InuYasha (犬夜叉 , also romanized as Inuyasha) is a fictional character and one of the protagonists in the manga and anime series InuYasha created by Rumiko Takahashi.
According to interviews with the author, the style for InuYasha's clothing was based on "priest's garb" of Japan's Warring States period; the series was conceptualized as a "hakama story" historical drama, a genre which she had not yet attempted as an entire series. InuYasha himself w...
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InuYasha (犬夜叉 , also romanized as Inuyasha) is a fictional character and one of the protagonists in the manga and anime series InuYasha created by Rumiko Takahashi.
According to interviews with the author, the style for InuYasha's clothing was based on "priest's garb" of Japan's Warring States period; the series was conceptualized as a "hakama story" historical drama, a genre which she had not yet attempted as an entire series. InuYasha himself was envisioned as a tense, conflicted character who hates to lose.
The result of the union between a powerful dog-demon lord and a human noblewoman, InuYasha is a brave but naïve half-demon. He had a close relationship to his mother, but never knew his father. Orphaned at a young age, InuYasha was rejected both by humans who feared his demonic powers and by demons who despised his human "weakness", with the latter group including his imperious half-brother Sesshomaru. This sense of alienation was compounded by his apparent betrayal by Kikyo,...
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