The translation for chapter 328 is up
And hopefully 329 will follow soon

Ah... it's so nice to have everything finally make sense. So that's what Kikyou was doing. Now we just need the 329 translation. Thanks for providing some info on that in the meantime, Kuro.

::worries for Kohaku:: Where the hell is Sesshoumaru? And Rin! Sess has to restore Kohaku's life, so that Kohaku can tell Inu-tachi about the other half of Akago that Kanna's still hiding, so that Inuyasha-tachi can go and take care of business. It all works out!

Maybe the zushi rats will draw Sess out... maybe even Kouga.

Argh, I should have said this about 329, too...

The title is "Decay of the Sacred Tree."

So while the mayose is at the sacred tree, Inuyasha-tachi are convinced that they need to protect it in order to destroy the shrine rats. The monster that Hakudoushi summons is there to destroy the tree, and when Inuyasha tries to use his Kaze no Kizu, Shippou is trying to tell him that it's probably what Hakudoushi wants him to do.

"I KNOW that, you idiot!"

Is it just me, or is Inuyasha just never going to learn not to just rush in and start whacking away at things? *LOL*

With Inuyasha as the leader... pretty much everything is going to be 'kill first ask questions later'
*is off to read the translatons because she was too lazy to download the chinese page*

Chris translated 329 at last. Somehow, his version doesn't quite seem to capture the actual intensity of the Sango VS. Kohaku scenes... but once again, I'm at least glad that it all makes sense now.

And I dunno... Inuyasha does tend to be extremely brash and impatient (well, that goes without saying), but he's also shown in the past that he thinks things through to a surprising degree sometimes. He was careful to avoid the rats and the tree while attacking Hakudoushi here, for instance. Even though he still charged right in, at least he didn't do it completely without thinking.

Hm... I hate to say this... to utter these words...
but i liked Sango a little in the Mayose chapter.

Sango: "Suck 'em up, Houshi" < somehow made me laugh

AH! Allready on book 34... I so want it to end,
but now that it's so close I feel a little sad.
But I can't be entirely sad... hehehe *mood change*
I HAVE THE BLEACH MANGA! AND I GOT IT FOR FREE!
oh, my goddess, Kirisame... I shall forever...
hm... Kiri is my minion, so I can't be her's.. *ponders*

And when is Miroku gonna get in troubble!?
I want his Kazaana to begin to disobey,
get broken, et cetera, whatever! See him sweat!
*yes Oily likes Miroku, but she wants some action*

330 is already out.
Sango dukes it out with her little bro for a bit until the rats surround them.
It seems Sango tries to break the zushi box but can't, it seems to have a barrier around it. Miroku sucks some rats up into his air void. Inuyasha handles the rats and the rest of the slug but then the rats gather around them and Shippo turns into his pink ball thing and they both hop on, racing towards Miroku, Sango and Kohaku.

Scans can be found here...

The Japanese ones at last hehe, enjoy guys

I can't wait till the rats are gone though! Maybe Kagome can shatter it...hmmm...

Oooo! Hot damn! Thanks, Kikyou! I wasn't able to get mine today because the holiday in Japan yesterday delayed shipment until tomorrow. Hehee. Sneak preview!

"cluster" is the title? Or... cluster of.. bousou. What's a bousou? Hehehe, *consults infamous living Japanese dictionary*

...who's blood is he smelling? o_O


- EDIT -

Ah... The title is roughtly "Wildly Running Group." Or "Undirected Flock." o_O

Hehe, I don't know why, but Inuyasha's "Cant you fly any faster?!" and Shippou's, "You're heavy, you IDIOT." makes me laugh. XD I've always loved the little brotherlyish jabs between those two...


- EDIT 2 -

YAY! Finally came in today! WHEEE!! *goes off to read with clearer words*

Undirectled Flock is right just look at those rats go...

and your welcome, Kuro just spreading the wealth of updated manga

Whoo, I could read pretty much the whole thing! Inuyasha's probably smelling Kohaku's blood, since he got sort of mauled by the rats towards the end of the chapter. Although Kohaku's kind of being a moron, considering Sango and the others could very well protect him from Naraku if he DOES disobey orders and tell them what's going on.

hum ... can I be your trusted lieutnant ? lol ^^

anyway , me too , I hope the end is drawing near.... .... well , don't get me wrong, I love Inu-gumi and all , but ... well , anything must end one day or another...

AND YEAH , more action !!

Blood, sweat, pain, anguish , tears !!!

*huff huff huff huff*

*Calm down Kiri , calm Down*

lol

Kirisame :ph34r:

I always think that, too, but I do think that he's partially afraid of dying, but he also wants to take down Naraku. If he stays close to Naraku, he can get to that baby. At one point, he's saying "I need to keep up this facade of not betrayign Naraku; otherwise, I won't be able to get to that baby with Naraku's heart."

So maybe he's not just covering his ass, he's also got a plan.

It always kills me to see those two fighting, though. He WANTS to tell her that he knows who she is.

Gah...!!

Uh...yeah. If anyone's wondering, 330 translations are OUT.

331 is out...
http://inuyasha.52cd.com/download/manga/331.zip

enjoy

Hopefully they'll have the original Japanese scans up soon, there
was some problem with finding a host....

Well I was close Kikyou showed up...

Here's the japanese ones...wheeeeeeeeee:)

http://inuyashabbs.net/leo5000/cgi-bin/top...pic=6706&show=0

Just picked mine up this afternoon. Didn't have time to read it until tonight.

"Sango and Kohaku's fight crisis..."

I feel so bad for Sango again.... Kohaku just keeps racking up the bad deeds on his consciecnce, even if it's under Naraku's orders. But yet, Sango still can't hate him. She still loves her little brother.


Sango: What Kohaku did was unforgiveable.
Those rats destroyed so many at the village.
But it's not just that.
Because before...
(while fighting that bird) he'd already killed that crowd of people.
.
.
.
So what should I do? I can't hate Kohaku.


The way Miroku comforts her is really sweet. Gotta love him.

I always feel so bad for her.... but I am starting to wonder exactly how long this conflict is going to be drawn out. Or any of the conflicts are going to be drawn out. I WANT SOME RESOLUTION ALREADY, DAMMIT! XD

And I honestly was not expecting Kikyou to be the one to save everyone's ass from the rats... o_O That was a surprise.


PS - Patches! The ad for the Inuyasha movie was simply a blurb about the movie. "THIS IS THE BATTLE YOU CAN'T MISS!" I'll see if I can translate more.

perv patrol to the rescue

CH 331 translations are up.

And to think, I remember a time when I didn't like the Miroku/Sango pairing. It was because they used to be so annoyingly predictable, what with him never failing to ruin every moment by groping her, and her never failing to whack him on the head in return, and get jealous when he flirted with other girls. Now that they've more or less gotten past that, though, I can't get enough of them. They're so sweet. I really feel bad for Sango, though... and Kohaku, of course, for not being able to tell her that he remembered her, which must have been insanely frustrating. I thought for a little bit that they might be able to work that plot out at last, but it seems Takahashi's not done with them yet.

And Kikyou just kicks ass. Leave it to her to try and turn Naraku's plan to hunt her down to her advantage by trying to track him down in return.

*CHAPTER 332*

Looks like this week's chapter, "A Little Bit of Happiness," is kind of a small break from the intensity and the battles of the last few chapters.

Kagome heads back to her own time to relax a bit, and one of the funnier sub-plots is Inuyasha screwing up her newly-remade bike.

AND

AND AND AND!!

Kagome's friends FINALLY get to SEE Inuyasha! o_O!! Well, even though he has his ears tied unter a scarf (makes him look rather cute, I must say. Heehee) Um... I wish I could say more, but I just got home with it, so I haven't had a chance to read through it all the way. Heeheehee.

Ahhh... back to some of the more humorous moments.

Eh?? Geez, first Houjou in episode 128 (well actually, I guess the manga technically came out first...), and now all of the other ones... and thus even more fanfics get shuffled into the non-canon category.

A scarf tied around his ears? God, I can't wait to see that. And I can't wait to see how the girls react to finally meeting the infamous "violent, jealous two-timing boyfriend." (Well, if they actually realize who he is.)

I'm having the hardest time understanding half of this week's chapter... *cries* Hojyou meeting Inuyasha is a filler moment, isn't it? So I guess technically this would be a first time for him to meet her friends. Heehee.

At one point they're commenting on the unusual color of his eyes and his hair. Heehee.

INUYASHA: I was born with it...

AND THEY THINK HE'S ATTRACTIVE!
Not to mention they all agree that he's not what they'd imagined. Something along the lines of, "I thought he'd be this violent punk, but he's actually not bad at all!"

But anyway, here's a little picture for ya, Speck.






Must sleep now...
...too much Japanese... o_O!

Oh my God! I love it! ::falls over::

Thank you! ::hugs Kuro::

I have a feeling this chapter is going to go down in history...

Well, that panel looks like:

"So, how long have you known Kagome?"
"Pretty long."
"Do you work part-time at the temple?"

Man, I can't wait to read this one. Hopefully the intermission means we'll be getting into something new when they get back (*cough*KOUGA*cough).

Hehe, there were a few slang terms that I needed help on. Plus there was just a lot of talking in general. I had to bug Roy with this week, but I finally managed to get most of it understood.

Here's another great moment that came right after the panel --

HAIRBAND (ERI): Your eyes are a really unusal color.
CURLYHAIR (AYUMI): Your hair... is it bleached?
INUYASHA: I was born with it.
SHORTHAIR (YUKA): Heh...?
KAGOME: T... Their conversation is actually going well.
ERI: Is it possible... you're half?

(Half means "half-Japanese - or asian, for that matter, half-Caucasian - or another race")

INUYASHA: ...half?
YUKA: Kagome, what do you think?
KAGOME: Yeah... well...
(thinking) He IS a hanyou...
ERI & AYUMI: WOW! He's so COOL!
KAGOME: Huh?!?!

---

And another line I found particularly amusing:

SANGO: Aa! Oh, be quiet! OSUWARI! (slight comical pause) Actually, it's not effective without Kagome-chan, is it?

That Chinese message board has chapter 332 up now. Wheee!

hey the eng tranlation just came out
its here for those who want it http://www.wot-club.org.uk/trans/iv34/v34p04.html

Ok, I'm reading on that chinese board right now...
is it just me, or is this chapter VERY Ranma-ish!?
Yes, here I go with the Ranma½ jibberish,
but... ... it makes me so happy, I love this chap.
as I am not in a good mood right now

Just read chapter 331 and I loved it. It was so funny I couldn't stop laughing
It was a nice break for all the action and it was nice to see kagome back in her time for a while. On a side note I don't think the manga is ending soon.

It's not just you; I was having Ranma flashbacks throughout the whole thing. Inuyasha even looks like Ranma during the majority of the chapter. I had a blast with this one.

I am seriously considering putting the two panels with Sango's "OSUWARI!" in my sig. I keep going back just to look at that page. It cracks me up.

[EDIT: I went ahead and did it. I couldn't resist. ]

CHAPTER 333

SHIPPOU'S GONE INSANE!!

Just kidding.

"Parasitic Pupa" is the title... and it's a Shippou-dominated chapter. o_O I guess with the focus on everyone BUT Shippou lately, it's kinda fitting that he get a little time in there, huh?

Again, it looks like there's a little more humor in these last few chapters to balance with the intense few months before.


... Edit. Mistranslated the title. Yick.

And if anyone thought it was funny and/or cute when Inuyasha goes all swirly-eyed when he gets knocked out by the nasty-smelling youkai extermination poweders... his cute little puppy nose gets assaulted here!!

*swirly eyes*

I just caught the chapter myself. God, that's nuts. Poor Shippou. That "O-Kitsune-sama" got all controlled, and then Shippou was paranoid about the thing coming after him, and he ended up getting caught by it, anyway.

My favorite part is when Shippou eats Kirara, Miroku, and Sango. "Uh."

And this insanity is going to go on for more than one chapter?! Waaaaaagggghhhh! You have to wonder what Naraku is up to while everyone's goofing off (kinda like episode 128. It got to the end and I was like, "Wait, was Naraku just SITTING there the whole time?!").

The way Inuyasha scared him and then knocked him out was particularly amusing. XD

"I can't find Shippou!"
"Heh? But I left him knocked out over there..."

XD



And YES, while I'm wondering about Naraku, I'm still thinking, WHERE'S KOUGA?!?!

LOL, that part made me fall off my chair,
the same with the Taijiya marbles
(what should you call em?) that Shippou used
and Inuyasha passed out XD lmao so funny

Possibly a stupid question, but when I got the scans from that Chinese board here, I couldn't for the life of me find the scan for page 10. Instead, there seem to be two links to page 13, which is... weird. Anyone else have this problem, or did I miss something?

At any rate, this chapter was hilarious. My favorite part was probably when Inuyasha is facing the others, and then Kagome says, "Inuyasha, behind you..." And he turns around, and there's a gigantic evil Shippou balloon glaring at him. Oh my God, I laughed so hard...

There ya go.
Nothing too revealing in it, actually...

This kinda reminds me of the Sarugami sama episode.



I called them "youkai exterminating scent pills!" XD

Thanks a lot, Kuro. Yeah, nothing extraordinarily important there, but it's still nice to have the whole thing.


Me too, now that you mention it...

*CHAPTER 334*


"The Parasite's Host"


I haven't had this many giggle moments in Inuyasha for a while now. The last three chapters have had me smiling all over the place.

As for this week...

Inuyasha and company finally answer the long-pondered question.

The question that has plagued us for generations.

Something even more pressing than, "Where the hell is Kouga?" or "How in Takahashi's name did we get out of Daddy's grave?!"


Fans across the world, we now get to see the Inuyasha version of...



WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD?!




It's because the parasite that was possessing Shippou told it to.

That is quite possibly the funniest picture ever.



Can't wait to read this one!

ROFLMAO Kuro! XD ::slowly dies in laughing spasms::
That's just the most hillarious thing I've ever seen~~!
Oh my... I dunno what else to say... ::lays on the floor:: XD



XD ::dies again::

LOL that really is funny. I'm glad to see that after all the humor, they are getting back to the plot.

Scans can be found here

I am... close... to dying XD... ok ok... ::dies::
I died after seeing these two pages... omgods:

http://popgo.net/manga/inuyasha/334/Inuyasha334-05.png
Shippou puts his little... chooper thing on Inu's head...
http://popgo.net/manga/inuyasha/334/Inuyasha334-06.png
... and Inuyasha flies away XD ROFLMAO ah... that so...
I can't even describe how much it hurt when I feel off my chair,
so many times over and over from watching that pic! XD

LOL, I had almost exactly the same reaction with those same two pages. Inuyasha flying up away into the air like that... with that thing on his head... (And then afterwards, when he's caught up in that... web... thing with Miroku and Sango... the look on his face... gack, I keep going back to it, and I keep cracking up!)

The anime writers like to think they're funny, but they don't have anything on Takahashi. Now this is how the whole "possessed by a flea" storyline should be done.

Wish I could read it, though. What are they talking about on the last few pages? Kikyou's appearance was kind of unexpected, and Inuyasha looks a bit worried in that very last panel...

I get the feeeling Rumiko misses the Ranma½ humour.
Or maybe I'm just being Ranma½ freak again who moose?

Ah... the last two pages...

Let's see if I can explain this right.

Sango is still concerned about the number of the parasite bodies they found and notes that for that many bodies, there had to have been a pretty big youkai as the host. She says that usually the parasite's host dies. Inuyasha and Miroku both realize that they didn't see (or smell) and dead youkai, sooo...

MIROKU: Sango, do you think there's a connection with Naraku?
SANGO: I don't know, but.... it's abnormal.

And Inuyasha agrees in the last frame that it feels as if there's something wrong with the situation.

That helicopter headset... that's....Doraemon Reference!

Funny stuff. All sorts of bad childhood memories.
The first thing I thought when I saw Inuyasha fly off was the old Doraemon theme (anyone else familiar with it?), "An An An, tottemo daisuki...Do-ra-e-mon!"

lol, well I wouldn't be surprised,
as almost every manga has a Doraemon reference!
Chobits did... ::can't think of anymore at the moment::
Ranma½ had a Dragon Ball referrence... o_O

Could one of the kind Japanese readers here explain the fluffy black balls on page 9 to me please? Are they sentient chestnuts? Soot bunnies ala Spirited Away?

I'm not really sure those are references back to any particular manga or anime. Shippou's toys and other cute/furry transformations use classical children's toys that have been around for a long time. The helicopter thing is one of them. I used to make or buy those things when I was a kid all the time.

As far as the makkuro kurosuke... well, I don't know if they're really makkuro kurosuke, susuwatari or what.

I immediately thought of Totoro when I saw them. Noriko Hidaka, who plays Kikyou in the anime, also played little Satsuki in Tonari no Totoro. So who knows, it might be in reference to that, although it might also just be a funny, cute design. A LOT of cute characters have big googly eyes in Japan.

WHOA! When i watched that movie I kept thinking
"Hey... that sounds like Akane Tendou... no,
I'm just imagining things... again" But I was right!
Kuro, you just made my day! Omgods I love that movie!

Probably the former. I mean, Shippou performs similar tricks with acorns and mushrooms, so why not?

On an unrelated note... I wonder what's keeping Chris this time? Been two weeks now.