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This chapter just feels so much heartbreaking in its beauty.
Did you notice Takahashi's use of images and onomatopeias? The way we can hear that "BOMP" of Kagura's heart as she sees Sesshomaru? To think that the very first thing she's felt through that so much wanted heart of hers just after got it was pain, and pain alone, physically and emotionally, and yet now she finally is able to feel something good, like a tiny light within warming her.
Naraku once again meant to prove his point that the lives of the weakest are meaningless. At least this time he could not win.
I would write pages upon pages about this chapter alone, maybe some day.
Also, please have a look at THIS COVER, THIS TITLE 💔😭
This chapter just feels so much heartbreaking in its beauty.
Did you notice Takahashi's use of images and onomatopeias? The way we can hear that "BOMP" of Kagura's heart as she sees Sesshomaru? To think that the very first thing she's felt through that so much wanted heart of hers just after got it was pain, and pain alone, physically and emotionally, and yet now she finally is able to feel something good, like a tiny light within warming her.
Naraku once again meant to prove his point that the lives of the weakest are meaningless. At least this time he could not win.
I would write pages upon pages about this chapter alone, maybe some day.
NOOOOOOOOOO
Moryomaru just trolling Inu and Sessh
Mmmh, I don't know, I kinda think that this time the translation which sounds more right is the official one?
That "You said... You'd always protect her"... Who is "You" supposed to be? Who "her" is?
I don't remember where I read this or who said it but my biggest thanks to you person who made me realize that Sesshomaru here is practically referring to himself as "Rin's home".
Whenever I think of it I feel just like this:
Some of my favorite moments
Sesshomaru's face here is EVERYTHING, far better than his anime counterpart's. That face's got written all over "I could almost laugh". I'm crazy for his dry humour and in The Final Act I DO miss it.
The mere fact that as Inukimi says THOSE words we are shown Rin's life in very precarious conditions 💔💔💔
Lord I-go-merely-to-slay-the-hound Sesshomaru
And instead we got this 😭🤬🤦🏻
That beautiful "She lives" trashed simply as that. Folly!
Also: in Sesshomaru's gesture to barely touch Rin's hair there's a gentleness, a delicateness... In the anime you can't even figure where he is placing his hand exactly, it almost seems he is enveloping all her face 😔
But to piss me off is that the small screen of the Meido Stone through which we see this scene prevents us from sharing Sesshomaru's point of view. And this basically is my problem with this whole episode's anime adaptation. Everything just feels so "screened", so "distant".
The manga though does manage to balance all things so that Inukimi's and Jaken's intermissions are not so much intrusive.
Okay. Uhm. You know. This is the cover of chapter 469 and it's located right after Sesshomaru's mother says "The darkness from which there is no return lies just ahead of you" (precisely when Kohaku says that Rin is not breathing anymore) and before the panel just below. Well... I like to think that that image of Rin is what comes instinctively to Sesshomaru's mind as soon as the darkness swallows him.
It's VERY meaningful that Sesshomaru doesn't ASK out loud if Rin is dead (with that aloof tone of the anime, what's more) but is trying to PROCESS the fact that Rin could be dead. The manga is really saying that he still is in shock.
Moreover I want you to notice that Kohaku's expression is far more affected by what is happening than it's shown in the anime where he almost acts like a robot (why?!).
And SESSHOMARU'S expression while he keeps repeating "Dead?!" in his mind oh Jesus 🤯💥💣 I bet he never, NEVER hated Tenseiga more and that's saying something.
And he'll say "I won't leave you here!", "I won't let you die!", thus continuing to use words like "dead", "death", "die". It makes it all much more overwhelming, oppressive. He is fighting against the death and you can feel that.
And (oh such a detail) as he catches Rin on the fly after defeating the Guardian of the Underworld he IMMEDIATELY checks on her, WITHOUT waiting for his feet to touch the ground.
THE ANIME COULD NEVER
God him just dropping the blade when previously he had reminded Kohaku that "This arm is only meant to hold a sword".
(And Rin's hand as if almost touching his.)
THE ANIME COULD NEVER PART 2
(Heck this took me much more than expected, maybe I'll do a second part tomorrow, now I need to go to bed.)
I don't remember where I read this or who said it but my biggest thanks to you person who made me realize that Sesshomaru here is practically referring to himself as "Rin's home".
Whenever I think of it I feel just like this:
The fact that in the anime Sesshomaru going berserk because of Moryomaru's words of contempt for Kagura and the centrality of that moment for his growth are so shamefully undermined by the placement of this scene in the wrong point of the storyline simply is infuriating 😤🤬
Fuuuuuck now I'm reading about the Inuyasha chapter where Kagura dies and TWENTY YEARS LATER I am in tears again.
Can we talk about the TOTAL TRUST that Sesshomaru showed towards Kagura at this moment? 👇
Jaken had clearly told Sesshomaru that Kagura had kidnapped Rin but he never blamed her, never held it against her, never even feared that she could do it again. Don't underestimate this fact, for Sesshomaru Rin's safety came before anything else but, in Kagura's case, he put his trust in this woman, with whom he had only met a couple of times, instead of being alerted with a natural protective instinct towards Rin.
It's true that Sesshomaru knew that Kagura only followed Naraku's orders because she was forced to but, considering how much he cares about Rin, you would expect a reaction from Sesshomaru of at least concern but instead NOTHING OF NOTHING!
Look at this out-of-character reaction from Sesshomaru… 👇 👇
The SIGNIFICANT thing is that we are shown, by Rumiko Takahashi herself in this scene, that Rin is still afraid of Kagura and also here Jaken yells at Kagura to go away and that Sesshomaru is not interested in listening to what she has to say and what Sesshomaru does?!?!? He GETS CLOSER to her!!!!!! 👀👀👀 Maybe it's also because Rin saw that Sesshomaru trusts Kagura that we are shown that, after this episode, she was no longer afraid of her. This happened LONG BEFORE Kagura's death and these are details forgotten by many people. 🥰🥰🥰
Kagome who can't feel at home in her own damn home without Inuyasha is so
Just imagine what those three years separate should have felt like to her.
That "coming home shouldn't be so lonely" oh my God.
And I know that currently she really is alone at home, her family is off and everything, but it's not only that. That's just a narrative strategy to tell something more important.
He sounds just like a rejected lover
THANK YOU RUMIKO FROM THE BOTTOM OF THIS MISERABLE HEART FOR INUYASHA YOU ACTUALLY CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY OF MY LIFE I CAN'T IMAGINE MY LIFE ANYMORE WITHOUT INUYASHA EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER (SECONDARY FIGURES AND EXTRAS INCLUDED) IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME
HAPPY BIRTHDAY QUEEN
ONLY 24 CHAPTERS FROM THE END!!!
Please give me his coolness and aloofness to face giant arachnids
This is so cute. I love the art as well. Also, I noticed Ranma, Mouse, and Shampoo in there from Ranma 1/2, nice job sneaking them in.
I think a lot of people were wondering what’s going on in this cute GoChi doujinshi and since @saiyanb was also asking me to translate this, I’ve started working on it immediately. Hope you guys like it! <3 Just a little heads up: Goku and Chichi have a hick accent in Japanese, so I translated it accordingly. Cash and Carry by Waya. From the anthology book “Miracle Zenkai Love 3″. translator ★
Buyo and Kirara <333
From Inuyasha by Rumiko Takahashi/Sunrise
P-chan/Ryoga Hibiki from Ranma 1/2 by Rumiko Takahashi!
My hyperfixation is back
Inukag ♡
Kagome and Kirara 💛💚
(Anime and manga versions)
(From Inuyasha by Sunrise/Rumiko Takahashi)
