Inuyasha
-Sengoku o-Togi Zoushi
Part 308
Version: 0.800
Title: The Pool
Written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi
Translated from: Shounen Sunday 2003 #19, 9th April 2003
© Rumiko Takahashi and Shogakukan 1996-2002
Translation & editing by
Chris Rijk
Additional translating and editing by
No one yet
This translation is © Chris Rijk 1996-2002.
Done expressly for non-profit use only. No unorthorised selling, renting etc.
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Translation notes and style
Although scene descriptions are provided, it is not nearly the same as seeing it for yourself. If you enjoy the series, I would strongly recommend buying the tankoubon (collected version, each about 180 pages or 10 chapters long, costing 410 yen) when they become available (typically 3-4 months after the weekly Shonen Sunday release), and the first 21 volumes are now on sale.
Warning: These translations will occationally include strong language, and violence, though this is only when it is present in the original Japanese version.
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Page 1
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[View of Inuyasha looking serious. Partial closeup of hijiri-sama, with the person's face somewhat visible.]
Title
The Pool
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[COMMENTS] The literal translation of the title ("Takitsubo") would be "the basin of the waterfall", but that sounds rather awkward, so I shortened it.
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Page 2
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[View of the side of a tree covered mountain, with dark energy swirling around it.]
fx area rumble...
2
[Inuyasha and hijiri-sama face off in the clearing.]
fx leaves rustle...
3
[View of hijiri-sama from Inuyasha's point of view.]
Inuyasha
Kikyou, is this you!?
4
[Closeup side view of Inuyasha looking.]
Inuyasha
From this person...
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Page 3
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[White frame.]
Inuyasha
no scent of Kikyou is coming off.
However...
2
[Closeup of Inuyasha speaking forcefully.]
Inuyasha
You face...
Show me your face!
3
[Closeup side view of hijiri-sama.]
fx leaves rustle...
4
[Scene change. Sango and Kagome are on Kirara, with Miroku running beside them.]
fx Kirara whoosh
fx Miroku shh-shh
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Page 4
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[Kagome is looking behind her, seeming a bit worried.]
Kagome
Inuyasha... I wonder if he's okay.
Sango
He'll catch up shortly, don't worry.
2
[Closeup side view of Kagome thinking.]
Kagome
That... is true. The one who most wants to meet hijiri-sama...
is Inuyasha after all.
3
[Miroku notices some Youkai in the air above him.]
fx youkai rustle...
Miroku !
4
[Miroku shouts to Sango and Kagome.]
Miroku
Sango! There's more Youkai coming.
5
[The Youkai swoop in to attack.]
fx youkai swish
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Page 5
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[Miroku throws a bunch of o-fuda.]
Miroku
{attack cry} Hah!
fx o-fuda swish
2
[Some Youkai are blasted apart.]
fx youaki *melt*
3
[Sango drops off Kagome and Shippou beside a tree.]
Sango
Kagome-chan, Shippou, stay here!
Kagome
Right.
4
[Sango joins the battle.]
Sango
Hirakotsu!
fx youkai whack whack
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Page 6
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[Shippou is standing protectively in front of Kagome, who has her bow out, with an arrow ready. Shippou looks rather on edge.]
Shippou
Ka, Kagome, I'll be with you.
Kagome
Sure.
2
[Shippou's eyes bulge out as he sees a glow in the distance through the trees.]
fx light *glow...*
3
[Kagome points an arrow in that direction.]
Shippou
Ka, Kagome! There's Youkai.
fx Kagome shh
Kagome Eh...
4
[View of two Youkai in the forest. It's two of the soul carrying insect like Youkai that Kikyou uses.]
fx youkai swish...
5
[Closeup of Kagome looking surprised.]
Kagome !
6
[Kagome runs off towards them.]
Kagome
Kikyou's Shinidama-chuu!!
fx Kagome swish
7
[Miroku looks over while destorying a Youkai.]
fx Miroku swish
Miroku !
Kagome-sama!
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Page 7
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[Kagome turns around to look behind her while rushing forwards, after the Youkai.]
fx Kagome swish
Kagome
I'm going after them!
2
[Miroku rushes after her.]
Miroku
Wait, that's reckless!
fx Miroku swish
3
[Kagome rushes along ahead, and suddenly the scenery around her swirls, and her image becomes vague.]
fx image *fade...*
4
[Shippou and Miroku look on in surprise.]
Shippou
S, she' disappeared.
Miroku
A barrier...?
5
[Scene change. Misty frame.]
6
[Inuyasha continues to address hijiri-sama.]
Inuyasha
Answer me.
Are you Kikyou or not!?
7
[Closeup of one of the shikigami, who look like young girls.]
shikigami
The strong miasma weakened her greatly...
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Page 8
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[Side view of the two shikigami.]
shikigami#1
Her body won't return to the original form.
shikigami#2
And she's lost her voice...
2
[View of "hijiri-sama".]
shikigami
{off} Only her soul can fight.
However...
3
[Closeup side view of Inuyasha looking a bit surprised.]
shikigami
soon her power will be exhausted...
4
[Flashback drawing to what Inuyasha saw of the scene where it seemed Naraku had killed Kikyou.]
Inuyasha
At that time...
she didn't die.
5
[Inuyasha rushes forwards.]
Inuyasha
Kikyou!
fx Inuyasha *dash*
Inuyasha
It's you, isn't it Kikyou!?
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Page 9
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[Closeup of two wind-blades rushing through the air.]
fx blades swish
2
[The blades cut right through the middle of "hijiri-sama".]
fx blades whack
fx horse whinny
3
[Closeup of Inuyasha looking shocked.]
Inuyasha !
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Page 10
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[The hood falls off "hijiri-sama", and the face and head of someone looking quite like Kikyou can be seen.]
fx clothes flap...
2
[Inuyasha rushes forwards desperately.]
Inuyasha
Kikyo-o-o-u!!
3
[Inuyasha nears the place where the body falls to the ground.]
fx clothes flap
fx arrows clatter clatter
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Page 11
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[Inuyasha reaches where she fell, but there doesn't seem to be a body, just the clothes lying on the ground.]
fx horse whinny...
fx Inuyasha swish
2
[Closeup of Inuyasha putting his hand on the clothes.]
fx clothes flap
Inuyasha !?
3
[Closeup of Inuyasha looking shocked and puzzeled.]
Inuyasha
There's... no body!?
4
[View of a small piece of paper drifting away from the clothes. It seems vaguely shaped like a person.]
fx paper flutter...
Inuyasha
{off} !
5
[Inuyasha picks up the paper and looks at it.]
Inuyasha
This is... human shaped.
6
[Inuyasha looks up at a voice.]
voice
{off} Sheesh, you just can't figure her out, this Kikyou person.
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Page 12
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[Inuyasha looks up to see Kagura on a feather up in the sky.]
Inuyasha
Kagura!
2
[Closeup of Inuyasha shouting.]
Inuyasha
You bitch... What's going on!?
3
[View of Kagura.]
Kagura
That's what I want to ask.
I was made to go on a fool's errand.
4
[Closeup of Inuyasha.]
Inuyasha
Kikyou... is still alive!?
5
[Closeup of Kagura.]
Kagura
Humph... That's what Naraku thinks.
6
[Drawing of the arrow that destoryed the barrier around Hakudoushi.]
Kagura
The arrow that broke that brat Hakudoushi's barrier...
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Page 13
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[Closeup side view of Kagura.]
Kagura
had soil from Onigumo's cave spread onto the arrow-head.
2
[Drawing of Onigumo, in the cave where he "died". Drawing of Inuyasha overlaid.]
Inuyasha
Wha...
3
[Continuation of above.]
Inuyasha
I see... That was the smell on the arrow back then...
4
[View of Inuyasha.]
Kagura
{off} That soil in that place...
is suffused with the thoughts Naraku had for Kikyou.
5
[Closeup of Kagura.]
Kagura
That soil opposes Naraku, and protects Kikyou, or so I heard.
The only person who can use Onigumo's soil is Kikyou.
6
[Closeup of Inuyasha thinking.]
Inuyasha
Kikyou is...
alive somewhere!
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Page 14
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[Kagura rushes off into the distance, while turning to look back at Inuyasha.]
Kagura
Whatever the case, we both got dragged around by a fake, basically.
fx feather whoosh
Kagura
See ya!
2
[Closeup of Kagura, smiling a bit.]
Kagura
Naraku's greatest opponent is still alive...
This is getting interesting.
3
[Inuyasha looks around. There's nobody in the glade, apart from "hijiri-sama's" clothes.]
fx Inuyasha rustle...
fx clothes flutter...
4
[Vague drawing of the two shikigami.]
Inuyasha
They've also...
5
[Closeup of Inuyasha.]
Inuyasha
...vanished.
6
[Scene change. View of some tree tops.]
7
[Kagome is climbing up a steep slope.]
fx Kagome shh
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Page 15
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[Kagome crests the top, and sees the two Youkai a short distance ahead of her.]
fx Kagome shh
fx youkai swish
2
[The two Youkai seem to be waiting for Kagome.]
fx youkai swish
3
[Closeup side view of Kagome thinking.]
Kagome
They're... inviting me?
4
[View of a waterfall and the pool at the bottom.]
fx water slish...
5
[Kagome approaches the pool. This is the same place as the two shikigami were pouring in soil from Kikyou's grave earlier.]
fx water slish...
Kagome
A waterfall...
6
[Reflection of Kagome looking into the pool - she seems surprised.]
Kagome !
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Page 16
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[Closeup of what's in the pool. It's Kikyou. She looks like normal, and is dressed like normal, despite being underwater, but she seems to be unconcious.]
fx water shh...
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Page 17
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[Closeup of Kagome looking surprised.]
Kagome
Kikyou...
2
[Closeup of Kikyou.]
fx water slish...
3
[Kagome is kneeling by the water's edge, looking in.]
Kagome
Eh...?
Is she alive? Or...?
4
[View of some trees.]
shikigami
{off} Her life...
is starting to run out.
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Page 18
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[Kagome turns to see the two shikigami girls behind her.]
Kagome !?
2
[View of Kikyou.]
shikigami
{off} The miasma is continuing to spread.
3
[Closeup of the two shikigami.]
shikigami#1
Please choose.
shikigami#2
To save her...
or not...
4
[Closeup of Kagome looking shocked.]
Kagome
Eh, "choose"...?
What do they mean!?
Last modified April 14th 2003
