In a message dated 7/19/2008 9:24:13 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, arromdee@rahul.net writes:
The name 'Tetsusaiga' is a mistranslation from the original Japanese name for the sword. InuYasha's sword is actually known as the 'Tessaiga' in Japanese but due to an error when translating the series from Japanese to English, it became the Tetsusaiga. The smaller version of the hiragana character "tsu" () was mistaken for the larger version of the hiragana character "tsu" (). So, instead of doubling the consonant "s" in the name, a "tsu" was inserted into the name, thus giving us 'Tetsusaiga'. By the time Viz discovered the error, it was decided that it was too late to change the name back to the original.>>>
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But the entire above is disputed, and when sources were requested for it, none were given.
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