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Chapters Originally Published in:
Shonen Sunday 2002 Vol. 50-51 - 2003 Vol.9

Inuyasha Vol 30

Chapter 289: 観音堂
Kannondou
(Hall of the Bodhisattva)
Sango and Kagome are left alone in a little run down hut away from the men. Sango seems frustrated and Kagome starts talking about when Miroku and Sango were laying on top of each other in Mount Hakurei. Sango thinks back and starts blushing with an upset look on her face. Kagome asks Sango if she likes Miroku which makes Sango angry. After she calms down, they notice Kirara peeking through a hole in the papered doors. They peek through and see Miroku outside hugging one of the village girls. Meanwhile Inuyasha and Shippo are wrestling around while Shinnosuke looks on. That night Kagome is sitting in bed half asleep thinking about how she feels sorry for Sango and her predicament with Miroku. She looks over at Sango and notices she is suiting up and getting ready to go outside. The girls watch as the village women wander through the street holding torches and looking as if they were under a trance. Sango leaves the doorway and Kagome tells her that she will call Inuyasha and that Miroku should be nearby. Sango tells her she does not have time to waste while Kagome searches for Miroku. Inuyasha senses something is wrong and then sees Kagome running up. She tells him that Sango went off alone and Inuyasha follows Kagome out. Shinnosuke wakes up to find his fiancée, Wakana, in the doorway and she says she thought he died in battle. Meanwhile Miroku is being led to the river by his new lady friend and then into the building with the painting of Kannon. Miroku moves things along quickly and things really start to get hot and heavy between the two. He jokingly says that Kannon will make them pay for what they are about to do in front of her painting, and the girl responds by telling him how funny he is. As Sango crosses the river to get to Miroku all the village women emerge from the water and pull her under. Inuyasha and Kagome arrive right behind her but did not see her go under. Back in the temple Miroku has taken the girl to the floor. Some smoke comes out of the girl’s mouth, and Miroku wonders if there is something wrong with her stomach. Suddenly Miroku jumps up as the face comes pouring out of the painting. Outside Sango wakes up drenched and chained to a rock on the riverside.

Published In:
  • Shonen Sunday 2002 Vol. 50-51
  • Inuyasha Tankobon Vol. 30 ch. 1
  • Inuyasha Wideban Vol. 16 ch. 11
Publication Date: November 13, 2002
Pages: 18 (black and white)
Anime Adaptation: Episode 131: Trap of the Cursed Wall Hanging
Notes:
  • The title of this chapter "Hall of the Bodhisattva" is referenced a bit more clearly in the original Japanese where the translation would be "Hall of Kannon" (観音堂/Kannondou). Kannon is a Bodhisattva, one of the most famous in Japanese Buddhism. Known as Avalokiteshvara in India and Guanyin in China. Kannon is the deity depicted in the wall scroll that has been devouring people.
  • The idea of war widows who are taken in after the death of their husbands has a historical tradition in Japan. Chiyome Mochizuki (望月千代女), who lived during the Sengoku era (the time in which Takahashi's Inuyasha is set) is often considered the historical figure that established the concept of the "kunoichi" (くノ一/female ninja). Mochizuki was said to have taken in widows and trained them in the ways of war, creating assassins and spies. Though kunoichi have filled popular culture, they are more elusive when it comes to factual historical research. In fact, it is difficult to establish the historical veracity of Chiyome Mochizuki, who is not mentioned in any historical records of the era. It seems she is likely a fictional character created during the 1970s rather than a true historical personage and that the name "kunoichi" is perhaps an exclusively modern term.

  • Table of Contents
    • Q: What is something you've lined up to buy?
    • A: I've never stood in line to buy something before.

Chapter 290: 腹の中の妖気
Hara no naka no youki
(A Demon in the Belly)
As Inuyasha and Kagome make their way to the river's edge suddenly the women from the village float up from beneath the surface of the water. Inuyasha seems reluctant to fight them though. Meanwhile Sango is chained inside a cave by the village headwoman. The woman pulls out what looks like a long amphibian’s egg clutch. She removes one and tries to force Sango to swallow it. Miroku is doing his best to hold off the creature from the painting while the young girl he was with crouches in the corner. Miroku manages to dodge and attempts to use a paper talisman to keep the creature at bay, but the young woman tries to stop him. The creature hears voices the voices of Shinnosuke and his wife Wakana outside. The painting says it is pleased with Wakana for bringing it another man, and Miroku realizes Shinnosuke is in danger and yells out for him to get away. As Wakana opens the door, they are standing right in front of the gaping maw of the monster. The trance that Wakana is in seems to be broken as she pushes Shinnosuke out of the way. Miroku says how troublesome this is becoming and decides to unleash his Wind Tunnel. Before he can however, the girl he was with gets in the way and prevents him from doing so. Miroku jumps over her and smashes the creature in the eye with his staff as it bursts forth from the temple. Miroku tells everyone to get away as he notices smoke coming out of the mouth of the girl he came in with. He slugs her hard in the stomach causing her to throw up a small salamander creature. He quickly dashes over to Wakana and Shinnosuke, stands her up, and slugs her as well, which cause her to get sick and vomit one out. Outside Inuyasha is doing his best to fight off the women without hurting them. Suddenly a large hanging scroll falls out of the sky and into the water causing a huge salamander creature to emerge. The salamander says it will appreciate the flesh of a half-demon. Inside the cave, Sango is hanging from the wall semi-conscious with smoke coming from her mouth. It looks like she swallowed the salamander's egg after all.

Published In:
  • Shonen Sunday 2002 Vol. 52
  • Inuyasha Tankobon Vol. 30 ch. 2
  • Inuyasha Wideban Vol. 16 ch. 12
Publication Date: November 27, 2002
Pages: 18 (black and white)
Anime Adaptation: Episode 132: Miroku's Most Dangerous Confession
Notes:
  • As the creature recounts its past to Miroku it says that it was a demon that lived in a swamp. In Japanese it specifically refers to itself as an "ayakashi" (妖) rather than "yokai" (妖怪). The terms can often be used more or less interchangably, however ayakashi, historically, refers to a water or ocean based type of demon/yokai. In Rumiko Takahashi's later series, MAO, she more frequently uses the term "ayakashi" rather than "yokai". Using this as a comparison one could make the case that Takahashi prefers "ayakashi" for animal monsters and "yokai" for unearthly monsters.
  • When Miroku punches Wakana in the stomach to make her vomit up the salamander egg she it displays the onomatopoeia "gofu" (ゴフ). This is the sound of "coughing".

  • Table of Contents
    • Q: Who is your favorite idol?
    • A: Kiyohiko Ozaki is not an idol.

Chapter 291: 珊瑚の行方
Sango no yukue
(Where is Sango?)
Inuyasha is standing before the giant salamander. Suddenly he jumps forward and pulls out the Tessaiga, but as soon as he does the village women burst forth from the water and block his clear shot. As the women knock into Inuyasha the salamander comes crashing down on the small rock they were standing on, pulverizing it, and sending Kagome flying. Inuyasha is too far away to save her, but suddenly Miroku leaps in and saves her. Miroku takes the hilt of his staff and starts slamming it into the women’s stomachs causing them all to get sick. Miroku asks where Sango is, and Kagome tells him that because he has been so affectionate towards the village women, she became upset, which seems to make Miroku a little uncomfortable. Suddenly Kirara arrives just as Inuyasha uses the Wind Scar on the salamander. Even with the salamander now merely hunks of meat the villagers still seem under its influence. Miroku jumps on Kirara's back and is surprised when he is taken underwater in search of Sango. When he sees her floating underwater, she immediately throws her boomerang at him causing them both to head towards the surface. Miroku sees the smoke coming out of her mouth and realizes she is possessed. Miroku rides towards her telling her to let him help, but she continues the attack. Miroku jumps from Kirara and continues dodging the Hiraikotsu before throwing his staff between Sango's legs and tripping her up. While Kagome is tending to the village women Inuyasha suddenly perks up and says he smells blood. Back at the battle Sango has slashed Miroku's arm with her katana. Miroku tells Kirara not to worry and to leave Sango to him.

Published In:
  • Shonen Sunday 2003 Vol. 1
  • Inuyasha Tankobon Vol. 30 ch. 3
  • Inuyasha Wideban Vol. 16 ch. 13
Publication Date: December 4, 2002
Pages: 18 (black and white)
Anime Adaptation: Episode 132: Miroku's Most Dangerous Confession
Notes:
  • The sound effect around Kirara when she comes to Miroku's side after Sango cuts him is "うろうろ" (uro uro). This is the sound of "hanging around".

  • Table of Contents
    • Q: Is there something that you've gotten regardless of it's price?
    • A: A Bustamante necklace.

Chapter 292: 特別なおなご
Tokubetsu na onago
(Unique Among Women)
Miroku stands at the edge of a cliff with Kirara looking on and Sango standing before him with her sword drawn, smoke escaping from her mouth. Miroku tells her that he will take the salamander out of her stomach when suddenly she dashes towards him almost slicing his head off before he ducks. He quickly snatches his staff off the ground and blocks her next strikes. Miroku manages to knock her down and gets her sword away from her, but as his fist is coming down to hit her in the stomach she pops her concealed blade out of her forearm and slices him across the face which allows her to escape his hold. She slices again and catches his forearm, but he grabs her arm and slugs her to cough up the egg. Inuyasha, Kagome, and Shippo arrive in time for Miroku to explain what has happened. After a while the others wish Shinnosuke and his wife farewell while Miroku and Sango have some privacy. Sango apologizes, but Miroku says he knows it was his problems with women that lead to this in the first place as Kagome had explained to him. Miroku and Sango share their most intimate moment, and he asks that if they both survive their final battle with Naraku, if she would bear his children. She agrees and makes him promise to stop chasing other women. Miroku seems unwilling to promise that however. Meanwhile, in a dark wooded forest an old priest is wandering around when a shadowy figure suddenly arrives with a knife and brutally slashes him until he is lying dead. It is Kagura and she places the baby onto the priest's dead and bleeding body. The baby is attempting to kill priests and as they die see where their souls go. Doing this he hopes to find the entrance between this world and the next- the place where the final Shikon shard awaits.

Published In:
  • Shonen Sunday 2003 Vol. 2
  • Inuyasha Tankobon Vol. 30 ch. 4
  • Inuyasha Wideban Vol. 16 ch. 14
Publication Date: December 11, 2002
Pages: 18 (black and white)
Anime Adaptation: Episode 132: Miroku's Most Dangerous Confession & Episode 141: Entei, the Demon Horse Unleashed!
Notes:
  • The Japanese title could be more succinctly translated as "special lady".
  • Sango springs a hidden blade from her sleeve when she is fighting against Miroku. Beneath the torn cloth of her sleeve you can see that her outfit has chain mail (鎖具足/kusari gusoku) beneath it.
  • Miroku's behavior is not entirely without historical note, especially during the time the series is set in.

  • Table of Contents
    • Q: What sort of smells do you like or hate?
    • A: Curry and freesia.

Chapter 293: 分断
Bundan
(Split in Half)
Rumors of Buddhist and Shinto priests being murdered across the countryside have piqued Inuyasha and the other's interests. A villager tells them that supposedly a woman carrying a baby is the one doing the killings. In a temple Kagura and the baby attack a high-ranking priest, once again hoping that the baby can find where his soul enters the next world. They mortally wound the priest, but while the baby attempts to look into his heart the priest is able to let out a powerful blast of holy energy which splits the infant in two. The scent of blood leads Inuyasha to the temple where they hear the baby was killed. Elsewhere Kagura meets up with Kanna to tell her what has happened. Kanna takes one half of the baby and tells Kagura it was for the best. She asks that she protect one half of the child while she takes the other.

Published In:
  • Shonen Sunday 2003 Vol. 3
  • Inuyasha Tankobon Vol. 30 ch. 5
  • Inuyasha Wideban Vol. 16 ch. 15
Publication Date: December 18, 2002
Pages: 18 (black and white)
Anime Adaptation: Episode 141: Entei, the Demon Horse Unleashed!
Notes:
  • Inuyasha refers to "small fry demons" frequently. The term he uses is "zako yokai" (雑魚妖怪).
  • The tool the priest uses when the splits the Infant in two is a dokko (独鈷). This particular type of dokko with three prongs is known as a "sanko" (三鈷).

  • Table of Contents
    • Q: What is a gift that made you happy as a child?
    • A: I really don't remember.

Chapter 294: 炎蹄
Entei
(The Blazing Hoof)
The boys that were present when the priest slew the baby tell Inuyasha and the others that the infant was trying to find the boundary between this world and the netherworld, according to the priest. As the boys talk, they hear a loud sound. One of the demons that the priest had sealed has escaped, Entei, a large demonic horse. The horse flies out of its mountain prison and soars off before he can be stopped. Elsewhere Kagura watches as the half of the baby she was caring for returns to life. Now he is a somewhat older boy. The demonic horse Entei comes to him, and he rides it into battle against Inuyasha.

Published In:
  • Shonen Sunday 2003 Vol. 4-5
  • Inuyasha Tankobon Vol. 30 ch. 6
  • Inuyasha Wideban Vol. 16 ch. 16
Publication Date: December 25, 2002
Pages: 18 (black and white)
Anime Adaptation: Episode 141: Entei, the Demon Horse Unleashed! & Episode 142: Untamed Entei and the Horrible Hakudoshi
Notes:
  • The head priest's deciples call Entei a "youba" (妖馬) which simply means "demon horse".
  • Entei and Hakudoshi makes his first appearance. The kanji in Entei's name means "blazing hoof". Hakudoshi (白童子) means "white child".
  • Hakudoshi is divided from the Infant, making it a new incarnation of Naraku bringing the total to nine at this point in the story.
    1. Kanna
    2. Kagura
    3. Goshinki
    4. Juromaru
    5. Kageromaru
    6. Unnamed Sixth Creature
    7. Muso
    8. The Infant
    9. Hakudoshi


  • Table of Contents
    • Q: What is an event you'd like to see live and in person?
    • A: Hanshin wins.

Chapter 295: 白童子
Hakudoshi

(Hakudoshi)
The boy introduces himself as Hakudoshi and tells them that a mere human priest would never be able to kill him. Hakudoshi spills the beans regarding the border between the two worlds being the location of the Shikon shard. Kagura thinks it was a bad idea to tell them, but Hakudoshi realizes that the more people searching the better his chances are of finding it. Hakudoshi and Kagura quickly make their escape and continue their search for the barrier. Later a headless demon roams out of the woods and almost attacks Kagome when Inuyasha kills it. On the back of Entei, Hakudoshi has a large collection of demon heads that he has cut off.

Published In:
  • Shonen Sunday 2003 Vol. 6
  • Inuyasha Tankobon Vol. 30 ch. 7
  • Inuyasha Wideban Vol. 16 ch. 17
Publication Date: January 8, 2003
Pages: 18 (black and white)
Anime Adaptation: Episode 142: Untamed Entei and the Horrible Hakudoshi
Notes:
  • "The boundary between this world and that world" - Hakudoshi is seeking the final shard of the Shikon Jewel at the boundary between the living world and the afterlife (あの世とこの世の境). This boundary (境/sekai) is the place referred to in the title of Takahashi's subsequent series, Kyokai no RINNE (境界のRINNE/Rinne of the Boundary).
  • Inuyasha's attack "Sankon Tessou" (散魂鉄爪) means "Soul Scattering Iron Claw" or as it is often translated in the English version "Iron Reaver Soul Stealer".
  • Brat/Urchin - A term often used to describe almost any child in the series (including Hakudoshi and Inuyasha when he encounters older demons) is "gaki" (ガキ). This comes up very frequently in the original Japanese and is how Kagura typically refers to Hakudoshi and how Inuyasha refers to nearly all children he meets.

  • Table of Contents
    • Q: What is something that made you laugh recently?
    • A: I smile everyday.

Chapter 296: 首のない妖怪
Kubi no nai youkai
(The Headless Demons)
Sesshomaru has left Rin and Jaken because Tenseiga has alerted him to something. Meanwhile Inuyasha and the others pursue reports of another headless demon that is rampaging. They find the creature, but a small otter demon asks them to help him. They kill the rampaging demon and then listen to the small boy, whose name is Kanta. Kanta tells them he was fishing with his father, also a demon, when Hakudoshi cut off his head. Miroku realizes he is using demons, who are heartier to search for the barrier's location. If they help the boy reattach the head before his father's body dies, perhaps they can learn where the shard is before Hakudoshi. Shippo tells Kanta not to worry and tells him about how Inuyasha helped him when his father was killed. As they pick up Kanta's father's scent, they detect the smell of blood and worry that the body has been injured. In the distance the body is lying next to Sesshomaru.

Published In:
  • Shonen Sunday 2003 Vol. 7
  • Inuyasha Tankobon Vol. 30 ch. 8
  • Inuyasha Wideban Vol. 16 ch. 18
Publication Date: January 15, 2003
Pages: 18 (black and white)
Anime Adaptation: Episode 143: 3000 Leagues in Search of Father
Notes:
  • Rin tells Jaken that when he sighs he blows happiness away (ため息つくとしあわせが逃げるんだよ。). This is a Japanese idiom, this is because sighing was seen as giving a negative impression.
  • Kanta debuts in this chapter. His name means "sweet and plump".
  • Fox, Racoon Dog and Otter - Shippo and Kanta mistake what type of demons each other are, both of them thinking that the other is a "tanuki" (タヌキ/racoon dog). Shippo is, of course, a "kitsune" (狐/fox) while Kanta explains that he is a "kawauso" (カワウソ/otter). Hachiemon, Miroku's friend, is in fact a tanuki.

  • Table of Contents
    • Q: What is a habit of yours that's been pointed out by others?
    • A: It doesn't seem there is one.

Chapter 297: あの世とこの世の境
Ano yo to kono you no sekai
(Between This World and the Next)
Inuyasha and his companions track down the body and are surprised to see Sesshomaru standing next to it. Kanta tries to reattach the head while Sesshomaru watches with disinterest. The head has been separated too long and will not reattach. Sesshomaru starts to leave, but Kagome and Shippo ask him to use his sword, Tenseiga, to reattach the head. He refuses but then Tenseiga itself signals him that it wants him to save the demon’s life. He obeys and Kanta's father returns to life. Miroku asks where Kanta's father consciousness had been during this and he told them he saw a world with giant skeletons and mist. Hakudoshi also manages to use the demon's heads he has cut off to find out the location of the netherworld as well. Kanta and his father say goodbye, as Inuyasha reveals that he and Kagome have been to the netherworld before. It is where his father's grave lies.

Published In:
  • Shonen Sunday 2003 Vol. 8
  • Inuyasha Tankobon Vol. 30 ch. 9
  • Inuyasha Wideban Vol. 16 ch. 19
Publication Date: January 22, 2003
Pages: 18 (black and white)
Anime Adaptation: Episode 143: 3000 Leagues in Search of Father
Notes:
  • Kanta and his father are "Japanese River Otters". These were once plentiful in Japan, but are now believed to be extinct. The last few sitings of the animal in the wild occured in the 1960s with the final confirmed appearance of the otter being in 1979. It was officially declared extinct in 1991.

  • Table of Contents
    • Q: What's your favorite ringtone?
    • A: I don't have a cellphone.

Chapter 298: 宝仙鬼
Hosenki
(Hosenki)
Inuyasha goes to Totosai's home in search of Myoga. Inuyasha tells him they need to return to his father's grave and need the Black Pearl to do so. Myoga tells Inuyasha that the pearl disappeared once its purpose was served. He also tells Inuyasha that when Kagome was there with him, she did not detect the shard, and he does not believe a shard could actually travel there. Inuyasha gets angry and applies some physicality to make Myoga tell him how he can get there. Myoga recommends he visit Hosenki, the creator of the Black Pearl. They go to visit Hosenki inside in his giant clam shell, but discover that Hosneki has passed away and his son is now in charge of the family business. He is not as skilled has his father though and will be unable to make another Black Pearl for 100 years. Hakudoshi realizes that the only way though will be passing through "The Gateway," so he sends Kagura to tell Inuyasha about it in hopes that he will open if for him. Everyone realizes it must be a trap, but they seem to have no other choice.

Published In:
  • Shonen Sunday 2003 Vol. 9
  • Inuyasha Tankobon Vol. 30 ch. 10
  • Inuyasha Wideban Vol. 17 ch. 1
Publication Date: January 29, 2003
Pages: 18 (black and white)
Anime Adaptation: Episode 144: Hosenki and the Last Shard
Notes:
  • In the flashback to when Inuyasha and Kagome visited Inuyasha's father's grave to retrieve Tessaiga we see the blade is placed in a stylized lotus flower. These are often the pedistal for statues of Buddha in Japanese artwork.
  • Hosenki's son debuts in this chapter. Some foreign fans have incorrectly called him "Jumyo" (寿命) because on the panel following his introduction Inuyasha says this word followed by a question mark. This means "old age" or "life span" in other words Hosenki's son is explaining that his father died of old age. So "Jumyo" is not his name.

  • Table of Contents
    • Q: What is something you always have in your refrigerator at home?
    • A: Eggs, radishes, soy milk, and agedama.


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