Inuyasha - Translation Notes

INUYASHA: SENGOKU O-TOGI ZOUSHI:
TRANSLATION & READING NOTES

READING THE MANGA

The manga is scanned as it appears in the Japanese publication "Shonen Sunday.
That is, it's read from right to left. I generally keep the words in the same
places as they appear in the original.

PARDON MY JAPANESE...

First of all, obviously I'm not a professional translator. I've studied Japanese
and translate this for my own enjoyment, so I just don't forget what I've learned.
(Not that manga is a very good way of "studying the Japanese language" so to
speak, it's fun to read...) That and I like continuing to read and learn more about
the Japanese culture and language.

Anyway, I do take a few minor liberties in translating. I try to keep things as literal
as possible while still trying to flow in natural English (ie. not quite "bookish")
and build on character personalities. There are swear words where the language becomes
so in the original Japanese version. I also find mistranlations and errors in my
translating here and there. Plus there's almost always lines that bowl me over
in regards to what they really mean...

This isn't perfect, but hopefully passable.

~ MS

CHAPTER 397 GLOSSARY & NOTES

Please refer to the Inuyasha General Glossary for recurring words that remain untranslated.

Time to get back on track with chapter 397! Thanks for your patience, everyone! Hope you enjoy these few issues of the manga. :D Leave it to Naraku to start rebuilding the family, huh? o.O

"BYAKUYA OF ILLUSIONARY DREAMS" - (title, throughout chapter) Woohoo, hello new character person! The title he seems to have been given is "Mugen no Byakuya." The name "Byakuya" breaks down into the kanji for "white night," and "mugen" means something like an illusion, mirage, or dream - it's the same as the title of the second Inuyasha movie, Kagami no Naka no Mugen-jou, ("The Dream-Castle Within the Mirror.")

So there we have it; a new character introduced and... problems with the darned swordsuck!! What's in store next!?

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