Wow… There is a shit-load of Information in this book. A good deal of conflicting artwork regarding Sesshoumaru's arm, Miroku's arm, and Kaede's eye.

If you want me to scan or reprint any specific information, don't be afraid to ask.

  

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Starks: Conflicting to the anime, or things she's contradicted since then in the manga?  

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Conflicting to the Viz localization of the manga. Remember how they flip the pages? Some pages in this book have Sesshoumaru's left arm gone, others have the right arm gone. Same thing with Miroku's wind-tunnel arm.

  

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Starks: That's actually kind of funny. Honestly, I have no idea why Viz flips IY. They don't flip any of their other manga and haven't for years.   

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Lot's of juicy info about Jakotsu in here…

ALSO IT IS OFFICIAL: MOKOMOKO-SAMA (SESSHY'S FUR) IS A PART OF HIS BODY.

  

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Here's a hi-rez scan I made of the cover.

  

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This is very irrelevant to the new book…but, have any of you guys seen the Inuyasha parodies on myspace? They really are funny. Here's my favorite:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1268782241

  

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I don't know why viz flips the pages either, I hate that part of it.

RT said before that his boa, as she called it, was part of Sess and that it was Not a tail. That was a few years ago. I hope to pick up a copy of this special this weekend (it is going to be a busy one as June tends to be……grads/birthdays/weddings). Viz doesn't do too bad of a job (not like there is much choice in the matter) I do wish they would just follow the format of the manga though. 

  

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Are there any characters you want me to post facts for?  

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Starks: You could you post the info on Kikyou and Kagome? There is always a lot of controversy  surrounding  them, and much of it is cleared up in the guidbook.  

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Kagome's clothes: The reason she wears her uniform is that it's durable, can stand repeated washing, and is easy to wear. The length of her skirt is just long enough so that you can't see her underwear. The reason she doesn't wear slacks? Because I don't want her to!

Who's more powerful: If you ask whose spiritual power is stronger, Kagome's or Kikyou's, I would have to say that in the end Kagome's is stronger. However, at the moment most of her power has not yet developed.

Kikyou's power:  I think her strong spiritual power is innate. Her skill with the bow and arrow is the product of diligent practice during her training period. Although I don't think she practices anymore.

  

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DavidK: I have to admit I was a little let down by what we got on them. I think the only really big new 'fact' was the absolute statement over who holds more spiritual. RT just doesn't like to answer questions. XD

 I got such a kick out of those Naraku gazette pages though. I would scan those!

 According to Viz's typos, Ryukoususei was defeated by Kagome and Tsubaki by InuYasha. Also, random wolf-dude thief from the Rin arc is actually Hakkaku. 

  

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DavidK: I caught those errors too and was rather pissed off how careless Viz was with the entire book. So much image flipping and glaring typing errors.
  

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The Paparazzi-Bee segments are friggin' hilarious. I bet Naraku wishes deep down that Kagome's power really did reside in her thunderous thighs.

I also like the area graphs analyzing the stats and spiritual alignment of each character. Sesshoumaru and Super Shredder Naraku were a near even match?!?!?!

Cycle of the Shikon no Tama: When Midoriko and the demons fought and the Shikon Jewel was produced, it was in the Heian period (794 to 1185) in Japanese history. It was lost once in the Warring States era and recently revived, so it would seem that its cycle is every 500 years or so.

  

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Starks: I bet you've caught them, but all of VIZ's translations have glaring errors. There are typos galore in all of the tankobon, spelling errors, poor grammar, etc. It's as though the translator speaks English as a second language. Of all the VIZ translations I've read, Inuyasha has to be one of the poorest quality. I haven't caught very many errors in Hayate or Bleach.   

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Correction: Not "all of VIZ's translations", but all of VIZ's Inuyasha translations.  

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DavidK: It'll only get worse if Viz decides to increase the release rate like they did for Naruto (which has stellar translations no matter what speed they do it at).  

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Starks: I wonder if they will push the release up, VIZ's biggest competition is VIZ, most of the big Shonen titles are there's. But I guess if they stick to four releases a year the fans that don't know about scanlations will lose interest and move on to other titles.  

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The rate is indeed unfair. It took Viz over 4 years to bring this book to the Americas. I can't imagine how long it'll take to get to volume 51.  

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Starks: They've been releasing InuYasha since April of 1997, and are on volume twenty-nine. I think that says everything. And the typos are still awful.

I have a flyer for the original release (from the front of a One Pound Gospel issue) that says 'to be released concurrently with the Japanese release!' Haha. Lol. No.  

  

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Speaking of One-Pound Gospel. I still plan to finish scanlating it this summer.  

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Starks & Haro: I've given up on seeing volume 51 in my lifetime. It is something for my grandchildren to look forward to. Hopefully VIZ will see fit to release more then three volumes of Hayate a year and whoever publishes Mushishi can give us more the two a year!
  

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Starks: is there any information on Kouga/the demon wolf pack in that book? If so, could you please post it?

Thanks!

  

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could you post the stats, area graphs, that sounds interesting….  

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Ginnekomiko: Sure

First of all, he is 15 years old (in human years) instead of the 18 that was listed on Wikipedia (now updated).

Secondly, he creates the whirlwind by smashing into the air and creating a vacuumed vortex.

Thirdly, his "tail" is actually on the pelt he wears.

Fur of the Wolf-Demon Clan: "The thing is…the fur represents the memories of comrades, such as those that have passed away, and so it is worn as a memento, I think. To inherit their will…I think it represents that as well.

  

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Jakensama: I'm trying to figure out how to scan them (they are sometimes close to the page divider) without taking the book apart or damaging it. Maybe later.  

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I like how RT is somewhat uncertain about her own creations; she "thinks" she doesn't know. I like that.
  

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DavidK: Have you forgotten that she is infected with brain parasites?
  

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p.s. Amazon says that the guid isn't out until the 19th, but I swear it was on display at Barnes & Noble Thus. I even sat down and read it. I'm confused.  

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Starks: That explains the Shishinki arc! I shouldn't make fun though, as my last post makes clear, I also have brain parasites!  

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Starks: Yay! I really love OPG. It's so underrated.

 DavidK: You a Mushishi fan? That series is amazing. x.x

 
I just noticed that Kikyou also apparently wears baboon fur in this translation.
 

I got mine at Borders, and the street date was listed as Tuesday.  

  

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Haro: I have just started Mushishi and it is already one of my favorites. I bought a copy a few days ago, and read chapter one. I believe the anime has been officially licensed and they are negotiating to release the live movie here.

Amazon must be wrong, the release date must have been Tues. Considering how much money I spend at their site, they really should mess with my head like that!

  

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Haro: LOL! I just saw that too… Page 138 will be scanned ASAP!  

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Here it is.

  

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I forgot about that typo! It's all over to, facts about Naraku are inserted to other characters profiles. I can't remember (haven't bought it yet), but one of the characters has their entire list of powerssubstituted by Naraku's. If it's not their powers, it is one of the lists on the first page of their profile. I would like to say it is either Kagome or Sango.  

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I honestly think Viz rushed this book so it would coincide with the release of volume 30 (the book covers info through volume 30).  

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Starks: I agree, it seems like some of the mistakes were at the printing end rather then the usual translation errors. Still thought it was a good read, and since a little of this information has been up on Inuyasha Companion, I have frequently referenced it in regards to character age. I also like the little charts telling about how strong they were in spirtual power, love, vitality, olfactory(love that RT put that in), etc.   

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DavidK: I wonder if Rumiko will do a follow up to the Ougikaiden when the manga finishes. It wouldn't feel right if this book was the only holy grail of Inuyasha knowledge. (It would take Viz another decade to translate it <_<)

Edit: WOW! After skimming through this book a second time, I fully comprehend how little thought Viz put into it without regard to image orientation consistency.  

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Let me ask, so this means in this 'Inuyasha Manga Profiles' book there are also / still mistakes Viz made…? :S

Oh, and Starks: would you be so kind and give a little info about Sesshoumaru-sama?^^" And is the mokomoko-sama really part of his body? o.O Could you give a little more detail?^^"
Thanks, in advance^^

  

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ITA Viz's translations are horrid when it comes to Inuyasha.

The anime is one of the worse translations that I know of. I wouldn't say that the whoever does the translations for them speaks English as a primary language, but it certainly is not Japanese either. What really bothers me the most on the anime is that they have changed the story so much. They seem to remake the story as they see fit. No it isn't a matter of changing something to match a characters' lip movement…….they actually do ok with that. They do change a lot of lines for characters that are "off screen" it is just bizarre. Being such a money maker I just don't understand why they are so careless and thoughtless. It isn't like they don't know that, they have received plenty of backlash for their blunders from fans, they just keep on with the same soddy wordmanship. 

  

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Sorrel: I've never understood why they change so much with IY. Filler is a fact of life with long running anime, and with the limited run series and movies you have to expect arcs and/or characters to be left out, but I've never seen a series of Inuyasha's quality with wholesale plot changes. The episode that particularly bothered me was when Sango first took everyone to Midoriko's cave. I will never understand why the anime left out the fact that the great demon was actually a hanyou. It seems kind of important that the evil within the Shikon no Tama is akin to Naraku and that the conflict between Kikyou and Naraku is the jewel replaying it's own history. It would have taken one line to explain this and I can't fathom why it needed to be left out.
  

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o.O I have to agree that Inuyasha's English sub isn't the best one o.O

I only watched a glimpse of the episode when Kagura first appears and it was subbed English… ~shudders at the memory~ seriously, even the Hungarian one is better, though we still need to develop our subs especially animes' xD
 

  

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I really, really want this book, but I don't know if I should buy it because that would show VIZ that I support their shitty work.   I hate hate HATE the flipping images crap, which is why I stopped buying the translated volumes and started saving up to purchase the tankoubon.

Kikyou wears baboon fur, huh?  Maybe that's why there was all that "chemistry" between her and Naraku.  

  

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Starks: Could you scan the page with information 'bout Sesshoumaru, please?  

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starks, douse it explain what happened to kagomes father. you know why hes not around.  

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Hold on guys. Give me a few minutes.  

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Fuck ups galore: http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/923/fuckupsgaloreqo9.jpg

Sesshy stats: http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/6889/sesshystatson6.jpg

Sesshy info: http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/2141/sesshyinfojy5.jpg

There is zero info about Kagome's father.

  

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DaviDK I only started going to the manga after the inu series stoped on the air. If details such as the demon who fought with Midoriko was a hanyou. I wonder what else I missed out on.  

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DavidK: I also never knew that Midoriko had her arm ripped off…  

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Elise_96: I checked out the Myspace Inuyasha Parody page. It was awesome.

Starks: If there's a Byakuya info page, could you please post it? I love Byakuya!

  

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Penndragon: Byakuya wasn't introduced when this book was originally published in Japan. He's not in here unfortunately.

Here's some info on Jakotsu to cheer ya up…

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1440/jakotsustatsmg2.jpg&nbsp;

  

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Starks: Thanks for the Jakotsu information, it did cheer me up.

  

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Eee I want to see the book so bad. If only I had money. XD My dad won't buy me anything. @_@

I'm surprised that Sesshoumaru's intellect is his lowest point. o.o; I dunno, I thought he'd have like, perfect stats or something. xD
  

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Azula: Well, he did kind of go crazy and pulled some out-of-character stunts when the whole Tenseiga conflict happened a little while ago.

  

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Azula: You have yet to experience the wonder of having a debit card. This book, despite how crappily Viz put it together, is well worth the investment.  

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Starks,

That "fuck up" you posted made my day. I guess they just don't have time to proof read.

  

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Elise: It's not just proof-reading… They need to make their images consistent. Look at how happily Kaede switches which eye is bummed.  

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Y'know, the book looks worth it purely because of the typos and image fuck-ups. I thought the translation in the Inuyasha art book got weird at times, this takes it to a whole new level. Talk about your unintentional humor. I don't want to reward shoddy handiwork and yet… I seem to be mysteriously drawn to it.  

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Starks: Thank you so much. So, the fur is actually part of Sesshy's body? Where does it grow from, I wonder   

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The link to Jakotsu doesn't work   

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Sevencats: Oh, god forbid anyone go with the armpit hair theory. xD

  

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Sevencats: Fixed – http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/4473/jakotsustatsat9.jpg  

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Starks: I went back to chapter 94 to check that out, Midoriko is missing the same arm as Sess! 

Inuhalfbreed: I got into the manga the same way, except I didn't think to look for scanlations so I read the official releases. I found this site after I read up to volume 27. 

  

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I thumbed through this guide at work today.

Interesting stuff.  Eric, can you post some more profile pages?  They are very interesting.
 

  

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Mike, maybe later tonight.  

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Went out and got my copy today…all this discussion was just too tempting.  

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Another fun fact from RT. Jakotsu was originally intended to be female. She wanted a woman in the Shichinintai for diversities sake. She changed her mind because she didn't want Inuyasha "killing" a woman.   

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I'm glad she made the change.  

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I'm glad too… I guess…

An effeminate male adds far more diversity than some sadistic woman (unless it's Yura).

  

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Hah! I got it!!!! I think I know why VIZ wrote that Kikyou has baboon fur!!!

Do you remember when… well, it was in the beggining of the story, when Naraku wanted another body (firstly?) and he had youkai alikes fighting in a mountain and the winner would end up being his part, but then came Inuyasha and won and then came Naraku, as well and there were also Kagome and Kikyou and when Naraku escaped, he wrapped Kikyou in his baboon fur and brought her to his castle/palace/whatever… you know, this was right before Kikyou got the a big portion of the Shikon no Tama from Kagome and gave it Naraku…

Maybe that's why VIZ thought it was part of her costume xDD

Jakotsu: eh… his clothes are casual??? @.@ maybe for a woman, but most definately not for a man xD

Sesshoumaru: hm-hm… the vitality isn't on the max., I think because of his missing left arm… but he seems energic enough when the time comes xDD and about intellect… I was surprised it wasn't on the max., sure he got some issues with his Father Heritage, but… ~sighs~

Oh, and when it was of Eri, Yuka and Houjo… xDD waaah! It was hilarious! Houjo as Yuka… pffft. xDD

Anyway, thanks for scanning the pages about Sesshoumaru, Starks!^^

  

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Arvael: Viz is extremely esoteric about their info then… Wait a sec, the subtitle on the silkscreen overlay does say "The Esoteric Scrolls"…

Anyway, there are at least 6 pages for Sesshoumaru… 

  

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Hmm, me too was surprised about Sesshoumaru's intellect. I disagree with the book at this point. Of course he didn't act that clever when the whole Tenseiga thing happened but it's only 'cause his feelings overcame him. Hey, that could have happened to everyone! And it's so obviously that he's jelaous 'cause his father seemed to love Inuyasha more.
  

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Starks,

I watched this thing on CNN last night where they visited highlights from both the Democratic and Republican debats. Saw Ron Paul for the first time…Like you said, I'm as liberal as they come, but I actually liked that guy! I'm still pulling for Barak though.

Well, there's fun fact of the day for you.

I'd like to know if these screw ups are just consistent with anything Viz publishes or if its JUST Inuyasha? I only own FMA manga…which is the same company…and either I'm too dense to notice these screw ups, (which is not likely I hope) or they really aren't there.

  

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I am begining to think that no one from Viz has actually watched or read Inuyasha. 

This reminds me of a preview I seen from the menu on the Sat. I was checking it to see what was on. At that time the anime episode was were Sess fought Jakotsu, the preview called him a woman. It cracked me up.  If a person just glances at the episode/chapter they would have no idea what really was going on in the story and everything about Viz seems to be way off the mark when it comes to Inuyasha.

Kagome's father died in a car accident, same interview when RT said Sess's boa is not a tail. I wished the site was still up that posted the interview. It was around/ just before the 400th chapter. Of course his fluff is part of his body. You need only to look at him in his true form to notice that he is still wearing it around his body, his clothing doesn't grow or stay with him when he changes. (That would be kind of bizarre).  His whole outfit could very well be part of the illusion that he creates for appearing human. Either that or he has a infinite supply of the same clothes…..or really really good tailors. Since no matter how many times he rips, tears, or stains his clothes/ armor…….as soon as he is well he is back to being pristine white again.   

  

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Demon armor/clothes regenerate I guess.  I think that was in one of the pages Starks scanned.  It's funny because Inuyasha has been gutted, impaled, just about everything happened to that robe he wears and by the next arc it's fine again.

This book seems like a fun read, but some of the things RT says are not what they seem in the manga…ahemKagomebeingstrongerthanKikyoahem…but it looks fun nonetheless.

  

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Sorrel: The first Jakotsu episode was beneath me. For almost the entire half hour I remember battling with myself with the concept if Jakotsu was a boy or girl. Almost all of his characteristics would leave one to believe that he was a girl with his feminine voice and his infatuation with Inuyasha, but everyone kept referring to him as a male. It wasn't until several episodes later that I came to the revelation that he was a gender confused, eccentric, awesome, male crossdresser. 

  

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Well, I'll be damned.  It looks as if making possessed dolls like Kikyou is as easy as making a loaf of bread!

Haha, fuck-ups galore is right.  So Yuka is Houjou, and Houjou is Yuka now?  And geez, the eye-patch switching!!!  Right on the same damn page!  That's some lazy "I don't give a shit because fangirls will still buy it" editing, right there.

I can't remember who asked about Mokomoko-sama, but I thought the interview from long ago mentioned that it was his "scruff" — the hair around his neck that you see when he's transformed.  There you go.  Thank God it's not armpit hair.  Or hair from another certain area.  o_O

  

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I don't know how relevant this it to anyone, but to those debating about the intellect (how Viz translated it) rating- it really means wisdom. I guess you could say worldly-wiseness. It's not how perceptive they are or their IQ or anything.

 This is why a naive character like InuYasha ranks lower for example, and why the younger the character, generally the lower they rank. Except Shippou, somehow.
 

  

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Shippou ranks high??  Huh?!  O_OU  

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KagomeKagome: Not genius level or anything, but higher than you'd think an eight year old would rank.   

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Shadow Dragon: I always thought they messed up Jakotsu's voice. I am not going to try and defend having a woman do the voice of a homosexual man, that just seems wrong. The woman who did the voice didn't even try to sound like anything but a woman on top of that. She didn't even try sounding like a stereotype, that wouldn't have been a good thing either. Like you I thought he was a she at first, then I couldn't decided, and it wasn't until his kimono was destroyed by Sess that I knew the truth.

  

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Eh, they probably just got a woman to do it because they didn't want to have to explain homosexuality to the kids (come on, they know kids are watching Adult Swim and buying the DVDs) watching it.  Or heaven forbid they offend someone with a gay zombie murdering bandit.

Case in point:  DiC thought it was better to make Haruka (Amara?) and Michiru (Michelle?) cousins in the Sailormoon dub than to leave them as lesbian lovers.  Apparently near cases of televised incest is more decent than a loving lesbian couple (although Haruka's a bit of a player).

  

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DavidK: The Japanese VA was a woman too…  

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Well, damn.  I forgot about that.  

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Starks: That's interesting. I haven't seen IY in Japanese passed the kidnapped Rin arc. Jakotsu's english voice actress is actually pretty good, she just doesn't suggest gay man, I can't imagine the seiyu being much different.
  

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I have never watched the Viz version, I am not sure but I don't think Viz has released that far yet. I started buying the DVD's individually at first but prefer the season sets much better, they have at least some extras to them. My son watches them….I hate them. The subbed is so much better.

But I do admit the extras are kind of cool. The coins, and jewel shards…..nifty little kick-knacks to put along side of my DVD's. 

DavidK, download a snubbed from Ani-kraze. Just get a bittorrent (if you don't already use one) and pick up the rest of the episodes. They are sooo much better.  

  

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Starks: Thanks for the great scans!!!  The stats are pretty cool…and Kikyo looks real fine in that scan (No wonder Inu can't let go of her)!  I was wondering perhaps Naraku has perfect intellect?  

Yeah Jakotsu confused me a bit too, the face and clothes were a typical woman, being voiced by a woman also added to the confusion.  However something about the character made me suspicious as to what gender it really was.  They should of had a guy do the voice though, its more realistic.  No matter how hard a man tries to sound like a woman, he is not going to sound like the voice we heard.

  

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Thanks Sorrel, I'll give that a try. My problem with subs has been that they are usually AVI files, and I've never been able to get those to play on Winamp or Windows Media Player. I don't know if it's me, or they are just terrible media players!  

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On the topic of Jakotsu, I remember watching one episode on adult swim with my older brother and he thought he was a she. I corrected him because I read the manga and he gave me the look of "you're crazy".  

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DavidK: You need the codecs… Download the Combined Community Codec Pack.  

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Thanks Starks.  

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I personally like media player classic for codecs, though I have used Divx, Divx does a great job on some things but it does have some problems on older systems and with some files. I use MPC for just about everything, from playing movies to music videos. It is so compatible with everything. I wouldn't suggest any other media players…..as far as "newer" media player versions….they suck. 

If you have any problems, post them and I (or anyone that wants to) can help you. Don't be shy about asking questions.  Remember no one is born knowing about this stuff, we have all had to learn it at one time or another. 

  

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Thanks again Sorrel! I installed CCCP as Starks suggests (didn't see your post till after). I'm downloading MPC right now, Winamp just isn't cutting it.
  

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DavidK: CCCP comes with MPC…  

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Eric, post the scans.  

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Starks: Yeah, I didn't notice till after I downloaded the thing. Deleting is easy enough thoug.  

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HaRi KaRi: Mike, is there anything in particular you want me to post?  

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Davidk: MPlayer (with codecs, of course xD) can play almost everything, I suggest you to download it

Starks: Oh, yeah, Viz is definately esoteric xD … oooooh… 6 pages of only Sessh-sama…?…! ~eyes sparkling~ Would I be very brazen if I would like to see those 4 more pages of scans, even if I did the puppy-dog eyes…?^^" ~does the puppy-dog eyes~

  

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Arvael: If I scanned each and every page, there'd be zero incentive to buy the book. Besides, I'm not looking to push my luck with Viz. There's a huge difference posting scans of material they won't be touching for years (yes, Viz does own rights to current chapters as far as I know) and posting scans of material that could be considered wholly belonging to and created by Viz. Additionally, being 4th in Google searches for "inuyasha manga" must piss them off greatly. You can blame that on this site's popularity (and the numerous search engine optimizations I applied ^_^). Consider what has been posted thus far to be sufficient to whet your appetite. I don't mind typing out further facts, but I think I've posted enough pages.  

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3rd on Google Now. :}  

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Arvael: Thanks, I'll give MPlayer a try!  

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Ryokotsetsui primarily.

others too.  

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There's nothing in here about Ryukotsusei that we don't already know. His entry is only a paragraph long.  

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Starks: I understand, that's why I asked in that manner, because I wasn't sure and I thought I'll give it a try^^"
Anyway, I would be glad for anything you consider an interesting fact about Sesshoumaru (or his mokomoko-sama… is that really all about it what we can see on that scanned page? :S) And don't take me wrong, I'm really glad I've found this site (though it was hard back then) and I'm really greatefull for your scans and infos

And I think I would buy this book, but since I'm here where I am (Hungary), I don't think I can get a hold of it… well, maybe at animecons, though I doubt it will be there xD

Anyway, thanks and sorry for my boldness, I really didn't want to… eeeer… see ungrateful or anything… T_T

DavidK: I'm glad you decided to give MPlayer a try It was only 1 time when it didn't play something for me … though I still have issues with .mkv files (Mplayer does play it, but doesn't put the sub on itˇˇ"), though I think it's because I should develop my comp^^" (I mean, some other player put the sub on it, but doesn't play the movie right -.-* ~sighs~ it's really frustrating… annoying… gah!)

  

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Arvael: Here's something about Sesshoumaru…

Q: "Is he able to mend his arm with Tenseiga?"

A: "Well…I'm not quite sure because it was, after all, cut with Tessaiga. I don't think it will be that easy even with Tenseiga to mend it.

Interesting how she doesn't completely discount the possibility… I'd think by now that the arm is a lost cause and that he has abandoned any need or desire for it.

  

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Arvael: Subtitle support in MPlayer is extremely crappy unless you compile it from the source in Linux or Mac OSX from scratch. I'm not sure how, or if it is possible for Windows. Here's a guide on how to compile if you aren't on Windows.

http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=619904&postcount=1  

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Media Player Player classic is great for me. I have a 250 gb dual hard drive set up on my hp laptop.

I have 10 anime series including all of inuyasha, all of fma, all of trinity blood, all of eureka seven, all of bleach (in english) , all of samurai champloo, all of paraonia agent, all of shin chan in english, all of .hack roots in english and all of fooly cooly in english. All of them are in english, mostly mkvs. With the cccp pack, also download the k lite codec pack, then any thing can be watched. 

  

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Thanks Starks! It was really interesting about Sesshoumaru, I was wondering that question myself

Although, sadly, I have Windows XP, so… yeah xD I guess I'll stuck with hunting down "independent" subs for .mkv movies xDD But thanks, anyway (and I've been wondering for a while now if I should change my operation system… hmmm… w/e)

Bigantfbi333: Bleach, in English? Which episode have they reached so far…? I'm watching it in Japanese with English sub xDD (episode 129 is coming tomorrow /though only in raw @.@/ with a new Inuyasha chapter here – I hope^^" Wednesday is a wonderful day, isn't it? xD) Anyway, thanks for the advice, too

Oyasumi! (at least for me and those who live in the same time zone as I xD)

  

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Arvael: I hate watching anime in anything but english. Bleach is up to the kenpachi battle. Torrents are at http://www.cartoon-world.org/home.htm usually late sundays est after it airs on adult swim.  

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Arvael, there isn't any thing wrong with Windows XP, as far as being able to run movies. Yes we could all go on and on about other things about every version of windows…….but we all know this and it would be like re-living a bad dream.

If you want to play mvks' it is your choice, or if you already have subs in it. You may want to consider checking out isohunt for downloads,  specify your file type in the search and go from there. (I haven't done this myself so I do not know what kind of results you may end up with…..as far as mkvs' go). It isn't my format of choice.  I have not had problems with any subtitles before.

No one should have to be without good stuff (IMO fan subbed). Even though I also purchase the releases (depending on the series American releases do cut some of the blood and cuss words).  I do believe in supporting the releases here. Not because of the quality….that's pretty much has been said before, but because to do so continues the support of more anime making it here. As long as it sells they will keep importing it.

  

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Arvael: What site are you going to for Bleach subs?   

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Arvael: You could also download a program called alltoavi here : http://sourceforge.net/projects/alltoavi/

and convert those mkv files to avi, it would probably cut down on the size too.

  

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Bigant: SUPER is much better… http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

Anyway, whenever I want to download anime. I go to http://tokyotosho.com/&nbsp;

  

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Starks: Yeah I tried super before, it was ok, i guess it was a little slow for me…doesnt matter

Tokyotosho is a good collection site, but older torrents get  lost in search 

  

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Anyway, I may have a surprise in store for everyone tomorrow night.  

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?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

  

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Hey, for watching anime, try VLC media player.  It plays pretty much any file type, has support for subs and multiple languages (like some .mkv files have).  And it requires no setup beyond installing.  

 Try it.  http://www.videolan.org

oh, and it works for all systems.

  

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I would highly recommend against using VLC for mkv or anything with softsubs. It strips out all sub styling and 99% of the time, the subs will show completely wrong.

If you need more evidence, read here. http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=34910&nbsp;

  

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Hm.  I've never had any trouble with the subs.  

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Also, it specifically worth noting that some fansub groups style their subs so they specifically break in VLC.

GG is one such group and they have a damn good reason why… http://www.ggkthx.org/?page_id=13

I've been a fansubber for over 4 years. I know my stuff…

  

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Dang Starks, between the scans and dubbing too…….your practially a hero in my book.  

I hope, oh I hope that your surprise is a early spoiler, I kind of got spoiled by them and miss them a lot.

  

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You know, sometimes I wish IY would be released more often, but that's just because I'm an impatient teen.  Then I go back and look at some of the other series I follow on the web, like Ah My Goddess, and I'm just glad IY isn't released monthly instead of weekly.  

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Ultrin: Considering how it takes Rumiko roughly 6 days to plan, pencil, and ink each chapter. I don't see any change of release pacing happening. I may post the two pages where she describes the process of making each chapter. It's rather interesting.

What I do find unacceptable is how Viz embodies the disjoint between speed and quality of their work. They have all the time in the world to get it right and they continue to mess things up. These people are paid. It's rather sad how a scanlators (who do this for free) can bang out a release in less than a day (not many scanlation groups even work that fast). It takes at least 45 minutes for each step: scanning, translating, and editing.
 

  

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Cool (if you post the pages)

Viz needs a reality check.  They aren't doing quality work.  In fact, they mutilate everything about IY, from the constant releases to the quality and consistency.

 If only they had more people like you… no, that wouldn't be right.  If only they HAD people like you, maybe it would be worth it to buy IY in English.

  

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Ultrin: I don't care if they want me. They can't have me. I don't sell out.   

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That's good for all of us readers!  I'm glad.  Once I learn Japanese, I'm going to get the untranslated copies, anyway.  

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I am still confused; Why are IY releases so bad, and other VIZ titles perfectly fine? Makes no sense at all.  

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DavidK: Because unlike Naruto or Bleach, Inuyasha is a LOW-PRIORITY long-term project for them.  

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Maybe Viz originally thought IY wouldn't be a good series.  

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Starks: Makes sense.   

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But it is obviously popular, so why don't they up it's priority?  

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Ultrin: I can't imagine quality getting any better if they speed things up… It'll still be the same team right?  

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Here's the info on Rumiko's process…

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/9616/rumiko1wd7.png

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/7103/rumiko2yk8.png&nbsp;

  

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Wow, thanks for the advice; I think if I'm through all of my exams, I check those site you all recommended for me!^^ You are really kind

Bigantfbi333: now and I like to watch them in Japanese dub with English sub xP (even if my native language isn't English xDD)… anyway, the Kenpachi battle…? o.O … keep training yourself, because after this arc around 40 episodes fillers will come :S  (Bounto arc)… but I think it was also interesting, though nobody gets upgraded or anything, so you can easily see it's a filler…

Anyway… DavidK, I'm getting it from a Hungarian site (since I'm too stupid to use torrent^^"), but if you would like to, you can download those Bleach episodes from here: http://yhbt.mine.nu/t/ from the 50th episode up to the latest (128 at the moment, but tomorrow, there will be 129 if I am correct… or the day after tomorrow). And if you would like to have those episodes before the 50th, then go to http://www.lunaranime.org/ , though I'm a little bit confused right now as it seems I can only find here the OVAs… hmm… dunno where they disappeared, but they were there as far as I know…ˇˇ"

Sorrel: yeah, I believe in supporting that little anime we have here, in Hungary, although it's a veeeeeery little portion of the anime-world… T_T so I also purchase DVDs (Inuyasha! though they could do better -.-"), but if I would like to watch for example, Bleach, there are no other ways to get it… since I'm not sure if it would ever come to my little country…

Anyway, thanks for the advices about .mkv files

(and I know it was Monday yesterday and now it's Thuesday, so Wednesday would come tomorrow… seems the exams really driving me insane, I even forget what day is it! @.@ gomen)

  

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grr… Tuesday… -.-"  

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Arvael: Thanks a lot! These are much better then the site I was going to!  

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You are welcome!   

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By default MPlayer doesn't show subtitles, but you can cycle them using "j" key. The [gg] gives all info how to make subtitles work.

VLC stripping subtitles is not so bad, MPlayer does it too if ssa/ass is not enabled. Sometimes it could be confusing if there are 2 separate dialogs, dialog and sign etc… but in some cases the default font styles are much readable :E

  

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Hey Starks.

Can you scan scan the profiles of Inuyasha and kagome (and that bar chart page someone mentioned eariler sounds interesting) please.

  

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Starks: The surprise tomorrow night sounds interesting. It is a good surprise, right?  

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I'm not gonna spoil, but chapter 509 looks very interesting. My heart almost skipped a beat on page 7…  

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o.O wonder what could it be… o.O

Anyway, may I ask a question? … Is there any information about Inuyasha's past in the book? I mean his childhood, etc… or all we know is what we saw in the 3rd movie? :S
Thanks for the answer in advance^^

  

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It took me a while to realise Jakotsu was male, too…and the Japanese VA being female didn't help. His Brazilian VA is male though (the only one as far as I've seen – not sure about any of the European VAs). I think he did a good job with that falsetto of his, but I really couldn't take the character seriously that way…it was just too funny sometimes. Which I guess isn't really that bad, considering he's not really that serious originally, either. The American VA gives me the creeps though – I think she makes Jakotsu a little too scary o.o

I'm seriously tempted to buy that thing now – and we're talking international fees here. I guess I'll think about it. I went to Amazon to look for it and the cover is the Japanese version, though; can anybody tell me if that's still the right one? Don't want to have to wait years to read it

BTW, thanks for the scans, Starks.

  

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Arvael: I can check later, but the book only applies to canonical information, 99% of it is from the manga. The movies are not canon.  

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Staphyla: The cover to the English edition only has Japanese writing on it. Check in the product details if it the language is English and the release date is June 19, 2007.  

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@Starks: hmm… I see… I know the movies a whole other tale (almost xD), but anyway, thanks in advance if you have some time to check it Maybe there was a question there like about Sesshoumaru's arm and the Tenseiga, or… w/e xD
Anyway, thanks
  

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Starks, page 7…..what about page 10. Hitomiko did not do what I think she did….did she ?  That was gross.

  

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Ok. My mind is now running every which way with that information….great…now I am all in suspense.

This has been an exciting week with this 509 potentially being good…and FMA chapter 72 came out…oh it was fantastic!

  

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I just read FMA 72, hopefully IY 509 will be as good.

Elise_96: If thats not good enough,  adult swim replaced Shin-Chan with Bleach, and will start FMA reruns on July 2!  

  

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I might have just died…  

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I've just read the latest chapter and it's certainly getting better! A surprise i guess.

The coverpage did disappoint me though, it's just imho. I'm really looking forward to next week's chapter(:

Quick put it up Starks!(:

  

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I know I'm late to the party about the whole Viz typos topic, but I honestly think that they're a bit on the funny side. One of my favorites was when Naraku said something along the lines of "And I sent Kagome to kill Kagome…". I busted out laughing when I read that. XD

Not to mention "Jan" Havoc from FMA. (poor Jean, doomed to a fandom typo name of Jan!)

I saw this book at my local Barns and Nobel, so for those of you who don't want to order online, you might have luck snagging it at a book shop in your area. I didn't buy it, but that's only because my car recently broke down, zapping me of money. ;o;
 

  

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I hope Rumiko keeps the chapters interesting. I really thought she messed up when she brought the whole swords issue up again. That reminds me, how on earth can Sess' intelligence be his weak point? It makes zero sense to me. What is it with those guys at Viz, anyway? Can't they tell quality manga apart from crap?

Yeah, I read somewhere that when they translate scans into English they usually flip the images (Japanese read from right to left) and so maybe that's why most of the images are reversed. Still, they should be a bit consistent and not do such a sloppy job.

  

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I sure hope the delay isn't due to another broken scanner. That last time made for a long two weeks. Oh well, it's not like the new chapter is anything urgent.

Luna: I'm not sure, but I think I read that "Intellect" in the book is a bit of a mistranslation, that a closer word would be wisdom or insight. Not sure where I read that, but if it's true then it's definitely an accurate assessment of Sessh's weak points. He's just not very good at thinking things through.

  

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Hi,

Just posting a quick note to say thanks to all the ppl working on this site. YOU ROCK!!!

  

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Could someone scan pages on Naraku? Thanks a lot.

  

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I just got the profile today at Barnes and Noble after reading about it on this site.  It's pretty good though you have to admit dated since it came out a few years ago.  I was disapointed by the fact that it predates Sesshomaru's Mom and the whole thing with Rin which proves she has become more to him than a "servant" as is stated in the profile.  the other disappointment was that the profile predates the death of Kagura which is pretty hugh as to the plot twists lately.  Oh well, it is still a great read and I am enjoying it greatly.  One thing I must say about the "Grand Master" Rumiko Takahashi. She is the master of make them beg for it and then don't give it them.  I'm sure it will be a cold day in hell before we see Sesshomaru's Mom again.  I also fear she may never really end Inuyasha.  Hell, she hasn't really ended anything else has she?  She stops but never ends. Maybe she figures she'll return to it again. 

By the way I love your Pod Cast keep it up, it is very entertaining and I love this site!!

  

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is there anything on kagura and  izayoi,starks-adpreciate it…  

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After buying and reading this book…

I have come to realize that Naraku is very emotionally immature. :X

Gaahhhhh… I sorta mentally fixed all of the typos in my head, so it made for a very good read.

And I want a Paparazzi bee… XD

  

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Hey Starks

Could you please link some pages of the inuyasha info

thank you

also the 2nd link to RT's skills on one of ur posts is broken  

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