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Alright, it is Thursday and I am gonna post the second volume of Yashahime Princess Half-Demon. 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 related to Yashahime (or Inuyasha) after the dump.
Yashahime was initially created as an anime-only sequel to Inuyasha by Sunrise. The designs of the main cast were provided by Rumiko Takahashi. I have not watched the anime. The manga adaptation was made after the first season and was written and drawn by Takashi Shiina, the creator of Ghost Sweeper Mikami and most likely the biggest Rumiko Takahashi fan in the world. As such, I decided to read and story time this series as well. My commentary will be sparse as I am completely new to the series, but I hope you enjoy the look into Shiina's take on the Inuyasha world.
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I will be using the official localization of the manga by VIZ. Be aware that some of the larger images may have been edited to be lower quality due to image size limits.
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Furinkan says this cover was originally in full color. But yeah, not in the volume.
December 25th, 2021. Author's note:
"Volume 1 of the series is scheduled to be released around January 18th! Buy it!!"
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>>287502660
You probably remember these. Furinkan notes that: "A Bird of Paradise demon is called 極楽鳥/gokurakucho in Japanese. This literally translates to "bird of paradise"." Of course, I only remember them by the term VIZ used, which is harpies (even though it is not accurate).
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>>287502749
Also known as Bone Boomerang.
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>>287502774
Who could this be?
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>>287502847
Ah, Hisui. The name mentioned before. Per Furinkan: "翡翠
"Hisui" is actually a noun for the Kingfisher bird. It also refers to a lustrous color similar to the kingfisher's feathers."
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>>287502892
You probably can use some context clues for who this is.
Also, per Furinkan: "In his blog post of November 29, 2021 Shiina states that with chapter four the next storyline will begin. He hints it will introduce an older Sango and the demon slayer village."
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>>287502986
There he is.
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>>287503179
Oh, they kept the harpy name here. Furinkan has a note regarding the guns. "When the demon slayers ask for payment they are chided saying that a new invention, the gun, has been introduced to Japan and their services may soon not be needed. Though the teppo (鉄砲), an iron tube with gunpowdered stuffed inside was introduced from China in 1270 CE, these made little impact in Japan due to their inaccuracy. It was not until matchlock firearms were introduced via the Portuguese in around 1543 CE that firearms had a transformational effect in Japan. These types of matchlock guns are referred to as "tanegashima" (種子島) or "hinawaju" (火縄銃)."
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>>287503413
Kirara never got too much attention in Inuyasha, honestly, despite how cute the nekomata is.
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>>287503463
Don't come on too strong.
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More Furinkan blog summaries: "In his blog post from December 14, 2021 Takashi Shiina stated that he wanted to have the girls journey to the west because that was where the Great Dog Demon ruled, though he admits he does not know specifically where "in the west" is located. He says the journey motif is common in shonen manga and it is used to parallel a character's emotional growth as the journey progresses towards its final destination.
Shiina states that the anime does not follow this journey-style story telling because it would remove the characters from Musashi's Domain where the Inuyasha characters are physically located. He says the complexities of the actual Sengoku geography and political situation add more complexity that he is not sure the anime wished to take into account, though he implies he would like to have some of those elements in his manga adaptation."
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>>287503724
This sort of answers a question that went unanswered in the original manga. It wasn't raised either though as far as I remember.
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>>287504165
Incoming!
>>287504152
I assume it is metaphorical, but I guess it doesn't have to be.
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>>287504202
So, this explains Setsuna's outfit. I'll admit, I associate the demon slayer (or exterminator) outfit with Sango pretty closely so it took me a little bit to realize what Setsuna's deal was. Well, it was stated but I meant in regards to my initial impression.
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>>287504243
And who could these two be? They get their own panel so.
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>>287504261
Furinkan's name note: "金烏 & 玉兎
Kin'u (金烏) is an archaic Japanese word for "sun". Perhaps unsurprisingly Gyokuto (玉兎) is the archaic word for "moon"."
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>>287503472
I can't even blame Towa, I'd want to snuggle Kirara too.
>>287503724
>Inu Hanyou can literally smell magic and supernatural things
The Inu Clan's noses are like the Sharingan of this setting I swear. First Sess can smell lies and smell your soul, now his daughters can smell magic.
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>>287504292
I don't know much about the history of clothing, but I assume this little comment is anachronistic (as in, pegging this suit as a western thing back in the Sengoku era) and I wouldn't be surprised if it was Shiina. Though it might be VIZ.
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>>287504261
>Setsuna inherited Sesshy's Bishie looks and has fangirls too
This shit is too funny.
>>287504322
>I must draw them holdings hands!!
Shiina gets me.
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>>287504381
So, yeah, you can see where Hisui, Kin'u and Gyokuto fit in now. All grown up.
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>>287504413
I have more summaries from Furinkan regarding Shiina's blog but they're a little awkward to post while dumping as they discuss the chapter holistically. Here's the links to the ones I've mentioned so far.
http://cnanews.asablo.jp/blog/2021/11/29/
http://cnanews.asablo.jp/blog/2021/12/14/
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>>287504469
Did Inuyasha as a series ever mention the word ninja? Then again, I can't be sure if this is Shiina or VIZ.
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>>287504381
By the way OP. I dunno why, but at some point through the manga, all the sound effects like this 'SHINGGG!!' stop getting added, and the original kanji are left in with a small '(Shing!!)' beside it instead. I assume they switched translators midway through the series, but thought I would point it out.
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>>287504487
Sigh...
>>287504488
Oh, is that true in the volumes as well? Apparently for MAO, they only redraw sound effects for volume releases and keep the sound effects with notes in the chapter releases. I personally prefer the original sound effects with a note, but I understand why VIZ thinks it isn't great.
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>>287504487
There was a filler episode where some Ninja Girls stole equipment from Sango's village that hadn't been sanctified yet so the weapons could possess people like Tōkijin, and there was a small filler arc where a clan of Demon Ninja's were doing something, but that's all that comes to mind for me.
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>>287504537
He bears this.
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>>287504537
I'm not entirely sure since I read the chapter releases monthly. I agree that the Kanji with a note beside them are more aesthetically pleasing though.
I hope a terrible translation mistake that was made gets fixed for volume...5, I think? But if not, I'll be here that week to point it out.
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>>287504619
Back when he had freckles.
>>287504552
Ah. I see. Then I guess it makes sense to mention here.
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>>287504663
This is a funny thing to mention given how many of Inuyasha's companions were "mere humans" but we have to justify keeping the core cast small.
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>>287504732
Oh, would you look at that. Good thing Kirara didn't get all of it.
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>>287504723
Kohaku's idolization of those whom helped him in the Naraku days is really cute.
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End of chapter. I can't fit all of Furinkan's blog summaries in this post, so I'll have to split it up. I don't know who Yawaragi is by the way. Also, Miroku, still? STILL?
"Shiina stated he was not sure if he would include Yawaragi in his adaptation because of the difference in Moroha's origins. He decided to include her and comments that Yawaragi's voice in the anime is Ryoko Shiraishi who played Aoi Nogami in his series Zettai Karen Children. He adds that Shiraishi is known for her Osaka accent and jokingly wonders if Yawaragi should speak that was as well.
Shiina also humbly advertises the first collected volume will go on sell January 18, 2021 and that it will have a dialogue between himself and Rumiko Takahashi. He states that if it was Takahashi's work he knows it would sell well but is less certain given that he is the creator of this piece. In his next blog post he mentions again that Shogakukan has said it will be a small initial print run and that he hopes he can say to them, "The number of copies of the first edition has been narrowed down to a small number, so maybe it will be out of stock ... I hope ... No, there will be people who want the book to be out of stock but can not get it. That's not good, but I hope I can tell Shogakukan with a slapstick face, "Hey !! You should have printed a little more, huh!? Hurry up the reprint it!!" There is also an electronic version, so if you can't buy it at the store, please consider that as an option in addition to ordering and ordering. Please buy it.""
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>>287504770
I still have no idea what Shikigami even are
Kikyo had two girl ones, Mao has a boy one, Miroku has small lizard ones apparently, etc
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Furinkan says this page was originally full color as well. Also, they mention that: "On January 8, 2022 on Twitter, Takahashi Shiina shared that he was rushed to the hospital with a severe stomach ache that he thought was appendicitis. It turned out he had kidney stones. He later quipped "Harry Potter and the Urinary Stones," and then made the final post for the day that Yashahime came on the TV as he was waiting for his medicine from the pharmacy he was going to try to sleep as his painkillers were wearing off and that the manuscript for chapter 5 was almost complete."
January 25th, 2022. Author's note:
"Koga-kun was able to appear, but I had to cut Ayame-chan due to length constraints. Sorry."
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>>287504770
Miroku looks kinda good with a 'stache
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KOGAAAA
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Furinkan gives you some history of the stuff being referenced here: "Ogigayatsu Hiiragi Danjo (扇谷柊弾正) - The Ogigayatsu (扇谷) clan are one of the three main branches of the Uesugi samurai clan (along with the Inukake and Yamanouchi). By the time of the Sengoku period when Inuyasha and later Yashahime take place the Ogigayatsu had come into conflict with Hojo Soun of the Hojo clan that was making in-roads into the Kanto region. The Ogigayatsu branch is ended with the death of Uesugi Tomosada. Other branches of the Uesugi clan would take up arms against the Hojo clan at this time, the most notable being Uesugi Kenshin.
Kikujumonji (菊十文字) - the name is written "chrysanthemum" and "10th letter". The Kikujumonji sword allegedly belonged to Ashikaga Yoshiteru (足利義輝) who would have died a few decades before the story of Inuyasha is set. He was the 13th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate. Yoshiteru was a master swordsman, which is why owning a sword said to have been his would be an incredible honor (Towa's sword however is an imitation). In real historical terms Ashikaga Yoshiteru's sword was not Kikujumonji, instead it was named "Mikazuki Munechika". This sword is currently in the Tokyo National Museum. The blade was made by the blacksmith Munechika. The "mikazuki" means "crescent moon" due to marks on the blade that were made during its tempering."
>>287504857
A very simplified way of explaining it would be saying it is a term for a familiar.
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>>287504947
Here's some more blog stuff Furinkan summarized for the previous chapter:
"Continuing in his blog from December 27, 2021 Shiina states that he hopes to show the world of the Sengoku era through Towa's eyes, but also wants to contextualize Sesshomaru through manga different characters and so he felt it was important to give Kohaku's history with Sesshomaru in this chapter. Shiina also wished to show that Kohaku still struggled with what Naraku made him do in the past while also giving him some distance from it as he did not wish for the story to go in that particularly dark direction.
Shiina states he wanted to show Kohaku on horseback because Kirara can only carry so many people and the horses may serve a future role in the series. He states that he felt Kohaku looked impressive on horseback and that in his own imagination Kohaku has named his horse "Kagura".
Shiina segues to discuss Kagura's famous death scene in the original manga and how he wished to focus on that. Shiina said he discussed this with Takahashi and decided to cut it down to just a simple rememberance so that the manga did not get sidetracked. He felt that a reference to Kagura was important because the way she lived her brief might be referenced in future developments he has for this series.
Shiina mentions including Koga in this chapter and that because it is a continuation of the anime he wished to include Ayame as well, however due to the page count he had to cut her out at this time."
http://cnanews.asablo.jp/blog/2021/12/27/
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>>287504979
I assume this first line is mistranslated? Didn't one of the twins pull that sword out just now from their stockpile? Towa surely didn't find it.
Oh and another blog tidbit regarding the last chapter:
"Roughly a year and a half later in his blog Shiina addresses some "mistakes" that he made and fan responses to it. He states that he read on a comment on a mail-order book website criticizing the mention of Kohaku's awareness of Kagura's death when he was not present for it as depicted in this chapter. Shiina laughs and says "he must have been watching from a distance" though he adds that there are obviously fans that have been steeped in Inuyasha lore for years and years that are liable to catch these details he overlooks, though he will try his best to ensure such mistakes are very minimal."
http://cnanews.asablo.jp/blog/2023/04/
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>>287504947
>Shikigami are familiars
Ok but what constitutes as a Familiar though? Was the demon snake that Tsubaki had a Shikigami, even though it was also a Demon?
This isn't necessarily a question for you specifically OP since you're busy, I'm just trying to wrap my head around it
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>>287505010
And here's Furinkan's blog summary of a post that came out around this time:
"In his January 14th blog post, Takashi Shiina stated that he could make the manga look more like Rumiko Takahashi's style if he wished as his wife was one of Rumiko Takahashi's former assistants. He explained he wanted his strengths to be shown and that if he suppressed his style to make it look more like Rumiko Takahashi's style it would lose what he felt he could bring to the manga.
He added that if he made it look like Takahashi's work rather than his own he worried that Takahashi might say "give me back the book, I'll just do it myself." He also states that he wanted to show Rumiko Takahashi's world through the eyes of an outsider. He compares this to Ryotaro Shiba's New History Taikoki (新史太閤記), a book that deals with Toyotomi Hideyoshi's rise from a farmer to a powerful warlord during the Sengoku era."
http://cnanews.asablo.jp/blog/2022/01/
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>>287505045
The iconic outfit stays.
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>>287505187
Per Furinkan: "The song Towa's cellphone plays is described by the sound onomatopoeia is "chara-chara papparapa". On Twitter Shiina explains that it is meant to be a song that was popular years ago but if it was meant to represent a specific song he thought it might be the Inuyasha main theme though he does not explain specifically which song that refers to. He added that when he googled "hit songs from 2015" he was surprised by how recent those songs seemed, but realized that junior high school aged girls would think those songs were "very old" by 2022."
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>>287505200
Another Furinkan note: "Shiina also explained that the outdoor magazine that Sota is reading is a 2015 era issue of Shogakukan's Be-Pal."
They don't mention the Sharihime here, which appears to be a reference to Mermaid Saga. 舎利姫 or The Ash Princess was one of the stories of that series. I don't think it would make for great preschool reading material.
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>>287505260
Another Furinkan description of a tweet. "Shiina tweeted that the scene where Moroha enjoys the instant ramen was meant to be a reference to Inuyasha's joy at having ramen in the original series."
This is also just a classic gag in a lot of series (though I don't think it came up in the original Inuyasha manga). I don't know what refillable means in this context.
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>>287505342
The silhouette is telling.
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>>287505405
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>>287505399
I got a request for it. That's really all it amounts to. Don't think of this thread as pushing it or considering it canon.
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>>287505434
Oh, it is all stitched together. I somehow didn't notice that until just now.
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I still don't know who this is by the way. Apparently, the anime introduced her and Shiina wasn't sure if he wanted to include her but decided to. So, enjoy. Also, here's another Furinkan note:
"In the manga adaptation Yawaragi speaks with a Kansai accent. For instance she introduces herself saying せや (seya/that's right). This is the Kansai way of saying そうだ (souda/that's right). Shiina explained that he wanted her to speak with a Kansai accent before Yawaragi's voice actress Ryoko Shiraishi is known for doing so (and played Aoi Nogami in the anime adaptation of Shiina's Zettai Karen Children where she also used a Kansai accent)."
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>>287505485
I believe the name Hachi is an anime invention but this is following that continuity. More or less.
>>287505461
I mean, I'll be honest, I consider Inuyasha a complete work so like Shiina, I sort of treat this as a "what if" as well. And even with just these chapters, I do see some minor characterization aspects that I don't agree with. But we'll see how it goes long term and it isn't a big deal one way or another. I'll ignore anyone who spams or is overtly hostile, but expressing distaste for these works is what it is. I've dealt with worse.
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>>287505421
>ENTERRRR
>>287505434
>ENTERRRR ALSO
>>287505450
Iron Reaver Soul Stealer being energy blades that come out of your claws is a pretty cool concept.
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>>287505579
Hachi showing some initiative. Also, I wonder how big Koga's pack is now.
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>>287505605
Per Furinkan: "When Hachiemon leads Miroku to Jaken the little demon is close to dying. Miroku mentions that demons have no need of their last rites. The word he uses is "nenbutsu" (念仏). The Nenbutsu is chanting "Namu Amida Butsu" ("His name is Amida Buddha"). It is believed to be one of the easiest ways to gather good karma for a positive reincarnation in the Pure Land."
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You'll fit right in then.
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Per Furinkan: "The healer that Miroku summons is Otoya from MAO, the series that Rumiko Takahashi was writing at the time this chapter was published. Miroku tells Otoya to thank his master. In the manga Mao,Otoya's master, is an expert doctor of demons. Mao is also practically an immortal having lived since the Heian era and he would have been alive during the Sengoku era."
I'll be honest, I see it now but I did not put two and two together when reading because this sort of thing would obviously not fly in Rumiko Takahashi's manga. But Shiina already had UY take place in the same universe somehow so just think of it as a cute nod. Fans love putting Rumic stuff in one universe and Shiina is the biggest fan after all.
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>>287505010
>I assume this first line is mistranslated?
The RAW is
>でもこれ退治した妖怪が持ってたものなんでしょ？
>But isn't this something the yokai you defeated was carrying?
A fake Kikujumonji was something the anime threw in so maybe Shiina felt compelled to include it.
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>>287505667
This is one of those things where I can't tell if it is Shiina being goofy or VIZ.
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>>287505695
So, it really is like a pearl. Glorified cyst.
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>>287505735
This tracks.
>>287505718
"to use the vernacular, just hanging out".
>>287505669
So yeah, mistranslated. Yokai you defeated, not we defeated.
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>>287505781
I like this final thought bubble. Yes, fanservice, callback, etc. but still.
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>>287505762
>犬夜叉を追ってこんな田舎に来て、そのままブラブラしているとは働きたくないにもほどがあると内心思っておったのじゃ!!
>I thought to myself: "To come all the way out to this backwater chasing after Inuyasha, and then just laze around doing nothing—there is such a thing as taking your aversion to work too far!"
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>>287505834
We hardly knew ye. I mean, I didn't know ye at all honestly.
>>287505828
So yeah, VIZ being goofy.
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>>287505887
I guess VIZ felt this was important to keep as is. Maybe it is an archaic term with Towa not recognizing it? Not sure. And yeah, more convenient prophecy and destiny.
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>>287505920
Heh, cute.
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>>287505935
Per Furinkan: "When Jaken left he stated that he needed to touch Sesshomaru's モフモフ (mofumofu). This is the word for "something fluffy"."
I don't think for a second that Sesshomaru would allow this to happen regularly.
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>>287505917
>I almost killed your mother and received nothing but disdain from him all the way?
what are you talking about? Sesshy spent the later arcs protecting Kohaku once Kikyo was gone. he got over Kohaku threatening Rin fast
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>>287505954
Per Furinkan: "Miroku mentions the families of Hojo, Takeda and Imagawa. This is a reference to the Alliance of the Three Provinces (甲相駿三国同盟/Ko-So-Sun Sangoku Domei)."
They link to a brief blog post. https://raglanswelshwargaming.blogspot.com/2018/02/hojo-takeda-imagawa -alliance.html
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>>287504917
There he is! The man, the myth, the legend, the groper and stallion of the feudal era. Also the man that boned Sango so hard she had 2 at the same time.
>Chapter name is Barrier
>PSTD kicks in
SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA A!!!!!1!!!!11!
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>>287506023
Someone new. Got devil horns.
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>>287506022
>complaining about reaction images in a reaction image site, board
>in a thread with image limit almost twice the lenght of the average volume
>about pic that's not even a manga page that could be confused
I know you're asking for more but I'm just going to tell you to calm your urges and keep it at an organical pace, ok?
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>>287506055
Jakotsumaru, eh? Furinkan doesn't seem to explain the name. It may or may not be spelled in a similar way to Jakotsu. Not sure. Anyway, for Totetsu, we have this: "饕餮
Totetsu is named after a mythological Chinese creature, but the name has also become assoicated with someone that is brutal or covets wealth."
The bone dad looked really familiar but the bone dad in Inuyasha looked different so I'm not sure what I'm remembering.
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>>287506147
Seems like a fair split.
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Oh. That was end of chapter. Whoops. Also, we got ourselves a modern clothing cover. Enjoy.
February 25th, 2022. Author's note:
"Little kids might not make the connection between Gaga Gozen and Lady Gaga, but I loved it (laughs)."
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>>287506218
Neat effect.
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>>287506246
Well then.
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>>287506247
I think that's a terrible fashion sense tbqh. Rumiko would never
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>>287506271
You did use it for quite a while.
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>>287506311
Still does the little spiral.
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>>287506271
>ENTER
>>287506311
>Someone called KOGA the pet dog
Oh you just made an enemy for life
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>>287506376
Per Furinkan: "檮杌
Tokotsu is written with two kanji that both mean "stump" (檮杌)."
Honestly, I don't know if this is the same character. They look pretty different.
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>>287506505
Off they go.
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>>287506512
Got them in their classic look. Haven't aged of course.
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>>287506551
Well, not really unscathed. More like, unaffected.
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>>287506616
Furinkan reminds us that: "The paper talismen used by Miroku are called "ofuda" (お札), which are generally Buddhist or Shinto in origin. Ofuda were introduced to Japan via onmyodo before eventually becoming appropriated by both Buddhism and Shintoism."
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>>287506652
Go for it.
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>>287506679
You may wonder why the swords. The reason makes sense, honestly.
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>>287505778
>Rin doesn’t even want to live with Sesshomaru
What did Shiina mean by this?
>There he is! The man, the myth, the legend, the groper and stallion of the feudal era. Also the man that boned Sango so hard she had 2 at the same time.
Also the man who will forever be known as jobbing to fucking BEES
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>>287506772
Furinkan notes that: "Yawaragi uses the "Crimson Dragon Wave" (紅龍破/Koryuha) attack that Moroha uses in the anime. "
>>287506764
I'll be honest, I assume she's not there because of whatever plot whisked away the other two as well.
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>>287506798
Furinkan somehow writes that she taught Inuyasha the Iron-Reaver Soul-Stealer which is clearly not what is stated here.
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>>287506892
I assume the following is not how it played out in the anime.
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>>287506938
Per Furinkan: "Shinano Province (信濃国). This is the old name for modern-day Nagano prefecture. During the Sengoku period when Inuyasha takes place this was the domain of Takeda Shingen who was at war with Uesugi Kenshin."
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>>287506956
I'll post Furinkan's summary of Shiina's blogposts in a few but I will mention that they note that: "Gaga Gozen (蛾ヶ御前) can be translated as "Lord Moth"."
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>>287507026
Armored up.
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>>287507037
Per Furinkan: "The Iron Rat Armor (鉄鼠の鎧/Tesso no Yoroi) is introduced from the anime episodes 16."
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>>287507073
Turned a bit cutesy in death.
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So, here's some of Furinkan's summary of Shiina's blog posts:
"In his blog Takashii Shiina discusses the debut you Beniyasha and the thougth that went into her design, which he said he consulted with Rumiko Takahashi on. He also mentions that there is no Rainbow Pearl in her rouge since in his adaptation the pearls are in the bodies of each of the girls.
Shiina explains that the rouge was an anime-only item that did not appear in the manga, but he explains that it is one of the best stories of the anime and recommends watching episode 147 and episode 148 to readers.
Takashi Shiina explains that in the original anime episodes the rouge is lost and he did not want to spend time coming up with a reason for the rouge to be restored and given to Moroha. He states, "please understand that Moroha's rouge is "Izayoi's Rouge" (不知夜の紅) rather than her grandmother's "Izayoi's Rouge" (十六夜さまの紅/Izayoi no beni), with the two rouges pronounced the same way but spelled with different kanji."
http://cnanews.asablo.jp/blog/2022/02/25/
As a manga-only guy, I have no clue what the deal is with the rouge, but I can see why those episodes might've been well done given the brief summary I glanced at.
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>>287506969
The blog details things that don't happen until Volume 5, so I'm hesitant to link to it directly. But this is the specific part you're looking for.
>殺生丸さまはそのつもりで豪華な屋敷と使用人の無女を用意してて、でもりんちゃんがなんとなく「楓さまやもろはちゃんと一緒なのも賑やかで楽しいか も・・」って風なのを察してそのように。そしてフタを開けてみたら現代人の かごめちゃんのスタイルと価値観に（あれ？ そういうものなのか・・？）み たいな。
>Sesshomaru-sama had originally intended to provide a lavish estate and a retinue of servants for her; however, sensing that Rin-chan seemed to feel—ever so slightly—that "living together with Kaede-sama and Moroha-chan might actually be quite lively and fun," he arranged things accordingly. Yet, once everything was set in motion, he found himself confronted with the modern sensibilities and values of Kagome-chan—leaving him thinking, "Huh? Is *that* really how things are supposed to be...?"
With this, plus a few things said in the chapter this blog was referring to, essentially the mansion we see here >>287505667 was what Sesshōmaru prepared for Rin, but she specifically wanted to raise the twins in the same village as Kaede and Kagome instead.
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>>287507178
I googled to double check if this move is original to Setsuna and it is.
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>>287507333
End of chapter. Here's more of Furinkan's summary of Shiina's blog posts:
"He explains in the blog that Yawaragi has been a great help to him in adjusting the story of the comicalize from the anime and again mentions that Yawaragi is played by "his Ai-chan" (Ryoko Shiraishi plays Ai in the anime adaptation of Shiina's Zettai Karen Children).
Gaga Gozen from episode 20 also appears. Shiina states he was happy to be able to include Gaga Gozen despite having to omit the Half-Demon Village story. He says he altered Gaga Gozen's appearance and speech to make the character "more like Lady Gaga". For clarity sake, Gaga Gozen (蛾ヶ御前) can be translated as "Lord Moth".
He goes on to say that Rumiko Takahashi was very pleased with the scene of Towa "hitting her Yasha switch" in this chapter.
Finally he goes on to explain that in the Yashahime anime Totetsu was said to have something "like the Wind Tunnel" and Shiina wanted to explore Miroku's conflicted feelings of no longer having his Wind Tunnel by simply making Totetsu explicitly have a Wind Tunnel and having Miroku fight him. Shiina says he hopes to explore those feelings but will have a page limit that will dictate how much he can devote to exploring that aspect of the story."
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This is another Shiina redraw of Rumiko Takahashi art. The cover of this issue had her art, so the chapter has his version of it. This page was also originally in full color.
March 25th, 2022. Author's note:
"My latest hobby is staying indoors and playing with outdoor gear."
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>>287507432
Hehe, background Miroku and Setsuna.
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>>287507452
Furinkan reminds us that: "The ringed staff that Miroku carries is a "shakujou" (錫杖) or in the original Sanskrit a "khakkhara". The rings are intended to make sounds to chase away small insects and animals that might get beneath the feet of the monk and accidently be hurt or killed.
The rosary/prayer beads are known as 念珠 (nenju) or 数珠 (juzu)."
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>>287507514
So, Furinkan doesn't clarify this one but a Suzaku or vermilion bird is a being from Chinese myth.
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>>287507564
I admit, as much as I am so sick of Miroku and his wind tunnel angst, the idea of it being fueled by missing Inuyasha is very cute.
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>>287507695
Caught staring at his hand.
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>>287507746
Per Furinkan: "In his blog from March 27, 2022 Takahashi Shiina discussed wanting to show the girls power-up in this chapter and focus on that. Additionally he wanted to address Miroku's conflicted feelings over the loss of his wind tunnel and to show Ayame with Koga and his companions."
http://cnanews.asablo.jp/blog/2022/03/27/
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>>287507868
I'm still of two minds about it being sentient. Though Rumiko loved her sentient weapons in Inuyasha so it would be odd if it wasn't.
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>>287507868
>she seems to be absorbing power from the demons as she defeats them
I think this is a reference to how Rumiko once said in an interview that Sesshōmaru devours the energy of Yōkai he slays. So I guess Towa inherited that from him.
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>>287507905
And yeah, hence the swords. I honestly don't know who Uncle Hokuto refers to here. I know Hokuto means Big Dipper. So, is it just a nickname for Kohaku since they are Sun and Moon?
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>>287507995
I do like that one of them uses a gun.
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>>287508015
Hm...
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>>287508033
Per Furinkan: "Homura's name (炎) literally means flame, appropriate based on his firey powers."
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>>287507986
>えへへー、叔父上と一緒に来ちゃいました
>Hehe—I came along with Uncle!
Apparently "叔父上（おじうえ)" is a very informal and old-fashioned honorific for 'Uncle' so Viz probably just opted to have her give him a nickname, I think.
I must now depart, so I won't be able to comment until the morning. Cheers OP! Hope I've helped even a little.
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>>287508050
Loose cannon.
>>287508068
Ah, interesting. And strange. Thank you for your help. I appreciate it. Hopefully the thread'll be here.
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>>287508164
Oh, would you look at that.
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>>287508248
The classic Sesshomaru move. Until the sword stuff happened.
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>>287508278
I keep googling these attack names to double check but yeah, this is Sesshomaru's Tokijin attack. That I don't remember even for a second because it only happened in the anime.
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>>287508367
Oh, Furinkan had a note regarding this: "Though phonetically similar Jakotsumaru (若骨丸) and Jakotsu (蛇骨) of the Band of Seven do not use the same kanji in their name. Jakotsumaru is "youth + skeleton/bone" whereas Jakotsu is "snake + skeleton/bone"."
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>>287508386
Per Furinkan: "Moroha kills Tokotsu, Jakotsumaru's father, just as she does in the anime as related in episode 5 of Yashahime."
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>>287508407
Per Furinkan: "Shiima also said he wanted to have Koga talk about his katana which never saw any use in the manga and anime series. The following day he posts a follow-up saying he realized that Koga actually did use his katana once in the manga in chapter 340 and it must have been something that he subconsciously recalled and included in this chapter."
http://cnanews.asablo.jp/blog/2022/03/28/
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>>287508424
All the hits!
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>>287508392
>Grows pointed elf-life ears in her half-demon Beniyasha form instead of Dog ears like her father
One job Shiina…
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>>287508432
Good question.
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>>287508574
Ayame got her cameo. She looks like Miku here.
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>>287508591
Betrayal?
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>>287508598
By the way, per Furinkan: "凱風
Yawaragi is written with kanji that can be read as "gaifuu" (southern wind). Yawaragi's attack is "Gaifuu Kaisei" (凱風快晴). This is the name of a famous ukiyo-e print by Hokusai that is often translated as "Fine Wind, Clear Morning". The more literal translation would be "South Wind, Clear Sky". Appropriately Yawaragi's name is written the same way as "south wind" (凱風)."
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>>287508627
I'll be honest, this raises a lot of questions for me that googling around didn't answer. Seems like not a lot of people really discuss Shiina's take on Yawaragi which appears to be pretty different than the original depiction. In some ways, I expected the anime to have explained this but no, it seems that Yawaragi was essentially telling the truth regarding her origin but was functionally a ghost? I don't really get why she took the pearl either. Maybe one of you Yashahime experts can clarify or maybe it gets explained later on.
I'll be honest, reading this manga with limited knowledge of what is original and what isn't has lead to some of its emotional moments not quite hitting for me. This is not really a fault of the manga but it is a little annoying.
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>>287508657
More stuff from Furinkan explaining stuff from the blog:
"Regarding showing Setsuna sleeping, Shiina stated, "Oh, and about Setsuna-chan sleeping peacefully in the epilogue. Originally, the reason for changing the setting was that "in order to depict the fact that the princesses cannot sleep, it is necessary to depict scenes in which they sleep, but it would not be possible to show too many scenes in the manga," and "if I do show scenes in which they sleep, it will probably be when I need to express , so I want all three of them to sleep. In a situation like this, it would not be a bad idea to have "Setsuna-chan, who is equally tired but cannot sleep, next to Moroha and Towa, who are both asleep after exerting all their strength," but by changing the setting, we were able to create "a parental generation watching their children sleeping after exerting all their strength. It's the kind of thing they used to do in Zettai Karen Children.
Shiina states that despite in interest in drawing Naraku he feels that the characters intentionally do not speak of his name because it is "unclean" and a bad memory for everyone. They instead choose to focus on more positive aspects so he is not sure he will reference Naraku.
He concludes this blog entry by saying he promises to have a bath scene in the next chapter "but we'll see what the rights holders will say," he jokes. He says this sort of a scene is an important aspect of manga and anime."
The first bit is bewildering to me, but I assume this is something related to the anime? Not sure.
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>>287508678
Series title drop.
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>>287508698
End of chapter, end of volume. Thanks for reading! I have another note from Furinkan I didn't post until now: "Shiima explained that in his version Rion will likely not speak much and he wants to explore a theme he heard anime producer Sumisawa mention regarding Riku and his connection with Kirinmaru." I don't know the deal here.
Feel free to use the thread to discuss anything Yashahime (or Inuyasha) related. I have some stuff I'll posting here and there to bump the thread.
I will be dumping volume 3 on Thursday. I hope to see you there.
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>>287504917
Furinkan mentions that: "On January 16, he shared on Twitter his sketches of the Half-demon Princesses as he was doing a signing."
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>>287504917
Furinkan notes that: "This issue of Shonen Sunday Super has an advertisement for the interview between Takashi Shiina and Rumiko Takahashi that was published in the first collected volume of Yashahime."
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Okay since the dump is over I will now do as I promised and point out all the OOCness and general weird inconsistencies I see fit, alongside my general thoughts:
>>287363294
>that framing
You know it’s funny how Sessrin shippers like to constantly bleat about how they only ship “adult Rin” with Sesshomaru and are not at all lolicons and pedos yet they constantly do shit like this, also OOC strike number 1 with even daring to imply that THIS Sesshomaru would ever lower himself as to groom the human child in his care, good job Shiina! /s
>>287363327
>Depicting Kagome as being envious of the Sessrin relationship when canon Kagome is disgusted with pedos and would’ve murdered Sesshomaru on the spot if she found out he ever tried to touch Rin, hell so would Inuyasha for that matter. No way would they be so non-chalant about all this when they were disgusted upon hearing Miroku tried to groom an 11 year old Koharu
OOC strike number 2! Also Kagome is Inuyasha’s biggest cheerleader and knows what a sore spot it is for him to be compared to his brother and would never do so even as a joke, so there’s yet another instance of characters behaving OOCness
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>>287363916
One thing I will give the Yashahime manga credit for over the anime is that at least it had the good sense of having Grandma Higurashi fawn over her ACTUAL granddaughter Moroha instead of acting all blase about her like in the anime and only worrying about Towa, Miroku and Sango for that matter only worried about the Sesshomaru’s twins in the anime while practically ignoring their best friends’ daughter which I always found incredibly ridiculous and a not so subtle attempt at Sesshomaru wanking so I’m glad the manga at least tones that down if nothing else.
>>287364272
>Sessrin family cover
Ah yet another typical display of Rumiko passive-aggressive behavior, she’ll go along with something due to fan or peer pressure for the money, but if that thing goes against her original intentions or wishes, she’ll make her true thoughts known in the most bitchy, petty way possible lol. Here we see Exhibit A of what Rumiko really thinks of the Sessrin ship when she goes as far as to dress Rin up in Kagura’s kimono, well played there Rumiko, well played, kek.
>>287364333
>Miroku being so impatient and blowing up on a crying little kid like that
This feels OOC too…
>>287367265
>Rumiko admits during her dual interview with Shiina that Sesshomaru is a solitary character
Which is why it’s OOC for him to get together with ANYONE let alone the human child he’s the legal guardian of (Rumiko’s words).
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>>287504654
>Kohaku thinking to himself how Sesshomaru “falling in love with” and marrying Rin had to mean altering his entire nature
Kohaku calling out what the entire audience is thinking and outright saying that this entire concept makes Sesshomaru OOC, correct Kohaku, which is why Yashahime will never be canon and is just an officially licensed fanfic.
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>>287505485
>Koga didn’t pawn Moroha off onto some literal who Wolf Tribe member who then sold her into slavery
Thank god the manga managed to fix this atrocious plot point, at least it’s keeping Koga relatively IC compared to the anime even as it character assasinates everyone else. The anime expecting us to believe that Koga, the biggest Kagome simp would just let that happen to his beloved Kagome’s precious daughter under HIS watch was particularly egregious.
>>287505695
>Sesshomaru is now the King of all Demons
Like all Sessrin fanfics the fanon “Lord of the West” headcanon must somehow always rear it’s head…
>>287506753
>Sango orginally thought Towa was like Kagome
Oh here we go, it seems not even the manga is safe from the unnatural Sesshomaru centering and glazing even though it does seem to be a bit better with it when compared to Sumisawa’s writing… What on earth would make Sango think Towa is anything like Kagome aside from a very forced and unnatural comparison of them both having happened to have grown up in the modern era? And why would she compare SESSHOMARU’S daughter of all people to Kagome instead of Kagome’s own daughter who, y’know, was right there in front of her all along? And Moroha does in fact take quite a bit after Kagome too, in fact I’m of the opinion she takes after Kagome slightly more in temperament/disposition/personalitythan she even does Inuyasha.
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>>287504917
Furinkan mentions that: "The duo also did an interview with Comics Natalie at the time as well discussing one another's careers."
Some portions of this interview were included in this volume actually, but not all of it. I'll post the pages included in the volume. The rest is translated here: https://furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi47.html
Also here, enjoy the houseboat story:
"Do you remember the first time you two met?
Takahashi: A houseboat?
Shiina: That's right. We were having a drinking party for fellow manga artists on a houseboat, and when Takahashi-sensei came to visit, it was the first time I got to say hello. But after that, it wasn't as if we were in frequent contact. We don't have the same kind of relationship. From my point of view, Takahashi-sensei is my senior. I would often visit her at work to take my wife (who used to be Rumiko Takahashi's assistant) to and from school, but it was always very exciting.
Takahashi: Yes, I felt that too.
Everyone: (laughs)
Takahashi: When we sit there and start talking, it's really fun, so we sometimes end up talking for a long time. It's not as if we interacted frequently.
Shiina: Yes. But manga artists are always watching each other's work, so even if we don't see each other, we are somehow connected. My fellow mangaka from the same period, we hardly see each other, but it's not like we're estranged.
Takahashi: Even if we don't communicate with each other, I can sense that "you look good" or "this is what you're thinking about now"."
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Continuing the interview included in the volume.
>>287510488
I do buy that Jaken would overstate Sesshomaru's grandeur. And I also would imagine a modern girl wouldn't be as bloodthirsty but yeah, I get what you're saying. Generics are only so much though.
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Last bit included in the volume. Feel free to check out Furinkan's translation of the rest. Here's some more stuff from Furinkan:
"On your blog, Shiina-sensei you wrote that you wanted to "increase the degree of collaboration with Inuyasha and give it a slightly stronger Japanese dark fantasy flavor. Please tell us how you came up with this concept.
Shiina: Basically, I was planning to draw the story based on the anime version, but in order to fit the story into the fixed pages of the manga, I had to cram in a certain amount of stories and elements. When I was thinking about what to use as the axis of the arrangement, I came up with the idea that the main character, Towa-chan's design like the heroine of Takarazuka indicates that she is a resident of the story world, and that she is a child who wandered into the present from the world of the story Inuyasha, and that I should return her to the original world. I thought of making a story about returning her to the world she came from. That would fit in with the theme I like of people who feel uncomfortable in society finding a place to belong, so I built the story around that.
Takahashi: I had the image that "comicalization" was a process of creating a manga based on an anime, and I thought that it would require techniques to shorten a long anime. However, Shiina-san took the interesting aspects of the anime and transformed it into a manga. It's completely unexpected, and it's also very interesting. It's already a Shiina-san manga, and I'm very grateful for that."
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Here is the cover of Shonen Sunday S where this chapter debuted. Compare and contrast.
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>>287508657
Most of the new characters that the anime introduced have absolutely nothing to do with their manga counterparts other than design and name. We’re only in volume 2 and the story has already completely diverged from what the anime did, so really, don’t feel like you are being left out of the loop or anything. If you have questions they will probably get answered in a later chapter.
>>287508678
In the anime, Setsuna’s curse was that she can’t sleep at night, not that she couldn’t feel joy. But she still behaved like she couldn’t feel joy anyway, and not needing to sleep in the Sengoku Jidai isn’t actually much of a curse. So I assume that’s why Shiina changed it.
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>>287508748
Thanks for dumping
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>>287505617
Cold, Miroku, damn cold...
>>287505653
That's my boy, always hard at work
>>287505778
>*Always Sunny In Philadelphia theme starts playing*
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>>287519825
women have always preferred outbreeding. female sexuality revolves around submission to an external force and "liberating themselves from the control of their father". father being both literal and figurative; representing their clan/culture/society. it's a consequence of sexual selection; historically when a rival tribe would raid the village the women who were loyal to their clansmen would be killed whilst those who betrayed their clan would be allowed to live in the raiders' harems. this is why women all fantasise about rape and why incest is a strongly male-coded fetish. Men want to have sex with their daughters, women want to be raped by the man their father hates the most.
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>>287367313
>Rumiko outright admits that Sesshomaru’s twins were commissioned out to her by Sumisawa whereas Moroha came to her naturally
In other words only Moroha is truly canon, thanks for confirming what we already knew.
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>>287506399
>What's with all these lesbians
They are not lesbian they are "fans", is a very old trope about girls that are afraid of men, so they use manly girls to satisfy the emotional necessities. This thing is an extremely old trope in Manga and some Japanese novels
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>>287503463
Not as cute as in the original but I appreciate the scruffy fur to show her aging
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>>287504243
>when we were older this village took us in
??????
>>287504925
Chads like Miroku always look great a little scruffy. I'd say he should've kept that look and hairstyle for a while
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>>287510143
Oh hi Fujoschizo. How awful to see you again. Make any fresh AiSlop of Sesshomaru with black men recently to fuel your ‘Sesshomaru is gay’ headcanon?
Since you’re nitpicking at the manga with such hostility, I’ll nitpick at your arguments.
>good job Shiina!
Nothing indicates Sesshomaru groomed her, and she wasn't in his care anyway. Stop projecting.
>and would’ve murdered Sesshomaru on the spot if she found out he ever tried to touch Rin
Which he didn’t until she was much older anyway. Need I remind you Miroku ACTUALLY groomed Koharu, and Kagome stopped caring once Miroku confirmed he never touched her and was only mildly surprised by how eager Koharu was despite being younger? See picrel, since you seem to have such a selective memory.
>>287510459
>Ah yet another typical display of Rumiko passive-aggressive behavior, she’ll go along with something due to fan or peer pressure for the money
Ah yet another typical display of Fujoschizo behavior, she’ll always default to saying Rumiko is a cheap sellout who lets anyone trample over her IP’s any time Rumiko is shown approving SessRin.
>Here we see Exhibit A of what Rumiko really thinks of the Sessrin ship when she goes as far as to dress Rin up in Kagura’s kimono, well played there Rumiko, well played, kek.
You know both Kagura and Rin have multiple kimono’s, right? You’re just making yourself look like an idiot.
>>287510459
>Which is why it’s OOC for him to get together with ANYONE let alone the human child he’s the legal guardian of (Rumiko’s words).
Yet here she is approving it. You don’t know Sesshomaru better than his author, and the author called Rin his wife (Rumiko's words).
>>287510477
>Kohaku calling out what the entire audience is thinking and outright saying that this entire concept makes Sesshomaru OOC, correct Kohaku, which is why Yashahime will never be canon and is just an officially licensed fanfic.
The only one thinking any of that is you.
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>>287510488
>Like all Sessrin fanfics the fanon “Lord of the West” headcanon must somehow always rear it’s head…
Look up ‘Ascended Fanon’ on TvTropes because that’s what has happened here. Sorry not sorry, Sesshomaru isn't gay like you hoped.
>What on earth would make Sango think Towa is anything like Kagome aside from a very forced and unnatural comparison of them both having happened to have grown up in the modern era?
Sango was told several stories from both Kagome and Inuyasha about what the modern era is like; how Japan has no conflict, wars, famine, or anything. She also seen what kind of girl that environment turned Kikyo’s reincarnation into, and has some basic pattern recognition. Her assuming Towa would be gentle is a logical assumption, especially after seeing firsthand that she’s rusty at fighting.
But you’re not actually here for logic, you’re here to push your agendas as always.
>>287522744
Please namefag yourself so we have an easier time ignoring you.
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>>287525239
>picrel
Forgot to post, clumsy me.
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>>287505200
Would've been funnier if the ringtone was Fukai Mori, just saying
>>287505260
>super old dad music
What music is Sota into?
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>>287522744
Yashahime manga is more canon than the anime since heavy Rumiko overshight
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>>287505653
>"The healer that Miroku summons is Otoya from MAO, the series that Rumiko Takahashi was writing at the time this chapter was published. Miroku tells Otoya to thank his master. In the manga Mao, Otoya's master, is an expert doctor of demons. Mao is also practically an immortal having lived since the Heian era and he would have been alive during the Sengoku era."
Wouldn't Mao and Inuyasha/Yashahime go really well together though? I missed the Mao Storytimes but the episodes I've seen so far lend well to the Inuyasha setting.
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>>287505582
Basado and retardpilled
>>287505653
Now THIS is a great, unexpected move. The Rumikoverse is real; Jumoji may actually be related to Miroku...
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>>287525663
>Jumoji
Who's that? Is it someone the anime will show soon?
Honestly the possibility of Mao and Inuyasha being in the same verse (even if Rumiko herself will probably never confirm or implement it) alone makes me more interested in Mao.
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>>287525916
>the possibility of Mao and Inuyasha being in the same verse (even if Rumiko herself will probably never confirm or implement it) alone makes me more interested in Mao.
Like there are a lot of powerful demons in Japanese folklore, Inuyasha never interacted with all of them
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>>287526024
From what I've seen the cast are more "grounded" in their powers/abilities so far. And by that, I mean I'm not expecting someone to show up and blow up a mountain range like Sesshomaru did in Inuyasha. But the powers and magic still seems similar enough to Inuyasha in my opinion, it even has people performing the Kodoku which is what Naraku did to get his first body upgrade.
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>>287505961
Read Inuyasha
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>>287507086
Weevil in shambles
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>>287526095
>performing the Kodoku
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodoku
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>>287507178
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>>287508392
ENTER LA MOROCHA BLANCA
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>>287507746
>Kohaku and Miroku shenanigans, bonding and banter
Volume reminder that this is 10x better than the anime. don't forget to kneel
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>>287507178
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>>287508164
>Anime introduces Beniyasha as a 'transformation'
>Transformation changes nothing but turning her eyes gold
>Manga gives ALL the girls a transformation
>Not only do their eyes presumably go gold, but Moroha and Setsuna even get the trademark white hair
I kind of love this, honestly.
>>287508386
And we even got a scene of Koga briefly confusing Moroha for Inuyasha because of the hair and her bow. Peak.
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>>287508748
>Jaken comedy relief
>Sango
>Miroku
>Koga cheating, again
>Jobbing, again
>Goraishi REMEMBERED
>Towa BLANCA, Aceituna (FORMA DE VENENO) and Morocha BLANCA
>Sota cameo
Solid volume. I think Shiina has a sameface problem for male characters, he draws Miroku like he's exhausted to not make him look like Kohaku.
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>>287526385
>name the specific chapter out of 56 volumes
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>>287526801
>says some bullshit
>gets called out
>claims I didn't read Inuyasha's manga
>gets told to cite their info
>deflects
fine I'll do it FOR you, describe the situation you're actually referencing and I'll hunt down the chapter myself faggot
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>>287525582
No, lol. Mao is a fucking slog and IY obliterated its powerlevel, Miroku would have a trouble keeping up but early manga Inuyasha would blazed through with ease.
Speaking of Mao; I still don't get what anon meant when he meant "rumiko was eyeyeying the end", he said it was happening later but didn't find anything beyond hinting minor endgame for 2 side plots.
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>>287526864
Just because Inuyasha himself is too strong for Mao as a setting doesn't mean Mao is incompatible, it just means Mao focuses more on the run of the mill Demons you see the InuGang fighting through in droves rather than the big boys who can threaten Japan.
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>>287526858
>says some bullshit
>gets called out
Stop doubling down on being retarded, nobody in their right mind can name one specific chapter out of +500, you fucking dipshit
>B-But how will I know
Because the context is only about 2 characters; those didn't have too much time on panels togheter so that boils it down for you enough exponentially. Jesusuchrist...
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>>287526934
>Just because Inuyasha himself is too strong for Mao as a setting doesn't mean Mao is incompatible
It means it's incompatible since Mao's conflicts end up in fights. That's why in IY Mao would only be MotW at best.
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>>287527016
>Inuyasha is Superman fighting the monstrous threats while Mao is Batman handling street crime, I don't see the issue here.
Except Mao is not/will never be able to take down the other.Batman has beaten and overpowered Superman in comics btw
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>>287527028
>Except those times when Sesshomaru would kill Kohaku at sight.
describe the scene more than that or shut the fuck up faggot, it doesn't happen
at best Rin wonders quietly to herself is he would kill Kohaku during the Mt Hakurei incident but Sesshy never comments or thinks anything of the sort
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>>287527066
>describe the scene more than that or shut the fuck up faggot, it doesn't happen
>Now seething in ad hom
See, that's the thing; if you read Inuyasha at least once, with attention I must add (despite some speedreading ofc) you would not know asking for directions. Hint: it wasn't the last time they shared time on pages, they were all busy with a situation.
After thatit's clear Sesshomaru "warmed up" to him but that's all offscreen
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>>287527169
>Of course they d-
Do they? Comics end their run and start a new with new continuity even with multi-series continuities tied to them. I mean the whole Dick Grayson - Batman relation is evidence of this.
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>>287527210
>continues to vaguepost
>continues to not actually describe the scene
>"You're asking for directions, speed reader!"
>when I literally offered to track down the chapter FOR them
deflection spotted, again
scene doesn't happen
you're still a faggot
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>>287527244
Comics reuse old plotlines all the time is what I was referring to. I also don't care too much about DC, I was just making an analogy that two characters of varying power levels can totally exist in the same setting. The thing I was focused on when asking about Mao is if their power systems themselves work together, which it feels like they do, rather than Naruto and Bleach's power systems which are completely different from one another.
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>>287527300
>muh deflection
>muh vaguepost
Stop coping, jesuschrist. People is not going to spoonfeed you if you do a tantrum
>scene doesn't happen
Are you deniying the chapters where Kohaku was being hunted by Seshomaru now? Your call.
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>>287527360
>Comics reuse old plotlines all the time is what I was referring to
I'd say they reuse characters, not plotlines (how many Nightwing's reworks and releases are by now?). The cartoons are the ones that reuse them heavily, but I don't see it as a negative there tough
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>>287527520
thanks for actually describing the fucking scene, only took you 5 tries
chapter 238 by the way
just 2 pages of Sesshy following Kohaku's scent as a lead to find Naraku and Jaken making assumptions and getting pummeled for it, next time we see both Sesshy and Kohaku, neither cares about the other anymore
no resentment unless you take Jaken's word as literal
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>>287526749
>Manga gives ALL the girls a transformation
>Not only do their eyes presumably go gold, but Moroha and Setsuna even get the trademark white hair
It’s ruined by the fact that for demon ears Shiina made Moroha’s pointy and elf-like instead of giving her her father’s dog ears.
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>>287527912
Moroha is only a Shihanyou, not a Hanyou. And Inuyasha actually got pointy ears any time he would shift between his New Moon and his usual self. I think her cute little bowtie still holds the aesthetic enough personally.
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>>287527872
>redditspacing
>seething
>even using filename for his coping
Pathetic, desu
>chapter 238
What's the name of the chapter? Should be easy for you.
>next time we see both Sesshy and Kohaku, neither cares about the other anymore
You poor naive lemur; Kohaku ended up on Sessho's bad side for the rest of the run of the series.
>no resentment unless you take Jaken's word as literal
Which would make it literal since Jaken is the voice of his thoughts, even played as for gags.He got over it with time tough
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>>287527986
>What's the name of the chapter? Should be easy for you.
poison smoke, faggot
>You poor naive lemur; Kohaku ended up on Sessho's bad side for the rest of the run of the series.
Sesshy literally doesn't care about him after this chapter
>Which would make it literal since Jaken is the voice of his thoughts
Jaken often overexaggerates and then gets punished for it, like he did here
>He got over it with time tough
literally over it after this chapter
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>>287528046
>poison smoke, faggot
>getting uppity over a joke
It's was... rethorical, anon. I will forget it by tomorrow lmao
>Jaken often overexaggerates and then gets punished for it, like he did here
No, he's literally punished for saying it
>literally over it after this chapter
Nope, if you really read inuyasha you'd know what keep Sesshomaru away from Kohaku wasn't that.
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>>287528070
>Nope, if you really read inuyasha you'd know what keep Sesshomaru away from Kohaku wasn't that.
post it then, I already did your homework for your last claim and proved it wrong, I don't care to disprove another one
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>>287528106
Gentlemen, let's be civil here. All three of us can at least find common ground and agree that Sango is best girl, right?
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>>287528106
>he doesn't know
It should around their next appearance or around the chapters you lurked around...
>>287528137
Only after Kykyo
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>>287528156
>kikyo
>only 11 seconds later
top kek Kikyo's power is too strong
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>>287528137
I'm honestly fine with anyone nitpicking (though honestly, people will just claim whatever when arguing so vehemently). And I agree with you there.
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>>287528192
>Sesshy's or Kohaku's POV on the matter
You had Jaken for that, Kohaku itself was never never relevant for that angle. The intent came from Sessho, although I think there were moments where Kohaku worried about Sessho as part of those usual reminders manga usually does, but those are far to sparse to spot without tism
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>>287528156
More Sango for me then.
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>>287528233
>I'm honestly fine with anyone nitpicking
There's no nitpick; Sango and Kikyo are universally the best ones. Not that the series has many female characters but hey
>>287528263
I think Miroku hogged up all the Sango.
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>>287527952
>Moroha is only a Shihanyou, not a Hanyou.
Right, which is why it makes sense for her not to be born with dog ears, but if she’s gonna have a special transformation that allows her to effectively turn into a hanyou (the white hair and all), then she should also get dog ears when in that form.
>And Inuyasha actually got pointy ears any time he would shift between his New Moon and his usual self
I don’t recall that happening, pretty sure his dog ears just turned into regular human ears.
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>>287528286
Wish I could help you. I googled Sango with Mask and Manga and found a site that had that. Maybe you can find more here: https://baike.baidu.com/en/item/Sango/1416933
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>>287528437
There are manga panels of him mid-transformation, like this.
>>287528541
Holy shit anon thanks! This seems to have several pages for multiple characters.
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>>287528156
>Kikyo the best
>over Kagome
Could she have given birth to the ACTUAL best girl that is Moroha? I don’t think so, only Kagome could’ve given us this absolutely adorable ray of sunshine. You know what kind of daughter Inuyasha would’ve produced with Kikyo? An angsty, emo, “crawling in my skin” type, yeah.
Inuyasha needed someone to balance out his angstiness to give us the ball of genki that is Moroha, and that’s exactly what Kagome did.
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>>287529096
A man of incredible taste, I see.
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>>287529052
You're both sleeping on Setsuna. She is incredibly beautiful in a cool beauty sort of way.
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>>287505405
>Koga (with a Rainbow Pearl) is at least 3x faster than the Yashahime Trio
>>287506540
>Claims it makes him as fast as he was with the jewel shards...Oh no, something to feed my inner powerscaler...