Thread 282097793

Alright, it is Sunday and I am gonna post the thirty-fourth 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: >>281982331

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 a one-shot story from the Rumic World and Rumic Theater series that came out around this time. Today, that will be "She's Coming Tonight". The scans I have of the one-shot are fan scans.

Original title was 幽霊堂のお札 (yūrei-dō no ofuda) so, お札 (ofuda) was localized to charm. Furinkan went with Talisman.

June 1st, 2016. Author's note:
"Q: What's the most shocking thing someone has ever said to you?
A: Everytime a Hanshin player says the word "retire," I'm shocked."

>>282097857
Sansei (Kuroboshi the Third) refered to his grandfather with おじいさまーっ! (O jī-sama ̄ ~tsu!). Very respectful.

>>282097911
Cute.

>>282097935
He wasn't the best actor. Good job, Rinne.

>>282097960
Hehehe.

>>282097974
Off he goes.

>>282098026
Good catch.

>>282098087
I guess Rokumon's line on the last page was mistranslated. It was "そういえば気になる事を言ってました" but given what he says on this page, it really should've been translated as "By the way, they said something that is nagging at me."

>>282098165
Hm.

>>282098179
Well, that explains that...

>>282098193
It would be a pretty big waste for Kuroboshi. Good thing they're on the ball. 浮遊霊 (floating spirit) was once again localized as wandering spirit. The Spirit Way Purse was translated from 霊道巾着 (rei-dō kinchaku), so "Spirit Way Purse" is accurate. 巾着 appears to also mean "drawstring bag".

>>282098298
Right where it hurts. I fear the day Sabato gets one of these.

>>282098308
Aw, he's trying. And the ghosts are trying. Everyone wants to help.

>>282098337
Unfortunate.

>>282098347
End of chapter. Ah well...

Original title was にじんだメモ (nijinda memo). メモ being a loanword from the English word memo. Maybe Smudged would be more accurate in context? Or maybe not.

June 8th, 2016. Author's note:
"Q: Who are some celebrities or entertainers you've been paying attention to lately?
A: Koyoharu Gotouge was nice to talk to."
Furinkan's note: "Gotouge is the creator of Demon Slayer."

>>282098511
I guess blurry is more accurate. Note might've been better than memo, but ehhh.

>>282098538
小塚井ハジメ with the Furigana おつかい for the last name in Japanese. おつかい means errand or errand boy.

>>282098599
The Japanese manga panels had a different font for the flashback, maybe suggesting anonymized voice alteration. I always wonder why VIZ seems to not bother. I do like their default font, but still.

>>282098701
There's a lead.

>>282097923
What a conveniently placed cure

>>282098721
Oh, his shirt appears to say 薙刀 (naginata). Which is like a halberd or polearm.

>>282097793 (OP)
it's you again

>>282098750
霊いぶり出し香 (rei iburi-dashi ka) for our spirit smoke out again. Previously, I translated it as "spirit incense" or "spirit drawing incense" but it might actually be closer to "spirit smoke incense". Either way, we've seen it before. Spirit bonds are once again back, with the same redundant explanation.

Maybe someone who speaks Japanese can tell me what this is clarifying: 霊絆とは霊的絆の事である (rei kizuna to wa reiteki kizuna no kotodearu).

>>282098866
He had a plan for this cooking club thing.

>>282098829
Yup! Hi.

>>282098889
Naginata is apparently in some ways considered a feminine weapon in Japan due to some interesting stuff historically that I am honestly not qualified to get into. You'd need to read some actual scholarly stuff. This is why it was also a physical education option for women in the 20th century. The sport being practiced here is 新しいなぎなた (atarashii naginata) which means "new Naginata".

>>282099062
Oh.

>>282099084
Anyway, success. Look at all that.

>>282099095
Hm...?

>>282097911
nice blanket

>>282097960
hahaha

>>282099143
Well, she is pretty. So, what gives her away as being from "the south"? Her line here is "誰が彼女やねーん" which is translated pretty directly. I can't tell if it even has a specific accent, but it might. Anyway, what gives her away is she is performing a manzai slap with the type of punchline you'd expect from this sort of thing. 漫才 (manzai) is a traditional style of comedy where you have a 突っ込み (tsukkomi or straight man) and a ボケ (boke or funny man). The straight man often reacts with a light-hearted playful backhand slap as a retort to the boke's jokes. Anyway, due to the popularity of these acts in Osaka, the Kansai dialect and Osaka became associated with the entire act. And this is what Sakura Mamiya is referring to here and specifically reacts with 関西の人?! (kansai no hito), ie. "She's from Kansai?!"

>>282098347
funny ghost faces in the corner there

>>282099362
The sign by the octopus says たこ焼 (takoyaki, ie. octopus dumplings) and the flour says 小麦粉 (komugiko, flour). Takoyaki was first popularized in Osaka and is very popular in the Kansai region.

>>282098889
>He had a plan for this cooking club thing.
I thought he just liked to eat

>>282099427
End of chapter. In Japanese, this is called ロシアンルーレットタコパ (roshianrūrettotakopa). As you can tell, we have a loanword from the English term Russian Roulette and takopa comes from "takoyaki party". Oh and the Kansai girl is reacting with the very classic なんでやねーん (nandeya ne ̄ n) which is very common retort by the tsukkomi and shows up all the time in stuff referencing manzai.

>>282097935
rinne don't act your above accepting money from a catboy
>>282097960
I guess that explains that
scaredy-catboy got outbid
>>282097974
oops, looks like the bigger people forgot about rokumon again ohohoho
>>282098026
it's tied to a string... it was a trap all along?

>>282099062
i can't even tell how he died. He slipped and hit his head on the wall? That's certainly a... unique way to die. But what does being a construction site even have to do with it

>>282099548
Construction sites are full of hazards. I would have expected something heavy and/or dangerous to have fallen onto him, though.

草刈さん was the original title. VIZ left it untranslated since it is a proper noun, but in case you're curious, 草刈り means mowing or cutting grass. I don't know what the difference between 草刈 and 草刈り is. I'm not sure what the sabi on the jar refers to and hopefully the story will clarify, but if it is 寂 then it refers to tranquility as far as I can tell.

June 15th, 2016. Author's note:
"Q: Lately I've been failing all the time. How can I get past this?
A: Distract yourself by acting like a cat."

>>282099607
Been a bit since we've seen the flower making.

>>282099633
I can post the bit regarding Raito and Refuto from the 2018 interview that Rumiko Takahashi did where she discussed a lot of the characters. She said the following about them:

"I used the concept of the rabbit because I wanted something that, visually, was easy to identify as cute. I thought that I needed some characters related to scythes as well, and in fact these characters made the chapters dealing with scythes easier to draw."

Oh and yes, Refuto is calling Rinne a ボケカス (bokekasu) as usual.

>>282098151
crocodile tears, or is he actually upset that he's not getting paid to play both sides?
>>282098193
gotta pay to activate your ginger
>>282098298
I bet mackerel man owns one of those
>>282098308
>FATALITY
>>282098375
they sent them back too soon...

>>282099698
The kind of stuff that shocks Sakura Mamiya.

>>282099735
What skill.

>>282098511
>Q: Who are some celebrities or entertainers you've been paying attention to lately?
>A: Koyoharu Gotouge was nice to talk to.
what do you think they talked about bros?

>>282099814
By the way, in the original, it seems like he didn't say サビー until this panel. By the way, サビー (sabī) seems to be more commonly used for "savvy". But the word for rust in Japanese is 錆 (sabi). When spelled さび or サビ it seems like it can mean chorus. Anyway, characters having a weird vocal tic at the end of their sentences is a goofy but common thing in Japanese media (see Lum in Urusei Yatsura for example). It might've seemed a bit more natural in Japanese since there are other meanings though.

Of course, he is a huge thing of rust with stupid eyes so it probably seemed stupid blatant in Japanese as well.

>>282099930
His business card originally had both a telephone number and a fax number that was lost in the redraw. In case you're curious, his title was 営業担当 (eigyō tantō, as in sales representative, salesman or sales manager) in Japanese.

>>282100070
Plan hit some snags.

>>282100083
The corner of the flyer says cheap.

>>282100107
So, yeah, the word Sabi on the jar refers to rust.

>>282100227
The expression here is お疲れ様でしたっ (otsukaresamadeshita ~tsu). I've heard about this expression before because of its particular use in Japanese. I've seen it translated this way the most and it seems like the most literal translation. I've seen some things translate it as "you must be tired". Anyway, it seems to be a somewhat standard way for people higher up the chain to thank people for something rigorous lower down the chain. People even say it as a good bye at the end of a work day.

>>282100365
They referred to it as サビた草刈ガマ (sabita kusakari gama). Japanese doesn't seem to distinguish between scythes and sickles, but as you can see, they included the word "kusakari" so this is specifically a grass-cutting sickle and hence Kusakari-san.

>>282100409
End of chapter. Memorial services for tools and stuff seems like a pain, but admitting abandoning something like that is basically littering or dumping so I can't rag on it too much. Anyway, Rinne seemed to narrowly dodged getting charged a lot for all this.

June 22nd, 2016. Author's note:
"Q: Is there a character you'd like to work with?
A: Someone nice and smart."

>>282100455
Adorable.

>>282100502
I don't believe we get to see her parents.

>>282100543
Heh, Rokumon's face.

>>282100455
>Q: Is there a character you'd like to work with?
>A: Someone nice and smart.
I wonder if the question was for any character, or for a character from the author's own work?
which rumic character could we call "nice and smart"

>>282100577
The sound effect was みっちり which appears to mean "tightly, compactly" in this context. Jam-packed was a good choice.

>>282100662
Rinne said "きっ･･桐箱入りメロン" (ki~tsu kiribako-iri meron). So, kiribako seems to refer to specifically these handcrafted boxes made of paulownia wood which are normally used for luxury goods and antiques.

>>282100755
Well then.

>>282100792
In the 2018 interview, Rumiko Takahashi said the following about Sakura Mamiya:

"Since she was able to see ghosts, Sakura couldn’t be afraid. I drew her in a way where she wouldn’t frighten easily which may have led her to become an unexpressive character. Even for me, she’s still a mystery, but I thought it was a good point that no one knew what she was thinking."

I do find it a bit fun that there are times when Rumiko herself didn't know what was going on in her head. This obviously is not one of those times though.

>>282100835
I remember this scene well.

>>282100846
On Twitter, on September 30th, 2021, Rumiko Takahashi had the following to say about Sakura Mamiya:

"Since she can see spirits everyday, Sakura became a calm child who only speaks when it is needed for story purposes. She has a sense of calmness that can be off-putting. Rinne often says he does not know what she is thinking but there were times where even I couldn't grasp what I was drawing. Sometimes I thought, "there's almost nothing to this character at all," there was nothing you could latch on to. I didn't know what Sakura was thinking, but I happily drew her."

>>282100927
In an Q&A by Da Vinci magazine in 2022, Rumiko Takahashi got asked about what she said on Twitter regarding Sakura Mamiya:

"Q19: I was also not able to grasp the idea that "there were times where even I couldn't grasp what I was drawing. Sometimes I thought, "there's almost nothing to this character at all," there was nothing you could latch on to. I didn't know what Sakura was thinking, but I happily drew her." Does this mean that you were able to imagine her feelings while thinking about what she would say, do, and how things would turn out? I would like to know how you do it.

[Takahashi:] The fun part of drawing Sakura were her little "comments". It was like a gentle rush.

The scenes where her feelings come out is when they are directed toward Rinne, so although I could understand her feelings, I wondered how Sakura would express those feelings while I was drawing her. I wanted her to be always somewhat aloof, and I was searching for that kind of Sakura-ness.

Q20: Not only in Kyokai no RINNE but in any of your works, do you ever think to yourself, "I know exactly how this person feels!" Do you have any characters that you feel that way about?
[Takahashi:] Godai in Maison was quite easy for me to understand."

Hence why I felt the need to post this now. Sakura Mamiya's contributions are little bits, often deadpan straight man retorts or basic observations. But when it comes to stuff regarding Rinne, it is a lot less vague. Anyway, speaking of, the term translated here was "ヒモ" which means string, but also refers to a man who is financially dependent on a woman (including someone being pimped out). It can also confusingly also refer to a pimp himself, which is a bit odd. But VIZ did good, maybe gigolo would've also worked but honestly, it is whatever. The full line was "とうとう鳳のヒモに" if you want to evaluate it for yourself.

>>282101144
Acted fast.

>>282101186
End of chapter. Our struggles continue.

June 29th, 2016. Author's note:
"Q: The second half of 2016 is coming! Are there any works that left an impression on you in the first half of the year?
A: The movie of Chihayafuru and the drama of Sanada Maru."

I didn't know Chihayafuru had a movie. I actually read a fair bit of that series until I got frustrated by the K Manga app. I should really read it again, I actually really liked it. And I guess Rumiko must've liked it in some capacity too. Oh man, the movie is Live Action. They made three of these movies and they have a big star in them, so it seems a lot of people know the movies more than the manga.

>>282101322
Back to business.

>>282101365
Previously, the caption by the hand said "some facts were different". This one just said "different from reality". As far as I can tell.

>>282101413
Rinne's living it up!

>>282098659
>big guy buys candy instead of the ingredients for fried chicken
his hand really is possessed
>>282098701
>buys random ingredients instead of ones for cake
truly possessed
>snacks for a field trip
rokumon who would bring mayo for a snack?
>>282098889
he would've at least be known to be reliable...
>>282099095
i still don't see what the mayo is for... are they going to mix it with something?
>>282099362
>Her line here is "誰が彼女やねーん" which is translated pretty directly. I can't tell if it even has a specific accent
it's probably the やねーん
it seems like any "accent" is just making up some sounds at the end of the sentence but surely there's more to it in spoken japanese and japanese writing is simply limited in capturing the other pronunciations due to the limitations of kana right? right?

>>282101424
We got ourselves a bit of a classic gesture. I feel Rumiko doesn't use it that often compared to other manga. It also doesn't seem to have a common name so I just have to use the term "silly me gesture" which is from TVtropes.

I feel it came up once before and I talked about it, but I can't find it.

>>282101502
We know now exactly how much Rinne considers a month of living expenses. 2k yen.

>>282101539
霊寄せ香 (rei yose ka) for the spirit attractant again.

>>282099515
>takoyaki russian roulette
that explains the random ingredients
>>282099548
>>282099582
>I would have expected something heavy and/or dangerous to have fallen onto him
right? the way he seems to have died, it was a rainy day and he slipped/tripped then hit his head, isn't particularly unique to a construction site...

>>282101562
I feel like this is a good a time as any to post what Rumiko Takahashi had to say regarding Rinne on Twitter on October 3rd, 2023:

"I was aiming for a relaxed style. He listens to the spirits and persuades them, so he is interactive. His job is to send them on their way, so he is not a selfish person. The role was different from Inuyasha and Ranma. It was not a battle with the spirits.

Rinne was so occupied with money worries that it was hard for him to worry about romance in more than one direction, so he was focused only on Sakura."

Tsubasa directly contrasts from this in regards to his approach to spirits.

>>282099607
>Q: Lately I've been failing all the time. How can I get past this?
>A: Distract yourself by acting like a cat.
lmao what the fuck rumiko
you hear that anons? you have to just, you know, nya~ you're way through it

>>282101593
She had this to say about Rinne Rokudo in the 2018 interview:

"This character, rather than a fighter, was a negotiator who helped purify spirits. He was different from my previous protagonists who all had wide ranges of expressions, and I was aware that this made him an “exhausted-type protagonist”. I also realized that Rinne was pretty serious and I drew him thinking that he didn’t like to go about his work in an underhanded way."

Of course, Rinne had turned to underhanded stuff on occasion. Usually with some guilt though.

>>282101637
The wonders of technology. 走馬灯 is the term for revolving lantern. We've discussed this before so here's my note from then. According to a quick Google (showing a cultural note by the Japanese Wiki which is a translated section of Japanese Wikipedia, it seems), it is a kind of garden lantern which is crafted to show a revolving shadow picture with its inside and outside frames.

They also note that: "Recently, somato has come to be used in words to describe the flashback of one's lifetime memory, such as somato phenomenon (a flashback phenomenon) and somato experience (a flashback experience), which is said to be experienced by a dying person — or which a near-death experiencer says h (or she) saw. It becomes rare for the public to see the real somato, so the word somato is often misunderstood to indicate the phenomenon itself."

>>282101689
The caption made no sense to me but looking into it, I can sort of get what VIZ was going for. I think this wasn't the right call. The original line is: "ワゴンセールでなんとたったの30円なのだ" which can be translated to "It's only 30 yen on the wagon sale." ワゴンセール (wagonseeru) clearly comes from the English words "wagon sale". But what's a wagon sale? This dictionary says it is a "bargain corner to sell off stock cheaply".

So, I would've gone with "It's only 30 yen on clearance" or something.

>>282101772
The original Japanese for emotion powder was 念粉 (nen-ko), so "nen powder". Of course, nen is a broad term that can refer to thoughts, feelings, senses.

>>282101839
Talking to the narration again. I guess it is more talking to us in regards to the narration.

>>282101852
Here's a bit from the long interview in 2021 regarding Rinne and shinigami in general:

"[Q:] Also, although there are many "Shinigami manga" in the world, I felt that the image of a "good Shinigami" depicted in this work was new. Aside from the damashigami, Rinne and the others are righteous beings who guide lost spirits.

Takahashi: I've always believed that that is what a shinigami is supposed to be. They're not scary beings that appear in front of healthy people and forcibly take them to the afterlife. Yes, there is a frightening image of a skullface with a big sickle, but I have a stronger impression of shinigami as a navigator who takes the souls of the dead to the other world. After all, they are a kind of god, so they are supposed to be there to save people (laughs)."

>>282101919
Also from that same interview:

"[Q:] Rinne is forced to work as a shinigami due to his grandmother's quota and his father's debt, but he doesn't really feel forced to do it.

Takahashi: I guess he's a serious person at heart (laughs). Even if you don't take quotas or debts into consideration, he probably has the blood of a shinigami in him and wants to properly send lost spirits to the Wheel of Reincarnation."

I do think this somewhat explains Rinne's odd economic situation. Rinne genuinely puts a fair bit of his income back towards the debt even though we've never really seen auditors or debt collectors come after people. Hell, Sabato is slippery but it is clear that if Rinne chose to maybe spend a bit more money on himself rather than putting more towards the debt, he probably would be fine. Of course, this is me trying to find an in-universe reason for something that is baked into the premise of the manga, but I do find it a bit funny and it does make me feel a bit better about why doesn't he just accept more money from others and why don't others help him even more financially.

>>282102029
End of chapter. Uh, all's well that uh... ends well? Hm. Least Sakura Mamiya doesn't seem being holding anything against him now.

July 6th, 2016. Author's note:
"Q: What is the earliest life experience that left an impression on you?
A: A few years ago I watched baseball in the VIP room at Koshien."

>>282102091
Furinkan notes that the anime changed it to the National Diet Building for some reason.

>>282102123
Here you can see how using screentone for patterns on dresses and such ends up with scenes where a dress has very huge polka-dots for one panel and small ones in another. Kind of fun though.

>>282102177
Ichigo refers to Tamako as 魂子お義母さま (Tamako o gibo-sama) in Japanese. Since the term mother in law is just 義母 (gibo) in Japanese, she can be specific. And yes, she uses the very polite "-sama" for her.

>>282102227
The poster was obviously redrawn, but VIZ did apply the same spooky blur on it.

>>282102261
Hm...

>>282102306
Sigh...

>>282102333
After all, the place was already a shortcut.

>>282102345
!

>>282102452
Scary.

>>282102500
End of chapter.

The sign here says 通行止 which means "no entry". And yes, this cover was originally in full color.

July 13th, 2016. Author's note:
"Q: What do you like to eat on a hot day?
A: Chilled Chinese noodles."

>>282102640
Skipped the spacer. Furinkan notes that: "When Rinne is trapped in the spirt path he can see certain locations through the exits. One is a mountain range, the other is the Tokyo Skytree building and another shows a paper lantern with the kanji 雷門 (Kaminarimon). Kaminarimon is the god of thunder and lanterns such as this are found throughout the Asakusa district in Tokyo."

I'll be honest, I think that's Mt. Fuji.

>>282102668
Road closed might be more literally accurate.

>>282102029
How could anyone resist Ageha's puppydog eyes?

>>282102357
Devious granny

>>282102763
VIZ had to sacrifice a bit of the joke here due to space but it is a little sad. It said 子供死神3~7歳女児用 (kodomo shinigami 3 ~ 7-sai joji-yō) rather than Shinigami Children, which means "For Shinigami Children, girls ages 3-7" like an advertisement or the box of a product. The product itself was referred to as ままごとシート (mamagoto shīto) which means play sheet.

>>282102964
How nice.

>>282103063
Cute.

>>282103079
Per Furinkan: "The sign at the vice-principal's funeral say "all relatives" (親戚一同/shinseki ichido)." They link their youtube video on the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoMtMBH2GZg

I'll be honest, I haven't watched it. I assume the sign has something to do with etiquette or maybe the flowers. I have no clue.

>>282099633
what upgrade has scythe-kun got today? :-)
>>282099698
oh, nvm, no upgrade today
>>282099735
he's got a big head if the size of that blur is any indication
or a really big hat
>>282099930
it's like he has a cheeto puff ball for a head, which I assume is rust-colored
>>282099965
licked the scythe right in front of him...

>>282100755
Oh so that word in persona 3 meant soemthing

>>282103128
Sakura Mamiya technically said "ポルターガイスト現象" (porutāgaisuto genshō) which is more "Poltergeist phenomena?!" but this sounds more natural.

>>282103199
Bit of an ignoble way to go.

>>282100835
>>282100927
>>282101098
Hmm, very interesting. I'm glad to know I'm not just dumb and bad at reading characters though.

>>282103215
Interestingly enough, I don't think I've checked what the term for "restless spirit" is in this series. It is "未成仏霊" which appears to literally be "not yet Buddha spirit" or "unenlightened spirit", but essentially a Buddhist reference to the same idea as a restless spirit.

>>282100083
caught it like usu-
>boomf
well shit
>>282100409
rusty cheeto puff ball was a sickle tsukumogami all along?
>>282100434
hm, I doubt a fire like that would get rid of a tool like a sickle, you'd just end up with a blackened ashy sickle without the handle
would it signal to the tool that things are over?

>>282103409
Let's see what's going on. Also, bit of a recap.

>>282102509
This feels familiar. I wonder if it was an anime episode, but I don't remember ichigo in it

>>282102091
>Q: What is the earliest life experience that left an impression on you?
>A: A few years ago I watched baseball in the VIP room at Koshien.
how fancy
wonder who else was with her?

>>282103449
Of all the things.

>>282103456
It was apparently adapted as an episode for Episode 71, which was after Ichigo's introduction, but I guess they didn't include her role in it. I don't know why.

>>282103540
End of chapter. Unfortunate.

>>282103540
Huh the anime sure jumped all over the place. Episode 70 had the chapter with the cassette tape and Sakuras mom and the chapter with Shouma, Ichigo, and the hippo.

This cover was not redrawn for the English release. If you flip it over, you can see the textbook contents are cut off and somewhat misspelled and seemingly nonsense in some sort of English and French combination. Entertainingly, the written portion seen in the notebook appears to be completely correct English and describes something directly from the series. I imagine the Japanese below it is a translation, though it is too small for me to really check. I wouldn't be surprised if this English text was directly from VIZ's translation of Rin-ne that Rumiko referenced.

July 20th, 2016. Author's note:
"Q: July 20th is t-Shirt day! What's your favorite t-shirt pattern?
A: I can't wear clothes with characters on them anymore."

...?

>>282103653
羽田アオイ in Japanese. アオイ is a somewhat common name and means blue or refers to a particular flower. 羽田 is a neighborhood and last name and apparently means "wing field". That neighborhood of Tokyo ended up having a prominent airport though the place wasn't named after it. I don't know if this is relevant.

>>282103720
Emotion being 念 (nen) again.

>>282103625
Yeah. I wish they didn't, but of all the series to do it with, Rin-ne probably makes the most sense.

>>282103761
So, this one's name was 背水ジン in Japanese and when I googled it, it gave me an expression. So while the Furigana clarifies that it is pronounced Semizu Jin, the characters say Haisui Jin. 背水の陣 (haisui no jin) is an expression that refers to a last ditch effort or last stand. I think it might literally mean "backwater formation" or something? Not sure. Another expression it is similar to "burning one's boats" which I haven't actually heard. "Going for broke" is probably the one I'm most familiar with. Anyway, you get the idea.

>>282103834
VIZ did what they could. Probably for the best to just have a note. They did have to be a bit creative with the fourth panel (with mixed results) as in the original, the boy was asking what the punchline, point or ending was to that story. The punchline of a story is called an オチ (ochi) which sounds like 落ちる (ochiru) after all.

>>282103935
Wasn't the same words twice in the second panel, but I think they're just different forms of the same word "落としてやる" (I'll drop it? Maybe? Maybe you'll drop it? I'm not sure.) and 落ちろ (fall down, fail).

>>282103986
More reacting to theoretically a recounting as if he can see the panels themselves.

>>282104022
Always useful.

>>282104045
Quite a reaction.

>>282103653
>Q: July 20th is t-Shirt day! What's your favorite t-shirt pattern?
>A: I can't wear clothes with characters on them anymore.
my first thought was she meant characters as in writing (kanji, kana) because she has gotten bigger compared to her youth and writing can stretch weird or even have a part disappear if it rolls under
but if it's characters as in characters from a work, well the part about stretching weird can still apply

>>282104067
I mean, that shouldn't be a big deal.

>>282104094
I am unsure which one she meant.

>>282104125
Caught.

>>282104150
Fifty kilos is of course, about 110 pounds. Given that she seems to be on the taller side, she is likely very skinny.

>>282104220
Well, that would do it.

>>282104231
End of chapter. Sorry, but no fairy tale ending. A lot less pressure though.

Summer chapters mean beach chapters! Anyway, the original title was 浮気の現場 which does mean "The Scene of the Adultery" or "The Scene of the Cheating" as far as I can tell. Furinkan curiously translated it as "The Fooling-Around Spot" which may be accurate in context, I'm not sure.

July 27th, 2016. Author's note:
"Q: Have you had a scary experience lately?
A: The air purifier caught on fire."

Man, you have to clean those filters.

>>282104274
anon oh no!

Summer chapters mean beach chapters! Anyway, the original title was 浮気の現場 which does mean "The Scene of the Adultery" or "The Scene of the Cheating" as far as I can tell. Furinkan curiously translated it as "The Fooling-Around Spot" which may be accurate in context, I'm not sure.

July 27th, 2016. Author's note:
"Q: Have you had a scary experience lately?
A: The air purifier caught on fire."

Man, you have to clean those filters.

>>282104311
Yeah, whoops.

>>282104315
Oooh, some screentone shading goes a long way.

>>282104320
Recap. Except it is new info. We're with Rika here.

>>282104332
Poor Rinne.

>>282104356
Everybody zoooom. Even though I bet the pool rules say no running.

>>282104364
Not a big deal, yeah? Don't let the narrator shame you, Rinne.

>>282104381
"くそ~~" (kusooo) for her means of expressing her frustration. Lovely visual metaphor in the last panel. Presumably.

>>282104421
In case you're curious, the term for "lazy river" in Japanese is just 流れるプール (nagareru pūru, flowing pool). Admittedly, it being called lazy river in English almost makes it funnier.

And yes, the "homewrecker" label was ドロボー猫 (dorobō neko or thieving cat), a term we've seen a few times before. No need for a cat pun this time though.

>>282104473
Lifeguard probably felt really bad.

>>282104489
Interloper here was another instance of thieving cat in the original. As for the Scene Reenactment Tube, it was 現場再現チューブ (genba saigen chūbu) which translates to what is stated here, with チューブ presumably being a loanword from English. And hey, that seems cheaper than the lantern. Good thing it was in water.

>>282104545
Hm.

>>282104555
And they only work in water. I mean, you get what you pay for I guess.

>>282104564
Tsubasa just said it is a flowing pool for the third time this chapter, completing the running gag. VIZ kind of mucked it up by translating it differently here.

>>282104610
End of chapter! This was still much cheaper than a lot of your other jobs, Rinne. And boy, since Rumiko wanted to emphasize her face being different, her eyes are really something. I think she may have also given her a smaller nose.

Original title is デッキに近づくな. デッキ (dekki) seems to actually mean "deck" rather than "dock" as it is a loanword from it, but I assume in the story, the thing in question can be called either reasonably.

August 3rd, 2016. Author's note:
"Q: Do you have a favorite gag or trick lately?
A: I still think "It's a stretch!" is my favorite."
Furinkan's note: "This is a catchphrase of comedian Junichi Davidson."

>>282104667
This first panel cracks me up. Yeah, that's setting the scene.

>>282104381
wtf rinne

>>282104685
Can't really read the fireworks. A bit small, a bit stylized and it is a bit late. Feel free to try yourself.

>>282104698
Successfully enjoyed yourself before the job ruined everything.

>>282104489
I would hope he was fired

>>282104731
How smart. Also, spooky.

>>282104764
Less spooky. And hey, divine ashes helped this time rather than just making a mess.

>>282104780
Classic.

>>282104821
Some resolve.

>>282104835
No name or pseudonym for our spirit this time.

>>282104845
Seemed she wasn't secretly pining for him...

>>282104869
A lot of stuff. Futon beater being 布団たたき (futon-tataki) in Japanese.

>>282104835
He makes a pretty good ghost

>>282104895
I doubt it would've swayed A-ko, unfortunately but it is cute for sure.

>>282104907
End of chapter, end of volume. By the way, Sakura Mamiya did sayドキドキ (dokidoki) but only ちょっと (chotto, a little bit).

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 Wednesday to dump Volume 35 of Rin-ne. But right now, I will be dumping the Rumic Theater one-shot "She's Coming Tonight".

>>282104977
Nice volume. Thanks

今夜彼女がやって来る or "She's Coming Tonight" was published on June 6th, 2016 in Big Comic Spirits. As such, it was published around the time of these chapters. This is a bit confusing, but Big Comic Spirits is not the same as the Big Comic Special (though they obviously are related), which is published annually. Most of the one-shots I post are these annual Big Comic Special. Big Comic Spirits is the weekly seinen magazine by Shogakukan (the people behind Shonen Sunday and many other magazines). This story was created for Big Comic Spirits' 35th anniversary.

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 does seem to be a different team than the majority of fanscans I've posted, so it does feel a bit different. This fanscan appears to have tracked down the original magazine, as such we have the full color pages. In fact, this story appears to not have been republished since the original magazine.

I'll be honest, I'm somewhat ambivalent about this one. I almost want to blame the translation, since it feels a little stilted but it is just a part of it. Don't let my opinion sway you though. Since it isn't the annual Big Comic Special manga, it isn't about a middle-aged man.

>>282105108
The little "She's Coming Tonight" in English was on the original cover as well. Also, per Furinkan: "Haruka Nanase (七瀬春香) writes her name with kanji meaning "springtime incense" and "seven shoals"."

>>282105121
More name notes from Furinkan: "The main character of the story, Kamon (鴨門), writes his name differently than Kamon (華紋) from Takahashi's series MAO. The Kamon from this story has the kanji for "easy target" ...
Karuishi (軽石) means "pumice stone"."

>>282105155
I would think the term translated to appointment might've been ランデブー (randebū) or rendezvous since Japan seems to like to use that term for dates even though in English, we use it to just mean any meeting between people at a specific time. But that's just a guess from context.

Anyway, another name note from Furinkan: "Yuka Shiratori (白鳥優花) means "tender flower" and "swan"."

>>282105226
Sigh...

>>282105286
I have no idea what the throng of people's babble was intended to be in the original. Maybe "like" is accurate. I don't know.

>>282105108
the magazine that rumiko publishes in every year is
>big comic original
furinkan refers to rumiko's yearly contribution to this as her "big comic specials"
and it's that four-eyed boy design again!
>>282105121
>i think i really could say goodbye to you
>say goodbye
wh- what is he planning to do to her...
>>282105147
kamon?!
>Kamon (鴨門), writes his name differently
>The Kamon from this story has the kanji for "easy target" ...
wait really?? let me...
>鴨 = "wild duck"; slang for an "easy target"
oh. also 門 is just "gate" and not needed for the easy target meaning
also doesn't that guy behind the pole kind of look like one of the middle-aged men rumiko writes about lol

>>282105369
Hm...

>>282105339
Oh man, I've been spreading some misinformation around then. Whoops. This explains some stuff. Thanks for the clarification. I wish I could go and fix the dozens of other posts I've made. Oh well.

>>282105204
>shiratori
>白鳥
>swan
they both have bird names: duck and swan
and what's this? another girl? could duckboy have that much pull?
>>282105214
>june 19, 2016
he got that email two weeks after this was published
>>282105226
>died 5 years ago
oh no...
>>282105233
sayonara...
>>282105246
eek!

>>282105489
There she is.

>>282105495
!

>>282105613
Whoops. That sort of thing does happen. A lot of people end up sharing too much online.

>>282105632
Per Furinkan: "Haruna (春菜) means "springtime vegetable"." I assume this was chosen to be very mundane in comparison.

>>282105268
>just offers to buy a 50-inch
how's that meme go? i wouldn't tell anyone i won the loterry but there would be signs lol
>i want to see your room
will he take the hint?
>>282105277
>she's going to come at my house!?
this is probably an esl error but i want to believe they knew what they wrote heehee
>>282105286
straight-up punched him?!
>>282105402
>without getting lost
but hasn't she been there before? >>282105410
b- but she's d- dead...

>>282105644
End! Honestly, I like it a bit more on reread I do think the sense of anticlimax with all the supernatural stuff turning out to be completely mundane is intentional. But it didn't really hit the mark in terms of comedy for me (which may be due to the translation, which I do still appreciate). It is what it is. Let me know what you think.

As mentioned before, I'll be back next Wednesday for Volume 35 of Rin-ne. Thanks again for reading.

>>282105465
>i'm suddenly sleepy...
oh shit
>>282105495
enter?!
>>282105604
>i divorced erika for you!
random ojisan...
shiratori is one hell of a duck-catcher though heh
>>282105632
>I'll sponge off him z\(^o^)/
pumice-kun no! lol

>>282105644
>Haruna
wasn't until i read your comment that i realized which letter was different...
>>282105682
so the masked girl was her, naruhodo
>repeats shiratori (pseudonym)
rin-ne influence seeping in heh
>50,000 were taken away from me
was haruna scammed by shiratori (pseudonym) too? or was she trying to get money from duck-kun?
>she became my email penpal
maybe it was the former heehee

>>282105108
Here's the cover of Big Comic Spirits where this one-shot was published. Honestly, calling it a Rumic Theater one-shot is a bit inaccurate since Rumic Theater is the name used to publish collections of the Big Comic Original one-shots, but it is all a bit nebulous to me. Rumic Theater is called 高橋留美子劇場 (Takahashi Rumiko Theater) and 高橋留美子傑作集 (Takahashi Rumiko Masterpiece Collection) in Japanese and I don't really know the distinction between the two. This I guess technically qualifies as Rumic World (るーみっくわーるど) but honestly, they used that name for early Rumiko Takahashi one-shots and not much else after that. And some of those early ones also got published under the Masterpiece Collection name in Japan, so whatever.

>>282106024
>This I guess technically qualifies as Rumic World (るーみっくわーるど)
it says rumic world in english on the cover
>they used that name for early Rumiko Takahashi one-shots and not much else after that.
i think the came the mirror volume is labeled under that

>>282100502
no fucking way!
and that face he's making...
>>282100577
>you were about to say 2,000 yen but changed it to 1,000 yen, didn't you?
rinne-kun...
>>282100645
of course she runs off to rinne's rundown abandoned dorm with no running water or electricity... hopefully she brought money
>i went to the wrong room
of course
>>282100662
>lost credit card five or six times
>I've decided to become financially independent
oh honey...
>>282100755
>i'll also pay rent
she brought money! and a melon! :-)

>>282100645
>are you seeing this shit, rokumon?
>yeah i'm seeing this shit, rinne-sama

>>282097793 (OP)
oh you're here, I thought you skipped to next Wednesday

>>282100770
>caught in bed with another girl holding her melon
>>282100792
>you two shinigami are going to be living together?!
that makes for 2 and a quarter shinigami in that abandoned building! +2 black cats
where is oboro anyway?
>>282100927
boy's so shocked he got sucked into a spirit way lmao
>it was oboro
oh i thought that was just a fancy effect to show off his devastation
>>282101098
>and now ageha's your pimp
a pimp named sakura, nyooooo!!
rinne you dumb cheap hooker what have you done!
>the term translated here was "ヒモ" which means string, but also refers to a man who is financially dependent on a woman (including someone being pimped out)
>a man who is financially dependent on a woman
a man and his sugar mama

>>282107125
see >>281992278
>the dump is postponed until Sunday evening. So, reminder, no dump Saturday, the dump will happen on Sunday.

>>282101144
why are you guys eating melon that's still on the rind with a fork
at least cut it up into cubes
>>282101186
>i guess no money means no frienship
you're goddamn right, TJ (age 16)!
rinne only kind of tolerates you because you keep bringing him along to avoid being alone with sakaki!
>i was never after ageha's money
maybe you didn't pursue her money, but you sure didn't turn down that offer for rent and melons
>>282101205
>don't do that
or for black beef
>i'm so disappointed in rokudo-kun
the cut of your himo stringing himself to another pimp must cut deep shaking-my-head my head
it's hard out here for a pimp indeed
>>282101278
>ageha in bed looking satisfied
>rinne holding up money
oh my god
>and the drama of Sanada Maru
i figure that's this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanada_Maru_(TV_series)

>>282101322
>top panel
whore!
>>282101413
>picrel
he has a bowl of jumbo shrimp tempura lol
and look at rokumon
>>282101502
>mobile room service
sounds expensive, and that maid has wings which are bigger than the ones we usually see from vendors
>i lost my credit card
ageha-kun...
>>282101539
rinne needs to bury that envelope somewhere safe, or carry it with him
>one cancelled breakfast, coming right up
heh

>>282101562
boos looking a little sad today
>picrel
>>282101827
what, is each container of emotion powder only a one-time use?
>>282101839
>faint
aaaand she'd down for the count!
oh and she's back up again, that was quick
>>282101852
rinne's hands are rated E
>>282101919
i figured that's what it was

>>282097960
Why are broken MCs the best?(Rinne, Gintoki, Yato etc...)

>>282102029
for a second, i thought 15 yen was all that remained after ageha bought food
but i guess they stopped her before she got to see how much money was in there...
>he gave her a receipt
oh...
>>282102068
>is he actually being extorted?!
that's one hell of a jump, a pimp named sakura
>unable to acclimate to life in the mortal plane
*poorfag life in the mortal plane
but at least she left cake :-)
>money from an envelope i happened to find
rinne should've buried that thing!!
>>282102216
>picrel
look at granpda lmao
>is ichigo-chan talking to herself?
it's called having an imaginary friend duh
>>282102306
so ghosts can just manifest a spirit way? hm

>>282102357
she was sus, but i'm not sure what she could actually want
>>282102500
i guess she's not used to such little legs
>>282102509
>the grass is tied up
can you actually do that??
>>282102668
i wonder what the students saw
did they even see anything? or was it just like blinking from their perspective?
>I'll be honest, I think that's Mt. Fuji.
same
>>282102964
>i got my mother-in-law to buy it for me
remember that she was only 2 years younger than her

>>282103120
>of course i was happy too
she says ominously
>>282103215
like mother, like son i guess
>this grass trap is what killed you, isn't it?
what the-
>>282103308
>she did it
oh...
>at my funeral too... a lot students came
well that's nice, they remembered
>>282103540
ohhh it was another trap! silly lady
>>282103563
>all three generations
>come together to purify a spirit
well isn't that just delightful? :-)
>we went into the red
tamako don't ruin the moment
and what do you mean "we"?!

>>282098701
they changed natto to basedbeans

I mean, it's not technically wrong, but natto is natto

>>282102640
chapter 335 color page

Here's the Japanese cover for Volume 34. I actually don't have either the back cover or inner sleeve illustration. I am sorry. If anyone has them for Vol. 34, feel free to post it.

>>282108928
Pretty. Thanks for finding that.

>>282108473
Good info.

>>282106592
And yeah, I see that. But I also never saw the word "Rumic World" on Came the Mirror, but maybe I'm off base. Wikipedia lists Rumic World as having ended in 2015 on Rumiko Takahashi's page, which is something. The Japanese one seems to just call the first three Rumic World and the next by their title but grouping them all together as "Short story collection". Also, the Japanese page is very detailed and has a lot of random trivia like talking about common sound effects in her works.

>>282103720
hada is also skin, so blue\pale skin is the pun

>>282105546
Dude cash that already

>>282105613
Oh I just realized I read this before sometime. Wow I forgot it completely until the end.
Either that or there was another rumiko short with roughly the same plot and outcome.

>>282108328
Figures someone would do this.

>>282107558
Yeah, Rokumon's stupid face was always my favorite part of this delusion.

>>282104977
Thank you for posting, Rumic OP.

>>282104413
I wonder if they literally fought it out in a boxing ring

bump don't die yet

34/40

>>282110801
I feel we've gotten other one-shots about romantic scams, but I don't think we've had the young guy and the ghost fake out.

>>282107778
Good characters are defined by their flaws and conflicts, it gives them space to explore and develop.

>>282098151
>>282098179
>>282098193
GIVE THIS GINGER AN OSCAR!!

>>282099828
>what do you think they talked about bros?
Rumiko: "Why is your manga so ugly? emi"

>>282100633
>which rumic character could we call "nice and smart"
Best girl Ukyo of course, how is that even a question?

>>282101278
Rinne with the "she's that much expensive of a hooker" look

>>282102068
Her parents should've kicked her out tbqh

>>282104274
>>282104315
Look at him! Look at him and laugh!!

>>282104977
Danke, OP

>>282103653
>>282104094 (me)
found it
she meant characters from a work
>もうキャラものは着れないです。
キャラ is a short for キャラクター a loanword of "character"

>>282103653
>If you flip it over, you can see the textbook contents are cut off and somewhat misspelled and seemingly nonsense in some sort of English and French combination.
zoom in, enhance
>picrel
egad no wonder japan does so poorly in english lol
>VIZ's translation of Rin-ne that Rumiko referenced.
referenced when?
>>282103834
>I think it might literally mean "backwater formation" or something?
apparently this is an old chinese text 背水陣 "arrange the battle array with soldiers' back to the river"
>Another expression it is similar to "burning one's boats" which I haven't actually heard.
"burning bridges" is another translation i found
burning boats reminds me of what they say the conquistadores did, though wiktionary clarifies on this and mentions another event
>Perhaps in reference to Hernán Cortés, who gave the order to destroy his own ships (in reality, by sinking them) when he landed in Veracruz to begin his conquest in 1519.
>Perhaps in reference to Tariq Ibn Ziyad, who gave the order to burn his own ships when he landed in Gibraltar, beginning the Islamic conquest of Spain in 711.
>>282103935
you could say he's worried about
becoming a drop-out

>>282104022
>is that a client?
>yeah
what type of client, rinne?
>>282104061
>she noticed my you-know-what
c- couldn't be that... r-right?
>>282104125
>just a matching pencil
phew
>>282104145
but why do you want to go to the same college? is it just coincidence or are you following her?
>Caught.
caught mid-soliloquy

>>282104220
i have a relative who's about 4'10" or 4'11" and most of her life hovered under just under 100 pounds, just a petite little thing
i think it's only recently now that she's older that she's over 100 pounds
so anyone at 110 but taller than her would have to be concerningly skinny...
>>282104245
>maybe i'll change the college i'm aiming for
...so he was trying to follow her into college?
>>282104315
>adultery
catching a cheater today? ohoho
>Q: Have you had a scary experience lately?
>A: The air purifier caught on fire.
oh my god rumiko-dono no!
>>282104342
sneaky miroku jr
>he's yelling that at the top of his lungs, though
okay maybe not that sneaky

>>282104356
>sure, i'll pretend
i feel like she said this to rinne once
>>282104364
the blood is strong!
>ZSH
b- behind you, sakura!
>>282104381
>ENTER
rinne is here! for free :-)
>>282104413
>the ghost is a girl
i was expecting a guy honestly
>>282104473
>on your first date?
>that's bold
bold indeed
are we sure this guy isn't related to mackerel man?
>swimming against the flow
i hear that the trick to this is to swim diagonally to the flow rather than full on against it
admittedly this was advice i heard on tv about what to do if you're in a river

>>282104489
>you also could've quite swimming and hopped out of the pool...
real...
>>282104531
but why out into the water? does it make, like, water clones? reflections off the water?
>tsukumogamis the pool
i didn't know those stickers were waterproof
or that that type of pool could count as a tsukumogami
>>282104545
>picrel
>>282104564
>the tube's dissolving
what a cheap piece of...!
>rokumon's in the water too
genuinely unexpected

>>282104605
did ghost girl hear the mistaken identity part?
>>282104610
i guess not...
>>282104637
long lost twin!
>since Rumiko wanted to emphasize her face being different, her eyes are really something.
i thought her mascara was smudging
>I think she may have also given her a smaller nose.
i'm not sure about smaller... i guess she drew more of ridge instead of just the tip?
>>282104685
>watermelon at his hip
>box full of items
did he get paid in food?
>>282104698
>firecrackers
oh, not more food then
>Can't really read the fireworks.
most of them are too cutoff to understand, but i can kind of see 夜桜 "night cherry blossoms" on one of them

>>282104721
look at rinne wriggling and giddy for some bbq...
>Successfully enjoyed yourself before the job ruined everything.
they're learning!
also heh, the watermelon is bigger than rokumon
>>282104764
>he had them in a ziplock bag, they're fine
really learning!
>>282104845
>No name or pseudonym for our spirit this time.
what a shame, i guess rumiko and friends were out of puns
>>282104895
>>282104907
look at macgyver over here
>it even got my heart racing
really? one of the biggest twists we've had so far lol

>>282105682
kind of boring and unremarkable ngl

>>282104977
>breaks it
macgyver-kun nyo...
>By the way, Sakura Mamiya did sayドキドキ (dokidoki)
>but only ちょっと (chotto, a little bit).
naruhodo, can't be too impressed i guess
>>282109682
the back cover
>picrel
rokumon seems to be eating takoyaki? i guess from the wallet chapter?
>But I also never saw the word "Rumic World" on Came the Mirror
i went to find the japanese cover and look at what it says in the upper right corner
>https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4091871291
big comics special
also the guy from the came the mirror one-shot is the same guy from she's coming tonight lmao

>>282125692
inside from the chinese
>picrel
unfortunately the image is somewhat pixelized this time, but fortunately we have the raw color page for chapter 335 >>282108928
admittedly all the text and ads covered up the neat ripples in the background, i didn't even notice that's what they were until i saw the inner sleeve version right now

-died slipping in the rain and hitting his head on a construction site wall
-uh we don't actually find out how wallet girl died even though it must have been really recent
-died tripping on her own grass knot
-died after running out of strength swimming the wrong way in a lazy river
-died after running out of strength swimming to scare people from a dock

>>282126366
>uh we don't actually find out how wallet girl died even though it must have been really recent
oh, you're right
hmm well going by patterns she probably tripped or got run over

>>282125692 (me)
>also the guy from the came the mirror one-shot is the same guy from she's coming tonight lmao
literally the same guy
>picrel
he's just wearing different glasses

>>282124385
Referenced as in used to write the text in the notebook.

>>282109817
Ah, thank you.

>>282123986
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>>282125300
Good info.

>>282125692
I assumed it was from the cooking club chapter but he does seem pleased so maybe it is the wallet one. Good job finding all this.

I've read so many one-shots by Rumiko now. I honestly feel they get overlooked a lot by people. Obviously, they aren't all amazing but there's a lot of love.

picrel but smol rokumon

>>282129402
>I honestly feel they get overlooked a lot by people.
part of it is probably because a lot of people don't know what one-shots are
and those who do only know them as pitches for a manga serialization, and don't expect an established mangaka to release one-shots during serialization, let alone to have released as many as rumiko

>>282131355
That's true. I did not expect them to be annual.

>>282125300
It really does look like mascara, but they don't acknowledge that and it doesn't add to the joke really.