#inuyasha arc.

[shannaroka]

lady kaede's village is nearly a six day trek for the young girl, traveling far from her village past the once beautiful island of hōraijima. the pinkette priestess clenches her first, annoyed at the white haired intrusion blocking her path. sakura's village elders have sent her, in her elegant pastel kimono as a sign of respect, to answer the call of help that lady kaede had sent forth. her gloved hand stretches, fingers extending as a mechanism to cool down (to prevent her from scratching inuyasha's eyes out like a cat attacking a dog). out of memory for the priestess kikyō, ❛ inuyasha —— ❜ a loathing greeting, crossing her arms. of all the half-demons she could have crossed path, why is it always him? ❛ pleasure to see you. must you always lurk around kaede's grounds? ❜

@heroeswove from inuyasha : ❛ i don't need your help. ❜

❛ wonderful. i didn't come to help you. ❜ jade eyes dart away from his golden gaze, securing her bag across her back before taking another step forward. lady tsunade has sent her with a mission, one that the aspiring lady sakura intends to complete. ❛ your village requested aid that i am personally delivering from mine. if you could just get out of me way, i'd like to get out of here and back without a scratch from your claws. but do carry a message for me — lady tsunade sends her best to your brother. ❜ sakura too can dig under another's skin, relishing in the discomfort of the demon that killed kikyō before her. ❛ the sooner you let me pass, the sooner i'll leave. ❜

[fuedalreesespieces]

one of my favorite inuyasha lines ever. he's at his weakest, he's surrounded by broken pottery, peach-heads, and a talking flower, and he's just been offered a power-up as his supposed final option of winning this fight and there isn't even a moment of consideration. just a solid no. i like to think of this scene as kind of a precursor to this one:

inuyasha going from "i'm going to use the shikon jewel to increase my strength" to "I refuse to - even at my weakest - drink something that could potentially help me get stronger, because the person who made it is consumed by their power and I don't want to be like them" to "I refuse to use the jewel because the jewel itself is involved in the harm of a lot of people, including myself, and ending that cycle of harm is more important than my previous goals" is just sooo good.

and it makes the moment he discovers what "full demon" entails later on more satisfying. during the togenkyo arc, he says he doesn't want to drink that "swill" because he doesn't want to be like tokajin. he doesn't want to be consumed by power, but that eventually does happen - not by choice, but it does happen. and it's miserable:

it all kind of comes full circle here. he's already decided that he won't use the jewel for his own purposes, but then he's given a glimpse of what could have happened had he used the jewel. it's an interesting what-if scenario that ties into inuyasha's developing perception of what it means to have power, and i love it.

[climbdraws]

rewatching inuyasha and god kikyo is such a cunt lol....truly a ' i died and came back a huge bitch' character moment

does she think that going around & helping sick people is going to cancel out the thousands of souls she steals just to keep her clay corpse alive cause I don't think that's how it works

[kitramune]

No but Naraku's monkey suit is fucking hilarious though cuz it stems from the Japanese idiom "ken'en" (犬猿) which is like "like cats and dogs" but instead it's "like dogs and monkeys" cuz in Japan they used dogs to chase monkeys out of fields, so their stereotype is that monkeys and dogs hate each other. Rumiko's so fucking funny, fr.

[umbraria]

BLEACH x Inuyasha

Ichigo Kurosaki, a 15yo "human" whose normal life ends when a demon drags him into a cursed well. Instead of hitting the bottom of the well, Ichigo ends up 500 years in the past during Japan's violent Sengoku period with the demon's true target, a wish-granting jewel (Hōgyoku). After a battle with a revived demon accidentally causes the sacred jewel to shatter and awakens an asleep demon, Ichigo enlists the help of said human-friendly demon named Rukia to help him collect the shards and prevent them from falling into the wrong hands.

[askponyinuyasha]

Kon'nichiwa! You should find your center and meditate, it will help you relax and calm down.

@ask-purple-power-ranger-pony: Kon'nichiwa! You should find your center and meditate, it will help you relax and calm down.

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Ya boy is so back! My wrist has been feeling quite a bit better, but I'm still gonna try and be gentle with it and pace myself a little better if I can help it.

[shinidamachu]

You know what I always wanted? An episode where Kagome actually manages to give in to the Darkness in her heart and it would be up to Inuyasha this time to snap her out of it and bring her back to her senses (paralleling how she always manages to bring him back whenever he goes into full demon mode), kinda like the 1st movie or the Tsubaki arc but like better because this time it wouldn’t just be Kagome’s body under the control of another but her mind as well due to giving into all her insecurities regarding Kikyo.

Honestly? This is such a good concept that it deserved to be its own freaking arc. The potential for angst and character development is insane. The parallels with Inuyasha, the parallels with Kikyo.

"You really are my reincarnation, walking the same path I did" except Kagome is walking her own path, based on her own decisions, because of her own feelings and then dealing with the aftermatch of her own actions after Inuyasha manages to bring her back.

I think it's brilliant because Inuyasha was always so terrified of Kagome dying on him that he doesn't really worry about all the other ways he can lose her. Or rather, he does, but it's never really explored in a serious or satisfying manner.

And the irony of it all? Like, Kagome being the one constantly afraid Inuyasha would forget about her if he goes full demon, only for her to turn the tables? Cinema.

[howlingday]

Ru ja gun con: hey jaune, if you want a second weapon why not get this sword

Its call so'unga. And don't worry, it's not secretly a sentient demon sword who'd try to possess you or lead tou down a path of darkness.

(From inuyasha for more knowledge)

Jaune: (Holding the sword) Huh. It doesn't feel bad. I mean, compared to Crocea Mors, it's kinda weightless.

Ruby: Really? Let me try.

Jaune: Sure. (Hands it over)

Ruby: (Holding it, Quiet)

Jaune: What do you think, Ruby?

Ruby: ...

Jaune: Ruby-

Ruby: DIE, HUMAN SCUM! (Swings it at Jaune)

Jaune: AUGH! (Catches her arms, Twists until she lets go) Ruby, what the heck was that?!

Ruby: I... I don't know! Why... Why didn't it affect you?

Jaune: Huh? Well... I don't really know. I mean, I did hear a voice in my head, but-

Ruby: (Punches him) AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME?!

Jaune: They said you would hit me!

Ruby: YEAH, NOW THAT YOU TOLD ME! (Huffs)

Ruby: (Points)

NO MORE TALKING WEAPONS!

[dazzelmethat]

Rin and Kohaku older with some headcannons.. This has been in my sketchfolder for a while, completed it for that one anon suggestion I got to draw some more Kohaku.

I'm working out how to use a crosshatching stamp brush.

[coloursofaparadox]

i just want more media and literature where the protagonist gets like. dehumanized. or demonized or possessed or changed into something that's not quite human one day and then they just have existential crises about it. and they suffer. is that too much to ask

[ogoatsuyuuta]

band of seven remains the best inuyasha arc hands down never realized that koga (kyokotsu and ginkotsu) and sesshomaru (mukotsu and yes i'm counting suikotsu) tie for most kills... i guess inuyasha has 2 as well but to me he didn't really kill jakotsu... bankotsu i think is undoubtably a body for inuyasha. this rewatch made me respect koga a bit more in terms of power he was literally the first person to kill a band of seven member. two before inuyasha even got one!

[jacquesthepigeon]

Inuyasha: Just give him the sword! It doesn’t matter if he wins!

Kagome:

[fuedalreesespieces]

99.5% of inuyasha's youkai dna has to be concentrated in his hair because how the fuck did it not get cut off at some point especially while he was carrying that huge ass sword

[kitramune]

I think the worst offense of the anime besides "can't I have both?" was removing this scene from the Kaou arc. It's just one panel but Inuyasha literally says he's done grieving Kikyou and okay now WHILE LOOKING AT KAGOME. Because the Kaou arc was NOT him pining for what's lost.

Like him being shaken out of his depression to realize he was hurting the one he most wanted to protect was THE ENTIRE POINT OF THAT ARC. How did they flub it that badly?!

[jakotsuto]

I don’t intend to read the full manga but I did find some scans online for the BO7 arc in the manga and I have some notes

Sitting awfully close there, bud.

This is Jakotsu. Jakotsu likes his personal space.

This is Bankotsu.

Bankotsu also likes Jakotsu’s personal space.

[kaybkay8]

Ok, so inuyasha is one of my rewatch shows. So I was thinking about my favorite arcs in inuyasha.

Part 1- toad episode, new moon, enter sango

Part 2. Kagura-Tokijin

Part 3. Tokijin, Tsubaki, Onigumo

Part 4- demons head.

Part 5. Bankotsu-end

Part 6- dried demon, land of dead

Part 7- the last one

Final act- most of it

Also this episode