New Inuyasha Chapter 2/6/13

[Patches]

There's going to be a new stand-alone Inuyasha chapter in this week's issue of Shounen Sunday. It will be 34 pages long and will take place after the end of the series. Not really much is known about what it will be about, but if I get a copy of it, I'll post the translation in the Weekly Chapter Translations thread.

The chapter is part of a series Shogakukan is running called "Hero's Comeback" where a new stand-alone chapter from a retired series is periodically published.

[llstarks]

I have a Japanese scan, would you like it?

[Patches]

I'm good, I found one. Thanks, though.

I was kinda hoping for something with a bit more depth out of this chapter, but... eh, beggars can't be choosers. We should be glad we're getting anything at all. It was still nice to see everyone in action again (aside from Kouga, who seems to be on a permanent bus trip).

Best part was Sango shoving her baby into Kohaku's arms like, "Congratulations, you've been demoted to babysitter. I'ma gonna go kick some ass." That and Shippou bitching out Sesshoumaru for being sideline commentary instead of actually doing anything useful.

[Patches]

Woot, I hunted around and found a scanlation on tumblr that used my translation: inuyashasincethen.tumblr.com/

Though these would be easier to find if people let me know they were using them and where they were posting them, so I can point people to them.

And to let me know anyone's reading it at all... <_< Seems like the past year or so I've mostly been talking to myself in here, just assuming that there's people out there reading stuff and just not saying anything. Though my guess is most of those "Guest" hits are Google bots.

*waves* Helloooo? Hellooo... I'm glad you like my stuff and use it, but could... someone maybe stick around long enough to talk once in a while?

[Inu-kun]

First I want to say a big thank you on the scan, masterfully done, and so clear, been a while since I've seen a good scan like that, and I really do mean that.

So, with that said, I personally love this. I love that we were able to see what was going on in each characters live after the Shikon Jewel had long since been destroyed. It's not only nostalgic, but it was wonderful to see each of the characters back, in Takahashi's are and character designs.

The plot was sort of goofy honestly, and I mean that in, some of the characters seemed sort of out of place. Like for instance, Inuyasha.

One of the biggest things is trust, Kikyo was a sensitive issue between the two, but it didn't really make a difference now since Kikyo has been dead for close to a year now, and as we see, Inuyasha doesn't seem to concern himself too much with it, expected because he knows his place is with Kagome, and wants to be with her, which thinking about it, I could see why he acted the way that he did with it to an extent, but at the same back, he took a step backwards in character by lying to her about it.

It just seemed really different than the Inuyasha that we saw six months prior to this, he was more upfront about it. You actually could see there was that trust there, Kikyo was a sensitive subject, but one that they could speak about. It's not like Kagome hated Kikyo, we saw that she actually did have a respect for her when she died, and she found that she had misjudge Kikyo because of the way Kikyo presented herself and the questionable tactics that she made through the series.

So what was really Inuyasha's motive here? Was he just hiding it to hide it? Shippo seemed more made about the possibilites with his little 'doopleganger' trick than Kagome did, she honestly didn't seem to care all that much during the entire deal.

That is, until she found out that he didn't tell her, which in turn her buried himself and had himself a nice face-plant for it. I'd image if he had came out and told her nothing would have happened, but then again, I think this was just a way for Takahashi to work in the "Sit" command, just for the nostalgia factor.


Next comes Kagome, whose greatly improved in strength since the last time we saw her, but once again a lot about her is kept a mystery, all we hear is that Kagome has reached the point where she can basically control her powers on her own without the help of Kikyo's powers (which for the most part those only honestly came out when she was under duress). I probably would have liked to see a little more depth into this, Takahashi was always very secretive about how power Kagome really was, and whenever she was show a glimmer of what her true power was, she always pulled back and decided not to show it.

Here is the same example of that, we see Kagome and Inuyasha once more take down the villian (classic tactic for these two) and honestly it never does get old, still shows how in tuned that they are. But in all honesty, that did kind of bug me, Takahashi pointed another arrow at Kagome's power, told us a little more from Kaeda's view and then said nothing more, just moved on with it and ended it. It always felt weird, because Takahashi, mentioned a lot about how Kagome was "different", she wasn't a normal reincarnation, her powers spark and could push back most demons easily enough, and reaching the point of duress she pulled off things that not even Kikyo could have managed to do. And I don't even want to mentioned Kagome trip down to the 'gates of hell' where she saved Mayu, because there was never an answer given for that, the closest thing was that Kikyo could heal with possibly just a touch, but Kagome could save souls of the damned?

Anyway, I digress, basically, I found that a once more like a classic tease. I don't want to say I don't even think Takahashi knows what Kagome really is or the extent of her powers, but I find that kind of odd to say, because at the same time, I think she does, but think she likes leaving the mystery to the character to have people ponder and wonder about it.

Shippo hasn't really changed all that much, which isn't surprising, he's still a kid an it's only been 6 months. He still enjoys antagonizing Inuyasha every shot that he gets, but this time around Inuyasha doesn't fall for it like he would have earlier in the series. Miroku and Sango's children are still constantly after him, which isn't much of a surprise since they attacked him 6 months prior when they were kids.

Sango and Miroku, haven't changed all that much either. Miroku still seems like he was at the end of the series, matured from being a perv and turning into a pretty good father, fatherhood did him well. Sango still does has it, even after three kids, not a lot of women can say that, but Sango can still go toe-to-toe with most demons. I have to agree on Kohaku getting shoved into baby-sitting duty, I couldn't help but smirk at that one.

Sesshoumaru, Rin, Kohaku and Jaken were nice to see again, I was surprised to see them honestly, there appearances took my by surprise but were more than welcome. Rin hasn't changed all to much in 6 months time, but that doesn't come as a surprise. Sesshoumaru still the bastard he's always been, but I don't mind that, I like what Shippo did, haven't seen anyone actually stand up to Sesshoumaru like that since I believe Kagome did it a ways back. It's a nice change of pace, considering most of the time Shippo was outted as the coward (he still is, but this earns him some points).

Moving onto the design, and art. I have to say that I missed it, and seeing it again was a great feeling, really reminded me of the days when I was just reading it, I honestly took a lot of the art for granted in those days honestly, I was always so much more focus on the story. Where would it go? What would happen next? Now I can find myself reading back from the beginning and appreciate the art as it morphs from it's early stages to what we see in the later chapters.

That said, I love the art in this, the character designs do bring me back and bring a smile to my face just seeing them, the art of the monster is amazing and very much detailed as are the action scenes that include it. I can't say I have any complaints about it there, I never really did, except probably in the beginning when the designs were still in the baby stages and were kind of quirky, but I can still appreciate and enjoy it because despite that I still loved the storyline.

I kind of do wish that Takahashi had changed it up a little, we heard enough drama of the Kagome/Inuyasha/Kikyo triangle enough during the series, after her death she was hardly mentioned again, until the point where Inuyasha admitted his feelings inside of the Shikon Jewel.

It's really kind of tiring hearing about it again this time. She died, so let her rest in peace, there are plenty of other cool little options to do with this kind of thing. Something even simple just to show off the daily lives of everyone after the period of time, or after a few years together to show how much things have changed. Or possibly a prequel, about Inuyasha's mother and father. I know it was a general opinion of what people have wanted, but if they did that, people would have asked for something that dealt with Kagome and Inuyasha and Sango and Miroku.

That I will say was probably my only complaint, since it was always a pattern of Takahashi's and one that got used to many times to count.

With all that said. Despite my little complaint about it, and the sort of shaky storyline which I think was built up more for the comic relief of seeing Kagome use the "Sit" command on Inuyasha. I enjoyed it and had a fun time reading it.

It's said that such a tragic thing had to happen for this to be created, but is a wonderful thing that Takahashi took the time to do this to help raise the funds. I highly hope that sometime in the future this gets translated and more can help raise more money, but I don't believe that will happen.

Anyway, once again thank you, Patches.

[Patches]

My first visitor in two months who's not a spambot! Yaaay! Welcome!

First I want to say a big thank you on the scan, masterfully done, and so clear, been a while since I've seen a good scan like that, and I really do mean that.

Thanks, but... I didn't scan the chapter. I only translated it. I don't know who is using my translations or what quality scans they're using, I just know my translation is out there being used somewhere.

So what was really Inuyasha's motive here? Was he just hiding it to hide it?

I got the feeling that Inuyasha wanted to talk about it without her present because he was afraid she'd go all angsty like she usually does whenever the topic of Kikyou is brought up. He knew it wasn't worth the grief, so hid it from her. But then when she found out about it anyway, he spent the rest of the chapter paranoid that she'd be upset with him, which is where the "Sit" and the "you need to trust me more" line at the end came from.

Here is the same example of that, we see Kagome and Inuyasha once more take down the villian (classic tactic for these two)

Strangely, this is the first time in the manga that I can recall the two of them combining attacks like that. The anime did it all the time, but the manga never did. If they did do a combo, it was usually either one of them weakening something with the sword/arrow first, then the other coming in to hit it with an arrow/sword. They never both went at once like this.

I like what Shippo did, haven't seen anyone actually stand up to Sesshoumaru like that since I believe Kagome did it a ways back.

Shippou actually started standing up to Sesshoumaru regularly starting with the headless youkai storyline when he begged Sesshoumaru to bring Kanta's dad back to life. After that, he must have realized Sesshoumaru wasn't scary anymore, culminating in him calling Sesshoumaru a moron to his face (in a scene that unfortunately didn't make it into Final Act).

[Inu-kun]

My first visitor in two months who's not a spambot! Yaaay! Welcome!

Haha, well thank you for the welcome. Glad that I could make an appearance at an oppurtune time.

Thanks, but... I didn't scan the chapter. I only translated it. I don't know who is using my translations or what quality scans they're using, I just know my translation is out there being used somewhere.

Oh, you'll have to excuse me, I did post that kind of late, like right now for instance as I'm posting this, I meant to say translation rather than scan, scan probably came to mind for another translation I saw.

As far who may be using it, I did see a scan, that had very similar translation on it, but I forgot who scanned it, psy-something, and have no clue who the translator is.

I got the feeling that Inuyasha wanted to talk about it without her present because he was afraid she'd go all angsty like she usually does whenever the topic of Kikyou is brought up. He knew it wasn't worth the grief, so hid it from her. But then when she found out about it anyway, he spent the rest of the chapter paranoid that she'd be upset with him, which is where the "Sit" and the "you need to trust me more" line at the end came from.

I can sort of get that, but at the same time, I have a difficult time thinking that Kagome would have reacted in an angsty fashion, when she found out about it she seemed to be perfectly OK with it, but hiding it was the thing that led to the "Sit" he recieved.

I guess I sort of figured both of them would be over it, I'm sure both wanted to move on and away from it as well, it was the past and this was there future together.

And it's another case of the classic husband, "Oh, I can take care of this without her finding out." And what does she do? She finds out.

Strangely, this is the first time in the manga that I can recall the two of them combining attacks like that. The anime did it all the time, but the manga never did. If they did do a combo, it was usually either one of them weakening something with the sword/arrow first, then the other coming in to hit it with an arrow/sword. They never both went at once like this.

I think you are correct on that one, I recall it used a lot in the movies and in the anime, but I can't off the top of my head think of a time when they used it in the manga, and that's probably because there was never a case of it.

Shippou actually started standing up to Sesshoumaru regularly starting with the headless youkai storyline when he begged Sesshoumaru to bring Kanta's dad back to life. After that, he must have realized Sesshoumaru wasn't scary anymore, culminating in him calling Sesshoumaru a moron to his face (in a scene that unfortunately didn't make it into Final Act).

I had actually forgotten about that, ironicially though Kanta's father came in mind to me earlier today for some reason. But it could have been a personal realization or maybe he'd seen Kagome and Inuyasha do it so many times that he just kind of noticed the pattern that most of the time Sesshoumaru wouldn't really do anything.

[Patches]

As far who may be using it, I did see a scan, that had very similar translation on it, but I forgot who scanned it, psy-something, and have no clue who the translator is.

I've seen one other translation floating around ummm.... here it is, that uses a translation that's not mine. It's only natural that two translations would be similar, especially considering that the dialogue in Inuyasha is fairly simplistic, and yet that translation managed to bungle a number of lines to varying degrees of severity. The worst offense being on page 23 where the translator somehow mistook the word "babysitting" for a name for Sango's son. Good lord, as soon as I saw that, I had to scour wikis all over the place to nip it in the bud before it became as widespread a mistranslated "name" as "Inutaisho".

[Inu-kun]

That would be the one.

Heh, don't need another one of those, bad enough tons of people still believe that is his actual name, definitely don't need another mistranslation. But that's the good thing about having multiple translations, you can compare yourself and see how it goes.

[entropistanon]

I can understand people mistaking Inutaishou for a name, but "babysitting"? I would have thought others would catch one pretty quick to that one...

[Patches]

Aug 14, 2013 9:17:18 GMT -5 entropistanon said:

I can understand people mistaking Inutaishou for a name, but "babysitting"? I would have thought others would catch one pretty quick to that one...

Heh, I had to leave the Inuyasha Wiki after I was repeatedly given warnings for trying to correct all the fanon found on that site. Even though their site rules state "no fanon", and I had manga and anime citations for all of my arguments, my edits were still shot down with "Well, most of the fandom believes this is true, so it would confuse them if we had the correct information". So, yeah, the wiki still says that Inuyasha's father is "Lord of the Western Lands" (a made-up title) whose name is "Inutaisho" (a misspelling of his actual title), whose first wife was named "Inu-kimi" (a fanfic name), and who had this whole kingdom and castle and servants that Sesshoumaru inherited (that we never see and are never spoken of and that's directly contradicted by dialogue). They also have that Jinenji is a horse hanyou (from a fansub's mistranslation), and did have that Sango's son's name is "Babysitter", but thankfully they did allow me to fix that one since I caught it before it had become widely-accepted.

... But no, I'm not bitter that their site is the top search result for a lot of Inuyasha-related searches, and therefore serves to further proliferate all their misinformation that I have been forbidden from correcting.

[entropistanon]

Well, so much for the wiki being an accurate source of information. It's pretty ridiculous that they don't want you righting the misinterpretations for the very reason that they're so widespread in the first place.

Of course, when I first got into the manga, it only took a little bit of digging to find the correct info, so I feel like people can get the real information if they actually put in an effort.

Then again, Inutaishou never seemed right to me in the beginning, so I guess it was my gut instinct that actually prompted me to look in the first place. Others might not have had that.