline, at least. I am quite fond of how Nanoka develops as a character over the course of the series. She doesn't have much to do with the Heian era stuff, but I don't really mind that since it plays into her desire to actually be useful in some way, which in turn drives a lot of her recklessness. And tying it back into the shared Byouki blood aspect with a weapon that literally spews out the blood from her body is a pretty clever bit of writing.

>>284423072
she's going for it!
>>284423080
she's got it!
>>284423174
and she's gone!
>>284423184
ohh there he is
>>284423346
>they both got better
you know what this means team
they gotta cut soma down

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>>284421012
chapter 100 color pages!
page 1

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>>284421034
chapter 100 colorspread
>picrel
i think the byoki's eyes have been a different color in each hundredth colorspread

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>>284427006
>picrel
from chapter 200, just the cat

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>>284427030
>picrel
from chapter 300, just the cat, again

>>284422820
>Also, Soboutei Must Be Destroyed by Kazuhiro Fujita
>ended in this issue of Shonen Sunday.
checking this issue in case it's inside and this one actually *ended* with a color page, as in the last page
but i didn't find a takahashi doodle
maybe it was on the twitter?

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>>284427248
>maybe it was on the twitter?
i set a time range to search and came across these bottles

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>>284427347
also this can

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>>284422009
relevant find
>https://x.com/rumicworld1010/status/1416007713260072961
>picrel
they got autographed drawings

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Here's the back cover of Volume 11 of MAO of the original Japanese edition.

>>284426337
Thanks for putting this together. And yeah, I like Nanoka too.

>>284426981
>>284427006
>>284427030
>>284427046
Good stuff. Kitty cat.

>>284427382
Oh hey, that's good. This is really cool.

>>284427357
>>284427347
Odd to see Sesshomaru's original appearance in 2021.

>>284422820
>Takahashi sent Fujita a congratulatory doodle.
this is the closest i can find from this time
>https://x.com/rumicworld1010/status/1418873599201525767
but this is from the rumic house tour and it says something like fujita faxed these drawings *to* rumiko?
maybe furinkan was referring to these but got mixed up about who sent what to who?
anyways maobros, we can add this to the professional fanart collection

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>>284423384
>a new Inuyasha Q-Posket
>Q-Posket
the q-whatnow??
>picrel
naruhodo...

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>>284427549
hashtag RumicFestival
>るーみっく祭り
hashtag AdachiMitsuruSummerFestival
>あだち充夏祭り

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>>284427418
Here is the inner illustration.

>>284427588
Heh, I was going to post the stuff off of Furinkan.

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>>284423410
>Soma's uniform is a duplicate of Hakubi's which is a type 45 kai Imperial Japanese Army uniform.
i would expect army uniforms to be the same, just with some adjustment for rank
>>284423466
>what kind of question is that?
a relevant one considering hakubi's willingness to kill people for a price
>I like Nanoka's face here.
hehe
>>284423531
>You see why I don't want her to have a weapon?
mao's sword is bigger but he stretched his leg out real far last volume to kick renji's lute >>284259488
versatility baby

>>284423535
there she goes...
>>284423561
i guess soma can't help but look at her panties after catching a peek a moment ago
>He does actually say Nanoka here.
yes and no! kanji for nanoka but the furigana is こいつ koitsu!
>>284423586
it's the "Dr. Mao" bit that sells it
>>284423608
>I can see how you can interpret it as "I am not able to kill her"
え？

>>284427891
"now able to kill her", presumably.

>>284423624
the sheath... the sword... it calls to her...
the blade... is her?
>>284423688
go nanoka, go!
>>284423832
the path to becoming the blade has begun!
>>284423841
get his ass!!
>>284423849
oh damn she knocked his hat off
>owari da
do you know how long it took to knock off hakubi's hat?! skill issue soma, skill issue...

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>>284423895
>>284423923
>>284423934
>she's unconscious
oh? i forgot she did that
where's that panel of inuyasha unconscious but still defending himself with tetsusaiga?
>>284423976
>stigmata hand
so akanemaru stabbed her to suck her blood...
damn vampire blades

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>>284423991
wait a minute
>picrel
evil lettuce?!
>>284424040
>I couldn't find what term was used for acolyte here. I think maybe there wasn't one?
seems otoya trailed off before he could say a word, "the woman just now, is she also a new goko clan..."
why even trail off for that? we the audience already saw her at the garden
>>284424058
speaking of the blood plus comparisons earlier, missing the chance to drink some of the blood himself then give nanoka mouth-to-mouth
which happens in episode 1 by the way
maybe rumiko's waiting for the right moment...

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>>284428186
>which happens in episode 1 by the way
alright that only happens like once or twice in the series but maaan was it memorable

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>>284424075
chapter 105 color page

>>284428062
I love that panel.

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>>284424103
>He hasn't had time to get dressed fully.
he could just put on a robe of some kind
>>284424113
>picrel
>>284424148
>she nearly lost a battle against her own blade
nanoka-kun...
>>284424208
seems like an easier test than the chains that tetsusaiga ended up wrapped up that time
but inuyasha wasn't dealing with a sword that was trying to drink his blood, but it was burning him...
>>284424384
didn't they exchange blood by holding hands before? i know the first time it was accidentally touching mao's chest while she had a cut on her hand, but there was another time after that right?
>恋人つなぎ
恋人 is "lover" and つなぎ is "connection" and together they form a term that means "holding hands with fingers interlocked"

>>284424263
>passed out at the end of a battle
shonen mc status rising
>Tackled Mao to pull off the needle
you mean let herself get tackled by mao

>>284424439
>I don't remember if he knows that is what is in her body.
>I feel like that came up in the last fight?
looking at the chapter list, there last fight was volume 8, and skimming through that it looks like nanoka wasn't cut at all during that fight
actually i don't think hakubi knows about nanoka's blood either, but i found a line where he acknowledges that she's not an ordinary human (ch.76), she also picks up the hagunsei in that same chapter

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>>284424465
>>284424474
soma put that together quickly!
>hakubi being a "yes let the hate flow through you"-type fucker
>>picrel
>>284424517
>we thought you'd been killed by hoodlums
ladies please, you underestimate his hatred and connections
>>284424728
>there are laws against it in this time, too
lmao we went over this in an early thread too
and it's another case of them not saying reiwa/taisho, the kanji are there but they said むこう and こちら

>>284427006
>>284427625
they changed it to a red background hmm

>>284428804
Love all the red. The bow and the eyes especially.

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>>284419946
Here is Furinkan's comparison of the chapter cover name and the one she went with. The first drawing is a bit generic, so I am glad she changed it.

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>>284421012
Here is the cover of Weekly Shonen Sunday where this chapter debuted. It was the 100th chapter after all.

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>>284424075
Here is the cover of Weekly Shonen Sunday where this chapter debuted. Nothing crazy.

>>284429557
I didn't even mention her fainting at the sight of cut-in-half Otoya or that time she deliberately gave Mao blood after they met Shiranui
Or the time she fainted during the Kagari fight, since she woke up when Mao removed the pin

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I don't think Rumiko posted any sketches for chapter 99 besides >>284431553
Here's the storyboards for >>284421034 >>284427006
>that Otoya
>that Byouki

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I seem to be missing a sketch for chapter 101 (maybe Rumiko didn't post one, I'm not sure)
Here's >>284422980

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>>284423561

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>>284423777

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>>284424113
Here you can see that the paneling has ended up changing slightly between the storyboard and the finished page.

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>>284424909

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>>284425405

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>>284425736
And that's all of them for this volume.

>>284433993
Quite a bit! Good job compiling all this.

>>284427418
the thing's long-lost cousin

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>>284424301
I got a fair bit of mileage for edits out of these chapters back in the day

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>>284420785
>>284420883
>The blade is me

>>284437502
L-Lewd...!!

>>284422561
>naruto hand signs
Anon wasn't wrong... she IS autistic. Extremely

>>284422702
You know the rules, OP

>>284437878
>Extremely
not enough considering she hasn't mastered them yet

>>284423643
>>284423777
>>284423806
>>284423817
Where did I see something like this before... I knowI had but can't recall the name... tip of my tongue....

>>284425487
Good gag

>>284425784
And great page composition

>>284426038
>Another kodoku
Mao has a kodokuception issue at this point

>>284426166
Half a volume wasted only to pick up the pace back to Renji. This whole Renji bit has been great tbqh

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>>284437646
The side effects of Byoki's blood are numerous.

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>>284425109
Mao doesn't want anyone horning in on his arm reattachment racket

>>284426166
Thank you for posting.

>>284438196
it's all in your head anon

>>284434174
>I seem to be missing a sketch for chapter 101 (maybe Rumiko didn't post one
that seems to be the case
>https://x.com/rumicworld1010/status/1415158650629353473

>>284437931
has anyone done that gesture in these past 11 volumes?

>>284443381
Pretty sure we haven't gotten one yet. Too serious a series.

>>284443897
but sasuga does right

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>>284433993

>>284437646
there's a reason the byoki hasn't come back to the taisho era

>>284447159
I wonder if this one was intended to be Haimaru since it is closed to Sana in the earlier composition.

>>284445717
I thought he might have done after Mao gave him that absolute beatdown in the latest chapters, but turns out he didn't

>>284449563
what about when d-man pounded him?

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>>284424771
nobody ever fucking knocks
>>284424791
>Reiji's powers are insane, honestly. You really gotta have the plot work for you for this to be fair.
there's a reason hakubi called him a great find
>>284424846
>>284424888
love how he's just chillin
>>284425046
but if mao could do that fast enough then couldn't he have done it earlier?