On Mar 29, 10:20 am, Antonio E. Gonzalez <AntEGM...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> The thing is, unlike Urusei Yatsura or Ranma 1/2, there is a *very*
> clear end in Inuyasha . . . Naraku must die! Both UY and R1/2 were
> character-driven enough that their major plot developments (either
> certain couples finally making it official, or finding water from
> "Spring of Drowned Man") don't affect the overall flow. With
> Inuyasha, the plot reigns supreme, and the end is clearly set, clearly
> in sight, but always pulled away at the last minute; we can still get
> a guide as to what their lives become after, that's what epilogues are
> for, but there's a point where the "conclusion-teasing" becomes too
> much to bear . . .
The Inuyasha series has got a singularity at the end, if concluded
properly.
Inuyasha CANNOT win. In fact he provenly does not win. In Kagome's
time there are very very few demons while Inuyasha's time is in its
past and is crawling with demons.
Therefore the end of the story must have Kagome purge all the demons
from feudal Japan so they don't stick around until her time.
The problem is that she's hot for dog breath boy.
The happy ending would have Kagome purge Inuyasha of his demon half,
then settle down with him to found the temple she will later,
previously, have lived at.
The main character standing in the way of this conclusion is Kagome
herself, rather than her well-trained dog. In this sense she's a bit
like Akane, who could never decide which Ranma she liked best and
didn't want to force him to be one or the other.
-HJC
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