So when Naraku goes to hell, Kagome will join him…I'll bet he now wished for Kagome's heart, as she is Kikyou's incarnation…that would be the same heart anyways…  Inuyashasama(Quote)

sorry…reincarnation! ^^;  Inuyashasama(Quote)

Is it set in stone that every volume has to have 10 chapters in it?  onivid(Quote)

OMG! What is going to happen to Kagome now? We finally get to have some conclusion and then the manga has to throw a twist in! Yuck. Maybe Naraku wished to have InuYasha be as miserable as him (Without their true love (kik/Kag's heart)). Dumb ass Naraku. Still… this death to Naraku sucks, where is the excitement and action scenes? Oh well, I am still going to read the manga so I don't know why I am complaining.

  Xio(Quote)

oh well, i was hoping to be more like an epic battle, after all, they couldn't defeat naraku for many times, and now, it was too easy. I can say this is a bitter disappointment. I was hopping to see Naraku in a demon form, and attle with Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru at the same time, making the brothers to work together, something like Son Goku and Vegeta in the ending of Dragon Ball Z. I repeat, this is disappointing.  At least, she can kill Kagome, what the hell, at least we can see something new.
  Semaka1988(Quote)

*battle  Semaka1988(Quote)

i told you the blade would change the affect of her arrow!   SukInu(Quote)

So Naraku is FINALLY gone.. thats good. Now something happens with little kagome. Thats not too good. The never ending battle. hoorah.
  RissRiss(Quote)

I'm crying now… No, really, I'm crying.

  inu_yasha_is_my_puppy(Quote)

Now I'm making myself dizzy as I try to sing Come, from InuYasha, while still crying.

We now know that Naraku has a heart. Dang it I'm crying again! I don't want the manga to end. I hope to my heart's brim that Inuyasha isn't going to get himself killed trying to save Kagome.

I have to stop typing, can barely see what I'm typing.

  inu_yasha_is_my_puppy(Quote)

Battle Schmattle! this looks for more interesting!!! So what happens now? Does Naraku drag Kagome/Kikyo to Hell with him? How does she get out of this one?  You just know Inuyasha will find a way to follow them in. Sesshomaru can help, he followed Rin into Hell and saved her.  I love this, it promises to be very interesting!!!  Iolanthesong(Quote)

inuyasha is my puppy

WTF!!

you a re constantly wishing inuyasha dead then suddenly wahh!!

no don't die!!!! 

is this the same killer puppy as before?? 

  SukInu(Quote)

What in holy hell?! 

KAGOME!! My dear, dear, Kagome!!! Uuwahhhhh! 

InuyashaIsMyPuppy! Your crying is totally justified!! I can't believe it's ending!!! Arg. I hope she doesn't die… D'X  

The suspense is killing me!!! ;_;

Thanks for this awesome spoiler and translation, Patches!! So much emotion…  

  Inuyasha_passion(Quote)

*Ears perk up after "hearing Inuyasha_passion's comment*: Killing?

And to Sukinu: I didn't seriously think that Naraku's death would be as lame as Byakuya's. I do still want Inuyasha to die. But I don't want Kagome to die, I want Inuyasha to save her and get killed by his Meidou technique.

Domo arigato Patches-san!

Happy Golden Week to all! This Monday, the boys in Japan will make and fly koi wind socks. Koinobori.

  inu_yasha_is_my_puppy(Quote)

Thanks Inuyasha_passion for your sympathy. (I forgot to put this in earlier).  inu_yasha_is_my_puppy(Quote)

パーツチャス  

 チャン
is pretty close to patches chan on katakana 

it is suprisingly easy to understand

must learn more pretty much all romaji before actually fluent

then at least hiragana is needed for translating. 

  SukInu(Quote)

I think that Naraku won't die just yet, I think that the meidou will send Kagome to Hell. Inuyasha will follow both Naraku and Kagome to Hell and fight Naraku in a one-on-one climatic battle. Then he will defeat Naraku and save Kagome, but if Kikyou is on the cover of the chapter, then maybe she will help Inuyasha fight Naraku.  twilightknight(Quote)

I don't want Inuyasha to die…. him dying is almost like taking all the toys out of Toys 'R' Us.  

  RissRiss(Quote)

Starks-sama: With a a double issue does that mean that there are 40+ pages in the chapter or is it when there are two chapters released at one time?  inu_yasha_is_my_puppy(Quote)

Both Inuyasha and Sesshomaru have been consumed by the Meidou before and found their way out again.  They are both protected by their swords.  I have more than a little faith the she will be recovered.  But what has become of the jewel?  Was the wish pure enough to destroy it or did it shatter once again?  What changes will the wish set into motion?

This is quite the frustrating cliffhanger. 

  Inumiko(Quote)

Mweh, he, he. "I'm too sexy for my shirt," says Sesshoumaru as he struts on the cat walk.

The never ending story will start over again, except that there will be two less main characters: Naraku and Kikyo! And Inuyasha.

I do love death!

  inu_yasha_is_my_puppy(Quote)

I think Inuyasha will have to become human to destroy the jewel.  inuyasha(Quote)

The only thing that was foreshadowed that's unresolved (that I can think of, at least) is Dragon-Scaled Tetsusaiga.  Yourei-Tatsei said that there was a final form of the sword that was up to InuYasha (last frame chapter 431).  I think it does end up coming down to InuYasha and Kagome vs. Naraku, probably in hell, and I think dragon-scaled Tetsusaiga gets its final form there to completely dispatch Naraku.

How that will work, I don't know.  I haven't seen exactly what "annihilated" means, and I don't think DST will work unless there is a physical body, complete with youki.  Maybe a merger of DST and MZ?

Just speculating, sorry, got a little carried away.

  goaltaylor3315(Quote)

I see it!! Kagome will "Die" Inuaysha will BEG Sesshy to use a sword, he brings her back, they KISS, Miroku and sango kiss (And their BOTH AWAKE!!!)and, then, if she does a thing like "SO-SO years later" kagome is 18, she moves in Inuyasha's world, Mirokus and Sango already have a bunch of kiddies (yay!) and Miroku works in the Nearby candy store!! (Ha ha, inside joke… i geuss..) well… now doesn't THAT sound corny!? korny.. hmm… I 4got how to spell check, but I will when I have time O.O

That was a joke BTW… actually, The only part that was a joke was Naraku working in a candy store… WAIT!! He could be a evil ice-cream man, and molest little boys, like Micheal Jackson!!!!! :O

Sorry… bad childhood T.T

  inuyasha_is_so_smexxay(Quote)

haha i wrote "Miroku" instead of "Naraku"..

When I first watched inuyasha I thought they said they were after "Miroku", becuase they showed him and Sango said his name haha XD

Wow, I need a social life… eek >.<

I can't!! all preps hate me, and thats who goes to my school.. (deenky preps!! (Inside joke between friends and I…) …um.. ya, i need to go talk to people more… Im done lucky You!!!!

  inuyasha_is_so_smexxay(Quote)

Hmm… So Naraku did love Kikyo then. I guess he's thinking if he couldn't have her and be happy then Inuyasha shouldn't be allowed to be happy either (hence sucking Kagome into hell). But I'm thinking, if Inuyasha has control of the Meidou now, shouldn't he also be able to close it? You've only really mastered a technique once you can use it and stop it right? Well damn…this sounds like a really interesting chapter. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for an edge of my seat cliffhanger ending.  Langus(Quote)

Inuyasha will save kagome and then they will kiss!! But I gues it won't be in the next chapter.  7asia7(Quote)

7Asia7: How do you know? -questioning glare-  Inuyasha_passion(Quote)

Okay this is how its going to play out, Inuyasha and kagome continue this epic battle in hell! Inuyasha sacrifices himself to save Kagome or she wakes up and this has been on long dream.. She fell into the well and hit her head and has been asleep for it all! Something or other… I'M going for that third on though
  deeay03(Quote)

The never ending story is going to end on chapter 555.

  inu_yasha_is_my_puppy(Quote)

that wouldn't be enough time for inuyasha-sama's wedding

but of course you don't want that to happen do you! 

killer puppy!

incase people haven't noticed my name combines suki/love with inu/dog

  SukInu(Quote)

What in the world…?

You guys should separate your guesses from the actual fact.  If not, it just makes it really confusing. >_>

Inu_Yasha_Is_My_Puppy:
Are you just guessing, or what?  

  Inuyasha_passion(Quote)

Hiya The battle of the souls maybe in hell and the others will follow Kagome to Hell bec Inuyasha can open a meidou. And I think Inuyasha will granted the final upgrade of his sword and that is not the cutting Meidou but something what is connected to the Dragon Scaled Tessaiga, bec I think it is destroy the "souls" of the youkais the youketsu and in hell Sessy can use his healing sword as a true weapon so nothing over here with the death of Naraku's body it will continue wiht the battle of the souls in Hell. Midoriku stated that the Manga finish at the chapter of 600 so take it easy guys it has not over yet not until the most finel battle comes. The battle in the physichal realm maybe over but in the astral ream it is up to begin. Just remember when Inuyasha and the others fought in the other world with Naraku in the anime and manga for the last free shikon shard and Inu inherited the kongosoha technic. I think something similar would happen if they are continuing the fight with Naraku in the Hell. In this tale the places are very importants because Naraku become half youaki in Kikio's village, near the place where the shikon no tama was kept. And now He's falling to this village. I think Naraku's really wish wouldn't that he coul became a true youkai his really wish was to have Kikio to his wife bec he loves her or onigumo, and to have power(and here I mean Onigumo want power to rule as a bandit king or something like this) And Naraku is truely Onigumo no matter how many times he tried to discard his heart out from his body he like the human feelings what a human can feel and a youkai can never have. Being a hanyou is more a gift than a curse. Because in this state he could possess everything wath humans and youkais can not.  dragonslayer(Quote)

I just saw the scans on ikunlun.net. The chapter looks beautiful! Rumiko did an outstanding job!
  Inuyashasama(Quote)

Inuyasha_passion: I'm hoping, but yeah it is more like a guess than anything.

Sukinu: What about me…

  inu_yasha_is_my_puppy(Quote)

Inuyashasama: How did you find the scans?  inu_yasha_is_my_puppy(Quote)

InuyashaSama!!! Please, can you put a link to the chapters or something? Sadly, I can't read Japanese yet. ;_; PLEASE?! ;D    Inuyasha_passion(Quote)

Arg. Do you have to login to the website to view the pictures?   Inuyasha_passion(Quote)

I uploaded it and posted the link for the download in the spoilers thread. I'm not sure if this will show, but here it is here, too:

http://www.savefile.com/files/1543147

  Inuyashasama(Quote)

yah, you have to login to that website…it's not all that hard to set up a login…On the top of the screen, one of the links leads to a registration page….It's the standard desired username, password, verify password, and email…there's a tricky captcha, but it isn't that difficult

 You'll love the images!
 

  Inuyashasama(Quote)

Domo arigato Inuyashasama!  inu_yasha_is_my_puppy(Quote)

WOW. -covers mouth over hand- I want to discuss something…but I won't. -sigh-
Thank you so much, Inuyashasama. <3 It's much appreciated!!  Lolz We're soo impatient…XP Oh well, shwatever, at least I was able to see the chapter. Now, it's up to Patches to translate!!
 

  Inuyasha_passion(Quote)

i have been thinking this whole day on how inuyasha might end… and i have no clue what could possibly happen. it just seems like the only reasonable ending would be that inuyasha ends up dieing… atleast i think.

because if he ends up with kagome in the present time, how are they going to end up? is inuyasha going to find a normal human job, because he doesnt know anything we know about math and science and all that other stuff.

and if he ends up with kagome in the past, wouldnt kagome be leaving her whole family behind? its so confusing..

what if inuyasha just ends up with kikyo somehow, now wouldnt THAT suck. oh well, i just hope these few weeks go by quickly, because i realllllyyy want to know what the heck happens!

  inuyashakitkat01(Quote)

He could get a job at Wacdonald's.  

Seriously though, the chances of Kagome and Inuyasha NOT being together is highly likely. I don't want him to die, but I doubt she'll end it "happily ever after" style(it's just not Rumiko)… Maybe she can mangle a kiss in one of the chapters before their realationship is torn apart by fate…?
 

  Inuyasha_passion(Quote)

thats a pretty cruel ending… man, fate sucks. i bet inuyasha will end up dieing, then kagome will end up just living the life of a normal human, with just the memories of her adventures. what the heck fate!? why are you so cruel!?

  inuyashakitkat01(Quote)

Tru dat, homiie. D;
 

  Inuyasha_passion(Quote)

man i need someone to discuss this issue with, because this is driving me insane not know what happens. and my whole family hates inuyasha, and there isnt one person in my whole school who has read an inuyasha manga… grr.

alright, so the only thing i have a somewhat reasonable ending is inuyasha dies. uhh. rest is just out there.

  inuyashakitkat01(Quote)

WHAT? WHAT? I'M so SICK of these never ending chapters, and I have to bite my nails all week just to know what happens next, AND NOTHING HAPPENS.

ok so it says that NARAKU dies, ok but I bet that kagome will be trapped in the meidou or whatever and inuyasha will jump in or something.. or i dunno sesshoumaru could lol ..

it seems that sesshoumaru cares about kAG. Hes like: RELASE HER! I'M going to FLLLYYYY

ahhhh weeks of never ending stress

  misskisshu(Quote)

this is me in the second scene after the NO WAY NO WAY song

whenever it is golden week durring a manga craving 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4CS9lGz0-o&feature=related 

the link doesn't work ithink bbut just type it in whoever she is she's go a lot of cool videos. 

  SukInu(Quote)

Okay, I may not be optimistic about the ending, but I seriously doubt Inuyasha will die.

Also, whatever the ending may be, I don't think Takahashi will do a "years later" sort-of epilogue. If you read some of her seinen works or look at the adult characters in her stories, they don't live happy lives. Probably the reason why Kagome doesn't grow (age-wise), and never will.

  onivid(Quote)

Onivid: I mirror you about Inuyasha, but I want to know how he dies.  inu_yasha_is_my_puppy(Quote)

I have been pointing out for nearly 10 years the correlation between "fairytale" in the manga's title and true medieval Japanese fairytales — they don't end "happily ever after".

Perhaps Kagome does, indeed, die/get sucked into Hell (why not?  Naraku is the Buddhist version of Hell) because ZOMG!!! Emo-Naraku cannot live without her!!!  Perhaps the chapter with Sess going into Hell wasn't all for naught — it was foreshadowing for a trip to Hell to save Kagome's soul.

Makes me sometimes wonder, again, if Inuyasha will sacrifice his life to save Kagome's, and he'll be reincarnated in present time (so technically, he would have been born around the same time as Kagome), thus solving that whole "which era will they live in?" mess.

Again, I am reminded of Baachan's Hero 21 doujinshi (may she RIP).

  KagomeKagome(Quote)

wait, who the heck wants my inu to die?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! oh no she di-int!!!

oh yes she d-id!! (idk, lol!!)

  inuyasha_is_so_smexxay(Quote)

my thoughts exactly  SukInu(Quote)

i like the whole reincarnated inuyasha thing! thats a pretty good idea. i hope rumiko does an ending like that.

uhh just a thought, but… WHAT THE HELL EVER HAPPENED TO KOGA?! WHERE WAS HE FOR ALL OF THIS!?

  inuyashakitkat01(Quote)

DID HE DIE OR SOMETHING?! i loved koga, him and inuyasha fighting had to be my favorite parts of this whole thing.  inuyashakitkat01(Quote)

koga left

just left

….

byakuya's crappy death was better even if it was one page

koga only got 1 pannel 

  SukInu(Quote)

Makes me sometimes wonder, again, if Inuyasha will sacrifice his life to save Kagome’s, and he’ll be reincarnated in present time (so technically, he would have been born around the same time as Kagome), thus solving that whole "which era will they live in?" mess.

… 

I really doubt he'd have second thoughts about sacrificing his life for Kagome. He's already established that in chapter…494 I believe it is…I've heard that theory more than once. So, it could be a possibility for an ending. Haha That would be so kawaii… ^-^

  Inuyasha_passion(Quote)

Okay, it's Wednesday… 10:16… where is my manga!!!???  greyfox38(Quote)

caramell dancen!!!

ooh ohh ohh wawah wa 

  SukInu(Quote)

Sukinu: I love Caramelldansening at home.

Starks: what is the title of the Youtube clip that you put up about the fifth Inuyasha movie?

  inu_yasha_is_my_puppy(Quote)

Jeez, Koga's probably gonna come back guys. You just watch…
GreyFox38: Goldenweek is two weeks. Next Wednesday shall be glorious.

  Inuyasha_passion(Quote)

So is the next issue coming out tomorrow?

It would be great if it did!

  loveincubus(Quote)

Or at least I think it's next Wednesday… If it came out tomorrow… I'd be so happy!! :3
 

  Inuyasha_passion(Quote)

The time of the conclusion has come…

This week resumes with Kagome with her bow readied.

Kagome: "I believe in this shot! My arrow will hit the Shikon no
Tama!"

Kagome fires her arrow at Naraku, or rather the Shikon no Tama.

Inuyasha: "The arrow disappeared!"

Like it was sucked in, Kagomes arrow disappears while heading inside
Naraku.

Kagome: "Please… pierce the jewel!"

Then the scene changes to Naraku. With the Shikon no Tama nearby,
Naraku recalls Kagome's words.

Kagome: "Naraku… the Shikon no Tama didn't grant your real wish,
did it?"

Naraku: "My… real wish…?"

Then an image of Kikyou passes through his mind.

Naraku: "That's right… I merely wanted Kikyou's heart."

Then Kagome's sacred arrow appears near Naraku.

Naraku: "Hmph… Even in the next world… Kikyou, it looks like I
can't go to where you are…"

Kagome's sacred arrow hits Naraku beautifully.

In Kaede's village, the clumps of Naraku's shouki vanish. Miroku
and Sango view this along with the other villagers.

Miroku: "The shouki around the village is being purified."

Then to Sesshoumaru's group. His three companions have already
gathered near him.

Kohaku: "Did Kagome's arrow defeat Naraku…?!"

Then to Kagome herself.

Kagome: "Did I do it…?"

The next second after saying that…

Naraku's orb plunges towards Kagome. Inuyasha promptly moves her
out of harm's way.

Sango: "Kagome-chan!"

Miroku: "Inuyasha!"

Miroku and Sango rush towards them.

Then Naraku, now just a face, appears above the Bone-Eater's Well
along with the Shikon no Tama, now purified white with the arrow
piercing it. Inuyasha's and Sesshoumaru's groups encircle him.

Naraku: "Hmph… at that time… I made a wish… on the Shikon no
Tama…"

Inuyasha: "?!"

Naraku: "It was at the time… Byakuya of the Mirage… cut
Kagome…"

Shippou: "She was cut by Byakuya?!"

Naraku: "When I die… that wish… will definitely be granted…
The wish… I made on the jewel… was the wish… of the Shikon no
Tama itself…"

Finally, Naraku is purified and disappears.

Everyone: "Naraku!"

And, the moment Naraku is annihilated, a meidou suddenly appears
behind Kagome.

Inuyasha: "Wha… a meidou?!"

  Inuyasha_Fan(Quote)

Oh, dammit…I knew it.  Time for a trip to Hell with Sess-gumi.

Or…Inuyasha goes to Hell.  There's that problem solver we were discussing.

God, Rumiko, are we writing a Grecian tragedy here?  This reminds me of my high school mythology class now.

  KagomeKagome(Quote)

Where is the summary and pictures of the chapter 552 ???

It wasn't today or yesterday (announced on 7th May) ?

I don't think Naraku is really dead ! I think the time was " unlocked " when Kagome shoot at the Jewel, and because Naraku " demon-hal youkai " realize a "special" wish !!!!

InuYasha and the others : WHAT can THEY DO ??????

It will become exciting !!!!

  KagomePass(Quote)

Loveincubus, I know the timetable and everything, but the manga was released on the net in Japanese, which I can't read yet, so I was wondering why it was taking so long to translate when it almost always comes on a Wednesday.  greyfox38(Quote)

hey stop your bitching at least someone is translating. if you want it sooner than help out… if you can than zip it… and zip it good…

and is it just me or do you think the well might play a factor in the story Naraku was just floating over it….. 

  deeay03(Quote)