Alright, it is Wednesday and I am gonna post the fourteenth volume of Rin-ne. Feel free to react or comment on any panel, though I appreciate if image replies are not used during the dump. Feel free to discuss anything related to Rin-ne after the dump.

Rin-ne is Rumiko Takahashi's return to comedy after Inuyasha. Rin-ne is VIZ's localized title, presumably chosen to assist in pronunciation. The original title is 境界のRINNE (Kyokai/Kyoukai no Rinne) which means Rinne of the Boundary. While it is not a megahit like some of her other huge series, I highly recommend it to fans of Ranma 1/2 and Urusei Yatsura though it is obviously different.

Previous thread: >>279865589

I will be using scans of the official VIZ localization. Be aware that some of the larger images may have been edited to be lower quality due to image size limits.

In addition, I will be dumping the one short story from the Rumic World and Rumic Theatre series that came out around this time. Today, the scans I have of the one shot are the official VIZ ones. Today, that will be "A Guilty Happening".

Original title was 腰砕け坂の怪. 腰砕け is the name of the hill here and it means broken back literally but refers to breaking down while in the middle of something or faltering halfway. It is also a term in sumo for collapsing in the middle of a bout.

VIZ changed it since we don't have a short term for that and this works as a bit of a pun.

January 18th, 2012. Author's note:
"Q: Where would you recommend as a new World Heritage site?
A: I would request Mount Fuji."

>>279988024
A full body. And yeah, that looks like it would be rough.

>>279988044
Hmm...

>>279988058
結界 was the term used here. In Inuyasha, this was commonly translated as barrier or spirit shield, but since Rin-ne takes place in the modern day, VIZ goes with force field. You could probably quibble over which to use.

>>279988221
Aw shucks, no marathon then.

>>279988262

>>279988317
What a big one!

>>279988338
I assume that "Jumonj" is a typo rather than a nickname, though it is kind of fun to say. The original line was "あっ、十文字が目覚めた。" so maybe it was the localizers trying to convey some dialect or informality? Not sure.

Sakura is so cute

>>279988529
I was wondering if they used an expression here, but it seems it just said "評判がイマイチなのだ。" which is "It does not have a good reputation".

>>279988554
Correct.

>>279988754

>>279988772
Grabbed by the braid.

>>279988814
I love its face here.

>>279987866 (OP)
it's the girl from the 2nd season opening!
but will she show right away in this volume, or later?

>>279988843
Cozy.

>>279989047
Hah. Also, may I remind you that Japanese people use the term ジュース or "jusu" from the English word juice to refer to any number of non-alcoholic sweet beverages.

>>279989104
Escaped.

>>279989125
I have a note from Furinkan here, it seems VIZ did a good job at translating the double meaning though.

"The shinigami tool that Rokumon uses to revive Rinne is called a "hazumidama capsule" (弾み玉カプセル). Hazumi can mean "bouncing" (as in bouncing ball which is what the item looks like) but it can also mean "to stimulate" or "to become lively" which is what the ball is meant to cause Rinne to do."

Also, he's so little on the ball.

>>279989168
No such thing as a free lunch, Rinne.

>>279988024
>Q: Where would you recommend as a new World Heritage site?
>A: I would request Mount Fuji.
good news, past-rumiko!

>>279989206
End of chapter. Easy peasy.

Caaats.

January 25th, 2012. Author's note:
"Q: Please tell us a moment when you feel tense.
A: When Hanshin won."

>>279988044
>that looks like it would be rough.
i've already given up and i'm not even there
>>279988221
>TJ with his customized dark tracksuit with the cross
who is his tailor
>>279988262
oh nyo!
>>279988317
>>279988058
he set up a force field that slaps people? lol

>>279988338
>What a big one!
and kind of ugly
>>279988529
those fools thought a mere garbage can strike to the head could take down miroku jr!
>even if it turns the whole student body against me... i must stay true to my pride as an exorcist!
how noble
>get him!
oh my god
>>279988754
did the sacred ashes contribute to the force field failing?

>>279989324
Alright, Black Cat World Elder was "黒猫界長老". And the Honorary Ten-Time Champion was "永世十段". 永世 is apparently a lifetime title holder in things such as shogi or go. 十段 is "tenth rank", also from go. The name was spelled 黒井田 and you may notice the 黒 in it, which means "black".

Furinkan seemed to interpret 永世 or "eisei" as his first name, as it also means eternity. But it seems like it is probably a reference to his title.

>>279989242
Didn't have to wait long either, apparently.

>>279989603
A lot of variety in our black cats as before, though none could be mistaken for an actual domestic cat.

>>279989329
Oh yeah. It must've been slapping people, I didn't even realize.

>>279989664
That is a small wine glass.

>>279989684
Ooooh!

>>279988814
it looked like there was a missing panel of him being hit by something >>279988843 but I guess he dropped because of the negative aura
>Grabbed by the braid.
bad kitty
>>279989104
I guess rinne appears all at once judging from their reactions
but wouldn't it be something if he appeared piece by piece as he takes off his haori?
and oh noes, it got TJ too!

>>279989705
Uh oh.

>>279989716
What a mess. Least he's okay.

>>279989740
I am guessing that Suzu's choice of platter here has ちくわ on it. ちくわ or Chikuwa is a tube-shaped fish cake where minced fish paste is mixed with starch, skewered and heated.

>>279989828
I was wondering if he insulted them in Japanese as well, but his line was "ここじゃここじゃー。" which apparently means "here, here". He did laugh a bunch and is definitely mocking them, so it works for me.

>>279989876
Gotcha.

>>279989894
Does what he does well.

>>279989916
Oh, hah, it was like an automatic feeder with a bowl on the table.

>>279989942

>>279989958
What's this?

>>279989982
Hm?

by the way, in my effort to search for the rumiko one-shots, I happened to come across raw scans for rumiko's contribution to the hanshin tribute issue

>>279989992
Our little Rokumon!

>>279989324
>Caaats.
please turn into kitties please turn into kitties please-

>>279990024
We see a number of types here. I assume the bird is a karasutengu (烏天狗) or crow tengu, where tengu is a supernatural creature sometimes translated as goblin. Then a 提灯お化け or "chouchinobake", which means paper lantern ghost. Then we got a tanuki also known as a Japanese raccoon dog but depicted here as the supernatural creature and greatly resembling the tanuki statues common in Japanese media (with his bill). A namahage (生剥げ), a oni or at least, a man in an oni mask and straw coat with a big beard and knife from Oga Peninsula, apparently (this one is new to me, I'm glad I found it). We got Right, the rabbit from last volume. We got a haniwa (埴輪) a type of clay figure buried with the dead in ancient Japan. And then we have Kawaii Cook-san, the character from a children's song about a doodle that we've seen before.

Man, this chapter is the weirdest production of Cats I have ever seen, even by Cats usual standards.

>>279989125
>sakura-chan just...
>...disappeared?!
sh- she's been spirited away! aaiiieee!!
>>279989168
>Also, he's so little on the ball.
extremely small
>>279989206
>let's order a pizza
rinne
>i love you bro
>>279989291
>and the marathon went on
h- huzzah?

>>279990368
End of chapter. The elder's line here was orignally just とう (tou). No clue what is means. Maybe some sort of casual good bye like "ta!" or maybe it means "escape" in some contexts?

Original title was 鬼と節分 or... Oni and Setsubun. I'm honestly a bit surprised they translated Oni as demons if they are doing a Setsubun chapter, but whatever.

February 1st, 2012. Author's note:
"Q: If you got plastic surgery, what features of your own would you change?
A: The speed at which I produce storyboards."

>>279990784
The term translated as "evil spirit" here was 邪気 but the Japanese text did put 鬼 or "oni" in parentheses after. The trivia was a bit different, it just said "豆は魔滅に通じ、鬼を追い払うと信じられている。" which apparently translates to "It is believed that beans have the power to ward off evil spirits and drive away oni". The kanji bit is a localizer adding some context. This is a common theory regarding the origin of the custom, saying that 魔滅 (mametsu) sounds like 豆 (mame).

>>279990928
Cute poster.

>>279990936
Nice bottom panel.

>>279990958
Here, both Sakura and the kids used the same term 鬼 or oni. Ogre is another common way to translate 鬼. I really feel they should've just done oni. It is 2012 by this point and it isn't like you don't have plenty of Japanese mythology left untranslated.

>>279991009
Hah, the big narration box didn't even mention the Haori this time. I still think the font needs to be bigger.

>>279989603
ten-time champion of what though?
>for entering the wheel of reincarnation
so then the black cats don't die of old age, they just walk away one day? hmm interesting implications for the worldbuilding
>>279989664
>some of the background cat people look like big cats standing on their hind legs
turn fluffier damn you! fluffier!!
do you think suzu being on the table like that is acceptable behavior amongst their kind or do other cats think she's a bumpkin?
>>279989684
>That is a small wine glass.
gotta stay sharp, never know what might happen >>279989828 >>279989916 like an elder giving away a box full of secrets

>>279991036
"Bean crate"? Maybe they changed localizers or something. Anyway, the term used here was 桝 (masu), which literally means square but refers to a square wooden box used to measure rice in Japan during the feudal period.

These are used during Setsubun to hold the beans kids throw per tradition. They're also used to drink sake out of ceremonially.

>>279991144
The oni originally used the equally stereotypical evil laugh of くくく (kukuku) in Japanese.

>>279991127
Being a cat. And they know she's a bumpkin, but we do know cats have more lax standards for sure.

>>279991214

>>279991144
>Disdain for poors

>>279991238
What sort of heathen would do that?

>>279991263
Rokumon got excited. Beeeans!

>>279991285
Oh no! Also, he's so cute.

>>279991289
Everyone is coming.

>>279991305
The blood lake (血の池) or blood pond seems to be a thing that shows up a lot in depictions of Japanese hell (stemming from Buddhism, I believe). There are also actual springs that are called that due to being red due to high iron content.

>>279991497
Oh no!

>>279991518
I remember I found this design very appealing visually when I first read this chapter. Her apron is tiger striped, which is a traditional element of oni visually (as a loincloth typically). And she has a 金砕棒 or kanabou, a metal club that oni are said to wield in myth.

Also, Furinkan has a note: "One of the oni's children can be seen wearing a shirt that says "Dorothy Little Happy". This is Japanese girl group that was founded in 2010 and signed to the Avex Trax record label."

>>279991578
Great face.

>>279991593
End of chapter. Rinne referred to her as a "鬼嫁" or "oni-wife", though Rokumon's line is basically unchanged. 鬼嫁 as an expression basically refers to bossy or scary wives. Simple gag, but I do like the fact that we got the oni wearing a suit like a stereotypical demon and then it turns out he's wearing it because he's a put-upon salaryman.

Also, based on that drawing of daddy on the wall, he doesn't get to go home much. Ah well.

Original title is 百年後の祟り which basically means "The Curse a Hundred Years Later".

February 8th, 2012. Author's note:
"Q: Sensei, please tell us about one of your weaknesses.
A: Anything athletic."

Fixed Furinkan's typo.

>>279991804
>Q: Sensei, please tell us about one of your weaknesses.
>A: Anything athletic.
rumiko-dono...

>>279991804
I feel like soul cleansing has to be in some Japanese myth, but maybe it is just a thing here and the Dragonball movie.

>>279992010

>>279992026
I assume the rug is some occult, exorcism or ritual magic thing seeing the English letters on it, but I can't really identify it with it being covered by the table.

I do appreciate the window panes.

>>279992095
I always like little chibi character heads in speech bubbles.

>>279992113

>>279992152
Translated literally from "九尾の狐は". Much like the localizer, I can't tell what the characters on the side of the scroll are.

Apparently these are Chinese myth?

>>279992209
Hehe. I love the way she's drawn. I also do like that it was still a laundromat even then. I do find it funny to refer to 100 years ago as ancient times, so I was curious what it said in Japanese and it said "当時" which basically means "in those times".

>>279990784
>Q: If you got plastic surgery, what features of your own would you change?
>A: The speed at which I produce storyboards.
I- I don't think plastic surgery could fix that...

>>279992248
I tried to identify the image in the poster since we see a bit more of it but I had no luck.

>>279992394
I can not read what Tsubasa's seals say. Also, so mean but I guess he is being a bit territorial about Sakura Mamiya.

Furinkan notes that: "While ill, Tsubasa is wearing a hanten (袢纏) a short cotton stuffed coat typically worn in winter. Hanten often have a family crest on them and Tsubasa's has the cross due to his last name (Jumonji means "cross or crucifix")."

And "Sakura is making okayu (お粥) for Tsubasa. This is rice porridge that is easy on the stomach and often given to babies and people that are feeling ill and so it is thought of as a healing food. It has similar connotations to chicken-noodle soup in the west."

I also missed another note:
>>279992209
"When Rinne reads the story about the fox-demon causing problems 100 years ago the building that is shown is the Ryouunkaku. It was the first western-style skyscraper in Japan and was built in 1890 and destroyed in in the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. It is commonly associated with the 1910s and 1920s and is used to help frame the time period (the Taisho era). "

>>279992487
Hm?

>>279992498
What an unusual cough. Also, another zoooom.

>>279989324
Ohh I remember this episode

>>279992516
Here's Furinkan's note: "Foxes make the sound "kon" in Japanese (like a cow saying "moo" or a cat saying "meow"). Hence why the fox spirit adds "kon" after its words when it speaks. "Kon" also sounds like the sound of a cough, hence the joke of Tsubasa being sick will possessed by the spirit."

Yeah, VIZ changed it to "yip" since that's the closest thing we have to the sound a fox makes.

>>279992537

>>279992487
>Ryouunkaku
We get to see its ruins in Mao, as it happens

>>279989705
>a black cat that reaches 700 years old turns completely white
they go gray! and who's bright idea was it to set up 700 candles?! wonder if black cat magic was used to light them all at once
>>279989716
not his beard! it took a century to grow that!
>>279989740
>stop
>drop
>and roll
but please try to avoid rolling around in cake if possible
>>279989828
>take that!
h- hayai...
>I am guessing that Suzu's choice of platter here has ちくわ on it.
>ちくわ or Chikuwa is a tube-shaped fish cake where minced fish paste is mixed with starch, skewered and heated.
looks so-so but i can see why the cats would love it
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikuwa
>>279989876
he's spry for such a round 700-year-old hehe

>>279992560
Her usual spot. "やーね" was the little bit of dialect VIZ translated as "phooie". Can't really find what it means in Japanese. And "get" was "帰れ" which means, "go home", "get out", etc.

Also, I've never seen "get" spelled that way in this context. Now I know.

>>279992643
Lots in there.

>>279992576
Furinkan actually mentioned that too, but I don't tend to copy their notes referring to series I haven't gotten to yet. Or when it seems like a stretch.

>>279992659

>>279989894
oh- oh my god he had a heart attack... rest in p-- >>279989916 twas a bomb! s- sugoi...
you know we haven't seen what he does when he actually gets to put the gloves
he was interrupted last time he pulled them out
>>279989942
>what you thought was my backside was actually my front!
oh ho ho ho!!
>it's a scarecrow
incredible
we're witnessing a battle between the greats here
>>279989982
>making it rain banana peels
such amazing power...!

>>279992667
End of chapter. Struggling.

Original title was 狐おとし. This does mean Fox Trap, but when I googled it, it came up with the word 狐を落とす which is not the same thing, but means "to exorcise a fox spirit (from a person)" according to japandict. I found that funny and odd that it has an entry for that and that it came up even though it was not what I wrote. Maybe there is some wordplay involved?

February 15th, 2012. Author's note:
"Q: What's the most expensive thing you've bought recently?
A: I bought a ring with an interesting design."

>>279989992
was the box a trap?
>>279990024
has to be a trap
>>279990368
>IOU
oh.
>We got Right, the rabbit from last volume.
is that actually her specifically? at first i thought it was her but figured it had to be a different rabbit person
>>279990730
>it smells like broke in here.gif
lmao
>seven hundred years' worth of debts
mackerel man must kneel before kuroida
he's got nothing on him
>does this every one hundred years
and he'll do it again!

>>279992833
Recap. I do like how the fox eyes are drawn. It isn't original or anything, but I always like it.

>>279992833
Tiny Sakura!

>>279992848
Bit unfair, yeah.

>>279992841
I mean, it looks like her. The outfit isn't what I associate her with, but I just double checked and this was her outfit of choice when she was at home in chapter 121.

>>279992891

>>279992901
As with Shippo's move, this is called "foxfire" by the VIZ but is called 狐火 or kitsunebi in Japanese. This does translate to foxfire (presumably by coincidence?), actually but they refer to different glowing phenomena.

Basically, in Japanese, 狐火 refers to "will o' the wisps" while foxfire in English apparently refers to glowing fungi.

>>279992976
He was not.

>>279992985
Rokumon used the term 魔法陣 which is just literally magic circle. Also, I did find a magic circle that looks like this one (it seems to match the poster as well), but the only place I saw it was the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha fanwiki? I can't find another source for this specific one with Pi and Delta. They call it the Midchildan Circle. I can't find anyone saying if it is based on an actual thing from Arcs Goetia or some other occultism thing.

It would be pretty funny if Rumiko looked up "magic circle" and copied a design closely from an anime from 2004, but I don't see that as likely.

>>279993188

>>279993203
This came up before. I've looked up a lot of stuff today. Also, sacred rope is clearly 標縄 or shimenawa. I've discussed it before.

>>279993237
Jizo statue. I'll post Furinkan's note: "The statue that the fox replaces on the end of Rinne's rope is a statue of Jizo, these are commonly found on roadsides to pray for deceased children."

Common thing for tanuki and foxes to do in stories.

>>279993259
Hehehehe. They are back. Also, I love the goofy recap.

>>279993270

>>279993285
Good job, Kain. Though they did put up a good fight.

>>279993290
Sakura referred to it as "分身の術" or "bunshin no jutsu" which means "other-self technique". This technique is usually associated with ninja and it a bit of a classic reference. Foxes obviously do it too. Rokumon referred to 狐幻術 or "kitsune genjutsu".

Another term is "かげぶんしん" which means "shadow other-self" basically.

>>279993411
聖剣 (せいけん) for Tsubasa's attack. Means what it says here. Maybe "sacred" if you prefer that over "divine".

>>279993439

>>279993461
Not to explain the joke, but Furinkan has a note: "Washtubs falling on people's head is a common Japanese visual gag (similar to anvils or flower pots falling on people's heads in western comedy). It is a common occurence in anime but is funny here due to the wash room playing a part in this episode."

>>279993475
End of chapter. All's well that ends well? It was fun seeing more of his techniques at least. Rinne did eat all the porridge too, so.

New character time. And the tried and true manga method of introducing one.

February 22nd, 2012. Author's note:
"Q: What was your favorite event of the year?
A: The first month."

>>279993525

>>279993534
Furinkan notes that: "It's no coincidence that the name of the soccer ace is "Shuto Saka" (坂) given how it sounds like "shoot" and "soccer"." Though they only put the characters for his last name for some reason. It was "坂シュウト".

Also, they have just really blatant misinformation on the episode for this one. Not anything important, but they say that "Saka's girlfriend, Erika Sawa (沢エリカ), is not given a last name in the manga." which is just not true. Her name is in the manga. I checked in the raws too. No note about a pun though.

>>279990016
Oh, awesome! That's great. Unfortunately, I won't be able to read them unless someone translates them. I don't want my first impressions of it to be through machine translation...

>>279993645

>>279993656

>>279993664
"Babe" here was 美人 or "bijin", beautiful person, usually used to describe a beautiful woman.

>>279993684
Furinkan notes that: "The spirit that follows Renge is meant to resemble Marilyn Monroe and the costume she wore in The Seven Year Itch (1955)."

Which is uh, very obvious.

>>279993704
Here, VIZ went with flirt, but Furinkan notes that: "Erika frequently calls Renge a "thief cat" (ドロボー猫/dorobo neko). This is slang for a girl that steal's someone's boyfriend."

She even said it twice in this panel here.

>>279993728

>>279993737
We probably had other Rumic gestures and I didn't note them. But I am noting this one.

>>279993751
Thief cat again. This time translated as boyfriend-stealer. Which is you know, accurate in context.

>>279993525
>Q: What was your favorite event of the year?
>A: The first month.
I feel like something might have been lost in translation...

>>279993770
In case you're curious what "boopboopbidoo" was in Japanese, it was "ぷぷっぴどう" which is actually the same thing.

I only ever heard this bit associated with Betty Boop, but it apparently came from a song called "I Wanna Be Loved by You" and this song was in fact covered by Marilyn Monroe, so it is applicable here.

>>279993834

>>279993872

>>279993884

>>279993900
A life spared.

>>279993912

>>279993920
End of chapter.

Skipped the art spacer. This cover was originally in full color.

February 29th, 2012. Author's note:
"Q: What do you think is going to be the "next big thing"?
A: I don't know!"

>>279993964
Dolphin!

>>279993979
The sound effect did say that: "ふぇろもーん".

>>279994004
Remember this? Good times.

>>279994019

>>279994030
Hm?!

>>279994043
Myna birds are capable of mimicking human speech.

>>279994062
Got ourselves a new scythe design.

>>279994070
Horns! I don't remember if they outright state she is an oni. But they do resemble Oni horns. Anyway, I'll post Furinkan's note:

"Renge's flowers hide her horns which indicate she is an oni, a type of Japanese ogre.
Additionally the type of flower Renge wears in hear hair are lotus flowers (they also appear on her shinigami scythe). "Renge" means "lotus" in Japanese. Also the lotus is common Buddhist iconography symbolizing the power of the soul to rise from the muddy floor of a pond (materialism, the living world) towards the surface of the pond (enlightenment)."

And here's the note regarding Renge's full name: "四魔れんげ Renge's last name, "Shima" (四魔) is a Buddhist term for the four types of demons that trouble humans. Those demons are "Bonnouma" a demon of ill desires, "Onma" a demon who causes many kinds of suffering, "Shima" (written differently than Renge's name is the demon of death, and "Tenma" the demon who tries to prevent people from doing good deeds. Renge's first name is written in hiragana, but the meaning is "lotus flower" which is one of Renge's most commonly used tools."

Also, is Sabato playing on original Xbox? Pretty surprising given their market share over there, even back then. And this is 11 years after the release.

>>279994139

>>279994153
The whistle and flag are pretty cute.

>>279994173
VIZ tried their best with the joke in the first panel, but it uh, didn't seem to work. It seems like it is a pun. Renge says "アメリカダマシ霊モドキ。" or "Amerikadamashi rei modoki" which means "American fake ghost" and Rinne says "新種の虫の如き商品名だな。" which does mean "That product name sounds like a new species of insect" but is pronounced "Shinshu no mushi nogotoki shouhin-meida na" apparently. Maybe "mashi rei modoki" sounds like "mushi nogotoki"? As in, it sounds like the words "species of insect".

Whatever.

>>279994268
Rinne busted out the "きさま!" in a bigger font here. If you are unaware, this is "kisama" which is a very rude way of saying "you", to the point that it can been translated as "you bastard" or "you son of a bitch".

>>279994303

>>279994313
I like the environment here and Tsubasa being a soul in a hamster cage is pretty great.

>>279994330
Very villainous. Especially in that she didn't just put them in the wheel immediately.

>>279994344

>>279994351
Oh, now they're going with "channeling seal" for yorishiro seals. Well, it is more consistent, but for some reason last volume they called it a shinigami medium sticker, which I didn't like.

>>279994375
End of chapter. Pretty funny final panel for such a serious setup. Also, not to explain part of the joke, but apartment rooms in Japan are often measured in tatami mats as a unit of area.

March 7th, 2012. Author's note:
"Q: Please tell us what you do to get over depression?
A: Sleep."

>>279994423

>>279994435

>>279994513
Lotuses...

>>279994527

>>279994541
Put two and two together.

>>279994553
No way to keep your dignity.

>>279994564

>>279994570
Ouch.

>>279994581

>>279994594
Hehehe. I remember laughing at that panel of the doofuses.

>>279994608

>>279994620
Makes sense.

>>279994640
...

>>279994654
Uh oh.

>>279994662
Per Furinkan: "Kerai Tea (家来茶/Kerai-cha) is tea that controls the soul of whoever drinks it. "Kerai" means "servant"."

It was written with English letters on the label in the original manga as well. Wonder if it is a parody of a specific logo.

>>279994691

>>279994700
End of chapter. Fun little Rumic gesture and expressions.

Original title is トップを目指す. トップ (toppu) is a loanword from English.

March 14th, 2012. Author's note:
"Q: When you hear "student days" what do you think of?
A: Manga Club."

>>279994753

>>279994767

>>279994780
I like the parallels in the phrasing here in English. In Japanese, she called Sabato a グータラ (guutara) which means idler, lazybones, etc. and said that the son "abandoned his job".

>>279994843
Beef bowls.

>>279990730
>you brought back cat food as your only souvenirs?
he's a cat and it was an event for cats
>>279990928
>魔滅 (mametsu) sounds like 豆 (mame)
oh it's just part of the word? also i think that's the same -metsu in demon slayer's japanese name kimetsu no yaiba
>>279990936
>don't eat them yet
they're throwing cooked beans?
also i just looked up when setsubun in
it's typically in the first few days of february
>>279991144
>it's tonight's dinner
i guess rinne and rokumon assumed that guy was dressed up for the event...
>>279991214
>meido in a box
oh noes!!
>nyah hah hah
it's back!

>>279994854
The original manga referred to 三途の川 (Sanzu River) from the Japanese Buddhist tradition that is somewhat analogous to the River Styx in that you must cross it to reach the afterlife.

>>279994898
How unfortunate...

>>279994888
The beans are roasted, so they are dry and crunchy.

>>279994952
Hm...

>>279994966
!

>>279994981

>>279991263
>you were *sorely* mistaken
y- yeah... he's... he's here to stand up for the kids, r- right...
>she can never know
>>279991285
>Beeeans!
you have to say with more oomph!
>BEEEEANS!!
>>279991289
>>279991305
oh no oh no oh no bros the meido (Forma de Caja para Frijoles) sucked them in!!
b- but where did they end up...?
>>279991497
>HELL
it's over

>>279994996
Furinkan notes that this was called "Yutai Ridatsu Fishing Rod - Yutai Ridatsu (幽体離脱) means "out of body experience"." A little too literal translation by VIZ, it seems.

>>279995032

>>279995056
Scary.

>>279995067
Alive and uh... well, alive.

>>279995078
No space to mention the channeling sticker in the recap it seems.

>>279995093
Hm?!

>>279995102
... oh.

>>279995115
End of chapter. She's not done yet.

Original title was 引っ越しのご挨拶. This apparently refers to the act of introducing oneself to your neighbors after moving in and literally means "greetings on moving".

March 21st, 2012. Author's note:
"Q: What sort of things have you done that have made you lose track of time?
A: Reading."

>>279995176
Small.

>>279991578
>the black cat ate all our beans!
stealing beans from hungry children- the nerve!!
ma'am, throw him into blood lake
>>279991593
she's *this close* to using that club to knock him into blood lake
>>279991749
>based on that drawing of daddy on the wall, he doesn't get to go home much.
he's off foraging for food
i wonder what there is to eat in hell... do you think something lives in blood lake?
>>279992010
>soul cleansing uses literal washing machines
i wonder if they launder money with washing machines too
>souls that have become evil in the physical world are cleansed
wait i thought the scythes did that... are the evil spirits that are cut with the scythe transported to that room?
>>279992026
EEEKK!!!

>>279995186
Cute heart clip.

>>279995207
A bit bitter.

>>279995204
I mean, presumably this is for those that are already in the afterlife so you can clean them in bulk. But then again, they had to wash the fox. I wouldn't think too hard.

>>279995245

>>279995255

>>279995255
Uh oh.

>>279995266
Uh oh.

>>279995305
You can actually see the bag in the panel where she initially serves the tea.

Also, Rokumon, noooo!

>>279995323

>>279995340
Ugh...

>>279995358
It really does work.

>>279995366

>>279995393
Referencing idol meet-ups.

>>279992095
>I do appreciate the window panes.
it's so the light of The Lord can shine bright!
>huff! wheeze!
oh nyo!
>>279992113
he has sakura's number? nice
>I'll be right over
aww
>>279992152
his pajamas have little crosses
>eat up
oh rinne...!
>he only held the spoon to feed himself
taking food from a sick christian boy- the nerve!!
>>279992209
>>279992248
>100 years ago
>tamako caught it
so how old is she...
>soul cleansing room in ancient times
>in ancient times
at the time of this chapter, 100 years ago was taisho era (same time period as mao and demon slayer)
but i guess that's part of the joke teehee
>it said "当時" which basically means "in those times"
well maybe not the original joke but i think rumiko would've been like "can't believe i didn't think of that lol"

>>279995416
Furinkan notes that: "Renge tells Sakura to tell Rika and Miho "くたばってブス/kutabate busu". This is a very rude phrase that indeed is roughly "drop dead ugly girls.""

>>279995434
Effective.

>>279995457
What? How?

>>279995483

>>279995496
End of chapter, end of volume. Taking some time for Rokumon to recover (since well, he got tea served to him by Renge's black cat).

Feel free to use the thread to discuss anything Rin-ne related. I have some stuff I'll posting here and there to bump the thread.

I will be returning next Saturday to dump Volume 15 of Rin-ne. But right now, I will be dumping the Rumic Theater one-shot "A Guilty Happening".

やましい出来事 (Yamashii Dekigoto) or "A Guilty Happening" was published on March 5th, 2012 in Big Comic Original. As such, it was published around the time of these chapters.

This translation is a fanscan. Of course, as unofficial fanscans and translations, they have their own issues but at the least we don't have to worry about flipped art. This story has four pages of color and four pages of red tint. It seems the fanscans found the original printing of the story, which is great.

Seems this is a different scanlator? Not sure though. Also, they seem to have translated the editor's marketing on the front. I am pretty sure that is who writes these. They normally aren't in volumes. Anyway, I don't have too much to say about this one. It has some interesting stuff in it, but I am a bit ambivalent on it.

>>279995638
I don't have notes from Furinkan for this one, so I don't know if the names are puns and don't know their original writing. Also, nice dramatic start.

>>279995652

>>279995663
I genuinely expected her to be Ayaka given the previous page.

>>279995675
I don't know if this is a real place. I assume it isn't.

>>279995694
Hostess bar. We've seen a lot of host clubs (as in male hosts), but not many of these in Rumic works. I feel we did see one once though.

>>279995707

>>279995719

>>279995728

>>279995738
Oh, they actually explain one of the name puns.

>>279995745
Haha! I was double-tricked when I first read this.

>>279995757

>>279995772

>>279995786

>>279995798

>>279995814

>>279995842

>>279995865

>>279995890
We got the oni look here as well. Presumably, also a gag about an oni wife. They explain the bottle keep in a translation note.

>>279995919

>>279995930
!

>>279995957
Was honest from the start.

>>279995975

>>279995991
Here's that translation note I mentioned.

>>279996003

>>279992394
>it's not like I'm protecting you!
b- baka!!
>modified the line classically used by tsundere towards their love interest
what did rumiko mean by this
>>279992487
rinne you broke-ass cheap-ass thieving ginger
>en garde
>>279992498
boy's locked and loaded
but that smile is suspicious...
>>279992516
>yip
calling appa?
>come out with your paws up!
hehehehe
>>279992537
>he's been possessed?!
nyooooo!
>I'm so happy
>you're looking out for me
he's back! saved by the power of love

>>279996013
Caught...

>>279996026

>>279996043

>>279996051
Honestly, it does bug me that he did it specifically after she said she wanted to go there and he said he was too busy.

>>279996070

>>279996078
... safe.

>>279996093
End! Yeah, I don't know what to think. I mean, what's done is done and it definitely is a lie but he didn't actually kiss her or anything, but yeah. A bit exciting to read at least.

As mentioned before, I'll be back next Saturday for Volume 15 of Rin-ne. Thanks again for reading.

>>279992560
damn it, rinne! you knocked the fox back in!
>his will and the soul of the nine-tailed fox are struggling with each other
there's an epic battle happening inside tsubasa's inner world that we're missing out on
>>279992643
>it wasn't that powerful a fox to begin with
was it really, or is tamako a beast and the fox was fodder in comparison?
>if you defeated the nine-tailed fox 100 years ago...
>how old are you now, grandma?
asking the real question
at great risk of personal injury
>I've never seen "get" spelled that way in this context.
i thought it was written "now git"
>>279992659
>exorcist mirror
i forgot if you mentioned which word for "exorcist" they use
regardless- >>279992667 daaamn TJ (age 16) i didn't know you were packing that kind of heat
>holding the bible upside down
oh no!! rinne ruuuun!!!
>>279992748
>shinigami be gone, yip!
the power of christ (and the fox) has compelled rinne!! p- powerful...

just remembered
during my searches, i came across a spanish blog (unfortunately this did not give me leads) but there was a mention there that during the 70s one of rumiko's favorite authors was making a manga version of spiderman and that that's why "punched victims" (heh) make the "sign of the *horns" when they go flying
*(this is a both a translation + it jogged my memory that that hand sign *is* known by that name in english too)
though another user expressed a bit of doubt if it's just hearsay or truth
have you heard about that?

>>279996535
>a spanish blog
a spanish *forum
don't know why i blanked out on the actual term

>>279996535
I have heard of Rumiko's one of favorite manga being Ikegami and his very famous take on Spider-Man. But I have not heard any connection to the Rumic gesture and that does not seem to fit the feel of the manga from what I saw.

https://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi56.html

>>279992667
Damn, I kind of want Mythbusters to test that.
Book Blade Catch seems legit.

>>279997278
>Book Blade Catch seems legit.
has to be a thick book like the bible
i feel like the mythbusters did test if a book could stop a bullet (since that's something that's seen in movies) but i'm not sure

I didn't check what the text said. Hopefully nothing bad.

>>279997592
>>279997278
Mythbusters did the barehanded blade grab myth test and it seems that humans just aren't fast enough. I doubt the book would be much help.

>>279997718
>I didn't check what the text said. Hopefully nothing bad.
a- anon... it- it says...
nah i'm kidding rokumon is just happy to have air conditioning
>ここの部屋クーラーきいてて最高ですようなりんね様ぁ～

>>279997771
>ですような
oh wait oops, it's actually
>ですよお
>ここの部屋クーラーきいてて最高ですよおりんね様ぁ～

>>279989168

Finally, I've made it back to the latest storytime.

>>279999440
were you mining in the archives again bro?

>>279999693
You have no idea what it's like down there. It's a maze designed by DEMONS.

>>279995541
Cheapskates save the day!

>>279989206
out of context, what does
>picrel
look like to you?

>>279989291

>>279990024

>>279988221
i was wondering if the hand from this panel would work and it does!
>picrel

last thread i mentioned i had checked out the physical volume, and i have this one too
i finished it but i'll shitpost and wonder out loud (in type) regarding the rest of the chapters when i regain consciousness, as well as go over the last chapter of the tragedy of P collection
i'll read this new one-shot before i go though
>>279995652
>we just can't be together anymore
>anymore
ayo he actually went through it before? that's a change of pace, usually they just contemplate it
>>279995663
>shaving when he's already put on his sweater
hmm
>>279995675
>I genuinely expected her to be Ayaka given the previous page.
same
>urano kaoruko
i'm guessing that ura could be as in 裏? that kanji can refer to secret/shadowy things (and "the reverse side" and other mundane definitions but we're focusing on the sus)

>>279995694
>I hear you're from hokuriku
that's in western japan
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokuriku_region

>ryotei restaurant
according to wikipedia
>Traditionally, ryōtei only accept new customers by referral and feature entertainment by geisha,
>but in modern times this is not always the case.
>Ryōtei are typically places where high-level business or political meetings can take place discreetly.
>>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%8Dtei
suspicious...
>I don't know if this is a real place. I assume it isn't.
googled ふううんてい and it suggested to me
風雲亭 however the address is in osaka which is *not* in the region that the wife is talking about
coincidence i guess

>>279995707
literally on her knees
>>279995745
>"Kosakai" = small world
oh my god... it's- it's a small world-- >>279995757 after all...!?

>>279995814
>I mean, I didn't even do anything...
>>279995890
what a specific topic to bring up
>>279995957
he does know!
>>279995975
oh the falling panel wasn't just metaphorical, he actually fell out of his chair lol
>>279995991
accepting that she was a hostess is one thing, but finding out your own dad was her regular would be a whole other matter...

>>279996026
he's doing good keeping those words inside thought bubbles
>I called Fuuuntei
but alas...
>>279996043
it's over
>>279996070
>I think I may be getting divorced from your father
it's OVER-over holy shit
i don't know how ayaka could turn it around in a way to calm the situation but we'll see
>>279996093
>a lady affiliated with his company
i feel like that needs a little more honestly
>>279996118
>this is pretty dull
>I'm coming with my friends next time
oof

Here's the Japanese cover for Volume 13.

>>280002684
The scan I have also had the marketing little paper thing that they put at the bottom, so I figured I'd post that too this time. It is kind of fun.

>>280001247
Oh man, it is perfect. Good job.

>>279992209
it's just 九尾狐 in cursive script

>>280001718
Oh, good info. That would make sense.

>>280001796
I didn't realize it was a term rather than an area. Whoops.

>>279995541
I forgot to mention, Sovereign Tea (punny) is a localization. Like Servant Tea (Kerai Tea), it was referred to in Japanese. Furinkan has a note: ""Jiyu tea. A very expensive antidote for the Kerai tea." - Jiyu (自由) means "freedom"."

>>280004614
Oh. That makes sense. I see it now.

It is him.

>>279994268
I googled a bit and I guess it's a pun on Mantispidae insects, in Japanese they are アミメカゲロウ目カマキリモドキ / amimekagerou-me kamakiri modoki

also scientific names of plants and animal are often all katakana and kinda difficult to parse, so that's a thing too

>>280002684
rokumon looks at peace on the back cover

>>280006869
The one on the right has
>WHF.14 Winter
in the corner
WHF must be a convention but I'm not familiar with that abbreviation

>>280003558
I didn't even realize they had switched outfits until I see "monk" written on the wrong side...

>>280009894
I was wondering why they looked off. It really was just the ponytail that threw me off.

>>280008296
World Hobby Fair is apparently ran by the company that owns Shonen Sunday.

>>280010765
lol you didn't notice either
>World Hobby Fair is apparently ran by the company that owns Shonen Sunday
I see, so that's what it is

Interesting news if you're in the San Francisco area
>https://www.famsf.org/exhibitions/art-of-manga
Rumiko will be among the featured artists of a manga art exhibition

>>279988221
Damn it Jumonji your ashes never work.

>>279988754
Man I am continuously struck by the difference in currency amounts between Ranma and Rinne. Nabiki was selling shit for 5k yen, here 500 yen is expensive. I get that it's a different circumstance - Nabiki is usually scamming rich Kuno and Rinne is dirt poor - but I also have to wonder if the Lost Decades of Japan taking their toll here had anything to do with it.

>>280014419
rinne sweating over 500 yen is part of the joke
even in 2010 that wasn't a lot, it's literally a coin
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/500_yen_coin

>>279988024
Such a short skirt...

>>279996118

>>279988221
>>279989329
>who is his tailor?
In case the cross on his attire(s) didn´t give you the hint pic related

>>279989104
Top kek

>>279989047
It's missing a videogame console

>>280016858
>pic
oh my god how could i have been so blind...
of course! it all makes sense now!

>>279989942
>my back was actually my frontside
That's some Bleach tier bullshitery lmao

>>279991144
>>279991251
Editanon; make komm happen!!

>>279991593
If it wasn't for the baby it could be a great disdain for pic

>>279991749
It's even better for being a subtle gag about the power dynamics at home lmao

>>279992026
Rumiko self-insert WITNESSED

>>279992985
>*teleports behind you*
Are we still pretending this doesn't feel like a Bleach at all?... because there're a fair amount of its cliches + Ichigo cameo

>>279993525
>new character
So, it happened... AGAIN

>>280017485
>If it wasn't for the baby it could be a great disdain for pic
we can get rid of the baby

Man. I miss Ranma. Rinne just isn't hitting. Doubtless nostalgia plays into it majorly, but also I feel like the characters in Rinne just aren't as entertaining. Rinne and Sakura are both fairly calm and docile creatures. Ranma and Akane were both wacky and even the more mild characters had some spice to them.

>>280017634
>new character
*new transfer student
remember we had tsubasa as one first

>>279993751
T.J. (16) has his hope for love VINDICATED.

>>279994043
Double gesture, nice move.

>>279994139
>a fucking Xbox
>in Japan
wow... new low for Sabato. IIRC Xbox was released way later into the 6th gen, so it's not that old but certainly cheap to get in Japan due several factors.

>>280017808
It is absolutely a different style of comedy. Rin-ne is absolutely a series with multiple straight men rather than everyone taking turns being them. The goofiness is almost entirely the ghosts (though Ageha and Sabato obviously do it too). I genuinely think Rinne's poor gag only hits sometimes and Sakura's comedy is entirely her not reacting or reacting to the wrong thing.

Still, much in the same way I missed UY's brazenness when I read Ranma 1/2, I appreciate both. There are some moments in Rin-ne that really hit for me, so I felt it was worth reading through for that.

>>279995102
>>279995115
>another person bound to failure and poorfaggotry due Rinne's dad's fault
So... it happened... AGAIN

>>279995176
So we have Damashigami Sango and now the Shikon pearl cameo.

>>279995541
The economical way always wins, baby!

>>280017780
And without the baby is even easier getting rid of the bubbles.

>>280017808
>Rinne just isn't hitting.
It's not that far from we already had it hitting the same notes of comedy.

>>280018295
I'm fucking retarded...

>>280018320
And you can have fun with it afterwards

>>280018295
>>280018320
>even easier getting rid of the bubbles.
it is, but i left them since it would also be easy to replace her dialogue :-)
although it seems like the black you used isn't the same shade as the background

>>280018197
>>another person bound to failure and poorfaggotry due Rinne's dad's fault
>So... it happened... AGAIN
mackerel man is a menace to society in this world and the next
HE MUST BE STOPPED

>>280018533
right, too noticeable. Should've extracted the tone first.

>>280014364
wait for it, you'll see
you'll all see

>>279995675
Me too.

>>279995757
Oh guess I was right!

>>279996043
wtf they look you up when you enquire about the menu?

>>279996118
Kinda anti-climactic. All's well that ends well. BUT what was up with her knowing about the hot spring hotel when he didn't tell her? Was that just forgotten?

>>280019997
>what was up with her knowing about the hot spring hotel when he didn't tell her? Was that just forgotten?
he's the one who forgot whether or not he told her >>279995738
>Hang on... did I tell her about the hot spring hotel...?
seems that the answer is "yes" he did, he just forgor

>>280018320
This sould be a better cleanup

>>280001718
>as well as go over the last chapter of the tragedy of P collection

and now for
>Extra-Large Size Happiness
>https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/266616351/#q266623254

>Furinkan says the first four pages of this were in full color, but their image of the cover looks like it is in red tint so I don't know the truth. You can tell it is not just black and white originally for those first four pages though.
unfortunately the volume doesn't show these pages in color either
I guess three of the stories getting their pages printed in color/red tint was the max...

Ryuiichi is 隆一 "noble" and "one"
Hanako is 華子 but using the other character for "flower" (which also means "splendor")

>to get out of this mouse hole
instead of "mouse hole" she says
>このクソみたいに狭い団地
this crappy cramped apartment heh

>From now on we'll be seeing each other day and night
I noticed the kanji for "4" and "6" in the speech bubble
looking it up I learned that "around the clock" is said with the four character compound
>四六時中
>shirokujichuu
because 4 x 6 = 24 (hours) get it?
>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%9B%9B%E5%85%AD%E6%99%82%E4%B8%AD

>>280020770
found a new way to scream lmao
when hanako runs away from the table while talking with her mother-in-law, in the original it's
>ぎひいいいい!!
>gihi-iiii!!
I'm not really getting results about gihi or gihii as an onomatopoeia for screaming, maybe rumiko made it up?

and that concludes my notes on Tragedy of P thanks to our friend, the public library
anything else you'd like to ask?

>>280001247
>>279988221
>literally the same panel at its core
Next level rehash from Rumiko

>>280020816
also i found a manga shopping site that shows you the initial color pages for slim kannon
>https://comic.k-manga.jp/title/16215/pv
press the orange button that says
>無料試し読み

for some reason their preview of the Tragedy of P shows the initial pages in black and white, which is weird because i have the volume right here, right now, by my side, with color pages
you saw my crummy pics
but checking the back of the book
>1994年3月1日 初版第一刷発行 (検印廃止)
first edition March 1, 1994
>2000年2月5日 第七刷発行
seventh edition February 5, 2000

could it really be that the first edition had no color pages? i don't know if that's the version this site has (also the way the cover is kind of different)
>https://comic.k-manga.jp/title/92480/pv
but, well i don't know about you, but later edition having color pages is kind of a big difference isn't it?

>>280020949
i kept this image
>picrel
because, well, look at it lmao
and then in volume 6 ageha said this about tsubasa
>You're just not satisfied unless you fling your sacred ashes at everything
>https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/279167657/#q279206830
i'm glad this volume had a hand that fit hehehehe

>>279996043
It seemed like it was for longer. Not just one year, then this is a problem for the married one.

>>279996118
Kind of rushed as ending but works, more impressed it tackled the secrecy in marriages upfront, I don't see that in manga much. Not the accesible ones at least.

>>280021523
Honestly, my first thought was mistranslation. It doesn't make sense if she's already graduated and he is visibly older.

>>280020816
>>280020770
Neat stuff. Mousehole is good localization. Not question, but yeah, seems the later editions were better.

>>280021693
i should be able to turn this in this weekend, and then i'll put in the request for the next one
i suspect that this entry is the two-volume "masterpiece collection" recompilation that furinkan talks about here
>https://www.furinkan.com/rumictheater/manga/about.html
the catalog shows that this 'kessaku tanpenshu' has volume 1 and 2
i guess we'll find out sometime in july?

>>280022230
Sounds like a plan.

>>280018042
Oh, I didn't know it came out later. That explains it. A bit.

i was re-reviewing the archives for what other one-shots and shorts you've posted

>https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/276220782/#q276228655
>I also would dump a shot little one page gag called Memories of Q or Qの思い出 but I can't find a scan of it, translated or not. The good news is I found translated scans of two earlier brief shots that I couldn't find, one for Elfairy and one for Shape of Gluttony. I might post them at some point.
i posted elfairy in a recent thread, but it seems that you didn't post shape of gluttony in any thread

>>280023393 (me)
well i already had a list of the one-shots, but i was *double* double checking with furinkan's timeline
>https://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/timeline.html
and looking for the shorts, considering that in my searches i've randomly come across some
(that hanshin tigers one i mentioned is 2015 so we're not there yet chronologically)

>>280023457
>>280023393
Yeah, I haven't found a time to post it. I guess I could do it whenever. It is pretty short. I usually like to announce these ahead of time. I guess I'll do it next Wednesday?

>>280023814
>I usually like to announce these ahead of time.
yeah for sure, i was just reminding that that's one in limbo
and the whole increasing difficulty of obtaining translated one-shots... so that's something you know?

>>279991144

>>279991144
>are you seeing this shit, random human girl i don't even know?
>yeah i'm seeing this shit, random demon i don't even know

>>279991238
>mexicancore

>>279991289

>>279991578
you catch this cat creature eating your beans
what do you do next anons?

>>279991578
which is your favorite sticker?

>>279991749
>Also, based on that drawing of daddy on the wall, he doesn't get to go home much.

>>279992209
>picrel
making it rain frogs and snakes...

>>279992560

Season 2 opening
>https://youtu.be/S-3cHeQghCI?si=u9VRPvRUIBrSkKLr

>>280024848

>>280029641
Hah, they completely spoil Renge's thing. Even though Renge apparently doesn't even show up until Season 3.

I didn't expect them to have ghosts being referenced though, that was pretty nice. You can see some of the ghost stories we've already covered including the straw doll lady.

>>279996118
Thank you for posting, Rumic OP.

>>280028876
cute

>>280030107
rokumon doesn't look as nefarious here lol

>>280034186
very cute

>>280031087
>You can see some of the ghost stories we've already
did you notice the alligator?

>>280036357
extremely cute

>>280031087
>Even though Renge apparently doesn't even show up until Season 3.
That doesn't make sense... that was supposed to be opening 1 of season 2
Opening 2 of season 2 features a character that hasn't appeared in the storytime yet + renge is still in that one too

>>280039607
Wouldn't be the first time. The old Ranma anime included characters and events in openings that never appeared in an episode.

>>280040306
>https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Rin-ne_episodes
Episodes 38-39 are part of season 2

>>279992833
>Q: What's the most expensive thing you've bought recently?
>A: I bought a ring with an interesting design.
show us the ring rumiko
>>279992848
>picrel
that nine-tails didn't know who it was messing with

>>280014364
>Damn it Jumonji your ashes never work.
>>279992901
what now huh?!

>>280042298
I bet it called her "granny"

>>280023166
Odd; internet says it was released around late 01 early 02. OgXbox was planned with long time beforehand and advanced hardware but the date doesn't add up

>>279993188
>Rokumon used the term 魔法陣 which is just literally magic circle.
>魔法陣
>陣
are you sure about that? because 陣 is giving me results for "battle formation", "group, corps, gang"
did you mean 輪? because that means "wheel", "ring", "circle"
>It would be pretty funny if Rumiko looked up "magic circle" and copied a design closely from an anime from 2004, but I don't see that as likely.
why not? it was 2012, the internet was *in* heh
>>279993203
>He's alive!
rokumon thought he was a goner lol
>>279993237
>Also, sacred rope is clearly 標縄 or shimenawa.
i didn't notice the little papers attached the rope earlier
>>279993259
>power stone! come forth, spirits!
oh shit
>>279993270
kain no!
>the feeling of exhaustion and emotional damage their opponents take is tremendous!
what a vicious power

>>279993285
he's back! the power of love saved him!
>but maybe if you fought it a little harder...
lmao
>>279993290
>slices the sacred rope with little effort
i guess it's still just a rope in the end...
>are you just using the fox as an excuse to settle old scores?
nyo, of course not! that's just a coincidental bonus to the situation
>Good job, Kain. Though they did put up a good fight.
through hell and back, kain has a resistance that rivals TJ's
perhaps even surpasses it
>>279993411
where was he even keeping that cross?
>Rokumon referred to 狐幻術 or "kitsune genjutsu"
naruhodo so it matches with black cat magic which i think was kuroneko genjutsu
i wonder if the rabbits have usagi genjutsu?
>>279993439
>>279993461
he's dual-wielding!!
>This is what I'm really made of!
so i take it that tsubasa has some practice with swordsmanship? boy's been holding back on us this whole time
>you're obviously fully in league with it
well, not at first...

>>280043062

>>280042403
>only works when a yokai is controlling him
Sasuga

>>280042722
Nta but nope, that's correct.

>no smol Rokumon
WORTHLESS VOLUME

>>280044215
i'm asking if that's what the actual text said
OP has been known to get the wrong kanji/kana from google lensing the text

>>280044244
I was wondering where you were

>>279993475
>now he's friends with it?!
you'll never understand a warriors bond
>>279993502
>and returned sparkling clean
free bath :-)
>looks like the stains on his soul didn't come out completely
look, listen, his ancient ancestors were once cursed by a demon
it's- it's naraku's fault
>>279993645
>shoot soccer
teehee
>No note about a pun though.
sawa erika... yeah i got nothing
>>279993656
>>279993664
she literally turned her back for a few minutes and he fell for another girl...
brutal

>>279993704

>>279993728
>ドロボー猫/dorobo neko
>This is slang for a girl that steal's someone's boyfriend.
interesting
it seems there's a full kanji version of this term too
>泥棒猫
>>279993770
she shoots! she scores!
GOOOAAL right to his head!!
>>279993872
he somehow obtained that teddy bear, flowers, donuts, and a gift during school hours
did he hope the fence to get out of school grounds?

>>279993834
>picrel
quite a variety of sports these girls were involved in
and is sakura getting flashed by marilyn monroe?

>>279993834
he's smaller than the stool

>>279996944

>>279993884
would you try to catch her?

>>279993979
>Dolphin!
not even given the dignity of being on her bed! just tossed into a basket...
>>279994043
>picrel
magnificent
10/10 landing
>>279994019
>how did you...
it has a retail price of 20,000 yen that's how!!
>>279994062
>his soul's been completely sucked out of him?
n- nyo...
>Myna birds are capable of mimicking human speech.
that bird was in one of rumiko's one-shots :-)
>>279994070
>three people in one class who could see right through me!
that's what happens when you end up in the class of the mc

>>279993964
chapter 135 color page
which was used in the inner sleeve >>280002684

>>279994139
>Renge's flowers hide her horns which indicate she is an oni, a type of Japanese ogre.
ogre's can become shinigami?
i've asked/noted before how some damashigami have horns but... do oni become damashigami? are there no horned shinigami who have not strayed into damashigamihood?

>>279994153
>and a student at the affiliated girls school
>affiliated girls school
this raises questions...
>>279994268
>Maybe "mashi rei modoki" sounds like "mushi nogotoki"?
it seems that the breakdown of アメリカダマシ霊モドキ is
>アメリカ amerika = "america" obviously
>ダマシ damashi = "deception", "cheating"
>霊 rei = "spirit" we know this one
>モドキ modoki = "-like", "pseudo-", "imitation", "in the style of"
>>280007118
>アミメカゲロウ目カマキリモドキ
and this breaksdown into
>アミメカゲロウ目 amimekageroume = neuroptera
>カマキリモドキ kamakirimodoki = mantispidae
mantispidae are part of the order neuroptera, and mantispidae is a family rather than an individual insect species
using the example species on wikipedia
>Mantispa styriaca
mantispa is a genus within the family mantispidae
scientific names for animals goes Genus-species
in conclusion: rinne is a bugfag because there is no reason for him to know an insect orders well enough to make that comparison in the first place

>>280051133
apparently kamakirimodoki also refers to the "mantidfly" but i stand by the fact that rinne possibly knowing in what order they're in is a sign of bugfaggotry

>>279994330
>Tsubasa being a soul in a hamster cage is pretty great.
that poor ball of soul...energy...? ectoplasm?
>>279994351
>shatters the whole pheromone bottle on tsubasa
oh nyo...
>>279994375
run TJ, ruuuun!! save yourself!!
>>279994527
>Lotuses...
byakuya of the dreams reincarnated as a shinigami girl...
>>279994564
nyooo, not TJ's soul getting yeeted too!

>>279994375
these stickers raise so many questions
what would the cow being abducted by a ufo even do?
or the octopus attacking a person?
the fish skeleton?
dogs barking is obvious though, and i assume the penguins in love turns you into a waddling love-stricken fool

>>279994608
>Hehehe. I remember laughing at that panel of the doofuses.
i'm a fan of the expression of the bird to the far right myself

>>280051684

>>279994620
gay
>>279994662
gay and diabolical
>>279994728
rinne learned from TJ's 10/10 landing and did his own
>meanwhile, jumonji's soul was making a racket
#FreeHim

>>280051855

>>280051888

>>279994843
>In Japanese, she called Sabato a グータラ (guutara) which means idler, lazybones, etc. and said that the son "abandoned his job"
i figured it was the translator having a Literature moment rather than something in the original
>I like the parallels in the phrasing here in English.
it is nice isn't it? :-)
>>279994854
>Beef bowls.
teehee
also she had the horns back then, guess she was born that way after all
>>279995032
wasn't the fishing rod used before against the lion that was trying to eat tsubasa's head?
>>279995078
he stuck the landing! and possibly broke his ankles
>wait for us!
run TJ, RUUUUNNN

>>279995115
>bleh, it's smoky in here!
you'd think he'd be used to that kind of thing
>>279995130
>picrel
incredible, rinne made all of them gay

>>279995186
>Small.

>>279995207
how old must she be to be that small and wrinkly
>>279995255
>if we're going to get renge, we should strike now
>if we're going to get renge
"get" how? arrest her? kill her?
>>279995323
>You can actually see the bag in the panel where she initially serves the tea.

>>279995323
>Also, Rokumon, noooo!
traitor!
>>279995340
>>279995358
>this isn't me!
>wasn't that punch a little strong?
lmao
>>279995434
>the drop dead part's one thing, but...
>did you just call us hags?! seriously?!
girls....

>>280052482

>>279995483
>>279995496
>>279995541
>a pillar of sacred ash smoke!
he's free!
>feh
heh
>even with their souls under my control... I couldn't overcome their penny-pinching nature
the poor is engraved into their very bones...
>renge moved in next door to rokudo-kun
but why? is she broke? that building doesn't have electricity...

overdue report update
>volume 14 = none!
>volume 13 = sad little meow meow ghosts, precious, makes up for the lack of smol rokumon
>volume 12 = despite all of the black cats, there were no adorable balls of fluff... tragic
>volume 11 = The Return of Mew (3 times on one page, also bonus kitty)
>volume 10 = none, but there was a random appearance or two of some other cat
>volume 9 = none, but there was that one panel of kitties bowing to death
>volume 8 = seven mews
>volume 7 = one mew, but supplemented by the presence of other meows that were not rokumon
>volume 6 = one myew
>volume 5 and 4 = none
>volume 3 = four tiny meow meows
>volume 2 and 1 = multiple high-quality cute panels, yet to be beat
rumiko-dono, onegai...

>>279996251
The term used here was 破魔.

>>280042722
Looks like 陣 to me. And yeah, when I translate 陣 by itself, it gives me something else than when I translate 魔法陣. The furigana is まほうじん though.

>>280052138
I think so. I don't quite remember how it was localized there.

>>280025048
Shoo him away from my beans.

>>280026306
The little twin star oni thing is pretty cute.

>>280003558
>>280009894
okay i looked up the rest

right side, tsubasa dressed as miroku
>>祓魔師 ※純心
>exorcist *pure
arrows pointed at head
>>アホの子
>foolish child
>>観察力抜群
>>(心理的変化に敏感)
>outstanding powers of observation
>(susceptible to psychological changes)

left side, miroku dressed as tsubasa
>>法師 ※腹黒
>monk *devious/scheming
arrow pointed at head
>>頭脳明晰
>has a keen/brilliant mind
at leg
>>驚異的な脚力
>astounding leg strength

some of these kanji are so squashed that i looked them up by the one or two radicals that i could identify, then went through the list that had that, and selected what fit the general shape until words formed
and for some i looked up a wildcard+the kanji i recognized until i found something that fit the shape
so there might be an error in there...

>>280005504
rokumon's speech bubble in the bottom panel is using katakana
i guess to express he sounds robotic?
>>280053199
>The term used here was 破魔
>破魔
oh what, that's a different word than what exorcist (祓魔師 from that fanart) is written with

oyasumi

You know, I honestly don't believe in the existence of ghosts and such, but if they did exist, then I'd probably become an evil spirit after death, since I can't imagine willingly leaving the world of the living so quickly. No, I'd want to linger on and haunt those that have done me wrong.

>>279993525
>black hair
>hime cut
>flowers in hair
>dark clothes
Very cute.

>>279994070
I always liked Renge's scythe

>>279995130
TJ the new sex symbol

>>280054298
The former seems to be specifically a term for Buddhist exorcisms, and the latter for Christian ones.

>>280045727
I keep almost giving up on this manga, but the chance of smol kot keeps me going.

>>280055410
sweet kitty dreams