Why do you say that like it's rare or something? Thats pretty much the norm in anime. There are endless anime with great female characters. If you think Inuyasha's a "gem" for having good female characters you must not watch much of anything.
After watching a documentary about the crazy struggles and mindless prejudices half-Japanese people have to in fact face in Japan, I can't help but think Inuyasha was way before it's time also on this aspect. It possibly have had huge meaning to half-Japanese kids who grew up in Japan.
Sometimes one becomes half because of war and were conceived through rape rather than sex - that there is the taint of the enemy in innocent children. In Inuyasha, there were demons who saw humans more like hamburgers and chicken strips than as fellow beings - so humans saw half demons as being tainted by the enemy rather than as fellow beings. Shippo was a full demon but he was not the enemy.
@@buster3041 InuYasha (and other hanyous) weren't praised in the manga/anime, rather they were ostracized by both youkais and humans. That's kinda my point ;)
This series also covers many social/political/emotional topics as well, such as racism (IY/Jinengi, Shiori/her mom/her grandfather), classism/caste mindsets (Sesshoumaro, and many of higher ranks of society, etc.), past/present clashes of feminism (Kagome/Sango/Kagura, etc.), and depression/stress/obsession/PTSD (Kikyo, Miroku, Sango Sango/Kohaku, Kikyo/InuYasha, Onigumo/Naraku/Kikyo, etc.), for example. I loved the character development!
I do eventually plan on writing a follow up to this, so I can cover a wider range of topics. At the time of creating this I tried to limit its length to under an hour, so I had to omit or trim a few areas to get it at least close to that time frame.
Forget that, remember how Rumiko casually brought up Dissociative Identity Disorder with Suikotsu? That was such a well-written portion and a realistic usage of the disorder as a fictional element. It didn't feel as cringey as other DID portrayals in fiction. I also love how everyone in the Feudal Era were completely freaked out by what was happening to him and Kagome was the only one who vaguely understood because she had knowledge regarding the disorder from her era. Also the jewel became "pure" when he was the doctor and "impure" when he was a villain. This perfectly corresponds to the pathophysiology of DID; when a different alter is in control, a portion of the patient's brain is suddenly "active" while the ones that control other alters are "inactive". This pretty much implies that the brain has compartmentalized itself in such a way that each alter is their own person; with their own skill sets, personality and moral conscience. It makes perfect sense for the jewel to react differently towards different alters corresponding to what their moral consciences dictate.
I just finished rewatching InuYasha and noticed that Naraku was InuYasha's FOIL. They were both half-demons, both loved the same woman, both wanted to become full demons, but both took different paths.
I know the feeling. Originally I intended this video to be around 40 minutes long, but the more I wrote, the more new ideas popped into my head and of course I felt the need to include them all, resulting in an additional 25 extra minutes. Inuyasha is such deep series, and every time you rewatch it, you'll notice there's lot more to it.
@Vaudree Lavallee I'm definitely curious about it, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't at least a little apprehensive. A few of my other favorite anime received decades later sequels that let's just say didn't comprehend why their predecessor earned a sequel in the first place.
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 - yeah, I heard about Borutu and the recent remake of Reboot was not worth watching - in the latter case, it was definitely because the original minds were not involved in the project. What gives me hope with Yashahime is that the original creator is involved and the actor who did the English voice for Inuyasha is still alive. I like the concept that it is about three girls whose connection to their past had been severed to varying degrees and in very different ways. Reading between the lines, the connections were all severed when they were four and we see them 10 years later after they have led very different lives. The set-up also allows for a bit of backstory concerning characters in the original series. Even if it is sup-par that alone would make it worth watching. Despite your apprehension, I am looking forward to your theories after each new revelation comes out. My interest is in what allowed one girl through and then closed the porthole in the well - and what allowed it to open up again? Some people say that the porthole this time was through the tree and not the well - but the well was made from branches of the tree so, for all practical purposes, same thing. This leads me to think that there are potentially those other than Kagome and Inuyasha who can go through the well leading to the need to close it off temporarily. Question: Is there a known incidence of either a full demon or a human without powers going through the porthole in the well? A logical spell would be to close the porthole in the well so that it closes up for a specific period of time after the next person goes through it to prevent an evil half demon or priestess from going through it. I doubt that the person casting the spell planned to do it for 10 years - maybe they sneezed or were injured impacting the incantation. Sesshomaru saw his own superiority to Inuyasha in being both the first born and a full demon. Ergo, he would necessarily put a greater importance in finding Towa over looking after Setsuna. On the other hand, Inuyasha and Kagome would not be looking for Moroha if someone saw her jump in the well - even if, by that time, it was just a well. All we know so far seems to centre on the working of that well. The other thing is Kaede - in the original series, we only know her as a young girl and an old woman. Someone says it is cannon that she had no children. However, after 50 years, her grandchildren could have been married with children and her husband long dead by the time Kagome came through that well. Only her role as a priestess and connection to Kikyo was explored during the original series.
@@vaudreelavallee3757 The first episode had Lady Centipede come through pulling Kagome into the feudal era for the first time. I think the reason Kagome could go through if I remember correctly is because she had the Shikon Jewel. I think that’s also how she was trapped in the modern era at one point. The Jewel shard was taken from her. I think she was able to somehow use the Sacred Tree as another portal since the tree existed in both worlds. I don’t remember how all that worked though. I think the characters were the ones that intentionally closed off the well once the series ended.
Inuyasha to me has the best characters, story, soundtrack, art (I love how it goes from 90’s art, to early 2000’s art, to modern art.) i felt empty after it ended, but like they always say: don’t be sad it’s over, be glad it happened.
repetive shit story shit charcters except sessohamaru non intense fights stretched love triangle that goes on forever shit artstyle speaking each other's name making 20 percent of the anime just the anime you want to watch
My understanding of Sesshomaru's character arc is that, he goes from seriously trying to kill Inuyasha and hating him because he's part human and ignorant. To respecting him and protecting him. Their fights go from serious to kinda playful. I believe that he's kinda training him in these fights, but yeah he is also Protective of him. But he always protects him in a way where it looks like he's not, and or plays it off as he's being selfish or by saying that he's going to kill him and not whoever is trying. But he always stays in character. He's never going to admit that he loves Inuyasha and actively looks out for him. He's never going to admit that he loves Rin either. Even though that one is a lot more obvious. Since most people watch this anime and say that they just kinda tolerate each even though I and many others see a lot more. That's probably why he's the fan favorite, is because he's so full of shit. He's a badass with a soft side, but he has layers when it comes to that. He doesn't just go from Villain to Anti hero, and he doesn't just go from hating to loving his little brother. Well he does, but they don't beat you over the head with it and a lot of it is up to interpretation.
No he hasn't grown to love inuyasha. Only tolerate him. There's no place in the story where he's shown to care about inuyasha as family or even a friend. If anything that's where the final left off.
@@buster3041 Sesshomaru does care for Inyusha I am rewatching the series on Netflix. Like the original comment said he just doesn't show it. If he wanted to Kill Inuyasha he sure as hell could of several times. So why do you think he didn't? Why did he go stop Inuyasha's berserk mode? And ask him to help him fight the cat demons only to fine out he was cast under a spell mas strong a sesshomaru him asking for his little brother help. He talks down on his brother because that's how full demons act.
Inuyasha is my top 10 favorite. Rumiko took a relatively small cast, each with there benefits and flaws, and mashed them up into a great team. Each character was very enjoyable, good depth and backstory. Especially the chemistry amongst them. The weapons and powers weren’t so overdone but very unique. Miroku’s wind tunnel, Sango’s Hiraikotsu, Kagome’s priestess-like powers, and Inuyasha’s Tetsuaiga. The Tetsuaiga was a unique weapon with all its different forms, so it didn’t feel like a rip off of anything. The Villains were great. Naraku was written to be so hated and always managed to survive. Kagura’s deceptiveness Naraku while still following orders made her own story compelling. Bankotsu was the coolest villain in anime to me. Sesshomaru went from a bad guy to an anti-hero and it was done organically and not just one fluid motion. Inuyasha’s music is fantastic and visually well done. Very memorable too What also makes Inuyasha great is it’s consistency and simplicity. Inuyasha never tried to be like DBZ or Naruto, so sometimes it won’t be the most exiting anime. Inuyasha really did the small things to near perfection. And since it does grow all the characters, they all felt important from the beginning to the end. The chemistry great, the music, and it has good villains and all that, it it’s a great anime. I find it underrated, but it’s a great one nonetheless. Rumiko knew what she wanted and executed it all very well.
It's interesting that you took notice of the "unpredictability" of whether or not Kagome and Inuyasha end up together. I would have laughed at the thought if it weren't for the interview where Rumiko Takahashi revealed that she was actually considering their separation at the end of the series, but decided against it to please the fans lol. That would have been an awfully dark ending if you ask me, not to mention it would have gotten her crucified by the fanbase.
Rumiko Takahashi does have rather bold storytelling, like in some of her prior works she intentionally left questions unanswered purely for artistic merit, actually earning her some infamy, so considering her past it definitely seemed plausible she might be willing to separate Inuyasha and Kagome.
Honestly with how their relationship would always go up and down I wouldn't have been against them separating for a time after naraku. It must be emotionally exhausting, especially for two people not quite emotionally mature. Kagome is still a teenager and inuyasha was trapped for over a century by his first love.
@@Wildstar5267 yaaah. Most fans tend to overlook that their personalities are recipe for a toxic relationship and ship them just because they're the main characters.
@@darkxangel15 Honestly I thought Inuyasha and Kagome's romance was pretty weak, and I personally can't stand Kagome due to her being selfish and manipulative.
Inuyasha is probably my favorite anime this video was definitely worth watching for me you went so deep into everything and gave me new perspectives on a few thing in the show thank you for taking so much time to make this video
Wow, what a great review! I like how you compared Inuyasha to other anime and what made the show stand out from the rest. Honestly, it's the only anime series that I've managed to watch to its entirety. There are some anime that I've never bothered to for some odd reason maybe it had to do with some of the things you've mentioned who use the same old story tropes in an anime genre like Inuyasha. What really stood out to me about Inuyasha the first time I watched it was the way the characters were written and why they worked so well in the story. I liked how Kagome is portrayed as this typical teenage girl who's completely naïve and innocent, helpless... and she comes across Inuyasha who's not your typical "hero" more like anti-hero which is something fresh to see in an anime at that time. I also enjoyed the characters of Shippo, Miroku, and Sango, who helped make the team more exciting to watch. But I like the fact that the story was sort of told from a 1st person perspective with Kagome who travels thru time where she meets this half-demon and just the fact that it's told from that angle makes you relate to the character especially when you're at that age when you want to escape from reality (ie: school life, etc. lol)
Glad you enjoyed my video, just from what you wrote, two anime I think you might also like are Maison Ikkoku (One of the animes I mentioned in the opening) and Kimagure Orange Road. They both encompass themes of "Breaking Away" from a young adult/ teenage perspective.
Honestly, you could write an entire academic article on this. At first, I was daunted by the lenght of the video, but I continued to watch until the end and I don't regret it one bit. I truly appreciate the thoroughness of your work; actually, I'd love for you to elaborate on this subject.
The script I wrote for this video was actually 29 complete pages, so that could probably qualify as an article. I did trim/omit certain ideas from the original rough draft as I originally intended to stay under the hour mark. eventually I do plan on writing a follow up piece to this video, which would include many of my cut topics as well. Either way I appreciate the fact you enjoyed my video.
I really appreciate this video, it is so well done and really highlights the elements that make Inuyasha stand out from other anime. I especially love the point about how the women in the story weren’t flat characters, but instead exhibited real feelings, jealousy, and confusing displays of affection which made the story relatable. And by developing the women as much as the men the series made me invest in all of the main characters and their stories. 😂 I also found it funny when you said the majority of viewers are little brothers and that’s exactly me!
I've always heard the phrase Inuyasha fangirl (Of which a large portion of the fan base does consist of) tossed around, but so many of my real life interactions with other fans somehow involved younger brothers, a conversation I overheard when I was around 14 "Inuyasha, oh yeah my younger brother is really into that show" and even Digibro who says he dislikes the series revealed his younger brother was a huge fan, so over time I just put 2 and 2 together. Glad you enjoyed my video, I've always felt that Rumiko Takahashi was one of the best at writing characters in generally, but specifically women I'd argued she is at the top of the list or at least with anime and manga.
I just finished wayching Inuyasha again due to this quarantine! And i feel so nostalgic about my childhood, and still my favorite Anime! Just seeing this vid, aaaah and i love it. Thank you! And please continue making this kind of stuff 💕💕
It's definitely an anime that holds up well. Glad you enjoyed my video, and thank you for the compliment, I got plenty of more content for the future to make, so that I will do.
Since I've re-watched the series recently I've come across more videos giving this show the praise it deserves and I have to say I agree with a lot of the stuff you said in this and I appreciate this series even more and I'm even more thankful that I decided to pick it back up again.
I heard about that to. I'm definitely excited for it. Lot's of interesting concepts that it can explore. Though I'd be lying if I said there isn't at least a little apprehension in my head. A few of my favorite anime received decades later sequels that attempted to uproot its basis's best qualities, but other than that I'm still hopeful about it.
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 I just watched this today and had to laugh at the end when you mentioned that you were glad Inuyasha ended without introducing the main characters' "less interesting offspring." I mean, hopefully IY will continue its previous trend of bucking the typical anime cliches like you mentioned throughout this video, but I still thought it was pretty funny! XD
@Foxy Lyra To my credit the "less interesting offspring" will be introduced in their own independent story, rather than in the series Inuyasha of which I was referring too, but yeah I'd be lying if I didn't admit I grit my teeth when I heard about the sequel.
i just started watching inuyasha a month ago and finished the original series, final act and all the movies. its hard finding relevant content like this since it was concluded years ago. i appreciate your deep dive into this esp since its 2019 lmao. def deserves more views and you just earned a sub. thank you!!!
You are amazing!!!! Thank you for putting this amazing review together :D You just made me like InuYasha even more. This shows meant the world to me growing up. And, to have someone describe it so beautifully means the world to me!
Out fucking standing! This is one of, if not, the best video about any series I have personally seen. You completely did justice to the writer, the characters and the whole franchise. I started watching and before I knew it you were saying, "hope you enjoyed it". Well, I did, very much so. Thank you.
Thanks for all the praise, I've been noticing nowadays that most youtubers do the bare minimum in their videos, so I wanted to break from that trend and go all in with the videos I make.
Great filler, awesome fights, amazing character development, cute/badass female characters, beautiful music? Yeah, I’m pretty sure this is the best anime of all time.
Man, what an intelligent video - great! As an InuYasha fan myself, I'm glad to hear actually good criticism about this series once in a while. You hear so damn little of that on the internet, that I clicked on your video, thinking the title was ironic. That's really sad. But that's a mere sidenote. Mainly I want to praise all the good and deep thoughts you had mentioned in this video! You seem to have this healthy view on all things media, by not looking for great plot twists, omega character arcs or deep background stories, but the deeper meanings stories told hold to the human life. Those little things you mentioned, like Kagome bringing toys 'n' stuff along for little Shippou or InuYasha's sleeping habits; are being overlooked often in many reviews, as if it would be nothing of interest. You had me right in the beginning, where you said, Takahashi was kinda breaking the norm with her series - I never thought of it in that particular way. Or later on, you saying it is a good thing, that this series doesn't have typical training arcs; your view on filler episodes and your points on the deathly sins - so much interesting stuff, and a rarity on the internet (or at least my personal filter bubble ;D). Hopefully you can understand what I am trying to say in my kinda broken english. I just really appreciate your way of thinking. I appreciate those interesting and very mature perspectives you give, and of course the whole effort you spend into creating this video. I could listen to you for hours - keep up the great work! Best regards A new fellow subscriber ;)
I'm grateful for the praise you have given me and I'm happy to have found an audience that can appreciate my work. Too often I find that most other analyses slash reviews are just simple summaries of the plot, so in mine I try to extrapolate something greater. I appreciate the sub, and by the way let me just say you have absolutely nothing to worry about with your English, in all honesty you communicate better than most native speakers.
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 I also like, how you jump directly into the topic without the whole "InuYasha is a manga series made by the very popular mangaka Rumiko Takahashi aka the "Queen of Manga". It was published in 1996 in the magazine ..." - you know the stick. It is kinda refreshing to skip the all too known facts and just start with the good stuff ^^ Aww, really? Thank you so much! I kinda struggle with the wording all the time - especially how to tackle those deep more psychological thoughts, you know? -, I know what I want to convey, but than I write, and I write and than I fear to have lost myself in some weird sentense structures and false time versions. Back in school I wasn't the fittest either; so I'm more than relieved to hear that. Thanks a lot =)
It's interesting to see more people analyze Inuyasha in recent times. While I am a fan of a spiritual successor, Kamisama Kiss, I'm glad to see IY getting more appreciation these days.
I'm glad to see that too, though I do have to mention that I made this video a year before the announcement of Yashahime, which sparked its resurgence. I actually wrote this video because I thought the series was underdiscussed at the time.
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 I understand. It's great that people are talking about it and even analyzing the deeper aspects of it. I'm happy when something from the past becomes relevant and appreciatiated as time went on. I hope that the same thing happens with KK. It is already enjoyed by many, but no major reviewer (glass reflection, anime America, etc.) has covered it and hardly anyone analyzes KK besides being cute and funny. I feel like I'm one of the few who does analyze it for its character development, pacing, foreshadowing/hinting, and other things.
I really enjoyed that one also, definitely in my top 10, maybe even top 5. I wouldn't mind eventually writing a video on it, though I would have refresh my memory to do it the justice it deserves.
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 I would watch a video on Maison Ikkoku if you did it. But it's hard to refresh your memory over 96 episodes. I hop you do though
I love this so much, I love that you made this. Inuyasha is one of my all-time favs, but I think I personally enjoy Ranma a bit more. Anyway, I've read most of Takahashi-sensei's works and watched the adaptations, usually multiple times hahah and honestly I could sit down and write a whole thesis about her charachters, about the symbolism, about the historical and cultural references etc... her work is amazing and I'm so glad others see it too. I studied japanese studies and literature in uni and then rewatched Inuyasha as a 25yo adult and it was even better than when I watched as a kid or as a teen, as I understood it in a different way and I could actually sit down and analyse it... its so much more than your typical adventure anime. Thank you for making this. I appreciate you mentioned the filler thing, I've heard that complaint too and every time I just have the impression that the people saying this watched the show all wrong lol if thats even possible. I once heard someone complain Ranma has too many fillers and I just started laughing bc the show is almost identical to the manga and is basically entirely made out of nothing but "fillers" and it always made me wonder why people are expecting these shows to be something they aren't.
Glad you appreciated my video. I've basically watched all the anime adaptations of her work too, minus a few 1 episode OVAs. In regards to filler content (In general, not just Inuyasha) I believe the majority criticism against filler is usually an offshoot of the "The book is better than the movie" argument, basically a phrase people say to create an illusion that they're smarter than they actually are, now I'm not implying all cases of filler to be great or even good I just believe many people use that argument without even reflecting if it meshes well with the canon material or not. Hopefully I didn't get too wordy, it's just that your Ranma story substantiated both my claims, so I felt a little compelled to say it.
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 not at all, I appreciate your reply! we are on the same page here, the are cases where fillers can get a bit too much and the criticism is valid but in the cases where it doesn't mess up the original story and flows so well with it, this complaint is pointless. you can enjoy both manga and anime with the differences they come with if both are done well. i have a feeling some people google how many fillers there are in the show and go "oh man half of them are fillers, it must be bad" but in reality, just like you said, for shows like these it will be hard to tell what is filler and what isn't by simply watching.
Beautiful video, I loved every minute of this!! Inuyasha has been one of my most favorite anime of all time and still is to this day❤❤❤ thank for creating this. I love your discussion on kikiyo connected to nature as well. Subbed
FOR THOSE WHO DONT KNOW INUYASHA SEQUEL IS PLANNED FOR FALL OF THIS YEAR 2020!!!! YASHAHIME PRINCESS HALF DEMON!!!!! starring inuyasha and sesshomarus hald demon kids! :)
I just randomly found your channel, but I HAD to subscribe! This was one of the best analysis videos I’ve seen for Inuyasha - actually it raised points that haven’t even occurred to me. You deserve way more views ❤️
I'm always happy to hear I helped someone find a deeper appreciation in a series they already like. Thanks for the subscription and complimenting my thoughts on how I believed the ending was going to occur.
The idea of sleeping beauty never crossed my mind. That's really great observation. As a fan request, can u do a similar one for the anime series Monster
I'm happy to have deepened your appreciation for the series. In regards to Monster I haven't watched it a long time, so I don't have the best recollection of the intricate details necessary to write a video of it in this style anymore. If you're still interested in my deep dive analytical videos the next one I plan on writing is Ashita no Joe. If you want to mention any other series you would like me to cover, feel free to list them.
Now I wouldn't say ever conceived but it is underrated, my cousin saw the battle with Yura of the demon hair and refuses to give the best portions of Inuyasha a chance yet when Naruto makes a mistake he forgives without a problem and it's so petty.
In all honesty I wanted to name this video "Inuyasha Breaks All the Cycles", but at the time of writing it, I had less than twenty subscribers, so I thought giving it such an out there title wouldn't have been a good idea, so I ended changing its name to something more alluring, but other than that I definitely agree with you that the series is underrated. In regards to your second comment I generally find that's the case for most anime fans, any time I've found someone who's tried to write a guidebook of what makes a good anime, I can usually spot a major contradiction early on.
I think you glazed over sango in the opening part, about how you could genderswap roles and the story wouldnt change much. Sango initially comes across as an exception to the rule. However how she influences mirokus development from just wanting to continue his lineage to actually wanting to live for someone. That was very impactful to me
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 i disagree, despite the impact that arch of her character has her gender really isnt signficant as far as sibling relationships go.
I’m not one to comment usually or watch long videos. I enjoy this anime so much and it’s so meaningful to me that I figured an hour is nothing considering the countless memories and moments of enjoyment this anime has given me. I enjoyed this video so much and it’s broken down practically to the tee giving all the important information of what is so great without spoiling the anime itself.
Please put more publicity, I watched your whole video on my Ipad (came to comment from my phone) and I must say you deserve way more views and you should put more ads.
I absolutely loved this video, very very grateful for you, I hope more people will start loving Inuyasha, it truly is a masterpiece. Oh and the musc in it is just legendary.
Brilliant assessment of the series. I love these in-depth reviews of Inuyasha dissecting the themes in it as it’s one of the most sophisticated animes of all time (in my opinion).
Rumiko Takahashi can make anything '90s no matter what year it is. I adore her for that. Maybe you could touch on the reversed aspects of Kyokai no Rinne next
I think that stems from her great sense of atmosphere and aesthetics, though I have to say her prior work Maison Ikkoku is one of the most 80s anime you'll ever see. In regards to Rinne's reversing of trends, it basically added reality into otherworldly stories. Many anime during the mid to late 2000's featured cool, fashionable and good looking high school age protagonists with paranormal side occupations (Bleach, Death Note, The World God Only Knows) who possessed seemingly endless amounts money for gadgets, work supplies and clothing, and Rumiko Takahashi played with this trend by putting a price tag on everything, so the characters couldn't be as "fashionable" as their contemporaries.
@elijah caballero In all honesty I enjoy the filler, though I will say I can see how it would be annoying if you watch the series week to week, which didn't really bother me back in the day. On a side note I do have to add how other than a few miniarcs it can somewhat be hard to separate the filler from canon as the writers intertwined them rather well.
A year later i am back because i feel like there is something so special about this video I wish i could tell what it is and how special it is to me💖💖💖 the way your stories , inuyasha and how i relate to it is just 💖💖💖 thanks a lot. I love you for making it
I'm always happy to see a returning viewer and I'm glad my video could resonate so deeply with you. Reading comments like yours always keeps me motivated to continue making content.
Yeah, I admit an hour long video can be daunting, but I'm happy to hear you still loved my video anyways ... by the way I could have gone on longer if I had too.
51:05 Vegeta was probably one of the worst characters to choose for this section, since he has a massive character arc that spans multiple sagas and about over a decade (in-universe) and shows how he changed through his relationships with Future Trunks, Bulma, and Goku by teaching him the value of his bonds with others and providing him someone to reach/surpass in a relatively safe setting (to teach him that there are some prices that are too great to pay just for your own pride, as well as showcasing that you don't have to give up your bonds to gain true strength), with him failing and going backwards in major ways at least twice.
@Insflare1 Going off of my memory if you're referring to the scene I think you are, I believe I used a picture of Vegeta from Battle of the Gods or Dragon Ball Super and with that specific image I intended to criticize his portrayal in that specific arc, not him in the Z era. Like a Z-era Vegeta would not disgrace himself into dancing just to please someone stronger than himself. So yeah I meant to condemn his "development" in Battle of the Gods, not his growth throughout DBZ. I hope that explains everything.
I'm curious what do you think about the sequel? I felt the same way you just said at the end of the video on having successors. I expect one thing from the sequel, and it is not to ruin what Inuyasha had achieved. I just don't want to see that the characters' efforts were for nothing, or when they defeat Naraku and after 3 years they reunite, we found out they weren't exactly living peacefully ever after (I'm referring to the first few episodes of Yashahime, since the children don't even know their parents). I am not really comfortable with this, like I can't be truly happy for the group of them when I see they were separated from their children in the last 10 years or so. So what is your opinion on this?
In all honesty what I've seen about Yashahime thus far I don't think its writers understand the nature of the original work. Like what I've always proclaimed to be Rumiko Takahashi greatest asset would be her ability to write authenticity into her characters. Many of the series' characters practically sync up to people I've met in my personal life and let me just say none of the new cast captured that authenticity. Moroha can be entertaining and in general I do like her, but in no way can she compete against the raw genuineness of the original cast. PS I thought I'd attach this prior response to a similar question Here's the thing I rarely hold high expectations for sequels, especially with those so far separated from its source material. I've had many other of my favorite series receive less than stellar decades later continuations, so in general I pretty much expect the worst for sequels, meaning that if it falls flat, it'll be no skin off my bones, but if it turns out good, it'll be a nice surprise.
@Szilárd Balog If you're still interested, I just uploaded a video about Yashahime. I've been going through my comments section and informing everyone who asked about it.
I'm interested in seeing where it goes, but I do have to say it's setting off a few red flags that make me a little apprehensive, I've had several other of my favorite anime receive decades later sequels that let's just say caused caused some collateral damage.
What do you think about the sequel on the horizon for Inuyasha?( Where it involves not only Inuyasha's and Kagome's offspring but Sesshoumaru's as well.)
In regards to the sequel I am definitely interested in it, but I do have to say a few other of my favorite anime received decades later sequels, that let's just say didn't understand what made the original great, and some of the information revealed thus far about the Inuyasha sequel opens up a possibility that it could end up like those others decades later sequels, but other than that I'm still hopeful about it.
This video is severely underrated 😩 thank you so much 🙏🏽❤️☺️ I love the details she put into the series. The motivations and characters are so relatable/make sense/creative. * how to write a power scale and main characters correctly
Clicked on this so fast. I have never found another anime that compared to inayasha the writing was so good. The characters were well written the plot was straightforward but also had complex elements And just the way that females were portrayed. Nothing compared. Really don't like how they did yashahime it gave me fanfic vibes
@Heather Lara I'm happy to be of service. Funny story, I don't know if you know this but I actually just uploaded a Yashahime video and I said much of what you commented on. I stated that Yashahime overcomplicated the straightforward plot of Inuyasha.
This is a very well constructed video on many positives of Inuyasha as a whole, some even I had forgotten or not really considered. Although Inuyasha certainly isn't my favorite series by any means and I personally feel that it drags too much regarding the manga with naraku conveniently getting away just to artificially prolong the series every time, I can't say I ever wanted to drop it due to that fact. Another issue I had was the relative inaneness of the series artificially stretching out the drama between kagome and kikyos love interest spat over Inuyasha when kagome was always felt that she was mature enough to recognize where Inuyasha and kikyo(who had it super worse) was coming from. Being jealous or vain the first few times is okay, but how Takahashi stretched it out to 500 chapters I'll never figure out. At the time when I was a teen I was very much a crazy fan of Inuyasha and kagomes relationship and very vindictive towards kikyos place in the series, but in the rearview mirror it made things even more silly due to elephant in the room of kikyo literally being kagomes previous self. Like both of them being jealous of sharing the same guy when they clearly have the same soul weirds me out haha. And yeah one of the points in the series is how they grew different personalities due to being born in the fuedal era vs the modern world but still... If I had a small complaint about the video itself, I'd only say that while mainstream shounen series can be formulaic, anime and manga has countless mutations after all. So only showing a handful of mainstream shounen anime of the time period as examplss and then saying "most anime and manga in comparison" is a sore spot since that doesn't really represent even a small portion. During the time I grew up watching anime in the 90s through toonami and adult swim later on, shounen anime had not taken fully taken off as a genre in the west yet, so we got DBZ but also a ton of completely random genres and age ranges of series that show a greater variety than say one piece Naruto DBZ bleach, fairy tail, ect. Outside of that great video especially for being 2 years old. I can tell you've vastly improved since this video as well
@MrInuhanyou123 I'm glad you enjoyed another one of my videos and that I could deepen your appreciate of the series. I will say I originally wanted to title this video "Inuyasha Breaks All the Cycles", but at the time I only had 20 subscribers and I realized that an out there name would attract no viewers, so much to my chagrin I had to give it a more clickbait title to make it more approachable. I honestly like Kikyo's role in the story as I see her as the boyhood dream girl, like even if one realizes that the relationship would have never worked out, past fantasies and the "what ifs" always cause one to question one's own logic, which is why I think she works as a character. Admittedly I was more comparing Inuyasha to series within its own genre, and not anime as a whole.
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 what do you think about yashahime in general? Any thoughts? I know there has been some controversy surrounding that series in the western fandom because of one particular plot point that had people really upset. But I had actually predicted it years ago before Inuyasha was even done so it was kind of just a "duh" moment for me.
@MrInuhanyou123 I honestly don't hold it in high regards, like it has several good nods to the past, cut content and other works of Rumiko Takahashi, but it lacks substance and an understanding of the characters. Let me put it like this Towa wears male clothing, which for women symbolically represents dominance and a more confidant nature, but once the main group returns to the past she plays the more "feminine" roles and is generally the one who is unsure of herself. Also much of this story's concept follows Rumiko Takahashi prior work "Fire Tripper", but it doesn't works no where near as well, like the girl who grew up in the future somehow remembers the past better than the one that remained there in the first place, it instead should of had Towa question if she actually came from the past or if it was all a dream. I have a lot more to say, but I'll save it for the video. With that said I do think Yashahime might be slightly one of the better sequels starring the former protagonists kids. I presume the "duh" moment your referring to regards the the main characters' biological mother, and yeah that should have been expected by most people, but I will say the possibility of Sesshomaru seeing her as an adoptive daughter like figure could have been used as well. PS I responded to your Black Clover comment, but I forgot to add @MrInuhanyou123, so you might not have received a notification for it.
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 I'll check it out thanks! I do agree with your critique partially with yashahime as it seemed like they were trying to do what Inuyasha did with some filler episodes and some exploring the plot but it felt half baked when people really just wanted answers and the characters they liked back. It had a rocky start as it came off somewhat boring for first half of season 1 and some things didn't really make sense like moroha going to the future and not questioning anything including her parents or grandparents or uncle at all. But later on in series it stated getting to some good parts regarding answers and info which I thought was nice, and season 2 is looking better based on the trailers cause it's going right into the good stuff early on
I like how it's not like Naruto (and other animes) where most of the female characters are juts for fan service or are side characters who are suuuuper weak
The original Japanese of Naruto is actually quite good. Sakura literally kicks everyone's ass and runs the family. Also, takes over and surpasses Tsunade. The original Japanese anime and Manga didn't butcher the dialog and development. Removed episodes. Reversed episodes, dialog removed, dialog given to other characters for the wrong time etc etc. And most people only seen the English dub so you can imagine how much they don't get to see! Its sad.
Thanks for the compliment and I appreciate the sub. In regards to the pace of my narration, I pretty much talk rapidly to shorten the length of my videos, as many people have openly told me they found the sheer length of them to be intimidating, so in an effort to make my videos more approachable I started to speak faster to cut down on time, but yes I fully admit doing so can be a bit of a double edged sword. PS I do appreciate input like yours, so I'm glad you still told me this.
So one correction. Bows are much more physically demanding than swords. Proper war bows. Not toys at archery clubs at school and not modern industrial bows with wheels. Real war bows require immense upper body strength and can't be sustained at full draw for long. To have proper power and range, war bows often have 80+ pounds of draw pressure. Hollywood lies. Bows are much more physically taxing than swords which usually don't weigh more than 3 or 4 pounds
@AzrielSword100 For all intensive purposes you are correct, but I don't think Kagome uses a war bow, like the bow she uses extends about the length of her torso whereas the size of war bow can exceed their wielder, so I think hers is more of a recreational variation. In terms of swords most "kills" come from stabbing rather than slashes, so this essentially nullifies my point, but with its taxation on the body you're not taking into recoil or the generation of force. Plus with swords there is strain upon removing the blade from the target post-slash.
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 a well balanced sword should not cause excessive fatigue or recoil. It's not a top heavy weapon the way an ax or war hammer are. So the amount of effort required after every swing to recover is much less. Katanas are not stabbing weapons. They CAN stab. But that's not their primary use. Most of the swords in inuyasha are katanas, even if oversized. The one exception is tokijin which is closer to a Khanda or a Jian. While Kagome's first bow seems to be a training bow used by iniciate priestesses, the one she has by the end, the sacred bow of Mt Azusa, is very clearly a war Yumi bow like Kikyo's and would be 50 pounds of draw weight on a beginner bow, 200 pounds on an expert field combat bow. So even in the best case scenario, Kagome's bow would require much more force to use consistently and accurately than most swords. Barring Tessaiga for its massive size and weight.
@@AzrielSword100 thank you!!! I’m a woman who was once an archer years ago, and when I heard that part of the video I immediately came into the comments 😂 archery requires a tremendous amount of strength and athleticism
If you want an anime similar to Inuyasha you might consider watching Blue Seed, they share very similar concepts and treat the relationships between their characters in similar manners too, but I will state that Inuyasha is easily the better of the two. I just thought I would let you know.
This was a grad student Media presentation. I mean...that's it. I have literaly sat through presentations of P.D students that 1/10th as well done. Thank you.
You're welcome and I'm glad you enjoyed my video, In all honesty the reason for why I put so much effort into my video(s) is that I simply find pleasure in video production and doing it on a show I enjoy serves as an extra bonus.
I really love Rumiko san's grey story telling. Her new work about demon-hunter that demon himself, are very littered with grey villains. Make you really dont know who you hate or root for. Kikyou and Naraku/Onigumo are very grey characters...
Well, looks like Rumiko is planning on throwing current trends on their head again. There's a sequel series starring Sesshomaru's twin daughters coming out.
@Thromaz Techinically Inuyasha is actually my second favorite anime too. At the time I wrote it I considered it 1B, and this title was more so a place holder ... plus much to my chagrin I admit I intended it to be a little clickbaity since I only had around 20 subscribers. The name I wanted to give it was "Inuyasha Breaks All the Cycles", but that was so esoteric that I thought no one would give it a chance so I stuck with the original title. I'm actually a fan of Kimagure Orange Road too, I believe I watched it back in October of 2015. I've told many people that its the most 80s anime ever.
yo I just realized this but not only is this isekai but the main character can go back to the present and past whenever she wanted at the beginning of the story while most isekai protag's are stuck in 1 realm.
The one I believe your referring to (the timestamp didn't match up perfectly on my end) was a segment of the ending credits to Inuyasha the Final Act, if your curious.
Your audio seems to be coming solely out of the left speaker; if you don't have separate audio for left and right, be sure to set the track to mono so it plays evenly on both sides!
Just what I needed. Inuyasha is one of those gems with good female characters.
Glad to help, I've always felt Rumiko Takahashi was one of the best at writing female characters.
Eh.
Inuyasha and Gintama are the go-to Shounen manga for a well written/treated female cast.
@@mazin9193 debatably.
Why do you say that like it's rare or something? Thats pretty much the norm in anime. There are endless anime with great female characters. If you think Inuyasha's a "gem" for having good female characters you must not watch much of anything.
So you're basically saying I REALLY peaked by having this be my first anime
Yep 😂 me too
Mine to!
same here!
Same here!
Oh MOOOOOD
After watching a documentary about the crazy struggles and mindless prejudices half-Japanese people have to in fact face in Japan, I can't help but think Inuyasha was way before it's time also on this aspect. It possibly have had huge meaning to half-Japanese kids who grew up in Japan.
Sometimes one becomes half because of war and were conceived through rape rather than sex - that there is the taint of the enemy in innocent children. In Inuyasha, there were demons who saw humans more like hamburgers and chicken strips than as fellow beings - so humans saw half demons as being tainted by the enemy rather than as fellow beings.
Shippo was a full demon but he was not the enemy.
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Ironic how in real life they're ostracized yet praised in anime and manga.
@@buster3041 InuYasha (and other hanyous) weren't praised in the manga/anime, rather they were ostracized by both youkais and humans. That's kinda my point ;)
Cyborg 009 covered that issue in the manga with the main character Joe Shimamura.
This series also covers many social/political/emotional topics as well, such as racism (IY/Jinengi, Shiori/her mom/her grandfather), classism/caste mindsets (Sesshoumaro, and many of higher ranks of society, etc.), past/present clashes of feminism (Kagome/Sango/Kagura, etc.), and depression/stress/obsession/PTSD (Kikyo, Miroku, Sango Sango/Kohaku, Kikyo/InuYasha, Onigumo/Naraku/Kikyo, etc.), for example. I loved the character development!
I do eventually plan on writing a follow up to this, so I can cover a wider range of topics. At the time of creating this I tried to limit its length to under an hour, so I had to omit or trim a few areas to get it at least close to that time frame.
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 yes please!
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 you did GREAT! You're one of the FEW anime analyzers, with a video over 15 minutes, that I've come back to rewatch.
Forget that, remember how Rumiko casually brought up Dissociative Identity Disorder with Suikotsu? That was such a well-written portion and a realistic usage of the disorder as a fictional element. It didn't feel as cringey as other DID portrayals in fiction. I also love how everyone in the Feudal Era were completely freaked out by what was happening to him and Kagome was the only one who vaguely understood because she had knowledge regarding the disorder from her era.
Also the jewel became "pure" when he was the doctor and "impure" when he was a villain. This perfectly corresponds to the pathophysiology of DID; when a different alter is in control, a portion of the patient's brain is suddenly "active" while the ones that control other alters are "inactive". This pretty much implies that the brain has compartmentalized itself in such a way that each alter is their own person; with their own skill sets, personality and moral conscience. It makes perfect sense for the jewel to react differently towards different alters corresponding to what their moral consciences dictate.
@@meeramalhotra33 Kinda reminds me of Sensui from YuYu Hakusho, who had up to 7 different personalities.
Naraku isn't a spider, he's a cockroach: you can't get rid of the guy.😂
Your comment just made my day.
Great video analysis
I just finished rewatching InuYasha and noticed that Naraku was InuYasha's FOIL. They were both half-demons, both loved the same woman, both wanted to become full demons, but both took different paths.
I know the feeling. Originally I intended this video to be around 40 minutes long, but the more I wrote, the more new ideas popped into my head and of course I felt the need to include them all, resulting in an additional 25 extra minutes. Inuyasha is such deep series, and every time you rewatch it, you'll notice there's lot more to it.
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 - what do you think of Yashahime?
@Vaudree Lavallee
I'm definitely curious about it, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't at least a little apprehensive. A few of my other favorite anime received decades later sequels that let's just say didn't comprehend why their predecessor earned a sequel in the first place.
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 - yeah, I heard about Borutu and the recent remake of Reboot was not worth watching - in the latter case, it was definitely because the original minds were not involved in the project. What gives me hope with Yashahime is that the original creator is involved and the actor who did the English voice for Inuyasha is still alive.
I like the concept that it is about three girls whose connection to their past had been severed to varying degrees and in very different ways. Reading between the lines, the connections were all severed when they were four and we see them 10 years later after they have led very different lives. The set-up also allows for a bit of backstory concerning characters in the original series. Even if it is sup-par that alone would make it worth watching.
Despite your apprehension, I am looking forward to your theories after each new revelation comes out.
My interest is in what allowed one girl through and then closed the porthole in the well - and what allowed it to open up again? Some people say that the porthole this time was through the tree and not the well - but the well was made from branches of the tree so, for all practical purposes, same thing. This leads me to think that there are potentially those other than Kagome and Inuyasha who can go through the well leading to the need to close it off temporarily.
Question: Is there a known incidence of either a full demon or a human without powers going through the porthole in the well? A logical spell would be to close the porthole in the well so that it closes up for a specific period of time after the next person goes through it to prevent an evil half demon or priestess from going through it. I doubt that the person casting the spell planned to do it for 10 years - maybe they sneezed or were injured impacting the incantation.
Sesshomaru saw his own superiority to Inuyasha in being both the first born and a full demon. Ergo, he would necessarily put a greater importance in finding Towa over looking after Setsuna.
On the other hand, Inuyasha and Kagome would not be looking for Moroha if someone saw her jump in the well - even if, by that time, it was just a well.
All we know so far seems to centre on the working of that well.
The other thing is Kaede - in the original series, we only know her as a young girl and an old woman. Someone says it is cannon that she had no children. However, after 50 years, her grandchildren could have been married with children and her husband long dead by the time Kagome came through that well. Only her role as a priestess and connection to Kikyo was explored during the original series.
@@vaudreelavallee3757 The first episode had Lady Centipede come through pulling Kagome into the feudal era for the first time. I think the reason Kagome could go through if I remember correctly is because she had the Shikon Jewel. I think that’s also how she was trapped in the modern era at one point. The Jewel shard was taken from her. I think she was able to somehow use the Sacred Tree as another portal since the tree existed in both worlds. I don’t remember how all that worked though. I think the characters were the ones that intentionally closed off the well once the series ended.
Inuyasha to me has the best characters, story, soundtrack, art (I love how it goes from 90’s art, to early 2000’s art, to modern art.) i felt empty after it ended, but like they always say: don’t be sad it’s over, be glad it happened.
Great way of seeing it, there's a really authenticity to it.
repetive shit story
shit charcters except sessohamaru
non intense fights
stretched
love triangle that goes on forever
shit artstyle
speaking each other's name making 20 percent of the anime
just the anime you want to watch
@@sanjaysachdeva7773 Imagine being upset over ones opinion.
@@sanjaysachdeva7773 Damn, did the coronavirus rot your brain that much?
@Kevin Byrnes
who said anything about Naruto ?
My understanding of Sesshomaru's character arc is that, he goes from seriously trying to kill Inuyasha and hating him because he's part human and ignorant. To respecting him and protecting him.
Their fights go from serious to kinda playful. I believe that he's kinda training him in these fights, but yeah he is also Protective of him. But he always protects him in a way where it looks like he's not, and or plays it off as he's being selfish or by saying that he's going to kill him and not whoever is trying.
But he always stays in character. He's never going to admit that he loves Inuyasha and actively looks out for him. He's never going to admit that he loves Rin either. Even though that one is a lot more obvious. Since most people watch this anime and say that they just kinda tolerate each even though I and many others see a lot more.
That's probably why he's the fan favorite, is because he's so full of shit. He's a badass with a soft side, but he has layers when it comes to that. He doesn't just go from Villain to Anti hero, and he doesn't just go from hating to loving his little brother. Well he does, but they don't beat you over the head with it and a lot of it is up to interpretation.
Well he cried for rin, so that to me says he admitted his love for rin
No he hasn't grown to love inuyasha. Only tolerate him. There's no place in the story where he's shown to care about inuyasha as family or even a friend.
If anything that's where the final left off.
sesshomaru is great
Sesshomaru is in my top 3 favorite anime characters of all time. He's such a badass character. 🐺🌙
@@buster3041
Sesshomaru does care for Inyusha I am rewatching the series on Netflix.
Like the original comment said he just doesn't show it. If he wanted to Kill Inuyasha he sure as hell could of several times.
So why do you think he didn't?
Why did he go stop Inuyasha's berserk mode?
And ask him to help him fight the cat demons only to fine out he was cast under a spell mas strong a sesshomaru him asking for his little brother help.
He talks down on his brother because that's how full demons act.
inuyasha is slept on and this video needs more views
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I'm addicted to the anime Inuyasha. Thank you, I completely agree with this.
Hey Gon 🥰
@@shardeabre hello~
Inuyasha is my top 10 favorite. Rumiko took a relatively small cast, each with there benefits and flaws, and mashed them up into a great team. Each character was very enjoyable, good depth and backstory. Especially the chemistry amongst them.
The weapons and powers weren’t so overdone but very unique. Miroku’s wind tunnel, Sango’s Hiraikotsu, Kagome’s priestess-like powers, and Inuyasha’s Tetsuaiga. The Tetsuaiga was a unique weapon with all its different forms, so it didn’t feel like a rip off of anything.
The Villains were great. Naraku was written to be so hated and always managed to survive. Kagura’s deceptiveness Naraku while still following orders made her own story compelling. Bankotsu was the coolest villain in anime to me. Sesshomaru went from a bad guy to an anti-hero and it was done organically and not just one fluid motion.
Inuyasha’s music is fantastic and visually well done. Very memorable too
What also makes Inuyasha great is it’s consistency and simplicity. Inuyasha never tried to be like DBZ or Naruto, so sometimes it won’t be the most exiting anime. Inuyasha really did the small things to near perfection. And since it does grow all the characters, they all felt important from the beginning to the end. The chemistry great, the music, and it has good villains and all that, it it’s a great anime. I find it underrated, but it’s a great one nonetheless. Rumiko knew what she wanted and executed it all very well.
You worded that perfectly
Very well done, i enjoyed reading this !
It's interesting that you took notice of the "unpredictability" of whether or not Kagome and Inuyasha end up together. I would have laughed at the thought if it weren't for the interview where Rumiko Takahashi revealed that she was actually considering their separation at the end of the series, but decided against it to please the fans lol. That would have been an awfully dark ending if you ask me, not to mention it would have gotten her crucified by the fanbase.
Rumiko Takahashi does have rather bold storytelling, like in some of her prior works she intentionally left questions unanswered purely for artistic merit, actually earning her some infamy, so considering her past it definitely seemed plausible she might be willing to separate Inuyasha and Kagome.
Honestly with how their relationship would always go up and down I wouldn't have been against them separating for a time after naraku. It must be emotionally exhausting, especially for two people not quite emotionally mature. Kagome is still a teenager and inuyasha was trapped for over a century by his first love.
@@Wildstar5267 yaaah. Most fans tend to overlook that their personalities are recipe for a toxic relationship and ship them just because they're the main characters.
@@darkxangel15 Honestly I thought Inuyasha and Kagome's romance was pretty weak, and I personally can't stand Kagome due to her being selfish and manipulative.
@@abc4781 Just like ranma and akane's relationship from her previous work. And a lot of people don't like their relationship either.
SCARIEST demon in INUYASHA
Inuyasha in his DEMON MODE.
dont you mean Sesshomaru, when you're in his path😂
@@popohammers9095 not quite. Sesshomaru actually admitted that Inuyasha’s demonic form gave him chills.
Inuyasha is probably my favorite anime this video was definitely worth watching for me you went so deep into everything and gave me new perspectives on a few thing in the show thank you for taking so much time to make this video
Always glad to hear I helped someone further enjoy a series they already liked.
Wow, what a great review! I like how you compared Inuyasha to other anime and what made the show stand out from the rest. Honestly, it's the only anime series that I've managed to watch to its entirety. There are some anime that I've never bothered to for some odd reason maybe it had to do with some of the things you've mentioned who use the same old story tropes in an anime genre like Inuyasha. What really stood out to me about Inuyasha the first time I watched it was the way the characters were written and why they worked so well in the story. I liked how Kagome is portrayed as this typical teenage girl who's completely naïve and innocent, helpless... and she comes across Inuyasha who's not your typical "hero" more like anti-hero which is something fresh to see in an anime at that time. I also enjoyed the characters of Shippo, Miroku, and Sango, who helped make the team more exciting to watch. But I like the fact that the story was sort of told from a 1st person perspective with Kagome who travels thru time where she meets this half-demon and just the fact that it's told from that angle makes you relate to the character especially when you're at that age when you want to escape from reality (ie: school life, etc. lol)
Glad you enjoyed my video, just from what you wrote, two anime I think you might also like are Maison Ikkoku (One of the animes I mentioned in the opening) and Kimagure Orange Road. They both encompass themes of "Breaking Away" from a young adult/ teenage perspective.
Honestly, you could write an entire academic article on this. At first, I was daunted by the lenght of the video, but I continued to watch until the end and I don't regret it one bit. I truly appreciate the thoroughness of your work; actually, I'd love for you to elaborate on this subject.
The script I wrote for this video was actually 29 complete pages, so that could probably qualify as an article. I did trim/omit certain ideas from the original rough draft as I originally intended to stay under the hour mark. eventually I do plan on writing a follow up piece to this video, which would include many of my cut topics as well. Either way I appreciate the fact you enjoyed my video.
This is awesome and deserves much more views.
Thanks for the kind words. Comments like these are why I make videos.
I really appreciate this video, it is so well done and really highlights the elements that make Inuyasha stand out from other anime. I especially love the point about how the women in the story weren’t flat characters, but instead exhibited real feelings, jealousy, and confusing displays of affection which made the story relatable. And by developing the women as much as the men the series made me invest in all of the main characters and their stories. 😂 I also found it funny when you said the majority of viewers are little brothers and that’s exactly me!
I've always heard the phrase Inuyasha fangirl (Of which a large portion of the fan base does consist of) tossed around, but so many of my real life interactions with other fans somehow involved younger brothers, a conversation I overheard when I was around 14 "Inuyasha, oh yeah my younger brother is really into that show" and even Digibro who says he dislikes the series revealed his younger brother was a huge fan, so over time I just put 2 and 2 together.
Glad you enjoyed my video, I've always felt that Rumiko Takahashi was one of the best at writing characters in generally, but specifically women I'd argued she is at the top of the list or at least with anime and manga.
I just finished wayching Inuyasha again due to this quarantine! And i feel so nostalgic about my childhood, and still my favorite Anime! Just seeing this vid, aaaah and i love it. Thank you! And please continue making this kind of stuff 💕💕
It's definitely an anime that holds up well. Glad you enjoyed my video, and thank you for the compliment, I got plenty of more content for the future to make, so that I will do.
They are coming out with another series about there children
@@emilypowell8318 for real???
Allen Vivien I’m not kidding go look it up🥳
@@emilypowell8318 whereeee? Here on youtube? Or google? Haha. Im excited!
Since I've re-watched the series recently I've come across more videos giving this show the praise it deserves and I have to say I agree with a lot of the stuff you said in this and I appreciate this series even more and I'm even more thankful that I decided to pick it back up again.
Good to hear on both accounts and I'm glad I was helpful to you in this regard.
SPEAKING OF INUYASHA,, its getting a sequel series abt sesshomaru's and inukag's daughters 😭💘
I heard about that to. I'm definitely excited for it. Lot's of interesting concepts that it can explore. Though I'd be lying if I said there isn't at least a little apprehension in my head. A few of my favorite anime received decades later sequels that attempted to uproot its basis's best qualities, but other than that I'm still hopeful about it.
WHAAAAAAT?!!!!
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 I just watched this today and had to laugh at the end when you mentioned that you were glad Inuyasha ended without introducing the main characters' "less interesting offspring." I mean, hopefully IY will continue its previous trend of bucking the typical anime cliches like you mentioned throughout this video, but I still thought it was pretty funny! XD
@Foxy Lyra
To my credit the "less interesting offspring" will be introduced in their own independent story, rather than in the series Inuyasha of which I was referring too, but yeah I'd be lying if I didn't admit I grit my teeth when I heard about the sequel.
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 The same thought occurred to me in defense of the new series, but it gave me quite a laugh nonetheless! XD
i just started watching inuyasha a month ago and finished the original series, final act and all the movies. its hard finding relevant content like this since it was concluded years ago. i appreciate your deep dive into this esp since its 2019 lmao. def deserves more views and you just earned a sub. thank you!!!
Glad to hear you enjoyed my video. Thanks for subscribing.
Finally someone who started it this year also. Everyone is like: 'oh what nostalgia' I almost feel left out...
@@dqpfjggisjgIdksorp Same
Inuyasha is my fav since young and untill now i keep watchin it. Still the best anime for me. 😍
The yt algorithm is coming dude
You are amazing!!!! Thank you for putting this amazing review together :D You just made me like InuYasha even more. This shows meant the world to me growing up. And, to have someone describe it so beautifully means the world to me!
Glad you enjoyed my video, I'm always happy to hear I've helped someone further appreciate a series they already loved.
Thanks to the likes of Kikyo, Naraku and Sesshomaru. They were the backbone of the series. They pushed the series to great heights.
Out fucking standing! This is one of, if not, the best video about any series I have personally seen. You completely did justice to the writer, the characters and the whole franchise. I started watching and before I knew it you were saying, "hope you enjoyed it". Well, I did, very much so. Thank you.
Thanks for all the praise, I've been noticing nowadays that most youtubers do the bare minimum in their videos, so I wanted to break from that trend and go all in with the videos I make.
Great filler, awesome fights, amazing character development, cute/badass female characters, beautiful music? Yeah, I’m pretty sure this is the best anime of all time.
Couldn't agree more
ur so underrated what the hell
Man, what an intelligent video - great!
As an InuYasha fan myself, I'm glad to hear actually good criticism about this series once in a while. You hear so damn little of that on the internet, that I clicked on your video, thinking the title was ironic. That's really sad.
But that's a mere sidenote. Mainly I want to praise all the good and deep thoughts you had mentioned in this video!
You seem to have this healthy view on all things media, by not looking for great plot twists, omega character arcs or deep background stories, but the deeper meanings stories told hold to the human life. Those little things you mentioned, like Kagome bringing toys 'n' stuff along for little Shippou or InuYasha's sleeping habits; are being overlooked often in many reviews, as if it would be nothing of interest.
You had me right in the beginning, where you said, Takahashi was kinda breaking the norm with her series - I never thought of it in that particular way. Or later on, you saying it is a good thing, that this series doesn't have typical training arcs; your view on filler episodes and your points on the deathly sins - so much interesting stuff, and a rarity on the internet (or at least my personal filter bubble ;D).
Hopefully you can understand what I am trying to say in my kinda broken english. I just really appreciate your way of thinking.
I appreciate those interesting and very mature perspectives you give, and of course the whole effort you spend into creating this video. I could listen to you for hours - keep up the great work!
Best regards
A new fellow subscriber ;)
I'm grateful for the praise you have given me and I'm happy to have found an audience that can appreciate my work. Too often I find that most other analyses slash reviews are just simple summaries of the plot, so in mine I try to extrapolate something greater.
I appreciate the sub, and by the way let me just say you have absolutely nothing to worry about with your English, in all honesty you communicate better than most native speakers.
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033
I also like, how you jump directly into the topic without the whole "InuYasha is a manga series made by the very popular mangaka Rumiko Takahashi aka the "Queen of Manga". It was published in 1996 in the magazine ..." - you know the stick. It is kinda refreshing to skip the all too known facts and just start with the good stuff ^^
Aww, really? Thank you so much!
I kinda struggle with the wording all the time - especially how to tackle those deep more psychological thoughts, you know? -, I know what I want to convey, but than I write, and I write and than I fear to have lost myself in some weird sentense structures and false time versions. Back in school I wasn't the fittest either; so I'm more than relieved to hear that. Thanks a lot =)
It's interesting to see more people analyze Inuyasha in recent times. While I am a fan of a spiritual successor, Kamisama Kiss, I'm glad to see IY getting more appreciation these days.
I'm glad to see that too, though I do have to mention that I made this video a year before the announcement of Yashahime, which sparked its resurgence. I actually wrote this video because I thought the series was underdiscussed at the time.
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 I understand. It's great that people are talking about it and even analyzing the deeper aspects of it. I'm happy when something from the past becomes relevant and appreciatiated as time went on.
I hope that the same thing happens with KK. It is already enjoyed by many, but no major reviewer (glass reflection, anime America, etc.) has covered it and hardly anyone analyzes KK besides being cute and funny. I feel like I'm one of the few who does analyze it for its character development, pacing, foreshadowing/hinting, and other things.
THANK YOU FOR THIS 👏👏 inuyasha has been one of my favorite anime of all time and its rlly rare to see people appreciate it up until now
Glad you enjoyed it, incidentally you pretty much summed up why I wrote it in the first place.
I like how you talked about Maison Ikkoku. I recently watched that anime and being 25 years old, I really enjoyed it
I really enjoyed that one also, definitely in my top 10, maybe even top 5. I wouldn't mind eventually writing a video on it, though I would have refresh my memory to do it the justice it deserves.
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 I would watch a video on Maison Ikkoku if you did it. But it's hard to refresh your memory over 96 episodes. I hop you do though
I love this so much, I love that you made this. Inuyasha is one of my all-time favs, but I think I personally enjoy Ranma a bit more. Anyway, I've read most of Takahashi-sensei's works and watched the adaptations, usually multiple times hahah and honestly I could sit down and write a whole thesis about her charachters, about the symbolism, about the historical and cultural references etc... her work is amazing and I'm so glad others see it too. I studied japanese studies and literature in uni and then rewatched Inuyasha as a 25yo adult and it was even better than when I watched as a kid or as a teen, as I understood it in a different way and I could actually sit down and analyse it... its so much more than your typical adventure anime. Thank you for making this. I appreciate you mentioned the filler thing, I've heard that complaint too and every time I just have the impression that the people saying this watched the show all wrong lol if thats even possible. I once heard someone complain Ranma has too many fillers and I just started laughing bc the show is almost identical to the manga and is basically entirely made out of nothing but "fillers" and it always made me wonder why people are expecting these shows to be something they aren't.
Glad you appreciated my video. I've basically watched all the anime adaptations of her work too, minus a few 1 episode OVAs. In regards to filler content (In general, not just Inuyasha) I believe the majority criticism against filler is usually an offshoot of the "The book is better than the movie" argument, basically a phrase people say to create an illusion that they're smarter than they actually are, now I'm not implying all cases of filler to be great or even good I just believe many people use that argument without even reflecting if it meshes well with the canon material or not. Hopefully I didn't get too wordy, it's just that your Ranma story substantiated both my claims, so I felt a little compelled to say it.
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 not at all, I appreciate your reply! we are on the same page here, the are cases where fillers can get a bit too much and the criticism is valid but in the cases where it doesn't mess up the original story and flows so well with it, this complaint is pointless. you can enjoy both manga and anime with the differences they come with if both are done well. i have a feeling some people google how many fillers there are in the show and go "oh man half of them are fillers, it must be bad" but in reality, just like you said, for shows like these it will be hard to tell what is filler and what isn't by simply watching.
Beautiful video, I loved every minute of this!! Inuyasha has been one of my most favorite anime of all time and still is to this day❤❤❤ thank for creating this. I love your discussion on kikiyo connected to nature as well. Subbed
Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
FOR THOSE WHO DONT KNOW INUYASHA SEQUEL IS PLANNED FOR FALL OF THIS YEAR 2020!!!! YASHAHIME PRINCESS HALF DEMON!!!!! starring inuyasha and sesshomarus hald demon kids! :)
Moroha is a quarter Daiyokai ... she isn't half. Princess of a half demon sure. But princess quarter demon doesn't sound as nice, sooo... lol
You sir have some really good points here. When I’ll be asked why I love Inuyasha after all this time I’ll sent them your video. 👏😎
@Elena V
Thanks, I appreciate your praise and I'm glad you think so highly of my content. Happy New Years!
I just randomly found your channel, but I HAD to subscribe! This was one of the best analysis videos I’ve seen for Inuyasha - actually it raised points that haven’t even occurred to me. You deserve way more views ❤️
I'm always happy to hear I helped someone find a deeper appreciation in a series they already like. Thanks for the subscription and complimenting my thoughts on how I believed the ending was going to occur.
I literally cannot wait for the Inuyasha sequel, my favorite anime ever ❤️❤️
The idea of sleeping beauty never crossed my mind. That's really great observation. As a fan request, can u do a similar one for the anime series Monster
I'm happy to have deepened your appreciation for the series. In regards to Monster I haven't watched it a long time, so I don't have the best recollection of the intricate details necessary to write a video of it in this style anymore. If you're still interested in my deep dive analytical videos the next one I plan on writing is Ashita no Joe. If you want to mention any other series you would like me to cover, feel free to list them.
Now I wouldn't say ever conceived but it is underrated, my cousin saw the battle with Yura of the demon hair and refuses to give the best portions of Inuyasha a chance yet when Naruto makes a mistake he forgives without a problem and it's so petty.
In all honesty I wanted to name this video "Inuyasha Breaks All the Cycles", but at the time of writing it, I had less than twenty subscribers, so I thought giving it such an out there title wouldn't have been a good idea, so I ended changing its name to something more alluring, but other than that I definitely agree with you that the series is underrated. In regards to your second comment I generally find that's the case for most anime fans, any time I've found someone who's tried to write a guidebook of what makes a good anime, I can usually spot a major contradiction early on.
This was such a great analysis! One of the best I've ever seen for Inuyasha!
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed my work.
I think you glazed over sango in the opening part, about how you could genderswap roles and the story wouldnt change much. Sango initially comes across as an exception to the rule. However how she influences mirokus development from just wanting to continue his lineage to actually wanting to live for someone. That was very impactful to me
@ChickenWing575
With Sango I'd also say the manner in how she interacted with her brother couldn't be swapped either.
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 i disagree, despite the impact that arch of her character has her gender really isnt signficant as far as sibling relationships go.
inuyasha was my first ever anime i got into this video definitely got me nostalgic and since its been so many years going to be rewatching it
I’m not one to comment usually or watch long videos. I enjoy this anime so much and it’s so meaningful to me that I figured an hour is nothing considering the countless memories and moments of enjoyment this anime has given me. I enjoyed this video so much and it’s broken down practically to the tee giving all the important information of what is so great without spoiling the anime itself.
Glad you enjoy it! Comments like yours always make me glad I started to make videos, and will further motivate me to continue doing so.
Please put more publicity, I watched your whole video on my Ipad (came to comment from my phone) and I must say you deserve way more views and you should put more ads.
I absolutely loved this video, very very grateful for you, I hope more people will start loving Inuyasha, it truly is a masterpiece. Oh and the musc in it is just legendary.
Glad you enjoyed my video and I hope so too. Yeah, the music perfectly sets the atmosphere.
The description of how Inuyasha sleeps made me 🤯🤯🤯
Brilliant assessment of the series. I love these in-depth reviews of Inuyasha dissecting the themes in it as it’s one of the most sophisticated animes of all time (in my opinion).
I'm glad you enjoyed my video and I appreciate you speaking so highly of it.
This is such an awesome review! Thanks a lot for this!
Glad you appreciated it!, these types of videos are the ones I enjoy making the most.
Rumiko Takahashi can make anything '90s no matter what year it is. I adore her for that. Maybe you could touch on the reversed aspects of Kyokai no Rinne next
I think that stems from her great sense of atmosphere and aesthetics, though I have to say her prior work Maison Ikkoku is one of the most 80s anime you'll ever see.
In regards to Rinne's reversing of trends, it basically added reality into otherworldly stories. Many anime during the mid to late 2000's featured cool, fashionable and good looking high school age protagonists with paranormal side occupations (Bleach, Death Note, The World God Only Knows) who possessed seemingly endless amounts money for gadgets, work supplies and clothing, and Rumiko Takahashi played with this trend by putting a price tag on everything, so the characters couldn't be as "fashionable" as their contemporaries.
My Left Ear feels Blessed
I'm happy to know that and I just thought I'd tell you that in my more recent videos I have since corrected the audio.
Booty Hunter 😳 Hisoka you are crazy 😩😂
I concur with MUCH of your review. Thanks for sharing!
great job, well researched. :)
Someone needs to make a playlist for new watchers to avoid filler. Other then that this anime is a masterpiece. Btw I don’t really mind the filler lol
@elijah caballero
In all honesty I enjoy the filler, though I will say I can see how it would be annoying if you watch the series week to week, which didn't really bother me back in the day. On a side note I do have to add how other than a few miniarcs it can somewhat be hard to separate the filler from canon as the writers intertwined them rather well.
You are absolutely wonderful. You’re brilliant. Thank you for taking the time to do this.
You're welcome and thank you for the compliment, it means a lot as I put a great deal of effort into writing it.
A year later i am back because i feel like there is something so special about this video
I wish i could tell what it is and how special it is to me💖💖💖 the way your stories , inuyasha and how i relate to it is just 💖💖💖 thanks a lot. I love you for making it
I'm always happy to see a returning viewer and I'm glad my video could resonate so deeply with you. Reading comments like yours always keeps me motivated to continue making content.
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Thank you for this. I become too much of a fangirl when I see the name Inuyasha, I Just can't lol. Imma subscribe now! Oh wait, I already did!
This is magnificent, this video made me love Inuyasha even more and that’s saying something
I'm always happy to hear I've deepened someone's appreciation for a series they already loved.
I think it's funny that the last time he ever used Wind Scar was on a cockroach at the Higurashi residence LMAO
Did i really just watch a 1 hourvideo of someone talking?.....well damn....i loved it!!
Yeah, I admit an hour long video can be daunting, but I'm happy to hear you still loved my video anyways ... by the way I could have gone on longer if I had too.
This deserves more views!
This is a great video, never noticed my relation with inuyasha as being the yougest son, mind blow, thanks man ^^
No problem! I'm glad you enjoyed my video and that it deepened your appreciation of the series.
I'm watching this in 2020, and that ending when he mentions not following their kids when Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon was just announced...
Well, he did say in detail how Rumiko is known for taking current trends and flipping them on their heads. I wouldn't be too worried.
51:05
Vegeta was probably one of the worst characters to choose for this section, since he has a massive character arc that spans multiple sagas and about over a decade (in-universe) and shows how he changed through his relationships with Future Trunks, Bulma, and Goku by teaching him the value of his bonds with others and providing him someone to reach/surpass in a relatively safe setting (to teach him that there are some prices that are too great to pay just for your own pride, as well as showcasing that you don't have to give up your bonds to gain true strength), with him failing and going backwards in major ways at least twice.
Yes it’s great I don’t know why he chose vegeta
@Insflare1
Going off of my memory if you're referring to the scene I think you are, I believe I used a picture of Vegeta from Battle of the Gods or Dragon Ball Super and with that specific image I intended to criticize his portrayal in that specific arc, not him in the Z era. Like a Z-era Vegeta would not disgrace himself into dancing just to please someone stronger than himself. So yeah I meant to condemn his "development" in Battle of the Gods, not his growth throughout DBZ. I hope that explains everything.
I'm curious what do you think about the sequel? I felt the same way you just said at the end of the video on having successors. I expect one thing from the sequel, and it is not to ruin what Inuyasha had achieved. I just don't want to see that the characters' efforts were for nothing, or when they defeat Naraku and after 3 years they reunite, we found out they weren't exactly living peacefully ever after (I'm referring to the first few episodes of Yashahime, since the children don't even know their parents). I am not really comfortable with this, like I can't be truly happy for the group of them when I see they were separated from their children in the last 10 years or so. So what is your opinion on this?
In all honesty what I've seen about Yashahime thus far I don't think its writers understand the nature of the original work. Like what I've always proclaimed to be Rumiko Takahashi greatest asset would be her ability to write authenticity into her characters. Many of the series' characters practically sync up to people I've met in my personal life and let me just say none of the new cast captured that authenticity. Moroha can be entertaining and in general I do like her, but in no way can she compete against the raw genuineness of the original cast.
PS I thought I'd attach this prior response to a similar question
Here's the thing I rarely hold high expectations for sequels, especially with those so far separated from its source material. I've had many other of my favorite series receive less than stellar decades later continuations, so in general I pretty much expect the worst for sequels, meaning that if it falls flat, it'll be no skin off my bones, but if it turns out good, it'll be a nice surprise.
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 Yeah, I completely agree. It doesn't have that magic.
@Szilárd Balog
If you're still interested, I just uploaded a video about Yashahime. I've been going through my comments section and informing everyone who asked about it.
The set designs the locations and color schemes 🤩🌀 so beautiful
Inuyasha is the best of both worlds.
Sir, I really want to know what are your thoughts on the confirmation of the Inuyasha sequel?🤗
I'm interested in seeing where it goes, but I do have to say it's setting off a few red flags that make me a little apprehensive, I've had several other of my favorite anime receive decades later sequels that let's just say caused caused some collateral damage.
You totally earned my subscribed. Great video Inuyasha is on my top 10 animes ever.
I appreciate it. Glad you enjoyed my video.
What do you think about the sequel on the horizon for Inuyasha?( Where it involves not only Inuyasha's and Kagome's offspring but Sesshoumaru's as well.)
In regards to the sequel I am definitely interested in it, but I do have to say a few other of my favorite anime received decades later sequels, that let's just say didn't understand what made the original great, and some of the information revealed thus far about the Inuyasha sequel opens up a possibility that it could end up like those others decades later sequels, but other than that I'm still hopeful about it.
26:58 Them filling each others holes has been deeply explored in off brand.
Im So Glad Someone Has The Same Kind Of Love For Inuyasha As Me. It Was My First Anime Too.
I'm happy Inuyasha could resonate so deeply with you and that you enjoyed my video.
This video is severely underrated 😩 thank you so much 🙏🏽❤️☺️
I love the details she put into the series. The motivations and characters are so relatable/make sense/creative. * how to write a power scale and main characters correctly
You're welcome and I'm glad you enjoyed my video. She definitely does have a masterful eye for detail.
And then the sequel its announced, and we discovered that the tomorrow its tragic. Good video :D
Clicked on this so fast. I have never found another anime that compared to inayasha the writing was so good. The characters were well written the plot was straightforward but also had complex elements And just the way that females were portrayed. Nothing compared. Really don't like how they did yashahime it gave me fanfic vibes
@Heather Lara
I'm happy to be of service. Funny story, I don't know if you know this but I actually just uploaded a Yashahime video and I said much of what you commented on. I stated that Yashahime overcomplicated the straightforward plot of Inuyasha.
This is a very well constructed video on many positives of Inuyasha as a whole, some even I had forgotten or not really considered.
Although Inuyasha certainly isn't my favorite series by any means and I personally feel that it drags too much regarding the manga with naraku conveniently getting away just to artificially prolong the series every time, I can't say I ever wanted to drop it due to that fact.
Another issue I had was the relative inaneness of the series artificially stretching out the drama between kagome and kikyos love interest spat over Inuyasha when kagome was always felt that she was mature enough to recognize where Inuyasha and kikyo(who had it super worse) was coming from. Being jealous or vain the first few times is okay, but how Takahashi stretched it out to 500 chapters I'll never figure out.
At the time when I was a teen I was very much a crazy fan of Inuyasha and kagomes relationship and very vindictive towards kikyos place in the series, but in the rearview mirror it made things even more silly due to elephant in the room of kikyo literally being kagomes previous self.
Like both of them being jealous of sharing the same guy when they clearly have the same soul weirds me out haha. And yeah one of the points in the series is how they grew different personalities due to being born in the fuedal era vs the modern world but still...
If I had a small complaint about the video itself, I'd only say that while mainstream shounen series can be formulaic, anime and manga has countless mutations after all. So only showing a handful of mainstream shounen anime of the time period as examplss and then saying "most anime and manga in comparison" is a sore spot since that doesn't really represent even a small portion.
During the time I grew up watching anime in the 90s through toonami and adult swim later on, shounen anime had not taken fully taken off as a genre in the west yet, so we got DBZ but also a ton of completely random genres and age ranges of series that show a greater variety than say one piece Naruto DBZ bleach, fairy tail, ect.
Outside of that great video especially for being 2 years old. I can tell you've vastly improved since this video as well
@MrInuhanyou123
I'm glad you enjoyed another one of my videos and that I could deepen your appreciate of the series.
I will say I originally wanted to title this video "Inuyasha Breaks All the Cycles", but at the time I only had 20 subscribers and I realized that an out there name would attract no viewers, so much to my chagrin I had to give it a more clickbait title to make it more approachable.
I honestly like Kikyo's role in the story as I see her as the boyhood dream girl, like even if one realizes that the relationship would have never worked out, past fantasies and the "what ifs" always cause one to question one's own logic, which is why I think she works as a character.
Admittedly I was more comparing Inuyasha to series within its own genre, and not anime as a whole.
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 what do you think about yashahime in general? Any thoughts? I know there has been some controversy surrounding that series in the western fandom because of one particular plot point that had people really upset. But I had actually predicted it years ago before Inuyasha was even done so it was kind of just a "duh" moment for me.
@MrInuhanyou123
I honestly don't hold it in high regards, like it has several good nods to the past, cut content and other works of Rumiko Takahashi, but it lacks substance and an understanding of the characters. Let me put it like this Towa wears male clothing, which for women symbolically represents dominance and a more confidant nature, but once the main group returns to the past she plays the more "feminine" roles and is generally the one who is unsure of herself. Also much of this story's concept follows Rumiko Takahashi prior work "Fire Tripper", but it doesn't works no where near as well, like the girl who grew up in the future somehow remembers the past better than the one that remained there in the first place, it instead should of had Towa question if she actually came from the past or if it was all a dream. I have a lot more to say, but I'll save it for the video. With that said I do think Yashahime might be slightly one of the better sequels starring the former protagonists kids. I presume the "duh" moment your referring to regards the the main characters' biological mother, and yeah that should have been expected by most people, but I will say the possibility of Sesshomaru seeing her as an adoptive daughter like figure could have been used as well.
PS I responded to your Black Clover comment, but I forgot to add @MrInuhanyou123, so you might not have received a notification for it.
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 I'll check it out thanks! I do agree with your critique partially with yashahime as it seemed like they were trying to do what Inuyasha did with some filler episodes and some exploring the plot but it felt half baked when people really just wanted answers and the characters they liked back.
It had a rocky start as it came off somewhat boring for first half of season 1 and some things didn't really make sense like moroha going to the future and not questioning anything including her parents or grandparents or uncle at all.
But later on in series it stated getting to some good parts regarding answers and info which I thought was nice, and season 2 is looking better based on the trailers cause it's going right into the good stuff early on
@@henicklee1736 hey
I ❤ inuyasha since 2000...
I like how it's not like Naruto (and other animes) where most of the female characters are juts for fan service or are side characters who are suuuuper weak
The original Japanese of Naruto is actually quite good. Sakura literally kicks everyone's ass and runs the family. Also, takes over and surpasses Tsunade. The original Japanese anime and Manga didn't butcher the dialog and development. Removed episodes. Reversed episodes, dialog removed, dialog given to other characters for the wrong time etc etc. And most people only seen the English dub so you can imagine how much they don't get to see! Its sad.
Unique, high quality content. Just talk a bit slower maybe, and maybe more calmly. New sub. Gonna come back to watch this fully.
Thanks for the compliment and I appreciate the sub.
In regards to the pace of my narration, I pretty much talk rapidly to shorten the length of my videos, as many people have openly told me they found the sheer length of them to be intimidating, so in an effort to make my videos more approachable I started to speak faster to cut down on time, but yes I fully admit doing so can be a bit of a double edged sword. PS I do appreciate input like yours, so I'm glad you still told me this.
Great video 👍🏻
I also really enjoy the filler episodes (:
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed my video
So one correction. Bows are much more physically demanding than swords. Proper war bows. Not toys at archery clubs at school and not modern industrial bows with wheels. Real war bows require immense upper body strength and can't be sustained at full draw for long. To have proper power and range, war bows often have 80+ pounds of draw pressure.
Hollywood lies. Bows are much more physically taxing than swords which usually don't weigh more than 3 or 4 pounds
@AzrielSword100
For all intensive purposes you are correct, but I don't think Kagome uses a war bow, like the bow she uses extends about the length of her torso whereas the size of war bow can exceed their wielder, so I think hers is more of a recreational variation.
In terms of swords most "kills" come from stabbing rather than slashes, so this essentially nullifies my point, but with its taxation on the body you're not taking into recoil or the generation of force. Plus with swords there is strain upon removing the blade from the target post-slash.
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 a well balanced sword should not cause excessive fatigue or recoil. It's not a top heavy weapon the way an ax or war hammer are. So the amount of effort required after every swing to recover is much less.
Katanas are not stabbing weapons. They CAN stab. But that's not their primary use. Most of the swords in inuyasha are katanas, even if oversized. The one exception is tokijin which is closer to a Khanda or a Jian.
While Kagome's first bow seems to be a training bow used by iniciate priestesses, the one she has by the end, the sacred bow of Mt Azusa, is very clearly a war Yumi bow like Kikyo's and would be 50 pounds of draw weight on a beginner bow, 200 pounds on an expert field combat bow.
So even in the best case scenario, Kagome's bow would require much more force to use consistently and accurately than most swords. Barring Tessaiga for its massive size and weight.
@@AzrielSword100 thank you!!! I’m a woman who was once an archer years ago, and when I heard that part of the video I immediately came into the comments 😂 archery requires a tremendous amount of strength and athleticism
Thank God I was recommended this video by RUclips. I really enjoyed it and learnt a lot. 🙏🙏 Thank you.
Your welcome, and I'm happy you enjoyed my video.
I watched this as a kid and have rewatched it for like 8 times now and still love it
Always a great feeling when something you liked as a kid stands the test of time.
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 honestly it's a great show I wish there was more animes like inuyasha, I think I'm gonna rewatch the movies too
If you want an anime similar to Inuyasha you might consider watching Blue Seed, they share very similar concepts and treat the relationships between their characters in similar manners too, but I will state that Inuyasha is easily the better of the two. I just thought I would let you know.
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 oh thank you I was just trying to find something to watch, I'll check it out now thanks for the recommendation
Beautiful review👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
i hate how hard people sleep on this show man
You pretty much summed up why I felt compelled to make this video.
This was a grad student Media presentation. I mean...that's it. I have literaly sat through presentations of P.D students that 1/10th as well done. Thank you.
You're welcome and I'm glad you enjoyed my video, In all honesty the reason for why I put so much effort into my video(s) is that I simply find pleasure in video production and doing it on a show I enjoy serves as an extra bonus.
I really love Rumiko san's grey story telling. Her new work about demon-hunter that demon himself, are very littered with grey villains. Make you really dont know who you hate or root for. Kikyou and Naraku/Onigumo are very grey characters...
@nurlindafsihotang49
It definitely makes a character more interesting.
Well, looks like Rumiko is planning on throwing current trends on their head again. There's a sequel series starring Sesshomaru's twin daughters coming out.
Me listening to the very ending knowing that yashahime basically did just what he had said inuyasha didn’t do 😭
@RyskerSein
Yeah, that was a bit of a kick to the teeth for me.
Inuyasha is my second favorite anime/manga but you get props for even knowing the name of my favorite anime/manga Kimagure orange road.
@Thromaz
Techinically Inuyasha is actually my second favorite anime too. At the time I wrote it I considered it 1B, and this title was more so a place holder ... plus much to my chagrin I admit I intended it to be a little clickbaity since I only had around 20 subscribers. The name I wanted to give it was "Inuyasha Breaks All the Cycles", but that was so esoteric that I thought no one would give it a chance so I stuck with the original title.
I'm actually a fan of Kimagure Orange Road too, I believe I watched it back in October of 2015. I've told many people that its the most 80s anime ever.
yo I just realized this but not only is this isekai but the main character can go back to the present and past whenever she wanted at the beginning of the story while most isekai protag's are stuck in 1 realm.
@MadSoulzz
That's one thing I didn't realize till I began work on this video.
13:02 THAT background is so cool.
The one I believe your referring to (the timestamp didn't match up perfectly on my end) was a segment of the ending credits to Inuyasha the Final Act, if your curious.
I was gonna play this in the background and ended up just sitting through half an hour
My favorite characters:
-Kagome;
-Kikyo (do NOT judge me);
-Naraku (I love a good villain, what can I say);
-Sesshomaru (he's kinda growing on me).
@JabamiLain
I can't judge, I like Kikyo myself I see her as good representation of every male's (usually unattainable/destined to fail) first crush.
someone finally gets it. IMUYAHSHA FOREVERERT
Amazing review. MORE VEIWS!!!
Thanks for the compliment
Most underrated channel ive ever found
Thanks, I always appreciate comments like these the most ... though let's just say I hope I don't stay underrated permanently.
Your audio seems to be coming solely out of the left speaker; if you don't have separate audio for left and right, be sure to set the track to mono so it plays evenly on both sides!
@AdamTheFanatic
Thanks for telling me this, but I've have since rectified the issue in my newer videos by using the program audacity.
This analysis was incredible
@cardinal mcqueen
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed my video.
@@lonelyboyadventurer1033 can you do an analysis on how toga was fatally wounded by ryukotse when he was able to match Kirinmaru who seems stronger