THE QUESTIONS

1. What does the title mean?
2. When did the series start?
3. How can Sakura see ghosts?
4. Why wasn't a chapter published in Shonen Sunday 2010 Vol. 6, 11 and 12?
5. How many chapters of the manga does the anime cover?
6. There was an uncollected four panel gag strip that Rumiko Takahashi drew that dealt with Kyokai no RINNE?

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THE ANSWERS

1 - What does the title mean?

In English, Kyokai no RINNE translates as "The Circle of Reincarnation" which is the subtitle found on the cover of each tankobon.

2 - When did the series start?

The manga launched simultaneously in Japan and the United States on April 22. In Japan, the first chapter appeared in Shonen Sunday 2009 Vol. 21/22, a double issue.

3 - How can Sakura see ghosts?

If a human eats any food while in the afterlife, they will be able to see ghosts for the rest of their lives. Tamako knew this, but it slipped her mind after saving Sakura from the Damashigami, and she bought her some bekkoame without thinking.

4 - Why wasn't a chapter published in Shonen Sunday 2010 Vol. 6, 11 and 12?

Not counting the breaks Takahashi takes from Shonen Sunday between the end of one series and the beginning of another, she had never missed a single issue of the magazine since her eight issue break from 1988/1989 due to appendicitis. As for the reason for missing these three issues, it has not yet been revealed. In the 2010s and 2020s, after the conclusion of Kyokai no RINNE as she began her series MAO she has taken a few breaks here and there for a week.

5 - How many chapters of the manga does the anime cover?

Episode 75 is the final episode of the series and it adapts the two part story from chapters 359 and 360 of the manga, which are the first two chapters of volume 27. However, stories as late as chapter 269 were adapted as the first story in episode 74.

6 - There was an uncollected four panel gag strip that Rumiko Takahashi drew that dealt with Kyokai no RINNE?

Shonen Sunday S 2015 Vol. 4 contained a newsprint circular promoting the anime of Kyokai no RINNE, products from the series, an interview with the voice actors and a very special four panel gag strip drawn by Rumiko Takahashi which has not been reprinted or collected anywhere else. The strip shows Rinne trying to decide if he should exorcise a spirit.