In A New Interview On YT Rumiko Takahashi Said: "...in My Opinion, Sesshomaru Is A Parental Figure (to

In a new interview on YT Rumiko Takahashi said: "...in my opinion, Sesshomaru is a parental figure (to Rin)"

She says that Sesshomaru is Rin's "hogosha" which is literally guardian/protector, and won't talk about them as a couple because she doesn't see them that way. She goes on to say that she got into a fight with two of YashaHime's producers because they made Sesshomaru the father of the twins.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWjUWSltdds

I’m sure this won’t be a popular or hot take but I’ve tagged this post accordingly in the hopes that shippers won’t see it unless they wanna. So let’s get into it. Todays topic is: Platonic relationships in media and how Sesshoumaru and Rin share similarities with them. Goodie! 

I wanted to talk about these bonds to demonstrate something. 

Sully and Boo - Sully takes on a more parental role, and while initially afraid, becomes attached to Boo and protects her. In the end, he leaves her in her bedroom and revisits after a couple of years, to be greeted with an enthusiastic ‘Kitty!’

Sesshoumaru and ‘parental’ might not be two words that immediately come to mind, but he does show his care. He buys Rin new clothes and protects her from danger. She listens to him and follows what he says extremely literally, freezing in place for several minutes when he says to do so. At the end of Inuyasha, Sesshoumaru leaves her with Kaede at the village and revisits every so often- still visiting 3 years later when Kagome returns. We can infer its a regular occurrence since no one is shocked to see him, so Sesshoumaru has remained in her life. He’s not her ‘Papa’ by any means, but he is, and remains her guardian in spirit. He will always be greeted with an enthusiastic ‘Sesshoumaru-sama!’

Shifting more into a teacher/ ruthless protector role now, the above is about John Creasy, who becomes a bodyguard to a little girl. Creasy teaches her how to improve her swimming speed and not to fear the whistle as much. He also protects and ultimately sacrifices himself for her.

Sesshoumaru does not fulfil a proper ‘teaching’ role to Rin in the traditional sense of what we, as humans recognise, but if you pay attention, he does stop and wait while Rin forages or sends Jaken and Ah-Un with her to hunt for food. Shippo is also seen foraging for his father in a flashback, so it’s very easy to interpret Sesshoumaru’s command that Rin ‘feed herself’ to be a method of teaching her how to hunt and survive independently. Like a demon would. He protects Rin, not because he’s a bodyguard, but because she’s a part of his group.

These two are actually kind of the closest relationship dynamic to Sesshoumaru and Rin I can think of. Teresa is a lot more cold-hearted towards Clare than Sesshoumaru is with his charge, but they have the same - ‘unstoppable, efficient killing machine is taught some humanity from a child’ thing going on. 

Clare is mute when we first see her, she’s an orphan and traumatised. She latches onto Teresa and follows her wherever she goes - even following her off a cliff. 

Rin is mute when we first see her, she’s an orphan and traumatised. She latches onto Sesshoumaru and follows him wherever he goes - and if he jumped off a cliff it’s fair to say she’d follow if he asked her to. 

Now, Teresa tries to leave Clare for her own sake, to learn how to be a proper human. To live a human life. But Clare follows, and even after Teresa’s death, Clare idolises Teresa. Time does not temper her absolute adoration. (at least in the anime, I haven’t read the manga) I don’t think time would temper Rin’s admiration either. Sesshoumaru would always have power over her. He would always be who she’d defer to, who would teach her right and wrong.

So yeah, these relationship dynamics are all slightly similar to Sesshoumaru and Rins, in various ways; but a key component is that their bond is NOT different from the ones shown. It’s never been intended as something set up to eventually be romantic. Unfortunately, the only thing separating Sesshoumaru and Rin from these other examples is that - Sesshoumaru is a hot, fictional male demon from an anime. Him being fictional allows for the prospect of eventual Sess/rin to be ‘softened’ for an audience in a way that John Creasy x Adult Pita is not. The latter would be unthinkable to many. Rin being fictional allows her to be shipped with her guardian and turned into a young teen bride in Yashahime. It being an anime also makes it seem ‘ok’ because anime is infamous for presenting this type of relationship ala Usagi Drop, but sometimes examples of it are removed these days like in Cardcaptor Sakura.

I hope I’m managing to get across the point that it’s the platonic dynamic in the OG Inuyasha between Sesshoumaru and Rin being changed into something romantic is what a lot of people like myself take umbrage with. I’m not getting into the grooming implications or arguments about her age when she gave birth - because that’s been covered extensively.

I’m saying that it’s sad. It’s really sad to me that this sweet, tender relationship of a traumatised orphan who latched onto the first strong presence she could was changed. Because platonic is never enough. Sex sells after all. If you are a Sess/rin shipper getting upset over what I’m saying - try looking at it like this. Monsters Inc 3 comes out: it’s been a few years. Boo is grown up *enough* that she’s been impregnated by Sully off-screen. 

Do ya not see how that could be a liiitttle bit offputting?

Idk, Sesshoumaru and Rin’s bond was, and remains a beautiful platonic relationship in Inuyasha imo. All of this is just my personal opinion, I’m not trying to force anything on anyone. Just some food for thought.

I'm not really in the Inuyasha community but I am really interested why do you like SeshKag? Or why you prefer it over InuKag? ( I mean you don't need to have a reason but seeing your blog and your posts made me really interested. And I don't ship either one just like reading others' works about something they like )

Hi anon!

This is a really good question lol

I ship sesskag for many reasons. I’m actually thinking of posting mini analysis on each scene they have and why I like it.

First and foremost,I want to say, I am a sesshoumaru stan lol. He is my favorite character, and tbh the reason why I joined the inuyasha community and why I stay. Also, a note is that I haven’t finished watching inuyasha yet, I’m actually not even close tbh lol. And this is because the only character I really find interesting is sesshoumaru.

Why do I mention this? Because this affects my shipping preferences.I can’t find another character I’m drawn to besides sesshoumaru which causes me to not be as motivated to explore other characters, relationships lol.

I think inukag has some cute moments, it makes sense as a ship but I can’t really get an interest in it because inuyasha’s character doesn’t interest me as much. Inukag follows some cute tropes like friends to lovers and stuff but idk tbh they sort of lack the passion and fire I like in my ships lol. Many would say they are passionate and that’s valid, but I see it more as soft and tender which is nice but not usually my preference lol.

Plus this may be an unpopular opinion but I prefer platonic inukag lol. I think platonic relationships are important and I think inukag has amazing platonic potential.

Which brings me to why I ship sesskag lol. I feel like her interactions with Sesshoumaru bring the most potential out of Kagome’s character, which makes me interested in her too so she becomes a character I’m interested in in addition to sesshoumaru.

When she interacts with Sesshoumaru she’s so fiesty and headstrong and how does Sesshoumaru react to this? He’s this stoic hardly bothered by anyone guy and she gets reactions out of him. She catches his attention. Not only that but she calls him out on his shit which is a trope I love. Others around him like jaken and Rin (lol I love you baby nothing against you) put him on a pedestal and adore him (lol while jaken also fears him) but Kagome does not lol. She calls him stupid (which he is kind of canonically read the character book lol) and even taunts him lol. Like when she said “if inuyasha could pick up the sword that would be so embarrassing for Sesshoumaru” lol she did not give a shit. She stands up to him, she does not put him on a pedestal, she does not fear him she faces him like an equal.

I find his reactions to her interesting. Like when she held the sword he seemed almost in awe of her, and this leads to of potential in fanfics where he is impressed by kagome’s strength and sees her potential as a warrior.

I saw this cool post that said sesskag is like a kagome worship ship lol. And it really is because they way Sesshoumaru is taken aback by her leads to potential where he sees everything that makes kagome unique, like her strength her kindness and that’s why he’s drawn to her. She literally cracked through his armor and he’s taken aback lol.

She sees he’s not just some evil beast, he’s more complex than that. She’s left almost intrigued with him.

The way they seemed to misjudge each other at first glance reminds me of pride and prejudice lol. Plus he has some similarities to Darcy since Sesshoumaru is a man with titles, and he’s bad at feelings lol.

They their scenes in canon have some kind of magnetic appeal where you forget about anyone else and it’s just them

They also have the good girl and bad boy trope lol. Except it’s not toxic because kagome has agency and he respects her. They have potential to learn things from each other.

I think in canon to a degree they both find each other interesting. She’s interested in his complexity, and he’s interested in her strength. But they also confuse each other because he’s not just a simple evil dude and she’s not just a weak simple human lol. So this leads to potential of where they intrigue and excite each other yet scare each other lol. Their canon dynamic is just full of fanfic potential basically lol.

Plus they have potential for lots of hot kinky passionate sex

As you can see, I can talk about this all day lol. Sorry about the essay, I just have a lot to say, I love them.

Thank you for your question anon, have a good day!

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