Inuyasha -Sengoku o-Togi Zoushi- Part 208 Version: 0.830 Title: The Man with no Face Written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi Translated from: Shounen Sunday 2001 #15, 14th March 2001 Copyright Rumiko Takahashi and Shogakukan 1996-2000 Translation & editing by Chris Rijk Additional translating and editing by No one yet This translation is copyright 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/. 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 - the first was released on 18th April 1997, and the first 15 are now available. Warning: These translations will occationally include strong language, as well as violence, though this is only when it is present in the original Japanese version. Page 1 1 [View of the whole group - Inuyasha, Kagome, Shippou, Miroku and Sango. They're all looking forwards with rather serious though slightly varied expressions.] Title: The Man with no Face Page 2 1 [View of a group of bandits rushing along. There's about 5 to 10 on horseback, and several on foot, one of whom is pulling a cart with two tied up women and some barrels or similar] Fx horses: (hoves) rumble... bandit: We got some woman and sake too. bandit: Boss, let's live it up tonight. 2 [View of the lead bandit noticing something ahead. (presumably the boss given that he has finer looking armour)] bandit: Hm!? 3 [Up ahead on the group is a large black mound.] Fx mound: *pulse...* 4 [The bandits stop before the mound - it appears to be a large round piece of flesh - it's dark coloured and has what appears to be veins over it. (it almost looks like a large brain, though it isn't ridged the same)] Fx mound: *pulse...* bandit: What's this thing. Page 3 1 [Some of the bandits group around it, all carrying weapons.] Fx mound: *pulse...* bandit: A lump of flesh...? bandit: It seems like it's alive. 2 [View of the mound as spears and swords are stuck into it.] Fx swords: *stab stab* 3 [A (human looking) hand and arm comes out of the mound of flesh holding one of the swords by the blade.] Fx sword: *squeeze* Fx arm: *slide out* bandit: {off} !? 4 [The bandits look on in shock as a man with longish and somewhat wild black hair comes out. His back is to us and a large spider-mark is clearly visible on the back, as well as sword stuck into his shoulder.] Fx man: *rise* bandit: Wha...!? Page 4 1 [View from the front of the man getting out of the flesh. However, darkness is shadowing his face and we can't see any features.] Fx man: *slide out...* 2 [The bandits look off in shock at the man, or whatever it is.] bandit#1: Wh.. what is he...!? bandit#2: His face is...!? 3 [View of blood splurting.] Fx sounds: {off} whack whack whack 4 [Dark misty frame.] 4 [Lighter misty frame.] Page 5 1 [Scene change to a view of grass (or something).] voice: {off} Naraku's smell!? 2 [Closeup of Inuyasha rushing along.] Inuyasha: Yeah, it's definitely coming from this direction! 3 [Inuyasha and the group arrive the scene with the bandits. It seems everyone is dead - all the bandits are lying face down in pools of blood.] Fx group: shh group: ! 4 [Closeup of Shippou and Kagome.] Shippou: Th... they've all been killed. Kagome: H... how cruel... 5 [Inuyasha looks down at a bandit in front of him.] Inuyasha: Bandits huh... 6 [Closeup side view of Inuyasha noticing something.] Inuyasha: !? Page 6 1 [View of Inuyasha looking down in surprise a the bandit.] Inuyasha: .oO(The face... has been peeled off!?). 2 [View of some other bandits.] Inuyasha: .oO({off} Him too...). Inuyasha: .oO(This guy as well!!). 3 [Kagome looks over to Inuyasha.] Kagome: Inuyasha, there's a survivor. 4 [Miroku is holding a young woman (probably one kidnaped by the bandits) who is staring straight ahead in terror and shivering.] Miroku: Hang in there. 5 [Sango crouches before the woman.] Sango: Tell us. Sango: Who did this to you? 6 [Closeup of the woman.] village woman: A man with... no face... 7 [Closeup of Inuyasha looking surprised.] Inuyasha: .oO(No face...!?). Page 7 1 [Scene change to a view of some trees.] Fx leaves: rustle... 2 [The man from earlier (well, Youkai, since he's one of Naraku's offspring) is kneeling beside a river, still naked. He has his hands to his face. There is a horse tethered to a tree nearby as well as a pile of armour and various weapons.] Fx water: slish... Fx horse: whinny... 3 [Reflection of the Youkai's face - he has somebody else's face on - an ugly bandit.] 4 [Side view of the Youkai pulling off the borrowed face.] Fx face: *rip off* 5 [The face is discarded, thrown to the river bank where some previously discarded faces are.] Fx face: squelch 6 [Somebody approaches the Youkai from behind - we see part of the leg, and the person seems to be wearing fairly rich looking robes.] Fx person: shh Page 8 1 [It's a Buddhist priest - quite a young one actually (early twenties?), with a shaven head and those bowl shaped hats Buddhist priests sometimes wear. This priest is rather fresh-faced looking - even has a beauty spot under his left eye. He's carrying what appears to be an antler (some kind of prong-shaped weapon) attached to the end of a pole.] priest: So you're the origin of the evil huh. priest: Evil spirit... 2 [The Youkai turns around and we get to see his naked face. There's nothing there - just what appears to be a huge scar - not even a mouth or nose or eyes.] Fx youkai: hshht... Fx youkai: rustle... 3 [Behind the priest is another one, though he appears to be a boy, and is carrying a large pack.] boy priest: Musou-sama, be careful... Musou: Stand back. ( 'Musou' means "peerless", "unparalleled" etc...) 4 [Closeup side view of Musou.] Musou: Evil spirit, where did you come from? Musou: Why do such an atrocious thing? 5 [View of the Youkai.] Page 9 1 [Closeup of the Youkai.] youkai: .oO(Where did I... come from...?). youkai: Don't... know. 2 [The Youkai moves towards the priest.] Fx youkai: hshht... youkai: Give me... your face... 3 [Musou readies his weapon, looking a bit annoyed.] Musou: So, you resist despite your actions. Musou: In that case... Fx Musou: shh 4 [As the Youkai reaches out towards him, Musou whacks his weapon into the Youkai's head, caving it in.] Musou: I'll punish you!! Fx youkai: whack 5 [The boy looks on, impressed.] boy priest: Got him... Page 10 1 [Despite having the weapon embedded right into it's head, the Youkai continues forwards and puts it's hands around Musou's neck, pushing the weapon even further into it's head.] Fx weapon: *sink in...* Fx youkai: (Musou) *grab* Musou: ! 2 [Closeup side view of Musou with a shocked expression, and also as if his head had just jerked upwards.] Fx sound: crack 3 [The boy priest looks on in terror.] Fx sound: {off} whack whack boy priest: Mu, Musou-sama. 4 [The boy priest runs off.] Fx boy priest: *tmp tmp...* boy priest: Yeeek! 5 [View of the Youkai sitting over the fallen form of Musou.] youkai: Mu... sou. 6 [A bit later, the Youkai is kneeling next to the river again with his hands to his face.] Fx youkai: rustle... Page 11 1 [View of the Youkai with his new face - he's taken Musou's face. With his slightly shaggy longish hair he looks like a rock star from the 1970's or 80's. By the way, he looks entirely human - doesn't even have pointed ears.] youkai: Hahaha! youkai: This is my face! ( Until just now, this Youkai has spoken with the rough voice of a demon (you can tell from the styling of the words), but now he has the same style as normal people.) 2 [white misty frame.] 3 [Scene change to Inuyasha and the rest of the group rushing along - Kagome is on her bike, the rest on foot.] Fx Inuyasha: swish Kagome: "A man with no face"... Kagome: Surely it's a new offspring of Naraku!? Fx Kagome's bike: (bell) jingle Inuyasha: Something like that right!? 4 [Closeup of Inuyasha noticing something, and looking to the side.] Inuyasha: ! Inuyasha: .oO(The smell of blood.). Page 12 1 [Scene change to a view of a village in flames.] Fx flames: roa-a-ar... Fx wood: crackle crackle 2 [View of some villagers lying on the ground, having being killed.] Fx wood: crackle crackle 3 [The group has arrive and look on.] Miroku: This is... Inuyasha: It's his doing! 4 [Closeup of Miroku, speaking a bit forcefully.] Miroku: But Inuyasha, Miroku: The killed villagers... 5 [View of some villagers lying in pools of blood. They still have their faces though.] Miroku: {off} still... have their faces. Miroku: It's a different style to the killing of the bandits earlier... 6 [Closeup of Inuyasha, replying forcefully.] Inuyasha: I smell him. Inuyasha: It's Naraku's smell! Page 13 1 [Inuyasha rushes forwards.] Inuyasha: The bastard's still in the village. 2 [Up ahead is mother holds a crying child to her chest while looking behind her in terror. In the smoke behind her there is the faint figure of a person on horse-back seemingly holding a spear.] Fx horse: (hoves) rumble Fx child: *wail* village woman: Ye, ye~e~k! 3 [A spear is thrown towards the woman who cringes.] Fx spear: whizz 4 [Inuyasha chops the spear in time, cutting up the ground as well, which startles the horse.] Inuyasha: Sankon Tessou! (Soul Shattering Iron Claw) Fx spear: whack Fx ground: wham Fx horse: whinny Page 14 1 [Inuyasha and the 'faceless' Youkai from earlier face off. The guy is on the horse wearing the bandit chief's armour. He has a pack of swords on the back. He looks rather calm.] Inuyasha: Bastard... youkai: ...... 2 [Closeup of the Youkai, who has a smile and doesn't look bothered at all.] youkai: Who're you!? Page 15 1 [Closeup of Inuyasha shouting angrily.] Inuyasha: Don't play innocent. Inuyasha: You're Naraku's offspring aren't you. 2 [Closeup side view of the Youkai, giving Inuyasha a cold look.] youkai: Naraku? youkai: What's that. 3 [Inuyasha looks a bit surprised.] Inuyasha: Wha... Page 16 1 [View of the Youkai who has a rather curious look.] youkai: Do you know about me? youkai: What am I!? 2 [Inuyasha looks a bit surprised and angry.] Inuyasha: You what!? 3 [Miroku comes up beside Inuyasha.] Miroku: You're the one who attacked the bandits and stole their faces? youkai: Yeah, that's right. 4 [The guy puts a hand to his face, with a happy smile.] youkai: They were all bad and I couldn't use them though. youkai: But this is okay. Fx youkai: (face) *slap lightly* 5 [View of Sango and Kagome.] Sango: At any rate, he doesn't seem to be joking. Kagome: He doesn't even know about Naraku or himself... Page 17 1 [Scene change to a view of a castle with dark energy swirling around it.] Kagome: {off} This is a different type of Naraku's offspring compared to before...? 2 [View of Inuyasha, Miroku and the 'faceless' Youkai in a round mirror.] Fx image: *waver...* 3 [Naraku is sitting watching the picture in the mirror in Kanna's hands.] Naraku: Humph... Naraku: So they eventually meet huh. Naraku: .oO(He was born from me...). 4 [Closeup of Naraku.] Naraku: .oO(with the most abominable of flesh...). Naraku: .oO(Especially for you... Inuyasha...). Page 18 1 [Scene change back to the burning village.] youkai: {off} I kinda felt that if I wasted some people that I'd be able to remember you know. 2 [Side view of the Youkai, who has a smile.] youkai: But it was no good. youkai: I just had fun... 3 [Closeup of Inuyasha looking a bit shocked and confused.] Inuyasha: .oO(What on earth is this guy...). Last modified April 2nd 2001