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Inuyasha is half-demon, and his father, a very powerful dog demon, also has a full youkai son named Sesshoumaru, who despises Inuyasha. Their father died before the story even began, but left each of his sons very powerful swords. Inuyasha's sword, Tessaiga, can kill 100 youkai with one swing. Sesshoumaru's sword, Tenseiga, can bring life back to 100 people. Inuyasha's mother, a very beautiful, kind person, is also already deceased.Personality: Hot-tempered and slightly tactless, Inuyasha has a hard time trusting anyone (hanyou are half and half, unable to live with either species peacefully). He fell in love with a priestess named Kikyou, who guarded and purified the Shikon no Tama [Jewel of Four Souls], an item that grants a youkai great powers. Inuyasha had wanted to become human in order to be with her, but Naraku tricked them into hating each other--another reason why Inuyasha has a hard time trusting anyone (see Naraku's description to learn his motives). With Kagome's appearance in his life, Inuyasha is starting to learn love and trust again. Nonetheless, Inuyasha has a great deal of conflict over whether he wants to be with Kikyou or Kagome because he loves both of them. The matter might actually rest with the two girls...who will give up on him first?Skills: Inuyasha has several claw attacks. One is called Sankon Tessou [Soul-Shattering Iron Claws], and another is Hijin Kessou [Flying Claws of Blood]. His Tessaiga [Iron Fang] helps him slice and dice the enemy, use Kaze no Kizu [Wound of the Wind], and Baku Ryu-Ha [Grand Sword Style]. He can also run fast and far, jump high and far, and he's really strong. INUYASHA
KAGOME Kagome is a 15-year-old junior high student from present day Japan. She lives with her mother, brother, and grandfather in a home that houses a very old temple. The temple's sacred tree is the same as the one to which Inuyasha was sealed so many years ago. One morning as she was leaving for school, Kagome and her brother were searching for the family cat, Buyo. She found the cat inside the wellhouse, but a demon from medieval Japan burst in through the Bone-Gobbling Well, grabbing Kagome and pulling her to medieval Japan. She fights off the demon, unknowingly using the power of the Shikon no Tama [Jewel of Four Souls] hidden inside her body (what the demon was trying to get by attacking her). After dispatching the demon, Kagome pops back out of the well, only to realize that she's not where she thought she was. Thus begins her adventures with Inuyasha, whose seal she breaks. Over time, she falls in love with Inuyasha, only to find heartache since he stills loves another.Personality: Courageous and surprisingly smart, Kagome has a strong moral center, determination, and lots of tact. Though she and Inuyasha seem to fight a lot, she is very protective of him, and the other members of the Yasha gang. She knows her feelings well, and does not try to hide them from herself.Skills: Just as Kikyou had much skill with a bow, Kagome can shoot Hamaya [Purity Arrows], which damage even the powerful bad guys in the show, like Naraku. She also eventually can even use her bow to ward off demons.
KIKYOU The townspeople of Sango's village, who had been entrusted the Shikon no Tama, gave it to Kikyou to safeguard and purify. Inuyasha at one point came to steal the Shikon no Tama, but though Kikyou could have killed him, she decided not to out of mercy. It intrigued Inuyasha, and he began to follow her everywhere. After a time, he and Kikyou interacted a lot, and they fell in love. However, Naraku tricked Kikyou into thinking that Inuyasha had come to kill her and take the Shikon, after she had told Inuyasha she would give it to him so that he could become completely human. She vowed to kill Inuyasha once the fake Inuyasha had run off with the jewel, even though she was badly wounded. Inuyasha was also tricked into thinking that Kikyou had betrayed him when Naraku took her form and shot at him. He went after the jewel as revenge, which had been placed back where it was supposed to be. As he was escaping, the real Kikyou used her last ounce of strength to seal Inuyasha to a tree. She died moments later. Now, having been resurrected, she is living a half-life since her body cannot have the soul that's already been reincarnated in Kagome. Her body is supported by the souls of the dead, brought to her by Shinidam Chuu [Soul-Catchers].Personality: Kikyou seems very sad and regretful. Her "resurrected" personality is actually different from the personality she had when she was alive. Her new personality is much more bitter, and she is easily angered.Skills: Kikyou has wonderful skill with a bow, and shoots very powerful Hamaya [Purity Arrows]. Her holy powers give her a lot of resistance to Naraku's spells, and she can always defeat many Illusion or Control spells. The Shinidama Chuu are the demons that she controls.
MIROKU Miroku is a lecherous monk. He asks every pretty woman he meets if she'll bear his child. Though this sounds quite ridiculous, Miroku has a good reason to ask. He, his grandfather, and his father have been cursed by Naraku with what is called a kazaana [Air Void]. It's basically a black hole in the palm of his right hand, and he must use a monk's seal to keep it from sucking in everything around him. The bad part of this curse is that the Air Void will eventually suck him in as well, just as it did to his father and grandfather. Thus, Miroku has to continue his family's line so that if he fails to kill Naraku, thus lifting the curse, his son will have to take on the job. He meets up with Kagome and Inuyasha early on in the series. Finding that he and Inuyasha have the same purpose (finding the Shikon shards and killing Naraku), he helps as best he can whenever they fight Naraku's evil forces.Personality: Miroku seems superfluous and flaky, but he constantly worries about the Air Void in his hand, and feels that time is running out. He has a good sense of humor, cares for the others in the Yasha gang, and makes great sacrifices if he feels it will help them.Skills: Though his kazaana is his most powerful weapon, he sometimes cannot use it due to Naraku's Saimyoushou [Hell's Insects], which sometimes pop up to willingly get sucked into the Air Void, stinging Miroku as they enter. However, he also has some significant holy powers, which he can use to protect the others by making a invisible shell over them, and his shakujou [monk's staff] is a pretty good holy weapon.
SANGO Sango, her brother, Kohaku, and their father (the village leader), all lived in a village of demon exterminators. It was their trade, and they were good at their jobs. However, the first night that Kohaku went to fight demons with his older sister, father, and other exterminators, they ran into Naraku. Naraku used a spider demon to control Kohaku, and made him kill his and Sango's father and the other exterminators. He almost killed Sango, and ended up dying when the people who hired them shot Kohaku after his crazed attack of his family and friends. They also shot Sango full of arrows, thinking that she had gone insane as well. That night, everyone in her village was killed by a huge swarm of demons, all controlled by Naraku. Obviously, poor Sango was mentally scarred for life. Though she thought Kohaku had died, Naraku used a Shikon shard to keep her brother alive in order to use him not only as a mindless drone, but also as a means to manipulate the Yasha gang since Kohaku is important to one of its members.Personality: Sango really loves her brother, and hates to see him being used. However, the only thing keeping him alive is a Shikon shard in his back. She is trying desperately to get her brother back, not the lifeless shell that Naraku has made--the real Kohaku doesn't want to remember what he did (though he was forced) that awful night. She is a brave, kind, loving person.Skills: Sango has a great weapon, her Hiraikotsu [Flying Bone], a huge boomerang. She uses it to slice the enemy, whether it's one big demons or a bunch of them together, and to block attacks. She can also use a small katana very well, and there is a hidden pop-up dagger on her right wrist.
SHIPPOU Shippou is very young and so does not have the power of some other demons. His father, who was killed for his pelt by Hiten and Manten, was the last person that Shippou had as family. Thus, he tags along with the Yasha gang after Kagome and Inuyasha avenged his father's death. Though he and Inuyasha do not get along at all, Shippou wants Kagome to be happy, and tries to encourage Inuyasha's feelings for Kagome.Personality: Also hot-tempered, but with the innocent mind of a child, Shippou likes to help out whenever possible (since his fighting abilities aren't too much help, being that he's so young). He's very observant of other people's feelings, even if, like a kid, he blurts things out a bit too much.Skills: He can become a floating pink balloon, leave a trail of Naki Kinoko [Weeping Mushrooms] in case someone needs to follow him, and change his appearance (the transformations aren't always complete). His attacks include magical illusions: Tsubushi Goma [Smashing Top], Bunshin [Divide], and Kitsune Bi [Fox Fire]. Some of his "ingredients" include: ofuda [charm], ojizousan no moto [Element of Ojizou-san: an enlightened person who looks over children, travelers, and the Underworld], ganguma [toy horse], ganguhebi [toy snake], goma [top], happa [leaf], kinoko [mushrooms], and dosogeri [acorns].
KAEDE In flashbacks to the time when Kikyou and Inuyasha were tricked by Naraku, we see that Kaede was a pretty child with a fresh wound over her right eye, which obviously took the sight from that eye. With the appearance of Kagome after Inuyasha has been sealed for 50 years, Kaede has become an old woman with an eye patch and a cane. She has also become a prietess, like her sister. She knows quite a bit about almost everything. She is the advisor and anchor for Inuyasha and Kagome in the show. Though she mostly doesn't travel with them, they often come back to recuperate and talk with Kaede.Personality: Kaede is gruff and doesn't take any BS from anyone. She has a lot of faith in the Yasha gang, and wishes to give her sister peace as soon as possible. I think that she disagrees with Kikyou on making Inuyasha go to hell with her--it goes against some of her principles, I'm assuming.Skills: Since we really haven't seen Kaede as anything but a child and an old woman, we can't tell if she had any special powers when she was younger. She does have at least some of the holy powers that Kikyou has, but not to the same degree. Kaede does know a lot about medicines, however. Though Kagome supplies the modern-day equipment, Kaede usually treats wounds when the Yasha gang comes back to town.
KIRARA Sango's pet demon. When we first see her, she's actually pretty huge and scary-looking with a demon's head in her mouth. Kirara has become a significant portion of the group's fighting squad.Personality: This feline demon is very protective of Sango and her friends. She can't speak, but she's still smart enough to completely understand what other people are saying. Note: In episode 26, we see a short scene near the end in which Kirara is standing with Midoriko, the powerful miko who first "created" the Shikon no Tama, so Kirara must be really old.Skills: When in her big size, Kirara can fly, carrying perhaps three people on her back. She's also got huge, saber-cat-like teeth and claws that are good for hand-to-hand fighting, but they're not too useful against very powerful enemies.
TOUTOUSAI A legendary swordsmith, Toutousai is the one who crafted Tessaiga and Tenseiga, the swords used by Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru. He crafted these swords from fangs donated by Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru's father. He appears in a few episodes riding his three-eyed magical cow (don't ask), and does have some pertinent information about Tessaiga and its connection to Inuyasha.Personality: Toutousai loves what he does for a living. He is generally friendly to everyone, knowledgeable, and even tactful. At other times, he's obviously ticked off by some people (like evil ex-apprentices), but he's still a nice guy.Skills: I'm not quite sure what to make out of Toutousai's ability to breath fire. He has to be a demon simply judging from the fact that he can breathe fire, invoke magical properties into weapons, and has lived a pretty long time, but no one in the show has made a point of what type of demon he is. He, of course, uses this ability to makes swords mostly, but he also used it once to stop Sesshoumaru from fighting Inuyasha when Inuyasha was, shall we say, not himself...
KOHAKU Only eleven-years-old, Kohaku is Sango's younger brother. Sango is the best taijiya [youkai exterminator] in their village. One night when Sango, their father, and other exterminators went out to do a job for a nearby mansion (killing a spider demon), Kohaku was brought along for his first night as an exterminator. The spider demon had actually possessed the mansion's lord, and though the exterminators did kill a humongous spider, they were caught off guard when the mansion lord used a spider thread to possess Kohaku and make him kill all of his comrades and his father. Sango managed to live through the ordeal with Kohaku and the mansion guards. Naraku, the guy behind it all, still controls Kohaku's mind (since the poor kid doesn't want to remember what he was forced to do that night). Sango now fights Naraku for revenge, and to save the life of her brother, if she can.Personality: From what we see of the normal Kohaku, he's actually very kind, even shy, and loves his sister very much. His ordeal that night traumatized him, so his mind is still very vulnerable to Naraku's tricks, but hopefully his sister's love (and the help of the Yasha gang) will get him through his pain.Skills: Kohaku uses a weapon called a kusarikama [chained sickle]. He's pretty good with it, but his sister can defeat him any day (he's just too young). As a boy training to be a taijiya, he's just plain good at normal fighting techniques, too.
MYOUGA Myouga is a tiny flea demon. (Yeah, I had the same reaction.) He hangs around because he's basically Inuyasha's retainer, the same way Jaken is Sesshoumaru's retainer, only Myouga is a lot more useful. He knows a lot of information helpful to the Yasha gang, but he sometimes fibs about how much he knows. He has saved Inuyasha's life either directly or indirectly a few times.Personality: Myouga is a big coward. I would be, too, if I were simply a bug that anyone could squash. He often only hangs around fight scenes if he's with someone not involved in the fight. Usually, he high-tails it away from danger. He's a compulsive liar sometimes (not often), but the lies have had the potential to be very harmful.Skills: The knowledge that he has obtained due to his old age, and after being around and biting many youkai and humans, is an asset to the group, usually.
KOUGA Kouga is the leader of a tribe of wolf demons. He once kidnapped Kagome because she could see Shikon shards (useful for him) and quickly fell in love with her, claiming her as his woman, which of course made Inuyasha really mad and jealous. Kouga knows who she really likes, but he's certainly tenacious, and pops up every once in a while if he can smell that Kagome is near. He competes for her affection, hoping that Inuyasha will die soon so that Kagome can 'forget about him' and be Kouga's woman! He also has two Shikon shards in his legs, which makes him a very fast runner, and has been in lots of episodes.Personality: Brave and confident, like Inuyasha, Kouga has a lot of brotherly love for his tribe (who were slaughtered by Kagura in one episode--he doesn't like Kagura at all, of course). Kouga is blunt, but honest and has a good moral center.Skills: Kouga can run--really fast--he could probably even beat Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha (it's the Shikon shards). He has excellent senses, like a wolf, and fights very well. However, he doesn't have a cool weapon like Tessaiga, and he rarely, if ever, uses the sword that we sometimes see with him.
NARAKU Naraku is the result of the joining of hundreds of demons and a human. Onigumo, a thief who had been seriously burned (the spider-shaped scar on Naraku's back is reminiscent of Onigumo), was being taken care of by Kikyou and Kaede. His dirty love for Kikyou, formed in a twisted mind, allowed demons to consume his body, and give him the one he has now. Naraku, still retaining some "feelings" for Kikyou since Onigumo still exists within his heart, is causing havoc for many people. He was the one who tricked Kikyou into believing that Inuyasha had betrayed her and vice versa. Naraku's goal is to gather all the Shikon shards and become a full demon. When he first appears to the Yasha gang after his initial confrontation with Inuyasha and Kikyou, he has taken the identity of a wakatono [young lord] named Hitomi Kagewaki. The real lord either died from something natural, or was killed by Naraku.Personality: Naraku lets others do the dirty work for him. His detachments (demons born from his body) terrorize the Yasha gang and try to get their Shikon shards while Naraku stays behind the scenes. So far, his detachments include: #1-Kanna, #2-Kagura, #3-Goshinki, #4/5-Kageroumaru & Juuroumaru, and the latest is #6-Hakudouji. He tried to release the part of him that contained Onigumo (renamed Musou), but little bits of Onigumo were still inside Naraku, and Naraku was forced to re-absorb Musou.Skills: Naraku he can regenerate body parts, control demons, fly, generate detachments, form miasmas (a noxious and corrosive atmosphere/fog), and hide his headquarters from the Yasha gang using his evil magic. The powerfully poisonous air his body releases if injured is called shouki, and he uses it to form the miasmas. To "observe" things on the outside of his castle and to protect his cowardly @$$ when confronting the Yasha gang, Naraku uses kugutsu [puppets]. They're the monkey-suit/tentacle monster things that the Yasha gang sometimes fights.
KANNA Kanna is the very first of Naraku's detachments, and amazingly enough, she and Kagura are still alive as of episode 132. Kanna uses a mirror to steal the souls of living people, and can then manipulate them (or have others do so). At one point, she had to take time to repair her mirror after a very large soul (Kagome's soul) was too big for it, and cracked it. We see fleeting glimpses of her at first, but she appears a bit more regularly during the Shichinintai arc of the series, and is practically the only detachment of Naraku that is alive, still loyal, and still under Naraku's control. Since she hasn't been thwarted by the Yasha gang yet, and since she is much more loyal to Naraku than Kagura is, Kanna has the potential to be a big pain in the @$$ later in the series. Personality: Her name in English means "nihility" and that's just what she is. She's completely devoid of emotion, even coloring, and she speaks with a soft, chilly voice. She's very mature, and sometimes much smarter than Kagura.Skills: Like I said earlier, she has the ability to use her mirror to pull in the souls of living beings and manipulate the leftover bodies as she wishes (or have someone else do so, like Kagura). Her mirror also serves as Naraku's way of observing things outside of his vision.
KAGURA Kagura is the second detachment of Naraku. Though he holds her life in his hands, she despises him, and is scared of what he may to do her. Her deepest ambition is to be rid of her ties to him. She has appeared many times to harass the Yasha gang and makes their lives very difficult.Personality: Seemingly over-confident, Kagura does know her powers very well, and pretty much acts cruelly to anyone not on her side. She has no qualms about watching her comrads kill entire villages. Though she is controlled by Naraku, she does her jobs for him as efficiently as she can.Skills: Kagura has complete control of the wind in the area around her. This can make life difficult for Inuyasha since he has to use wind currents to perform one of his most powerful attacks. Kagome, if she's able to help, can dispel Kagura's control enough for Inuyasha to use this attack, Kaze no Kizu [Wound of the Wind], by shooting her Hamaya [Purity Arrows]. Kagura can use Fuujin no Mai [Dance of Wind Blades], Ryuuja no Mai [Dance of the Dragon Snakes [Tornadoes]], and Shikabane Mai [Corpse Dance]. She can also use a feather trick to fly around, and generally is a cool bad guy.
SESSHOUMARU Sesshoumaru is Inuyasha's older half-brother. Their father, also a demon lord, had Inuyasha with a human female, but we don't know about Sesshoumaru's mother (yet). Sesshoumaru hates Inuyasha for having human blood (at least, that's the reason he gives everyone), and feels insulted that their father gave Tessaiga to Inuyasha while giving Tenseiga to Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru can't even steal Tessaiga from Inuyasha--only a hanyou [half-demon]can hold and wield Tessaiga (showing that the father did indeed intend the sword to be for Inuyasha only). He now also has it in for Naraku, who tried to use one of his followers to force his hand (so for a while, he and the Yasha gang have the same goal).Personality: Sesshoumaru is cold-hearted, but we have seen signs of compassion. In episode 35, he saves the life of a human child, Rin, and then is seen taking care of her, even guarding her, in later episodes. He still has a lot of ambition, of course, and he still hates Inuyasha's guts, but perhaps someday he'll come to tolerate his little half-brother.Skills: In his human form, Sesshoumaru can use many poison attacks (i.e.--Dokkasou [Toxic Flower Claw]), he can move very fast, and he has excellent senses. In his demonic form (a bit like Valcore from the NeverEnding Story), he's a very large, very strong dog with sharp, strong, poisonous teeth, who can breath out very toxic, acidic air. He primarily uses a sword crafted named Toukijin. The sword has many powerful energy attacks, useful for when Tenseiga isn't helpful in battle.
RIN Rin is a human female child, who lost her parents to sickness, and who did not speak to anyone after their deaths. She stole food to survive, and got herself beat up by the local villagers a lot since she was a burden to them. She found Sesshoumaru after he was attacked full frontal by Inuyasha's Kaze no Kizu [Wound of the Wind], and decides to try to take care of him, but he does not accept her caretaking. However, after she's beaten up for stealing food, he cool-headedly inquires about the bruises on her face. Even Rin knows then that he's not completely cold, and gives him a big smile. However, he leaves her to her own devices once he is healed up, and this is when Kouga's tribe first enters the series. Though you think of Kouga as a nice guy, don't forget that he let his wolves murder everyone in Rin's village, including Rin! Thankfully, though, Sesshoumaru revived her using Tenseiga, and everything was happy again.Personality: Rin is absolutely adhered to Sesshoumaru. She does exactly what he says, no matter what. She even makes fun of Jaken when he annoys Sesshoumaru in order to help out her savior. She's otherwise a happy child, and pretty likeable.Skills: She's a human child...she can't really do anything. She can at least beat up on Jaken. That's a plus any day.
JAKEN Jaken is Sesshoumaru's retainer. Why Sesshoumaru keeps around such a groveling, annoying guy, no one can tell, but Jaken is good comic relief. He constantly yearns for Sesshoumaru's approval, and appears often in the series. We even see a cute filler episode that shows how Jaken and Sesshoumaru meet, affirming that Jaken, too, is a fangirl. ^_^Personality: Jaken has a firm faith in the abilities of his "Sesshoumaru-sama" and knows his master well. He knows that to see Sesshoumaru smiling is a scary thing, that when Sesshoumaru saves a human (Rin) it is a shocking thing to behold, and that his master is a powerful demon, able to destroy any enemy (or so he hopes). Jaken's sucking up can make him look like a brown-noser, but he's otherwise a good, well-developed character.Skills: Jaken does have a few magical abilities, granted to him by the Staff of Heads. The heads shoot energy out of their mouths if Jaken points the right head in the right direction, and taps the staff on the ground. He also used this staff in episode 79 to create water. He rarely uses this staff, though, so I'm not sure what all of its powers are.
