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I FEEL THE SAME.

We better get a proper full family hug in the next episode of season!

But at least jaken interpreted sesshomaru’s feelings for everyone and said that this was the happiest he has seen sesshomaru (it wouldn’t have hurt him to actually make a small smile, though I’m overall happy about the whole situation, it was sweet and heartwarming)!

They promised to hug as a family, and you're telling me this show couldn't show Sesshomaru joining in on the hug?

Agreed

Now I’ll admit I’m biased bc I’ve been writing and RPing Towa Higurashi for well over a year now and that’s just how I interpreted her feelings but

I’m really glad that while Yashahime makes it clear that despite the fact he’s emotionally constipated and extremely stoic and doesn't’ really make facial expressions beyond amused or annoyed that he does genuinely love his daughters and wife to death, but also that Towa has well deserved resentment for how he went about things.

I get why he did the things he did. I know he gets a lot of flak for it but I get it from a fictional character perspective, and how different he is from both Inuyasha and Souta in personality. But just because he felt he acted in Towa’s and Setsuna’s best interest does not necessarily mean that was the right way to do things- and I am not here to debate if it was “right” or “wrong,” but the fact is Towa and Setsuna went through a lot without their father being there.

I’m not here to start debating if he was right or wrong even though I have my own personal feelings- but even the great Lord Sesshomaru is not infallible, and while I wish they had talked about this a bit more throughout the show, even though both Towa and Setsuna seem to love and care for their father now at the end of everything that doesn’t change they have a right to question how their father went about things and whether or not it was for the better or not. One of the wishes I would have for any kind of continuation would be to address this even more, I would genuinely love it if Towa and Setsuna could have a sincere talk with their father about what they felt were misgivings in how he went about their upbringing.

I love the man but- they’re teenage girls who went through so much shit with really very few allies beyond their cousin who could consistently help them. They have a right to be bitter about it! Just because they love their father doesn’t mean they have to believe h did everything right, and in turn Sesshomaru isn’t off the hook inherently just because he goes about things a specific way to ensure they’d be strong and independent. I would not be surprised if Toga and Inukimi raised him that way, but that doesn’t mean that is what was right for his own kids.

It was just a really interesting thing I didn’t expect to get brought up in the finale! It made me as a Towa writer really happy. I really hope if there’s a continuation in any capacity they can finally fucking talk about these things. Towa and Setsuna deserve to be able to speak to their father about their frustrations with him, and as their father who loves them he should listen to those frustrations and address them.

They have a very different attitude

Rin niña rescatada por seshomaru y acojida por kagome en la finca mariposa 5/5

Hi hello I know we’re all losing our collective fandom mind over those absolutely precious, heartwarming, world-righting inukagmor panels, but I must also draw your attention to these panels from Chapter 31 because the tears won’t stop flowing.

*I’ve tagged this post as hanyo no yashahime spoilers but still placing the panels under a cut*

Kagome learns through videos saved to Towa’s cellphone that her family celebrates her birthday every year. It’s so incredibly sweet! She sees grown!sota for the first time as well as his wife, Moe, and child, Mei. She seems particularly struck by seeing her grandpa and mom.

And Mama Higurashi has a special message to share with her time-traveling daughter:

After this, Towa prattles on about modern supplies she brought back, but Kagome (and me!!) is overcome with emotion and profusely thanks her for this gift. Kagome embraces Towa and I think even bows to her niece, clutching at her while perhaps trembling, to convey her deep and sincere gratitude.

If I could only use one word to describe kagome here, I’d say “relieved.”

Kagome chose to jump down the bone eaters well that final time - unsure if it would ever reopen, unsure if she’d ever see her family again - in order to spend her life by Inuyasha’s side. I don’t think she has any regrets about that decision; on the contrary, he’s the other half of her soul. Plus, their reunion led to Moroha’s birth, and she is their beautiful gremlin baby angel.

But, I think Kagome still misses her family; it’s natural for her to do so. I think the free-flowing tears are proof enough she worries about them: about their health, their happiness, and how they’re faring day-to-day in her absence.

Such thoughts must cross her mind, maybe as quiet whispers in the night during moments of stillness or when something special happens and she wants to share it with them (Moroha’s birth, as an example). She wonders: are they okay? Do they need help at the shrine? Do they miss her? Do they resent her? Do they know she loves them and misses them? Did they forget her? Perhaps the worst one of all: are they still alive in their time?

In a way only a mother can, Mama Higurashi’s comforting words soothe her daughter’s pent-up anxieties - remember this is a voice she hasn’t heard in idk 10-15 years? I don’t know hny so apologies- and like a dam overcome by torrential waters, she burst. Mama Higurashi liberates Kagome from any burden of guilt and anxiety that she carried by telling her not to worry; rather, be happy, and be happy with Inuyasha.

Mama Higurashi didn’t stop Kagome from making that jump. I’m sure she encouraged Kagome to follow her heart, wherever that led her. And then she let Kagome go. Because that’s what any good mother should want for their child: to give them roots and give them wings, even if one day they fly away with those wings; so they can be happy. *is now ugly crying*

But wait! Back to THAT CARD! I MIGHT BE A GHOST TYPING THIS BC MY HEART STOPPED:

The cuteness! They’re holding hands! They look so happy! I can’t, I’ve got to go wail and thrash.

As I read this post, my mind right away went to this one-shot story.

Blessed be all the authors on ao3 who did and still do such a crazy work to fill the holes left by Yashahime, which is even too much kind a thing to say, given that Yashahime is a huge pointless hole in itself.

This scene right here...

Oh this got me thinking….

I cannot WAIT for Towa to meet Sesshomaru and Rin.  Beautiful Sesshomaru, with his flowered robes and long, silky hair.  Sesshomaru with his natural eye-makeup and face markings and long nails.  Sesshomaru who is completely sexy fabulous with his fur thrown over his shoulder but who is also a fierce, manly warrior is not going to give one damn about gender roles. 

Rin, who grew up as a complete outcast, who for much of her young life said to hell with living like a regular human, who if she is indeed the mother (she is), clearly gave up life in Kaede’s village and bucked all expectations for a human peasant girl by marrying and bearing the children of a powerful yokai, do you think she cares if her daughter wears pants and gets in fights?  She will not.

I cannot wait for Towa to meet her dad and have him tell her the most beautiful words of all:  “Do as you please.”

🥰🥰🥰 yoooooo

Okay! Thank you! I've been saying this!

Since some posts have been made talking about sideburns. Here are some sideburn comparisons. Towa and Setsuna with the guys (Sesshomaru, Inuyasha (Human Form), Inu no Taisho, and Naraku).

With Towa, it is easy to tell what is her sideburn and what is her regular hair. Towa's sideburns very much so resemble Sesshomaru's, Inu no Taisho's, and Inuyasha's (human form, his half-demon appearance doesn't really seem to have sideburns). For Setsuna it is harder. Is that long strand a regular piece if her hair or a very long sideburn like Naraku's?

Now as for the female characters:

Both Rin and Kagome have short and easily distinguishable sideburns.

Sango...the way her hair moves in action makes it seem like those pieces are moreso side burns than normal pieces of hair, but they are pretty wide and thick sideburns.

Kikyo is unknown, the same for Sesshomaru's mother too. With Kikyo, I couldn't find an image that made it clear if she had sideburns or not, while Sesshomaru's mother it is likely regular hair framing her ears, but in some images it looks like sideburns. But I sincerely doubt this, since the strands are *so* long.

And last, we have Kagura. It has been noted in a couple posts that in some manga panels it is obvious that beads are in her hair, with the black sticking out of the bottom being the ends of her hair, rather than earrings. We can see that above too. The beads are placed too high up to be earrings.

Towa's sideburns match Sesshomaru's side nicely, but are even slightly longer and more turned, as for Setsuna, the strand of hair...Kagome and Rin's sideburns are too short. Kikyo's is unknown, the same with Sesshomaru's mother. And Sango's is shaped totally differently.

But Naraku and Kagura? They match pretty well. In fact Setsuna could probably do a similar thing with the hair beads as Kagura does.

This is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen!!! I'm not crying you are! I wanna draw all this omg!

Sesshomaru & Kagura Parenting Headcanons

Because canon is what you make it, babey. And I’m taking Setsuna and Towa and Moroha and running.

Sesshomaru isn’t the most outwardly affectionate person, but he takes to being a father with a natural ease. He and newborn Towa have a particular bond from the very beginning. Her firecracker attitude is clear from minute one, and Sesshomaru is intrigued by it to no end. While Setsuna tends to sleep easy, Towa is a night owl, and she only tends to settle down when she’s on her papa’s chest, gumming away at one of his fingers or some of his hair. Since Sesshomaru really is only ever in bed to be next to Kagura and not because he needs sleep, he tends to spend most nights lost in watching Towa go through her motions.

Towa and Setsuna are a classic blend of their parents. Towa has Sesshomaru’s hair with Kagura’s eyes and personality. Setsuna is quiet and calculating like her father, with her mother’s darker hair and affinity for the wind.

Kagura loves listening to the twins’ heartbeats. She’s obsessed with them. Sometimes she can’t get to sleep until she’s assured herself that they’re both alright. Sesshomaru isn’t surprised. She often fell asleep listening to his before the twins were born, and she continues to after. He likes listening to hers, too. Kagura was incredibly jealous of Sesshomaru while she was still pregnant, though, because he could use his stupid dog hearing to listen to their kids before she could.

Sesshomaru tends to linger closer to Kagura while she’s pregnant. He knows she’s capable of protecting herself even as a human, but he can’t stand the idea of letting something happen that he could have prevented all for the sake of her pride. They eventually come to some sort of compromise that way Kagura doesn’t feel smothered, but his gaze is still keen and his ears affixed for any signs of trouble.

Dumb dog demon man would listen to his kids’ heartbeats and somehow didn’t realize they were having more than one. Kagura was at least a little suspicious because Kaede had mentioned she was carrying similarly to Sango when she was pregnant with the girls. Towa is born and then Setsuna and the second he sees the two bundles against Kagura’s chest, Sesshomaru instantly realizes he’s never felt dumber.

Setsuna’s name was Sesshomaru’s idea. The fact that it was also the name of the man who beat his father is purely coincidence, he swears.

Towa’s name was a team effort. Kagura wanted their names to compliment one another.

As the heir to the Lord of the West mantle, Sesshomaru has been raised from birth to keep his composure, and his naturally reserved nature made that an easy feat to tackle. The most unsettled anyone has ever seen him is while Kagura was in labor. He was pacing like a caged animal the whole time. He would wince when his hearing caught the sounds Kagura made while she was laboring. Inuyasha didn’t even make fun of him. It was that bad. Miroku still tried to crack jokes, mostly because he had been through it already.

Rin is the ultimate big sister. She helps Kaede and Sango with the delivery, and it was love at first sight. It’s rare for her to go more than a few weeks at a time between seeing them. The older she gets, the more time she spends traveling, and the more she has autonomy over when she visits them. Kagura and Sesshomaru make sure Rin always knows their travel plans that way she can join them at her leisure.

The twins both adore Rin. Strangers scarcely believe it when Rin explains that they’re not actually sisters.

Kagura always wanted a family, but never thought she would ever be able to have one. Her husband and daughters are all of her dreams encapsulated. They’re so much more than she ever could have asked for.

Sesshomaru never wanted a family. He considered love a weakness. Rin was the first one to change his heart. Without her, he isn’t sure he ever would have been ready to be Towa and Setsuna’s father. Rin assures him he was always capable, he just had to see himself do it, and she’s incredibly proud that she was his first daughter.

Soo...

Lmao few things to point out about this last ep...

Firstly

👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

Wtf happened here.. his hair just oh god...

I'm convinced the person drawing this had a random sneeze attack

And then was like

Like lol. Wth!

▪︎Also this 🤣🤣

They tried to give her Rin hair so bad.. that they failed... why is her bangs like that... and why did her hair grow???

And this was irritating.... how could anyone possibly see her tears.. SHE'S FLOATING IN WATER!!! 😡

☆ Sesshomaru left his children there knowing full well they wasn't ready for a battle with Kirinmaru.. he's the reason for Setsuna death.. which I didn't cry over cause you know towa is gonna revive her...

☆Sesshomaru brought back Zero.... then a few moments later was ready to kill her... what Sesshomaru... that was stupid.... and don't say it's cause she tried to kill his daughters... she been trying to.

☆ They show Towa "Demon form" in the opening

But got a different look... and a diff. Energy color... like did yall forget??

☆Kirinmaru is fucking bipolar.... He gets mad that Setsuna cut him. Strikes and kills her... then... at the end of the fight... acts like he feels bad for killing her and says he'll carve her name in his heart... excuse me what???

☆ It's so funny that it's said they didn't wanna make the story about Moroha cause it'll be the same story again.. but then proceeded to make the story the same. Sacred jewels spread across the land. 7 pearls spread across the land... I... sigh~

☆Zero acting like she wanted her pearls... but didn't seem to care to have them at all...

☆Also another Kagura reference like yall playing games or what?

"Whether or not your life measures up to Setsuna, I'll find out." Towa

"Whether or not she died in vain, is for me to decide" Sesshomaru about Kagura

Like stop playing...

☆Rin has had more chances at life than anyone...

☆WTF IS UP WITH THIS PIN WHEEL. AND THIS child. They gave no explanation!!

☆I wish people would stop saying sesshomaru is such a good father and husband... he's not..

Also that Rin is such a good mother... (not saying she isn't.. even though she let sesshomaru just walk in and take them. ) but she hasn't raised her kids she's been stuck in the tree since their birth she's played no part in their life other than birthing them

My favorite part of the whole episode??

Finally happened. Moroha had someone with her 🥰🥰🥰🥰 I'm in love with this photo!

Bonus..

We have RT saying that Sesshomaru and Rin relationship was pretty much parental/ Guardian... and the Narita Ken talking about Sesshomaru being so far from love.. 🤣 and that he didn't need to have kids.

Poor Inuyasha and Kagome get mixed up in this..

I think that's all I've come up with.. add to it if you want 😊

Sorry the show is just Trash. It earned its name as Trashahime..

Sesskagu pretty please!!!!!!!

😤👌

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 🤔.

Towa after arriving to the Fuderal era.

❤

This was the second episode were we could see towa having pocky box so i wanted to draw something related(?

I needed to draw them happy to deal with this wait. 

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🎶 Sunrise please, give us Rin singing to her precious babies. I beg you ;-;. [Don’t Repost!]

Inuvember Day 10: Towa

I’m so excited to share this one! I’m really happy with the pose! I feel like Towa is DEFINITELY that girl that has all the other school girls falling head-over-heels for her and ignoring all the boys, so I wanted a pose that embodied that😆😎👌🏼

Inuvember Day 10: Towa

I’m so excited to share this one! I’m really happy with the pose! I feel like Towa is DEFINITELY that girl that has all the other school girls falling head-over-heels for her and ignoring all the boys, so I wanted a pose that embodied that😆😎👌🏼

Inuvember Day 10: Towa

I’m so excited to share this one! I’m really happy with the pose! I feel like Towa is DEFINITELY that girl that has all the other school girls falling head-over-heels for her and ignoring all the boys, so I wanted a pose that embodied that😆😎👌🏼