Inuyasha -Sengoku o-Togi Zoushi Part 183 Version: 0.830 Title: The Secret of the Transformation Written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi Translated from: Shounen Sunday 2000 #41,6th September 2000 © Rumiko Takahashi and Shogakukan 1996-2000 Translation & editing by Chris Rijk Additional translating and editing by No one yet This translation is © Chris Rijk 1996-2000. Done expressly for non-profit use only. No unorthorised selling, renting etc. Get the latest version from http://www.wot-club.org.uk/Inuyasha/. Translations of this chapter, but with different styling/content are also available - a plain text version and also a text version with all the original Japanese for the speech and sound effects. 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 15 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. ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 1 1 [View of Inuyasha sitting, looking confident, holding Tetsusaiga in it's scabbard.] Title The Secret of the Transformation -------- [COMMENTS] The Japanese word used for here is 'henge', and in some ways is rather closer to 'demonification' (turning into a demon, or demon like creature). I've used the more general 'transformation' instead because 'demonification' is rather too specific. ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 2 1 [Rin, Jaken and Sesshoumaru are walking through a forest. It seems rather lush, bushes and trees everywhere, though a sun-beam is shining down on the group. Rin is riding on the two-headed dragon like thing Sesshoumaru uses in place of a horse...] Jaken Your chichi-gimi's acquaintance is in such a remote forest? fx Sesshoumaru shh... Sesshoumaru ...... -------- [COMMENTS] The 'gimi' on 'chichi-gimi' is a somewhat old-fashioned respectful term Jaken uses for Sesshoumaru's father. (Even old for the Sengoku Jidai, I think...) 2 [View of the top of a tree.] fx leaves rustle... voice I thought you'd be coming to visit me sometime soon... Sesshoumaru... 3 [Rin and Jaken look up in surprise.] Rin A voice came from the sky... Jaken Hn? There's nothing here. 4 [Closeup of Sesshoumaru, looking up slightly.] Sesshoumaru You know why I've come... Bokusenou? -------- [COMMENTS] "Bokusenou" ('boku-sen-ou') is a name, where 'boku' means gentle (and is also a type of tree, magnolia hypoleuca), 'sen' is a hermit/wizard, and 'ou' means 'old man'. ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 3 1 [Sesshoumaru is standing before a large tree. (btw, he has both Tenseiga and the new one, Toukijin, at his left side, though the latter isn't in a scabbard.] fx tree crackle, snap... Bokusenou That you've come to see me means that, you've come about the swords, haven't you. 2 [A face appears on the trunk of the tree.] fx face plock Bokusenou It's about your oyaji-dono's memento, Tetsusaiga huh? Or is it... -------- [COMMENTS] 'oyaji-dono' is Bokusenou's way of saying 'father'. Toutousai uses this too. 3 [Rin and Jaken are surprised.] Rin Wah! The spirit of a tree. Jaken Sesshoumaru-sama, who on earth is this... 4 [View of Sesshoumaru.] Sesshoumaru A 2000 year old magnolia hypoleuca tree. Jaken Really? -------- [COMMENTS] As a standalone word, 'magnolia hypoleuca' in Japanese is just 'hoo'. Jaken says 'hoo?' in response, but in this context it just is an interjection which doesn't translate very well - somewhere between 'hmm' and 'wow'. (seems to be a minor pun...) ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 4 1 [Closeup of Bokusenou's face on the trunk - he has a vaguely humanoid face (eyes, nose, mouth, chin etc), but quite old looking.] Bokusenou Indeed, and also the scabbards of Sesshoumaru's oyaji-dono's memento swords... Tetsusaiga and Tenseiga, were carved from branches of mine. 2 [Closeup of Jaken.] Jaken The scabbards... 3 [Sesshoumaru looks at the tree.] Sesshoumaru Bokusenou, you'd know wouldn't you. -------- [COMMENTS] Note, Sesshoumaru uses the same rude form of 'you' he uses with pretty much everyone... 4 [Closeup of Sesshoumaru.] Sesshoumaru The connection between Inuyasha and Tetsusaiga, that is. 5 [Closeup side view of Bokusenou's face.] Bokusenou Inuyasha... You're younger brother huh... ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 5 1 [Closeup side view of Sesshoumaru.] Sesshoumaru The first time was when Tetsusaiga was bitten apart by an Oni... The second time was when he relinquished Tetsusaiga in a battle with me. 2 [Flashback drawing to when Inuyasha was battling with Sesshoumaru. When he was sitting there looking very sinister...] Sesshoumaru Inuyasha's blood changed. 3 [Closeup side view of Sesshoumaru, making a point, though he doesn't look too happy about it.] Sesshoumaru It went from a Half-Youkai's blood's smell... to the same Youkai's blood's smell of mine and chichi-ue's. 4 [Bokusenou grows a hand which it uses to rub it's chin.] fx arm plock fx bark crackle... Bokusenou The same Youkai's blood... huh. I wonder about that. 5 [View of Sesshoumaru.] Sesshoumaru ...... What do you mean? ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 6 1 [View of a village down in a valley.] 2 [View of Kagome on her bike smiling, with Shippou in the basket looking down at this.] Kagome Ah, you can see the village. 3 [Bringing up the rear is Inuyasha, carrying an old man on his back, and not looking very happy about it. Sango is to the side, and a young boy is looking up at the old man. It seems the two had been foraging for food etc, as they're both carrying baskets on their backs.] village boy We made it, jicchan. old man Ahh, I'm saved. fx Inuyasha *sulk sulk sulk* 4 [White frame.] old man I'm very grateful, [for your help] after spraining my leg and in pain... 5 [The old man and boy stop to look at Kagome at the outskirts of the village.] Kagome Okay, take care. old man Sure... Thank you onee-chan. -------- [COMMENTS] 'Jicchan' is just a variation of 'jii-chan' (grandad), and though 'onee-chan' means 'big sister', it is often used in situations like this - by younger children to teenage girls or young women. It's a bit like saying 'Miss', instead of using the person's name. ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 7 1 [The boy, who is drawing in a slightly comical style (always smiling, with just two black dots for eyes), reaches into his clothes.] village boy Ah, and then, monster-dog onii-chan... 2 [Kagome smiles at Inuyasha to calm him down.] Inuyasha Monster-dog...! fx Inuyasha {comically} *get angry* Kagome Inuyasha. 3 [The boy places something in Inuyasha's hand.] village boy In thanks, I'll give you my treasured item. 4 [The boy and old man leave.] village boy Good-bye! 5 [Kagome waves merrily, while the others cluster around Inuyasha to see what he's got.] Miroku What did you get? Sango A snake's cast-off skin... Shippou Wow, lucky! 6 [View of the sky. (time passes...)] 7 [Closeup of Inuyasha looking annoyed.] Inuyasha Sheesh, even though we got no time to spare on helping people! 8 [The group is walking down a path through a forest. Shippou is in the basket on Kagome's bike, looking happy - looks like he got the snake skin.] Kagome But, we just walked with them. Miroku After doing something good, you always get sullen, don't you. Inuyasha Bah! ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 8 1 [Closeup of Inuyasha suddenly stopping.] Inuyasha Hn!? fx Inuyasha *twitch* 2 [Kagome looks at Inuyasha, slightly worried.] Kagome Inuyasha...? Inuyasha It's the smell of people's blood. 3 [View of Miroku and Sango.] Inuyasha {off} Quite a number of people. There's fire and smoke too... 4 [Closeup of Inuyasha looking back.] Inuyasha It's from the village of that old fart and kid from earlier isn't it!? They were attacked by something!? 5 [Scene change - view of some trees.] 6 [Sesshoumaru and the others look at the tree.] Bokusenou Inuyasha is a Half-Youkai born between a Youkai and human... and can't become a true Youkai. ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 9 1 [Closeup of the tree.] Bokusenou At any rate, Sesshoumaru, there is something you as a perfect Youkai can do, but... Inuyasha can not do. 2 [Misty frame.] Bokusenou That is... preservation of the self, you see... -------- [COMMENTS] Ie preservation of your mind, thoughts, feelings etc. 3 [Closeup of Sesshoumaru.] Sesshoumaru preservation of the self...? 4 [Side view of Bokusenou.] Bokusenou Indeed, for example Sesshoumaru... when in the middle of battle, no matter how pressed you were, though your mind was cool... have you ever lost yourself? 5 [Sesshoumaru looks back.] Sesshoumaru Humph, being pressed, is not something that's happened to me. Bokusenou Kukuku... maybe that's so. ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 10 1 [White frame, with some splatters of blood.] Bokusenou But Inuyasha is different. When pressed, and his life is in danger, to protect himself, his Youkai blood controls his body and transforms it... 2 [Closeup side view of Sesshoumaru pondering this, with a drawing of Inuyasha looking menacing, the last time they fought.] Sesshoumaru That's... what happened then... 3 [Closeup side view of Bokusenou's face.] Bokusenou However, the blood of a Greater Youkai Inuyasha inherited from his oyaji-dono, is too strong for a Half-Youkai's body... 4 [Closeup of Sesshoumaru looking a bit surprised.] Sesshoumaru ... What happens then? 5 [Closeup of Bokusenou.] Bokusenou Indeed... You could say his mind would be eaten away by the Youkai blood. ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 11 1 [Side drawing of a very fierce looking Inuyasha, transformed.] Bokusenou He wouldn't recognise anybody. He'd kill enemies and friends alike. And after transforming repeatedly... 2 [Darkish frame.] Bokusenou eventually Inuyasha's mind will be lost completely. He'll be reduced to a monster that just fights... and will continue fighting until that body's destroyed. 3 [Closeup of Sesshoumaru.] Bokusenou {off} Your oyaji-dono, didn't want that to happen to Inuyasha of course. Which is precisely why... ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 12 1 [White frame.] Bokusenou {off} as a sword of protection, Inuyasha was given Tetsusaiga. 2 [Scene change - misty frame.] 3 [View of Kagome, Inuyasha, Miroku and Sango seeing something ahead in surprise.] fx Inuyasha shh Kagome ! 4 [A boy is staggering along with a large arrow in his back.] fx village boy *stagger...* 5 [Kagome and Inuyasha dash forwards.] Kagome The kid from earlier... fx Inuyasha *dash* Inuyasha Ugh.. 6 [Kagome grabs hold of the child.] Kagome Hang in there. fx Kagome shh 7 [Closeup of the boy, who's sweating badly.] village boy Save... jicchan... ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 13 1 [Inuyasha looks back at Kagome.] Inuyasha Kagome, take care him! Kagome Ah, yeah. 2 [Miroku turns to Sango.] Miroku Sango, you stay and protect Kagome-sama. Sango I know! 3 [Inuyasha and Miroku rush off.] Inuyasha Let's go Miroku! fx Inuyasha *dash* Miroku Sure. 4 [Scene change - flames and smoke.] 5 [Moving further down, a house is seen burning, and there's an arrow stuck in it.] fx flames roa-a-ar fx flames crackle crackle 6 [Armoured men on horse-back ride through the village. There are corpses of village men strewn around, with some more being added.] fx horses *thunder of hooves...* ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 14 1 [View of some of the men on horseback.] bandit#1 I like this village. bandit#2 Let's stay here until we've used up all the food. 2 [View of some village women huddled on the ground, looking quite scared.] bandit Gather the women in one place, and kill any that run. 3 [Inuyasha and Miroku arrive.] Miroku Bandits huh. fx Inuyasha swish 4 [Inuyasha draws Tetsusaiga.] Inuyasha You bastards! fx Tetsusaiga shing ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 15 1 [Inuyasha swings down Tetsusaiga, sending a blast of energy.] fx ground wham fx ground crack crack 2 [Several cutting blades strike into a group of soldiers. (this looks like the 'Cutting Wind', but slightly less powerful)] fx ground wham-am-am-am bandit Uwha! bandit Wha, what the!? fx horse whinny ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 16 1 [View of Inuyasha.] Inuyasha I'll leave you small-fry for later. Get your leader. fx Tetsusaiga hshht... 2 [View of Miroku and Inuyasha.] Miroku Inuyasha, among the bandits... Inuyasha Yeah, I can smell it. There's one fucking Youkai with them. ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 17 1 [White frame.] youkai Kukuku... Brat... 2 [A new bandit appears on a white horse, carrying a huge blood-stained axe (about 2-3x bigger than a normal one). He's better dressed and more handsome than the other bandits.] fx youkai shh... youkai Interesting sword you got there. bandit Boss... 3 [Inuyasha and the new Youkai face off.] Inuyasha Humph, so you're the Youkai huh. You fucking brought along with measly bandits. youkai ...... 4 [Two bandits look surprised.] bandit#1 T... the boss is a Youkai!? bandit#2 What the fuck is this guy saying. ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 18 1 [Closeup of the Youkai. He does look very much like a human in appearance, but also slightly odd.] youkai Brat... Hand me that sword. 2 [Closeup of Inuyasha.] Inuyasha Huh? What are you gibbering on about. 3 [View of Miroku and Inuyasha.] Miroku Don't get careless Inuyasha. Inuyasha Bah! You think I'd actually loose!? 4 [Closeup of the Youkai bandit boss.] fx youkai *grin* Last modified September 15th 2000