Alright, it is Wednesday (sorry for the unannounced delay) and I am gonna post the seventeenth 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: >>280190134

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.

Genuinely sorry about the completely unannounced delay. I wanted to do it on Saturday, but life got in the way really suddenly and really badly. I intend to continue my usual schedule of Wednesday and Saturday from now on, but depending on how things go, there may be a significant delay or even the very small possibility of this story time not continuing. I apologize.

August 29th, 2012. Author's note:
"Q: Hey there, please tell us about an annoying experience you've had.
A: Hanshin in 2008."

>>280411510
Hm...

>>280411534
Zaitsu is written as 座逸 in Japanese. Can't tell if there's a pun. I also wanted to check if the club by any chance referred to more specific genre of music, but it was フォークソング部 or "foukusongu-bu", so loan words from the English words "folk song club".

Sorry, not going for the untranslated background signs unless I am super curious.

>>280411716
This chapter is pretty gross, actually. I wonder how they would've adapted it if they bothered to in the anime.

>>280411738
The usual.

>>280411762
I found their remarkable nonchalance very funny when I first read this.

>>280411793

>>280411807
That'll do it.

>>280411831
Is... that the most shocking thing about all this?

>>280411886
I wouldn't be surprised if that poster is based on something specific, but I have no means of determining anything more.

>>280411916
Got ourselves a new tool. And a Rumic Gesture. It was 霊眠剤 with the furigana れいみんざい in Japanese. It means what it says. Spirit Sleeping Pills (or Soporific, since it isn't pills).

>>280412003

>>280412026
They're frolicking.

>>280412049
The world of Rin-ne is pleasant in some ways, but pretty spooky in others.

>>280411510
Hope everything turns out well whatever it is, OP

>>280412086
I don't know why a cicada would be named 油美, but yeah. Anyway, no clue if there's a pun.

Oh and the Sada's name written out in full in Japanese was 佐田マサミ.

>>280412206
Obviously appropriate.

>>280412118
Thank you. Good to see you. Enjoy the story-time.

>>280412236
I imagine most creatures with incredibly short lifespans pass on somewhat readily. Though we did have those mosquito spirits from before...

>>280412280
End of chapter. VIZ made a pun. I assume Rumiko's original lines also had a pun since there's usually some sort of joke in the final panel, but I am not able to parse one out. Sakura said "セミプロ級ですね。" and Zaitsu said "よく言われるよ。".

More bunnies. Also, quite a title.

September 5th, 2012. Author's note:
"Q: What interesting habits do you have?
A: Whistling."

>>280412373
Rokumon looking cute here.

>>280412398
Oh, we're back to balderdash for ボケカス again. Whatever. You'd think with a catchphrase, they'd be consistent, but VIZ changes translators and it can be hard to tell when you first see a phrase like this.

>>280411510
It's okay, OP. It gave me time to watch some of the ridiculous number of anime this season.

>>280412436
Rinne was unaffected, but I mean, no budget.

>>280412342
セミプロ is "semipuro" or semi-professional. Semi is cicada in Japanese.

>>280412449
Ouch.

>>280412448
Fun! Yeah, it is surprising how much of a timesink this is.

>>280412524
Rokumon, save him!

>>280412511
Ah! I saw what it translated to, but I didn't actually know the Japanese word for cicada. I guess I should've looked that up. Thanks!

>>280412559
I was curious what term was translated as "quack" and it was インチキ which means fraudulent or counterfeit, often in business.

>>280412672
Naturally.

>>280412705
Oh hey, someone was asking why it seemed they got cleansed by both the scythe and the washing machines, but here ya go.

>>280412745
Suits her. Not so much visually though.

>>280412778
Figures...

>>280412436
Love Ageha just showing up unannounced. Very Shampoo of her.

>>280412820
The usual stuff. 分離 means "separation" and スプ is the start of supuree (スプレー), so spray.

>>280412908
Quite a few.

>>280412880
Yup. Though less immediately painful to the male protagonist at least...

>>280413026
I never feel too bad about Ageha's stuff being broken. Also, small Rumic gesture.

>>280413063
How familiar.

>>280413101
What you would expect.

>>280413129
Effective.

>>280413142
End of chapter. All's bad that ends bad? Also, Ageha referred to Kain as 小役人 which apparently means "petty official" or "petty bureaucrat". It literally means 小役 means "small role", which made me laugh.

September 12th, 2012. Author's note:
"Q: If you had to be an animal instead of a human, what would you be?
A: The cat of a rich man's house."

I remember her answering this before. Though I remember when she was asked if she had to be an animal for a day or so, she said a bird.

>>280413335
I feel like this is something everyone only gets better at with practice.

>>280413357
Miho naturally was curious.

>>280413372
Terrifying.

>>280413393
We got ourselves a variation of the zoooom. And yeah, Sakura's not freaked out by the hands but sitting like that blows.

>>280413431
Got ourselves a Rinne fullbody.

>>280413449
Ah.

>>280413482
多々美アラタ is his name, yeah. With the furigana たたみ for the last name. This is not written the exact same way as the mats, which are written as 畳, but obviously the furigana makes it clear that it is pronounced exactly the same.

>>280413578
Be careful getting up when you're legs are asleep. You can seriously injure yourself. But he is doing the Rumic gesture, so he's fine.

>>280413600

>>280413625
You can probably understand why Rinne is as offended. Also, I searched what it said on the milk. It says うまい牛乳 or "delicious milk".

>>280413713
I wonder how necessary it is for the sticker to be bigger. It isn't that much more expensive from what I remember though.

>>280413762
Anyway, unsurprisingly, it didn't enjoy his experience.

>>280413786
Uh...

>>280413811
...

>>280413832

>>280413846
Can you blame them? I still really love that beat panel from two pages ago.

>>280413860
End of chapter. I guess it started acting up if you tried to take away its sticker too... Sorry, Rokumon.

September 19th, 2012. Author's note:
"Q: Please tell me what you do to "heal your heart!"
A: Reading and watching television."

>>280413970
I laughed aloud at this stupid page, I dunno, it works for me.

>>280413993

>>280414015
Unsurprisingly, Rinne's feeling particularly offended.

>>280414043
Furinkan reminds us that: "The beckoning cat (招き猫/maneki neko) is a sign of good fortune in Japan. These are believed to bring good luck to their owner and depict a cat with a koban coin in one paw. The cat's coin is a koban coin with the kanji 千万両 (sen man ryo) meaning "ten million ryo". "

They're Japanese by origin, despite how often you see them in Chinatown in the United States.

>>280414124
Who could it be?

>>280414145

>>280414163
Furinkan notes that: "One of the cursed items in the Treasure House where Sabato steals the beckoning cat from is the faux mermaid. This is referenced in Takahashi's Mermaid Series chapter 12. There are also a number of cursed dolls that resemble the curse doll from Ranma 1/2 chapter 331."

I don't think Rumiko was deliberately referencing her old works here though, they're just commonly referenced supposedly cursed things.

>>280414015
He gave it about tree fiddy

>>280414235

>>280414288
Furinkan notes that: "Renge's work with the labor union was first mentioned in chapter 151."

Of course, I don't see Renge. Do you? Hm...

>>280414306

>>280414325
Hm.

>>280413578
Written as it is in his name, tatami can be read as "very much beautiful."

>>280414346
Honestly, as an American, that's a lot of money in just coins. Also, Rokumon...

>>280414460
!

>>280414445
Hah. I mean, he's not awful looking.

>>280414479
Tricked. Also, another henohenomoheji face.

>>280414497

>>280414516
Nice shot!

>>280414533
End of chapter. Figures. I wonder what the skull does for the healing process. Also, the paper says "計画書", so "plan".

We'll get a note regarding what the box says in the chapter itself. I looked ahead briefly. Though you can probably guess. Also, both machine translations translated the original title "七日たったら明けること" as "It'll be dawn in seven days", but I assume that it overly literal. I found it interesting though.

September 26th, 2012. Author's note:
"Q: Is there a food that you just can't eat?
A: Coriander."

Coriander is the same plant as cilantro, but apparently, in the US, the word coriander refers to the seeds of it rather than the leaves. I don't know if that's the same in Japan. She's answered this before, but I am guessing she has the gene which makes the leaves taste like soap.

>>280414708

>>280414708
Wrong kanji. It's 開ける, which is to open.

>>280414722
Says it exactly like in the title. The character on the seal 封 refers to sealing something or stoppering something.

>>280414785
Funny how they rewrote the note here given they didn't in the two establishing shots. Which I do prefer, since seeing the messy handwriting was part of it.

>>280414752
Ah! Sorry. Good catch. I trusted Furinkan on this one, but they made a typo.

>>280414850
The English on the blackboard was in the original Japanese panels as well. Interestingly, the date is actually the publication date of the previous story, not this one. Maybe Rumiko shifted things around or maybe she just decided to set this story a week before the publication date.

>>280414924
Furinkan notes that: "The doll that appears at Sankai High School after escaping from Ageha's box is a "wara ningyo" (藁人形). These are used for cursing individuals much like a voodoo doll in the west. The nail it holds is commonly used for driving the doll into a tree. Frequently these dolls have a strand of hair stuffed inside. The strand of hair belongs to the pursing they are being used to curse."

We had these show up in a previous story. It is so big, haha.

>>280414956
Guess it is tied to her flowers. I wasn't actually sure. Not that the caption clarifies it.

>>280415001
Term translated as "bad vibes" was イヤな感 or "unpleasant feeling". I mean, fair enough.

>>280415084
Not need to stab it into a tree during the ox-hour.

>>280415123

>>280415141
Ah.

>>280415161
Here's Furinkan's usual note about this: ""Catching a sword between your bare hands is called "shinken shirahadori" (真剣白刃取り)""

They did not put it in the chapter notes. Rinne's last line here actually just is the name of the technique in the original panel.

>>280415223
Hehehe. Also, that's not the typical stab wound...

>>280415255
Double Rumic gesture while being kicked into the sky. Common in UY, incredibly common in Ranma 1/2. Honestly, relatively common in Rin-ne.

>>280415301
I guess Renge didn't feel that needle or really tanked it.

>>280415327
So, presumably the explosion hits the doll, which makes both of them feel the explosion on top of feeling the explosion from being in a small space with multiple bombs going off. It probably stacked a lot.

>>280415380

>>280415393
End of chapter. Rinne gets a bit of a break.

Original title is 魔の４コース. 魔 can also mean devil. And コース is kousu from the English word "course". Lane presumably makes more sense in context though.

October 3rd, 2012. Author's note:
"Q: What would you do if you encountered an alien?
A: Look away."

Kind of a scary statement.

>>280415512
What are the chances?

>>280415535
Anpan. あんパン. The bean-jam is anko. Red bean paste.

>>280415580
Full body. I wonder if this style of paneling was as ubiquitous in her establishing shots in every series and I just didn't notice or if she genuinely is using it more.

>>280415622
So yeah, course wouldn't have worked as well.

>>280415640
I know it is just a baton, but I always think of the inanimate carbon rod.

>>280415664

>>280415707
Uniquely qualified to answer this situation.

>>280415719
Uh oh.

>>280415746
Sigh...

>>280415761
What a change...?

>>280415783
Well, not really. Admittedly, it is the thought that counts. For the spirit, I mean.

>>280415804

>>280415819
Oh. It is the scythe, not the flowers. Or they both do it in opposite directions? Well, whatever. Don't think too hard.

>>280415903

>>280415919
Uh, yeah. Dog paper. 犬紙 with the furigana いぬがみ. At least I'm pretty sure that's the furigana. It is a bit small.

>>280416014
Did we have these show up before? Maybe just illusionary dogs.

>>280416058
End of chapter. Oh well.

Got ourselves another seasonal chapter. I didn't even realize the last one was also one, since early October is the time for school athletic festivals in Japan. Anyway, the date of the Moon Viewing 月見 does shift around since it is based on the traditional Japanese calendar, but this year and I assume in 2012, it was in October around this time.

Original title was 月に願いを which can also be translated as "Wish on the Moon".

October 10th, 2012. Author's note:
"Q: If you won 100 million yen in the lottery, what would you spend it on?
A: Make regular deposits."

>>280416259
Hehehe, Rokumon's angry face.

>>280416274
Furinkan has a bunch of notes regarding this chapter, but presumably it is stuff you already know about. I'll still post it:

"The joke about a guardian deity on the moon that Raito and Refuto want to commune with is a joke based on the fact they are rabbits. According to Japanese mythology there the shadowy craters on the surface of the moon make the image of a rabbit, and so the rabbit has long been associated with the moon. Rumiko Takahashi's short series MOON the Great Pet King deals with a similar gag."

Also, VIZ went with "you dope" this time, but in Japanese, it is his usual ボケカス.

>>280416274
Uh-oh, I think someone accidentally mixed up the rabbits' bubbles there...

>>280416337
Yes, ボケカス here as well. Also, more Furinkan notes.

"The food that Raito presents for the moon-viewer are Tsukimi Dango (月見団子). These are white rice dumplings that are arranged into a pyramid shape to offer to the moon and are commonly eaten during "Tsukimi" (月見) the moon-viewing festivals that take place 15th day of the eighth month (full moon) and 13th day of the ninth month (waxing moon) of the traditional Japanese calendar. That roughly places these festivals in September and October.
"We're going to pick some silver grass and decorate the altar." - During the moon-viewing festivals in addition to serving tsukimi dango susuki grass (Japanese pampas grass) is often used as a decoration."

I didn't actually know about the grass.

>>280416385
Actually, every single line by Left has ended with ボケカス thus far. Including his first one.

>>280416364
You are correct! Left said "イキナリなんじゃボケカス。" while Right said "いやりんね様。" VIZ messed up. Good catch.

>>280416505
I guess this localization is why I always thought of Left as not having a catchphrase but as simply being stupidly abrasive. Which I mean, is still true in Japanese, but you know.

>>280416546
!

>>280416564
Fun shot.

>>280416580

>>280416595
Previously translated as "wandering spirit", VIZ went with the more literal "floating spirit" for 浮遊霊 this time.

>>280416642
We finally have some lines that don't end with ボケカス from Left even in the Japanese version. Also, forcefield is the usual 結界. Spell was 呪文.

>>280416259
>"Q: If you won 100 million yen in the lottery, what would you spend it on?
>A: Make regular deposits."
I can never get over how dry Rumiko's responses are.

>>280416699
Furinkan has a note here. They don't always explain these, but I guess I may as well post when I or they think to. Though you guys know by now:

"The small altar that is shown where the rabbits hope to place their business blessing also features a shimenawa (標縄), "enclosing ropes". They are made to ward off evil spirits. They are typically placed around yorishiro (依り代) which are objects capable of attracting spirits such as trees. Hanging from the shimenawa are zig-zag pieces of paper called shide (紙垂). They are often hung from shimenawa or are attached to the wands of shinto priests for purification ceremonies. "

>>280416764
Furinkan also notes that: "The guardian spirit also has a shimenawa and shide around his neck."

>>280416777
守護霊様 was the term for Guardian Spirit used here, by the way.

>>280416831
Can't blame him...

>>280416850
Maybe it is better to just have it be a new insult each time.

>>280416876

>>280416898
End of chapter. I wonder how VIZ settled on "Truth." for だろうな。 which seems to mean "I guess so". Maybe "I figured." would work better.

Oh. Komainu or 狛犬. 狛 is a historical term referring to Korea and 犬 is dog. These are the statues that guard the gate of a shrine in Japanese Shinto. They are not the same thing as the Chinese guardian lions, though they are related historically.

October 17th, 2012. Author's note:
"Q: What's the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning?
A: Turn on the TV."

>>280417068
Figures VIZ had a note. And of course, the story basically explains it.

>>280417084
I like that Miho is getting a touch of spooky shading when she is telling these stories.

>>280417118
Guess they can see it.

>>280417149
There's the zooom. Oh, and after using priestess for Inuyasha, VIZ is using the term "shrine maiden" for 巫女 or miko. I prefer it. I wonder when it became common in English.

>>280417212

>>280417249
Optimism abounds.

>>280417286
Snagged. We see the rope, we see the zigzag paper. I'm not posting the note again.

>>280417309

>>280417326
Cute.

>>280417354
The term translated as "harvest god" here is plenty accurate, but the original term was 稲荷 or inari. These often are represented with foxes or as foxes and have statues of them much like the komainu.

>>280417471

>>280417488
Hm?!

>>280417503
Name is written as 榊. Furinkan notes that: ""Sakaki" is an evergreen tree, specifically one that is considered sacred in the Shinto religion."

>>280417546

>>280417563
Baka. In regards to the first name, per Furinkan: "Ayame writes her first name with hiragana, so it is more difficult to derive a meaning from it, though it is a common first name for Japanese girls meaning "iris"."

So, the full name is 榊あやめ.

>>280417602
The term translated as "disembodied spirit" is 生霊. It has come up before in the past, but refers to a "living spirit", ie. the separated spirit of someone who hasn't died yet. It can also be a vengeful spirit spawned from one's hate.

Copy and pasted that explanation from before. Again.

>>280417660
End of chapter. Hm...

Original title was ご本人登場！ which translates more to "The Actual Person Appears!" or "The Person Themselves Appears", which I honestly find funnier.

October 24th, 2012. Author's note:
"Q: If you had a live-in robot, what kind of functions would you like it to have?
A: I already live with a Roomba."

>>280417730
Pretty spooky one.

>>280417774
Hm...

>>280417794

>>280416777
Great Pet King Moon's really let himself go...
nice lucky trips

>>280417813
Hehehe, cats vs. dogs.

>>280417859
Gotcha.

>>280417839
Yeah, very similar designs but way tubbier.

>>280417874
Emotion powder is still one of the sillier names. The original Japanese was 念粉, so "nen powder". Of course, nen is a broad term that can refer to thoughts, feelings, senses.

>>280417992
Hm?

>>280418033
Well, not a hapless bystander.

>>280418048

>>280418065
Well, that explains that.

>>280418082

>>280418099
Well then.

>>280418138

>>280418149
Off she goes.

>>280418171
Bumped by the words.

>>280418184
He's okay!

>>280418202
End of chapter. Not for long though.

This cover was originally in full color.

Furinkan also notes that: "This issue featured the Inuyasha Wideban drama CD announcement for those who purchased the entire collection of wideban editions of the series."

October 31st, 2012. Author's note:
"Q: What do you associate with "climbing a mountain?"
A: I'd get lost in the snow."

>>280418324
Skipped the art spacer.

>>280418342
Good job.

>>280418373

>>280418386
Grumpy.

>>280418433

>>280418450
Oops.

>>280418473
Term used in the original Japanese by Tsubasa was 札. Or fuda.

>>280418511

>>280418534
Oh no.

>>280418550

>>280418586
Really gives it a spooky look.

>>280418600
It is funny how Rokumon's first thought is work.

>>280418637
There were a lot more 無理 in Japanese. Every single one had the furigana むり. It means "impossible".

>>280418685
How... direct.

>>280418710
Congratulations!

>>280418637
Rokumon's employee of the year, all year every year

>>280418723

>>280418739
Oh, the full term that Tsubasa used is the same one that Rokumon uses here: 厄除けの札. As in "fuda for warding off evil spirits". 厄除 apparently contains a lot of info.

>>280418814
End of chapter, end of volume. Good for them. Also, poor dog.

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 18 of Rin-ne. At least, that is the plan. I am unfortunately am in a position where I can not guarantee that I will be able to continue to do this, but I do intend to. I will try to let you know when I know more.

>>280411380 (OP)
WTF now we have Kikyo rehash...

>>280411510
OP (age undetermined) has been forvigen.

>>280418858
Thank you very much, OP

>>280418858

Sabato is here.

Here's the Japanese cover for Volume 16. Back cover will have to be in a separate post.

>>280423080
Here's the back cover. I unfortunately don't have the inner sleeve illustration for this one. And the quality of this scan is awful. I am sorry.

>>280418723
Ryoga-ass motherfucker

>no smol Rokumon
WORTHLESS volume

>>280418324
Here is the cover of Weekly Shonen Sunday where this chapter debuted. Playing second fiddle to something, but it is on the cover.

Chibis.

>>280411380 (OP)
i thought you abandoned us
>picrel
>>280411510
>but depending on how things go, there may be a significant delay
would it be possible to make a cancellation post? last time the schedule was interrupted the previous rin-ne thread was still alive so you announced it there, but the last thread archived before you could do that this time i guess
such an announcement thread might not live long, but it would be in the archives at least

>>280418928
you know how they include the publication date of the chapter? there is one where OP says "that was my x birthday"

the next jp rumic volume is ready for pick-up, i just have to go pick it up

>>280411738
AAAAAAAHHHHH
screaming crying throwing up
>>280411762
EXORCISE HIM, TJ (age 16)!!!
>>280411793
retards-kun...
>>280411886
>Is... that the most shocking thing about all this?
i guess love *is* blind...
>>280412003
>霊眠剤
seems 剤 broadly means medicine/dose/substance

>>280412049
>They're frolicking.
disgusting
>>280412086
>for his girlfriend (a female)
thank you for the clarification rinne
>he was talking about his cicada girlfriend
i think you need to specificy which "he" you're talking about...
>>280412206
>so her name was yumi
they... they have names?
>I don't know why a cicada would be named 油美
i was looking for "cicada" on jisho to see if the humans had a punny name but no luck...
but there is a species of cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata) called 油蝉 (aburazemi, literally "oil cicada")
an alternate reading for 油 is yu, add 美 "beauty" to make it feminine and i guess you get a bug name?

>>280412236
>>280412280
horrific, i'd throw myself out of a window if that was on my back
>>280412280
i was going to joke about her being reborn and already with another man but then i remembered the ecology of cicadas note and that they spend years underground first
i guess there's still time
>>280412342
>it doesn't bug you that you're not professional?
heh, hehehehe
>>280412373
>Q: What interesting habits do you have?
>A: Whistling.
unexpected

>>280412398
>chainsaw scythe
are those... eyes?
>>280412436
>blackbunny boy on his hands and knees
oh my god
>>280412449
it *is* alive!!
>>280412524
holy shit?!?!?
ageha on that hater grind
>>280412559
>attack other shinigami's scythes for some reason
ageha has a reason though
renge went after her man
>even if you could take out a loan for it?
>how much?
rinne nyooo!

>>280412672
>we went digging for the spirit iron we use to make our scythes
>spirit iron
even iron becomes ghosts...
was it 霊鉄?
>>280412745
my "i'm asking way more about the worldbuilding than what rumiko 'winging it as i go' takahashi thought about" question answered?! balderdash!
>>280412778
>you plan on using that scythe for evil, don't you?!
>well, duh
didn't even try to deny it lmao
>you'd take out a loan for that?!
you'll never understand the hater grindset!
>>280413101
oh. my. god.
>>280413129
it's so over for ren--
>accuses rinne
oh, of course, how could i forget kain's peak rokudo hater grindset

>>280413142
fucking lmao
>you're the ones who illegally trespassed onto the evil spirit grounds and made off with spirit iron
actually yes, they are
>>280413298
nyooo not kain's nifty staff-thing!
by the way i keep forgetting to ask
>https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/279785059/#q279786322
how was transformation mirror scythe written? i assume the mirror scythe part was 鏡鎌
>petty pencil pusher
quality alliteration
wait... wait a minute... is the mirror scythe... polished spirit iron?

>>280413335
>Q: If you had to be an animal instead of a human, what would you be?
>A: The cat of a rich man's house.
heh
>>280413357
so they were doing the tea ceremony on the chapter cover
i've heard it takes a long time
>>280413393
perverted tatami mats?!
>>280413431
>must crawl faster must crawl faster
>>280413482
>it's just the one mat i'm sitting on
that does explain why the other two haven't felt it
>are the movements more sluggish now?
it's because he's a guy, isn't it

>>280413578
>tatami-kun
lmao
>>280413625
>tatami-kun loves tatami mats
>family name is written as "very much beautiful"
was there an ancestor who loved tatami mats so much, he christened himself tatami and wrote it in a way that's an ode to their beauty, and this love passed down through the generations?
>>280413713
so he had chocolate, curry, crumbs, and milk all over his clothes too? ugh
>moved it under the shelf
smart
>>280413832
i knew it, the tatami mat's a pervert!!
>>280413906
well at least rinne can upgrade to a 3-tatami room
>it wouldn't shut up about inviting girls over
never mind

>>280414124
>it's a piggy (kitty) bank tsukumogami
teehee
>a human shadow?!
not teehee...
>>280414145
i was thinking of joking that it was mackerel man on the first page but reconsidered
i should not have reconsidered
>>280414163
well, well, well, look at what the cursed cat cashbox dragged in off the streets... rinne's cheap-ass thieving-ass tax-evading-ass used-carsalesman-ass manwhore deadbeat father
>>280414288
>I can't take my hands off it
nyahahaha
>the only way to save you is...
>accumulate enough to fill it up
let him die
>>280414306
>Of course, I don't see Renge. Do you? Hm...
it's like playing where's waldo on hard mode heh

>>280414460
>money falls out when you bump him with a stick-like object
>like a piñata
hit him again
>he counted all that in just one second?
is this a rainman reference?
>>280414497
>behind you
oh noes!
>>280414533
>Nice shot!
and! it's! outta here!!!
>>280414594
>mackerel man caught up in the explosion
haha gottem--
>rinne's father wasn't purified
motherfucker...
>Also, the paper says "計画書", so "plan"
>計画書
>keikakusho
ah yes, the keikaku
>I wonder what the skull does for the healing process.
obviously it's the intercom

>>280414708
>another seven days reference
well i guess this is volume *seven*teen
>She's answered this before
and she'll say it again in the mao era
>I don't know if that's the same in Japan.
i don't think so, also japanese borrowed the word coriander (コリアンダー) to describe the plant
>>280414924
>september 19th on the blackboard
is it still their first year? it's a like a long groundhog day
a groundhog year
>>280414956
>ENTER
>>280415001
>immediately diving in for the kill
s- sugoi
>Guess it is tied to her flowers.
>Not that the caption clarifies it.
tsk tsk, shame on the narrator

>>280415001
>>280430078
>immediately diving in for the kill

>>280415084
>epic battle going on right above the students' heads
do you think...
>i hate this feeling
so they can feel the sound of the nail on the chalkboard but can't hear it?

>>280415123
heh it has a little racket

>>280415141
>picrel
heehee
>if it stays in there for more than seven days
what about seven years?

>>280415141

>>280415161
>a thousand yen
huzzah
>>280415255
oh shit they're bonded!
>bitch slapping the straw doll
>bitch slapping renge
incredible
but is the pimp hand strong enough?

>>280415301

>>280415301
>picrel
amazing
>>280415327
there goes renge's bed...
>>280415380
there goes renge's whole room...
>>280415393
teehee they all have little rackets

>>280415327

>>280415380

>>280415393

>>280415443
>picrel
wow
>Rinne gets a bit of a break.
he kept the full 1000?!
good for him :-)

>>280423092
>I unfortunately don't have the inner sleeve illustration for this one.
how many mysterious inner sleeve illustrations does this make? three, four?
>>280425162
rinne's hair compliments the pink cover

>picrel
for me?
see ya later, maybe

>>280426293
I definitely will do everything in my power to do a cancellation thread if it comes to it. It is good to see you. And yes, that's exactly what happened.

>>280427026
Ah, maybe that's a coincidence, but maybe not.

>>280427460
Yup.

>>280427661
Have a look.

More Chibis.

Found this earlier.

>>280436137
very cute

>>280436137
clean version of the magazine cover

>>280441035
Correct. I wonder where people can find these.

>>280441535
I assume some are from shops, and some were bonuses that came with the magazine

>>280444141
Sunday also has a rotating selection of wallpapers made from color pages on their website. Not sure if they were doing that when Rinne was still running, though.
>https://websunday.net/wallpaper/
I don't think Rumiko ever posted art on their blog section, either... but she did write a couple posts back when she was doing Inuyasha. Mostly about Hanshin Tigers, by the looks of it.
>https://websunday.net/5654/

>>280444879
>>280444141
I meant the scans, I assumed they came from art books but it is cool that some are just on the site. I didn't know that.

Like, I have Colors and it has some Rin-ne stuff but scanning it would be an ordeal and it wouldn't as as high quality.

>>280432405
>変形鏡面ガマ
>henkei kyoumen-gama
that's a lot more wordy than i expected
also looking at the rest of the page, it seems they use katakana for scythe (カマ) rather than kanji

>>280415535
of course TJ (age 16) made it, having great running legs has been passed down for generations
rinne is a quadroon, while not stated, it probably boosts his physical stats
renge is not even human at all
>I'm surprised too!
sakura has mc privilege
>>280415580
the poors have locked in
>>280415640
for a second i thought his tracksuit lacked crosses, but i see now that the cross is huge and that part of it goes across his arm
i see uryu ishida's fall sports 2012 collection is changing it up this season
>>280415761
are we sure that there isn't a pack of damashigami dogs and cats roaming japan? because this seems to happen quite a bit
>>280415783
>she can never know

>>280415783
and i could swear there's a panel of miroku looking exactly like this, sparkles included

>>280415804
that dog was a damashigami
>picrel
so then the wheel would've gone over his...
>>280415903
but where does the scythe come from...?
>>280416014
>if he's not running in the same direction as everyone else, he can't really tell that he's in a race
but there *are* other people running on the tracks next to them?
>inugami
not those ones, the other kind
>>280416058
>Did we have these show up before?
i don't think so
>Maybe just illusionary dogs.
i don't think they were illusionary, i think they were just (ghost) dogs
>>280416085
>lost anyway
oof

>>280415919

>>280416259
>October 10th, 2012
happy 55th birthday rumiko!

>>280411793
There's something really funny in the straight face they use in their statement

>>280412880
No wonder she's annoying

>>280413832
>>280413846
>Tat/a/mi mat

>>280415443
RARE Rinne win

>>280415580
>When poorfaggotry nature calls
>Anpan
MANDATORY

>>280416777
>>280416850
>It's literally Moon
That failed manga that failed to launch...

>>280426293
This is a good idea for when it happens, OP

>>280426400
>this is my birthday
>no DoB
Age is still undetermined, anon...

>>280451625
read again
"was my x birthday" i was using x as a placeholder for the number they said because i don't remember

>>280428958
>was there an ancestor who loved tatami mats so much, he christened himself tatami and wrote it in a way that's an ode to their beauty, and this love passed down through the generations?
Or the other way.

>>280430421
>low key God Hand refference
Basado and Alexanderpilled!

>>280448655
I'm sure there is. IIRC it's around the chapters with IY injuried when Royacan was after them having Miroku this kind of expression before stomp his doglike ass to stay put

>>280451982
Quote the post to determine te age if you're so great, then

>>280451998
>Or the other way.
the ancestor fucked the tatami?!

>>280418710
>>280418723
Can't tell if Ryoga or full Miroku DNA kicking in the same way I can't tell she's a Kikyo reincarnation or the Rumiko self-insert of the moment. Either way

>>280418033
>>280418048
>>280418534
>>280418637
>>280418685
>>280418739
>>280418814
>>280418858
She's borderline perfect; perfect balance between silly comedic and likeable and they have perfect chemistry togheter. I really hope she becomes a somewhat recurrent character [spoilein the besthopefully replacing ageha as best case scenario[/spoiler]

This has to be among the best character interactions Rumiko ever came with

>>280452026
i don't remember if it was in the rin-ne threads or inuyasha threads though
age is undetermined to (you) i guess

>>280452221
No. The ancestor making so beatiful Tatami he put his name to them after they caught on... but I like the cut of you jib(?)

>>280416385
>the moon-viewing festivals that take place 15th day of the eighth month (full moon) and 13th day of the ninth month (waxing moon)
that's what i thought
meanwhile the smithing rabbit comes down on the night of the crescent moon
>I didn't actually know about the grass.
it's that long flowing grass that anime will show blowing in the wind
>>280416564
WHY
>>280416580
the- the dumplings are too powerful?!
>>280416764
>fah!
not "feh"?
>>280416777
>FATALITY
by the way is renge not home? that was loud

>>280416831
>dumplings are squished and possibly dirty
n- nyo...
>>280416876
>a new insult each time
we have so many words to call someone dumb lol
>it's the damaged altar
are they going to beat him with the broken wood? hardcore
>>280416898
>using the wood planks to pry open its mouth
hardcore
>>280416949
>that fatass rabbit never gave the spell to begin with
OOF

>>280425882
very small
would squish

>>280433410
she's so green

>>280447279
Yeah, I think it might be a reference to something but I'm not sure what.

>>280417149
>miko jumpscare
>>280417212
>she's chasing the "dog"
oh...?
>>280417286
gosh darn it, there's too much stuff under the floral patterns! this will have to be left to the photoshop anons, if there are any here...
and i think the komainu is playing with the other ghost dogs :-)
>>280417309
>successfully wrangles it
you know rinne, if the shinigami thing doesn't work out, you could become a cowboy
>>280417326
>dragged along by a dog-size ghost
oh never mind, a bull or horse would kill rinne
>picrel
this is not the first time that a creature has gnawed his head...

>>280417488
>hand on her back
miroku-jr-kun...!
>>280417503
>that necklace
inuyasha's necklace but with a circular-thing in the middle?!
>>280417546
>榊
>Furinkan notes that: ""Sakaki" is an evergreen tree
well let's learn more!
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleyera_japonica
as the linguistic background points out, the character 榊
>combines 木 (ki, "tree; wood") and 神 (kami, "spirit; god")
it's a character invented in japan rather than an importation from china

>>280417563
>snake attack
AAIIIEEE!!
>>280417660
so then, for once, this is a case of deliberate astral projection?
>>280417687
>rinne just chillin as the koma dog bites him
heh
>>280417730
>Q: If you had a live-in robot, what kind of functions would you like it to have?
>A: I already live with a Roomba.
do you think she named it bros?

>>280417563
blow-up frog?

>>280417794
he destroyed it! so they do work sometimes!
>horse head spirit
i guess that horse from the godfather would roam as an evil spirit
>>280417859
she's still in the area...
>>280417992
>emotion powder
i thought it was the paintball, or even sacred ashes lol
>>280418048
>picrel
>>280418065
spirit no longer disembodied! but at what cost?

>>280418082
>the top of her head is still sparkling
hmm
>so she does remember him
oh-ho
>>280418149
so she wasn't deliberately astral projecting after all...
>>280418184
>her host body can't go home
wait, why not? it's not like ayame's unconscious
>>280418202
>He's okay!
TJ's always okay!
>>280418218
oh nyo she's killing him!

>>280418373
miroku jr in ayame's vision
>pagerel
og miroku in kagome's vision
>gifrel
incredible
that fanart calling them pure vs devious resonates more and more lmao

>>280418342
>he was the first colleague i'd ever met
like when tsubasa met sakura then, but ayame was too late
>>280418386
girl, you could've talked to during lunch or something
this is what happens when you don't shoot your shot
>>280418450
>>280418473
>on my last day
feh, typical
>>280418511
>it was her phone number and email address
you're telling me her handwriting is worse than masato's dyslexic ass?

>>280418534
>it... it's not like i was waiting or anything
>b- baka
>>280418586
wasn't he up north in hokkaido for a while? i doubt the spirit had the range to go that far
>>280418637
>the spirit gazing upon TJ's unconscious body
wh- what is she going to do to him...?
>>280418685
>go on a date with jumonji
rinne pimping out TJ? who's currently unconscious? well rinne has already shown he'll go out with a girl for pay
i guess he thinks every guy who puts spirits to rest is willing to do the same
>>280418710
>picrel

>>280458850 (me)
wait i just remembered he did go out with that girl spirit who was trying to kill him
he got attacked by a lion and everything
>>280418723
>suddenly in a tux and holding a bouquet
incredible
>picrel
tfw you've been suddenly possessed by the ancestral spirit.jpg

>>280418739
love that he kept on the tux while going on the rides lol
>is there still some lingering attachment keeping her?!
d- does she... want something *more*? wink wink
>>280418814
>that girl would go this far just to wimp out in the end?!
ugh
>picrel
atta girl
>>280418858
>even his phone has a cross
heh
>she forgot him
n- nyo...

>>280418324
>October 31st, 2012
happy halloween! here's the color page!
>picrel
the color page drought has broken huzzah

>>280444879
I remember downloading the one for (I think) chapter 200, but it didn't occur to me that this was a kind of regular thing...

>>280423760
>no smol Rokumon
tragedy has befallen us...

downer update on today's report
>>280228436
>vol. 17 = none...
>vol. 16 = two meows + bonus suzu cat
>vol. 15 and 14 = none
>vol. 13 = sad little meow meow ghosts, precious, makes up for the lack of smol rokumon
>vol. 12 = lots of contracted black cats, but no adorable balls of fluff...
>vol. 11 = three times on one page + bonus kitty
>vol. 10 = none, but there was a random appearance or two of some other cat
>vol. 9 = none, but there was that one panel of kitties bowing to death
>vol. 8 = seven mews
>vol. 7 = one mew, but supplemented by the presence of other meows that were not rokumon
>vol. 6 = one myew
>vol. 5 and 4 = none
>vol. 3 = four tiny meow meows
>vol. 2 and 1 = multiple high-quality cute panels, yet to be beat

>>280411380 (OP)
ok

>>280463546
have an ok day anons

>>280459322
Oh good job finding this! Good quality too.

>>280462283
based update anon

>>280411510
its fine