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* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Averted in chapter 124. Despite Inu-papa's ChronicHeroSyndrome making him believe he's responsible for the Shikon no Tama, the monks are able to convince him that a youkai like him really isn't the most qualified person to look after it.
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* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Deconstructing this trope is one of the central themes of the story.
--> [[spoiler: "Really the only striking difference between the two was how much personal investment I had in them. But could I honestly say that Akagane was in the right simply because I cared about his life more than the Meioujuu's, and Souzou Tennou was wrong because I cared more about my mother's life than his?"]] - ''Chapter 123''
--> [[spoiler: "Really the only striking difference between the two was how much personal investment I had in them. But could I honestly say that Akagane was in the right simply because I cared about his life more than the Meioujuu's, and Souzou Tennou was wrong because I cared more about my mother's life than his?"]] - ''Chapter 123''
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* RunningGag: Inu-papa always smacking into the barrier around the temple whenever he goes there.
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* [[spoiler:ArchnemesisDad]]: [[spoiler: Souzou Tennou]]
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* CallForward: Due to being a prequel, makes several references to events of the original ''Manga/InuYasha'' series.
** Yakurou Dokusen's treatment of Inu-papa and Akagane parallels his future treatment of their descendants, Inuyasha and Sango.
** "For a moment, I almost thought he was suggesting I make a weapon out of my own body. But that would be silly." -- Chapter 94
** "I wondered if this was what it was like to deal with quarreling brothers. Hopefully I would never have to deal with that in my future." -- Chapter 109
** Yakurou Dokusen's treatment of Inu-papa and Akagane parallels his future treatment of their descendants, Inuyasha and Sango.
** "For a moment, I almost thought he was suggesting I make a weapon out of my own body. But that would be silly." -- Chapter 94
** "I wondered if this was what it was like to deal with quarreling brothers. Hopefully I would never have to deal with that in my future." -- Chapter 109
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* GoldSilverCopperStandardGoldSilverCopperStandard: Played straight with the money, for historical purposes.
** Also in play with [[spoiler:Akagane's family's names, with Kogane (gold), Shirogane (silver), and Akagane (copper)]]
** Also in play with [[spoiler:Akagane's family's names, with Kogane (gold), Shirogane (silver), and Akagane (copper)]]
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* NecessaryFail: A running theme, called "''kiki no ki''" ("opportunity in crisis") in the story itself. There are multiple instances where characters discuss how bad things that have happened can still result in a net positive outcome.
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* NighInvulnerability: Souzou Tennou, [[spoiler: Divine Protection type, however in this case it's not a favorable spirit protecting him, but rather because he physically bound himself to a godly being and is leeching her power]].
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* JapaneseSpirit:
** '''Koyuu''': Akagane, a prodigious craftsman and master of many skills.
** '''Chie''': Hisui, unwavering optimism and a logical mind.
** '''Kakan''': Inu-papa, single-minded devotion to a specific goal.
** '''Koyuu''': Akagane, a prodigious craftsman and master of many skills.
** '''Chie''': Hisui, unwavering optimism and a logical mind.
** '''Kakan''': Inu-papa, single-minded devotion to a specific goal.
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* MythologyGag
** In chapter 21, after Akagane refuses to tell Inu-papa his name, Inu-papa thinks, "I'd think it would be pretty horrible for no one to know your name and instead have to make up epithets as a placeholder", poking fun at the fact that Inu-papa himself in the series has no name and is only known by [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname nicknames]] and [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep placeholders]].
** The "Inuyasha Jar" used in the play in chapter 79 is a play on the title of the "Inuyasha's Jar" segment that ran at the end of each episode during the ''Inuyasha'' series' original Japanese TV run.
** In chapter 21, after Akagane refuses to tell Inu-papa his name, Inu-papa thinks, "I'd think it would be pretty horrible for no one to know your name and instead have to make up epithets as a placeholder", poking fun at the fact that Inu-papa himself in the series has no name and is only known by [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname nicknames]] and [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep placeholders]].
** The "Inuyasha Jar" used in the play in chapter 79 is a play on the title of the "Inuyasha's Jar" segment that ran at the end of each episode during the ''Inuyasha'' series' original Japanese TV run.
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* {{Anvilicious}}: At times. The story tends AnalogyBackfire: Hisui tries to pause periodically cheer up Inu-papa by giving examples of ways a bad situation can open up opportunities for good things to examine its own morality.happen, and he turns it right back on her by asking her, [[spoiler:"So what sorts of good things should I expect to come from my mother dying?"]]
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** Chapter 111: Since a youkai's aura is called ''youki'', Inu-papa attempts to coin a new word by referring to a human aura as ''ninki''. Unfortunately, this word already means "popularity".
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* PoisonIsCorrosive: The spider venom dissolves Akagane's armor and bodysuit and severely burns his skin, but he's able to get an antidote salve on it before it can spread further.
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* PoisonIsCorrosive: The spider venom dissolves Akagane's armor and bodysuit and severely burns his skin, but he's able to get an antidote salve on it before it PhlebotinumAnalogy: Hisui can spread further.explain ''anything'' -- from supernatural energy to fighting stats to medical conditions -- in terms of money.
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* ArtShift: The illustrations for the April Fool's chapters are intentionally drawn badly.
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** Akagane gets progressively more muscle bulk as the series progresses. Can be justified by the fact that he returned to his blacksmithing trade full-time between his first and second appearance.
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* BondingOverMissingParents: Inu-papa with just about everyone thanks to a rash of [[MissingMom missing mothers]] and [[DisappearedDad fathers]].
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* {{Malaproper}}: Kogane's attempts at mimicking her brother's inflated speech usually results in the wrong words.
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* StealthPun: In Japanese, at least. Oniuma and Onishika are a horse (馬) and deer (鹿), respectively. These characters are the two halves of the word 馬鹿 ("baka"), the Japanese word for "fool".
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* AnimalThemeNaming: The oni on the cursed mountain are all named "Oni" + animal, based on which kind of animal they're crossed with (e.g. "Oniuma" = "oni horse", "Onishika" = "oni deer").
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* ColourfulThemeNaming: Every named character in the artisan village has a color in their name, which is also the color they tend to wear.
**Akagane: "Red Metal" (copper)
**Kogane: "Yellow Metal" (gold)
**Hisui: "Kingfisher Green" (jade)
**Akagane: "Red Metal" (copper)
**Kogane: "Yellow Metal" (gold)
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* AdultFear: Akagane completely freaks out when he believes that Inu-papa, a naiive child in his care, has been [[spoiler: kidnapped and sexually assaulted]].
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* ElsewhereFic / LowerDeckEpisode: While Inu-papa is technically a canon character, his canon personality is unknown and therefore functions more as an OCStandIn. The majority of other canon characters who make appearances are side characters in the original Inuyasha series.
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* PatchworkFic: WordOfGod states that while Inu-papa is based on Rumiko Takahashi's design from the third movie, at this time there is no plan for the story to attempt to work in the continuity of the anime-only characters including the movie villains and the Hyounekozoku.
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* TheUntwist: Sorry, Ryakki, that's not your real dad.
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The story opens with a young Inu-papa separated from his mother, and his subsequent quest to find her again. Along the way he meets various [[OriginalCharacter other characters characters]] who help him become stronger and learn more about himself, eventually leading to his final role as a ''youkai'' ''{{Youkai}}'' lord.
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* InterspeciesFriendship: Inu-papa with Akagane and Hisui.
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* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Inverted. [[spoiler: Akagane convinces Inu-papa that he's not a hallucination by saying something that Inu-papa could not ever imagine him saying]].
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** Chapter 45: Inu-papa notes that Ryakki refers to herself with the masculine pronoun "''ore''" rather than the feminine pronoun "''atashi''" in order to hide her lisp. Japanese has multiple pronouns that mean "I" that are divided by gender and social class, and Inu-papa initially mistook Ryakki for a boy due to how she referred to herself.
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--> At this point, I'm going to skip a couple of months. In hindsight, it was mostly just a couple of false leads, some incidental encounters here and there, but otherwise nothing worth noting and nothing that was of any importance to future events. So if anyone was really looking forward to random filler at this point, sorry.
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--> At "At this point, I'm going to skip a couple of months. In hindsight, it was mostly just a couple of false leads, some incidental encounters here and there, but otherwise nothing worth noting and nothing that was of any importance to future events. So if anyone was really looking forward to random filler at this point, sorry."
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* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler:Inu-papa rampaged in this state for ''two years'' after he escaped the cursed mountain]].
* VitriolicBestBuds: Inu-papa andAkagane.Akagane.
* WackyMarriageProposal: Kogane suggested Akagane give Hisui flowers. Akagane thought flowers were dumb since he likes swords better. So he settled on a flower-shaped sword.
* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler:Inu-papa rampaged in this state for ''two years'' after he escaped the cursed mountain]].
* VitriolicBestBuds: Inu-papa and
* WackyMarriageProposal: Kogane suggested Akagane give Hisui flowers. Akagane thought flowers were dumb since he likes swords better. So he settled on a flower-shaped sword.
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* SelfInflictedHell: Inu-papa gives himself a [[WeaksauceWeakness weakness]] to human blood to force his feral side into an aversion to killing them.
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* ShipperOnDeck: Kogane, for Akagane and Hisui.
* ShootingSuperman: Inu-papa temporarily blinds Souzou Tennou and takes the opportunity to attack him with a normal sword. [[spoiler:Strangely, it sort of works]].
* ShootingSuperman: Inu-papa temporarily blinds Souzou Tennou and takes the opportunity to attack him with a normal sword. [[spoiler:Strangely, it sort of works]].
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* SpeakOfTheDevil: As Inu-papa is trying to get the nerve to tell Akagane and Hisui what he saw on the cursed mountain, he suddenly smells [[spoiler:[[OhCrap his mother]]]].
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* TimeSkip: [[BreakingTheFourthWall Lampshaded]] in chapter 8:
--> At this point, I'm going to skip a couple of months. In hindsight, it was mostly just a couple of false leads, some incidental encounters here and there, but otherwise nothing worth noting and nothing that was of any importance to future events. So if anyone was really looking forward to random filler at this point, sorry.
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* RecapEpisode: Chapter 81, where Inu-papa gets Akagane and Hisui up to speed on everything that happened to him.
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* SayMyName: Played straight with Akagane to Inu-papa (albeit calling him "''Bake-inu''" due to the latter [[NoNameGiven having no name]]).
** However, interestingly subverted Inu-papa to Akagane, who has yet to refer the latter as ''anything'', even after nearly 70 chapters together.
** However, interestingly subverted Inu-papa to Akagane, who has yet to refer the latter as ''anything'', even after nearly 70 chapters together.
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* NoConservationOfEnergy: Averted. A youkai can utilize free energy or body mass, but has to exchange one to increase the other.
* NoLovesIntersect: Akagane and Hisui are the only romantic pairing in the story, and neither has a legitimate rival.
* NoLovesIntersect: Akagane and Hisui are the only romantic pairing in the story, and neither has a legitimate rival.
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* CutenessProximity: Lampshaded and averted with Akagane.
-->[You want me to be] his little fluffy buddy? Oh suuure, I'm sure he'd warm right up to me. With my big, adorable eyes and cute floppy ears, it's amazing the guy hadn't melted into a puddle of "Awwww" already. ''--Chapter 28''
* CutenessProximity: Lampshaded and averted with Akagane.
-->[You want me to be] his little fluffy buddy? Oh suuure, I'm sure he'd warm right up to me. With my big, adorable eyes and cute floppy ears, it's amazing the guy hadn't melted into a puddle of "Awwww" already. ''--Chapter 28''
