#inukik

[inuyashacaps]

chapter 71

so serene

[blackynsupremacy]

or whatever kikyo said. that’s some real talk though.

[angstiana]

Another redraw 🌸

[kirrryash]

Valentines #2

[bllflower]

don't care for inukik/kag discourse, but while lots of people seem to like inukag bcs of their light teenage-like vibe, i love deranged and possessive inukik, i don't know what to tell you. nothing hesitant about post kikyo's resurrection inukik, they're always reaching to touch or hold one another, distance does little to quench that need to touch each other.

[ka-go-me]

. Inuvember Day 21: ιηυуαѕнα αη∂ кιкуσυ 𝐹𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝐹𝑜𝓇 𝒪𝓃𝑒

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[love-sapphirerose]

Bro. If Kagome fans *really* cared about Kagome’s welfare, they would *not* be shipping her with someone as rude, fickle, and indecisive as Inuyasha.

It kinda blows my mind that Kagome fans (not necessarily just InuKag fans) genuinely feel that Inuyasha is the one and only partner best fit for her.

Yes, thematically, it makes sense for them to end up together as she is Kikyo’s reincarnation and the physical representation of Kikyo’s endless love for Inuyasha. (Kikyo’s name, which means Chinese Bell Flower, is meant to symbolize endless love, and Rumiko herself expressed that that was exactly why how she named Kikyo)

However, the way their relationship is developed, especially through my eyes as a fully grown adult with critical thinking skills, it was clear as day how awful and toxic their relationship was throughout the series, at both ends. It wasn’t until the very end, after Kikyo’s passing, that their relationship was seemingly going for a healthier tone…however, the fact that Kagome continues to physically abuse Inuyasha to control his behavior remains to the very end.

Kagome was either better off alone or, at best, meeting a reincarnation of Inuyasha who’d respect and treasure her as much as the real Inuyasha respects and treasures Kikyo.

Idk how people genuinely expect anyone to be happy in such a turbulent relationship that constantly causes Kagome to cry or go through periods of depression.

It’s pretty obvious these guys don’t really care for Kagome as an individual character and blindly place InuKag on a pedestal because they lack the ability to analyze and critique the content that is being presented to them. They just eat it up without any thought because their romantic scenes are just cute enough to make them ignore how terrible their normal daily interactions are.

You can still enjoy a piece of media and be able to critique the author’s writing decisions. It doesn’t mean you hate it, but no art is perfect, and with how popular and lengthy Inuyasha was, it’s heavily worthy of criticism instead of the constant praise it gets for….idk simply being popular and nostalgic due to it being on television for all of us in the early 2000’s despite its lackluster character writing and frustratingly repetitive narrative.

Yes, Kagome was a complete a*ss at times, but like Inuyasha, she deserved better than him.

They both deserved better than each other and I’ll forever die on that unpopular hill.

Bro. If Kagome fans *really* cared about Kagome’s welfare, they would *not* be shipping her with someone as rude, fickle, and indecisive as Inuyasha.

It kinda blows my mind that Kagome fans (not necessarily just InuKag fans) genuinely feel that Inuyasha is the one and only partner best fit for her.

Yes, thematically, it makes sense for them to end up together as she is Kikyo’s reincarnation and the physical representation of Kikyo’s endless love for Inuyasha. (Kikyo’s name, which means Chinese Bell Flower, is meant to symbolize endless love, and Rumiko herself expressed that that was exactly why how she named Kikyo)

However, the way their relationship is developed, especially through my eyes as a fully grown adult with critical thinking skills, it was clear as day how awful and toxic their relationship was throughout the series, at both ends. It wasn’t until the very end, after Kikyo’s passing, that their relationship was seemingly going for a healthier tone…however, the fact that Kagome continues to physically abuse Inuyasha to control his behavior remains to the very end.

Kagome was either better off alone or, at best, meeting a reincarnation of Inuyasha who’d respect and treasure her as much as the real Inuyasha respects and treasures Kikyo.

Idk how people genuinely expect anyone to be happy in such a turbulent relationship that constantly causes Kagome to cry or go through periods of depression.

It’s pretty obvious these guys don’t really care for Kagome as an individual character and blindly place InuKag on a pedestal because they lack the ability to analyze and critique the content that is being presented to them. They just eat it up without any thought because their romantic scenes are just cute enough to make them ignore how terrible their normal daily interactions are.

You can still enjoy a piece of media and be able to critique the author’s writing decisions. It doesn’t mean you hate it, but no art is perfect, and with how popular and lengthy Inuyasha was, it’s heavily worthy of criticism instead of the constant praise it gets for….idk simply being popular and nostalgic due to it being on television for all of us in the early 2000’s despite its lackluster character writing and frustratingly repetitive narrative.

Yes, Kagome was a complete a*ss at times, but like Inuyasha, she deserved better than him.

They both deserved better than each other and I’ll forever die on that unpopular hill.

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Sammi Sweetheartts Bonnet

[kikyosupremacy]

Look I understand why Inuyasha & Kikyo cannot be. She’s dead, she doesn’t have a soul, she cannot sustain her existence on her own and is using this pitiful 2nd opportunity at life brilliantly to continue her duty as a powerful holy priestess.

And I know that, in the grand scheme of things, it’s their souls that are connected forever thru the “red string of fate.” As such, though the original Kikyo was tragically killed, fate made it so she and Inuyasha can still have their happy ending thru her reincarnation.

But the thing is that Inuyasha/Kikyo relationship is so much more profound & developed than Inuyasha/Higurashi’s relationship. Inuyasha himself is different with Kikyo — still his impulsive, hot tempered, passionate, & loyal self but also more mature, more open, and more at peace.

& this overarching difference is due entirely to the difference between Kikyo & her reincarnation. Had they made the same/similar characters, both equally impressive but one dead while one is alive, the difference wouldn’t be as stark. But they made Kikyo herself so very layered, nuanced, powerful, self-sufficient, interesting, intelligent, and impressive that Higurashi’s untrained squawking, screeching, & flailing about increasingly intolerable as they show progressed.

So I understand why it could not have been Inuyasha/Kikyo at the end. I don’t love it, but I understand it. What I don’t understand is the reason that the MAIN CHARACTER was made to be so starkly inferior compared to the woman who originally held her soul. Like. This is not a battle between equals. It’s between the amazing woman who passed away… and the knock off that owns her soul now & is alive and available.

[alicepupurred]

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[fuedalreesespieces]

Inuyasha & Demisexuality

i think halfway into writing this i thought about just cramming all my thoughts into a semi-coherent rant due to a combination of a.) lack of access to decent translations of the manga and b.) paranoia about over-analyzing scenes and coming off as delusional (i think by now it's probably too late to thwart that claim) buuut this headcanon in particular is near and dear to me so i want to try and get as in depth as possible.

what is demisexuality?

in simple terms, demisexuality is when an individual doesn't experience primary attraction - that is, the sort of attraction based on immediate observable (often physical) characteristics - and instead only experiences secondary attraction first: the type of attraction that forms after the development of a deep emotional bond.

inuyasha and kikyo

this aforementioned term perfectly describes inuyasha and his relationships with the only women he's ever loved romantically. you could make the claim that his inability to feel primary attraction first stems from his trust issues and not inherent sexual orientation. and to that, i would disagree - he and kikyo develop an emotional bond despite an unspoken lack of trust, which may have improved had naraku not meddled in their lives. still, both find solace in each other's similarities, loneliness, and "outlier" status (though the similarities are in isolation only, if i'm being completely honest) and establish a connection that persists post-revival.

inuyasha eventually did start to feel primary attraction to kikyo during their time together - in the second chapter of the manga, when he compares kagome to her, he states that kikyo "looked pretty."

[source - viz. i haven't been in this fandom long, but what i've gathered is that there are a lot of mis-translations of this manga, even from viz. since i have yet to buy physical copies of the manga and don't have an account for the site, i'm going to be using fan-scans for the rest of these, which hopefully won't really affect what i'm trying to convey since i'll be looking at character expressions rather than dialogue for most of them.]

i'd also note the order in which he lists those traits: kikyo looked intelligent and pretty. her intelligent appearance is the first part of her he remembers, which i think underscores his priorities in this regard. he values things like intelligence and companionship - facets that come to light when developing secondary attraction towards someone - more than aspects of primary attraction.

inuyasha and kagome

as mentioned before, demisexuals don't feel physical attraction before establishing a tight emotional bond. the most blatant examples i could think of this were any instances in which inuyasha sees kagome nude and his difference in reaction - in particular, during the yura of the hair and togenkyo arcs, which are roughly seventy-three chapters apart. there are two new moons in that time, and from that we can say at least two months have passed.

chapter six: yura of the hair

kagome's bathing below him, and i'm sorry, but this expression literally screams "zero fucks given." he does not care in the slightest. not a blush. not a spot of red on his cheeks. not a sweatdrop. not a tee-hee. if i were to describe what he's feeling in this moment i would say "extreme ire." when she uses the sit command on him, it's on the assumption that he's "peeking," but kaede understands that it's actually because inuyasha is trying to steal a shard of the shikon jewel.

"huh?" - he sounds genuinely confused that she reached that conclusion, even though he was quite literally peering over the cliff's edge in what obviously has very perverse connotations. it's almost like he doesn't understand why kagome would think his actions come from a place of sexual attraction because that sort of thing just isn't on his mind at all, and he doesn't get why it would be in the first place.

another extremely blatant example can be see in miroku's introductory chapter: chapter 51, the delinquent priest:

do i even have to say anything. this scene also further emphasizes my previous point - before, the only reason he was there was to try and steal kagome's jewel shard. if his true intentions had been driven by primary attraction, this would have been an opportune moment to "peep." in his words, however, he just isn't interested. note that he could have said something along the lines of "i wouldn't do something like that" (which, if he was attracted to her in that way from the start, wouldn't have done anyway) but specifically i'm not interested. the primary attraction is not there in the slightest. at least, not until:

chapter eighty two: fateful night in togenkyo

the scene i'm talking about needs no introduction, but for context: kagome's half-freaking out after having woken up in a sake bath. inuyasha breaks down the door to come and rescue her, accidentally seeing her naked in the process. well, i'm sure his reaction won't be that dif-

...it's only one panel-

okay, two-

i think at this point it's fairly obvious that primary attraction has developed. besides the fact that he's spent three panels trying not to look like he's having a quasi allergic reaction, it's been approximately two months since they've met, and by now they've definitely formed the deep emotional bond required for him to begin feeling any primary attraction at all. in fact, the chapter where he tells kagome "there's no replacement for you" - that chapter, where he's vulnerable and honest and opening up to her, strengthening their bond further, (ch. 78, a tender smell) is directly before the togenkyo arc begins, and, thus, just before these scenes occur. these chapters have all been building up secondary attraction, and now that primary attraction is just starting to show up.

several chapters later we have this iconic panel from 173:

this is such a look of awe, as though he's gazing up at a goddess. jaw dropped, eyes-wide, words trailing off awe. he's entranced. fully head-over-heels in love, feeling both primary and secondary attraction in regards to kagome, and this trend only continues throughout the entirety of the manga.

conclusion + extra thoughts

my belief in this headcanon comes from not just the evidence depicted above, but because i just related a ton reading those scenes. i found myself just nodding along (as someone who's demisexual themselves!) plus, since ace-spectrum representation is so rare, it's nice to see it reflected in a character whose story and relationships i love dearly.

tags: @nightshade-lullaby

[inuyashacaps]

chapter 122

inukik content!

[moonnueart]

A Rare Moment

[ohmagab]

Li'l kiss!

I´ve always been an Inukyo lover and that will never change.

[kirrryash]

I couldn't care what invention you made me

'Cause I, I was meant to be yours

[bllflower]

i was telling this to someone the other day, but i think that what makes kikyo so hauntingly good and more selfless than any other character in the story of inuyasha is that she really had nothing to look forward to from life anymore, out of all the characters in the story.

sure, ridding the world of naraku was everyone's goal, but everyone had lives to go back to after this, plans - miroku straight up told sango to marry him "once everything was over", so everyone were protecting a possible future, and it was a huge deal that kikyo chose kohaku's life over naraku's death. she chose life, she chose to prioritize life, but she had no life of her own to look forward to.

kikyo is ultimately the wisest and strongest character (to me, as a concept) because the expectation of her character is to let go of life. she's going through this journey of having to let go of life through the entire story, even as inuyasha passionately tells her to let him protect her and that "you told me my life is yours, so your life is mine, too!" she was pulling away. she was cherishing those feelings by embracing him and promising him fidelity ("not letting another man touch a single hair of her head"), but she was still pulling away, and pushing him towards his friends, "life".

kikyo is expected to wisely accept her time on earth is halted and finite and despite the ongoing insistence of separating kikyo and kagome due to their very different personalities, there's already someone else destinated to live her life. wear her clothes, live in her village, do her duty, live alongside the man she had loved. there's a direct correlation in kagome's "chosen" life and the one kikyo didn't get to live. kikyo's expected to let go of the one person that represented ridding herself of loneliness (while she lived) and accept death, and in the end she does.

it can't be easy for ANYONE to let go of life. we don't see all the pain it must've taken for her to do that, rumiko says herself in a segment we never get to see her show "weakness", so we never see her openly crying or raging the unfairness of her situation. we get glimpses, parallels, her telling saint hakushin "it was not shameful to want to live" is a perfect example and foreshadowing of her situation.

by tropes alone, kikyo is not the heroine of the story, she's deemed "too serious" for that role, no comedic relief during her scenes, just tension, so it's maybe natural people are not drawn to someone like her, but her expected acceptance of her fate, which was death, was key for many characters of the story to have their own happiness, and preserve their lives, at the stake of her own. selfless, kind, gentle, wise. so many things to her... petty shipping discussions aside, really the best character in inuyasha.

[mangastararts]

🎃HAPPY HALLOWEEN🎃 I hope you like it