It is also a classic handed down, but there is an anime series that is uncharacteristically. It has only broadcasted less than 200 episodes in the past 12 years, and it has already ended, but its popularity does not fall behind the former. This is "Rumiko Takahashi". Inuyasha".
As one of the representative works of Japanese comics in the 1990s, "Inuyasha" is not too long, but has the most comments. Unlike other anime reviews, which tend to be one-sided, there are different opinions on the evaluation of "Inuyasha", and everyone has their own opinions. This is probably the most controversial work.
It is such a work, and it is widely recognized that the author's grasp of the characters' emotions is left. The whole work is accompanied by a profound discussion of human nature, love, friendship, family affection, and fraternity (this is likely to be more controversial. Reason), the author's grasp of emotions is extremely delicate, and "Inuyasha" shows each character with distinct personality.
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The story of "Inuyasha" takes place in Japan during the Warring States Period. It mainly tells the story of Kagome, a third-year junior high school girl, who traveled through time and space to 500 years ago through the bone-eating well of her own shrine, and met the half-demon Inuyasha. In order to find the four soul jade fragments scattered everywhere, a fantastic adventure was launched.
In "Inuyasha", although each character has a position, their evaluations are often inconsistent. This is also the biggest controversy in the whole work. Each character has a different color in everyone's eyes.
Inuyasha
In Japanese legend, "Yaksha" means guardian, so the name of Inuyasha seems to have a specific meaning.
Inuyasha is unruly, strong and unyielding, and sometimes childlike, even a little silly. She usually looks careless and doesn't seem to care about anything, but in fact she cares about the people around her. Inuyasha has a strong thirst for power, but he understands the true meaning of power better.
At the same time, Inuyasha is a kind half-demon who is innocent and lovely and never admits defeat. He is both loved and distressed. He has a pure heart that is not polluted by the world. No matter how much suffering he suffers, it will never change.
Many people think that Inuyasha is swaying about the choice between Kagome and Kikyo. In fact, Inuyasha has always wanted to find a solution that does not hurt anyone, but he has not found it. Kagome and Kikyo, he can only choose one.
Inuyasha ended up picking Kagome, which I think was right. Inuyasha clearly loves Kikyo, and they might have lived together without Naraku. Inuyasha and Kikyo are the same kind of people. Kikyo, as a witch who guards the jade of the four souls, is too powerful to have weaknesses, but is beautiful but cannot live like ordinary people; Inuyasha is a half-demon, not seen by humans, and is also coldly regarded by monsters , even the most ordinary monsters laughed at him.
Inuyasha's love for Kikyo is probably out of a favorable impression of Kikyo. Inuyasha has an embarrassing identity and has lost love and warmth since childhood. Finally, there is a human girl who is willing to accept him, and is willing to help him get rid of his status as a half-demon. If I say that I don't like Kikyo, even I don't believe it.
Kikyo's love for Inuyasha should be out of pity. Kikyo shouldered the heavy responsibility and shot and killed countless monsters who stole the jade of the four souls, but she showed mercy to the half-demon Inuyasha. She can't show weakness in front of youkai, but she can talk to Inuyasha, because only Inuyasha understands her feelings.
Inuyasha and Kikyo fall in love out of mutual sympathy, so this love is difficult to stand the test. Under Naraku's provocation, Kikyo died and Inuyasha was sealed on the sacred tree. It is said that Kagome was born with a star-shaped light on her chest (should be the jade of the four souls), so her mother named her "Kewi" (Ari in the Mandarin version), probably because of the twinkling of stars
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Kagome is kind, straightforward, and full of justice. What Kagome is good at is not to use spiritual power to destroy demons, but to approach the heart of the other party unconsciously and open the heart of others. She always put herself in other people's shoes, soothed the hearts of many human beings and even monsters, such as Coral, Ji Nian'er, and Mayu, and even expressed the heart of her old enemy Naraku. She is strong and brave, optimistic and cheerful, full of self-confidence.
As the reincarnation of Kikyo, Kagome and Kikyo have the same soul, but they are not the same person. Kagome grew up in modern society, at least in the concept of treating things, she is stronger than Kikyo (she doesn't care about Inuyasha Banyao identity of).
Kagome is full of energy, she taught Inuyasha to learn to trust having a companion, and let Inuyasha accept her identity as a half-demon. Inuyasha used to say that he only trusted himself. In fact, after Kagome appeared, he began to gradually feel the warmth from Kagome. Although the two bickered from time to time (the loser was often Inuyasha), Inuyasha and Kagome were indeed better together. Much happier before.
In the final chapter of "Inuyasha", Kagome finally understood that she wanted to live with Inuyasha. Furui opened up again, and it was Kagome's power of thinking about Inuyasha that penetrated Furui. With the support of her family, Kagome returned to the Warring States Period. The reason why Kagome went back to the Warring States Period was to see Inuyasha. She believed that Inuyasha would definitely wait for her there.
The flower language of the bellflower
has two meanings: eternal love and hopeless love. Takahashi Rumiko's setting of the name "Biankyo" implies the life of Kikyo.
Eternal love refers to Kikyo's love for the weak, which is a kind of fraternity for all things in the world. The description of Kikyo in "Inuyasha" is mostly after Kikyo's resurrection. The Jade of the Four Souls is scattered everywhere, and Kikyo is reported to collect the Jade of the Four Souls and set off on the journey to calm the war and chaos.
At this time, the bellflower has only a clay body, which can maintain its life by the traction of the dead soul worm. Kikyo's appearance is always lonely, I vaguely remember that under the starlight, Inuyasha and Kagome were talking, while Kikyo on the other side was still on the road, and there were only three dead soul bugs accompanying her...
Hopeless love should be Refers to the love for Inuyasha. If it wasn't for Naraku, Inuyasha could live with Kikyo. When the ghost girl Li Tao used the ashes to resurrect Kikyo, there was already a Kagome next to Inuyasha. Although the two of them later cleared up the misunderstanding, once the line of fate was disconnected, they could no longer be connected.
In the last starry sky, Kikyo lay in Inuyasha's arms, smiled softly, kissed affectionately, fate owed her too much, and got the tears of Inuyasha who never shed tears, this may be the best for Kikyo the ending.
Naraku
In "Inuyasha", countless monsters compete for the jade of the four souls because of their obsession with power. In order to become stronger, they go astray and get the jade of the four souls, but they lose themselves. Ghost spider is an example.
The ghost spider can be said to be the predecessor of Naruo. His greed for the Jade of Four Souls and Kikyo made him sell his soul and get a free body. After leaving the cave, he did not go to realize his wish, but Driven by jealousy, he killed the woman he loved.
Everything Naruo does is because of love, his love is selfish and evil, and what he can't get will be destroyed, so from the beginning, Naruo's tragedy has long been doomed.
Naraku is a combination of a robber and a monster (this is a bug, how could the combination of hundreds of broken monsters have such a powerful force?), and the reason for its formation is the obsession with Kikyo and the Jade of the Four Souls. Nai Luo is extremely powerful, and almost all his thoughts can be fulfilled. He snatch the fragments of the Four Soul Jade step by step, and finally has the entire Four Soul Jade.
Naruo has done many evil things, and has countless unjust souls, and finally got the jade of the four souls. But in the end, the only thing he felt in his heart was emptiness. The Jade of the Four Souls was not a Dragon Ball, and it could not help him realize his wish. So he suddenly realized that all he wanted was Kikyo's heart. But this wish was shattered by him step by step.
Sesshomaru
is different from other monsters. Sesshomaru is not interested in the Jade of the Four Souls. He wants to get the Iron Broken Teeth left by his father. Once, Sesshomaru lost his left arm because he competed with Inuyasha for Iron Shattered Teeth. Now, he gave up Iron Broken Tooth, his left arm was restored, and at the same time he got his own Broken Broken Tooth.
Sesshomaru looked down on humans at first, and he never understood human feelings until he met Ling after being seriously injured.
Sesshomaru didn't accept her at first, and planned to scare her away. Ling's parents were killed by bandits. In her opinion, Sesshomaru was no more terrible than humans. Ling's kind deeds affected Sesshomaru and slowly melted the ice in his heart.
Ling was killed after being attacked by wolves in the village. Sesshomaru had the idea of saving a person for the first time, so the natural teeth also played a role. At this time, Sesshomaru didn't have too many feelings, but he began to have the idea of protecting a person, so he acquiesced to Ling to follow him.
Speaking of Sesshomaru, another woman who has to be said is Kagura. Kagura is Naraku's avatar, who desires freedom but is controlled by Naraku. Among all Naraku's avatars, Kagura is the one with the most obvious resistance.
In fact, what Kagura has always pursued is freedom like the wind. But when she was free at the last moment, she felt the emptiness and loneliness that followed, and Naraku's miasma caused her great pain. Fortunately, Sesshomaru arrived in time to let her feel the care and warmth he brought, so she could leave with a smile.
For Kagura, Sesshomaru is more admiration. After all, it falls into the hands of the cunning Naruo, who has to help him and keep his heart from being destroyed. Under such circumstances, he still pursues freedom. This woman is stronger than he imagined.
In the latest "Inuyasha" radio drama, Sesshomaru made a confession to Ling, and the official standard love will not be evaluated here, leaving room for the audience's imagination. (Digression: In the final chapter, Kagome is called Sesshomaru eldest brother, isn't that Ling...sister-in-law! ^ω^^ω^)
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There are two main lines in "Inuyasha", the first one is the Jade of the Four Souls , wants to tell us not to be lost by desire.
The Jade of the Four Souls is a crystal formed by the shrine maiden Cuizi in the battle with countless monsters, using the souls of herself and the monsters. It is the "Jade of Four Souls".
Because it is a combination of justice and evil, the Jade of the Four Souls has two sides. Countless monsters compete for the jade of the four souls because of their obsession with power, and eventually go astray and lose themselves. The Jade of the Four Souls not only failed to fulfill their wishes, but even ruined their lives.
Naraku, who has the deepest obsession with the Jade of the Four Souls, kills countless people and will do anything to get the Jade of the Four Souls. There is a saying that because you go too far, you forget why you set off. Naraku has always wanted to strengthen his strength and become a full demon, get rid of the ghost spider's soul, and collect the fragments of the Four Souls Jade step by step. With evil thoughts in his heart, he obtained the complete Four Souls Jade, but in the end he could not escape the fate of perishing. .
Inuyasha, who is the opposite of Naraku, no longer hopes to use the jade of the four souls to become a big monster, and gives up the pursuit of divine power, but wants to protect everyone with his own power. The only correct wish in the play is to make the Jade of the Four Souls disappear. Abandoning the jade of the four souls, the pursuit of evil power also came to an abrupt end.
Another main line of "Inuyasha" starts from Inuyasha, telling us that becoming strong is only to protect the beloved, rather than the pursuit of power itself.
Inuyasha dreamed of becoming a big monster that surpassed his father one day, and it was not until Kagome's appearance that he gradually gave up this idea.
In the battle with the dragon bone spirit, Inuyasha almost died, and the nature of the monster made him run out of control. At this time, Inuyasha was already a complete monster, but this feeling was completely different from what he imagined. His mind was out of control, and there was no distinction between enemy and me. It was just a killing machine. Because he didn't want to hurt everyone, despite being in a dangerous situation, Inuyasha defeated his inner demon after a fierce heart battle, picked up Iron Broken Teeth again, faced his father's old enemy, and used his own power to make a blast. kill.
In the end of the article, Inuyasha said that he knows what true strength and tenderness are. It seems that giving up the pursuit of strong power and cherishing and protecting the people around you is the real strength and gentleness.
~03~
The Jade of the Four Souls disappeared because of the right wish, and no one in the world has evil thoughts for the Jade of the Four Souls.
Kagome got through the ancient well, which was back in the Warring States period, and walked with Inuyasha. Kikyo completed her mission and left peacefully in Inuyasha's arms. Coral and Maitreya's long-distance love run ended, and it was Coral who finally helped Maitreya to give birth to a child. While Amber took back his own life, he was finally able to face life bravely and fight to become a great exorcist. Gang Ya put down Kagome and married Ayame to become the leader of the Demon Wolf Clan.
Naraku died, just like his name, Naraku was destined from the beginning to be the "infinitely falling void"; Kagura died, but she gained the long-awaited freedom before dying, albeit in less than a few minutes , Under the farewell of Sesshomaru who rushed over, she left with a smile, she really became the "Messenger of the Wind"; Shen Wu died, she finally ceased to be Naraku's puppet, refused Naraku's order, before she died Made his own voice - "Defeat Naraku with light".
To sum up, the ending of "Inuyasha" is that everyone understands what happiness they are pursuing, and faces life bravely and firmly pursues their own happiness.
Kagome was able to return to the Warring States Period because she wanted to live with Inuyasha, and the power of missing opened the Well of Eating Bone; Kikyo has been doing her best to save the people of Limin, purify the jade of the four souls, and get rid of Naraku. , until the end, she rescued Amber; Kagura died smiling at the end, she has been fighting alone, pursuing freedom like the wind, which belongs to her happiness; Kagura can finally make a sound, it is in Kagome Under the call of Amber, he finally understood that he was a human being, a complete human being, not Naraku's tool, and he still wanted to live; Amber no longer escaped from her sister, faced life head-on, and embarked on the path she wanted to take.
How do you look at it, the end of "Inuyasha" is not a perfect ending for a happy reunion, but is the happy ending really a good ending? Perhaps, this plot has twists and turns, which is more in line with the character and the logic of the story, and the ending that echoes the theme is the best ending.
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The nostalgia for "Inuyasha" does not stop at the plot and characters. "Inuyasha" is one of the most beautiful pictures of Japanese anime I've ever seen.
Whether it is the red sky under the sunset or the starry night sky, in "Inuyasha", you can see peaceful and quiet villages, beautiful mountains and rivers, and gentle and cold moonlight everywhere. When the sky was full of stars when he died, Kikyo lay in the arms of Inuyasha, embracing each other affectionately. This poignant and beautiful picture may not be forgotten in the future.
Another thing I have to say is the soundtrack. All the soundtracks of "Inuyasha" (including the theatrical version) were composed by Kaoru Wada. I believe everyone has heard about the specific situation. I can never forget the tunes of Kagome and Inuyasha when they were together, the poignant and long erhu, the tactful sadness of the guzheng, every time I hear it, I always feel an inexplicable touch in my heart.
Having said all that, it's time to end. "Inuyasha" is indeed an anime worth watching again (watching it as a kid is completely different from watching it now). The story of "Inuyasha" is vivid and smooth, and the plot is tense and bizarre. It draws on many traditional Japanese monster shapes to depict the world where monsters are rampant and visions are colorful. The emotional expression of the characters in the play is natural (especially Kagome's psychological description), and the profound discussion of human nature and emotions in the whole work is probably one of the best in Japanese anime.
It has been 20 years since "Inuyasha" was published in 1996 and ended in 2008. In the past 20 years, we have also changed from ignorant children to adults in charge. For a better tomorrow, for the people you love, let's move forward bravely!
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