Dogwood Blossoms

An Inuyasha fancomic/doujinshi by purplerebecca

Fanfiction based on Inuyasha by Takahashi Rumiko.
Originally cross-posted on both LiveJournal and DeviantArt from 2006 through 2011.

75 pages
incomplete

Summary: Catherine Mizuki, in Tokyo with a TeachEnglish program, meets several inu-hanyou who say they know her. Or that they once did.

Pairing: Sesshoumaru/Reincarnated Rin
Setting: Modern day, with multiple flashbacks
Rating: PG, possibly up to PG-13 for violence/gore.
Genre: Paranormal romance with reincarnation, some action and even a plot!

Warnings: Manga-based AU, with spoilers for the entire manga. Also, heavy use of original characters with familial relationships with canon characters (oh, horrors). You’ve been warned.

Character List

Chapters

Chapter 1:
Catherine

Chapter 2: Yamaboushi

Chapter 3:
E-hon

Chapter 4:
Stories
(incomplete)

Pages

Creator’s Note, October 1, 2023:

What’s my plan with Dogwood Blossoms? For now, the story is abandoned. Apologies, readers!

Comics are labor intensive, and I’m not able to justify the amount of work required for a fan project that I can’t claim complete ownership of. I did learn a lot, and I created some of the most complex art I have ever done for this project.

I still love the story and it’s been spinning in the back of my mind for two decades. I want to do a serial-number-scrub revamp, and rework the story to be original and in prose. (I’m a little faster as a prose fiction writer. A little.) There will be dragons.

But until then, please enjoy the pretty art and the horrible cliff-hanger. 😅

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Acknowledgments and Disclaimer: Inuyasha-tachi belong to Takahashi Rumiko and everyone she has sold them to. This is a not-for-profit fan work that I’m doing supposedly for fun. 🙂

21 thoughts on “Dogwood Blossoms”

iloveanimecartoons

05/30/2007, 1:55 pm

hilarious!

Hana-Maehata

01/28/2008, 2:37 pm

Reading this thus far.

And loving it. x3

purplerebecca
01/28/2008, 8:25 pm
Thanks! ^_^

manacle-rhino

02/07/2008, 8:18 pm

Amazing… I love this, and seeing Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru in such a realistic style is so refreshing!

I really really REALLY like this, and I can’t wait to read more. ^^

purplerebecca
02/07/2008, 11:45 pm
Thank you! I’m so glad you like it! ^__^

syverasazyn

04/15/2008, 12:20 am

this has to be the most breathtaking doujinshi/fancomic I’ve seen on dA! it’s just.. beautiful! with a good story to top it, as well!

purplerebecca
04/15/2008, 9:42 am
Oh, thank you! ^___^

ruka-2990

01/06/2009, 10:00 pm

i love this stooorrryyy! :heart::heart: it’s so sweet and beautiful and the story itself is amazing on it’s own! it’s as if it could really be a part of the original manga X3 plus with your wonderful amazing art added on top i just couldn’t resist falling in love with it! add more….quickly! haha :giggle:

purplerebecca
01/07/2009, 10:57 am
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you are enjoying it. ^__^

Twilights-Angel

01/24/2009, 7:47 pm

i :heart: this! there haven’t been any updates though :tears:

purplerebecca
01/26/2009, 11:04 am
Thanks!

There was an update…20 days ago.
I’m a slow updater. 🙂
1. KKgirls
  
  02/20/2009, 7:54 am
  
  you may be slow, but you have good quality. that’s what’s really important!

KKgirls

02/20/2009, 7:51 am

good heavens! Most of his brides lived a long time, but Chao Jia-lin only lived to…27? What happened? I mean…number three lived into her 90’s! Love the story so far! I love how you’ve looked into the characters, as that’s SO important to map out before hand!