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Seriously, for a Daiyōkai to be so easily caught by surprise Not even Naraku a half-demon was subdued by his own underlings (Kagura and Hakudoshi) Naraku >>> Kirinmaru
Yep, with Riku’s origin revealed (Kirinmaru just made his horn which was cut by Inuyasha’s father take an instant form), it’s plain obvious that Sumisawa just recycled Kagura. Sumisawa is really NOT ORIGINAL AT ALL. Seriously, can’t he do anything but recycling?
She looks like naraku when she is sleeping just look at her
This is one of my favourite posts 📫❤
Kagura Mom Connections: Everytime there’s new evidence, I like to make an updated list. I wish I could have included more pictures, but tumblr has a 10 pic limit. Keep in mind that I likely forgot some details, but these are the main points that indicate Kagura’s relation to the twins. Moreover, as a Naraku incarnation, it’s theoretically possible for her to pass on his genes, which is something that I explain in detail down below ☺️
Hair:
When we first meet kid Towa, she had a very Kagura-esque ponytail, which I think is an important distinction to make since we know the mother is someone from the main character line up, and unlike everyone else, Kagura’s hairstyle is uniquely hers. For Rin, she has a signature side pigtail that we’ve never seen the twins possess.
As for Setsuna, we can clearly see that her kid hair doesn’t really match either options, but as she got older, her hair was worn in a high-ponytail. Initially, a lot of shippers believed her hair to be “wispy” like Rin’s, but as we can see with the official holiday image, her hair is actually straight like Sesshomaru’s.
And because Setsuna has largely been depicted with a ponytail rather than a low bun (her initial hair style) or side pigtail, I do think it’s important to note that both Toga and Naraku have been shown to wear ponytails, as well as Byakuya who’s another Naraku incarnation. However, I’m aware that there are other Inuyasha characters with ponytails (both high and low), so this particular hairstyle isn’t something exclusive to the aforementioned males. Meaning, it’s not something as distingushiable as Kagura’s and Rin’s hair designs.
Color Scheme:
Towa’s color scheme is pretty obvious. She definitely matches her dad (white and red), but in the ending song, I do think it’s interesting that her character slide has blue. Setsuna’s color scheme fits more in line with Naraku and his incarnations. Plus, her character slide in the ending has purple. Both of which are colors that have always been associated with Naraku (same for red).
Rin’s color is orange and that has remained pretty constant for the past 20 years. Even with the releasal of Yashahime, all of her promotional items include orange (sometimes yellow). Neither of which have been shown on the twins. Now, during the Final Act she is given a purple kimono from Sesshomaru, however, there’s still two primary issues:
1) Her color scheme has never been updated to include purple, meaning she’s still associated with orange. We see this in Inuyasha, and we still see it in Yashahime with her promotional merch.
2) In the first episode of Yashahime, she’s actually retconned into her iconic orange kimono that we’ve always associated with eight year old Rin. A very interesting decision, since she’s actually eleven in that scene and should have actually been wearing that purple kimono. Clearly, the intention was to either remind you of her age or stress the importance of the color schemes (probably both). The reasoning is likely related to the children of this series and their color schemes matching with their guardians (not exclusivly their birth parents).
Red = Inuyasha and Moroha; Kagome also has red in her miko garbs
Pink/Green = Gyokuto and Sango
Green = Hisui, Sango, and Kohaku (he took care of hisui, and is likely considered more of a parent figure than Miroku).
Green = Kin’u and Sango
White/Red = Towa and Sesshomaru
Blue/Purple = Setsuna and Kagura (as a Naraku incarnation, she’s always been associated with blue, red, and purple. Her kimono literally contains blue and red, whereas Naraku’s garbs contain either blue or purple (sometimes both). The point being that Kagura’s color scheme directly relates to the twins as she quite literally wears and is associated with the same colors that make up their palette (same for Naraku and his other incarnations).
Even when the girls were four, their kimonos didn’t contain any orange, so not only does Rin’s hair not match the girls, but even her color scheme doesn’t match. Personally, both of these design choices (hair/color) would have been the easiest and most obvious way to connect Rin to the girls, yet the parallels weren’t made (and likely for a good reason). 🤷🏽♀️
Eye color:
Towa has red eyes. The same as Naraku and Kagura. I’ve seen theories about the eye color coming from Sesshomaru’s demon markings, but there are way too many issues there:
1) That’s not how basic biology works. That’s comparable to me saying my hypothetical yellow freckles will cause my daughter to have yellow eyes. Freckles ≠ eye color, similar to how demon markings ≠ eye color.
2) We’ve never seen a character in Inuyasha or Yashahime inherit their eye color from their parents’ demon markings. In fact, the existence of Sesshomaru pretty much debunks the notion. He literally inherited his parents’ yellow eyes and the color of his mother’s demon markings, which would imply that demon markings = demon markings and eye color = eye color. Even Inuyasha has the eye color of both his parents. Yellow to match Toga’s and brown to match Izayoi’s on his human night. Moreover, we’ve now seen Setsuna with her demon markings and they’re a perfect mix of Toga’s design with Sesshomaru’s color, so I highly doubt the twins have inherited their eye colors from Sessh’s demon markings.
3) All of the other kids in Yashahime have eye colors that match their parents. Moroha’s matches Kagome’s and when she uses her rouge, it matches Inuyasha’s. Hisui’s matches his parents, etc. More reason to not believe the demon markings = eye color theory.
Setsuna’s eye color matches Byakuya’s (Naraku incarnation). Since Kagura is already made from Naraku’s maturing parts (flesh), I think it would be possible for her to pass off his wanky genes. Meaning, if she is the mom, then she’d be able to give her kids red, purple, or black eyes as all of his incarnations possess either or. It’s what we realistically call, “skipping a generation,” and would explain why it’s possible for two blue eyed parents to have one brown eyed kid.
*it’s also a good way to make the mother a mystery since the choice wouldn’t be too obvious*
*Also note the similar widow’s peak she has to Byakuya’s*
Powers/Weapons:
Towa uses a sword, more specifically an energy blade, which we clearly know is a direct callback to Sesshomaru. However, what I do find interesting is how she has an affinity to Tokijin rather than Bakusaiga (a sword made from himself). Tokijin is a sword forged from Goshinki’s fang. Goshinki being another Naraku incarnation. Sesshomaru is 99% of the time shown to use his blue dragon attack while wielding Tokijin, which would imply that it’s a main attack linked to that blade. However, he does do this move once while wielding Tensaiga in the 3rd episode of the Final Act. Personally, I don’t think that detracts away from the main point, since he still never uses it with Bakusaiga or by himself (no swords). Towa’s blue dragon serves as symbolism for Sesshomaru, and since he mainly uses that attack while weilding Tokijin, I think that’s another large connection to Naraku and Goshinki. Furthermore, she also has the ability to absorb demonic energy through her blade, which is interesting because I don’t recall Sesshomaru ever being able to do that. However, Naraku has always been known for his absorbtion abilities, which again, is another symbolic node to grandpa Raku.
Setsuna fights with a naginata and the only other character known for doing the same is Hakudoshi (another Naraku incarnation). She also has wind based abilities that matches with Kagura’s and imagery that includes moths/insects (Naraku is associated with insects since he can control Saimyosho and Byakuya has been described to look similar to a moth yokai). Also important to remember that the puppy family doesn’t have wind powers and have never been associated with wind.
*Sidenote: Setsuna having dream problems can also be a callback to Byakuya as he’s called Byakuya of the dream/illusion.*
*Another Sidenote: Towa was literally seen wearing the infant’s robe (Naraku incarnation containing his actual heart). Hakudoshi, which means white child, was made from the infant after he was split in two, so that’s yet another Naraku callback.*
Immunities:
Towa is immune to miasma and Setsuna is immune to venom. Sesshomaru is immune to both, however, I still find it interesting that the show decided to emphasize the girls having two seperate immunities rather than giving them the same kind or making them immune to both. It could be because they’re fraternal, but I at least want to note that Naraku is immune to miasma himself. And as explained earlier, Kagura would be able to pass that trait off to her children if she is the mother.
Human night:
The red streak remained in Towa’s hair while she had her human night, which would imply that it’s not something demonic. Meaning, it’s not something inherited from Sesshomaru. Personally, I thought Towa looked more like Muso (another Naraku incarnation) than she did Rin, and even so, Rin doesn’t have red in her hair. Kagura doesn’t either, but her fan does contain two red streaks that are very similar to Setsuna’s and Towa’s. It’s been theorized that if she was ressurected with her fan, then she might have came back with an altered design, similar to all the other rehashed demons that have appeared in Yashahime. It’s also not impossible, since Yura is a yokai who’s original form is that of a comb.
Image from @lilyginnyblackv2
Kagura’s fan and the red streaks:
Within the same episode, it was implied that Setsuna might be able to chose her human night like Naraku. Unfortunately, the recent episode didn’t divulge any deeper than that, so it’s not entirely clear whether or not she can. However, the fact still remains that they made a direct connection to Naraku when addressing the twins and that’s extremely interesting.
This isn’t even including all the wind references we’ve seen, both in the first and tenth episode. The lake being referred to as a “mirror” (look at Kanna in the above image). The butterfly having an hourglass mark on it’s bottom, which relates back to spiders (Naraku). The butterfly woman having spiders in her design, and Naraku having a butterfly pattern in his kimono (see the pic below). The fan imagery in Setsuna’s character slide in the ending. The loops in Towa’s that matches with the loops in both Kagura’s and Naraku’s kimonos. The parallels between SessKagu in Towa’s and Setsuna’s relationship. There’s probably even more that I haven’t addressed, and likely won’t be able to, since Tumblr has a limit. The point is, there’s a lot of Kagura and Naraku symbolism in both this sequel and in the twins. The only thing Rin can contribute is being a human, which is already looking shaky, since Hanyou has been used as an umbrella term in this sequel. We saw this with Moroha when she was considered a hanyou by Treekiyo. To me, this would imply that it’s possible for the twins to actually be 3/4 despite the show’s persistent “1/2” nonsense. Red herring maybe 🤔.
INUYASHA CHARACTERS AS GHOST STORIES MEMES:
Inuyasha:
Kagome:
Miroku:
Sango @ Miroku:
Shippo @ Inuyasha:
Kikyo when she was stealing the souls of dead women:
Naraku @ Inuyasha’s group after creating a new recarntion:
Kagura:
Sesshomaru @ Inuyasha:
Jaken @ Rin:
Inuvember Day 5 - Hanyo - Naraku
Inuvember Day 14 - Kikyo ship - NarKik Omg I really dont know why I ship them lol
What do you think of the idea that Naraku can't be happy because even he can't love himself? Think about all the times, he's tried to get rid of his Onigumo side, how even as Onigumo he called his soul rancid and was shocked it had value, or how even his own creation made from his own heart hated him?
Thank you for asking me. It's such a hard question for me and I hope that you can understand what I mean since I'm not a fluently English speaker. Honestly, I admit that although Naraku is one of my favorite characters, I can't totally understand him (Who can understand him when even he cannot? =.=). The relationship between him and his heart can be seen as a battle between his purpose (?) and his sentiment (?): his purpose is improving his power since his sentiment is wanting to have Kikyo's love. Both of them really oppose each other, so it's quite easy to see the reason why Naraku and Muso/Akago/Hakudoshi hate each other that much (I'm not sure about Akago and Hakudoshi since they have not shown any emotion for Kikyo like Muso, anyway, three of them want to kill Naraku). I believe that Naraku can be happy if he solves the opposition soon by accepting his true feelings. Onigumo was the reason why Naraku appeared, Onigumo's heart became an important part of him so he cannot get rid of his heart. Instead of having a headache to find how to throw it away, he can confess his true feelings to Kikyo but well, if it came true, there might not more chapters for us to read lol
HAPPY NEW YEAR AND NEW DECADE!!!
Kisses
Uh these’re for Valentines but I forgot my Tumblr password that time so...
I planned to finish them before Tết Nguyên Đán (Lunar New Year) but... well, here I am 🤡🤧
Happy Lunar New Year (late)!!
P/S: The clothes are our traditional costumes, which are called Việt phục or Việt cổ phục if ya don't know
This is a sneak peak of Day 8 of my Inuvember series, featuring Naraku & Co. 😎
I thought the video of my process to the final sketch was cool! I tried to do a sort of puppetry type of deal there in the beginning, but it just wasn’t working out. 🤷🏻♀️
The finished piece will be uploaded later today after I’ve had some rest. 😅😴
This is a sneak peak of Day 8 of my Inuvember series, featuring Naraku & Co. 😎
I thought the video of my process to the final sketch was cool! I tried to do a sort of puppetry type of deal there in the beginning, but it just wasn’t working out. 🤷🏻♀️
The finished piece will be uploaded later today after I’ve had some rest. 😅😴
This is a sneak peak of Day 8 of my Inuvember series, featuring Naraku & Co. 😎
I thought the video of my process to the final sketch was cool! I tried to do a sort of puppetry type of deal there in the beginning, but it just wasn’t working out. 🤷🏻♀️
The finished piece will be uploaded later today after I’ve had some rest. 😅😴
Inuvember Day 8: Naraku & Co.
Ya’ll...these multiple character prompts are killing me...
...but I do find the results are worth it. ☺️🙏🏼😪💀💖✨
Inuvember Day 8: Naraku & Co.
Ya’ll...these multiple character prompts are killing me...
...but I do find the results are worth it. ☺️🙏🏼😪💀💖✨
Inuvember Day 8: Naraku & Co.
Ya’ll...these multiple character prompts are killing me...
...but I do find the results are worth it. ☺️🙏🏼😪💀💖✨