Twitter User @mameron_OvO Won A Giveaway And Received An Autographed Drawing Of Sesshomaru From Rumiko

Twitter user @mameron_OvO won a giveaway and received an autographed drawing of Sesshomaru from Rumiko Takahashi as a prize.

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the importance of "I'll protect you with my life"

For @inukag-week's sacrifice prompt, I thought I'd expand on a topic I have only mentioned before: the "I'll protect you with my life" line and why it matters even more than we give it credit for.

The thing about Inuyasha's character is that he was build — both physically and psychologically — to survive.

Physically, the fact that his own blood can be weaponized into a powerful attack backs up that assumption.

And so does the fact that one of his defining traits is having a defense mechanism that kicks in whenever he's on the verge of certain death with the sole purpose of keeping him alive.

Psychologically, his tough childhood shaped his survival instincts into a reliable and sharpened sense. And this next part is more of a conjecture than anything else, but I believe Izayoi's death plays a huge role here.

It can be assumed that she gave up a lot in order to live her love story and her life choices ultimately resulted in an early death. Inuyasha, being the child born from that love, has no better way of honoring her memory than living. First, for her. Then, to spite those who were against his very existence.

And this — conscious or not — need to live, is deeply intertwined with his desire to belong. Fitting in is the safest way to survive and, at first, he tried to achieve that by becoming a powerful demon.

Then, he went the opposite direction and agreed to turn into human, which only cements that his true wish wasn't to simply become one or the other at all, but to be accepted, so he could live.

That's why he doesn't take threats to his life laying down, especially when unearned. It may not look like, given his reckless way of dealing with things, but in a crooked way, Inuyasha actually values his life.

So much, in fact, that putting other people's lives above his own was a foreign concept that he struggled with at the beginning and had to learn in order to wield Tessaiga.

When Kagome tells Inuyasha she will help him with the sword under the condition he promises to protect her, she obviously never meant that said protection should cost of his life.

She wouldn't dream of it because she knows she's not entitled to it. He doesn't owe her anything. Although, one could make a point that he kind of does.

Kagome is literally the reason he is alive. Through their journey, is a recurring theme that her voice would bring him back from death's grasp every time. She's constantly saving his life. In more ways than one.

And despite Inuyasha's immediate reaction to her request being to mock her and making it clear that he never said he would protect her forever, he was the one to willingly and unpromtly add the "with my life" bit.

Even though protecting Kagome with his life was precisely what he had been doing the entire time — in spite of spending a good chunk of the series thinking his life wasn't his to give away —, to say it out loud makes for an amazing paralel and it shows how much they've grown, both as characters and as a couple.

But more than that: it shows a whole new level of devotion. For the first time ever, Inuyasha is chosing to promise his life to someone for no other reason than the fact that he loves her.

And despite talking about a lifelong commitment, I can't remember a single stance of the story where Inuyasha had acted more free.

No wonder the scene can be interpreted as a proposal.

Sempre parti da ideia que Hojo é um ótimo rapaz e pretendente.

Pour one out for my boy Hojo. He’s such a nice boy. He clearly not only likes Kagome but also hears she’s sick and brings all these remedies and holistic medicines. He hears she has bunions and is just like “here you go, this will help”.

He’s a real one. With all these crazy things Gramps makes up (some range from being actually very serious to ridiculous) he’s just like, there’s nothing to be embarrassed about.

Then, she’s always running off and talking about how she’s sorry but she has something really important to do and he’s disappointed but he doesn’t get mad.

Someone nominate this man to be the next contestant on the Bachelor. He’s a total catch, a green flag, a true king.

not to defend a male character but hating inuyasha is just insane sorry. he was a traumatized teen struggling with massive amounts of survivor's guilt! he might not have handled things in the best way all the time, but then again, who could, after living through everything he did? they're all just traumatized kids doing their best! we can't lose sight of who the REAL villain is: sesshoumaru. i will not be taking any further questions.

If Rumiko Takahashi wasn't so involved in Trashahime I would have given this women a fucking oscar for Sesshomarus character development.

I mean how isn't this the cutest idea that this giant, human hating dog demon becomes the father figure to TWO HUMAN CHILDREN???

This is so great because in most series or anime it happens through love interests (which is also great but with the right circumstances) and here it happened through adopting human kids and this just so beautiful.

Making Sesshomaru a adoptive dad was the greatest choice ever and Sunrise took it and threw it out the window.

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