#inuyasha rewatch

[ckreadsblog]

People don't give InuYasha enough credit for being a fucked up anime.

Yknow, just watching my lil' comfort show. Cute and fun. Did Shippo just come face to face with his father's corpse worn like decoration by the guy who killed him?

Did that demon then take Kagome so he could melt her down and use her as a hair growth potion?

It's absolutely not the most fucked up anime out there but damn was it a formative one for my tropes 😂

#inuyasha #inuyasha rewatch #kagome #kagome higurashi #shippo #anime

[aliza1222]

Taking a poll to see which name will get clicked on more for a podcast about InuYasha

#inuyasha #inuyasha rewatch #podcast #anime and manga #anime podcast #puns #kagome #inukag #inukyo #greek girls #women #anime nostalgia #2000s nostalgia #yashahime #dog boy #cats #female hosted podcasts #sit boy

[gremlinshipper]

Inuyasha and Sesshomaru pretend to be so different but if they're walking and a demon is in their path both of their responses are "ok it's murder time"

#watching inuyasha run all over to find kagome's medicine when she has a simple cold #like yes sure you're not deeply in love with her or anything #I bet he was the worst when she was pregnant #inuyasha #inuyasha rewatch

[avionvadion]

Alsjakeksk even Naraku is talking about how great Hitomi Kagewaki was. He truly did bodysnatch him because he knew he was such a king.

Sango, slashes open the baboon pelt and sees his face: “It’s you! The lord from the castle!”

Naraku: “Kagewaki was a noble lord. He gave ALL the demon slayers proper burials. Ah yes, and I was the one who ordered for your care after the massacre.”

Sango: “You killed him!”

Naraku: “Kagewaki is still alive… at least, according to those I’ve fooled into thinking I’m him.”

Such a bastard spider man. My gods.

Also I love that Sango’s first response to being told to put down her weapon is to swing it at the castle rooftops. Such a queen. “I didn’t make any promise! I came here to kill you!”

…

Damn, Naraku, you’re such an ass. “Well, Sango? I still recall Kagewaki’s last command. He told you to… return to the castle.”

#I’ve seen this show so many times and yet I’m still like 👀 anytime Kagewaki is mentioned #I legit just WATCH to see when his eyes go from black to red to see when Naraku took over #Inuyasha #sango inuyasha #inuyasha naraku #Naraku #Inuyasha rewatch

[gilettefusion5]

Literally just screamed ARCHAEOPTERYX at the top of my lungs because it was relevant to my show, as though I don’t have neighbors or anything to think I’m a basket case for yelling about dinosaurs at 2 am

#honestly at this point they should be used to it #poor girls #I thought it would be vampire bats but no they look like pterodactyls #drunk lucy thoughts #inuyasha rewatch #storytime with lucy

[meadashaw]

First time rewatching Inuyasha since my toddler started talking and in the pilot when Inuyasha is shot, she pauses mid-play and yells, "Oh no!"

😂 'Oh no' indeed

#inuyasha #inuyasha rewatch

[imafraidoftomorrow]

Degenerate solidarity ✨️

#started rewatching Fruits Basket and this was all I could think about #tohru honda #kyo soma #kyo sohma #honda tohru #sohma kyo #fruits basket #jjk sukuna #sukuna #sesshomaru #inuyasha sesshomaru #ken kaneki #kaneki ken #tokyo ghoul #ichigo bleach #elias ainsworth #fullmetal alchemist #envy fullmetal alchemist #envy fma #greed fma #anime memes #anime meme otaku #manga meme #manga memes #memes

[fuedalreesespieces]

sota's brave confession of love being that episode:

[worth noting here that in the dub the way richard says "WHAT-ever..." priceless.]

[also worth noting that in the dub he says "you already said that" instead of "hah! what're you saying?!" which feels more like an inuyasha response to me. then again we'll never know since this is technically anime-only, and while i tend not to like a lot of inuyasha filler, if it's in the modern day i will eat it up. every. time.]

inuyasha being stunned by the sheer amount of goods in a grocery store...gold. earlier in this episode he also seemed enamored by baked goods, and i wonder if he's ever really had anything resembling it? bread made its way to japan mid-16th century via portuguese traders, so it's likely he's never had anything like it and the smell must've been new to him - it would've been interesting if we'd seen him trying all these new foods!

i can never decide whether or not sunrise likes inukag bc they'll cut out canon scenes of them but then insert scenes like this in their filler eps...what game are ya'll playing? but flustered inuyasha is adorable so i can't complain this time.

eavesdropping...

i'm sorry WHERE is he getting these questions from i actually burst out laughing

called out by an eight year old...

i don't care whether or not this is ooc because i laughed way too hard like he really got dragged from potential sleep to deal with this LMAO

this is the cutest thing i've ever seen and it only gets better:

shortly after: sota getting kicked out of his own house after chickening out for the tenth time this episode

smol

flustered inukag my beloved...

anyway this episode is a dumb fun and i love it to an insane degree. the only part i would say is out of character (at least, more out of character than sunrise already does inuyasha) is when he literally makes this face at the thought of confessing to kagome:

coming from the guy who was pretty open about his feelings in the manga and quite literally told kagome - thinking she was hearing him - that he likes seeing her smile and feels relieved when he's by her side, i don't see him getting this flustered - but the face he makes is priceless.

#the amount of times i've rewatched this episode can't be counted tbh #i loved seeing inukag try to help sota confess with various methods #from kagome dressing him up to inuyasha “training” him #they hyped him up soo bad this ep lmao #too bad it didn't pay off since he interrupted them like five seasons later #there's another scene where inuyasha and kagome are like “why doesn't he just get over himself and confess” which in isolation is funny #but when i think about it they weren't even that dense in the manga it's literally only anime inukag w/ this problem #which is another sunrise addition that nobody asked for #so i didn't include that here bc after reading panels of inukag being in an almost pseudo relationship it's so jarring going back to this #will they wont they thing like nooo sir #anyway enough tag rambling #inuyasha #inuyasha a feudal fairy tale #inuyasha anime #inukag #kagome higurashi #sota higurashi #kagome #inuyasha x kagome

[tmetta]

Currently obsessed with that au where Sesshomaru is the younger sibling

#inuyasha #sesshomaru #kagome higurashi #the only way to fix sesshomaru is to start over #make him baby again #also getting the urge to rewatch kamisama kiss so if u see me start making art for that mind ur business

[blazersparker]

Jadewolf inuyasha screenshot redraws .... infecting my brain ...

#jadewolfshipping #heehoo #i need to rewatch inuyasha #u guys will never guess whomy favorite was #ne ver. ull never guess #if u say koga ur so wrong btw /j #ofc its koga hes a wolf he cares about his family hes SO full of himself #heart him for..ever #uhh can i even tag this inuyasha #ninjago #ninjago fanart #blazedoesart #harumi #princess harumi #akita #ninjago akita #inuyasha

[ckreadsblog]

In this InuYasha rewatch my brain is like "Are InuYasha and Kagome demi" so good to know I'm consuming this series VERY NORMALLY and not obsessing AT ALL

Kagome isn't taken with anyone else and only developed feelings when she started to make an emotional connection with InuYasha. Koga's advances do nothing for her because he immediately decides they're gonna be together, no time for her to connect.

InuYasha exhibits the same with Kagome and Kikyo -- only developed feelings once he got to know them. And with Kagome, he displays prime demi behavior - complete and total denial of feelings because there's NO WAY that's what's happening

Even if they're just demi disasters to ME, going back and watching media with ships I loved that can be read as demi explains so much, I love this for me

#inuyasha #inuyasha rewatch #kagome #inukag #rumiko takahashi #anime #manga #demi #demisexual #I'm FINE

[unico2]

*jaken voice* lord sesshomaru am i serving cunt !??

#inuyasha #sesshomaru #jaken #rewatching inuyasha is sooo good for me #literally havent drawn since january and i can feel my art knowledge rust and squeak in my brain folds #im on season 5 i miss naraku sm no one can deconstruct and expel body parts like he can baby #also i dont accept anything past the main series #im straight up looking away

[valerietompson]

If I had a nickel for every time a modern-day, shrine dwelling, Japanese school girl with spiritual powers went time traveling 500 years into the past and garnered the affection of an irritable white haired, canine-adjacent demon character, I’d have 2 nickels.

#which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice #inuyasha #kamisama hajimemashita #kagome higurashi #nanami momozono #I was rewatching some of my middle school favs and had a realization #tomoe x nanami #inukag #I can’t believe I forgot how both girls at some point also gain some level of spiritual control over their respective demonic love interests #or that both demons were previously infatuated/in love with their respective girl’s ancestor/previous incarnation/‘other version of them’ #there’s just so much overlap lol #tory’s post #my post

[truehimbo]

rewatching inuyasha and I can't decide if Seeshoumaru's introduction is hilarious or just a 20min long "try not to say daddy" challenge 😔💔

I also keep forgetting how sassy and funny he was at the beginning of the story 💀 going "it was a joke inuyasha 🤭" at the un-mother thing djskdaldskals he's def not as stoic and blank faced as the fandom makes him out to be

#sesshomaru #inuyasha #rewatching again.... #sesshoumaru #jaken is also top tier hilarious but that's for another day #i luv him 😔 #also kagome's beef with both of them lmao

[gilettefusion5]

Having intense philosophical conversations about inuyasha with my cat after a full bottle of wine

#is hakudoshi acting independently of naraku? #or is he different than the other incarnations by virtue of onigumo’s heart? #inuyasha rewatch #drunk lucy thoughts #I swear I’m honestly interested not just wine interested #storytime with lucy

[shinidamachu]

Hello ma’am at Wendy’s; could you analyze some inukag scenes in the first movie? 😍

I could talk about how Inuyasha was strugling in the first battle — to the point of Shippo stating he's hopeless when Kagome isn't around — and how he headed back to it with renewed energy once she got there.

I could talk about how he bickers with her the entire time, but it's always so gentle while constantly carrying her away from danger — bridal style, no less — and asking her in that soft voice we don't ever hear him use with anyone else if she is alright even though he was the one just getting his ass beaten.

I could also talk about how he follows after Kagome when she runs off, supposedly to "give her a piece of his mind" yet doesn't deny it when Shippo counter arguments that she got him wrapped around her finger. I could. But that's just our everyday Inukag, so here are the scenes I feel like are worthy discussing on a deeper level.

When Inuyasha found Kagome after she accidentally cut herself, he got closer, wanting to take a better look at her wound, but for a second there Kagome forgot about her injury and really thought he was going to kiss her. You can see her surprise at his sudden proximity and then the disappointment when he goes for her hand instead.

Then he took her finger to his mouth, to the place where his fangs are, without overthinking it or fearing any judgement, simply trusting that Kagome wouldn't be scared or disgusted by the gesture, by him. And she never does. What really makes this scene, though, is that Inuyasha is completely oblivious to the effect his actions are having on her so far or just how intimate they actually are.

Kagome's safety is his number one priority and Inuyasha feels comfortable enough with her to follow his instincts without reservations, so he doesn't quite realize the romantic implications because it's natural to him, to them, to be this close.

Then Inuyasha uses Kagome's favorite handkerchief to patch her up. Considering she sounds more upset about him ripping it to do so than surprised that he has it in the first place and that he doesn't seem embarrased to have it at all, my guess is that she must have gifted it to him at some point.

And even though he claims it's just a piece of cloth, the fact remains that he carried it with himself for who knows how long — probably because it smells like her — and kept it intact despite the many battles, that is until she needed it as a bandage and we get visual confirmation that Shippo was right: Kagome literally got him wrapped around her finger.

Flash forward to the bridge scene, where Inuyasha thinks he's seeing Kikyo at first, then notices is actually Kagome in priestess clothes and runs to her. If you ask me, it's pretty telling that he'd only mistake the two of them when Kagome isn't acting like herself.

I love his reaction to realizing Kagome is there, safe and sound. He's just so genuinelly happy and relieved to see her. Those aren't emotions we're used to get from him. Plus, he worries about her being pale and insists that she gets back to Kaede's so she can get more rest.

Then when Kagome hugs him, he apologizes — which we also don't see him do often — for not getting to her sooner, thinking that's what earned him that hug. And he returns her embrace in true Inuyasha fashion: tight and cradling her head.

That's when Kagome pulled this little trick and I think two things are worthy noticing. One, she managed to break free from the mind control long enough to tell Inuyasha to get away. That's quite impressive. Two, when confronted with the idea of Kagome betraying him, Inuyasha came to the only possible conclusion that she was under a spell, never once doubting her.

He makes one attempt to reason with her, pleading for Kagome to snap out of it, but when that fails, he doesn't even try to immobilize her or adopt a defensive stance, he just runs, flat out refusing to lay a hand on her, the opposite of his fighting style.

And even though Inuyasha knows Kagome is being controled, I still appreciate his reaction to hearing the one person who makes him want to live telling him to die. Not to mention how it brought back some very unpleasent memories. Speaking of which...

What's interesting about this scene is that, again, Inuyasha knows this is Kagome attacking him — although against her will — but the very idea of her hurting him is so inconceivable that Inuyasha tries to make sense of it with the situations he has experienced before.

Then Kagome explained she has no control over her body and just can't stop, begging him to run again before it's too late. Inuyasha, however, wouldn't hear it.

"I'm not running. Not without you. I won't leave you behind."

And honestly, who would have blamed him if he had run? Certainly not Kagome. She understands better than anyone just how difficult reliving those old traumas must be for him. Yet he would rather stay and die by her hands than leave without her.

That's why she fought so hard against the spell here, in a way she couldn't quite fight when it wasn't Inuyasha's life on the line. Until the very end, she refuses to be the one to cause Inuyasha the same harm he has suffered before. But she ultimately fails.

It's only after Kagome realizes what she's done that she manages to break the spell. It's very meaningful that she screams his name the exact moment it happens and that her eyes were full of tears even before she shot that arrow.

She runs to Inuyasha and wraps him into one of my favorite Inukag hugs ever. The position they're in is so intimate, it's like she wants to melt into him and protect him from the entire world while begging him to say something and open his eyes, chanting how sorry she is.

It also parallels the scene in the beginning. Same spot, similar situations. Except where once was Kagome injured, now is Inuyasha and where once was him patching her up, now it's her who is taking care of him.

Kagome doesn't let go of Inuyasha for a good while and when Kikyo tells her to return to her own time, since she doesn't belong there, Kagome answers that she won't, that she can't leave Inuyasha — echoing his words from earlier.

Even after Kikyo explains that once the well it's covered over, Kagome won't be able to return to her own world anymore, she is still reticent about leaving Inuyasha and Kikyo has to literally force her out.

"Inuyasha! My hands can't touch him anymore. My voice can't reach him anymore. I won't see Inuyasha ever again."

I absolutely love how classic Inukag this quote is. You have Kagome saying his name twice, a mention of touching, which is a huge part of their love language, a nod to her voice reaching out to him, which is a recurrent theme for them and "I won't see Inuyasha ever again" as opposite to our many "I want to see Inuyasha once more."

Another thing I love is how this scene mirrors the one when Kagome first meets Inuyasha: unconscious against the Sacred Tree, her hand reaching out to him. Except then she ended up saving him later and now she was the reason he was there.

Then we finally get to the reunion scene, the heart of "Affections Touching Across Time" which by the way is such a great name for the movie! Not only is it poetic, but it also paints Inuyasha and Kagome's relationship as the transcendental love story that it is. As if no matter the circumstances, it's inevitable for the love the feel for each other to find its way back to them.

Inuyasha wakes up and Kagome is his very first thought. For her part, Kagome is also able to feel Inuyasha through the tree.

"I can feel him. I can feel Inuyasha."

They start to talk even though they're years and years apart, Kagome asking if he is okay and Inuyasha brushing her worries off as usual. He then says he's surprised she isn't there and when Kagome says she came back home, he teases her about being scared.

Kagome denies it and I believe it's because she was initially thinking about the dangerous situation they were in, but then images of Kikyo telling her to go home and kissing Inuyasha flashes through her mind and she admits that e was right, that maybe she did run away.

She did get scared, but not of the danger they were facing. She was scared to find out Inuyasha was truly in love with Kikyo and that, since Kagome hurt him, he would be better off without her around.

Once Kagome explains that to him — minus the Kikyo part — Inuyasha gets up despite his wounds and tries to make his way to her, but Kagome meets him half way.

@kitramune pointed out that Inuyasha smiles at her reaction because not only he knew she would do so, but he also expected her to in order to pull her into a hug.

"I need you with me, Kagome. Haven't you realized that yet?"

Their hug is also a perfect replica of the original one, their very first one. From Inuyasha having a wound on his chest to catching Kagome completely off guard, first pulling her towards him then embracing her tight.

The scene is a masterpiece overall. The music, the dialogue, the voice acting — both in japanese and english —, the emotional conflict. It keeps me wishing it had happened in canon every time I watch it.

And I can't in good conscience leave the ultimate trusting exercise out of this. That Kagome trusts Inuyasha enough to jump into his arms from great heights it's pretty amazing in and out of itself, but the reason her confidence in him is so high is because he delivers it every time. It's all very reciprocal.

And even though Inuyasha complains about her being reckless, I love that he doesn't even bother to sheathe Tessaiga — his most valuable possession — too focus on catching Kagome in the gentlest way possible.

Last but not least: the extra scene. In the beginning of the movie, we hear Grandpa Higurashi say that the Sacred Tree would blossom every single year without fail, until five hundred years ago, when Inuyasha was put under a spell and fixed to its truck, to which Kagome replies that now its flowers are blooming again because she set Inuyasha free.

The blossoms represent just that: a counterpoint to the snow that once fell over them. They're both pretty but where the snow is cold, the petals are warm. Where one is winter, the other is spring. Where one is the end of a cycle, the other is rebirth, it's life.

I hope putting Inuyasha on the shadows and Kagome on the sunny side of the tree was a conscious creative choice here because it accentuates their personalities and the yin and yang dynamic of their relationship, on top of being aesthetically pleasing.

I especially enjoyed how reassuring and straight forward he was here, like it was a given that he would be there for and with her even if it couldn't be physically, like he couldn't fathom any other way.

And of course, there's the way Inuyasha is so aware of her and constantly worried about her well being, noticing how exhausted she was and being concerned she might collapse while having a severe injury on his own chest.

HONORABLE MENTIONS: Sango telling Kagome to be careful and Kagome replying that she'll be fine because she'll be with Inuyasha. The villain saying "I've never seen anything more pathetic than a half demon cuddle by a mortal girl" and Kagome going "why? What's wrong with us being together?" Kagome still feeling awful about hurting Inuyasha and thanking him when he insisted that "it's barely a scratch."

#I've watched the Inuyasha movies once each #And I never really planned on revisiting them because to be honest I don't particularly consider them canon #Plus the animation was atrocious at times #So I figured I'd just rewatch the most memorable scenes whenever I feel nostalgic #But I watched the whole thing for you Kat #And I actually had a great time doing it #Inuyasha #Sidmailing #Affections Touching Across Time #Kagome #Kagome Higurashi #Inukag #Inumeta #Inukag meta #Inuyasha meta #Kagome meta