Discommunication Vol. 3
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Weird wizards wake wild wackiness. But not on Wednesdays.
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Chapter 14 is live!
We've mentioned the Dakini before, but pay close attention the Japanese specific section of this article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakini
In Japan, the Dakini stories got mixed with the local kitsune (fox) legends, which explains the fox masks here.The 'cyclical path of death and rebirth' is a pretty core Buddhist concept, also known as Samsara.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saṃsāra
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Chapter 15 is live!
Here, we see the kanji for sleeping snake given the reading Kundalini.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KundaliniWhen they say, "Merged together, unified in bliss" this is the same kanji used in Kangi-ten, the god invoked in chapter 2.
As far as hermaphroditic gods in Buddhism, we have:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardhanarishvara
But this isn't specifically cited here.Indra's Arrow: Not the only manga to feature this concept! Both Laputa and Naruto have mentioned it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra
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Chapter 16 is live!
We've mentioned Yomi before, but it gets the chapter title this time thanks to some parallels between the Orpheus-like myth and Togawa's temptation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YomiThe writing in Matsubue's spells may be Siddham, rather than Sanskrit. (Although the explanation on how to read it is a lot clearer on the Japanese version of this article...)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddhaṃ_script
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The ebook for volume one also released today!
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@doceirias Got my copy on Bookwalker!
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Chapter 17 is live!
The Bird and the Snake from the chapter title refers to myths concerning Garuda, a bird-like God who fought the Naga.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda"Meikai" is one of many Japanese words for the afterlife, and often gets translated as "Hell" or "The Underworld," but here it seems to have a more specific meaning, so we've retained the term.
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Chapter 18 is live!
Bardo actually got a footnote and explanation in Japanese, but here's some further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardo
