History Headscratchers / InuYasha

*** It may be a metabolic factor as well (his body metabolizes the alcohol faster, meaning it hits him faster,but also doesn't last as long or have the side effects like a hangover).

*** Inuyasha didn't do that with Kikyo either. Fair enough. How can she NOT know that? Inuyasha admitted to her he believes that he doesn't deserve to feel happy and at peace because of what happened to Kikyo. That seems less like he failed to communicate and more like she doesn't trust him. He doesn't act secretive when he talks to Kikyo. He's upfront about it. The group however, suspected of him hiding their discussions and Kagome tended to think he was lying at times. Jealousy is understandable, but suspicions are ridiculous when the guy not only isn't a liar, but is upfront and confrontational to a fault. Except for that one time you mentioned, that's not true. Like I stated, she tended to believe he was lying about his talks with Kikyo. One particular example had Inuyasha return to where he last saw Kikyo after he and the others returned from his father's grave. He honestly stated that he didn't speak to Kikyo because she wasn't there and Kagome accused him of lying. Inuyasha rightfully responded that he had no reason to lie and that she was acting stupid so Kagome responds by losing her temper and using the sit commands stating she deserved to know what they talked about because she was kind enough to let him see her and that there's no point in having consideration for him. That one time you mentioned when Miroku told him to give her some space, yes, he brought that on himself, even though Kagome did take it too far and Inuyasha once again demonstrated his confrontational behavior, but other times when he's honest and upfront about what happened or Kagome lashing out at him because Kikyo acted ungrateful after she saved her are not. Inuyasha may not be the patron saint of maturity, but behavior like that from Kagome is pretty immature. That's fairly obvious. She should because she should know he's not a liar and if there's no trust in their relationship, then there shouldn't be one. She shouldn't have asked to stay with him if she believed she'd be second to Kikyo. Was she honest about her feelings and expectations though? She didn't realize she loved him until she saw him promise to protect Kikyo and they were not an actual couple then. Even then, he was going to break off whatever their relationship was at that point, but didn't because she asked to stay with him. Again, if that fear is so pervasive, then don't stay with him. Holding a grudge in a relationship doesn't make for a good relationship. No, but she can talk to him, like she did when almost stopped seeing each other. There's ground, but considering the jealousy from both, I wouldn't say it is solid. Also, when did he admit to her friends he was her boyfriend? To be fair, he is annoyed by her kindness towards Koga despite how they were enemies at first and Koga's continued mockery and hostility towards him. Not to mention, while she doesn't return Koga's affections, she doesn't really dismiss them to his face. So unlike Inuyasha who is understandably not over his first love quite yet, she continues to let Koga flirt with her either because she likes the attention, is trying to make Inuyasha jealous on purpose, or she is somehow unaware of the mixed signals she's sending Koga. It also doesn't help that the example you gave came after a moment I mentioned earlier: Inuyasha only talked to Kikyo about defeating Naraku, Shippo asked him if that's all it was which he reaffirmed. However. Kagome suspected he was lying because they talked alone. So really, Inuyasha was right. He wasn't being overly affectionate with Kikyo, but to Kagome, him simply talking to her alone was just that which somehow gives her the right to compare the two unfavorably against him and flip out at him once again when.

*** Inuyasha didn't do that with Kikyo either. Fair enough. How can she NOT know that? Inuyasha admitted to her he believes that he doesn't deserve to feel happy and at peace because of what happened to Kikyo. That seems less like he failed to communicate and more like she doesn't trust him. He doesn't act secretive when he talks to Kikyo. He's upfront about it. The group however, suspected of him hiding their discussions and Kagome tended to think he was lying at times. Jealousy is understandable, but suspicions are ridiculous when the guy not only isn't a liar, but is upfront and confrontational to a fault. Except for that one time you mentioned, that's not true. Like I stated, she tended to believe he was lying about his talks with Kikyo. One particular example had Inuyasha return to where he last saw Kikyo after he and the others returned from his father's grave. He honestly stated that he didn't speak to Kikyo because she wasn't there and Kagome accused him of lying. Inuyasha rightfully responded that he had no reason to lie and that she was acting stupid so Kagome responds by losing her temper and using the sit commands stating she deserved to know what they talked about because she was kind enough to let him see her and that there's no point in having consideration for him. That one time you mentioned when Miroku told him to give her some space, yes, he brought that on himself, even though Kagome did take it too far and Inuyasha once again demonstrated his confrontational behavior, but other times when he's honest and upfront about what happened or Kagome lashing out at him because Kikyo acted ungrateful after she saved her are not. Inuyasha may not be the patron saint of maturity, but behavior like that from Kagome is pretty immature. That's fairly obvious. She should because she should know he's not a liar and if there's no trust in their relationship, then there shouldn't be one. She shouldn't have asked to stay with him if she believed she'd be second to Kikyo. Was she honest about her feelings and expectations though? She didn't realize she loved him until she saw him promise to protect Kikyo and they were not an actual couple then. Even then, he was going to break off whatever their relationship was at that point, but didn't because she asked to stay with him. Again, if that fear is so pervasive, then don't stay with him. Holding a grudge in a relationship doesn't make for a good relationship. No, but she can talk to him, like she did when almost stopped seeing each other. There's ground, but considering the jealousy from both, I wouldn't say it is solid. Also, when did he admit to her friends he was her boyfriend? To be fair, he is annoyed by her kindness towards Koga despite how they were enemies at first and Koga's continued mockery and hostility towards him. Not to mention, while she doesn't return Koga's affections, she doesn't really dismiss them to his face. So unlike Inuyasha who is understandably not over his first love quite yet, she continues to let Koga flirt with her either because she likes the attention, is trying to make Inuyasha jealous on purpose, or she is somehow unaware of the mixed signals she's sending Koga.

*** Inuyasha didn't do that with Kikyo either. Fair enough. How can she NOT know that? Inuyasha admitted to her he believes that he doesn't deserve to feel happy and at peace because of what happened to Kikyo. That seems less like he failed to communicate and more like she doesn't trust him. He doesn't act secretive when he talks to Kikyo. He's upfront about it. The group however, suspected of him hiding their discussions and Kagome tended to think he was lying at times. Jealousy is understandable, but suspicions are ridiculous when the guy not only isn't a liar, but is upfront and confrontational to a fault. Except for that one time you mentioned, that's not true. Like I stated, she tended to believe he was lying about his talks with Kikyo. One particular example had Inuyasha return to where he last saw Kikyo after he and the others returned from his father's grave. He honestly stated that he didn't speak to Kikyo because she wasn't there and Kagome accused him of lying. Inuyasha rightfully responded that he had no reason to lie and that she was acting stupid so Kagome responds by losing her temper and using the sit commands stating she deserved to know what they talked about because she was kind enough to let him see her and that there's no point in having consideration for him. That one time you mentioned when Miroku told him to give her some space, yes, he brought that on himself, even though Kagome did take it too far and Inuyasha once again demonstrated his confrontational behavior, but other times when he's honest and upfront about what happened or Kagome lashing out at him because Kikyo acted ungrateful after she saved her are not. Inuyasha may not be the patron saint of maturity, but behavior like that from Kagome is pretty immature. That's fairly obvious. She should because she should know he's not a liar and if there's no trust in their relationship, then there shouldn't be one. She shouldn't have asked to stay with him if she believed she'd be second to Kikyo. Was she honest about her feelings and expectations though? She didn't realize she loved him until she saw him promise to protect Kikyo and they were not an actual couple then. Even then, he was going to break off whatever their relationship was at that point, but didn't because she asked to stay with him. Again, if that fear is so pervasive, then don't stay with him. Holding a grudge in a relationship doesn't make for a good relationship. No, but she can talk to him, like she did when almost stopped seeing each other. There's ground, but considering the jealousy from both, I wouldn't say it is solid. Also, when did he admit to her friends he was her boyfriend? To be fair, he is annoyed by her kindness towards Koga despite how they were enemies at first and Koga's continued mockery and hostility towards him. Not to mention, while she doesn't return Koga's affections, she doesn't really dismiss them to his face. I don't recall Kagome mentioning Kikyo when Inuyasha complained about Koga. I believe that was Shippo once.

* A theory for this was mentioned previously in Kagome’s family, but nonetheless- In the Final Act, [[spoiler: Kagome chooses to go back and stay with Inuyasha after a tearful goodbye with her family. But... Does this cause any timeloops? Will she forever repeat the cycle of living her life in the feudal era, and then being reborn in modern Tokyo only to go back? Or does this cause a change in history for there to be a new timeline?]]

*** You have to remember, Naraku was pretty powerful at that point, having absorbed Moryomaru and Hakudoshi, along with having most/all of the jewel. Koga was barely able to keep up a fight, and that was with his jewel shards. Powerful weapon or not, if he didn't have speed to get in and out of close range (as that was the type of weapon he had), he would be killed. Not wanting to be a burden, (or perhaps cause unnecessary grief to Kagome) he could've decided that leaving with as much dignity as possible was the best solution. At least, it appears that way. In the second anime, they handwave it by [[spoiler: Kagome mentioning a rumor that he got married to Ayame.]]
*** All of that makes sense, but the last thing with [[spoiler: Kagome saying that Kouga married Ayame]] was never in the manga. So as far as the manga is concerned, Kouga just disappears.

* What was up with the ending (unmarked spoilers)? I get that the jewel wanted Naraku and Kagome to replace Midoriko and the sealed demon within itself. So why was Naraku's wish for Kagome to be [[Film/DragMeToHell dragged into hell?]] Why didn't he wish for love like he was contemplating? Besides, Byakuya slashed Kagome with the stolen Meidou Zangetsuha katana a few hours beforehand. Why didn't she get sent to hell at that time?

*** However, [[spoiler: in the end, Kagome successfully wishes the jewel out of existence. The only way this could make any sense is that Kagome was doing this out of desperation and neither she, nor anyone else with knowledge on the Jewel, had any idea this could work.]]
*** Kagome didn't know at the beginning that [[spoiler: the Shikon Jewel would be destroyed by wishing it out of existence]]. In fact no one knows. It is only later that she gets a hint of this from her grandfather, who [[spoiler: mentions a legend that the Shikon Jewel will disappear if someone makes the right kind of wish]]. She figures it all out in the final episode, only after [[spoiler: being trapped by the Shikon Jewel]].
*** Very few people are aware of the Jewel's existence, even less are aware of its origins, and practically no one knows that it [[spoiler:has any sort of will of its own. Kikyo, Kagome and even Miroku were trying to purify it and Kikyo thought that using it to wish Inuyasha into a human would cause it to disappear, but that wasn't the right wish and Inuyasha wouldn't really agree to it during the short period they had the jewel prior to its breaking. Kagome couldn't even remember the wish aspect until Magatsuchi was killed, clearing the veil on her memories that was implied since the first chapter (where she says that she can never remember the story of the Shikon no Tama no matter how many times her grandpa told her, for some reason).]]

* Why is Inuyasha still wearing the prayer bead necklace on the final page? I mean, three years later, Inuyasha is a Nice Guy, they're ''married to each other'', and Kagome doesn't trust him enough to take the necklace off? Giving them the benefit of the doubt, perhaps he just trusts her, or she had it de-enchanted, or he likes it for sentimental reasons, or [[spoiler: they're just that kinky]], but I'd still feel better seeing the necklace gone.

*** Perhaps, but there seems to be some clue that Shippo just ages slower, after all, Inuyasha is about 200 years old and, in flashbacks when he was a child, he's shown to be without his mom, Iyazoi(who lived during the Heian era, likely the tail end of said era), though it's not said how or when she departed this existence.

*** That was pretty much how I've tried to answer that question. The humans are typically population-checked by the demons up until they have a lot of internal political strife, and they essentially forget to keep their numbers down. The humans grow, gain technological advancements (as in, guns), and with Kagome's and Inuyasha's unwitting help (prior to this), take over and turn genocidal. Kagome, being a very powerful priestess (by the end of the series) presumably spends the end of hte manga onward keeping humans safe...by killing off the demons that pose a threat, typically the powerful ones. Inuyasha doesn't realize that this is what has happened to all the demons in the modern era, and goes about helping her, aiding in a kind of {{Butterfly Effect}} - they start small, going after ones deemed "threats" (both big political players in the demon world and small pests), and the consequence is that entire civilizations and races - including his father's own, are killed off. Kagome doesn't see the effects of what she's doing until it's too late to reverse the damage, and at first, she sees nothing wrong with killing powerful demons (because it's protecting the humans, right?). The demons, once they figure out that they're being hunted and their numbers are falling far faster than they ever imagined, are too disorganized and still caught up in the politics that led to the lapse in watch to put up a front. {{Curbstomp Battle}} occurs. Demon abilities, it turns out, don't beat small metal balls that can smash bone from great distances and bring bacterial infection to an open wound, despite their {{Healing Factor}}s. In addition, I assumed there was a {{Stable Time Loop}} making it so that events that have already occurred in the future (extinction of demons) will happen regardless of what is done in the past, having already happened. If Kagome were to die before finishing her role in said events, someone else would eventually continue on and take her place. But that's just how I worked it out. Feel free to correct me here.

** As noted with ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' (and by some level, the ''[[{{VideoGame/Touhou}} Touhou Project]]'', if Gensokyo is an indication), it could be one of those "separate world" things or, perhaps, more powerful youkai have died out while miscellaneous ones still survive. I mean, a lot of folklore tend to have this separation of worlds (and subsequently explains why the two worlds shouldn't be bridged). Likewise, in the vein on what time periods had to do with this, the Meiji restoration (and some of the preceding events) and WWII (before and after) started to have a decline of traditions, so, when traditional customs started to fade, as did the folklore. In terms of the Well, I more or less took it that the "past" that Kagome went to isn't really the "past" per say, rather, it's separated realm of the Heian period that she goes to, with the Sacred Tree and the Well bridging the two worlds.

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** ArtifactOfDeath?

** From what I did get out of the show, the demons being a threat to human life was a bigger problem in some parts of Japan than it was in other parts or in some situations.

!Idle companions
* Why do so many of the battles involve Inuyasha fighting some demon while his companions just stand around doing absolutely nothing except talking about the battle like they are sports commentators? I love this series, but this was a really crippling flaw, perhaps the biggest one. Apparently Takashi just couldn't find enough things to do with Inuyasha's team, and that's a real shame. Did it not occur to her that Inuyasha might not be everyone's #1 favorite character?
** Well, his other companions are humans (Sango, Miroku, and Kagome) and child youkai (Shippo), so, in a good number of those instances they wouldn't be strong enough to fight alongside him (that and wind tunnel takes a lot out of Miroku), along with that Inuyasha does, for the most part, initiates these battles alone.
*** I would disagree about Sango and Miroku not being strong enough to keep up with him, since Sango did keep Inuyasha on his toes the time they fought, but Miroku and Sango have much more to lose in a fight, since Inuyasha is capable of healing from injuries that would kill a normal human, while Sango and Miroku do not have demon healing factor. That said, I agree it is a shame that Sango and Miroku are not involved more in the battles.

** Naraku says this directly: even if both his and Kikyo's souls are going to end up in Hell, they still wouldn't be together (because that will reduce Naraku's punishment, of course). Literally the only way for him to ever reunite with Kikyo was to make her reincarnation and himself replace Shikon no Tama's old inhabitants in their eternal battle.

!Through the Well

!Relating to Kouga

** Arguably, it could simply be an understanding that Kouga did what he did because of nature, not malice. He's a Wolf Demon, and his actions were that of a starving animal. Similar to forgiving a wounded animal for attacking others while blinded by pain
!Kagome's Family

!Shippo's Age

!Youkai/Demons

** The daemons aren't the only thing that seems to vanish, just look at the effectiveness of Miroku's spells vs Kagome's grandfather's (miroku's charms actually work, Kagome's grandfater's, not so much) so it seems that spiritual powers in general have left the world.

*** No, no ,NO! The well being affected was due to the Shikon Jewel's Forced-On-Naraku's wish to... affect Kagome somehow.

!Kagome

*** If I remember the first three episodes correctly, the villagers weren't really sure what to do with her and probably would have killed her if they hadn't consulted Kaeda beforehand.

!"[[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened to the wolf]]?"

** The question you really should be asking is where the hell was Kouga after he got conveniently written out of the series? Considering the guy spent near 400 chapters chasing after Naraku just like anyone else for revenge, why did he suddenly drop all of that after losing the shards? Sure, he probably realised that Kagome only had feelings for Inuyasha, but really, after gaining a weapon that finally made him useful, why did he just drop all that "avenge my comrads" motive and leave?!

!Shikon No Tama

** One possible explanation is ties to that particular temporal rift. Kagome is the reincarnated soul of Kikyou, and so her soul exists both in the modern era and the Sengoku period. Inuyasha has a link through the tree he was sealed to, which happens to be located in the Higurashi shrine grounds. Thus he has a tether to the modern Era through it. The others have no such tie (at least to that portal and that point in time), so the well needs a guidepost to send them to Kagome's era. They might be able to go through other time rifts (if, say, their reincarnations lived in another place and time, or there was a location of great significance to them near one)

!Inuyasha

** I think that command would only work if he was either in the beginning and ending stages of the full youkai mode and or when he's not strong enough to resist it. The instances as to why she did it was because he was weakened enough to not resist it (I recall that he was injured pretty bad in one of those instances)


!Band of Seven

!Going back to the village

!Sango's Clothing Change

** She's wearing it underneath and just has to strap on a few extras. Years of practice have mastered it to an art like Fire Fighters suiting up.

!Inuyasha, Kikyo, the village, and the Tree

!Miroku and the bike

!Sesshomaru's Arm

!Kitsune Exam

** It may not be that they need the promotion to grow more tails, so much as that Kitsune have a more structured heirarchy due to their natures (One, they're more tricksters and illusionists over physical combatants, and so prize intelligence and clever thinking over raw physicality. Two, Kitsune are more likely to interact and integrate with human society, and so may have stepped back from the "barbarity" of measuring worth solely in violence, opting for a social structure more like human governance)

!When Kirara Ran Away

!Shippo's shapshifting

!Getting Rid of the Wind Tunnel

!The Noh Mask

!Weapons and such

!Translating Conventions

!Sesshomaru's Love interest

!The Triangle

** Um because Kagome is not sneaking behind his back to go to Kouga? And lol you're really bringing up Houjo? Kagome has never pursued anything with him after she realized her feelings for Inuyasha. And yes Inuyasha goes to Kikyo out of guilt, but Kagome DOESN'T know that for sure. Ever seen how secretive he acts about going to Kikyo? Who could blame her for having her suspicions. Plus she never does anything to him when he goes. She's stays quiet and wants to be left alone so that she can deal with her feelings. Its pretty fucking immature of Inuyasha to go to her when he KNOWS she's upset and prod her (in one instance he does this despite Miroku warning him) Kagome does not trust Inuyasha when it comes to Kikyo. And why should she? After being honest about her feelings and expectations (even giving him chances to back out) , and putting her faith in him she comes back to find him embracing Kikyo. What is she supposed to think. Sure she can try to forgive him but can she forget something like that so easily? No. Inuyasha is not willing to try to understand Kagome's position. He acts like a child pretending that her holding a grudge about that is amazing and unbelievable when actually any normal human would act like that. And Kagome can't read Inuyasha's mind to guess that "its only just words or honor talking" As for their being an official couple. I think Inuyasha claiming he's "won" in front of a known love rival and admitting to being her boyfriend in front of her friends, when she was in the room, makes it obvious that both of them are pretty much on solid ground when it comes to a relationship. Also he complains to Kagome about how she is "ambiguous" about Kouga giving the impression that he is her boyfriend. Kagome of course reminds him of his own actions towards Kikyo and that shuts him up pretty fast.

** Adding my two cents, even as I ship Inuyasha/Kagome, pretty sure he occasionally went after Kikyo because he still loved her and couldn't forget her (in the past they had practically agreed to marry each other, after all). As for why he didn't just "run off with her", that's because it wasn't ''really'' Kikyo in present time, but her soul in an animated clay body. About Kagome and Inuyasha dating before the ending, I have an interpretation that while they weren't officially dating, eventually they became aware of each other's feelings and let themselves act on it. I mean, they eventually have a lot of moments where they will casually take each other's hand, hug, sit close to one another, say intimate things etc. that you would never say with a friend, which gave me the vibe of them being like "Yeah we like each other, but we're keeping it cool as it's still a little awkward".

!How did he know

!Why's the jewel that important, anyway?

*** Adding to the above, it's likely he didn't expect Inuyasha to be fighting against demons as powerful as he did. Inu-no-Taisho probably was thinking Inuyasha would face lesser demons (more along the lines of what he faced early on), NOT enemies on the level of Daiyoukai

* The first MonsterOfTheWeek had the ENTIRE jewel and was utterly shredded the instant Inuyasha was freed from the tree, before he had any of his eventual weaponry. Before that, it was in Kagome's body and was easily torn out. So, the two people who have had the complete jewel didn't manage to hold it against the first sign of opposition for ''ten seconds.'' While I'm not doubting the usefulness of the things we have seen jewel shards used to do, it really doesn't seem to be the ultimate implement of power, or even the ''only'' way to do the things it's been used for.
While shards of it are definitely useful, it really doesn't seem to be the ultimate implement of power if the whole thing doesn't make you any stronger than that; every major figure to go after it seems powerful enough in their own right to not need to fight off anyone else trying to get

While shards of it are definitely useful, it really doesn't seem to be the ultimate implement of power if the whole thing doesn't make you any stronger than that; every major figure to go after it seems powerful enough in their own right to not need to fight off anyone else trying to get

*** Physical health? The Sit command only ever did more than startle and mildly annoy him exactly once in the entire series, and it was when she used it multiple times in rapid succession and caused him to drop a boulder (which he was planning to use to trap her in the past) on himself. And besides, even ignoring that the movies aren't canon to either the manga or the anime, there's also the fact that the beads have shown the ability to knock him out of his youkai state, and each time he transforms without Tessaiga in hand, his bloodlust has been getting worse and worse throughout the series (though his resistance has also been increasing, but if Sesshomaru is right, eventually it could turn him into an uncontrollable beast), so IY might actually prefer if his soulmate had a way to at least momentarily stop him long enough for her to do some sort of (preferably) nonlethal uber-miko thing to keep him from attacking her and anyone else if he gets into a situation where he transforms again.

** At first, she feels responsible for having (Albeit unintentionally) breaking the jewel, so it’s likely she initially came back for that reason, as they rely on her ability to see said jewel shards. Afterwards, it’s noted that it becomes personal as she learns and hears the main casts stories and encounters with Naraku.