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*If you are a fan of any of these three please do not read any further as this is not meant to bash on them as I am just stating my own personal opinion on particular subject about them. But if you are interested in reading the article please feel free and comment after you are done and enjoy.*You know ever since I submitted that one motivational poster about InuYasha's intentions with Kikyo onto my DeviantArt page: Didn't understand it has seriously given me a whole new perspective on just on InuYasha and how and why he acted like he did but also on his friends Kagome, Miroku, Sango and Shippo and I have to seriously tell you that from what I have read and what I have seen in the anime in my own personal opinion I don't consider these three to be true friends of InuYasha at all.
From when the group first started out it seemed that they did indeed have a good bond of friendship between them. But as time went on it seems that despite calling themselves "friends" of InuYasha they didn't seem to know the true value or definition of it.
What is it that holds a good friendship together? It's not just going into battles with one another and having each other's backs, it's having their support; their FULL support. It’s one thing to have friends who provide support during times of success which is what they did every time InuYasha succeed at something like mastering a new technique to Tessiaga. But genuine friends are there through all of our peaks and valleys — the grief, the joy, the failures and everything in between. To be able to know someone enough and to trust them enough to even allow them to support you through tough times is a sign of real friendships, Supportiveness is crucial in friendships. Honesty isn’t always an easy thing, but it’s important to your bond. Swallowing that pill and being the best friend you can by being open with them always works out better. These three were not there for InuYasha during his most critical moments that were involved with Kikyo at all and were not above to immediately judge him and think he was "two-timing" Kagome every time he went off to see Kikyo and even though whenever he came back later to them like the faithful friend he was and told them the truth to what really happened they still didn't believe him. True friends are ones who not only likes us for who we are but also ones who wants what is good for us.
InuYasha was also going through such a conflicted time having to deal with Kikyo's resurrection because let's face it that is not something that seriously happens everyday and it seems that he just wanted to make amends for what happened in the past as he was tricked into hating her and wanted to make things right between them even if it meant earlier on him following her into death (If you read my motivational poster you will understand what I am talking about). The other thing that if you really stop to think about this too is that sometimes you heard (at least Kagome said this) that what happened with Kikyo was over and it happened 50 years ago BUT to InuYasha it was a tragic event that was still fresh to him as he was sealed to a tree for 50 years so the memories and events of it where like they just happened yesterday and was not something that one could get over very quickly and when Kikyo's resurrection happened it didn't help the matter anymore either. It would kind of be like saying to someone who just lost their boyfriend/girlfriend so tragically to suck it up and get over it and at which point they deserve a good hard ass-kicking.
Also another thing that comes to my mind is that for nearly the entire InuYasha series Sango, Miroku and Shippo were all antagonistic towards Kikyo who I have seriously come to sympathize with as she didn't ask to be resurrected but that ugly orgess demon Urasue who wanted to use her for her spiritual powers, after being resurrected she never thought she would see InuYasha again or even see her own spiritual reincarnation either in the past who was falling in love with InuYasha as well. (I would go into more details about this but I might save it for maybe another future motivational screenshot). All these three knew is that Kikyo was a powerful priestess and her and InuYasha had a history together, they didn't even think of what might have been going through her mind or how she felt about her new "existence" on the earthly plane. It was not until the 8th episode of InuYasha: The Final Act, where they show sympathy for InuYasha and Kikyo as she lays close to her death with InuYasha by her side. Also in the last episode of the series, Miroku and Sango are talking about how Kagome went back to her own world for 3 years before she finally made the decision to return to the past to be with InuYasha and it shows them to be very concerned about InuYasha and his feelings and it seriously made me stop to think to myself, "Where was this act of compassion and sympathy when InuYasha had that situation with Kikyo?" That's all it was nothing but sympathy as it is important emotion to have especially in friendship but in this case it wasn't just about being sympathetic but also empathetic as well. A close friend rejoices in your joys and sorrows over your pains. A true friend is not just sympathetic, they are empathetic. They share your feelings, weeping with you when you weep and rejoicing with you when you rejoice. I also felt that at times InuYasha was being criticized on things that were unnecessary too.
So in light of all this I have to honestly say once again in my own personal opinion. The three of them were not being true friends to InuYasha and I also let's face it they are human the reason I am saying this is because InuYasha is also human but he is HALF human and HALF demon and if you once again read the description to the motivational screenshot in blue highlights up above you will understand where I am coming from. They were treating him in the ways of a human being which isn't bad okay but didn't seem to have a full grasp on his Inu-Yokai nature, if they did they would have been more understanding and more empathetic towards him and his situation with Kikyo too. Even in the final battle with Naraku he addressed them as his "so-called" friends as it can make you stop to wonder what he meant by that and if he might have seen the TRUE nature of what their friendship was made out of as I pointed out in my last motivational screenshot I posted previously that some OCs of mine set to appear are also going to call their friendship into questioning too.
I acknowledge that I don't own Inuyasha or the screenshots. They belong to Rumiko Takahashi.
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Shippo is so annoying. "Oh, he's so cute!" so he gets away with everything. AGUH! Come on guys he's not that cutie! to be honest I really like Jaken or Myoga over him (at least they're kinda of useful). Shippo was always harping on Inuyasha about two-timeing. HOW IS IT CHEATING WHEN INUYASHA NEVER REALLY AGREED TO BE KAGOME'S BOYFRIEND! You would think that Sango would have so sympathy for him because of Kohaku being revived. But nope! "Inuyasha is an two-timer and Kikyou is evil". mind set. AHHH! Kikyou was revived against her will and after Kagome took back most of the soul, only feelings of anger and rage remained. Miroku is suppose to be this good monk, but even he sides with Kagome. Just imagine how painful it was for Inuyasha to know his dearly beloved had turned into an angry spirit, full of rage. It should go without saying that the people that you love the most, can also hurt you the most of all. I took his "so-called" friends three years to start worrying about his feelings of loneliness. Inuyasha and his comrades only joined up to get revenge on Naraku for destroying their lives. They were by his side in battle, during happy times, but not when his heart was hurting the most. That should be when true friends shine the most!
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Here good point! You said it on what I lacked the courage.I also looked back inuyasha again and did not finish watching, but I'll do it when I'm ready for it, but only for Kikyou. I had the impression that it was just fine in this show, Kikyou, Kirara, Sesshomaru, Rin, Jaken and even Naraku (he was more interesting than the main group of "friends").
"friends" Inuyasha i couldn't bear to turn on the kagome. Until that moment, what I was able to watch. I noticed that his "friends" were doing everything to Inuyasha, he felt guilty, just because it was about kagome, and then how they managed to do, that Inuyasha was guilty, they smiled. I made "facepalm" when I saw what they were doing. They did not try to understand his feelings, what he really felt and what he was experiencing. InuYasha, experienced tragedy, this one can't just go to normal, tut I have the impression that Kaede was the same. She was on Kagome's side and against Kikyou, and yet KIKYOU is her sister, who took care of her, gave her love, paid her so cruelly. I understand that Kikyou, she came back to life, but it was not Kikyou's fault. Kaede, should be on her side, not kagome. Support her and Inuyasha because she knows what tragedy they have experienced. She also laughed, Miroku made Inuyasha feel guilty (episode 47), where Kagome, told this annoying shit (shippo) that she wants inuyasha to feel guilty. Do I have the impression that everything was against Inuyasha and Kikyou and everyone was supporting only kagome?
It is supposed to be friendship, ridicule, guilt, no respect for Inuyasha's feelings. Kagome, is not better. She, couldn't accept the pain in Inuyasha, pissed at the very thought of Kikyou, saying the name of everything that was related to Kikyou hurt her. YES! She was pissed off and often turned on Inuyasha the fucking "osuwari" she was supposed to be, but she never tried to understand inuyasha pain. Kagome, always thought of herself and her hurt feelings. I knew it was when I was a child that I saw this false nature.
After years, I find that the series has a lot of mistakes. Kagome, who was portrayed as "unique"and Kikyou, was portrayed as the evil character who is all to blame.This is not true, she is a victim, just like Inuyasha. Kikyou and Inuyasha's feelings did not matter in this series, just to make Kagome happy and her feelings was the most important. Inuyasha's "friends", they only cared for kagome and no one else.
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Haha your warning applies to me yet doesn't matter as I am capable of bashing everyone in this damn show regardless of how much I like them! XD Accept Inuyasha. Any derogatory comments aimed his way are done out of love of how he could or should be due to his lot in life.
Your descriptions on what a true friendship is sounds pretty damn accurate to me and no for the most part the group does not seem to do this for Inuyasha. And I include Kagome in this. There are times when they do try to give emotional and moral support and concern to Inuyasha but it doesn't happen as often as the insults seem to and are done so briefly it's easily forgettable except for a few choice moments. The least supportive and most uncaring friend of Inuyasha's is Shippo in my opinion. That may sound harsh since he's a kid but he's a vindictive and ungrateful little shit most of the time who likes to start shit with Inuyasha and get him sat as well as insult up and down when he's the most useless member of the party after Myoga. And I totally agree with the Kikyo issue. I've been saying for some time now, years even on certain parts, that the shit he gets about Kikyo is uncalled for and even cruel in a way. They are insulting his integrity about relationships by calling him a two-timer when he's fucking single, acting as if he's cheating on Kagome and shouldn't be hurting her feelings when he has NO such obligation to her and she honestly shouldn't even be so hurt about it, getting into a huff when he wants to and leaves to see Kikyo even though he has every right when she is literally an angry spirit walking about who was once going to be his bride before she died AND wants to see him(usually). Once I fully understood that Kikyo is dead, truly dead and never gonna be able to come back as her old living self and the Kikyo they interact with is just a piece of her angry spirit trapped in a bigass doll and that they had plans to marry before she died I was better able to appreciate Inuyasha's attempts to talk to her. He's literally trying to soothe and appease the (angry as hell)spirit of his deceased fiancé(so she can rest in peace) and he gets shit for it. Like what the actual hell?! Kagome tries to be understanding mentally but fails at being so in person by being all emotional about it in an illogical manner and then taking out her frustrations and anger on the LAST person who needs or deserves that shit just cuz she can't control the calamity in her mammary, Sango can somewhat understand due to her issues with Kohaku but mostly is of no help and other than the few times of trying to calmly talk to Inuyasha to offer a bit of help either says nothing or does some heckling with the other two(though to be fair she gets a lot of her cues on how to interact with everyone by observing how the others function and typically do things and Shippo and Miroku are by no way good examples to go by even in combination of Kagome's antics). Miroku as a damn monk should be the most understanding, you would think, and help get them to see that Inuyasha is attempting to respect his deceased loved one but mostly acts as if he has no real shits to give and just sympathizes with Kagome's irrational feelings on things instead and that just might be because she's an attractive female. And then there's Shippo. Fucking Shippo.
The three of them, in their defense, didn't know Kikyo when she was alive or this resurrected version very well either but were friends of Kagome and the topic of Kikyo tended to make Kagome upset so despite not really knowing or understanding everything they of course are going to side with Kagome as they have been doing for damn near everything else. It also doesn't help that they know that Kikyo has tried to kill Inuyasha and has sabotaged them more than once, the biggest time being when she stole that big chunk of jewel they had and gave it to Naraku. I still can't believe the dumb bitch did that after finding out Naraku was her murderer. Beyond stupid and illogical. And of course they are more sympathetic to Inuyasha now when it's about a girl they also actually knew and were friends with coupled with having to witness him grieve properly over Kikyo just a few years ago. Moving on from that my assessment is that they all suck. The whole point for why they banded together is because they wanted help to take down Naraku so that success was more likely to happen. Except for Shippo, he was only there because Kagome wanted to keep him and he had nowhere else to go being freshly orphaned. In my opinion Shippo is not Inuyasha's friend. He's a bratty kid that's practically his adopted son or shitty little brother. Either works. It's not like he fully appreciates either role like he should when the only true reason he's still alive is because Inuyasha ensures it, the guy even avenged his parents deaths despite the shit he pulled when they met and yet he's still a little twat.
Miroku is a decent companion and friendly but not really a great friend. But again all these people are the closest thing to it and treat Inuyasha better than most everyone else so beggers can't be choosers as the saying goes . Anyways, Miroku is a sociable person and does honestly like Inuyasha despite whatever problem clashes in personality they might have. He's able to lightheartedly interact with Inuyasha, taking no real offense to Inuyasha's gruff manner or blunt opinions usually and has honestly tried talking to him in a serious manner to offer helpful advice the few times Inuyasha has approached him. So he doesn't brush off Inuyasha and will listen to him and attempt to help him unless it involves Kagome. To be fair he has tried to offer him advice in regards to Kagome but he doesn't help him against Kagome. That's the biggest thing all of them are guilty of that makes their friendship seem so iffy honestly. How quickly and fully they all take Kagome's side in everything even when she's in the wrong or over reacting. I think Miroku's explanation for why he does it (he might have tried to tell it to Inuyasha as advice) is that it's better and easier to just agree with women and soothe them especially when they are upset regardless of if they are actually right cuz women are complex creatures and blah blah blah. And then there's Sango, my favorite female character in the show.
I believe that she may be the best of the group as a friend to Inuyasha. I forget all the reasons, as there was a time when I was younger that something happened to convince me that her and Inuyasha are like besties and I wanted that area explored more. Now, of everyone in the group, Kagome included, I think Sango may be the one to actually appreciate Inuyasha the most both as a person and for his abilities. When they first met she mistook him for the murderer of her village and attacked with the intent to kill. He was well within his rights to kill her and could have but didn't. Not only that he helped her discover the true culprit, helped to bury the dead(he obviously would have done most of the work since Miroku is just a human), made sure through Kagome she got medical attention, forgave her not only for trying to kill him but also for trying to steal from him, and even offered to help her with Kohaku. If I'm remembering shit right. Sango despite not knowing them well took a liking to them due to their kindness especially, I think, Inuyasha. I believe she vocally expressed having a deep gratitude towards Inuyasha specifically and stated that she cares for him so regardless of what he decides to be she will be his friend and companion for as long as she's able if he allows it. That's more than anyone else has offered including his love interests. Kikyo wanted to marry him for her own selfish reasons but would only do so if he changed his very being and became human. Something he despised becoming. Kagome insists that she likes him as he is and wants him to remain a halfdemon which is all well and good when you don't take into consideration that he probably has several fairly legit reasons for hating what he is AND she has a tendency of wishing he would be different from how he is or change in some way or be more like someone else despite claiming to like him as he is completely. Sango maybe the only person to have expressed not giving a fuck if he's human, halfdemon, or fulldemon, and being perfectly willing to let him choose and supporting his decision. Because she properly appreciates what he's done for her in spite of her actions. I also think she's attempted to at least help him out subtly or vocally in some things regarding emotions and unlike the others there is one clear time that I can name when she called Kagome out on her bullshit towards Inuyasha and that was when they rescued her from Koga. I think she's also the least insulting out of everyone towards Inuyasha, which isn't saying much but is still something considering.
Now on to everybody treating Inuyasha as a human and only thinking of things from a human perspective, I agree that is likely what they are doing and it is causing several problems and issues but it's also occurred to me that that most likely isn't the only thing. Halfdemons are highly discriminated against by both humans and demons alike right? Yet we aren't always shown this in the series or even the extreme cases of reaction of just how bad it is and can be. I have my theories on that but back on topic everyone apparently has this prejudice as it's a normal part of their world and something they probably grew up learning to have. This means that Miroku, Sango and Shippo all are likely prejudiced against halfdemons to some degree which also affect their relationship to Inuyasha as a result. That could be another facet to the reason why they never seem to stand up for him or are not quick to believe him about things or have no problem insulting him like it's the most natural thing to do. In fact we know for a fact that Shippo is prejudice against halfdemons due to the shit he says that are derogatory and usually indicating to Inuyasha's halfdemon "limitations" or whatever.
Here's another way to look at it in regards to who is a friend look at the picture above that you chose. The closest and biggest figure is Sango who may be the best actual friend of Inuyasha's followed next by Miroku then my the small image of Shippo who by age, demeanor, and attitude cannot honestly be deemed an actual friend to Inuyasha. I think I covered just about all my thoughts about this lol.
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Re-watching it as an adult has made me realize the many flaws of this series and this was one of the major ones. The same for Kagome. When Inuyasha opened up to her she either fell asleep or the one awkward scene where she went "I"m glad" when he told her he didn't feel like he was human or demon. What? What kinda reaction is that?
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I also remember one part during the bat-demon "arc" when they met the bat-hanyo Shiori's mother she was talking to InuYasha about what it means to be a half-demon and how he could not find a place with either humans or demons and Kagome is just sitting there with her hands folded and nodding happily it's like "What the hell are you so happy about?" Was she happy to hear that InuYasha didn't have a place among humans nor demons?
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The whole set up was weird. They were not "friends" no matter what they tried to say. This was just the enemy of my enemy is my friend crap. After Naraku was defeated they should have split up like the Samurai Champloo gang did.
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You know what Meroko, thank you. Seriously thank you ever so much for that comment as you have seriously nailed it right there. The only thing that was holding the group together was their grudge against Naraku and Naraku knew that since he even called them "so-called friends" as well.
In the 2nd movie it shows when Naraku faked his own death and they thought they beat them they went their separate ways after that. Like you said they should have done that it made no sense for them to remain in Kaede's village afterwards.
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I have the impression that Rumiko Takahashi focused on the threads of fighting and power and a bit too little on relationships between characters (I think about friendship not love). Maybe that is why she didn't notice this error. But I think they always stood on the side Kagome (not Kikyo) because they knew her well. Love between InuYasha and Kikyo they didn't understand. The love story between them was difficult for any character I think.
But what you write is true.
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I will agree with you on Rumiko Takahashi about that but the thing about them knowing Kagome well they also knew InuYasha well too and all the times he kept coming back to them after one of his visits with Kikyo he wasn't running off all the time to look for her.
InuYasha probably couldn't tell them about his past with Kikyo because every time the subject of her came up then Kagome would get all whiny and mopey and that would seriously guilt InuYasha and usually result in a unfair "SIT!" from her. He couldn't tell them because I think he didn't trust them and I don't blame him.
Thanks for agreeing with my writing because it seriously comes down to them being more like "comrades-in-arms" then anything else as one person pointed out you never see a moment where they are laughing and joking with each other.
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TL;DR: Rumiko Takahashi is a hack writer and Kagome is a Mary Sue of a character who apparently can do no wrong.
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I wouldn't go that far. She did give us Ramna 1/2 and Urusei Yatsura. I think what may have happened is that Rumiko went from writing comedy to writing drama(InuYasha). The problem is that those are two very different animals.
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Well even in Ranma 1/2 she couldn't write good characters. Akane was pretty much the Kagome of the series who could do no wrong while Ranma got punished for everything.
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Given who the publisher of those series are and their needless love of main character females that seem to be always tsunderes. . .
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Like I said, Rumiko's a hack writer.
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That's what I mean I still like Rumiko Takahashi and the stories she has written like InuYasha, Ranma 1/2 and Urusei Yatsura but I just felt that since you said this was more of a drama series with a more serious darker atmosphere then a comedy she could have at least made these three more sympathetic towards InuYasha's situation and what he was going through. Either way you look at it he showed his loyalty to them through countless events and always came back after seeing Kikyo. That is just it, he always came back to them like a loyal friend and they still turned against him when he would come back from his visit with Kikyo and just immediately start accusing him of some type of "infidelity" with her which is really sick and serious mistrust right there. Whenever he would explain himself they still wouldn't believe him and side with Kagome.
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Kikyo accusing Inu of 'cheating' when he never did. . .sounds familiar? Ranma 1/2 and Urusei. The problem I'm seeing right away is that while those two were 'funny ha-ha' and readers could brush aside the accusations because it was meant to be funny. A drama on the other hand. . .there's no laughing off that sort of thing.
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I do like Rumiko Takashashi and respect her work as she has written some really great masterpieces and even one of the faces that changed the way manga was looked at forever I just think that in a sense she could have made InuYasha's human "friends" more compassionate in his situation and as you said not make Kagome out to be such a Mary Sue who seem to have this strong spiritual power that was feared by Naraku and as you said she never seemed to be wrong about anything or have any faults as the only fault she had was her jealousy over InuYasha and Kikyo's relationship that's not a flaw or a fault that is more of an irritation.
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This why I prefer fanfics over the real thing when it comes to Inuyasha. Fanfic writers will actually call out Kagome's bullshit, give Sango a brain and self-worth so she doesn't come off as desperate, and pretty much ignore Shippou.
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I have to agree with you there. After a certain point in the Inuyasha series I actually started to like the fan fic's more. Some really good fan fic writers actually write Sango as an strong, smart capable woman and actually show kagome for what she really is. I didn't care for Inuyasha final act episode 10. "Kagome is in more pain then Inuyasha over Kikyou's death." Yeah right! Bullshit! Kikyou was Inuyasha's first love, his betrothed- Kagome being more sad then Inuyasha, I don't think so.
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I didn't even watch Final Act simply because I knew how it was going to end. And yeah, I also call bullshit on Kagome when it comes to Kikyou's death. Kagome never liked Kikyou to begin with, so I doubt she'd be sad if Kikyou died and just because Inuyasha didn't show it, doesn't mean Kikyou's death didn't hit him hard.
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There was so great moments in Final act, but overall the ending of the series wasn't very satisfying. The ending felt rushed, choppy, and poorly explained, - the ending actually caused more intense arguments in the fandom. Koga's ending was poorly explained (Ayame loved him, but he didn't seem interested in her- so how did he end up married to her? What did she do to finally win him over?), Rin's ending- some feel like its an open ending (like me) others find it highly offense to suggest it's an open ending. What's Sesshoumaru going to do with his life, now that he finally got his own sword. Just wander the country side being an badass demon. Kohaku just goes off into the world to be an demon slayer, so is he just going to spend his whole life travelling the country side slaying demons until he dies of old age? Does he ever visit Sango? Does he have an home base? Why are Sango and miroku living in Kaeda's village with their kids?
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What did Ayame do? She was there and Kagome wasn't, that was pretty much it.
Who knows what happens with Rin and Sesshomaru. From what I hear, and I hope this isn't true, is that SessRin became canon later on.
Kohaku should have died off. He's kinda one of the worst characters in the series because of some of his actions. And I'm talking about the ones when he's not under Naraku's control, like when he willingly slaughtered a whole village to keep up appearances.
Sango and Miroku are probably living in Kaede's village since Miroku technically doesn't have a home and Sango wouldn't want to live in the Slayer's Village since there would be too many memories or something.
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That I will agree with you on. Fanfic writers might also see the cracks in this friendship as well and even have the new villains use that to their own advantage to further drive them apart. Because a friendship that is not built on a solid foundation of trust, respect and support is destined to fall apart quickly.
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Which is what really pisses me off with how Sango is portrayed in canon. Of all the characters, Sango should be the one who understands Inuyasha more than anyone considering she's been through similar shit that he's been through. But because Rumiko only really cares about Kagome, Sango's development gets pushed to the side and left in the dust. It also didn't help that it was obvious Kagome tried getting Sango and Miroku together to make sure Sango stayed away from Inuyasha (Kagome was never good at hiding her jealousy).
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When you really stop looking at things from a human's POV and put yourself into another beings POV and their nature you have a better understanding of how they feel. They never did that for InuYasha to try and understand his nature as an Inu-Yokai more.
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Given that I haven't seen most of the episodes, I might have to add; what were they good for? Miroku mostly uses his black hole palm as his trump card, Sango just has that giant boomerang as her only weapon and Shippo is the weakest in the group with nonsensical attacks. It makes me wonder why they were with InuYasha in the first place especially since he is the one who battles most of the enemies anyway. I'm not saying that they were completely useless in battle, its just that they were rarely any help to the person they don't truly consider as a friend. They also seem to favor Kagome over InuYasha and she the one with worse or constant faults.
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You seriously bring up a very good point and eve in one arc that of the panther deva one when InuYasha defeated the panther king along with his brother Sesshomaru, the villagers thanked Kagome and the others while they made InuYasha go and hide 
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That's why I tend to have an issue with series since its centers around InuYasha and Kagome with Miroku, Sango, Shippo and Kirara as the main supporting cast, yet InuYasha seems to be the only one getting any serious development and has a tragic past and went through serious hardships due to him being a hanyou. He barely gets credit where its due and everyone often treats hm with disrespect. Did InuYasha even saw his team as friends or just nuisances that he had no choice but to bring along because of Kagome?
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With friends like them, who the hell needs enemies.
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Now that I will agree with you on.
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What do you think Moonlit. Does it blow your mind?
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Yes, very much...were they like this in the manga?
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Yeah they were. In a way it was more of them being like "shippers on deck" tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php… whenever it came to Kikyo and InuYasha they would immediately gang up on him and assume that he did "something" with Kikyo behind Kagome's back when really they weren't even a couple yet. Then when it came to Koga and his flirting with Kagome did they show some sympathy for InuYasha and how he felt about it.
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...No, they did not.
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Thanks and I agree with you on that too.
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I will agree with you.
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You're right about them. Clearly, they never understood the importance of Inuyasha's demon heritage. How disgraceful!
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