| 1 | [[WMG:[[center: [- ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' '''[[Characters/{{Inuyasha}} Main Character Index]]'''\ |
| 2 | [[Characters/InuyashaMainCharacters Main Characters]] ([[Characters/InuyashaInuyashaTheCharacter Inuyasha]]) | [[Characters/InuyashaSupportingCharacters Supporting Characters]] ([[Characters/InuyashaSesshomaru Sesshomaru]]) | [[Characters/InuyashaNarakuAndIncarnations Naraku and Incarnations]] | [[Characters/InuyashaBandOfSeven The Band of Seven]] | '''Other Villains''' | [[Characters/InuyashaFillerMoviesAndVideoGamesCharacters Filler, Movies, and Video Games Characters]] | ''Characters/YashahimePrincessHalfDemon'']]-]]] |
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| 4 | |
| 5 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 6 | |
| 7 | !!Minor Villains |
| 8 | |
| 9 | [[folder:Mistress Centipede (Mukade Jōrō)]] |
| 10 | !!Mistress Centipede (Mukade Jōrō) |
| 11 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ReiIgarashi (JP), Pauline Newstone (EN), Adriana Casas (LA SP), Sonia Scotti (IT) |
| 12 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/CentipedeInuyasha1_574.jpg]] |
| 13 | The very first hostile demon in the series who kickstarted the plot by dragging Kagome into the feudal era via the well. She's killed pretty quickly by Inuyasha. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | ---- |
| 16 | * ArtisticLicenseBiology: Her centipede body has a snake-like skeleton. Given that she's a demon though, this may be justified. |
| 17 | * BackFromTheDead: Was shown regenerating from a skeleton when she yanked Kagome into the well. |
| 18 | * BarbieDollAnatomy: Anime only. |
| 19 | * {{Bowdlerise}}: Her breast size is reduced in the Viz dub, and when adapted from manga to anime, [[BarbieDollAnatomy her nipples were not drawn]]. |
| 20 | * ClippedWingAngel: Even after she transforms due to eating the jewel, as soon as Inuyasha is freed from his seal, he rips her apart with one attack. |
| 21 | * CreepyCentipedes: She has the lower body of a centipede, on top of a torso of a naked human woman with six arms. |
| 22 | * CuteMonsterGirl: Her human part is actually pretty attractive... until she opens her mouth and reveals her fangs. |
| 23 | * DarkActionGirl: Less of a girl and more of your garden variety monster. |
| 24 | * FanDisservice: Her monstrous form, especally after eating the jewel. The skin on her attractive human half sloughs off, revealing a hidious monstrosity with [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily very big teeth]]. |
| 25 | * FullFrontalAssault: As a strict animalistic carnivore, she doesn't feel the need to wear clothes. |
| 26 | * HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Episode 147, set sometime before Kikyo's death, shows her being cut in half by Hiraikotsu -- wielded at that time by Sango's grandfather, Shako -- in a battle for the Shikon no Tama. |
| 27 | * HealingFactor: Due to the Shikon Jewel, she's able to regenerate limbs. |
| 28 | * HostageForMacGuffin: In Episode 147, set prior to Kikyo's death, she attempts to kidnap Kaede with the intent to ransom her to Kikyo for the Shikon Jewel; fortunately, Inuyasha [[BigDamnHeroes shows up]] and kills her before she can make good on her intent. |
| 29 | * ImmortalityInducer: Via Shikon no Tama. Unlike other villains, she's rejuvenated just by being ''near'' it. |
| 30 | * MadeOfPlasticine: She gets splattered all over the place by Inuyasha. |
| 31 | * MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: When she opens her mouth. |
| 32 | * MultiArmedAndDangerous: Has six arms, and that's without counting the huge number of insectile legs all over her body. And she's still a menace even without arms, seen when she bites a chunk of flesh from Kagome. |
| 33 | * NonMammalMammaries: Sport breasts in her human form. Said breasts were apparently [[{{Bowdlerized}} reduced in size]] in the English dub. |
| 34 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Inuyasha calls her an old hag (although this may not have had anything to do with her age, and may instead have been a shot against her vanity, with Inuyasha's typical rudeness). Either way, she was around when Kikyo was still alive. |
| 35 | * OneWingedAngel: Sheds her human skin and transforms into a grotesque monster after eating the Shikon Jewel. |
| 36 | * OverlyLongTongue: Seen when she licks Kagome's face. |
| 37 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Again, her monstrous form. |
| 38 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Gets offed in the first episode, but if it weren't for her appearing in the well, Kagome and Inuyasha would have never even met. |
| 39 | * StarterVillain: A tougher one than most. The villagers are powerless against her, but Inuyasha dispatches her easily. |
| 40 | * TheWorfEffect: For Kagome and the villagers she's an unstoppable, immortal killing machine. For Inuyasha she's a mere pest. |
| 41 | * {{Youkai}}: Centipede Mononoke/Omukade. Her mouth may be a nod to the Kuchisake Onna myth. |
| 42 | [[/folder]] |
| 43 | |
| 44 | [[folder:Shibugarasu]] |
| 45 | !!Shibugarasu |
| 46 | |
| 47 | A monstrous three-eyed crow Youkai who makes his nest in corpses and manipulates them. Tries to swallow the Shikon Jewel, but is killed by Kagome, who also shatters the jewel in his belly, kickstarting the quest. |
| 48 | |
| 49 | ---- |
| 50 | * ChildEater: After powering up, he tries to pick up and devour a child. |
| 51 | * CreepyCrows: A crow Youkai with three eyes and a reptilian tail with a penchant for eating the hearts of men and makes his nest in their hollowed wound to animate their cadavers. |
| 52 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Kagome manages to slay him by tying his leg (which is trying to connect back to the main body) to her arrow, which allows her to land her attack. |
| 53 | * KidnappingBirdOfPrey: Not a raptor, but he still takes advantage of his powered-up form to snatch a kid and tries to carry him away to eat him. |
| 54 | * LosingYourHead: When he reappears, he's just an animated head snapping at Inuyasha before being killed off for good. |
| 55 | * MeaningfulName: "Shibugarasu" translates as "Crows who Dances on Corpses". It's a crow youkai who can animate cadavers. |
| 56 | * OneWingedAngel: After swallowing the Shikon Jewel, he transforms in a more monstrous, reptilian form (manga) or a larger avian form (anime). |
| 57 | * PullingThemselvesTogether: After using the Jewel, he can regenerate by putting the fragments of his flesh back together. Turns against him when Kagome ties her arrow to his mutilated leg, which promptly leads the arrow to his target. |
| 58 | * PuppeteerParasite: Shibugarasu devours the heart of a bandit chief and manipulates the corpse to get the Jewel. |
| 59 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: He's a two-bit demon whose actions kickstart most of the conflict when Kagome accidentally shatters the Shikon Jewel in his stomach. |
| 60 | * ThirdEye: Has three eyes, for a more sinister look. |
| 61 | * ToothyBird: Despite being a bird, he has teeth in his beak. When he transforms, the beak becomes a crocodilian maw filled with fangs. |
| 62 | |
| 63 | [[/folder]] |
| 64 | |
| 65 | [[folder:Yura of the Hair]] |
| 66 | !!Yura of the Hair |
| 67 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkikoYajima (JP), Creator/ChiaraZanni (EN), Creator/LilianaBarba (LA SP), Creator/PerlaLiberatori (IT) |
| 68 | |
| 69 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/simping_towards.png]] |
| 70 | |
| 71 | One of the first dangerous villains seen in the series, she appears as a skimpily dressed ninja girl. In the manga, Yura hides her soul in a comb to ensure nothing done to her body affects her. In the anime, her human form is a mass of demonic hair while her true form is a cursed hair comb. |
| 72 | |
| 73 | ---- |
| 74 | * AdaptationSpeciesChange: In the manga she was a demon girl who put her soul in a comb as protection, while in the anime her true form ''was'' the comb. |
| 75 | * ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Her comb is hidden in the only red skull admist a pile of them. |
| 76 | * CoolSword: Benigasumi (Crimson Mist), a short sword which can cut flesh but not the hair. |
| 77 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Cheerfully mocks Inuyasha and Kagome and flirts with the former as she tries to brutally kill both to take their skulls and hair. |
| 78 | * FeelNoPain: Despite having both her arms severed and her chest pierced, she doesn't react at all. Justified, as her body is immortal as long as her comb is intact. |
| 79 | * HumanResources: It's heavily implied that the hair she manipulates is taken from the hair of her victims. |
| 80 | * InvisibleToNormals: Her hair wires can apparently only be seen by Kagome and Kaede; while they're being attacked by it, Kagome has to warn Inuyasha where her attacks are coming from. |
| 81 | * {{Kunoichi}}: She dresses like one, anyway. |
| 82 | * LickingTheBlade: Does this after slashing Inuyasha's chest. |
| 83 | * MasterOfThreads: She can manipulate hair like wires that she uses to cut or control people like puppets. |
| 84 | * MoralMyopia: She calls out Inuyasha and Kagome for stealing the jewel shard from her... when ''she'' stole it from ''them'' in the first place. |
| 85 | * NighInvulnerability: ''Nothing'' Inuyasha and Kagome do causes her any lasting harm or pain until they realize that they have to attack her SoulJar. |
| 86 | * NoBodyLeftBehind: Turns to dust after her death. |
| 87 | * OhCrap: Something Inuyasha lampshades during their fight as, initially, she just seems to take any attack of his in stride. However, when one of his attacks hits close to her Soul Jar, she suddenly starts getting more serious. And she damn near loses it when Kagome manages to find the skull where her spirit, a comb, is hiding in. |
| 88 | * OurLichesAreDifferent: Pretty much what she is, given that her SoulJar is a comb. |
| 89 | * PeoplePuppets: Yura is able to control people by making them lose consciousness and using her hair as marionette strings. |
| 90 | * PlayingWithFire: Her comb, Onibigushi (Demon's fire comb) can spit flames. |
| 91 | * PrehensileHair: Her weapon is razor-sharp hair strands attached to her fingers. |
| 92 | * RazorFloss: Her hair strings can cut through anything except Inuyasha's Robe of the Fire-Rat. |
| 93 | * SoulJar: As long as her comb is intact, she's safe. |
| 94 | * StarterVillain: The first time Inuyasha and Kagome work together to defeat an enemy. |
| 95 | * {{Stripperiffic}}: Her outfit leaves most of her legs exposed while also showcasing ample cleavage. |
| 96 | * TorsoWithAView: Inuyasha opens a gaping hole right [[BreastAttack between her breasts]]. She simply [[AffablyEvil scolds him for trying to cop a feel.]] |
| 97 | * VictoriasSecretCompartment: Where she keeps the Shikon shards. |
| 98 | * WhatTheHellAreYou: Her reaction when Kagome, protected by Inuyasha's haori, is unharmed by her razor hair: |
| 99 | -->"What ''are'' you? Why don't you bleed?!" |
| 100 | * {{Youkai}}: A Tsukumogami, inanimate object that came to life after a hundred years of use. |
| 101 | [[/folder]] |
| 102 | |
| 103 | [[folder:Tsugumo Toad]] |
| 104 | !!Tsugumo Toad |
| 105 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FumihikoTachiki (JP), Ward Perry (EN) |
| 106 | |
| 107 | A 300 year old toad spirit who used a fragment of the Jewel to take over the daimyo of a castle and used his authority to gather girls to devour. |
| 108 | |
| 109 | ---- |
| 110 | * BreathWeapon: He breathes noxious gas potent enough to knock Inuyasha off his feet. |
| 111 | * DemonicPossession: He used to be an incorporeal spirit before he took over the body of a daimyo with the power of the Shikon Jewel fragment. |
| 112 | * FrogMen: After possessing a lord, he ends up looking like a fat, bipedal frog in a kimono. |
| 113 | * HealingFactor: By eating souls, he can recover from any wound. |
| 114 | * IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Corners Princess Tsuyu after taking her to his private room, though he intends to literally eat her. |
| 115 | * KillItWithFire: As Myoga reveals, Youkai or not he's still a toad, and thus cannot stand heat. He's forced out of his body when Kagome uses an AerosolFlamethrower on him. |
| 116 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After Inuyasha hits him on the head with the back of Tessaiga, the actual daimyo takes control of the Toad's body and is shocked to see what happened, begging them to kill him to take down the monster. |
| 117 | * OverlyLongTongue: Being a toad, he can attack with a long, sharp tongue. |
| 118 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: While possessing the daimyo, he took full advantage of his authority to kidnap girls from their homes and gather them in the castle to feed on. Myoga ouright states that that, combined with the jewel shard in the toad's possession, effectively means he can do as he pleases and get away with it. |
| 119 | * SoulEating: The Tsugumo Toad envelopes his victims in large frog eggs, where they slowly turn into human-headed tadpols. He enjoys eating matured souls, but can also consume them to heal himself. |
| 120 | * TapOnTheHead: When he angrily attacks Nobunaga for freeing Tsuyu from his egg, Inu Yasha slams the back of Tessaiga on his head hard enough to make him faint, causing the Daimyo to temporarly regain control of his toad body and offers his life as a way to make sure the Toad dies with him. |
| 121 | * {{Youkai}}: Based on the Ogama, a toad who can turn into a noxious youkai, but his name is a pun on Tsukumogami. |
| 122 | [[/folder]] |
| 123 | |
| 124 | [[folder:Flesh-Eating Mask]] |
| 125 | !!Flesh-Eating Mask |
| 126 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Kazuko Yanaga (JP), Creator/CathyWeseluck (EN) |
| 127 | |
| 128 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/noh_mask.jpg]] |
| 129 | |
| 130 | A demonic Noh mask sealed at Higurashi Shrine, awakened in the present day by Kagome's Shikon Jewel shards. |
| 131 | |
| 132 | ---- |
| 133 | * ArtifactOfDoom: A demonic mask that absorbs human flesh to make itself a body. |
| 134 | * BlobMonster: In the anime, the body the mask forms takes the form of black goo. |
| 135 | * BodyHorror: Aside from having a BodyOfBodies, the mask's flesh is continually rotting, causing it to seek out the Shikon Jewel to rectify it. |
| 136 | * BodyOfBodies: In the manga, the mask's body was a mishmash of gore and limbs from the people it absorbed. |
| 137 | * {{Bowdlerise}}: In the manga, the mask's body was a grotesque mishmash of blood, gore, and body parts. In the anime, it's an amorphous mass of black goo. |
| 138 | * ImAHumanitarian: Eats humans and assimilates their flesh. |
| 139 | * InstantExpert: It manages to work out how to operate a fire truck fairly quickly, albeit [[DrivesLikeCrazy recklessly]]. |
| 140 | * NormalFishInATinyPond: In the modern era, it causes catastrophic damage, kills several humans, and is unstoppable, forcing Kagome to call in Inuyasha to manage the situation. If it was fought in the feudal era and had not already had a Shikon Jewel shard, the mask would have been only slightly stronger than a normal {{youkai}}, who Naraku uses as {{mook}}s. |
| 141 | * WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody: Downplayed, in the manga she still moves even when half of the mask is destroyed, and stops moving after being subjected to a DiagonalCut which removes the fragment. |
| 142 | [[/folder]] |
| 143 | |
| 144 | [[folder:The Raiju Brothers]] |
| 145 | !!The Raiju Brothers |
| 146 | !!!'''Voiced by:'''Creator/NobutoshiCanna (Hiten) and Creator/TetsuInada (Manten) (JP), Creator/AndrewFrancis (Hiten) and Alvin Sanders (Manten) (EN), Gabriel Ortiz (Hiten) and Jorge Ornelas (Manten) (LA SP), Creator/StefanoCrescentini (Hiten) and Nanni Baldini (Manten) (IT), Remi Caillebot (Hiten) and Pierre-Stefan Montagnier (Manten) (FR) |
| 147 | |
| 148 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ThunderInuyasha_1805.jpg]] |
| 149 | A pair of [[{{Youkai}} Raiju]] looking for the Jewel, they murdered and skinned Shippo's father. The younger brother, Manten is big and beastly and obsessed with his lack of hair. The elder brother, Hiten, is more human looking and wields a lightning pike. |
| 150 | |
| 151 | ---- |
| 152 | * BerserkButton: |
| 153 | ** ''DO NOT'' do anything to Manten's hair. |
| 154 | ** Hiten goes really apeshit when his brother confesses that he accidentally let the Shikon Jewel fragments go and took Kagome instead. More seriously, he also goes berserk after his brother's death. |
| 155 | * BigBrotherInstinct: While Hiten tends to threaten to kill his own brother on more than one occasion, he reveals that deep down, he does in fact love his brother and goes apeshit when he's killed. |
| 156 | * BreathWeapon: Manten's power. |
| 157 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Hiten and Manten really love each other, to the point that Hiten cries when Manten is killed. The anime made it into a real TearJerker. |
| 158 | * {{Flight}}: Manten uses a dark thundercloud and Hiten has flaming spurs on his heels. |
| 159 | * HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Hiten's fate. |
| 160 | * HeManWomanHater: Hiten views women as little more than playthings for him and Manten's sick pleasure, even going so far as to taunt Inuyasha when he thinks he killed Kagome, saying that no woman is worth shedding tears over. |
| 161 | * HumanResources: Manten planned to process Kagome into a mystical hair tonic. |
| 162 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Manten's fate. |
| 163 | * {{Jerkass}}: Both of them are heartless killers who see no value in human life. Inuyasha, himself no saint by his own admission at the time, is openly [[EveryoneHasStandards disgusted]] by their depravity. |
| 164 | * KickTheDog: Hiten bloodily kills a demon girl (as in, "punch her through her head") purely for being next to him when Manten tells him something that upsets him greatly. Manten kills and skins Shippo's dad, then mocks Shippo's grief over it. |
| 165 | * MonstrousCannibalism: After Manten's death, Hiten does this to him to get his powers and jewel shards. In the anime, he merely bites into his forehead to do so, while in the manga, he outright eats his brother's heart. Regardless, Kagome is appropriately horrified. |
| 166 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Neither have a very enlightened view of women; Manten sees Kagome as nothing more than ingredients for a hair tonic, while Hiten outright mocks Inuyasha for worrying about her in the midst of their fight. |
| 167 | -->'''Hiten''': A true warrior never puts a woman before a battle! |
| 168 | * ShockAndAwe: Their powers. |
| 169 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Both Hiten and Manten share a strong resemblance to their father and mother respectively. Especially Manten. |
| 170 | * VillainousValor: Hiten really cares for his little brother, even if he threatens him. |
| 171 | * {{Youkai}}: Raiju, of course. |
| 172 | [[/folder]] |
| 173 | |
| 174 | [[folder:The Kumogashira]] |
| 175 | !!Kumogashira |
| 176 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' |
| 177 | |
| 178 | Spider demons that infest certain tracts of land, lead by a monstrous web-bodied demon who seeks for the Jewel while disguised as a kind old buddhist monk. |
| 179 | |
| 180 | ---- |
| 181 | * AchillesHeel: The leader can regenerate any part of his body, but he still need the Jewel Shards to do this trick: when Inuyasha severs the trunk in which the shards where contained he perish in no time. |
| 182 | * AdaptationDeviation: In the anime, the second part of the episode involving the Kumogashira is dramatically shortened: rather than play on Nazuna's feelings to trick her into removing Tessaiga from the door, the Kumogashira Leader simply attacks the room from the outside of the temple, smashing it open. He's also slain almost immediately by Inuyasha after swallowing the fragments. |
| 183 | * AdaptationalWimp: His anime self is much less durable than the manga counterpart, dying easily to Tessaiga as soon as Inuyasha regainst his strength and lacking his head-duplicating power. |
| 184 | * AllWebbedUp: They do this to their preys, wrapping them in a coccoon spun by multiple spiders at once. |
| 185 | * DissonantSerenity: In the manga the Kumogashira have expressionless human heads regardless of the situation. |
| 186 | * LosingYourHead: Upon receiving a boost with the Shikon Jewel shards, the Leader can regenerate his head and even create more to spit silk at enemies from all sides. |
| 187 | * OneWingedAngel: Upon devouring the Jewel Shards it takes a fiercer appearence with large pointy eyebrows, lack of nose, exposed teeth and fangs and circles of hairs along his body and arms. |
| 188 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: The Kumogashira story arc introduced the concept of Hanyou having a period of time where they're stuck in human form. Also, by swallowing all the recovered fragments of the Jewel he accidentally reforms them into a single bigger piece inside his body. |
| 189 | * SpiderPeople: The rank and file Kumogashira (Spider Heads) are either big spiders with a human head in lieu of their own (manga) or lanky humanoids with a spider's head (anime). Their leader is a grotesque monster whose body is a giant fleshy web with hands at the end of the strands and the ability to slide his head along it. |
| 190 | * TheSwarm: In the manga, the Kumogashira attacks in massive hordes, numberous enough to seemingly cover the entire ceiling of a room. |
| 191 | * ThatManIsDead: In the Manga, the Kumogashira Leader (who apparently has killed and replaced the elder monk) claims this when Nazuna begs him to tell her if it was all a lie. According to him, the monk has been dead for "far longer than she can imagine". |
| 192 | * WoundedGazelleGambit: Pretends to be a victim of the Kumogashira to get Inuyasha close enough to grasp him. |
| 193 | |
| 194 | [[/folder]] |
| 195 | |
| 196 | |
| 197 | [[folder:Urasue]] |
| 198 | !!Urasue |
| 199 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Yoshiko Ohta (JP), Creator/CathyWeseluck (EN), Magda Giner (LA SP), Alina Moradei (IT) |
| 200 | |
| 201 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/UrasueInuyasha_5810.jpg]] |
| 202 | An old oni witch known for creating living clay puppets. She's the one who resurrects Kikyo in a body of bone dust and dirt in order to have a powerful servant, but is eventually destroyed by her. |
| 203 | |
| 204 | ---- |
| 205 | * AssholeVictim: She attacked Kaede's village, desecrated Kikyo's grave, and brought Kikyo back, planning to use the revived Kikyo as her obedient servant; needless to say, it's hard to feel sorry for her when Kikyo turns on her and blows her away. |
| 206 | * EvilOldFolks: Damn... |
| 207 | * {{Flight}}: Like higher tier demons, she can do this. |
| 208 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: The first thing Kikyo does as soon as she gets a soul is completely vaporize her. |
| 209 | * IAmAHumanitarian: Plans to devour Kagome's soulless body with Miso. |
| 210 | * {{Necromancer}}: She can create both puppets and undead beings with burial dirt and bone's ash. |
| 211 | * NoBodyLeftBehind: Pulverized after death, but not before a last KickTheDog moment. |
| 212 | * NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Apparently, it never once occurred to her that the revived Kikyo would ''not'' be her obedient slave upon her revival. |
| 213 | * SinisterScythe: Which she can use to cast a SwordBeam. |
| 214 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: She only lasts about one or two episodes, but is nonetheless the one responsible for Kikyo's resurrection. |
| 215 | * SuperSpeed: On foot? No. In the air? ''Yes!!'' |
| 216 | * SuperStrength: How else would she be able to wield that huge scythe and carry those big pots? |
| 217 | * VillainousLegacy: An anime-only episode has the group meeting two revenants similar to Kikyo, Enju and Kawaramaru, with the latter trying to use his "mother"'s clay soldiers to take over the country. |
| 218 | * WickedWitch: Has the looks of one and uses her sorcery to create clay soldiers. |
| 219 | * {{Youkai}}: According to Inuyasha, she's a Oni. Given her appearence she's a nod to the Kijo and Onibaba, demons taking the form of ugly but powerful hags. |
| 220 | [[/folder]] |
| 221 | |
| 222 | [[folder:Kotatsu]] |
| 223 | !!Kotatsu |
| 224 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BinShimada (JP), Terry Klassen (EN), Ricardo Tejedo (LA SP), Luigi Ferraro (IT) |
| 225 | |
| 226 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/KotatsuInuyasha_7330.jpg]] |
| 227 | A creepy painter owning a demonic ink made from a mixture of ink, blood and entrails with a fragment of the Shikon Jewel in it, capable of bringing his painting to life. His story in the anime is different. |
| 228 | |
| 229 | ---- |
| 230 | * ArtInitiatesLife: Thanks to his special "ink" he can make paintings of ogres and monsters who can become alive. Is also shown that reproducing a person with said ink will steal the person's soul. |
| 231 | * DirtyCoward: Begs for his dirty life when cornered. Justified as he's just a human. |
| 232 | * EvilIsNotAToy: ''Really'' should've known better then messing with cursed ink. Heck, a dream he has practically ''warned'' him of his fate if he kept going. |
| 233 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: In the manga, he accidentally wounds his arm while running from Inuyasha, and the demonic ink, smelling the blood, jumps out of his flask and consumes him like a blob monster. |
| 234 | * LonersAreFreaks: Lives alone, mostly because he chopped up his own manservant to make his ink. |
| 235 | * NightmareFetishist: He used to search for inspiration in battlefields, looking at the mutilated corpses, always liked to draw ogres and devils torturing people and found "fascinating" the light of the Shikon Shard in a pool of blood and spilt organs. |
| 236 | * OhCrap: When the ink starts to devour him. |
| 237 | * SerialKiller: He killed many people to replenish his reserves of livers and blood. Eventually he was forced to leave the capital and look for victims in the countryside. Now he uses his demons to collect the ingredients. |
| 238 | * StalkerWithACrush: Towards the princess. |
| 239 | * SummonMagic: Can summon giant ogres (or whole armies of them) from his paintings. |
| 240 | * TooDumbToLive: In the anime, he wounds himself on purpose before releasing the Ink, which sucks out all of his blood, killing him. |
| 241 | * {{Youkai}}: The monsters he summons are Oni and Shoki (the latter being a little, murderous ogre-like imp). |
| 242 | [[/folder]] |
| 243 | |
| 244 | [[folder:Soul Piper/Tatarimokke]] |
| 245 | !!Soul Piper/Tatarimokke |
| 246 | |
| 247 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tatarimokke.jpg]] |
| 248 | |
| 249 | A friendly demon who acts as a {{psychopomp}} to deceased children. Inuyasha and Kagome come into conflict with it in the modern day due to Kagome's efforts to save the soul of Mayu, a little girl who died in a fire and blamed her mother for her death. |
| 250 | ---- |
| 251 | * AdaptationalHeroism: The folkloristic Tatarimokke is a vengeful spirit who curses all those who encounter, here is overall a benevolent spirit, even if he can sent tainted souls to hell. |
| 252 | * AntiVillain: It's just doing its duty, whether escorting children to Heaven or sending them to Hell. When Mayu is on the verge of suffering the latter and tearfully begs for a chance to make amends with her mother, the Piper changes its judgment and spares her. |
| 253 | * EyesAlwaysShut: Its eyes open a little more every time one of its charges does wrong. Once its eyes open completely, the soul of said charge will be DraggedOffToHell. |
| 254 | * FriendToAllChildren: It plays with the souls of deceased children until they're ready to move on. |
| 255 | * {{Youkai}}: In the original manga, he's actually Tatarimokke, an owl-like spirit born from the rancorous soul of an infant. |
| 256 | [[/folder]] |
| 257 | |
| 258 | [[folder:Mayu Ikeda]] |
| 259 | !!Mayu Ikeda |
| 260 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyakaSaitou (JP), Creator/ChantalStrand (EN), Georgina Sánchez (LA SP) |
| 261 | |
| 262 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mayu_ikeda.png]] |
| 263 | |
| 264 | A little girl from the modern era who died in an apartment fire that she caused. She had become a vengeful ghost attempting to kill her little brother. |
| 265 | |
| 266 | ---- |
| 267 | * AntiVillain: The entire reason for her hateful actions toward her brother and mother is because she mistakenly believed that her mother deliberately left her to die while only saving her brother. |
| 268 | * BarredFromTheAfterlife: Being a vengeful ghost trying to kill your brother won't endear you to heaven, which almost gets her dragged to hell had Kagome not rushed in to save her and make her see the error of her ways. |
| 269 | * ChildrenAreInnocent: Heaven didn't seem to think so, given that trying to kill your brother as a ghost just to enrage your mother almost got her sent to hell. Luckily, Kagome is able to put sense back into her. |
| 270 | * CreepyChild: As a VengefulGhost and an UndeadChild, she is obviously this until she becomes a CuteGhostGirl. |
| 271 | * CuteGhostGirl: After her HeelFaceTurn. |
| 272 | * DeathOfAChild: Trying to worry her mother, she had hidden in a closet and was unable to get out when her apartment burnt down because of a fire she caused. |
| 273 | * DraggedOffToHell: Is very nearly a victim of this as a result of her attempts to kill her brother. Kagome's intervention prevents it. |
| 274 | * DiedHappilyEverAfter: Thanks to Kagome. |
| 275 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: Thanks to the help of Kagome and Inuyasha, she's able to break free from being dragged off to hell, especially after winning a battle with herself by finally being able to convince herself that her mother truly loved her after she kept trying to deny it. She's thus able to meet her mom as a ghost one last time for forgiveness, thanks Kagome, and dons the kimono her mother made for her before happily passing over to heaven. |
| 276 | * EnfantTerrible: A plot point for the episode, she became a VengefulGhost with a sizable mean streak and a homicidal grudge against her brother. This trope turns against her when she almost gets DraggedOffToHell for it until she accepts Kagome's LastSecondChance. |
| 277 | * GirlishPigtails: She appears as a little girl with pigtails as she was still a child when she died in a fire. |
| 278 | * GoneHorriblyRight: A plan of her's to make her mother worry about her was to hide in a close she'd never go into, unfortunately Mayu left her scarf over a stove which then fell and set fire to the apartment. Thus when her mother rushed into save her children, Mayu's prediction was right and she didn't think to look into the closet to save her. |
| 279 | * HeelRealization: On the verge of being sent to Hell, Kagome helps her realize that her mother always loved her and would never have left her to die. Thinking back to all of the happy times she had with her mother, Mayu suffers one of these and tearfully begs for a chance to atone. This convinces the Soul Piper to spare her. |
| 280 | * JacobMarleyApparel: Her ghost form is dressed in a heavy winter coat and having no footwear outside of her socks. This was because she had died during a winter season and was hiding indoors when the fire that killed her happened. This is what tips Kagome off that there's something off about her when they first meet since, at the time, it's in the middle of summer (plus, y'know, what child goes about the neighborhood in their socks?). After she makes peace with her mother, Kagome last sees her in a kimono that her mother made for her (having likely left at her grave or shrine) before she ascends to Heaven with the Soul Piper. |
| 281 | * NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Once Kagome convinces her her mother still loves her, it's the motivation that finally allows her to let go of her rage and spares her from Hell. She ultimately achieves it afterword. |
| 282 | * NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Zig-zagged, as her actions were bad enough for her to almost end up in hell, though Kagome does point out she was an upset little girl instead of truly evil, and this realization helps convince Mayu that she loves her mother and brother. Thus, heaven forgives her, and allows her to speak with her mom and Kagome for forgiveness and thanks one last time before she passes onto heaven happily. |
| 283 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: Not her, but her mother of course, though she attempts to invoke this ''again'' on her mom by trying to kill her brother as a ghost. Luckily, she comes to her senses. |
| 284 | * PartingWordsRegret: Both the last time she and her mother spoke before Mayu's death was yet another argument, which contributed to Mayu thinking her mother loathed her. Luckily, Kagome being able to convince her this wasn't the case allows her to be spared from the after life and subvert this trope, as she is able to appear before her mother one last time where the two forgive each other. She also subverts this with Kagome, thanking her before passing onto the after life for good. |
| 285 | * RedemptionEarnsLife: A complicated example. While she's still dead and nothing can change that, Mayu eventually realizes the error of her ways and begs for a chance to make amends with her mother, which saves her soul from Hell. Essentially, in this case, redemption earns afterlife. |
| 286 | * TearsOfRemorse: Upon learning that her mother never played favorites between her brother and her and that she genuinely still loves her, she starts crying as she begs for the chance to atone. |
| 287 | * TooDumbToLive: If she didn't leave her scarf above the heater, she wouldn't have set the fire and subsequently die in the blaze. |
| 288 | * TheUnfavourite: The primary source of her rage is that she believes she was this to her brother Satoru, to the extent that she believes her mother deliberately left her to die in the apartment fire while only saving Satoru. [[SubvertedTrope In reality]], her mother didn't even know she was still there. |
| 289 | * YouCanSeeMe: Is shocked that Kagome can actually see her (thanks to her spiritual power) since she's a ghost. |
| 290 | [[/folder]] |
| 291 | |
| 292 | [[folder:Royakan]] |
| 293 | !!Royakan |
| 294 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' |
| 295 | |
| 296 | A massive humanoid wolf Youkai sent by Naraku to attack a weakened Inu Yasha after his battle with Sesshomaru, though he's later forced to fight after being implanted a shard of the Shikon Jewel in his forehead... alongside a flesh-boring plant. |
| 297 | |
| 298 | ---- |
| 299 | * AdaptationalHeroism: In the anime, Kaede mentions that Royakan is the guardian of the woods around Musashi Village, so she's surprised to see him acting hostile. |
| 300 | * AscendedExtra: He makes another apperence during the anime-only Panther arc, where he tries to offer his services to Sesshomaru in the battle against the Panther Tribe, remembering how he and many other local monsters once fought for Sesshomaru's father. |
| 301 | * BodyHorror: In the manga, the tiny sprout planted by Naraku grows into a massive infestation of ivy covering the head, shoulders and upper torso of Royakan, causing him tremendous pain. In the anime he just assumes a more wolf-like appearence. |
| 302 | * DoNotTauntCthulhu: In the manga, he pretty much tells Naraku to get lost after he shows up in his cavern to force him to take action against Inu Yasha once more. Naraku answers by planting a seedling attached to a shard of the Shikon Jewel into his forehead, stating that the plant will eventually kill him if not removed. |
| 303 | * ForcedIntoEvil: More apparent in the anime, where Royakan was more of a neutral guardian of nature rather than a mindless man-eating monster. He even genuinely begs Naraku to leave him alone when confronted. |
| 304 | * KarmaHoudini: After having the shard removed by Kagome, Royakan thanks the heroes and leaves, despite being a man-eating Youkai. Averted in the anime, which makes Royakan less evil and more sympathetic. |
| 305 | * MookMaker: He can puke out a seemingly infinite amount of three-eyed wolves to fight on his behalf alongside him, turning himself into a literal WolfpackBoss. In a filler episode he uses the wolves to find a way out of a magic illusion to no avail. |
| 306 | * OneWingedAngel: In the manga he grows longer hair, his mouth reshapes into a vaguely lupine muzzle and an ivy-like growth overtakes most of his upper body. In the anime he simply morphs into a gigantic humanoid wolf. |
| 307 | * PunchClockVillain: He gets involved with the heroes only because Naraku sent him. Otherwise he'd rather stay in his lair and mind his business. |
| 308 | * RedBaron: Claims to be known as the "Infernal Wolf" when he confronts the heroes. |
| 309 | * SavageWolves: He can summon hordes of ferocious demon wolves from his mouth and use them to overwhelm any opponent. |
| 310 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When he realizes how dangerous Miroku is, he promptly runs for it and refuses to obey Naraku any longer. |
| 311 | * WolfMan: Has the appearence of a massive humanoid wolf-like beast with a huge flat face that doesn't actually resemble that of a proper wolf. He gains a more wolf-like form in the anime. |
| 312 | |
| 313 | [[/folder]] |
| 314 | |
| 315 | [[folder:Tokajin]] |
| 316 | !!Tokajin |
| 317 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HideyukiHori (JP), Creator/SamuelVincent (EN), Jorge Ornelas (LA SP), Roberto Stocchi (IT) |
| 318 | |
| 319 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TokajinInuyasha_7230.jpg]] |
| 320 | A normal man who wanted to become a hermit. In the Manga, he appears in Volume 9 (right before Sango's arrival) and is a cannibalistic hermit who's trying to obtain an immortality elixir by turning people into a demonic tree, the Ninmenka. Is ultimately defeated by Inuyasha. In the anime, the Ninmenka tree is actually evil and Tokajin is supplying it with fresh corpses in order to obtain an immortality elixir, but is eventually backstabbed and absorbed. Also, he appears much later than in the manga. |
| 321 | |
| 322 | ---- |
| 323 | * AdaptationalLateAppearance: In the manga his story happened before Sango was introduced, in the anime it happened after Inuyasha learned the Backlash Wave. |
| 324 | * BigEater: Of people. He also keeps whole jugs of digestive potion in his mansion, just in case. |
| 325 | * BloodKnight: When Human!Inuyasha stumbles upon his fault immortality elixir (a concoction made from people which restore wounds), he orders him to drink some, as fighting a weakling like him isn't funny. |
| 326 | * {{Bowdlerise}}: In the anime, he just shrinks people and then, when they're mature, feeds them to the Ninmenka. In the manga, we first see him blocking one of his runaway disciples and ''devour his remains'' onscreen. Also, while in the anime he traps Inuyasha inside his gourd (filled with corrosive water) which is later broken by Tessaiga, in the manga he swallows him whole, and Inuyasha gets out by, essentially, causing him to vomit. |
| 327 | * DeathFromAbove: One of his attacks? Jumping high in the air and body-slamming Inuyasha with his humongous belly. |
| 328 | * DecompositeCharacter: in the anime he learns his evil spells from the Jinmenka itself rather than from forbidden scrolls as in the manga. |
| 329 | * TheDogBitesBack: In the anime, he ultimately is fed up with Ninmenka's requests and takes his fragment for himself, depriving the Tree of it. |
| 330 | * DisneyVillainDeath: How he dies in the manga. In the anime he's grabbed by Jinmenka's roots.. which possess him, making him a target for Inuyasha's Wind Scar. |
| 331 | * DullSurprise: Upon seeing Inuyasha kicking his door down. He only worries about the fact that his flesh will be bad and hard to digest. |
| 332 | * EvilSorcerer: A Sennin (a hermit-like man said to have magical powers). |
| 333 | * EyeScream: In the manga, he has his right eye gouged by a thorn. |
| 334 | * FatBastard: So obese that Tessaiga would bounce off his belly (also thanks to a Shikon Shard in his bellybutton). |
| 335 | * FreudianExcuse: Apparently he came from a really miserable background, so he came to despise normal humans and decided to become a sage to avoid all the troubles that people have. It barely makes him more sympathetic. |
| 336 | * GreenThumb: Can summon flowers and spiked roots with his staff. He also turned his master in a human-headed flower. |
| 337 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: In the anime, he's absorbed by Jinmenka's roots. |
| 338 | * IAmAHumanitarian; He though that he could gain hermit powers faster by eating his master, and that's how it started. Manga only. |
| 339 | * IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Subverted: When he finds an unconscious Kagome he has her bathed... in sake, so he can eat her later. |
| 340 | * {{Jerkass}}: Even before he turned into a cannibal, he wasn't the nicest person around. |
| 341 | * JustEatHim: What he does to Inuyasha at their first encounter (he shrinks him first). |
| 342 | * {{Kevlard}}: Invoked, the fragment endowed him with a body able to repeal swords. In fact, Tessaiga bounces against is stomach. |
| 343 | * LackOfEmpathy: He treats people like food. |
| 344 | * LazyBum: Back when he was a human. In the anime Ninmenka actually took advantage of this side of his personality. |
| 345 | * ManipulativeBastard: In the manga, he manipulated several unlucky souls into becoming his "disciples". In the anime not so much, as ''he'' is the manipulated one. |
| 346 | * MeaningfulName: "Peach Man". |
| 347 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: Tokajin is drawn with an eerie vaguely human design compared to the {{Bishonen}} or down right hideous characters in the series, as well as being plump. His "human" self was still uncanningly skinny. |
| 348 | * OneWingedAngel: Turns into a rock monster thanks to the Shikon fragment. |
| 349 | * PetalPower: Can summon magical flowers that shrink people. |
| 350 | * StupidEvil: There's not much to say about this guy, really: he doesn't have long term plans or something, just to eat people and fruits and prepare elixirs. |
| 351 | * WombLevel: When Inuyasha is swallowed, he has to figure out a way to leave his stomach as he's turning back to human. |
| 352 | [[/folder]] |
| 353 | |
| 354 | [[folder:False Suijin]] |
| 355 | !!False Suijin |
| 356 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Ryusuke Obayashi (JP), Creator/ColinMurdock (EN) |
| 357 | |
| 358 | The water god of a shrine located in a lake, who has people sacrificed to him to spare the nearby village from his wrath, it's actually a snake Youkai who stole the sacred halberd from the real Suijin and is taking advantage of the situation. |
| 359 | |
| 360 | ---- |
| 361 | * AnArmAndALeg: First Kagome's sacred arrow blows up one of his hands. Later, Inuyasha rips off his other arm with the halberd, turning him back into a giant serpent. |
| 362 | * ChildEater: Implied he feeds on the sacrificed children, though when he realizes that the kid before him is not the one he asked for he threatens to cut him into pieces and send him back with a flood. |
| 363 | * GodGuise: He has sealed away the real Suijin and is pretending to be her to force the local village to offer him children as sacrifices. He also insists on referring himself as a deity when confronted by the heroes. |
| 364 | * FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: First Inuyasha slices him at the mouth in half, leaving him jawless, then Miroku sucks him inside the Wind Tunnel as a coup de grace. |
| 365 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: He was just one of the many lesser Youkai who served the local deity before he betrayed her and took her place. |
| 366 | * KickTheDog: When he realizes that the kid in front of him isn't the son of the chief he asked in sacrifice, he ignores his plea to take his life instead and plans to cut him into pieces and send them back to the village with a flood. |
| 367 | * ProngsOfPoseidon: Wields the sacred halberd of the original water god (resembling a small golden trident), which allows him to cancel out Tessaiga's demonic aura and turn it into a normal dull sword, as well as turning everything he stabs into foam and use his powers over water and clouds. |
| 368 | * RubberMan: Possibly because of his snake body, he can extend his arms and neck at will, which he uses to grab the sacrifical victim with a FacepalmOfDoom. |
| 369 | * ScaledUp: Involuntary example, when Inuyasha rips off the arm he wields the spear with, he's forced to take his real form. |
| 370 | * SnakePeople: For the second match, he turns his entire lower body in a giant snake one. |
| 371 | * TheStarscream: Implied to be one when he was a simple water snake youkai. |
| 372 | * ThisCannotBe: Reacts in genuine shock when Kagome's sacred arrow blows up his hand. |
| 373 | * WeatherManipulation: The full power of his sacred halberd allows him to summon storms and tornados, though the true Suijin can also dispel them just as easily. |
| 374 | |
| 375 | [[/folder]] |
| 376 | |
| 377 | [[folder:Kaijinbo]] |
| 378 | !!Kaijinbo |
| 379 | !!!'''Voiced by:'''Creator/TakeshiAono (JP), Robert O. Smith (EN), Carlos del Campo (LA SP), Saverio Moriones (IT) |
| 380 | |
| 381 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/KaijinboInuyasha_8722.JPG]] |
| 382 | An old evil demon who used to be Totosai's disciple, before being rejected for his brutal and inhuman ways. He forges the Tokijin sword for Sesshomaru but is possessed by the blade and eventually destroyed by it. |
| 383 | |
| 384 | ---- |
| 385 | * DemonicPossession: Ends up being possessed by Tokijin, which is filled by Goshinki's hate towards Inuyasha. The possession is so powerful that it keeps him alive even after Miroku splits his skull in half. |
| 386 | * EvilCounterpart: To Totosai. |
| 387 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Get possessed by the sword he forged. Lampshaded by Totosai, who calls him an idiot for it. |
| 388 | * KickTheDog: Bisects Jaken just for the lulz. |
| 389 | * KilledMidsentence: As he comments about the new Tessaiga's being "nothing special", the sword pressure shreds him to pieces before he's done talking. |
| 390 | * LudicrousGibs: Splattered to pieces by Tessaiga's pressure. |
| 391 | * RazorWind: While wielding Tokijin. |
| 392 | * UltimateBlacksmith: Not only did he make Tokijin, but also the [[DoubleWeapon Naginata of Kenkon]] in a filler saga. |
| 393 | * WouldHurtAChild: Why Totosai disowned him? Because he [[MoralEventHorizon murdered ten children and used their fat and blood]] to forge an EvilWeapon filled with their hate. Oh, and he didn't regret that. |
| 394 | * {{Youkai}} |
| 395 | [[/folder]] |
| 396 | |
| 397 | [[folder:Gatenmaru]] |
| 398 | !!Gatenmaru |
| 399 | !!!'''Voiced by:'''Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (JP), Adam Henderson (EN), José Luis Reza (LA SP), Massimo Corizza (IT) |
| 400 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/GatenmaruInuyasha_1773.jpg]] |
| 401 | A moth demon masquerading as an effeminate leader of a group of bloodthirsty bandits, he delights in devouring women by sucking them dry. |
| 402 | |
| 403 | ---- |
| 404 | * AdaptationalBadass: In the manga, he goes down (and [[LudicrousGibs everywhere]]) as soon as he's done boasting and transforming, in the anime he lasts a little longer, showing off the ability to spit poisonous cocoons and create whirlwinds of venom. |
| 405 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Inuyasha in his fully awakened demonized form kills him and his men in a gory manner]], the same group that had just murdered an entire village and had women they've captured to be eaten alive by their master, all while making a restrained Inuyasha watch. |
| 406 | * BlowYouAway: Does this in his real form with poisonous gusts of wind. |
| 407 | * ClippedWingAngel: His true form, a demonic moth, [[spoiler: was taken out instantly by a demonized Inuyasha with even more ease than Goshinki was]]. |
| 408 | * CoverBlowingSuperpower: He exposes himself as a demon when he uses his powers on Inuyasha and Miroku. |
| 409 | * CurbStompBattle: See ClippedWingAngel for more details |
| 410 | * DirtyCoward: When Inuyasha chips his axe, he responds by using a woman as a HumanShield, allowing him to land a cheap shot and cocoon him. |
| 411 | * FantasticRacism: Like most demons, views Inuyasha as an inferior for being a half breed |
| 412 | * ForTheEvulz: He seems to eat women for pleasure rather than satisfying his stomach |
| 413 | * {{Guyliner}}: Wears lipstick. |
| 414 | * HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Not him, but his men. While they aren't initially aware that he's a demon, when the truth comes out, they're even ''more'' eager to work for him and commit atrocities than they were before, helping him slaughter an entire village and allowing him to eat the captured women alive while making a helpless, AllWebbedUp Inuyasha and Miroku [[ForcedToWatch watch]]. Inuyasha succumbing to his SuperpoweredEvilSide and slaughtering them in a berserker rage is [[AssholeVictim completely well-deserved]]. |
| 415 | * KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: He and his men are slaughtered in a brutal way by a demon Inuyasha for the hedonistic slaughter and gorging of the villagers.]] |
| 416 | * KickTheDog: He eats a village woman in front of Inuyasha to show how helpless he was before he died. |
| 417 | ** TheDogBitesBack: Turns he wasn't so helpless after all. |
| 418 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: His cruel actions backfire when Inuyasha succumbs to his SuperpoweredEvilSide and kills him and his men. Furthermore, after snapping out of his rampaging state, Inuyasha begins to question if he truly wants to be a full-fledged demon if it means killing people left and right. |
| 419 | * OverlyLongTongue: Which he uses to drain people's blood. |
| 420 | * PoisonIsCorrosive: His poison can dissolve whatever it touches slowly while making the victim paralyzed. |
| 421 | * PoisonIsEvil: He taunts Inuyasha in a very sadistic way while trying to dissolve him and Miroku with his poison. |
| 422 | * RealMenWearPink: He wears a pink overcoat. |
| 423 | * SissyVillain: Looks like one, but prefers women to eat. |
| 424 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: He's only around for two episodes, but it's because of him that Inuyasha gives up his plan to become a full-fledged {{youkai}}, having butchered Gatenmaru and his human minions in an AxCrazy rage. |
| 425 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: Even after seeing Demon!Inuyasha tear free of the cocoon and slaughter several of his flunkies in cold blood, Gatenmaru isn't impressed; needless to say, he gets a ''very'' rude awakening when Inuyasha slices him into pieces. |
| 426 | * {{Youkai}}: A really nasty bigot of a moth. |
| 427 | [[/folder]] |
| 428 | |
| 429 | [[folder:Ryukotsusei]] |
| 430 | !!Ryukotsusei |
| 431 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazuhikoInoue (JP), Creator/TrevorDevall (EN), Martín Soto (LA SP), Stefano Mondini (IT) |
| 432 | |
| 433 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/RyukotsuseiInuyasha_2000.jpg]] |
| 434 | An elder Dragon Youkai who fought with Inuyasha's father in the past and was sealed in a cliff, not before inflicting a fatal wound to the dog demon. He's freed from his seal by Naraku in order to kill Inuyasha. |
| 435 | |
| 436 | |
| 437 | ---- |
| 438 | * AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: A dragon with a human face, but unlike most, he is very intelligent for his size. |
| 439 | * BeastWithAHumanFace: Ryukotsusei is a dragonlike {{youkai}} who has a human face in the middle of his forehead. It's the human face that does the talking, while the dragon one focuses on [[BreathWeapon spitting lightning bolts]]. |
| 440 | * BloodKnight: SmugSuper aside, why else would he stick around the place he was sealed to fight Inuyasha other then for exercise after being locked up for over a century? |
| 441 | * BreathWeapon: Spits lightning bolts from his dragon mouth. |
| 442 | * BulletSeed: In addition to his pink lightning, he can fire lightning bullets out of his mouth. |
| 443 | * DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Inuyasha's purpose was to pierce his heart with Tessaiga to make it more powerful. |
| 444 | * DragonsAreDemonic: Ryukotsusei is an extremely powerful dragon demon (To be more exact, a daiyoukai.) who battled the Inu no Taisho, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru's father, to a standstill before being sealed by being stabbed above the heart by one of his fangs. Even then, the injuries suffered by the Inu no Taisho during the battle [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu proved enough to kill him afterwards]]. |
| 445 | * FacialMarkings: His human face. |
| 446 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: He's the first youkai in the story to be identified as a daiyoukai and he was sealed with a fang through the heart. Stabbing him through the heart could not kill him. He's too powerful for that kind of death to work on him. [[spoiler: Towards the end of the manga, Sesshoumaru gets stabbed through the heart and everyone thinks he's dead. However, it neither kills nor seals him. Instead it unlocks his true power and he [[CameBackStrong gains daiyoukai status]].]] |
| 447 | * HeroKiller: Killed Inuyasha and Sesshomaru's father via fatal wounds |
| 448 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Killed by the Bakuryuha attack, that uses his own energy against him. |
| 449 | * IllKillYou: His only [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction reaction to having Tessaiga shoved in his heart]]. It also marks the moment when Ryukotsusei stops toying with Inuyasha. |
| 450 | * OurDragonsAreDifferent: Is gigantic and has a smaller human face on his forehead. Said face speaks too. Kinda appropriate, as in Eastern Zodiac, the Dragon and the Dog are opposite of each other. |
| 451 | * SealedEvilInACan: Naraku destroyed the seal. |
| 452 | * ShockAndAwe: Pink lightning. |
| 453 | * {{Smarter than You Look}}: He's quite intelligent, as well as very powerful. |
| 454 | * SmugSuper: He views himself highly, and it's not surprising as he was a demon of the highest caliber and managed to inflict fatal wounds on Inu no Taisho, the strongest character in the series. |
| 455 | * SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Downplayed. When he was introduced, he was the strongest opponent Inuyasha had faced thus far. He is definitely more powerful than Goshinki and Naraku, in fact can be called the 2nd strongest demon in the series for landing fatal blows on Inu no Taisho, the strongest demon. However, he is taken out in one blow by Inuyasha's Bakuryuha, since the attack sends his own powerful energy back ''doubled''. Lesser beings would have less to add to it. You can tell by the effect of the Bakuryuha when Inuyasha used it against him versus other demons. With most demons, the Bakuryuha forms a wind tunnel that contains the attack it was redirecting. With Ryukotsusei, it forms a great tempest made of several tornadoes. |
| 456 | * ThisCannotBe: His reaction to the Bakuryuha rending his body to pieces. A minor one earlier when Demon!Inuyasha manages to push his body away from Tessaiga with brute force alone. |
| 457 | * UngratefulBastard: In the anime he bothers to send a ball of lightning at Naraku's simulacrum even after he freed him. Downplayed as Naraku probably wasn't really expecting to form an alliance with him. |
| 458 | * YouKilledMyFather: Ultimately, responsible for Inuyasha's father's death. Subverted in that Inuyasha didn't care about avenging his father. He was there to improve his sword. |
| 459 | * {{Youkai}}: Not your typical dragon, that's for sure. |
| 460 | [[/folder]] |
| 461 | |
| 462 | [[folder:Tsubaki]] |
| 463 | !!Tsubaki |
| 464 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Miho Satou (JP), Sharon Alexander (EN), Creator/MonicaManjarrez (LA SP), Laura Lenghi (IT) |
| 465 | |
| 466 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TsubakiInuyasha_4518.jpg]] |
| 467 | A {{miko}} and a contemporary of Kikyo. Tsubaki felt that she, not Kikyo, should be entrusted with the Shikon Jewel; when that didn't happen, her jealousy drove her to become a [[HotWitch black miko]]. |
| 468 | |
| 469 | ---- |
| 470 | * AdaptationExpansion: In the manga, she's an arc villain who doesn't survive her own arc. In the anime, not only she still lives to make a second attempt on the group, but [[spoiler: there's a whole flashback episode implying that her curse caused Kikyo's death after she fell in love with Inuyasha.]] |
| 471 | * AlasPoorVillain: In the anime, she dies bemoaning her fate and regretting that she ever trusted Naraku; Momiji and Botan, the two apprentice priestesses whom she briefly used as pawns, openly express pity for her. |
| 472 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: When young. Rare villainous example. |
| 473 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Kikyo was this for her, too. |
| 474 | * {{Curse}}: Her specialty. |
| 475 | * DemonicPossession: In the anime, she absorbs the Golden Oni sealed inside the forbidden tower to transform herself in an attempt to kill the group. |
| 476 | * DrivenByEnvy: Envied Kikyo because she was chosen over her to keep the Shikon no Tama. |
| 477 | * EvilCounterpart: To Kikyo. |
| 478 | * EvilWearsBlack: As an evil {{miko}}, her robes are black instead of the traditional miko's white and red. |
| 479 | * EyeScream: |
| 480 | ** When Kagome deflects her snake familiar's attack, it's absorbed into her left eye. We later learn that Kikyo did that to her too. |
| 481 | ** And later in the anime, she absorbs a demon through her eye, and that's also where Naraku's insects go through when they take the Shikon Jewel away from her. |
| 482 | * HoistByHerOwnPetard: Has her snake familiar redirected against her. Twice. |
| 483 | * HotWitch: Well, an attractive dark priestess. |
| 484 | * KickTheDog: Contaminating the Shikon shards she has handy with her miasma, which causes Kagome incredible pain. |
| 485 | * LadyOfBlackMagic: A sadistic dark priestess of great spiritual power, using it to cast curses and sutras. |
| 486 | %%zce* ManipulativeBitch: Especially to Momiji and Botan. |
| 487 | * {{Miko}}: Was one prior her FaceHeelTurn. |
| 488 | * PaperMaster: Used shikigami in the form of paper animals to cast spells. |
| 489 | * TheRival: To Kikyou. |
| 490 | * RivalTurnedEvil: Became as such to Kikyo out of jealousy. |
| 491 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler:She put a curse on Kikyo back when they were rivals that would weaken her spiritual powers if she ever fell in love, this ultimately left Kikyo vulnerable to Naraku's attack which led to her death and Inuyasha being framed and pinned to a tree for fifty years.]] In a sense, Tsubaki is the reason this entire series exists. Note that this is an anime-only episode though. |
| 492 | * VainSorceress: One of her biggest motivations to serve Naraku was that the Shikon Shards he gave her restored her youth. |
| 493 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the manga after she's defeated, one of Naraku's wasps takes back the jewel shard he loaned her and she's never heard from again (it's heavily implied she dies right after Naraku's saimyosho robs her of the Shikon jewel shard since all the demons to whom she sold her soul in exchange for youth died in the battle against Inuyasha). The anime fixes this by adding a filler in which she hangs onto the jewel a little longer and uses it to merge into a powerful ogre demon to defeat the heroes. She fails once again and rapidly ages to dust due to using up all her power. |
| 494 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After Inuyasha defeats her, Naraku takes back the jewel shards he gave her and leaves her to die. |
| 495 | [[/folder]] |
| 496 | |
| 497 | [[folder:Taigokumaru]] |
| 498 | !!Taigokumaru |
| 499 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Ryuuji Saikachi (JP), Creator/ScottMcNeil (EN), Creator/GerardoVasquez (LA SP), Vittorio Di Prima (IT) |
| 500 | |
| 501 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TaigokumaruInuyasha_4525.jpg]] |
| 502 | An old, giant Bat demon. He uses his very young granddaughter, [[BarrierMaiden Shiori]], to keep up a powerful barrier on his lands. |
| 503 | |
| 504 | ---- |
| 505 | * BarrierWarrior: Used to be one, like all the leaders of the Bat Demons tribe. |
| 506 | * DidntSeeThatComing: Judging from his reaction, [[spoiler: he didn't think that Shiori's control over his barrier was so great she could just forcefully expel him from her barrier, demonstrating a control not even he or his son had over it.]] |
| 507 | * EvilOldFolks: He lies, manipulates his only granddaughter into protecting him and [[spoiler: murdered his own son in order to satisfy his AlwaysChaoticEvil bat tribe]] |
| 508 | * GiantFlyer: He's the leader of the Bat Demons, and the size of a giant. |
| 509 | * GruesomeGrandparent: He looks down on Shiori for being half-human and sees her as nothing but a BarrierMaiden he can use for his own ends. |
| 510 | * ILied: Said that in return for Shiori, he'll spare the nearby village of fishermen. Which is promptly attacked the next night. When Shiori's mother calls him out for not honoring the deal, he simply mocks her for believing that he would actually honor a deal he made with humans. |
| 511 | * KickTheDog: Boasts about how [[spoiler: he killed his own son for bonding with humans ''right in front of his grand daughter''.]] [[spoiler: [[TheDogBitesBack Who expels him from her barrier]] and leave him to die at Inuyasha's SwordBeam.]] |
| 512 | * KinslayingIsASpecialKindOfEvil: He's already a nasty piece of work, going back on a deal he made with a village to stop attacking them almost immediately, but he reaches a whole new level of depravity when he reveals that he [[spoiler:killed Shiori's father, his ''own son'', for bonding and fraternizing with humans. Shiori immediately [[YouKilledMyFather turns on him]] and expels him from the barrier, letting Inuyasha take him down.]] |
| 513 | * LargeAndInCharge: He's surprisingly big, dwarfing all his underlings (who are human-sized). |
| 514 | * ManipulativeBastard: Guilt-trips both Shiori's mother and ''Inuyasha'', claiming they have no right to accuse him of making Shiori suffer when they were the ones who left her to be abused by humans. As it turns out, he's much worse. |
| 515 | * MoralMyopia: As with many Youkai, he sees nothing wrong with eating humans by the dozens, but calls out Inuyasha and Miroku for killing so many of his people. |
| 516 | * OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler: Murdered his own son for bonding with humans. It's implied his son returned the favor when Taigokumaru's spirit tried one last ditch attack on his granddaughter and her mother. Only to run straight into a barrier [[PapaWolf created from his son's spirit]].]] |
| 517 | * OurVampiresAreDifferent: For example, try to figure him drinking someone else's blood... |
| 518 | * ThisCannotBe: His reaction to [[spoiler: Shiori expelling him from her barrier]], which implies that the little girl [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter has an even greater control on the barrier than he ever had.]] Plus, [[spoiler: by expelling him Shiori is now falling to her death.]] |
| 519 | * VillainBall: He's got Inuyasha and co. on the ropes thanks to his barrier, until he [[spoiler: decides to inform Shiori about how he killed her father for fraternizing with humans; this is all the incentive Shiori needs to expel Taigokumaru from the barrier and let Inuyasha slay him]]. |
| 520 | * VillainHasAPoint: While he is an hypocrite and a nasty piece of work, he asks both Inuyasha and Shiori's mother how could he let his granddaughter grow in a village whose inhabitants would kill her at the slightest provocation. Indeed, many humans fear and hate Hanyou. |
| 521 | * {{Youkai}}: A bat one, with many features taken from the {{Oni}}, wuch as the skin, horns and lair. |
| 522 | [[/folder]] |
| 523 | |
| 524 | [[folder:Demon's Head]] |
| 525 | !! Demon's Head |
| 526 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HiromiTsuru (JP), Elena Ramírez (LA SP), Raffaella Castelli (It) |
| 527 | |
| 528 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DHeadInuyasha_5732.jpg]] |
| 529 | The head of an ancient and powerful Oni who was defeated by a feudal lord and buried under his castle. Now, it's causing paranormal events in the Demon Head Castle. |
| 530 | |
| 531 | ---- |
| 532 | * BaitAndSwitchBoss: Loves doing this, using an illusion and the lord of the castle, in order to hide its true possessee, the princess. |
| 533 | * CurbStompBattle: After the head's true form is revealed, it is easily injured by Inuyasha, Shippo, and Kagome, who can even hurt it with ''hairspray.'' It tries to flee, but Miroku easily defeats it with the Wind Tunnel. |
| 534 | * DeadPersonImpersonation: Turns out it killed both of them and is masquerading as both in order to hide its presence. |
| 535 | * DemonicPossession: The lord of the castle is suspected to be this but it turns out to be the princess. |
| 536 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: As she barely escapes Inuyasha's Wind Scar and threaten to form a new body and get back to finish them off, Miroku just sucks her up inside the Wind Tunnel. |
| 537 | * FillerVillain: Yes, it appeared in both the anime and the manga, yet its role has no relevance whatsoever on the plot (Except for mentioning Naraku's whereabout.) |
| 538 | * HornedHumanoid: Being an Oni, she has small triangular horns on her temples. |
| 539 | * TheParalyzer: Its demonic aura is extremely powerful, so much that being in its presence can render a person helpless. |
| 540 | * RedEyesTakeWarning |
| 541 | * TheUndead: Implied to be just a ghost. |
| 542 | * VainSorceress: Gets mad when Inuyasha scratches her face. |
| 543 | * {{Youkai}}: Oni, of course, but she owes quite a bit to the myth of the ''nuke-kubi'', a person whose head detaches while they're sleeping and flies around attacking people and drinking their blood. |
| 544 | [[/folder]] |
| 545 | |
| 546 | [[folder:Salamander Youkai]] |
| 547 | !!Salamander Youkai/Mistress of the River |
| 548 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' |
| 549 | |
| 550 | An old salamander demoness who was defeated by a bonze, skinned and sealed in a portrait of Kan'non Bosatsu. Due to Naraku's aura she revived and implanted her eggs in the women of a village to force them to gather victims for her. |
| 551 | ---- |
| 552 | * AmphibianAssault: Her original form is that of a truly humongous, half-skinned salamander. Her children can also be used to control people against their will. |
| 553 | * AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: He true form is gigantic, big enough to swallow a single person in one bite. |
| 554 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: The entire village of women is under her control, having being force-fed her eggs and bearing her children in their bodies. However, if the victims are hit hard enough in the abdoment they'll puke out the little salamander controlling them. |
| 555 | * BlobMonster: For most of her appearense she manifests as a towering gelatinous head vaguely resembling the face of Kan'non. After being wounded she's forced to assume her real form. |
| 556 | * FlayedAlive: She was defeated and skinned alive in the past. Now she seeks to devour the skins of her victims to regain her full powers. |
| 557 | * NoOntologicalInertia: A rare aversion: even when she's slain, her eggs still force people to act against their will, forcing Miroku to fight Sango to remove her egg. |
| 558 | * PickyPeopleEater: She devours only the skin of her victims, leaving a flayed corpse behind. Said corpses are disposed by the villagers. |
| 559 | * SealedEvilInACan: She was sealed inside the portrait of Kan'non. Naraku's aura was enough to stir her from her sleep and allow her to turn her prison into a hideout and regain her powers. |
| 560 | * TheWorfEffect: Her true form is easily dealt with in one slash. |
| 561 | |
| 562 | [[/folder]] |
| 563 | |
| 564 | [[folder:Saint Hakushin]] |
| 565 | !! Saint Hakushin |
| 566 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Fumio Matsuoka (JP), Hiro Kanagawa (EN), Gonzalo Curiel (LA SP) |
| 567 | |
| 568 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/HakushinInuyasha_6488.jpg]] |
| 569 | A Buddhist priest who agreed to sacrifice his life to save his people, but as he waited to die he succumbed to despair. He's responsible for the powerful barrier surrounding Mount Hakurei. Based on the real historical practice of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsu sokushinbutsu]]. |
| 570 | |
| 571 | ---- |
| 572 | * AntiVillain: He merely had HeroicSelfDeprecation for his fear of death, something Naraku took advantage of to make a use of him. |
| 573 | * BarrierWarrior: One with AntiMagic and PowerNullifier skills so great, that he was able to create an ''enormous'' barrier which either greatly weakened or killed demons and suppressed all kinds of spiritual powers [[spoiler: while also reversing Inuyasha to his human form]]. |
| 574 | * BlackEyesOfCrazy: Subverted, he's sane compared to the Band of Seven |
| 575 | * BuriedAlive: And it brought him to despair. |
| 576 | * CooldownHug: [[spoiler:Receives one from Kikyo, who helps him let go of his despair and peacefully pass on.]] |
| 577 | * DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: He was a human monk who offered himself to be BuriedAlive for the well-being of his village. As his death neared, he got more and more scared and despaired, and Naraku used this to make him his servant.]] |
| 578 | * EvilCounterpart: To similar undead priest Kikyo. |
| 579 | * EvilOldFolks: [[spoiler: Subverted, he was more of a ''very'' embittered AntiVillain.]] |
| 580 | * FaceHeelTurn: Courtesy of Naraku. |
| 581 | * HeroicSacrifice: Deconstructed very much [[spoiler: the first time]]. |
| 582 | * HeroicSelfDeprecation: He heavily blamed himself for having a fear of death. |
| 583 | * HesitantSacrifice: He decides to sacrifice himself to save his village, but as he waited to perish he realized he didn't want to die, hating his followers for praying for his death. |
| 584 | * HolyHandGrenade: His barrier of holiness. |
| 585 | * OurZombiesAreDifferent: Unlike the Band of Seven, he didn't regenerate his looks prior his death. |
| 586 | * PureIsNotGood: Naraku manipulates him, a Living Buddha, into protecting him by erecting a ''purifying'' barrier that destroys demons (except for Naraku's). |
| 587 | * TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: [[spoiler: Kikyo manages to do this when she meets him. Allowing him to redeem himself, come to terms with his death and move on peacefully.]] |
| 588 | * TokenGoodTeammate: He's one of the few decent people that has come to Naraku's services. |
| 589 | * TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Very much so; a humble man who did nothing but good for others, but [[HeroicSelfDeprecation he blamed himself for being flawed]], and so joined Naraku. |
| 590 | * TheUndead: Unlike the Band Of Seven, he looks the part of a mummified corpse. |
| 591 | [[/folder]] |
| 592 | |
| 593 | [[folder:Entei]] |
| 594 | !!Entei |
| 595 | |
| 596 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/EnteiInuyasha_8354.jpg]] |
| 597 | A giant demon horse wreathed in flames. He's released by Hakudoshi and serve as his steed for a while before getting destroyed by Inuyasha. The anime gave him a backstory. |
| 598 | ---- |
| 599 | * AdaptationExpansion: The anime gives some time to him and shows his former master, a naginata-wielding ogre named Rengokuki. |
| 600 | * BreathWeapon: Can spew fire. |
| 601 | * CurbStompBattle: In the manga Inuyasha deals with him in one blow. Averted in the anime where it does take some creativity to beat him as Inuyasha can't hit him due to this speed. So he tricks Entei into following him into a cave where there is narrow space to dodge and finishes him with a Backlash Wave. |
| 602 | * FlamingHair: His mane and tails are made of billowing flames. |
| 603 | * {{Flight}}: He can fly in the air unaided, like Kirara. The difference is that he's incredibly faster. |
| 604 | * HellishHorse: A Youkai Horse with flaming hair and an appetite for destruction who used to be the mount of a monstrous ogre. |
| 605 | * IFightForTheStrongestSide: Will only let those he deems powerful ride him. When he first meets Hakudoshi and stares him down, he quickly bucks his former owner, Rengokuki, off him. |
| 606 | * PlayingWithFire: He's costantly on fire. |
| 607 | * SealedEvilInACan: Was sealed inside a mountain by a powerful monk. When the Infant kills the monk, he's released. |
| 608 | * SuperSpeed: Not only he can gallop in the sky at great speed, but also side-steps out of incoming attacks with ease. |
| 609 | [[/folder]] |
| 610 | |
| 611 | [[folder:Mimisenri]] |
| 612 | !!Mimisenri |
| 613 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' |
| 614 | |
| 615 | A humanoid Youkai with large ears who dwells in a dark swamp. He has the finest ears of all the Youkai World and is willing to help Naraku in his quest. |
| 616 | ---- |
| 617 | * AscendedExtra: In the anime opening he appears alongside Naraku's gang of minions, despite being a stand-alone monster who only shows up to help him once. |
| 618 | * BaldOfEvil: He's first introduced by his massive bald, misshapen head rising from the surface of his pond. |
| 619 | * BlindSeer: His eyes are covered with shut eyelids, but thanks to his ears he can seemingly hear everything in this world. Naraku seeks him specifically for this ability. |
| 620 | * KarmaHoudini: He's an evil monster who willingfully helps Naraku, but his role is so small that a punishment makes no difference. |
| 621 | * MeaningfulName: Mimisenri literally means "Thousand Li Ears", referring to his prodigious sense of hearing. |
| 622 | * NotWorthKilling: Considering Naraku's ruthlessness and tendency for BadBoss behaviour, it's notable that he doesn't do anything to Mimisenri after consulting him. |
| 623 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Sets up the arc leading to the battle with Naraku in the Netherworld after hearing that the last shard of the Shikon Jewel is no longer in this world. |
| 624 | * SuperHearing: His giant ears are so good he can pretty much hear everything in the world just by staying where he is and rising his head. He needs some time to apparently browse through everything he hears though. |
| 625 | * TemptingFate: When he appears before Naraku he jokingly asks him if he has come to absorb his prodigious ears into his body. Subverted when Naraku snarks that he wouldn't gain nothing from absorbing him. |
| 626 | |
| 627 | [[/folder]] |
| 628 | |
| 629 | [[folder:Gozu and Mezu]] |
| 630 | !!Gozu and Mezu |
| 631 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SusumuChiba (Gozu) & Naoki Makishima (Mezu) (JP), Creator/MichaelKopsa (Gozu) & Jason Simpson (Mezu) (EN), Javier Rivero (Gozu) & Gabriel Ortiz (Mezu) (LA SP), Federico Di Pofi (Gozu) & Stefano Billi (Mezu) (It) |
| 632 | |
| 633 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/GozuMezuInuyasha_3627.jpg]] |
| 634 | The guardians of the gate to the Underworld, they can't be harmed by any mortal weapon. |
| 635 | |
| 636 | ---- |
| 637 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: Gozu and Mezu are usually portrayed as huge ogres with the heads of a bull and a horse. Here they're shown as rather attractive male statues with a half fiendish face in their chests. |
| 638 | * HopelessBossFight: When Inuyasha faces them, the fight is so one sided that Inuyasha only managed to knock one down briefly and soon after escaped due to how mismatched the fight was. |
| 639 | * ILetYouWin: They surrendered to Sesshomaru when the latter pulls out Tenseiga, as it's the only weapon capable of hurting them. |
| 640 | * LivingStatue: What they apparently are. |
| 641 | * MistakenForGranite: At first they seem to be ornamental. Just say that you want to cross the gate though and... |
| 642 | * MacGuffinGuardian: They're the keepers of the Gates to the Netherworld. |
| 643 | * NoSell: Inuyasha's power is useless against them. |
| 644 | * RedOniBlueOni: They're the original ones, though they don't seem to display much personality. |
| 645 | [[/folder]] |
| 646 | |
| 647 | [[folder:Princess Abi (Abi-hime)]] |
| 648 | !!Princess Abi (Abi-hime) |
| 649 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SaekoShimazu (JP), Teryl Rothery (EN), Maru Guerrero (LA SP), Creator/LauraLatini (IT) |
| 650 | |
| 651 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/AbiInuyasha_9306.jpg]] |
| 652 | |
| 653 | A bird demoness who commands a vast army of demonic birds. Naraku offers her a chance to join him in his quest to defeat Inuyasha, in exchange for a cure for Abi's beloved mother Queen Tekkei -- who is actually a massive bird demon that lives in a cave. |
| 654 | |
| 655 | ---- |
| 656 | * AnimalMotifs: Birds, most notably her shoulderpad resembling a giant wing. |
| 657 | * ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Tekkei decides to betray Naraku, and in turn she is killed by him. Abi herself is then also killed by Naraku. |
| 658 | * DarkActionGirl: She leads a whole army of blood-drinking birds. |
| 659 | * TheDragon: To her own mother, Tekkei. |
| 660 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: She's collecting blood from hundreds of villages to heal her ill mother. |
| 661 | * FantasticRacism: She loathes the fact that she's being dragged into the fight between two Han'you, despising both Naraku and Inuyasha equally. |
| 662 | * FangsAreEvil: When turning into a demon she sports them. |
| 663 | * FemmeFatalons: Grows talons on her hands when angry. |
| 664 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: After losing an arm to Naraku's trident, she's stabbed in the chest by his tentacled claws. |
| 665 | * IncendiaryExponent: Her birds can set themselves on fire to storm people. |
| 666 | * MamaBear: Her mother is fiercely protective of her. And vice versa. |
| 667 | * PlayingWithFire: For God's sake, she rides on a freaking ''fire cloud!'' |
| 668 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: When she really gets serious, her eyes change to a blood red color and her fangs become more visible. She also grows bird-like talons in lieu of hands. |
| 669 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: She's willing to use Naraku's help with healing her mother, but she doesn't like it one bit. Her mother is pragmatic enough to persuade her to exploit this alliance. |
| 670 | * WouldntHitAGirl: Against Abi, Inuyasha remarks that he doesn't like fighting women, but she's so evil he'll make an exception. However, Naraku "gave" Abi a trident (made from his bones) that creates a defensive barrier. Eventually, it is Naraku who kills both Abi and her mother. |
| 671 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: This bites Abi and her mother hard in the end. |
| 672 | * {{Youkai}}: Though she doesn't correspond to any specific real-life Youkai. |
| 673 | [[/folder]] |
| 674 | |
| 675 | [[folder:Tekkei]] |
| 676 | !!Tekkei |
| 677 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Junko Mashina (JP), Linda Darlow (EN), Rosanelda Aguirre (LA SP) |
| 678 | |
| 679 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/300px-tekkei_1023.png]] |
| 680 | Princess Abi's mother, a gigantic fiery phoenix demon that commands a legion of demonic birds. She had eaten a poisonous demon that caused her to become ill, this allows Naraku to convince Abi to work for him to find blood to dilute the poison |
| 681 | |
| 682 | ----- |
| 683 | * AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: A giant flaming chicken |
| 684 | * HighPressureBlood: Invoked, a true river of blood (in which anguish-laden faces appear) springs from her severed neck, serving as a temporary portal to the netherworld. |
| 685 | * MeaningfulName: Her name literally means "Iron chicken" |
| 686 | * ThePhoenix: Represents this with her flame powers and the fact blood revives her. |
| 687 | * PlayingWithFire: Is wreathed in azure flames and can breath fire. |
| 688 | * TooDumbToLive: Despite being a powerful youkai, she doesn't seem to learn her lessons well, as what had her sick in the first place was eating a poisonous youkai, however, she tries to eat Naraku and this gets her killed. |
| 689 | * TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Eats Naraku, only to find out he's hard to chew. In fact, this is the reason she was sick in the first place because she ate a poisonous demon which bit her in the beak. |
| 690 | * {{Youkai}} |
| 691 | [[/folder]] |
| 692 | |
| 693 | [[folder:Ryuujin]] |
| 694 | !!Ryuujin |
| 695 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Hajime Iijima (JP), Peter New (EN) |
| 696 | |
| 697 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/RyuujinInuyasha_1387.jpg]] |
| 698 | A dragon-demon whose scales can absorb demonic energy. He possess an energy-sucking shield and is in cahoots with a human swordsmith, Toshu, forcing him to forge the Dakki (Ablative Demon), a scaled energy-absorbing sword. Is defeated by Inuyasha. |
| 699 | |
| 700 | ---- |
| 701 | * AchillesHeel: According to Toshu, his scales are almost impossible to damage, but there are weak naked spots there where he removed his scales to make his shield and the Dakki. |
| 702 | * DragonsAreDemonic: He's an evil dragon demon, though not even close to Ryukotsusei's level. |
| 703 | * EnergyAbsorption: His scales are said to have this power, but apparently he must apply said scales to weapons or shields to make them effective. |
| 704 | * FangsAreEvil: Has long fangs and happens to be a villain. |
| 705 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Is almost killed by the Bakuryuha, [[spoiler: and finished off by Toshu's Dakki.]] |
| 706 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Has a large buckler made from his own scales which can absorb energy and spit it back. |
| 707 | * NoNameGiven: He's simply referred to as the "Dragon Demon" in the Italian dub. |
| 708 | * OurDragonsAreDifferent: His name literally means "Dragon Man" and, well, it shows. |
| 709 | [[/folder]] |
| 710 | |
| 711 | [[folder:Toshu]] |
| 712 | !!Toshu |
| 713 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobuoTobita (JP), Matt Ellis (EN), Creator/LeonardoGraziano (IT) |
| 714 | |
| 715 | |
| 716 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ToshuInuyasha_1457.jpg]] |
| 717 | A human swordsmith with a scaled scar on his eye, he was forced by Ryujin to use its scales to forge the Dakki, a sword capable of sucking demonic energy and store it. |
| 718 | |
| 719 | ---- |
| 720 | * BecomeYourWeapon: He does this with Dakki. |
| 721 | * CoolSword: Dakki, a katana ornated with scales capable of absorbing demonic energy at will. |
| 722 | * DealWithTheDevil: Was forced into one by Ryuujin. [[spoiler: He actually volunteered himself.]] |
| 723 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Just as he was about to deliver the finishing blow, Dakki's energies destroy his body.]] |
| 724 | * EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: Turns out to be the mastermind behind Ryujin.]] |
| 725 | * EvilMakesYouMonstrous: [[spoiler: As the fight continues, Dakki's power makes him more and more draconic in appearance.]] |
| 726 | * GoodScarsEvilScars: Has scales on his right eye, [[RedRightHand which serves as a sign that he's not normal]] |
| 727 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Relies too much on Dakki to defeat Inuyasha. Then, at a critical time Dakki decides to use ''him'' as a shield for Inuyasha's attack.]] |
| 728 | * TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: He's actually manipulating Ryuujin.]] |
| 729 | * ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler: See above.]] |
| 730 | * OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler: By the end of his fight with Inuyasha, he's covered in dragons scales from head to toe and the handle of Dakki is now merged with his wrist.]] |
| 731 | * PowerUpgradingDeformation: [[spoiler: As Dakki's power increases, he becomes more reptilian in appearance.]] |
| 732 | * StoryBreakerPower: The Dakki can absorb demonic energy from any source in order to strengthen itself. |
| 733 | * UltimateBlacksmith: He forged one of the most dangerous weapons of the setting, though it takes him some time. More notable, since he's a human who made a demonic sword. |
| 734 | [[/folder]] |
| 735 | |
| 736 | [[folder: Unnamed Cat Demon]] |
| 737 | !!Unnamed Cat Demon |
| 738 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Taro Kiuchi(JP), Creator/ImariWilliams (EN) |
| 739 | |
| 740 | A Bakeneko that was sealed under a temple until a novice nun tried to purify it, causing her to be possessed by it. It then lures travellers to their deaths until Inuyasha defeated it with his Dragon-scaled Tessaiga. Years later, its spirit possesess a monk named Juan under similar circumstances, but is defeated when Towa first manifests her yoki absorbing powers. |
| 741 | |
| 742 | ---- |
| 743 | * AdaptationExpansion: Was a manga only character in ''Inuyasha'' until it was brought back in animated form in ''[[Anime/YashahimePrincessHalfDemon Yashahime]]''. |
| 744 | * BakenekoAndNekomata: An old and powerful bakeneko. He even claims that Kirara is nothing but a kitten compared to him. |
| 745 | * BodyOfBodies: His phantom form is actually composed of bones forming a giant cat's body. |
| 746 | * HostageSituation: When he's discovered, he buries his paw into the nun's chest so that Inu Yasha will have to slay her to get to him. Unfortunately for the cat, Inu Yasha just uses the Dragon Scale Tessaiga's absorbtion to drain his Youki and absorb him. |
| 747 | * ThisWasHisTrueForm: His actual body (or what's left of it) is a cat's paw, clutching the chest of the nun he's possessing. |
| 748 | [[/folder]] |
| 749 | |
| 750 | [[folder:Numawatari]] |
| 751 | !!Numawatari |
| 752 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' none |
| 753 | |
| 754 | A Manga-Only Youkai. A living pond made of sentient poisonous water. Because of this, he's incredibly hard to slay, even for Tessaiga. |
| 755 | ---- |
| 756 | * BlobMonster: One made entirely of poisonous water, manifesting a demonic visage to talk to people. Due to his liquid nature and his adaptability, he's an incredibly difficult opponent to take down. |
| 757 | * MakingASplash: He's mainly composed of poisonous water and can form whirlpools, tidal waves or even turns himself into rain to reform after being scattered. |
| 758 | * MeaningfulName: Numawatari literally means "Wandering Swamp". |
| 759 | * NighInvulnerable: Physical attacks simply go through him without doing any lasting harm, the Wind Scar just scatters him, his venomous aura makes him too hard to be absorbed with either the Wind Tunnel or the Dragon Scaled Tessaiga. Eventually Sesshomaru has to send him to the Netherworld with Meidou Zangetsuha and even them he doubts that he has actually slain him. |
| 760 | |
| 761 | [[/folder]] |
| 762 | |
| 763 | [[folder:Mizuchi]] |
| 764 | |
| 765 | !!Venomous Mizuchi |
| 766 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' none |
| 767 | |
| 768 | A Manga-Only Youkai. A giant human-faced serpent who became incredibly venomous after ingesting a piece of Moryoumaru's flesh. Fighting his highly noxious aura allows Inu Yasha to learn how to use his Dragon Scaled Tessaiga. |
| 769 | ---- |
| 770 | * BeastWithAHumanFace: Mostly resembles a giant snake with a serpent-like human face sporting horns and wavy hair. |
| 771 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: According to Sango, normally Mizuchi aren't that much venomous and can barely affect plants. This one has wiped out a whole forest and an army of samurai with ease thanks to the piece of Moryomaru's flesh. |
| 772 | * HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Inu Yasha finally kills him by cleaving his whole upper body in half, his insides exposed with plenty of detail. |
| 773 | * OurDragonsAreDifferent: Mizuchi is the Japanese word for ''Jiao'', a race of inferior water Dragons found in China. Mizuchi are usually depicted as lesser Dragons able to create illusions with their breath. |
| 774 | * PersonOfMassDestruction: Thanks to Moryoumaru's miasma he can now wipe out whole armies with his venom. |
| 775 | * PoisonousPerson: All Mizuchi are venomous, though normally they're just toxic enough to make a few plants wilt. Thanks to his upgrade, he can destroy whole forests and armies. |
| 776 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: In the manga, the battle against the Mizuchi allows Inu Yasha to see how really dangerous the Dragon Scale Tessaiga can be. |
| 777 | * SnakesAreSinister: Mostly resembles a giant snake, his head also sports eyes with slit pupils and a snake-like mouth. |
| 778 | * WhoDares: Arrogantly asks who dared striking the waters of his lake when he first appears. |
| 779 | |
| 780 | [[/folder]] |
| 781 | |
| 782 | [[folder:Meiouju]] |
| 783 | !!Meiouju |
| 784 | !!!'''Voiced by:'''Tadahisa Saizen (JP), Creator/ScottMcNeil (EN, original series), Bob Carter (EN, ''Yashahime'') |
| 785 | |
| 786 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/meiojuinuyasha_5937.jpg]] |
| 787 | An ancient turtle-like youkai, whose shell was said to be unbreachable, was killed by a monk long ago, and part of his armor stolen. Moryomaru brings him back to like in order to manipulate him, so that he can add its armor to his body. He fights against Inuyasha, resisting his Adamantine Barrage, but is eventually manipulated by Moryomaru and assimilated. |
| 788 | |
| 789 | ---- |
| 790 | * AchillesHeel: Only his shell is invulnerable. The rest of his body (head and legs) is soft. |
| 791 | * DemotedToExtra: In the anime the Infant has him absorbed by Moryomaru immediately after he first appears. Also, the entire subplot about him being dead and his missing fragment of shell is skipped. |
| 792 | * IdiotBall: Justified InUniverse: he's doing pretty well against Inuyasha, but suddenly Moryomaru's fragment inside him take over his mind and force him to take the final blow, so that he can obtain the strongest defense and strongest attack at the same time. |
| 793 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: By Inuyasha's Adamantine Barrage in the neck and legs. |
| 794 | * MadeOfDiamond: His shell is said to be the strongest in all the demon world, and lives up to it as Inuyasha isn't able to pierce it. |
| 795 | * {{Nue}}: His chimera-like body and ability to turn into a thundercloud to move around and attack castles liken him to a Nue. |
| 796 | * PapaWolf: In ''Yashahime'', one Meiouji is shown to be the father of Meifuku, protecting him from one of the Four Perils. |
| 797 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Starts storming castles left and right upon being awakened, looking for his missing plate. |
| 798 | * ShockAndAwe: Can attack by summoning electrical spheres and hurling them. |
| 799 | * SpikesOfVillainy: After rebuilding his shell. |
| 800 | * SpinToDeflectStuff: Does this after retracting the soft parts in his shell. |
| 801 | * UnwittingPawn: Moryomaru's playing him like a flute. |
| 802 | * {{Youkai}}: His chimeric body, tiger paws and black cloud liken him to a Nue. |
| 803 | |
| 804 | [[/folder]] |
| 805 | |
| 806 | [[folder:Nikosen]] |
| 807 | !!Nikosen |
| 808 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Hideaki Tezuka (JP, ''Yashahime''), Jason Marnocha (EN, ''Yashahime'') |
| 809 | |
| 810 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nikoseninuyasha_6596.jpg]] |
| 811 | A hermit who turned into a vegetal monster who can regenerate at will thanks to a special sacred organ called "Seimeikan" (Life Duct), which Inuyasha has to cut so that the Dragon Scaled Tessaiga may be purified. He's sent by Naraku so that Inuyasha may gain an edge on Moryomaru. |
| 812 | ---- |
| 813 | * AchillesHeel: The source of his healing powers, the Seimeikan. Is located inside his body and protected by a holy aura. |
| 814 | * CombatTentacles: Or rather, roots. |
| 815 | * DemotedToExtra: Nikosen's role is divided between a hermit for Inuyasha to train under and a more tree like demon in ''The Final Act''. He doesn't even get an appearance or mention. |
| 816 | * EvilOldFolks: Was an old human sennin, before turning into a plant-demon by unknown means. |
| 817 | * GreenThumb: He's a plant-like monster who can manipulate roots and restore his power by draining energy from plantlife. |
| 818 | * LosingYourHead: Being beheaded for him is a minor hindrance, as he can grow back a new head and the sliced head can still float and move on its own. |
| 819 | * PoisonIsCorrosive: His body releases poisonous aura, which is also corrosive. |
| 820 | * SuicidalOverconfidence: Thinks that he can take on the whole Inuyasha gang with only one fragment. |
| 821 | * UnwittingPawn: For Naraku himself. |
| 822 | * WasOnceAMan: Used to be a human hermit. According to Sango, several youkai were once people. |
| 823 | |
| 824 | [[/folder]] |
| 825 | |
| 826 | [[folder:Kinka and Ginka]] |
| 827 | !!Kinka and Ginka |
| 828 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Makoto Yasumura (Kinka) and Daisuke Endou (Ginka) (JP, original series), Kazuyuki Okitsu (Kinka) and Jun Osuka (Ginka) (JP, ''Yashahime''), Alistair Abell (Kinka) and Creator/MichaelAdamthwaite (Ginka) (EN, original series), Creator/XanderMobus (Kinka) and Creator/SeanChiplock (Ginka) (EN, ''Yashahime'') |
| 829 | |
| 830 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ginkakinkainuyasha_9483.jpg]] |
| 831 | |
| 832 | Two demon brothers from a clan of Youkai who are born with two torsoes on one body. They both survived to adulthood and so they costantly fight each other to no end, causing collateral distruction all around them. Naraku sends Moryoumaru to them as their blood can reinforce his body shield, forcing Inuyasha and co to help them out. |
| 833 | |
| 834 | ---- |
| 835 | * ArrogantKungFuGuy: Both brothers are overconfident. |
| 836 | * DemotedToExtra: Their story is greatly diminished in the anime: Ginka's HeroicSacrifice never occurs and the two never meet Inuyasha. In fact, Moryomaru absorbs them rather quickly. |
| 837 | * ElementalPowers: [[LightningFireJuxtaposition Kinka has power over fire and flames, while Ginka can use lightning.]] |
| 838 | * EnemyMine: They're not above fighting together against outer threats like Moryoumaru, but more often than not they'll start accusing each others of sneak attacks and get back fighting. |
| 839 | * {{Flight}}: They can both fly unaided by wings or tools. |
| 840 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: When Ginka is absorbed by Moryoumaru, Kinka let himself be absorbed by Tessaiga, turning it into a flaming sword.]] |
| 841 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: Kinka holds a conch which he can use to breath fire, while Ginka has an OddlyShapedSword similar to a buddhist prayer tool. |
| 842 | * MeaningfulName: Their names means Gold Disgrace and Silver Disgrace, and are likely a nod to the demon brothers Kinkaku and Ginkaku from ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''. |
| 843 | * ShoutOut: To the demon brothers Kinkaku and Ginkaku from the Chinese epic ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''. |
| 844 | * SnakePeople: At birth, they have two torsoes and heads, but before they grow out of infancy, one of the two heads eat the other one. In their case, both developed and are now struck together. |
| 845 | * TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Kinka thinks so of Ginka, and viceversa. |
| 846 | |
| 847 | [[/folder]] |
| 848 | |
| 849 | [[folder:Kao]] |
| 850 | !!Kao |
| 851 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazukiYao (JP), Alistair Abell (EN) |
| 852 | |
| 853 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kaoinuyasha_6798.jpg]] |
| 854 | Kao is a powerful demon who feeds on the sorrow of others, feeding their used bodies to the ground afterwards. He takes the form of noble with dark, messy hair. He often carries a fan with him. |
| 855 | |
| 856 | ---- |
| 857 | * EmotionEater: He's a demon who devours emotions |
| 858 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He speaks politely, but really intends to absorb the souls of his victims; though he claims otherwise. |
| 859 | * GameFace: His real visage is puppet-like, veiny and has a mouth filled with sharp teeth. |
| 860 | * {{Guyliner}} |
| 861 | * LotusEaterMachine: Does this to villagers with flowers, making them feel bliss as he absorbs their essence. |
| 862 | * SissyVillain: Love of pretty flowers check, very flamboyant, check and has {{Guyliner}}, Double check. |
| 863 | * TearsOfBlood: What happens to those [[spoiler: including Inuyasha]] who are trapped in the LotusEaterMachine. |
| 864 | [[/folder]] |
| 865 | |
| 866 | [[folder:Bone Demon]] |
| 867 | !! Bone Demon |
| 868 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MakikoOhmoto (JP), Creator/EllenKennedy (EN) |
| 869 | |
| 870 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bonedemoninuyasha_6268.jpg]] |
| 871 | She is a demon with the ability to rip the bones from a person's body through their mouth by simply placing her hand in front of the victim's face. |
| 872 | |
| 873 | ---- |
| 874 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: She pretends to be a beautiful, young woman walking alone at night, which makes her victims feel sorry for her. This allows her to absorb their bones. |
| 875 | * BodyHorror: She absorbs victims' bones by absorbing them through her hand placed on the victim's face. |
| 876 | * TheCameo: Both she and her father make an appearance in a flashback in episode 5 of ''Yashahime''. |
| 877 | * DaddysLittleVillain: She is very loyal to her father and is trying to protect him. |
| 878 | * DemotedToExtra: Her story arc goes from 4 chapters in the manga to barely 5 minutes in the anime. |
| 879 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She is gathering bones to heal her beloved father. |
| 880 | * MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: She is beautiful, her father is a demonic skeleton demon. |
| 881 | * {{Necromancer}}: She's able to animate skeletons to do her bidding. |
| 882 | * OurVampiresAreDifferent: She sucks out bones instead of blood, has a demonic skeleton for a father and dies when showered in sunlight. |
| 883 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: When revealing what's BeneathTheMask. |
| 884 | * WeakenedByTheLight: How she dies. |
| 885 | [[/folder]] |
| 886 | |
| 887 | [[folder:Bone Demon's Father]] |
| 888 | !!Bone Demon's Father |
| 889 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KiyoyukiYanada (JP), Creator/RichardNewman (EN) |
| 890 | |
| 891 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bonedemonfatherinuyasha_4253.jpg]] |
| 892 | Father of the Bone Demon, he was ill so his daughter was trying to heal him with quality bones. |
| 893 | |
| 894 | ---- |
| 895 | * AttackBackfire: When Sango tries to use Hiraikotsu on him, he takes a bite out of it, and even goads her to throw it at him again. |
| 896 | * BackFromTheDead: "Killed" by Miroku when he uses the Wind Tunnel to suck part of his head from inside his mouth, he's brought back to like when his daughter repairs him with skeletons. |
| 897 | * TheCameo: Both he and his daughter make an appearance in a flashback in episode 5 of ''Yashahime''. |
| 898 | * DemBones: He is a demonic skeleton after all. |
| 899 | * DemotedToExtra: Same as his daughter above, his story arc gets cut down to a few minutes in the anime. |
| 900 | * EatingTheEnemy: Tries to do this to Sango and Miroku after trapping them in a spherical cage of bones and skeletons. |
| 901 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: He wanted the Hiraikotsu, so he got it, complete with corrosive poison, which killed him. |
| 902 | * {{Necromancer}}: He also can animate skeletons using his breath. |
| 903 | * OurDemonsAreDifferent: Bone Demon is in fact a demon skeleton. |
| 904 | * PoisonousPerson: He is able to emit a poison that weakens Miroku. |
| 905 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Like most demons, he has red eyes. |
| 906 | [[/folder]] |
| 907 | |
| 908 | [[folder:Shishinki]] |
| 909 | !!Shishinki |
| 910 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Osamu Sakuta (JP), David Orth (EN), Creator/GabrielRamos (LA SP), Creator/FlavioAquilone (IT) |
| 911 | |
| 912 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ShinshinkiInuyasha_9686.jpg]] |
| 913 | Once a powerful demon, got half of his head banished to hell by Inuyasha's father. Later on in the series, he comes back to fight Sesshomaru. Was the original wielder of the Meido Zangetsuha technique, which was absorbed into Tessaiga and sealed thanks to Tenseiga. |
| 914 | |
| 915 | ---- |
| 916 | * ArrogantKungFuGuy: Like most demons, but especially with his "Meido Zangetsuha" that made him almost invincible. |
| 917 | * BerserkButton: While he's mostly composed and calm, he gets worse when Sesshomaru shatters his mask. |
| 918 | * BodyHorror: Half of his face is missing due to Sesshomaru and Inuyasha's dad using the Meido Zangetsuha against him. |
| 919 | * BreakThemByTalking: Gives a rather [[AwfulTruth honest]] and damaging example to Sesshomaru, making him realize that Tenseiga [[spoiler: was a cast-off part of Tessaiga and that the Meido Zangetsuha technique was always intended for Inuyasha.]] It's so efficient that Sesshomaru suffers from a HeroicBSOD after the fight. |
| 920 | * CastingAShadow: His powers over darkness allows him to open a black-hole like gateway to the netherworld which sucks the opponents in. |
| 921 | * DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Meido Zangetsuha. |
| 922 | * DoubleWeapon: His staff has a large crescent blade on one end and a smaller one on the top, surrounded by a larger circular blade. |
| 923 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Back in the past, Inu no Taisho stole his technique and used it to seal half of his face to hell. [[spoiler: Later Sesshomaru use a huge Meido Zangetsuha to banish him to hell once and for all.]] |
| 924 | * KickTheDog: Presents Sesshomaru with the AwfulTruth [[spoiler: that the Meido Zangetsuha was intended for Inuyasha all along.]] |
| 925 | * MagicStaff: Which he uses to summon the Meido Zangestuha. |
| 926 | * MeaningfulName: His name roughly translates to "Demonic Death God". |
| 927 | * StoryBreakerPower: One hit and you're sent to hell. Enjoy the afterlife. |
| 928 | * WarriorTherapist: A villainous example. He deliberately turns up while Sesshoumaru is emotionally vulnerable fully aware of what happened and why Sesshoumaru couldn't fully master Tenseiga. Inuyasha's arrival allows him to immediately realise the half breed younger brother was chosen over Sesshoumaru to receive Tessaiga. Most of the fight consists of Shishinki insightfully exposing every single one of Sesshoumaru's fears over the meaning of the two swords and whether it's proof his father hated him. This culminates in the AwfulTruth, causing an HeroicBSOD that lasts beyond the fight and takes a while for Sesshoumaru to recover from. |
| 929 | * WhiteHairBlackHeart |
| 930 | [[/folder]] |
| 931 | |
| 932 | [[folder:Hitomiko]] |
| 933 | !!Hitomiko |
| 934 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FumikoOrikasa (JP), Jennifer Cameron (EN) |
| 935 | |
| 936 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hitomikoinuyasha_4031.jpg]] |
| 937 | Hitomiko was a priestess who was forced by Naraku to trap Kagome Higurashi in an attempt to take her life. |
| 938 | |
| 939 | ---- |
| 940 | * AntiVillain: |
| 941 | ** Type II, Naraku was using her as she died and in her first death she knew this. |
| 942 | ** In the anime, she also warns Kagome to leave the village or she would eventually take her life. |
| 943 | * BarrierWarrior: In the anime, strong enough to force Naraku to flee, even as a child. |
| 944 | * BloodMagic: The bells have been shown to work only when they have the blood of the victim. Kagome was cut with the spiritual powers that came out of them and formed a ring around her, preventing her from moving. |
| 945 | * CassandraTruth: When a priestess tells you to cut her head to prevent her to be resurrected by a monstrous BigBad, you should do it. |
| 946 | * GooGooGodlike: In the anime, even as a small child, Hitomiko had enough spiritual power to cause Naraku to flee. |
| 947 | * GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: When she finally was allowed to rest in peace.]] |
| 948 | * GrandTheftMe: Naraku takes over her body to fight Kagome. |
| 949 | * OffWithHerHead: Invoked. She suggests that they should do this in order to not have be BackFromTheDead. |
| 950 | * OneWingedAngel: She gained fangs and her hands became more like claws when interrogating Kagome, while manipulated by Naraku. |
| 951 | * SadisticChoice: Hitomiko is used by Naraku to force such a choice on Kagome: kill Hitomiko, knowing that Hitomiko would be sent to Hell, and save herself, corrupting her heart in the process; or allow Hitomiko to kill her. |
| 952 | * StealthMentor: Her taunting of Kagome was actually meant to show the latter how to use her power and get out of the sadistic choice Naraku gave her. |
| 953 | * TheUndead: She's killed by Naraku's spiderwebs and later brought back by him to corrupt Kagome. |
| 954 | [[/folder]] |
| 955 | |
| 956 | !!Major Villains |
| 957 | |
| 958 | [[folder:Ancient Composite ''Youkai'']] |
| 959 | !!Ancient Composite ''Youkai'' |
| 960 | |
| 961 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/youkaiinuyasha_2111.jpg]] |
| 962 | |
| 963 | In the Heian Period, an immensely powerful composite youkai was born when hundreds of lesser demons fused using the body of an evil man as a medium. The man desired the powerful {{miko}} Midoriko, but the new composite demon only sought to kill her and they fought for seven days before the composite youkai succeeded in eating Midoriko. In her final moments, Midoriko sealed both her own soul and that of the composite youkai together, creating the Shikon Jewel. Its mummified corpse, and that of Midoriko, is contained in a cave near Sango's village. |
| 964 | ---- |
| 965 | * BodyOfBodies: He was created in the same way as Naraku. His mummy in the sacred cavern shows him having a dragon-like body with tentacles, ogre's heads, spider limbs and other various appendages randomly jutting around. |
| 966 | * DraconicAbomination: He resembles an Oriental dragon with a Lovecraftian makeover, and is an amalgamation of countless ''yōkai''. |
| 967 | * EarlyBirdCameo: He is first seen as a mummified body still attempting to finish Midoriko (his soul and hers are contained within the Jewel) and early in the anime Inuyasha ends up fighting a projection or spirit form of his. By the end of the series, his soul within the Jewel is the TrueFinalBoss. |
| 968 | * EvilerThanThou: As the final few manga chapters and anime episodes show, he was this to Naraku, having fed off his power and corrupting the Jewel so it would replace him with Naraku, letting him go free. |
| 969 | * FusionDance: A fusion of a bunch of demons and a human, just like Naraku. |
| 970 | * GreaterScopeVillain: As the indirect reason the Shikon Jewel exists at all (and therefore the reason it makes Naraku its instrument of destruction), his malice is the cause of the entire series. On top of that, he becomes the TrueFinalBoss after Inuyasha finishes Naraku and dives into the Jewel to save Kagome. |
| 971 | * LampreyMouth: He has a dragon-like upper jaw, but a radial mouth instead of a lower jaw. |
| 972 | * TheManBehindTheMan: Naraku states in his final moments that the Jewel is sentient and was merely using him; this is because the Composite Youkai has corrupted it to near-perfection so that he may return to the world of the living. |
| 973 | * NoNameGiven: It is unnamed. |
| 974 | * NotQuiteDead: His soul is alive within the Shikon Jewel. |
| 975 | * PredecessorVillain: He's essentially an even ''more'' powerful version of Naraku who lived several hundred years prior to the latter's formation. |
| 976 | * SealedEvilInACan: His soul is sealed inside the Shikon Jewel. |
| 977 | * SealedEvilInADuel: His soul is trapped in an eternal battle with Midoriko's. |
| 978 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: In his true form, he speaks with voices of the demons that formed him. |
| 979 | [[/folder]] |
| 980 | |
| 981 | [[folder:Moryomaru]] |
| 982 | !! Moryomaru |
| 983 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasakiTerasoma (JP), Ross Douglas (EN), David Allende (LA SP), Roberto Draghetti (IT) |
| 984 | |
| 985 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MoryomaruInuyasha_9437.jpg]] |
| 986 | A powerful humanoid demon born from thousands of demonic bodies merged together with part of human souls. Has the dreadful ability of absorbing yokai and human alike and take over their powers. Created as a sort of EliteMook by Hakudoshi, he's later given a soul by Kanna, making him sentient and dangerous. |
| 987 | |
| 988 | ---- |
| 989 | * ArcVillain: For a while he steals Naraku's role. |
| 990 | * TheAssimilator: His powers, to a even greater extent than those of Naraku. He specifically looks for specific demons to absorb their powers into itself. |
| 991 | * BigBadWannabe: He tried to surpass Naraku in power (even tried to [[spoiler: absorb him]]), and since it contained The Infant, aka Naraku's heart, he became very important, however when he went up against his creator, [[spoiler: it didn't go so well for him]]. |
| 992 | * BishonenLine: The result of demonic experimentations that gradually became more and more humanoid. It's even lampshaded by Hakudoshi when he states its easier for it to move in that form. |
| 993 | * BodyHorror: His grotesque transformations. |
| 994 | * BodyOfBodies: After gaining a soul, The Infant instructs him to gather as many strong demons to enhance his defenses. |
| 995 | * {{Butterface}}: Inverted: he has a rather pretty face on an eldritch body. |
| 996 | * CombatTentacles: The most recurring use of his powers. |
| 997 | * CurbStompCushion: After absorbing Meioju and the cast tries to fight him. It's nearly a CurbStompBattle, the only reason he doesn't win is because off a stab wound from Sesshomaru threatened to knock his fragment of Shikon Jewel lose, and Sesshomaru broke Tokijin doing it. |
| 998 | * DumbassNoMore: After absorbing Goryomaru, he gains sentience and becomes less pleasant as his mocking of others show. |
| 999 | * EnergyAbsorption: His body can absorb youki (demonic energy). |
| 1000 | * FacialMarkings: Has a bluish mark over his left eye. |
| 1001 | * FleshGolem: Originally was one, before [[spoiler: getting the Infant inside him.]] |
| 1002 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Turns out, Naraku's a bit too hard to digest... let alone assimilate.]] |
| 1003 | * HumanoidAbomination: The result of several experimentations that slowly become more humanlike, he has a {{Bishonen}} face on a otherwise demonic body. |
| 1004 | * IdenticalStranger: Judging from what he said, his resemblance to Goryomaru really was a coincidence. |
| 1005 | * JerkAss: After absorbing Goryomaru, he becomes much more scornful and mean-spirtied. |
| 1006 | * KickTheDog: |
| 1007 | ** Telling Sesshomaru that Kagura [[spoiler: [[DyingAlone has died a pitiful death completely alone]]]]. |
| 1008 | ** Telling Kohaku that his death will bring sorrow to Sango, as well as telling him his very being brings her grief. |
| 1009 | * LackOfEmpathy: When Sesshomaru senses Kagura has died alone, Moryomaru mocks her passing. |
| 1010 | * MadeOfDiamond: After absorbing the shell of Meiouju (a turtle demon) and the Adamant Barrage. |
| 1011 | * MeaningfulName: Moryou is a very old and outdated word for "dark monster". |
| 1012 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: Choosing to absorb Meioju when he did. The demon was doing well against Inuyasha and might well have beaten him if he waited a little longer |
| 1013 | * NighInvulnerable: After absorbing Meioju. Tokijin doesn't hurt him, the Adamant Barrage doesn't hurt him, even Kagome's arrows and Kikyo's powers have no effect on him. |
| 1014 | * OneWingedAngel: Three of them, actually, as he grows stronger. A specifically battle-one happens during the battle against Inuyasha and Koga: after losing nearly all his body to the Dragon-Scaled Tessaiga and Goraishi, Moryomaru discards his useless bodyparts and turned into a floating orb-like being covered in diamond plates with tentacles. |
| 1015 | * PlayingWithFire: Gains this after absorbing Kinka and Ginka |
| 1016 | * PoisonousPerson: Has the same miasma as Naraku. |
| 1017 | * PowerCopying: His last form can use Inuyasha's Adamantine Barrage. |
| 1018 | * PowerParasite: Gains abilities from other demons, even attacks from demonic blades. |
| 1019 | * PuppeteerParasite: His pieces of flesh, [[spoiler: Including Goryomaru's arm]], can be used to merge with other yokai and manipulate them. |
| 1020 | * ShapeShifterMashup |
| 1021 | * ShockAndAwe: Raimeihou (Thunderclap Cannon). |
| 1022 | * SoullessShell: Kinda at first, see FleshGolem above. |
| 1023 | * SpikesOfVillainy: After absorbing Meiouju he gets a spaulder of black spikes over his right arm. Later, said arm turns into a mass of Konso shards. |
| 1024 | * VocalDissonance: In the Italian dub his voice is rather deep and harsh, contrasting his bishonen-like looks. |
| 1025 | * WingedHumanoid: As part of his many bodies, he can sprout wings to fly. |
| 1026 | [[/folder]] |
| 1027 | |
| 1028 | [[folder:Magatsuhi]] |
| 1029 | !! Magatsuhi |
| 1030 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakeshiKusao (JP), Creator/MichaelDobson (EN), Román Abreo (LA SP), Creator/AlessandroQuarta (IT) |
| 1031 | |
| 1032 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magatsuhiinuyasha_8073.jpg]] |
| 1033 | Magatsuhi is an evil spirit and the evil will of the Shikon no Tama and the composite youkai inside it. |
| 1034 | |
| 1035 | ---- |
| 1036 | * AnthropomorphicPersonification: He is the manifestation of the will of the Shikon Jewel and the Ancient Composite Youkai - in a sense, he ''is'' the Youkai, or rather an extension of his mind. |
| 1037 | * BadassBoast: When asked whether or not he's another Naraku Incarnation, he scoffs and demands not to be compared to a half-demon, showing that he considers himself [[EvilerThanThou superior to Naraku himself]]. |
| 1038 | * BullyingADragon: It doesn't matter if you're a uber-powerful spirit, you should not taunt [[spoiler: Sesshomaru.]] |
| 1039 | * CombatTentacles: Since he's borrowing parts of Naraku's body, he can use regenerative tentacles to attack his enemies. |
| 1040 | * TheCorrupter: Due to his enormous demonic aura, can corrupt things simply by being near them. |
| 1041 | * DemonicPossession: |
| 1042 | ** He possessed Kohaku [[spoiler: to get his shard and inflicts some ShapeShifterGuiltTrip onto Sango by mocking her with her brother's voice.]] |
| 1043 | ** Later he possessed Rin to have [[spoiler: as hostage so that Sesshomaru wouldn't use his new destructive sword.]] |
| 1044 | ** And finally, he possessed Inuyasha to make him [[spoiler: kill his own allies, and tries to possess Kagome as well. This proves to be his undoing when Inuyasha uses his Yoketsu and Dragon-Scaled Tessaiga to block him so that Sesshomaru can kill him for good.]] |
| 1045 | * DirtyCoward: Seals away Kagome's powers as soon as he sees her, and also [[spoiler: hides inside the bodies of Kohaku and Rin for protection, and later tries to possess Kagome herself.]] |
| 1046 | * EarlyBirdCameo: It is mentioned and named around volume 10. [[spoiler: About 30/40 volumes later, [[ChekhovsGunman he becomes important]].]] |
| 1047 | * FacialMarkings: He has ones under his eyes that are similar to Inuyasha's family. |
| 1048 | * {{Guyliner}}: His humanoid form formed from Naraku's parts, has circled eyes and purple lipstick. |
| 1049 | * HugeHolographicHead: Has markings under his eyes similar to that of Inuyasha and his kin. |
| 1050 | * KickTheDog: |
| 1051 | ** Mocks Miroku for [[spoiler: taking in his poisonous aura to protect Sango and Kohaku.]] |
| 1052 | ** His BreakingSpeech to [[spoiler: Sesshomaru]] about his worth. |
| 1053 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Unfortunately for him, Sesshomaru's Bakusaiga and Tenseiga were perfect for destroying his body and cutting down his spirit respectively.]] |
| 1054 | * MeaningfulName: Magatsuhi literally means "bent spirit", contrasting Naohi (straight spirit). |
| 1055 | * NoBodyLeftBehind: What happens when you piss off a [[spoiler: Bakusaiga-wielding Sesshomaru]]. But when you're a spirit on a borrowed body, doesn't matter much. |
| 1056 | * PoisonousPerson: Like nearly all the Youkai in the later part of the manga, he has a great poisonous aura. |
| 1057 | [[/folder]] |
| 1058 | |
| 1059 | [[folder:Shikon Jewel]] |
| 1060 | !! Shikon Jewel |
| 1061 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ToruFuruya (JP), Creator/MichaelAdamthwaite (EN) |
| 1062 | |
| 1063 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ShikonInuyasha_2288.jpg]] |
| 1064 | The Shikon no Tama or Jewel of the Four Souls is a powerful jewel the size of a marble that grants whoever possesses it great power. It was created when the powerful {{Miko}} Midoriko was fighting a composite {{Youkai}}, for seven days and seven nights and by the end of the battle Midoriko ripped her own soul from her body and combined it with that of the youkai, killing both of them. Their souls merged and created the Shikon Jewel, where they keep fighting for eternity. |
| 1065 | |
| 1066 | ---- |
| 1067 | * AmplifierArtifact: If a youkai possesses it, they will be transformed into a more powerful, often more monstrous form. |
| 1068 | * AppliedPhlebotinum: It makes youki stronger, revives the dead, grants wishes, serves as a painkiller, gives supernatural abilities to common objects... |
| 1069 | * ArtifactOfDoom: Humans and demons alike kill and cause many atrocities for it and the end result is nothing but sorrow and death. |
| 1070 | * ConvenientColorChange: It goes from a bright pink when is pure to a very dark purple when it's corrupted. |
| 1071 | * CreepyMonotone: When it finally speaks. |
| 1072 | * DismantledMacGuffin: Due to Kagome accidentally hitting it, shattering it to pieces. |
| 1073 | * FourIsDeath: An alternate name for it is the "Jewel of Four Souls," and the Shi part of it's name literally translates as the number four. |
| 1074 | * HappyFunBall: It's basically a round pink jewel the size of a large marble. |
| 1075 | * JackassGenie: It's supposed to grant any wish, [[spoiler: but when corrupted at best it just won't grant it and at worst will twist it to its own benefit.]] It's even stated in-story that every single attempt at using the jewel for benevolent purposes has backfired. |
| 1076 | * LotusEaterMachine: The Jewel puts [[spoiler:Kagome in one, presumably to make it easier to control her.]] |
| 1077 | * NighInvulnerability: It's basically indestructible. Burning it with Kikyo didn't work, neither did hitting it with Meidou Zangetsuha or Bakusaiga, and Kagome's power at most only managed to break it which proved to be way more troublesome. [[spoiler: In the end the only way to destroy it was to wish for it to cease existing.]] |
| 1078 | * SealedGoodInACan: Midoriko trapped her soul inside the Jewel. |
| 1079 | ** SealedEvilInACan: Along with her, the Shikon no Tama contains the soul of a monster composed of thousands of fused youkai and a human. |
| 1080 | ** SealedEvilInADuel: The souls of Midoriko and the youkai are locked in an eternal duel. |
| 1081 | * SentientPhlebotinum: As it turns out, [[spoiler:not only does it have a will of its own, but it also can speak.]] |
| 1082 | * SplitPersonality: Housenki mentions that the Shikon Jewel shard he found instructed him to take it to the afterlife to prevent it from being corrupted by Naraku, and Sango explains to the group that the Jewel itself is neither good nor evil, implying that when the Jewel is pure Midoriko's soul becomes its will, and when it is corrupt the youkai's soul takes over. Since it spends most of the series corrupted... |
| 1083 | * SuddenlyVoiced: After being merely an object beforehand, it [[spoiler: finally speaks in the climax]]. |
| 1084 | * UnholyHolySword: It can be either pure or impure, depending on the person using it. |
| 1085 | * VillainousLegacy: Before it was destroyed, the Jewel prophecized that Kirinmaru would eventually die at the hands of a being neither demon nor human. Because of this, Kirinmaru's sister Zero became driven to murder the mixed-blood descendants of Kirinmaru's old rival, Tōga the Inu-no-Taisho. It's almost as if the Shikon Jewel [[ForeseeingMyDeath foresaw its own end]] and left behind a [[DyingCurse curse]] to eventually attain vengeance on its destroyers. |
| 1086 | [[/folder]] |
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