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[[caption-width-right:350:"Not to worry...[[Characters/InuYashaNarakuAndIncarnations I]] was careful to avoid hitting your precious heart[...] Enjoy what little time you have left to live...of course, it will only be filled with pain and despair."]]

* ''[[VideoGame/InuYashaSecretOfTheDivineJewel Secret of the Divine Jewel]]'' (2007): [[CatsAreMean Gorai]] is a half-demon lord who hopes to harness the power of the god Datara. Staging an attack on Datara's village and wedding to slaughter the populace, Gorai [[IHaveYourWife uses Datara's baby as a hostage]] to force him to don the Demon Mask and put himself under Gorai's control. When Datara's fiancée, Tsugumi, is forced to seal Datara away and kill their infant to protect them from Gorai, Gorai responds by enslaving Tsugumi to his will for centuries. After turning dozens of villagers into soulless husks for slave labor, Gorai orchestrates Datara's reawakening and immediately massacres several villages, planning to [[GodhoodSeeker ascend to godhood]] and TakeOverTheWorld in bloody conflict.

* 2017 stage play: In this retelling of the manga's beginning, [[Characters/InuYashaNarakuAndIncarnations Naraku]] remains the cause of all of the heroes' suffering. Biding his time for the Shikon Jewel's return after causing Kikyo's death and Inuyasha's sealing, Naraku resurfaces with the Jewel's return to use the Spider Head demons to kill Inuyasha and his companions, allowing them to attack the neighboring villages as they please and later [[MindRape mentally tormenting]] Inuyasha to kill him for his Jewel shards. At the end of the play, Naraku once again attempts to use his [[MasterOfIllusion illusion magic]] on Inuyasha and in the final scene sends an army of demons after Inuyasha and his LoveInterest, scourging the land [[AmbitionIsEvil in the name of gaining ultimate power]].

->'''[[Characters/InuyashaInuyasha Inuyasha]]:''' Do you know how many villages were destroyed just so you could lure Kikyō out?!\\

[[Franchise/{{Inuyasha}} Across the brutal world]] of the UsefulNotes/SengokuPeriod, the heroes have faced many vicious adversaries, the [[CompleteMonster worst of whom]] standing out above the others for sheer depravity.

* [[Characters/InuYashaNarakuAndIncarnations Naraku]] is a {{manipulative|Bastard}} half-demon seeking the [[ArtifactOfDoom Shikon Jewel]]. Born out of the bandit Onigumo's pact with demons to covet the love of the priestess who guards the Jewel, Kikyo, Naraku instead uses his first moments alive to mortally wound Kikyo and make her think her lover Inuyasha betrayed her. When Kikyo has the Jewel burned with her body, Naraku, while awaiting its return, curses a family of monks to die slowly and horribly with each generation lest they kill him, and graphically [[WouldHurtAChild murders a group of children with his poisonous miasma]]. In present time, Naraku becomes more active as the Jewel returns; orchestrating countless demon attacks to devastate cities and towns across the country; creating incarnations of himself to carry out further massacres; [[TheCorrupter corrupting]] a young demon slayer into killing his family and manipulating him as a puppet; and resurrecting the [[Characters/InuYashaBandOfSeven Band of Seven]], a group of mercenaries who have killed thousands, to murder as they please as a distraction while he experiments and strengthens himself. [[AbusiveParents Horrifically abusive]] to his incarnation-children, Naraku threatens their lives to ensure their allegiance and cruelly leads them to their deaths as soon as [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they cease being useful to him]]. A spiteful, sadistic monster, Naraku deals with his own depression and insecurity by devastating the land of Feudal Japan and seeking nothing more than to cause as much misery as possible.

* ''[[VideoGame/InuYashaSecretOfTheDivineJewel Secret of the Divine Jewel]]'' (2007): [[CatsAreMean Gorai]] is a [[OurDemonsAreDifferent half-demon lord]] who hopes to harness the power of the god Datara. Staging an attack on Datara's village and wedding to slaughter the populace, Gorai [[IHaveYourWife uses Datara's baby as a hostage]] to force him to don the Demon Mask and put himself under Gorai's control. When Datara's fiancée, Tsugumi, is forced to seal Datara away and kill their infant to protect them from Gorai, Gorai responds by enslaving Tsugumi to his will for centuries. After turning dozens of villagers into soulless husks for slave labor, Gorai orchestrates Datara's reawakening and immediately massacres several villages, planning to [[GodhoodSeeker ascend to godhood]] and TakeOverTheWorld in bloody conflict.

->'''[[Characters/InuyashaInuyasha Inuyasha]]''': Do you know how many villages were destroyed just so you could lure Kikyō out?!\\
'''Hakudōshi''': Oh, please. Is that what you're so upset about?

'''[[Characters/InuYashaNarakuAndIncarnations Hakudōshi]]''': Oh, please. Is that what you're so upset about?
-->-- [[Anime/{{InuYasha}} Anime]], "[[Recap/InuyashaEp159KohakusDecisionAndSangosHeart Kohaku's Decision and Sango's Heart]]"

* [[CreepyChild Hakudōshi]] himself, Naraku's incarnation born of a split from the Infant, matches both for cruelty and sadism. Murdering multiple demons to examine their minds for the secrets of the netherworld while allying with Princess Abi to oversee the mass blood-draining of countless villagers, Hakudōshi eventually unleashes [[SwarmOfRats swarms of demon rats]] to devour entire villages to lure out Kikyo and plans to unleash them all over Japan should she not give herself up, bragging that he shall repeat similar schemes and endanger even more lives while showing sadistic glee in the almost unparalleled amounts of bloodshed caused. Later murdering demons for experiments to create Moryomaru for the Infant -- callously leaving his failed experiments to run rampant on villages -- Hakudōshi also viciously abuses Kagura, forcing her to risk her life in his name and using her as a HumanShield. Hakudōshi even [[TheStarscream plans to backstab Naraku]] alongside the Infant, [[ItsAllAboutMe with no loyalty to anyone or anything but himself]].

->'''Inu-Yasha:''' Do you know how many villages were destroyed just so you could lure Kikyō out?!\\
'''Hakudōshi:''' Oh, please. Is that what you're so upset about?
-->-- ''Manga/InuYasha''

Across the brutal world of the UsefulNotes/SengokuPeriod, the characters of the ''Franchise/{{Inuyasha}}'' franchise have faced many vicious adversaries, the [[CompleteMonster worst of whom]] stand out above the others for sheer depravity.

* [[CreepyChild Hakudōshi]] himself, Naraku's incarnation born of a split from the Infant, matches both for cruelty and sadism. Murdering multiple demons to examine their minds for the secrets of the netherworld while allying with Princess Abi to oversee the mass blood-draining of countless villagers, Hakudōshi eventually unleashes [[SwarmOfRats swarms of demon rats]] to devour entire villages to lure out Kikyo and plans to unleash them all over Japan should she not give herself up, bragging that he shall repeat similar schemes and endanger even more lives while showing sadistic glee in the almost unparalleled amounts of bloodshed caused. Later murdering demons for experiments to create Moryomaru for the Infant--callously leaving his failed experiments to run rampant on villages--Hakudōshi also viciously abuses Kagura, forcing her to risk her life in his name and using her as a HumanShield. Hakudōshi even [[TheStarscream plans to backstab Naraku]] alongside the Infant, [[ItsAllAboutMe with no loyalty to anyone or anything but himself]].

* [[CreepyChild Hakudōshi]] himself, Naraku's incarnation born of a split from the Infant, matches his other half in being the most [[LikeFatherLikeSon like his father in cruelty and sadism]]. Murdering multiple demons to examine their minds for the secrets of the netherworld while allying with Princess Abi to oversee the mass blood-draining of countless villagers, Hakudōshi eventually unleashes [[SwarmOfRats swarms of demon rats]] to devour entire villages to lure out Kikyo and plans to unleash them all over Japan should she not give herself up, bragging that he shall repeat similar schemes and endanger even more lives while showing sadistic glee in the almost unparalleled amounts of bloodshed caused. Later murdering demons for experiments to create Moryomaru for the Infant--callously leaving his failed experiments to run rampant on villages--Hakudōshi also viciously abuses Kagura, forcing her to risk her life in his name and using her as a human shield. Hakudōshi even [[TheStarscream plans to backstab Naraku]] alongside the Infant, [[ItsAllAboutMe with no loyalty to anyone or anything but himself]].

* ''[[VideoGame/InuYashaSecretOfTheDivineJewel Secret of the Divine Jewel]]'' (2007): [[CatsAreMean Gorai]] is a [[OurDemonsAreDifferent half-demon lord]] who hopes to harness the power of the god Datara. Staging an attack on Datara's village and wedding to slaughter the populace, Gorai [[IHaveYourWife uses Datara's baby as a hostage]] to force him to don the Demon Mask and put himself under Gorai's control. When Datara's fiancée, Tsugumi, is forced to seal Datara away and kill their infant to protect them from Gorai, Gorai responds by enslaving Tsugumi to his will for centuries. After turning dozens of villagers into soulless husks for slave labor, Gorai orchestrates Datara's reawakening and immediately massacres several villages, planning to [[GodhoodSeeker ascend to godhood]] and TakeOverTheWorld in bloody conflict.

* [[Characters/InuYashaNarakuAndIncarnations Naraku]] is a {{manipulative|Bastard}} half-demon seeking the [[ArtifactOfDoom Shikon Jewel]]. Born out of the bandit Onigumo's pact with demons to covet the love of the priestess who guards the Jewel, Kikyo, Naraku instead uses his first moments to mortally wound Kikyo and make her think her lover Inuyasha betrayed her. When Kikyo has the Jewel burned with her body, Naraku, while awaiting its return, curses a family of monks to die slowly and horribly with each generation lest they kill him, and graphically [[WouldHurtAChild murders a group of children with his poisonous miasma]]. In present time, Naraku becomes more active as the Jewel returns; orchestrating countless demon attacks to devastate cities and towns across the country; creating incarnations of himself to carry out further massacres; [[TheCorrupter corrupting]] a young demon slayer into killing his family and manipulating him as a puppet; and resurrecting the [[Characters/InuYashaBandOfSeven Band of Seven]], a group of mercenaries who have killed thousands, to murder as they please as a distraction while he experiments and strengthens himself. [[AbusiveParents Horrifically abusive]] to his incarnation-children, Naraku threatens their lives to ensure their allegiance and cruelly leads them to their deaths as soon as [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they cease being useful to him]]. A spiteful, sadistic monster, Naraku deals with his own depression and insecurity by devastating the land of Feudal Japan and seeking nothing more than to cause as much misery as possible.

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* ''[[VideoGame/InuYashaSecretOfTheDivineJewel Secret of the Divine Jewel]]'' (2007): [[CatsAreMean Gorai]] is a [[OurDemonsAreDifferent half-demon lord]] who hopes to harness the power of the god Datara. Staging an attack on Datara's village and wedding to slaughter the populace, Gorai [[IHaveYourWife uses Datara's baby as a hostage]] to force him to don the Demon Mask and put himself under Gorai's control. When Datara's fiancée, Tsugumi, is forced to seal Datara away and kill their infant to protect them from Gorai, Gorai responds by enslaving Tsugumi to his will for centuries. After turning dozens of villagers into soulless husks for slave labor, Gorai orchestrates Datara's reawakening and immediately massacres several villages, planning to [[GodhoodSeeker ascend to godhood]] and TakeOverTheWorld in bloody conflict.

[[caption-width-right:350:"Not to worry...[[Characters/InuYashaNarakuAndIncarnations I]] was careful to avoid hitting your precious heart[...] Enjoy what little time you have left to live...of course, it will only be filled with pain and despair. You didn't honestly believe you deserved a better fate than this, did you Kagura?"]]

* [[EnfantTerrible Hakudoshi]], Naraku's incarnation born of a split from the Infant, is the most [[LikeFatherLikeSon like his father in cruelty and sadism]]. Murdering multiple demons to examine their minds for the secrets of the netherworld and forcing Kagura to risk her life to test the gates, Hakudoshi eventually unleashes [[SwarmOfRats swarms of demon rats]] to devour entire villages to lure out Kikyo and plans to unleash them all over Japan should she not give herself up, showing sadistic glee in the almost unparalleled amounts of bloodshed caused. Later murdering demons for his own experiments to create the living armor Moryomaru, Hakudoshi even [[TheStarscream plans to backstab Naraku]] with [[ItsAllAboutMe no loyalty to anyone or anything but himself]].

* [[EnfantTerrible Hakudoshi]], Naraku's incarnation born of a split from the Infant, is the most [[LikeFatherLikeSon like his father in cruelty and sadism]]. Murdering multiple demons to examine their minds for the secrets of the netherworld and forcing Kagura to risk her life to test the gates, Hakudoshi eventually unleashes [[SwarmOfRats swarms of demon rats]] to devour entire villages to lure out Kikyo and plans to unleash them all over Japan should she not give herself up, showing sadistic glee in the almost unparalleled amounts of bloodshed caused. Later on, he murders demons for his own experiments to create the living armor Moryomaru. He even [[TheStarscream plans to backstab Naraku]]. Cruel, malicious with a LackOfEmpathy, Hakudoshi shows [[ItsAllAboutMe no loyalty to anyone or anything but himself]] and stands out the worst the franchise has to offer.

* [[EnfantTerrible Hakudoshi]], Naraku's incarnation born of a split from the Infant, is the most [[LikeFatherLikeSon like his father in cruelty and sadism]]. Murdering multiple demons to examine their minds for the secrets of the netherworld and forcing Kagura to risk her life to test the gates, Hakudoshi eventually unleashes [[SwarmOfRats swarms of demon rats]] to devour entire villages to lure out Kikyo and plans to unleash them all over Japan should she not give herself up, showing sadistic glee in the almost unparalleled amounts of bloodshed caused. Later murdering demons for his own experiments to create the living armor Moryomaru, Hakudoshi even [[TheStarscream plans to backstab Naraku]] with [[ItsAllAboutMe no loyalty to anyone or anything but himself]].

'''Hakudōshi:''' Oh, please. [[LackOfEmpathy Is that what you're so upset about?]]

'''Hakudōshi:''' Oh, please. Is that what you're so upset about?

[[caption-width-right:350:"Not to worry... [[Characters/InuYashaNarakuAndIncarnations I]] was careful to avoid hitting your precious heart." [...] "Enjoy what little time you have left to live... of course, it will only be filled with pain and despair. You didn't honestly believe you deserved a better fate than this, did you Kagura?"]]

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* ''[[Anime/InuyashaTheMovieAffectionsTouchingAcrossTime Affections Touching Across Time]]'': [[FauxAffablyEvil Menomaru]] is a [[MothMenace moth demon]] and the former second-in-command to his father, the Lord Hyoga, who sought to conquer Japan 200 years in the past until Hyoga was killed and Menomaru sealed by Inuyasha's father. Reawakening, Menomaru tricks Inuyasha into unsealing the dead Hyoga's powers, allowing him to spread his poisonous moths across Japan, killing all they come across for Menomaru to [[SoulEating consume their souls]]. Empowering himself enough to become the new Lord Hyoga, Menomaru, a vicious monster bent on proving his superiority over everything, summons forth his father's army and orders them to [[OmnicidalManiac kill every living creature on the planet]].

* [[Characters/InuYashaNarakuAndIncarnations Naraku]] is a {{manipulative|Bastard}} half-demon seeking the [[ArtefactOfDoom Shikon Jewel]]. Born out of the bandit Onigumo's pact with demons to covet the love of the priestess who guards the Jewel, Kikyo, Naraku instead uses his first moments to mortally wound Kikyo and make her think her lover Inuyasha betrayed her. When Kikyo has the Jewel burned with her body, Naraku, while awaiting its return, curses a family of monks to die slowly and horribly with each generation lest they kill him, and graphically [[WouldHurtAChild murders a group of children with his poisonous miasma]]. In present time, Naraku becomes more active as the Jewel returns; orchestrating countless demon attacks to devastate cities and towns across the country; creating incarnations of himself to carry out further massacres; [[TheCorrupter corrupting]] a young demon slayer into killing his family and manipulating him as a puppet; and resurrecting the [[Characters/InuYashaBandOfSeven Band of Seven]], a group of mercenaries who have killed thousands, to murder as they please as a distraction while he experiments and strengthens himself. [[AbusiveParents Horrifically abusive]] to his incarnation-children, Naraku threatens their lives to ensure their allegiance and cruelly leads them to their deaths as soon as [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they cease being useful to him]]. A spiteful, sadistic monster, Naraku deals with his own depression and insecurity by devastating the land of Feudal Japan and seeking nothing more than to cause as much misery as possible.

* ''[[Anime/InuyashaTheMovieAffectionsTouchingAcrossTime Affections Touching Across Time]]'': [[FauxAffablyEvil Menomaru]] is a [[MothMenace moth demon]] and the former second-in-command to his father, the Lord Hyoga, who sought to conquer Japan 200 years in the past until Hyoga was killed and Menomaru sealed by Inuyasha's father. Reawakening, Menomaru [[ManipulativeBastard manipulates]] Inuyasha into unsealing the dead Hyoga's powers, allowing him to spread his poisonous moths across Japan, killing all they come across for Menomaru to [[SoulEating consume their souls]]. Empowering himself enough to become the new Lord Hyoga, Menomaru, a vicious monster bent on proving his superiority over everything, summons forth his father's army and orders them to [[OmnicidalManiac kill every living creature on the planet]].

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[[caption-width-right:350:"Not to worry... [[Characters/InuYashaNarakuAndIncarnations I]] was careful to avoid hitting your precious heart." [...] "Enjoy what little time you have left to live... of course, it will only be filled with pain and despair. You didn't honestly believe you deserved a better fate than this, did you Kaura?"]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:"Not to worry... I was careful to avoid hitting your precious heart." [...] "Enjoy what little time you have left to live... of course, it will only be filled with pain and despair. You didn't honestly believe you deserved a better fate than this, did you Kaura?"]]