Inuyasha Story Time

This is a cool shot, but the possession almost makes it look like Inuyasha has a jet engine.

Whoo!

Previously, on Magatsuhi's wild ride (gone wrong)

There it goes...

Aw, Inuyasha.

I do find it funny that Tessaiga is serving the "material things don't matter as much as your loved ones" while also being basically a sentient blade that is Inuyasha's partner.

This time it looks even more like a jet engine uh, trail? Yeah.

Sucks.

Missed him.

Devious.

Q: If you could keep any animal as a pet what would it be?

A: Shiba Inu.

heehee

inuyasha broke free of magatsuhi's spell without using his blade?!

sesshomaru might have, maybe, perhaps, gained a modicum of respect for inuyasha
at least, inuyasha doesn't look as weak

There it goes...

farewell, tetsusaiga...

what now, magatsuhi?

seems the half demon is harder to control than you thought

if you spin around enough times and then hold a seashell to your ear, you might hear the faintest hint of pride in sesshomaru's voice

Original title is よみがえった光. This seems to translate more literally to "The Light Resurrected" or "The Light Revived", but this obviously works too.

February 6th, 2008. Author's note:
"Q: What books have you read over and over?
A: Ayako Sono's Absent Room (不在の部屋)."

Two really pretty Kagome shots back to back.

Rumiko Takahashi's strengths lie in writing dialogue.

Kagome!

he might try to possess *me* next...

i assume this line is from kagome's thoughts
i bet it's a little more obvious in japanese due to their various first-person pronouns
though i don't remember what sesshomaru uses...

run!

he's warning her?!!

I... I can't!

hit by blue steel again? nah, inuyasha wouldn't be able to pull that off...

he's going into kagome!

lewd!

inuyasha jumps

inuyasha no!

a part of me is already inside her!

oh my god

you must tear both inuyasha and kagome apart

time to become an only child

Re-ENTER

time to become an only child

That's what he's been trying to do for 95% of the story to be fair.

Got here at a decent time
Welcome and thank you OP

VIZ had to resort to the big bulky caption box for the title again since they couldn't really redraw it. Ah well.

February 13, 2008. Author's note:
"Q: What qualifications or license would you like to obtain?
A: A manga artists license."

She's still on her permit.

Oh wow, the whole thing is the shell. That's insane.

I've seen some serious criticisms for Miroku acting like this and I honestly agree, but at the same time, I can't help but read Miroku's self-sacrificing tendencies and frustrating behavior with Sango at face value and "a noble flaw" even if it honestly doesn't stand up to scrutiny.

I do like that Naraku is basically gossiping at this point.

He basically thinks he's won at this point, so no real reason to bother with more obfuscation.

Original title is 飲みこまれる光. This apparently is like "The Light that is Swallowed Up". Devour is good though.

These two pages were originally full color.

February 20th, 2008. Author's note:
"Q: Do you remember the earliest character that you drew?
A: Songo from Songo-kun."
Furinkan's note: "Iori Tabasa who draws Kunai-den answered: I think it was Lum!"

Man, this was one of the colored pages?

Furinkan reminds us for some reason that: "Miroku's rosary is known as a "juzu" (数珠) in Japanese."

Another title box. Ah well.

February 27th, 2008. Author's note:
"Q: It’s the time of exams. What is a test that made an impression on you?
A: I wasn’t good at English and math."

nice

March 5th, 2008. Author's note:
"Q: When do you feel afraid?
A: When my wallet is almost empty."

She's just like me...

VIZ, what happened to the font? You used the same font for every scroll title until now. It is Volume 55, Viz. Why would you switch it to this typewriter font?

Also, I know giving the mask was an important moment, but man, this cover would've been cool with the mask.

March 12th, 2008. Author's note:
"Q: What's the best place to relax?
A: My house."

Q: What's the best place to relax?

A: My house."

True!

I saw this in the interview I quoted above and I figured I may as well post it.

"Q17 Rumiko-sensei, hello, thank you very much for making such a wonderful series! The content of the question is about the outfit of the demon exterminators during Sango's era. During the series, there was a depiction that the face mask and the demon poison were stored on their shoulders and the sword several times, but is there anything else that is stored on their gear? I would appreciate it if you could tell me. Thank you.

A17 Hmmm, I believe it also contains poison antidotes and strong threads."

We've actually see the ropes and antidotes in the story, pretty sure. It probably wouldn't do much good now.

That Naraku...

I've talked at length about how much I like Naraku when he's all busted like this. Still stands.

Wait, if Rin isn't in Naraku's clutches anymore, isn't Sesshomaru free to use Bakusaiga?

Somehow even smugger. Also, I would've bet money that "smugger" wasn't a word, but it seems it is.

Heh, Furinkan posts their 瘴気 (shouki) vs. 邪気 (jaki) thing again here. This might be the first time they're used in the same sentence and it does highlight how the two terms could be easily conflated. VIZ has been good about translating them consistently though I'm not sure when they settled on these specific terms. I am pretty sure it was "poison gas" before it turned into miasma permanently.

The smuggest

Man, I really want this to be another Naraku overestimated himself moment, but I don't think it is likely with the way this chapter is set up.

From her power-up earlier.

Hm. I mean, it definitely hit him and it doesn't seem like a glancing blow, but we got no shocked face.

Unrelated to this particular panel, but I hate how Kirara is pretty much less sentient than the swords at this point

Melted her hair tie, it seems.

Sigh...

Just a loyal little kitty. Poor thing. I get what you mean, we haven't had a lot of Kirara being independent lately.

Hell, why don’t Inuyasha and Sesshomaru start blasting their attacks away, now that they know where everyone is?

Inuyasha got REALLY thrown off kilter after missing the meido. Really could use a few minutes to get his head back in the game, y'know?

Original title is 奈落の望み. 望み apparently means hope, wish, desire.

March 19th, 2008. Author's note:
"Q: What character from all the years of Shonen Sunday would you like to be for a day?
A: Perman."

She answered the same thing for Chapter 83's author's comment.

Okay, I do admit I sort of overlooked the tendril tentacles. The inky look is a bit nicer than the bony scythe look.

Naraku’s transformation in the anime was more…dramatic, so to say, than here in the manga.

Original title is 斬る冥道. This translation is accurate and 斬る does appear to mean "cut" or "slash" (as a variation of 切る, I guess). It also can mean specifically to kill with a sword.

It is also "kiru" so the resemblance to the English word kill is interesting, but probably a coincidence.

March 26th, 2008. Author's note:
"Q: What is something from now or in the past that you cannot change but would like to?
A: The time I met the bookstore owner and got nervous."

The aftermath.

This is so underwhelming. It's supposed to be a power up? It's exactly what Sesshomaru had at the very beginning and was supposed to evolve from

April 2nd, 2008. Author's note:
"Q: If you could move somewhere? Where would it be?
A: Next to a convenience store."

Fixed Furinkan's typo in the author's comment.

I still find the spider pearl look really cool.

He's so pretty (no homo)