Comment by KagomeKagome

April 20, 2009 @ 12:06 am

Holy shiznit, it’s Kagome in braids!  Still, awesomesauce!

Comment by meatbun

April 20, 2009 @ 12:17 am

This looks great!  I am looking forward to this being translated! Thanks, Starks!

Comment by SailorKagome

April 20, 2009 @ 5:36 am

RT really needs to improve her drawing style!  The girl looks like Kagome and the boy,puting aside the red hair,looks like a modern human version of InuYasha.But then again,Kagome also looks like Kyoko (Maison Ikkoku) and Sakura (Urusei Yatsura),Kikyo resembles Manna (Mermaid Forest ) and Ranma looka like the human InuYasha.  Well,I can’t wait to see it translated ! )

Comment by Wacher

April 20, 2009 @ 9:29 am

Well I guess after drawing the same characters for years non-stop, it would probably take a moment to get their style  out of your system < : / 

Comment by Inuyashasama

April 20, 2009 @ 11:37 am

Inuyasha cut and dyed his hair! Kagome changed her hairstyle finally! xD

Comment by Ranma Saotome

April 20, 2009 @ 12:58 pm

I am anxious for the history and for the characters who must appear in the course of chapters. It is possible to deduct what will be a supernatural saga.

Sakura does not remember me a lot of Kagome. The boy is really similar with Inuyasha. His facial expressions are exactly the same, inclusive in the glance.

And shinigami is a tendency that grows more and more.

PS: Rokudou means six posthumous worlds. Clear Buddhist influence.

Comment by Beans and Cornbread

April 20, 2009 @ 2:45 pm

Thanks, Starks!  This story has more potential for me to look into than the one-shot involving those birds.  

As a side note, I wish Takahashi would improve upon her style.  My brain is still set to Inuyasha mode.  Whenever I see a female protagonist, I automatically think I’m reading Inuyasha.  Having nearly every one of her characters look identical doesn’t help either (Kagome=Kyoko, Inuyasha=Ranma).

Comment by Kirin

April 20, 2009 @ 6:39 pm

Thanks for the scans, Starks!

That red hair is going to take a bit of getting used to but other than that I like the character designs, even if I can’t help noticing the facial resemblence to her previous two leads (then again, RT’s far from the only mangaka to have a lot of similar-looking characters). Considering how much Rumiko’s art has changed over the course of most of her longer series, I wouldn’t be surprised if the protagonists look quite different by the time Kyoukai no Rinne reaches it’s conclusion (though I agree that I’d really prefer it if this one doesn’t end up being as long as Inuyasha). Try comparing Inuyasha in volume 1 to Inuyasha in volume 56, for example.

I think the “chihuahua” might be a kitsune, although considering the weirdness of some of RT’s previous works, I wouldn’t be that surprised if it was a giant chihuahua. XD

Comment by fsc_ryoga

April 20, 2009 @ 7:28 pm

Kirin: you think the same like  me! If you at all, try comparin Inuyasha in volume 1 and then you see in the last one(56), obviously that Inu in the first tankouboun should be similar with ranma, but in the finale, InuYasha has a special face, and we don’t think in Ranma’s face, when we see or read it.

And the last one thing: Rumiko is the perfect mangaka with her sign tipical: style of draw.
But for example, there are a lot of artist that steal other mangakas, for example: Kishimoto (Naruto) It was stolen of Dragon Ball by (Akira toriyasma(L)

Comment by inuyashaismypup

April 20, 2009 @ 11:17 pm

Heh.. Shippou turned into a wide-eyed Chihuahua thing…?

Comment by SessyzGirl

April 20, 2009 @ 11:59 pm

I agree about the current facial similarities between these two new characters with those of Kagome and Inuyasha, but also agree that as the manga progresses, the two main roles will also change and evolve.  When I look at the latest Inuyasha drawings, he loooks much different than that of Ranma.  And did you check out Sesshoumaru in the first few chapters?  OMG he really looked like a girl. 

Being that I don’t know Japanese at all, can someone translate the title “Kyoukai no Rinne” for me?  I can’t wait to see more of this new series!

Thanks Starks and everyone else involved.

Comment by yusaku

April 21, 2009 @ 11:06 am

its something like “The reincarnation of Rinne”

Comment by Ranma Saotome

April 21, 2009 @ 12:34 pm

mapKyoukai means “boundary”. Rinne is “endless cycle of rebirth” and/or “transmigration of souls”, both buddhist precepts.
An adaptation would be something like ” The Frontier of the Reincarnation “, or “The Boundary of the Reincarnation”.
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I like the Takahashi drawing style  and the fact of creating similar characters is not a defect. I bed that in April of the next year, Rokudou and Sakura will be different, with an own form, leaving backwards traces of similarity with Inuyasha characters.

Comment by Ranma Saotome

April 21, 2009 @ 12:39 pm

It would not be surprised if Rinne was the name of the boy, Rokudou.

Comment by Starks

April 21, 2009 @ 2:19 pm

It is. His name is Rinne Rokudou.

Comment by psychosybil

April 21, 2009 @ 5:52 pm

Gee, seeing as these 2 resemble IY and Kags, I wonder if there’ll be a character resembling Sesshou somehow….ya know like a hawter, moodier,  massively more smexxxxxxxier jackhole than he ever was????  That is, if its even possible.

I’m sure we’ll see Sango and Miroku in a few eps as well and maybe the girl will be the perv and the guy will be the hapless victim who secretly likes being groped…..I wonder what she will say?  Something like, “I suffer from amnesia. Did I grope you?

Comment by Elotequeen

April 21, 2009 @ 6:45 pm

I wonder what the coin in Rinne’s hand will be used for? Oh, I can hardly wait for the release… 
That chihuahua-animal looks just like my dog!

Comment by Kevin Johnson

April 21, 2009 @ 11:01 pm

It’ll change (the art style).  Just take a look at the first issue of Inu-Yasha (with Kagome’s incredibly long legs) and compare it to what it became.

Personally, I still think her best art style was in the mid-80’s, with Maison Ikkoku, the early issues of Mermaid Saga, and many of her best Rumik World stories (Laughing Target, FireTripper), up through the beginnings of Ranma 1/2.  The latter parts of Ranma as well as Inu-Yasha always seemed too bland to me, and a number of her monster designs never sat well with me.  That latter part worries me the most with Rin-ne, as there is already one (what the hell is that, a chihuahua?) just in these few preview pages.

Comment by Mental_Butterfly

April 22, 2009 @ 1:21 am

Heroine = Kagome.

Hero = Inuyasha.

Evil Floating Chihuahua of Doom = Sesshoumaru???

One can only hope. Either way, I am finally intrigued by this series.

Comment by Hiyono_Yuizaki

April 22, 2009 @ 2:36 pm

Both Sakura and Rinne look good *nod*.
I’m not really bothered with the simularitie to the InuYasha characters. I mean, it could be alot worse (With some manga artists, I can’t even tell the difference between characters from different mangas).
Rumiko’s supernatural manga’s are always good, so I can’t wait to read this ^_^

Comment by Ranma Saotome

April 22, 2009 @ 8:15 pm

This chihuahua is sensational. The one who read knows.

Comment by x

April 25, 2009 @ 6:50 pm

I like the girl.
She reminds me of Kagome.
They have the same youthful face.
And I like the hairstyles.
Now I can imagine what Higurashi looks
like in pigtailed braids.