Inuyasha
-Sengoku o-Togi Zoushi
Part 296
Version: 0.800
Title: Headless Youkai
Written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi
Translated from: Shounen Sunday 2003 #7, 15th January 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 all the members of the group, looking serious and ready for action.]
Title
Headless Youkai
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Page 2
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[Closeup of a fire.]
Rin
{off} Say, Jaken-sama.
2
[Rin and Jaken are sitting near a fire in a forest. The two-headed dragon like beast is nearby.]
Rin
Where did Sesshoumaru-sama go off to?
Jaken
No idea.
3
[Closeup of Jaken thinking.]
Jaken
He was always reserved, but...
4
[Flashback drawing to when Naraku left Sesshoumaru.]
Jaken
since failing to finish off Naraku at Mt Hakurei, he's become even more so...
5
[View of the two.]
Jaken
But really,
he could at least say where he went...
fx Jaken *si-i-gh*
Rin
Jaken-sama, sighing chases happyness away.
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[COMMENTS] I guess this is a saying...
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Page 3
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[Scene change. View of Sesshoumaru standing on a hill, looking off into the distance.]
fx Sesshoumaru rustle...
2
[Closeup of Sesshoumaru.]
Sesshoumaru
The sword is disturbed...
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[COMMENTS] Rather ambiguous sentence. Maybe talking about Tenseiga.
3
[White frame. Scene change.]
4
[View of the sky.]
villager
{off} It's been rampaging all over the place,
it's so scary...
5
[Miroku is talking to two villagers, who are somewhat injured.]
Miroku
That Youkai, definitely had no head, right?
villager#1
Yeah.
villager#2
That man-eating Oni used to live in the area...
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Page 4
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[View of a forest, with many broken trees.]
villager
{off} I don't know who took the head, but...
many villagers have already been beaten to death...
2
[Inuyasha and co enter the forest, looking at the broken trees.]
fx group shh
3
[Closeup of Inuyasha.]
Inuyasha
Don't need smell to follow it.
It's path is blindingly obvious.
4
[View of something large moving deep in the forest.]
fx thing shh-shh
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Page 5
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[A large headless Oni bursts out from the forest, knocking down trees.]
fx trees whack whack
2
[Inuyasha charges forwards.]
Inuyasha
It's fucking quick to come out eh.
fx Inuyasha *crack knuckles*
3
[Streaked frame.]
voice
{off} Sto-o-p!!
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Page 6
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[Standing in front of the Oni's path is a small young looking creature (small boy perhaps), vaguely like Shippou (tail isn't quite so bushy though), who is carrying something large in a bundle.]
fx trees crack crack
kid
This is my dad...
2
[Closeup of Kagome and Shippou.]
Kagome Eh...
Shippou
It's a tanuki cub!
3
[The kid looks up to see the Oni is just about to punch him.]
fx Oni (fist) fwish
4
[Inuyasha grabs the kid and jumps to the side, saving him.]
fx Oni (fist hitting ground) wham
fx Inuyasha fwip
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Page 7
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[Inuyasha shouts at the kid.]
Inuyasha
Hey, tanuki.
kid
I'm a kawauso!
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[COMMENTS] A "kawauso" is an otter.
2
[Inuyasha and the otter kid look up as the Oni approaches.]
fx Oni (walking) thud
Inuyasha
Whatever.
You don't look much like your father.
kid
Ah!
3
[The kid looks shocked.]
kid
Waaah! That's not him.
Inuyasha
I dunno what kinda mistake you made but...
4
[Inuyasha charges forwards.]
Inuyasha
we'll talk after I finish off this guy!
fx Inuyasha *dash*
5
[Inuyasha rips apart the Oni with his claws.]
Inuyasha
Sankon Tessou!! (Soul Shattering Iron Claw)
fx Oni wham
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Page 8
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[Closeup of the Youkai-otter.]
Kanta
I'm Kanta.
As you can see, I'm a kawauso.
2
[The group are sitting in a clearing in the forest. Kanta puts the bundle he was carrying down.]
Kagome
Just now, you called that Youkai "father"...
fx bundle thump
3
[Closeup of what's inside the bundle. It's a large head, though looks a bit vaguely like Kanta.]
someone
{off} !
fx cloth swish...
4
[Flashback drawing of a river at night. Kanta is in the river.]
Kanta
{voice over} It happened 3 days ago.
Dad and I were catching fish in the river.
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Page 9
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[Flashback drawing of Hakudoushi arriving at the river on the back of Entei.]
Kanta
{voice over} There, he appeared...
2
[Inuyasha, Kagome and Shippou look surprised.]
Kagome
An all-white kid on top of a monsterous horse!?
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Page 10
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Kanta's father, who is quite large has his head cut off by a slashing weapon.
fx weapon wham
2
[The head falls into the river.]
fx water slishhhh
3
[Kanta is shown looking on from behind an outcropping of rocks in the river.]
fx Kanta *hide*
Kanta
D, dad!
4
[View of a waterfall.]
Kanta
{voice over} Dad's head went with the flow, and fell down over a waterfall.
5
[View of Hakudoushi, leaving.]
Kanta
{voice over} That guy left though...
Hakudoushi
Damn!
6
[View of Kanta struggling to carrying his father's head in the water.]
Kanta
{voice over} By the time I had returned with dad's fallen head...
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Page 11
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[View of Kanta looking at the head, with Shippou looking on.]
Kanta
dad's body had gone missing.
2
[View of Sango and Miroku.]
Sango
The one hunting the Youkai's heads is...
Miroku
Hakudoushi, without a doubt.
3
[Closeup of Kagome.]
Kagome
But...
What for...?
4
[Closeup side view of Miroku.]
Miroku
When Hakudoushi had a baby form, he went around killing priests and monks.
to search for... the boundry between this world and the next.
It's possible he's doing the same thing now...
5
[Closeup of Kagome.]
Kagome
Using Youkai's heads...?
That's right, he...
6
[Drawing of the time when the evil baby (of which Hakudoushi if half though Kagome and co don't know that) had taken temporary control of Kagome.]
Kagome
can search people's minds...
7
[View of Inuyasha.]
Inuyasha
It seems possible.
Youkai aren't like humans,
and don't die so easily.
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Page 12
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[Scene change. View of some tree covered hills.]
2
[View of a broken down temple in the forest. Outside, Entei is standing.]
fx Entei whinny...
fx Entei (hooves) clop clop
3
[View of Kagura seated on a railing around the temple, looking inside at a pile of Youkai's heads. They're still alive.]
Kagura ......
fx heads hshhht hshht...
4
[Hakudoushi is holding a large Youkai's head, staring into nothing.]
Hakudoushi ......
youkai
You little shit...
I'll tear you apart...
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Page 13
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[The boy drops the head and stomps on it.]
Hakudoushi
Shut up.
fx Hakudoushi stomp
2
[View of Kagura looking around.]
Kagura
They're all rather similar.
3
[Closeup of Hakudoushi thinking.]
Hakudoushi
A world of white mist... and,
beneth the mist, scattered around is...
4
[Misty frame.]
5
[Misty frame.]
6
[Scene change. Back to Inuyasha and co in the forest.]
Inuyasha
So, if you find your father's body, and attach that head...
Kanta
If we make it in time.
Miroku
Hm-mm.
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Page 14
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[View of Sango and Miroku.]
Sango
Meaning he'll come back to life, huh.
Miroku
Your father is pretty strong.
2
[Closeup of Kanta, a tear in his eye.]
Kanta
However, it's already been 3 days,
and if the main body is exterminated, then it'll be over.
3
[Closeup of Inuyasha and Kagome, looking a bit sad.]
4
[Shippou speaks to the kid, and Inuyasha looks a bit surprised.]
Shippou
Don't worry.
Inuyasha will save him.
Inuyasha
Hm?
5
[Closeup of Shippou looking very positive.]
Shippou
Inuyasha is strong.
There was a time before when he got revenge on my father's killer.
6
[Inuyasha looks a bit embarrased, and Kagome is smiling.]
Inuyasha ......
Kagome
Shippou-chan...
7
[Shippou continues, little stars around him, while Inuyasha now looks annoyed.]
Kanta
He's that strong?
Shippou
He's strong.
He's strong enough that it compensates for his dumb, childish and warped personality.
8
[Inuyasha has now thumped Shippou on the head.]
fx Shippou clunk...
Kanta
I see... your dad too...
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Page 15
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[Kanta grasps Shippou's hands, who looks annoyed.]
Kanta
Let's be friends, tanuki.
fx Kanta *grasp*
Shippou
I'm a kitsune.
2
[Scene change. View of the sky.]
3
[Two village women are doing some washing near a river.]
4
[The two look up at a noise. ]
fx sound {off} splash...
5
[It's a large Youkai with no head - looks like Kanta's father.]
fx youkai shh...
6
[The village women are shocked.]
villager#1
Ee...
villager#2
Eeeeeek!
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Page 16
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[In the village a man is ringing a bell at the top of a tower.]
villager
Youkai attack!
fx bell clang clang clang
2
[The men from the village mobilse, carrying spears, bows and arrows and farming impliments.]
fx men *running*
villager
A headless Youkai has appeared!!
3
[The Youkai staggers towards the village.]
fx youkai *stagger...*
4
[The body is hit with several spears and arrows.]
fx arrows whizz
fx arrows *stab*
fx spear *stab*
5
[The body turns and leaves.]
fx youkai *turn...*
fx youkai *stagger...*
6
[The villagers look on.]
villager#1
It, it's escaping.
villager#2
A, after it!
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Page 17
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[Scene change. Inuyasha and co are rushing along.]
fx Inuyasha shh
2
[Closeup of Inuyasha noticing something.]
fx nose *twitch*
Inuyasha
Hm!?
3
[View of Inuyasha, with Kagome Shippou and Kanta holding on to him.]
Kagome
Is it Kanta-chan's father's smell?
Inuyasha
Yeah.
Kanta
R, really!?
4
[Closeup side view of Inuyasha looking a bit worried.]
Inuyasha
However, the smell of blood is fucking mixed in.
Has somebody injured the body?
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Page 18
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[Misty frame.]
Inuyasha
Will I make it in time!?
fx air swish
2
[Scene change. Sesshoumaru is standing near the body of Kanta's father. The body has many spears and arrows in it, and seems barely alive.]
fx body *lurch...*
3
[Closeup view of Sesshoumaru. As expressionless as ever.]
fx Sesshoumaru shh...
Last modified January 19th 2003
