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Chapters Originally Published in:
Shonen Sunday 1999 Vol. 12 - 21

Inuyasha Vol 12

Chapter 109: 奈落の城
Naraku no shiro
 (Naraku's Castle)
Inuyasha is frustrated by Sango's betrayal but Kagome and Miroku think she must have had a good reason. Naraku tells her to put down her boomerang before she hands him the Tessaiga. As she gives him the sword a hidden blade pops out of her glove and she cuts Naraku's costume away revealing the young lord of the castle. Sango becomes paralyzed while Kirara attacks Naraku and takes a large chunk out of his shoulder. Kirara instantly pulls back in anguish and Naraku tells Sango that his body is a mass of venom and noxious vapors. He calls Kohaku out to kill Sango. Kohaku uses his sickle to inflict multiple injuries to Sango but hesitates before delivering the final blow. Inuyasha and the others arrive in time to see Sango pass out. Naraku unleashes snake like vapors that begin to poison the entire group.

Published In:
  • Shonen Sunday 1999 Vol. 12
  • Inuyasha Tankobon Vol. 12 ch. 1
  • Inuyasha Wideban Vol. 6 ch. 17
Publication Date: February 17, 1999
Pages:4 (full color) 14 (black and white)
Anime Adaptation: Episode 30: Tessaiga is Stolen! Showdown at Naraku's Castle
Notes:
  • This chapter references "jaki"(邪気). This can be translated as a "demonic energy" or "evil aura". Readers of Takahashi's work might wish to know that both Naraku in Inuyasha and Yurako in MAO use the same energy (jaki) at times. However, this is easy to confuse with the term "shoki" (瘴気) which is a poisonous vapor. Occasionally both are translated into English as "miasma" (which is not an incorrect term, though it can confuse the two source words from the Japanese which have different connotations). The difference can be difficult to parse. Jaki could be said to be malice and anger made manifest into an energy, a wicked power. Shoki has a more literal sense of a toxic, poison cloud. Shoki can be a term used literally as "swamp gas". So in summation:
    • Jaki(邪気) - demonic energy
    • Shoki (瘴気) - poisonous vapor
  • In this chapter when Kirara bites Naraku and leaps back in pain, Naraku explains that "this Naraku is made of shoki".

  • Table of Contents
    • Q: Can you do an imitation of someone? Please tell us.
    • A: I can't.

Chapter 110: 瘴気
Shoki
(The Vapors)
Without Tessaiga or Sango's Hiraikotsu the group is trapped by the vapors. Sango apologizes to Kagome but Inuyasha tells her he will deal with her later. Naraku tells them they will all die because of Sango's pettiness. Inuyasha tries to clear a path, but fails so Miroku decides to unleash his vortex even though it will kill him due to his recent injuries. Inuyasha punches him in the stomach and stops him cold. Kagome uses her sight to locate Naraku's Shikon shard and launches and arrow at him blowing his arm off in the process. Everyone is shocked to witness Kagome's hidden power.

Published In:
  • Shonen Sunday 1999 Vol. 13
  • Inuyasha Tankobon Vol. 12 ch. 2
  • Inuyasha Wideban Vol. 6 ch. 18
Publication Date: February 24, 1999
Pages: 18 (black and white)
Anime Adaptation: Episode 30: Tessaiga is Stolen! Showdown at Naraku's Castle
Notes:
  • This chapter is called "The Vapors" (瘴気/shoki). In the prior chapter's notes we discuss the meaning of this word. The English translation called it "the vapors" which has a neutral connotation. The English anime adaptation will use the term "miasma" which has a sufficiently negative connotation (and which the manga will eventually adopt for this term).
  • Inuyasha punches Miroku in the stomach to knock him out in this chapter. This is a common feature in manga and anime that when a character needs to be knocked out they are slugged hard in the solar plexus and knocked unconscious. In western media a blow to the back of the head seems to be the preferred method of rendering unconscious. In reality a blow to the head could cause permanent brain damage and a blow to the stomach often does not knock someone out but causes them to seize up in pain with the wind knocked out of their lungs or pain from a stiff liver shot.

  • Table of Contents
    • Q: If you could make one day a holiday, what would you make?
    • A: Hanshin Tigers Day.

Chapter 111: 浄化
Joka
 (Purification)
Naraku tells them that long ago someone else possessed powers comparable to Kagome's and Inuyasha realizes he means Kikyo. Naraku asks if she is Kikyo's reincarnation, but only receives an arrow as an answer. He releases more vapors from his damaged torso but then he and the castle vanish. The Tessaiga is left behind and Kohaku carries his master away. Naraku realizes he must get rid of Kagome if he wants to survive. Inuyasha tells Kagome he was shocked by her power. Miroku tells Sango he understands her actions, but she tells them she will betray them again as long as Kohaku is with Naraku. Inuyasha tells her she is useful and that is the only reason he will allow her to stay. Sango breaks down in tears as Kagome holds her in her arms.

Published In:
  • Shonen Sunday 1999 Vol. 14
  • Inuyasha Tankobon Vol. 12 ch. 3
  • Inuyasha Wideban Vol. 7 ch. 1
Publication Date: March 3, 1999
Pages: 18 (black and white)
Anime Adaptation: Episode 30: Tessaiga is Stolen! Showdown at Naraku's Castle
Notes:


  • Table of Contents
    • Q: Would you like to make a Nostradamus-like prediction?
    • A: The Hanshin Tigers will win the championship.

Chapter 112: 地念児
Jinenji
 (The Earth Boy)
Kirara is still sick from biting Naraku so the group decides to fetch some medicinal herbs to help her heal. Myoga tells them a demon guards the field where the herbs grow, so Inuyasha and Kagome head out while Miroku and Shippo watch over Sango. Kagome thinks Inuyasha would be happier to be alone with her for the first time in awhile, but he doesn't seem to care much. Up ahead in the forest a woman is killed by a large demon her insides are eaten away and the villagers blame the Earth Boy, Jinenji. Inuyasha asks about Jinenji and the medicinal plants. The men tell him they lie in Jinenji's field outside of the village and that the demon boy has started to eat humans. When they arrive they see a giant creature tending the herbs so Inuyasha heads out to take them. Inuyasha prepares to attack when he notices the boy-creature does not smell of human blood. Suddenly the villagers begin to pelt Jinenji with stones and he begins to cry for his mother. An old woman emerges and chases the men away. She tells them her son is a half-breed, half human, half demon.

Published In:
  • Shonen Sunday 1999 Vol. 15
  • Inuyasha Tankobon Vol. 12 ch. 4
  • Inuyasha Wideban Vol. 7 ch. 2
Publication Date: March 10, 1999
Pages: 18 (black and white)
Anime Adaptation: Episode 31: Jinenji, Kind but Sad
Notes:
  • Jinenji makes his debut in this chapter as does his mother.
  • Jinenji's name (地念児) has the kanji for "earth" in it, likely because of his work as a farmer. The chapter in Japanese is named "Jinenji" and Viz used "The Earth Boy" for the title to give readers a sense of this kanji meaning.
  • Inuyasha mistakes Jinenji's mother for a "mountain witch" (山姥/yamanba) due to her rough appearance.

  • Table of Contents
    • Q: What would you say if you won something?
    • A: I wouldn't say anything so as to avoid making enemies.

Chapter 113: 襲撃
Shugeki
(The Raid)
Jinenji's mother tells the story of her meeting her demon husband. Inuyasha is surprised to hear that she is the human rather than the demon half of Jinenji's parentage. Jinenji gives them the necessary herbs to treat Kirara and his mother tells them to leave. On their way out of town they meet the villagers who are planning to attack Jinenji. Inuyasha tells them that he will find the real culprit behind the deaths and goes in search of the demon. Kagome goes back to Jinenji's house and helps him weed the garden. He becomes overjoyed at Kagome's warmth toward him. Inuyasha finds the demon's lair and realizes that it has recently hatched it's eggs and will be teaching them to hunt. The villagers approach Jinenji's home ready to kill him in the night.

Published In:
  • Shonen Sunday 1999 Vol. 16
  • Inuyasha Tankobon Vol. 12 ch. 5
  • Inuyasha Wideban Vol. 7 ch. 3
Publication Date: March 17, 1999
Pages: 18 (black and white)
Anime Adaptation: Episode 31: Jinenji, Kind but Sad
Notes:
  • This is the 40th anniversary issue of Shonen Sunday.
  • Jinenji's father is briefly, vaguely shown in this chapter.
  • This issue also had some prizes selected by the mangaka of Shonen Sunday to be given away. Takahashi selected some Hanshin Tigers merchandise.

  • Table of Contents
    • Q: Have you prayed for something lately?
    • A: No.

Chapter 114: 半妖の思い
Hanyo no omoi
(The Half-Breed's Heart)
The villagers taunt Jinenji and try to get him to come out and fight. His mother and Kagome go out instead. The villagers become angry and try to burn down the house. Just then the real demon appears with her larva and begin killing villagers. Kagome wounds the demon with an arrow but it lashes back and tries to impale her with it's tongue. Jinenji rushes to save Kagome and rams his hand through the demon's mouth. Inuyasha arrives and begins killing the larva, but Jinenji's mother won't let him help her son.

Published In:
  • Shonen Sunday 1999 Vol. 17
  • Inuyasha Tankobon Vol. 12 ch. 6
  • Inuyasha Wideban Vol. 7 ch. 4
Publication Date: March 24, 1999
Pages: 18 (black and white)
Anime Adaptation: Episode 31: Jinenji, Kind but Sad
Notes:
  • The strange creature that appeared in chapter 112 comes out of the shadows and is fully seen in this chapter.

  • Table of Contents
    • Q: What would you do if you farted in front of your lover?
    • A: I don't want to hear questions like this!

Chapter 115: 居場所
Ibasho
 (The Belonging Place)
Jinenji fights the giant demon while the villagers try to escape. Inuyasha cuts the off and forces them to watch as Jinenji battles to save them. The old woman tells her son to show them his true strength and he rips the demon's head clean off. The villagers are now terrified of Jinenji and apologize for troubling him. He gives them medicinal herbs to cure their wounds. Kagome and Inuyasha head back after saying their final farewells to Jinenji and his mother. Suddenly the villagers appear and offer to help repair Jinenji's field. As they walk back Kagome asks if Inuyasha was ever treated like that. He tells her it was difficult being a half-demon and she is happy to learn more about his life.

Published In:
  • Shonen Sunday 1999 Vol. 18
  • Inuyasha Tankobon Vol. 12 ch. 7
  • Inuyasha Wideban Vol. 7 ch. 5
Publication Date: March 31, 1999
Pages: 18 (black and white)
Anime Adaptation: Episode 31: Jinenji, Kind but Sad
Notes:


  • Table of Contents
    • Q: Is there a Sunday story that has really stuck with you?
    • A: An old one, Gen to Tsuzumi.

Chapter 116: 邪気の穴
Jaki no ana
 (The Cave of Evil)
In a village Kikyo has been treating the wounds of men injured in battle. A high-ranking official approaches her and takes her to the castle of the local lord. Elsewhere, blood and demon parts begin to rain down on a town causing the elderly and children to fall ill. Miroku decides they should help find the source of this disturbance. Kikyo is taken to see Lord Kagewaki, who has recently succeeded his father and become a lord. Kikyo senses an evil aura coming from the lord's room and the man instantly recognizes her. Lord Kagewaki is actually Naraku in his princely disguise. Inuyasha and the others find a cave where the evil seems to be emanating from. Kikyo attempts to leave the castle but Lord Kagewaki's men prevent her.

Published In:
  • Shonen Sunday 1999 Vol. 19
  • Inuyasha Tankobon Vol. 12 ch. 8
  • Inuyasha Wideban Vol. 7 ch. 6
Publication Date: April 7, 1999
Pages: 18 (black and white)
Anime Adaptation: Episode 32: Kikyo and Inuyasha are in Trouble
Notes:
  • Kikyo points out that the creature that appears on the dying man is a "gaki" (餓鬼), often translated as a "hungry ghost". In the lore of Inuyasha Rumiko Takahashi primarily uses them a creatures that claim souls and take them to the underworld. In actual Buddhist conception these are creatures that the particularly sinful or wicked have been reincarnated as. Hunger gnaws at them constantly and they eat the earwax, dead skin cells and other foul things shed by the bodies of others. Though she uses their traditional appearance for the basis of these creatures (and for Jaken as well as she states in this interview between herself and Takashi Shiina) she never alludes to their stated "hungry ghost" characteristics.
  • This chapter title references "jaki"(邪気). This can be translated as a "demonic energy" or "evil aura".
  • We see the interior of the mountain being used as a kodoku (蠱毒). This is later repeated during the Mount Hakurei chapters as Naraku tries to enhance himself by absorbing the powerful demon created as a result of being trapped inside the kodoku. It is also frequently referenced in Rumiko Takahashi's MAO.

  • Table of Contents
    • Q: What do you think you were in a past life?
    • A: A cow fascinated with the color red.

Chapter 117: 満願
Mangan
 (Fulfillment)
Inuyasha and Miroku decend deeper into the cave only to discover horrible demons battling each other, the victor absorbing the body of the defeated. The final monster lashes out at Inuyasha, who gladly fights back, but Miroku knows that Inuyasha will be transformed no matter the outcome.

Published In:
  • Shonen Sunday 1999 Vol. 20
  • Inuyasha Tankobon Vol. 12 ch. 9
  • Inuyasha Wideban Vol. 7 ch. 7
Publication Date: April 14, 1999
Pages: 18 (black and white)
Anime Adaptation: Episode 32: Kikyo and Inuyasha are in Trouble
Notes:
  • The plot which features Inuyasha battling against a creature created inside the kodoku will be referenced and repurposed in Yashahime episode 16.

  • Table of Contents
    • Q: What is one skill that you wish you had?
    • A: The ability to play a ukulele.

Chapter 118: 蠱毒
Kodoku
 (Poison)
Kikyo arrives at the cave entrance and quickly passes Kagome and Sango to enter the cave and find Inuyasha. Once she arrives, the dead souls that inhabit her body flee into the powerful creature that is absorbing demonic energy, and Kikyo collapses. Inuyasha is struck saving her, and Kagome senses the presence of a Shikon shard nearby. The owner of that shard...is Naraku.

Published In:
  • Shonen Sunday 1999 Vol. 21
  • Inuyasha Tankobon Vol. 12 ch. 10
  • Inuyasha Wideban Vol. 7 ch. 8
Publication Date: April 21, 1999
Pages: 18 (black and white)
Anime Adaptation: Episode 32: Kikyo and Inuyasha are in Trouble
Notes:
  • The souls from Kikyo were pulled out of her because of the purpose of the kodoku (蠱毒) to take the powerful aspects of its prisoners and compile them into one.
  • In chapter 371 of Takashi Shiina's Ghost Sweeper Mikami which also appears in this issue of Shonen Sunday, Shiina draws a gag where Rumiko Takahashi witnesses Mikami chasing an electricity spirit and is inspired to create Lum and Urusei Yatsura.

  • Table of Contents
    • Q: What is your favorite song to sing at karaoke?
    • A: Manatsu no Yo no Yume by Yumi Matsutoya.


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