Reviews: "Inuyasha" (continued) - Week One [1/13 - 1/16] [Archive]

Arxane

01-14-2003, 01:14 AM

OMG, this episode was teriffic. I really loved this episode. It did almost everything right in my book.

The episode itself is a great set up for a classic Takahashi love-triangle (Is it? I dunno.). Kikyo and Inu-Yasha meet face-to-face with Kagome forced to watch. What's the dog demon gonna do? Very well executed. The only gripe was that they rewrote the ending differently from the manga, but then the anime always does that. That's just a nitpick. Great episode overall.

The dub...wonderful performances all around. Great job. Willow Johnson knows how to play Kikyo and make the former priestess sound like the selfish ***** she is. Richard Cox gave a strong performance, as usual, and Monica Stori has for the most part gotten rid of her valley-girl routine (some it is still there, but not so strong it gets annoying). And the script...damn, the script was virtually dead-on. I guess Trish can't take too many liberties anymore with the two other script writers watching over her shoulder.

Overall, an extremely solid episode of "Inu-Yasha". And to think there's still three more left in the week.

A+

JTurner954

01-14-2003, 01:15 AM

I originally posted this in the "Anything Else" thread since there was no Inu Yasha talkback at the time so this is why my comments are late.

Inu Yasha: I wasn't so much into the whole Kikiyo-Inu Yasha segment, but I did like everything else. Shippo and The Monk (did he have a name?) are getting more and more entertaining. What will Inu Yasha decide to do?? Hmm..... looking forward to the next episode.

Overall grade: B

Dogasu

01-14-2003, 01:16 AM

Good episode. The only thing that bothered me was the whole scene when Kikyo was trying to get Inu-Yasha to plunge into Hell with her. Throughout the whole scene, everyone, especially Kagome, sounded as if they were speaking in an echoing sound booth. Maybe with Kagome that would be somewhat OK (seeing as how she was separated from the "real dimension"), but for Kikyo? Her voice was just too clear for having all the wind and whatnot whipping around her.

Only 23:45 until the next episode...isn't it nice that we don't have to wait another week for the next ep??? :D

Sir Gatts

01-14-2003, 02:44 AM

Monday: The new custom opener seems to be a improvement over the previous one. Longer as well I think.

This episode basically revolved around the love climax between Kikyo and Inuyasha and adds Kagome in along with the scene which results in taking up half of the episode. It is here that you can really see how strong her will for retribution is towards Inuyasha as a result from the betrayal, even though it was brought on by Naraku. Getting through all of that, it appears that Kikyo heeds Kagome's words and decides to begin her own investigation about Naraku. This may be of an indication that we will see Kikyo as a ally for Inuyasha in the battle against Naraku, at least in getting the Shikon Jewel shards back.

Charred Knight

01-14-2003, 03:58 AM

Tomorrow's episode where introduced to Kirara, Sango, and Kohaku, we also find out what Naraku does in his spare time.

Sacos

01-14-2003, 04:40 AM

The episode seemed kind of strange, but that might have been because it was 2 weeks since the last ep. I almost did a face plant at the end when Inuyasha and Miroku had that conversation about what happened between Inuyasha and Kagome.

Will Sturnick

01-14-2003, 06:13 AM

From this episode on Kikyo is seriously annoying, to me. With her actions you just want to kill her. Like whenshe takes the Shikon shards from Kagome and gives them Naraku.

Plague

01-14-2003, 07:05 AM

And of course, it doesn't help when...

...she apparently dies (yet to be confirmed) and ends up having the whole give-the-jewel-to-the-enemy idea die with her.

Sango

01-14-2003, 07:38 AM

I thought last night's episode was pretty good, but I'm more excited about tonight's since we'll finally get to see Sango! :D

talibancity

01-14-2003, 08:53 AM

Inu Yasha: Excellent as usual. Kikyo's VA (Willow Johnson) is getting better, but her voice doesn't seem like Kikyo's should sound. I also love how they're seperating the first hour of ASW and the anime section. The 12-2 gfx are kinda cool, sorta retro. But they don't have that low-budget, just downright cool feel that the old ASA gfx and bumpers had.

StrangerAtaru

01-14-2003, 09:56 AM

Being the Lupin fan that I am (OK, all I have seen are Cagliostro and Twilight Gemini), I just had to see last night's series premiere to see the theif in action. (actually, Fujiko, but I like Lupin too) And of course I wasn't dissapointed. It was somewhat outlandish, but what do you expect from a show like this? The whole "dated animation" thing didn't come up because remember what era this was made in. (of course it would be dated if it were made in 1977) It did get a tad outlandish at times (who would want to kill someone with a snake, I don't know), but it was still as fun as heck. My personal favorite scene of the night: Zenigata eating ramen while watching over the others in that dining hall. (it just seems so....Zenigata)

trunkschan90

01-14-2003, 10:41 AM

I missed the episode because I set my VCR timer wrong :( :mad: Can somebody give a summary of what happened

Achika

01-14-2003, 11:02 AM

After not seeing Inuyasha for a couple of weeks watching this episode certainly didn't make me miss the show.

This episode just drug on too long if you ask me. The lack of action didn't bother me but the lack of comedy to make up for it did bother me. And even though I feel bad for Kikyo, that ***** is really getting on my nerves.

Now Sango is my kind of girl so I have high hopes for the next episode.

jeffrey 228

01-14-2003, 01:47 PM

Well I managed to get 4 hours of sleep, and woke up around 12:15 I was not sure that I would be able to watch Inu-Yasha since I would fall asleep and all, but I can give this rating an A- , not much in the way of details on this episode, and was somewhat quite boring, I just hope I can do this again tonight and see Sango in action, then I'll think about giving it a better rating.

Michael

01-14-2003, 02:20 PM

good epsiode, but Kiyko is getting on my nerves...

Infinity Blade

01-14-2003, 02:22 PM

Heh, I loved this episode. Some good drama in the first half or so, obviously seeming to set up a new plot point...

And the second half was hilarious.

(roughly, as it's just from my memory)
Miroku: Just what happened between you and Kikyo, anyway?
Inuyasha: The same thing that happens when you're with a woman...
Miroku: O_O Ghastly! You did that in front of Kagome?!
Inuyasha: ...just what DO you do with women, anyway?!

kaine23

01-14-2003, 03:27 PM

Seeing the "sit!" gag again was funny too.

Infinity Blade

01-14-2003, 03:32 PM

Originally posted by kaine23
Seeing the "sit!" gag again was funny too.

"That's right, BIG sit... ... o_o"

Beat

01-14-2003, 03:51 PM

They're new?! Cool. I better check my VCR.

Masamune2052

01-14-2003, 04:37 PM

.:Inu Yasha - Kagome's Voice and Kikyo's Kiss:.
Well this episode was pretty good. The new intro was pretty nice and seemed longer than the recent ones. This episode, in all, was a big step in the romance/relationships portion of this show. Of course when you think about which episodes aren't? Basically, I don't like Kikyo so this episode just didn't me. I DO however like Sango so I'll get a nice treat tommorow afternoon. The little man-to-man talk from Miroku to Inu Yasha was hilarious. The whole "can I have them both?", "I do what you do to women" | "You did THAT in front of Kagome!?!?!", and "Big Sit" were hilarious. Overall a great episode. Now on to my mini rant on ASW. I now have realized how much I loved ASA on Saturday nights. For some reason that is unknown, every person that has my phone number wanted to call me when I'm trying to watch Inu Yasha and Lupin III. I'm debating whether or not I should unhook my phone whilst I'm watching.
A+

J.C.

01-14-2003, 04:52 PM

Monday: The new opening is definatly an improvement over the old one and I loved the ending with the BIG sit, even if the manga scene this replaced was better. Other then that, however, this episode did seem to drag out a bit too much for my tastes. It wasn't a bad episode, just pretty..... meh. Am looking forward to seeing Sango tonight.

Grade: B-

Disco Pete

01-14-2003, 05:06 PM

I agree that the ending in the manga was better, but the anime ending wasn't too bad.

I loved InuYasha's talk with Miroku- "can't I have both?"
Adult Swim's back in action! Finding time to watch this much good stuff will be hard, though. (I sleep and record and watch the tape later)

I like the direction that InuYasha's relationships with Kikio and Kagome are headed, in that I can see many interesting things happening in the future. (BTW, I don't know what happens after, my IY manga collection currently only goes to this point) The last few episodes have shown that InuYasha and Kagome both care for each other, but what happened in this episode will ensure that the conflict between them will remain as before (I don't know if I said this right, but what I'm trying to say is that we'll still get a lot of "SITs" and arguments between Kagome and InuYasha.

talibancity

01-14-2003, 05:10 PM

Originally posted by Michael
good epsiode, but Kiyko is getting on my nerves...

I know. Kikyo just comes and messes everything up. She just needs to die already.

Puu_MadamJelly

01-14-2003, 05:29 PM

I loved InuYasha's talk with Miroku- "can't I have both?"

I agree, that part was good since I thought it was so out of character for IY to do.

good epsiode, but Kiyko is getting on my nerves...

Well, considering her disposition with what has happened to her was pretty sad. And seeing someone taking away IY from her has got to be stressful and hard. So, I don't think she's THAT bad, I just pity her.

Overall, it was an ok ep. One of the high points was the humor added by Miroku. But Kagome's voice seems inappropriate at times-like when she was trying to convince Kikyou to leave IY alone in the beginning. So, I give this ep a B+/A-

Blue

01-14-2003, 05:59 PM

Great episode after not seeing it in two weeks we finally get a new episode.

All-Star 1.5

01-14-2003, 06:06 PM

I feel asleep just as ASA was starting so can anyone tell me what I missed in the whole Kikyo,Kagome, and IY relationship? and what happened in the episode in general? or about send me to a website that can.

JetMaster5

01-14-2003, 06:17 PM

Am I the only one who notices that WS's Inuyasha's intro is different? More importantly, the "Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! SIT!" part is removed?

About the episode itself, the first half kinda dragged on a bit and does get a little boring. But the whole event between Kikyo, Inuyasha, and Kagome made up from it (sorta). The second half was very comedic. I like that. And it seems like Kagome doesn't want to leave after all.

Oh, and to everyone who wants Kikyo dead, just to let you know, she's already dead. :D

This series is alright. Balancing comedy and drama and action at the same time.

Masamune2052

01-14-2003, 06:26 PM

I got bored too. Basically Kikyou bound Kagome to a tree with her demon-spirit-stealer things and then Inu Yasha ran in on them both. However Inu Yasha couldn't see Kagome bound to the tree (miko magic) and then Kikyou kissed Inu Yasha and he confessed that he thinks of her all the time and how much he likes her. Then Kikyou started to descend to Hell with Inu Yasha. Next, Kagome started yelling at Kikyou not to take Inu Yasha to Hell and that's when Inu Yasha heard her. He jumped out of the pit and killed the demons that bound Kagome and Kikyou halted her journey to Hell. Then she asked Inu Yasha if Kagome mean't more to him that she meant to him and with that ascended into the sky, disappearing. Then Kagome stormed off, kind of shocked, and Inu Yasha asked what's wrong. She told Inu Yasha that she had seen EVERYTHING! Then she 'sat' him and walked off. Next scene is Kikyou entering Kaedae's room and Kaedae informs Kikyou about the whole Naraku/Onigumo deal. Next scene is Kagome jumping in the well and then Miroku, Shippo, and Inu Yasha have a guy-to-guy-to-kitsune talk. Suddenly, Kagome appears at the bottom of the well because she forgot her things in the Feudal Era, but no one notices. Shippo and Miroku pester Inu Yasha about who he likes and he suggests that he should be able to like both. Shippo accuses him of "two timing" and Miroku informs him of the consequences. After hearing all thing Kagome 'sits' him very very deeply into the ground. End of Episode. Next Time....... Enter Sango, Demon Exterminator!

serenitymoon

01-14-2003, 06:43 PM

The first half was BORING?!?!?! I don't know if I'd go that far, I mean the first part was slower, but with the drama of the Kagome/Inu Yasha/Kikyo love triangle going on, I think it worked. You can't rush through something like that, it's... it's... wrong! That's just my opinion, though.... :rolleyes:
Loved the second half though, the whole "can't I have both" thing by IY and then having Kagome come back and hear them and then the "big sit" thingy, hilarious! I love the "sit" power, I want to learn that one! :Note to self, work on that one, hehehe: Anyway, it was hilarious.
Also, just seeing IY again after 2 weeks felt good, so I can't wait for tonight. :D

Mackenzie Rainelle

01-14-2003, 07:08 PM

...........I'm not thrilled with the cute little almost-forgiveness scene getting removed in the manga-to-anime transition, but otherwise, this was an awesome episode.

Plague

01-14-2003, 08:29 PM

I'd like to think that entertainment extends beyond the reach of comedy and action. If that's all you're interested in, there's no point in watching Adult Swim.

jeffrey 228

01-14-2003, 08:36 PM

Only if you are in school and all.

Gruntling

01-14-2003, 11:01 PM

Inu Yasha
Kagome's Voice and Kikyo's Kiss: 8.6

I think this was one of those 'filler' episodes. The first half of the episode wasn't all that great. It lacked in both action and drama, but the second half improved. Besides, Kikyo and Inu Yasha's romantic moment, there wasn't much. The comedy was pretty funny at the end though, with Miroku's "Big Sit."

Will Sturnick

01-14-2003, 11:09 PM

Sango, now all major good guys are here. I remember when I was watching IY for the 1st time (back in like June) I kept and wondering when Sango would finally show up. It took her 24 eps, but it was worth the wait. IMO she has the most tragic back-story than the other characters and her anti-Naraku sediment is caused by something I think is a better one than the others. Though that's just my Opinion.

Killtacular

01-15-2003, 12:32 AM

Monica Stori plays Sango too? Doesn't even sound any different than Kagome... oooookayy....

Spike Mcdougal

01-15-2003, 12:35 AM

Originally posted by Matt Wilson
Monica Stori plays Sango too? Doesn't even sound any different than Kagome... oooookayy....

Nope it's Kelly Sheridan......i'm pretty sure

JoelFirestorm

01-15-2003, 01:04 AM

Argh, noo, it wasn't Inuyasha, Sango!

I heart watching Inuyasha 4 times-a-week.

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Steiner

01-15-2003, 01:05 AM

Originally posted by Spike Mcdougal
Nope it's Kelly Sheridan......i'm pretty sure

Who else has she done? I know I've heard her voice before but I just can't think from where (obviously it was an Ocean show).

JTurner954

01-15-2003, 01:11 AM

This episode was better than last nights. One question though: How did the Exterminator survive? Was she wearing stronger armor? Anyway, nice new character and I'm looking forward to seeing what she does tomorrow now that she thinks Inu Yasha is behind those demons.

ince this show is still getting better and better, I think it's safe to say now that this show is better than Outlaw Star.

Overall grade: B+ (loses points for the ending theme which I still don't like).

Arxane

01-15-2003, 01:15 AM

So, we introduce Sango, voiced by Kelly Sheridan. The episode was bloody good ("bloody" good. I made a funny. Ha ha ha!), but Sango will take some getting used to.

The episode itself was pretty damn awesome. Great plot by Naraku to blame Inu-Yasha for Sango's village's slaughter. It will definitely play out nicely in the next episode. And Myoga finally returns. Where the hell was he? Now you know. Do you care? That's your decision.

The dub...oh, I can hear groans here. Kelly Sheridan isn't bad as Sango...but she acts like Monica Stori did with Kagome during the first set of episodes: unsure of her role and bringing nothing special to the character. I'm sure she'll grow into the role, but she follows in the footsteps of almost all the main woman VAs. One thing I did like, thought, was that Kohaku, her brother, sounded...different. For once, a young boy didn't sound like Ocean Group Gohan (I swear Jillian Michaels and Saffron Anderson sound so alike they were switched at birth or something). Thankfully, the script doesn't take too many silly liberties anymore. Those extra script writers must really be keeping their eyes on Trish.

One final note: Sango's little pet demon is called Kilala. I'm sure some people will point out it's Kirara, but remember, the Japanese romanized "R" does sound more like an English "L" than anything else. Does this make it right? Who the hell knows, and frankly who the hell cares? You wanna debate about romanization of Japanese names? Go ahead. I've got better things to do.

Overall, I give this episode an A for a well executed story. The only dark spot was Kelly Sheridan pulling a "Stori's Kagome" on us, but that's my only complaint.

Arde

01-15-2003, 01:20 AM

Ouch...talk about tragic...
Losing your father, brother, friends and neighbors all in one night...
I guess once Naraku sets his mind into something, it all goes downhill from there for the good guys and innocent bystanders. :(
However, she looks to be a tough combatant that will make a fine addition to the ever needed growing team of Inu Yasha.
The one thing I also noticed and liked in today's ep was the fact that when the boomerang returns to Sango, she has to be in a ready position to accept the after effect... unlike most anime shows I've seen where the biggest weapons don't even affect the hero's movement.(Final Fantasy or Berserk anyone??)

I can't wait to see Naraku's involvement with the young lord although strangely they sound very much alike...as if they have the same voice actors!!! :eek:
But kiddings aside... :D does it really mean anything?? or is it just because CN doesn't want to find additional VAs for the young lord???

5/5 for today's ep.

mars

01-15-2003, 01:22 AM

I have only been watching since late November and I love Inuyasha!!! My new obsession. Has Kikyo become bad though? At least a little selfish? Will Inuyasha ever get over her? Just love the guy to guy conversations between Inuyasha and Miroku! (Miroku so rules!!!)

My only complaint: I just wish this show was on a little earlier (it's making me late for work!!! And one other coworker wants to start watching too!)

Arxane

01-15-2003, 01:28 AM

can't wait to see Naraku's involvement with the young lord although strangely they sound very much alike...as if they have the same voice actors!!!
But kiddings aside... does it really mean anything?? or is it just because CN doesn't want to find additional VAs for the young lord???

Wait for tomorrow. All will be explained then. I'd put it in a spoiler box, but since we don't have an entire week to wait for the next episode, that won't be necessary. :moon2:

Sheamon

01-15-2003, 01:40 AM

Originally posted by Steiner
Who else has she done? I know I've heard her voice before but I just can't think from where (obviously it was an Ocean show).

Hitomi in Escaflowne, Miharu in Mobile Suit Gundam, and what you probably heard her from, Leena in ZOIDs. One of my favorite Ocean VAs :D Here's hoping she can get into the role faster than Esca though, where it was a good 15 episodes before she stopped sounding stiff and unemotional -_-

And wow, Myoga finally returns. Thought they dumped him for good with Shippo and Miroku around. :rolleyes:

Sir Gatts

01-15-2003, 03:01 AM

Tuesday: Miroku's theory kind of bothers me in a way. If the Shikon Jewel could cause a permanent change of one's current heart/will (probably through an spiritual amplification process), and if Kikyo were to have used the Jewel at the time of her demise that fifty years ago, then maybe the Kikyo we see today is the result from the Shikon Jewel's side-effect in combination with the will for vengeance that was brought on by the encounter with Naraku.

This would kind of explain Kikyo's malicious attitude. Then again, if all of this happened to me even without an amplified hate from some kind of foreign influence, I as well would probably have had the same malicious attitude and would desire to take all of the persons responsible for my death back with me to the depths of hell.

Sango's introduction appears to be that of a kick ass demon hunter. Apparently she is aware of the Shikon Jewel and is currently a possessor of a fraction of the jewel's shards. However, having expired, or so I thought, leaves a few questions yet to be answered on how she was able to prevent her own demise. Could this be a sample of the Shikon Jewel shards powers or possibly could it be that she is some kind of demon such as Inuyasha? These answers may eventually present themselves in the next few upcoming episodes, or so I hope.

Charred Knight

01-15-2003, 03:22 AM

Originally posted by Sir Gatts
Tuesday: Miroku's theory kind of bothers me in a way. If the Shikon Jewel could cause a permanent change of one's current heart/will (probably through an spiritual amplification process), and if Kikyo were to have used the Jewel at the time of her demise that fifty years ago, then maybe the Kikyo we see today is the result from the Shikon Jewel's side-effect in combination with the will for vengeance that was brought on by the encounter with Naraku.

This would kind of explain Kikyo's malicious attitude. Then again, if all of this happened to me even without an amplified hate from some kind of foreign influence, I as well would probably have had the same malicious attitude and would desire to take all of the persons responsible for my death back with me to the depths of hell.

Sango's introduction appears to be that of a kick ass demon hunter. Apparently she is aware of the Shikon Jewel and is currently a possessor of a fraction of the jewel's shards. However, having expired, or so I thought, leaves a few questions yet to be answered on how she was able to prevent her own demise. Could this be a sample of the Shikon Jewel shards powers or possibly could it be that she is some kind of demon such as Inuyasha? These answers may eventually present themselves in the next few upcoming episodes, or so I hope.

Actually, its just because she's just that tough, but without medical care Sango will die from her wounds.

The wounds are so bad that even Inu-yasha said he would stay in bed for three days.

Miroku said that he would stay in bed for a month.

Sango satyed in bed for 10 days.

jeffrey 228

01-15-2003, 03:59 AM

Tuesday: Well to give my overall review of this episode, it finily got a bit more interesting and quite bloody violant too, but it at least I got a decent dose of what the Shikon Jewel can really do and all. so I finily give this episode a Grade A.

Now I just hope my Alarm clock add on on Winamp better suit me for the next serval weeks while I review my self on these things.

VegetaIsMySlave

01-15-2003, 06:14 AM

:rolleyes:

Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one who got kinda confused with Naraku and the other guy having the same voice and all. I thought I was going crazy and hearing things. X_x At first I thought it was the same person, but I guess I'll just have to wait and see tomorrow. :p

Yay! I like the new chick, Sango. She does have one huge boomerang though. 0_0' I was kinda shocked when her brother killed her father and the group. I wasn't expecting that at all. Then everyone winds up dying. Poor Sango. :( I dunno how she surivived 3 arrows in the back and getting stabbed though.

gtracer72

01-15-2003, 10:35 AM

This was an excellent episode. Sango rules with her huge boomerang. I liked all the stuff that I didn't expect though. Like all of a sudden, her father and other exterminators die. And come to find out it was her brother. Then she is almost killed. That was good stuff. Also, Naraku is moving up as my favorite character. The way he played Inu Yasha as the killer was great. He is one sly dog, and I like it.

Episode grade: 4.5 stars

serenitymoon

01-15-2003, 10:54 AM

Well, everyone seemed to really like last night's episode. I didn't love it, but then again I didn't hate it. Sango's story of her family's trajic demise was a sad one, I have to admit. She seems to be a kick butt character (love the boomerang thing of hers), and is tough. It's nice to see a female character that can stand up for herself instead of needing rescuing all the time (don't get me wrong, I like Kagome, but she does need saving alot), which is how I think she'll be in the future. But aside from the part where her family story is introduced and killed, I found the rest of the episode kinda slow.
I AM kinda curious about why that young lord and Naraku had the same voice though, it was weird and kinda hard to tell who was talking if you took your eyes off the screen. Anyway, looking forward to tonight, though.

Infinity Blade

01-15-2003, 12:34 PM

I loved last night's episode... what I saw of it anyway.

-_-;

At the end of Lupin III, Cartoon Network went out... completely. It was all just static for quite awhile, and made me want to throw my remote at my TV. @.@ I estimate about five minutes was cut out of the beginning of Inuyasha, along with Lupin III's conclusion... And it was the ONLY channel to do that...

Could anyone give me a detailed synopsis of what happened from the beginning to just before the Exterminators arrived at that castle? The first thing I saw was Sango & Kohaku talking on a porch before it cut to that.

Masamune2052

01-15-2003, 01:04 PM

.: Inu Yasha - Enter Sango, the Demon Exterminator :.
Well it was a kick ass episode because of the Taijiya-san with Hiraikotsu (Demon Exterminator with Giant Boomerang) Sango. My main point...... DAMN SHES HOTT! On to the rest of the episode it was funny and remorseful seeing Mirouk and Inu Yasha being reduced to grave work. Also, to me Sango has the saddest story. She's with her family and friends killing off demons and then out of nowhere her possesed brother kills their father and the rest of the exterminators. Then she is forced to fight her brother to stay alive and when he comes out of his trance it is too late. I choke up everytime I see the sihlouette of Sango and Kohaku and they run to embrace each other, but Kohaku is pierced with arrows RIGHT IN FRONT OF SANGO, and he proceeds to die right there. It's just really, really sad.
A++

Sango

01-15-2003, 02:16 PM

Finally my favorite character is introduced in the series! ^_^ I agree that Sango has the saddest story of the characters. The episode was pretty good and I'm going to have to adjust to hearing Sango's dub voice. It's not too bad, but it isn't great either...

JJc14

01-15-2003, 02:18 PM

well, time to catch up on things...writing reviews four times a week is gonna be difficult, so i'm likely gonna give my thoughts every two episodes and see how that works out...

[note: all these episodes are new to me]
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monday:

so glad to see this show back on tv; that sixteen-day hiatus was a killer! kikyo's involvement reaches a temporary conclusion, as her attempt to take inuyasha's life is foiled...i'm curious to see what her next course of action will be after being filled in from kaede on what really happened...

of course, i'll probably remember the last five minutes the most, as miroku had some great one-liners, from "ghastly! you did that right in front of kagome?!" to his input on inuyasha's women troubles: B+

tuesday:

i remembered seeing sango in the original opener and wondering when she'd be introduced...talk about a terrible turn of events though, and now she thinks inuyasha's responsible...

naraku's growing on me as a believable, sinister antagonist, though like others have mentioned, the black-haired guy who helped sango recover sounds suspiciously like someone else...

i didn't bother checking the clock after the ad-break, so when the end credits rolled, i muttered "cliffhangers!"...i swear, this show is lethal when it comes to them: A
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can't wait to see how things come together tonight...

ClockStomper

01-15-2003, 02:19 PM

Thanks to the way the collected manga volumes are, they have the first chapter of Sango's intro at the end of the volume I have, so i don't know how the rest of her story will go.

That said, I find it suspicious the young prince and Naraku have the same voice. I was noticing on yesterday's preview that the prince look ALOT like Naraku when he took off him baboon suit a few episodes ago. Perhaps this kid is a decendent of a pre-burned Onigumo? Magic created Clone?

Michael

01-15-2003, 02:22 PM

Good epsiode, boy Sango has a tragic past.

I thought maybe the price is a twin or somethign when i heard identical voices...

Masamune2052

01-15-2003, 03:10 PM

KEELALA!?!?!!?! I thought it was Kiara!

Will Sturnick

01-15-2003, 03:40 PM

Originally posted by ClockStomper
Perhaps this kid is a decendent of a pre-burned Onigumo? Magic created Clone?

Actually... the kid is the real Naraku. The one that reported about IY is a "magically created clone" (for a lack of better words)

Arxane

01-15-2003, 05:31 PM

Originally posted by Masamune2052
KEELALA!?!?!!?! I thought it was Kiara!

Atually, it's Kirara, not Kiara (at least that's what the fansubs say). A valid argument is that the Japanese "R" really sounds more like an "L", but then, you say, why isn't it "Miloku" or "Sesshomalu"? Who the hell knows? Romanization of Japanese isn't my thing...

Masamune2052

01-15-2003, 05:38 PM

Viz should at least know how it's pronounced though.

Fata Morgana

01-15-2003, 07:25 PM

What I don't get is, why does Viz have it one way in the manga and change it in the anime? The manga has it as "Kirara." Don't the manga and anime departments have any communication between them?

Fata Morgana

ClockStomper

01-15-2003, 08:49 PM

Also important to note is that the anime skipped over a whole story about"The Peachman". Sure, the story is average compared to the other episodes, but it had naked Kagome bathing in wine/sake, so I'm surprised it was left out or moved to later. And I wonder how it would be changed to include Sango and her cat.

Dosen't appear to be coming soon, since based on the episode titles, the next story is about the water good, which is in the right order.

Arxane

01-15-2003, 09:55 PM

Originally posted by Fata Morgana
What I don't get is, why does Viz have it one way in the manga and change it in the anime? The manga has it as "Kirara." Don't the manga and anime departments have any communication between them?

Fata Morgana

From what's been going on, probably not. There are several differences between the anime and manga that seems to suggest Viz uses different translators for their anime and manga:

- In the anime, the half-demon's name is spelled "Inuyasha"; in the manga, it's "Inu-Yasha".

- The recent difference in spelling of "Kirara" and "Kilala".

- Inu-Yasha's attacks. The anime uses "Iron Reaper, Soul Stealer", while the manga uses different things from "Claw of Exorcism" to something pretty close to "Iron Claw". In the anime, it's "Blades of Blood"; in the manga, it's "Claws of Blood".

I do recall that JD Productions translates the anime scripts (Trish Ledoux just adapt them), and several other people translate the actual manga. This could be a possible reason why there are inconsistencies between the anime and manga.

Fata Morgana

01-15-2003, 09:56 PM

Gee, I didn't realize that. They did get rid of the Peachman episode, didn't they? And that really sucks, because it was one of the better side stories, IMO. :( I hope they don't get rid of the Earth Boy story.

Fata Morgana

SirLemming

01-15-2003, 10:09 PM

I also thought Naraku and the young lord had the same voice, but the only other person who shares Naraku's voice in the credits is Miyoga (ain't that funny!). I forgot the young lord's name, so I'm not sure if he's credited... It's a weird predicament. When there's a secret like that do they just not credit the guy?
Or maybe there is no secret, I have no idea. Believe me, I'm new to this.

Artemis

01-15-2003, 10:48 PM

Would anyone believe I had actually forgotten Myoga's existence? ^_^;

DarthNuriko

01-15-2003, 11:21 PM

They didn't get rid of the Peachman story, it got bumped up. I forget how many eps but it's there. Sango gets written out somehow and then the rest encounter the Peachman.

Someone told me on another board that they only changed "Kirara" to "Kilala" because there was less difficulty in saying "Kilala". Whether you believe that or not is up to you. I don't know what to think. I'm no actress and I can say "Kirara". Luckily, that same board mentioned this in advance so I got my "UGHHH!!"s out earlier so I wouldn't complain about it when I heard it. :p

I actually thought I wouldn't like Kelly as Sango, but I took to her very quickly.

Arde

01-16-2003, 12:59 AM

Oh god...I think I could strangle Rumiko Takahashi...
Talk about plot twists, yet it's so simply explained it's confounding!
A great ep as usual for IY and more on Naraku's cunning and evilness... damn, that guy's good!
So now we have Inu Yasha, Kagome, Miroku, Shippo, Myoga, Sango, and Kilala. So that's 7 members(if you want to include Myoga and Kilala) or 5 members (if you don't) against a single Naraku.
Is the cast of the good guys gonna expand in the near future?
And is Kagome gonna be useful again in the near future?
Since she's not actually very useful other than following Inu Yasha around right now...

5/5 for today's ep.

Plague

01-16-2003, 01:00 AM

Another thoroughly enjoyable Inuyasha ep.

It seems like in the magna, everyone made a big deal over Miroku being pierced by that root, since he was really just wanting attention. I may be thinking of something else though.

My only complaint is the overuse of flashbacks. I think they showed Sango's brother (Kihoku? I've gotten to where I hate him in the magna, so I always forget) dying at least three to four times. I understand that you have to have recaps, especially in a show that won't have reruns (Japan thing), but man.

Killtacular

01-16-2003, 01:01 AM

If you're wondering why an interstital aired after Inuyasha (the first time it's happened.. ever), that's because this episode had a shorter runtime. Most episodes are still 23 and a half minutes, sans opening, but this one was more like 21 and a half. Whether that means there was a deleted scene or if it was just short originally, I don't know. I'm sure arxane would.

Arxane

01-16-2003, 01:13 AM

Originally posted by Matt Wilson
If you're wondering why an interstital aired after Inuyasha (the first time it's happened.. ever), that's because this episode had a shorter runtime. Most episodes are still 23 and a half minutes, sans opening, but this one was more like 21 and a half. Whether that means there was a deleted scene or if it was just short originally, I don't know. I'm sure arxane would.

I guess the episode was just shorter, because there was really nothing worth editing in this episode other than the flashback scenes of Kohaku slaying the others, and Viz left that in.

Anyway, today's episode really kicked ass. Takahashi knows how to hold our attention, and today's episode was proof. Nice deception on Naraku's part - damn, he's a slimey bastard - and Miroku shows he can kick some ass without a big sword. And Kelly Sherridan actually improved from yesterday's episode. Wow. I thought it would take at least two or three more, but she actually did it in one. If only she did that with "Escaflowne"...

Anyway, everything was great. I was happy about everything: story, dub, script, everything.

A+

mars

01-16-2003, 01:27 AM

It was an okay episode. A transitional, get to know Sango episode. Looking forward to tonight's episode when she challenges Inuyasha! And how long will it take to figure out that she was lied to too!

I wonder if Miroku is right about Inuyasha's dream of becoming full demon. Maybe Inuyasha should rethink it. Maybe he needs to learn to appreciate the way he already is! Or how would it be if he became full human instead?

JTurner954

01-16-2003, 01:33 AM

A nice way to end the night. This episode was just so entertaining. I was glad to see the focus turning from Inu Yasha and Sango to Inuyasha and the crew against Naraku. And I definitely did not see the twist at the end coming. These "next episode" sequences are so cool.

Overall grade: B+

"See you soon" !!!

Sir Gatts

01-16-2003, 02:03 AM

Wednesday: It appears that Sango's demise has been previously prevented but not by the assistance of the Shikon Jewel shard or demon-like powers, but by a strong human will to survive and a thirst for vengeance brought on by Naraku's attack on her village. What made this episode interesting was the continuation of that the character Sango was made to believe that Inuyasha was the one responsible for her villagers deaths, even though it was revealed in the previous episode that Sango's villagers were slain by Naraku's hand. And thus we are presented with the confrontation of Sango and Inuyasha in a duel to the finish.

It is clearly presented that Naraku utilizes other beings as its strength and avoids any direct confrontation of its foes because of these resources available. Oddly enough, this explains the Naraku voice actor double in the previous episode. Now the story forks to the origins of the Shikon Jewel of where and how it was created. A light in the mystery surrounding this epic which may be presented soon.

serenitymoon

01-16-2003, 11:38 AM

This was a great episode, I there were some good action scenes between Sango and InuYasha and then some with everyone and Naraku. Miroku was actually not too bad of a fighter without the use of his wind tunnel (suprise to me). Also, I also liked the little fire-cat of Sango's. One moment cute and cuddlely, the next ready to tear something to shreads... I want one!

Overall, my only complaint was the constant replay of Sango's brother's death. It started to get old, even though it is sad. Not to mention the episode was short already, if you took out all of these flashbacks, it would be even shorter, under 20 minutes!

gtracer72

01-16-2003, 12:15 PM

Its official, Naraku is my favorite character. The way he plays people is un-real. Awesome. :D The fight between Sango and Inu Yasha was cool, Sango rocks with her boomerang. Mioku isn't all that bad of a fighter either. He did good agianst a puppet Naraku. The cool part was finding out that Naraku took over the Lords body. Naraku is such a cool character. :).

I can't wait for tonight, gonna find out the origin of the Shikon jewel, sweet.

MBxxSC

01-16-2003, 12:22 PM

Better get used to those death scene replays. By the time we hit the episodes in the 90's, you'll be sick to death of seeing Kohaku slaughter his family. The only one that they overplay worse is the scene where they show Naraku disguised as Inu Yasha sneaking through the grass to attack Kikyo. They show that same scene almost every other episode.

Joe Tully

01-16-2003, 12:26 PM

I hope that Miroku finds some way to take care of those insects. The way they keep popping up is starting to make them seem more and more like a cheap device to keep him from using his wind tunnel. (Which they kinda are.)

Naraku

01-16-2003, 02:12 PM

Originally posted by Joe Tully
I hope that Miroku finds some way to take care of those insects. The way they keep popping up is starting to make them seem more and more like a cheap device to keep him from using his wind tunnel. (Which they kinda are.)

Well, duh. Naraku knows that he can't handle Miroku without sealing off the wind tunnel somehow. No one could. Not even Inu yasha would survive if Miroku used the tunnel on him (He was only saved the first time because Miroku didn't want to hurt Kagome).

This is what happens when you make a character too powerful, gotta find a way to strip him of using that power somehow.

Michael

01-16-2003, 02:22 PM

great epsiode, so now more of the mystery is being unvieled :D

Arde

01-16-2003, 03:34 PM

Originally posted by Naraku
Well, duh. Naraku knows that he can't handle Miroku without sealing off the wind tunnel somehow. No one could. Not even Inu yasha would survive if Miroku used the tunnel on him (He was only saved the first time because Miroku didn't want to hurt Kagome).

This is what happens when you make a character too powerful, gotta find a way to strip him of using that power somehow.
Actually, if you think about it...it's kinda ironic, isn't it? It was Naraku that caused the windtunnel to develop on Miroku's hand to kill Miroku slowly, yet it is the same windtunnel feared by Naraku because it is very powerful...

J.C.

01-16-2003, 03:48 PM

Wednesday: Boy, I had almost forgotten how annoying those replays of the exterminators being killed could be. Putting that aside, this was an overall strong episode, although a big step down from Tuesdays quality, IMO. A definate plus is that Sangos VA seems to be stepping into the character pretty easily.

Grade: B+

Chosen Raven

01-16-2003, 05:14 PM

You guys are just now noticing that Miroku's a good fighter? In his intro episode he easily blocks all of Inuyasha's attacks(with a smile on his face no less) until he trips over a freak'in wood pile(the guy seems to have an afliction of plot-deviceosis). I see him as the strongest of the lot (second is Inuyasha, then Sango).

Anyway, great episodes this weak!

sandwichman

01-16-2003, 06:27 PM

Very good episode, equal to yesterday. My only complaint is the common one though, WE KNOW THAT KOHAKU KILLED HIS FAMILY AND ALL THE OTHER DEMON EXTERMINATORS! WE SAW HIM DIE TOO! SO WHY SHOW THIS FLASHBACK 3 TIMES IN ONE EPISODE? I know there are no reruns, but it would help if they only did a flashback to a certain event once.[/rant]

A

Masamune2052

01-16-2003, 07:00 PM

Originally posted by sandwichman
Very good episode, equal to yesterday. My only complaint is the common one though, WE KNOW THAT KOHAKU KILLED HIS FAMILY AND ALL THE OTHER DEMON EXTERMINATORS! WE SAW HIM DIE TOO! SO WHY SHOW THIS FLASHBACK 3 TIMES IN ONE EPISODE? I know there are no reruns, but it would help if they only did a flashback to a certain event once.[/rant]

A
Two reasons: Kohaku was the only other Slayer they actually focused on AND Kohaku isn't exactly "dead". So when he comes back you'll be like "Holy crap, I thought he was dead, they showed him dying like 10 times in flashbacks, wow!". So overall, it was done so you'll get a dramatic effect in the future.

Masamune2052

01-16-2003, 07:10 PM

.:Inu Yasha - Naraku's Insidious Plot:.
YES, THANK GOD, SHE SAID HIRAIKOTSU!!! Now if we can just get Miroku to say Kazanna and Inu Yasha to say Kaze no Kizu :D Man, who HASN'T Naraku pissed off at this point! He's on everyone's black list and he's betraying the ones that trust him. Overall, this was an absolutely spec-frikkin-tacular episode of Inu Yasha! I looove Sango so much and she's so cool and she's got that awesome cat youkai Kirara that can go through the cool fire transformation thing, too cool, and she carries around a boomerang that almost a big as her and she wear the tight fitting cat suit that looks soooo nice on her..........*takes breath*............ and she's soooo awesome! It was pretty nice seeing Miroku being able to do something past his Kazanna and I was like "DAMN!" when he hit *KERBLAM* Naraku-clone right in the face, too sweet! It was really badass when Sango stabbed Inu Yasha through his arm and he was unphased and was just like "Are you still fighting me?" and pulled it out effortlessly. Can't wait to watch tonight's episode tommorow and see the secrets/origins of the Shikon no Tama. GO SANGO, w00t w00t! :D
A+++++++++

Sidenote
Time to unleash a new bouncy avatar upon the Toon Zone world now that Sango has made her introduction...... MUHAHAHA!

SirLemming

01-16-2003, 09:07 PM

This was a VERY good episode. I don't know why, but it really impressed me on a higher level than previous episodes. Everything was interesting; there really wasn't a dull moment. I'm pumped for tomorrow's!

Charred Knight

01-16-2003, 09:23 PM

This is the best episode until episode 35, and like I said before Masashi Ikeda has put a huge amount of flashbacks in Inu-Yasha so you will have to bear with it until his replaced after episode 40.

The second director is much better, and I love the fights he occasionally does with Shippo.

Steiner

01-16-2003, 11:31 PM

Now my question is, why did they call them Exterminators at first, and in the last episode called them Slayers? (Slayers does sound better though)

Midou Ban

01-17-2003, 12:52 AM

That episode ended early. Wow I almost fell asleep I can barely type.

JoelFirestorm

01-17-2003, 12:54 AM

At first I didn't really like the new ending theme but now I like it almost as much as the old one.

Why did the flea guy go into the cave with the sacred jewel in the first place? What was he trying to do?

JTurner954

01-17-2003, 12:56 AM

Thursday's episode: Nice stuff. We keep learning more and more about the jewel and the characters. I've got to say this again: This show is getting better and better. I'm enjoying evey minute of it.

Overall grade: B+

This was the best night of Adult Swim weekdays.

Arde

01-17-2003, 01:02 AM

Well...it's gonna be hard to excel better than yesterday's ep but this ep was just so-so in terms of IY's usual greatness.
It was nice to know the origins of the jewel and to know that there was another human priestess who may be even stronger than Naraku. Oh, and as usual, the priestess is cute too...
Other than that, nothing much happened in today's ep other than a small insight to Kilala's past. I guess Kilala had been living for quite a long time, eh?
And besides, the demon battle was quite good with seeing the priestess slaying the shade of the dragon demon.

4/5 for today's ep.

Arxane

01-17-2003, 01:09 AM

Okay, this is a strange episode because about half of what happened here didn't occur in the manga!

In the manga, all Sango did was tell them about the Jewel's origins. That's it. None of this demons-coming-to-life-and-Myoga-running-off-with-the-shard business. I'm sure the director did this so the episode wasn't just a bunch of talk, back story, and overplayed flashbacks (as if they weren't already overplayed), but the end result is that it's a little confusing. We never find out why Myoga took the shard or what he wanted to do with it. Everything else did play out nicely, but the story's continuity was interrupted because a director wanted to make the show more interesting.

Dub...excellent. Exactly where I expect them to be. And the script in today's episode marked a semi-milestone. I believe this is the first time that "Inu-Yasha" has ever used the word 'crap.' You'd think that would be the first curse word, since even kids shows use that word, but no, it's only used, what, 26 episodes later. Ay, yai, yai, yai, yai! Ah, well. It's stupid. Forget about it.

Overall, I give this episode an A- because of the strange plot changes. Everything else was perfect in my world.

Sir Gatts

01-17-2003, 04:57 AM

Thursday: Sweet merciful Jesus! This is going to take a while to digest. It's like watching Evangelion all over again. Here's a breakdown of what I feel was told about the Shikon Jewel in today's episode:

In spoiler tags in the case that you might want to determine the answers for yourself.

To start things off, we are brought to the meaning of the word Shikon. Shikon, a name for four souls. As stated by Miroku, these four spirits are known as Courage, Friendship, Wisdom, and Love. It is believed that these spirits resemble that of a god, or that of the foundation of life and matter. It was then told that when the four souls resonate equally, they become one. That one being which I shall call Purity.

To rewind a bit, the Shikon I believe are present in everything and everyone. Meaning that there is a possibility that Purity can be brought out by anyone. The closer the Shikon can resonate together, it is then that Purity will spawn. Malis however is the direct opposite of Purity. With that I feel that Malis drives the Shikon further apart from each other; and with this I believe originates the demons.

The priestess Midoriko* as told, has achieved the state of Purity within herself. With this it appears that Purity once achieved, has the capability to spread like a computer virus to another essence by will by the being containing Purity.

But something unexpected happened. Purity could not overcome Malis. Instead, the two powers became equally matched, forcing the priestess to confine both Purity and Malis within her own essence. And thus was born the Shikon Jewel. And even now it is told that the battle still continues to no end within the jewel.

The basic theory I suppose about the Jewel having the capability to make one's essence stronger is that it probably depends on where the border lies between Purity and Malis. The one with the stronger side would have their essence enveloped by that side of the jewel; such as the person with mostly malis than purity/good would become enveloped by the Malis side of the jewel, in this case making the user even more full of malis, possibly totally full of pure malis which is known as Malis,.. or maybe somewhere at a level just below pure Malis. I suppose the same thing can be said for the opposite.

Now we just have to figure out how the breakup of the Shikon Jewel (the shards) factors into the matter. They could be the same as water; the same function as a complete Shikon Jewel. Or maybe their more like oil and vinegar; a split between the two power factors within.

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In addition to this episode, we learn that Sango will join team Inuyasha in their quest to retrieve the Shikon Jewel shards and kick Naraku's demon ass! :D If you have already read all of the above, then I'm sure you can understand I really thought this was a great episode. I found it kind of weird that Kirara was portrayed as the priestess's comrade at the end of the episode. It, Kirara, almost reminds me of the character Courage / Battle Cat from He-Man.

Guess I'll end this with one of these. -> :)

*Not certain if I spelled this correctly.

Charred Knight

01-17-2003, 06:36 AM

Your wrong, but since the explanation in the anime was horrible I can excuse that.

The story of Midoriko is supoosed to match the story of Kikyo, just without Inu-yasha. Midoriko was a powerful priestess who all youkai feared. The youkai knew that the only way to defeat Midoriko was to combine themselves into one youkai. A bunch of youkai came together and possessed a man that had secretly loved Midoriko and attacked her. After the 7th night the youkai defeated Midoriko by slicing her arm off and putting her in its mouth, then the youkai finished her off by stabbing her in the heart, but with the last of her powers she ripped the youkai's soul out and the soul of midoriko and the soul of the youkai combined into the Shikon jewel.

This is the explanation given for the ability of the shikon jewel, In the spirit their exist 4 souls, and these 4 souls make a balance that is the nature of the spirit. Depending on the personality of the person the jewel can either be used for good or for evil. The jewel sucks up the will of the people and is either purified or tainted. The jewel seems to show that it has a tendency to be tainted so Inu-yasha claims he will sever the fate of the jewel becoming evil.

Masamune2052

01-17-2003, 06:53 AM

Originally posted by Steiner
Now my question is, why did they call them Exterminators at first, and in the last episode called them Slayers? (Slayers does sound better though)
They just do it because they can. It's like asking "Why do they call it the Shikon no Tama, but sometimes call it the Jewel of Four Souls?"

Sheamon

01-17-2003, 07:03 AM

Well, my first night of taping Adult Swim, and I botch it horribly. Had it set to the wrong channel somehow, even though I was watching Futurama before going to bed :( Don't mind that much about missing Lupin since it won't be that long before they air the repeat, although the Inu Yasha ep won't be on for months *cries* Do I need to know info from that for future episodes? Its bad enough that I missed 2 eps on one of ASA's final nights (missing both a Kikyo ep and Miroku's intro) but now it looks like I've missed another important story ep :(

creeper

01-17-2003, 07:05 AM

I'm pretty far in inuyasha.......but the ep i'm on was a kinda cliffhanger. The group meets up w/ the "creators of the shikon" jewel. Now everything in this ep says it was created by the circumstances of said demon. It doesn't say anything about the creators being present or having a hand in it......any insights to this?

another question

how many more eps til kouga comes??

Sir Gatts

01-17-2003, 07:20 AM

The story of Midoriko is supoosed to match the story of Kikyo, just without Inu-yasha. Midoriko was a powerful priestess who all youkai feared. The youkai knew that the only way to defeat Midoriko was to combine themselves into one youkai. A bunch of youkai came together and possessed a man that had secretly loved Midoriko and attacked her. After the 7th night the youkai defeated Midoriko by slicing her arm off and putting her in its mouth, then the youkai finished her off by stabbing her in the heart, but with the last of her powers she ripped the youkai's soul out and the soul of midoriko and the soul of the youkai combined into the Shikon jewel.

This is the explanation given for the ability of the shikon jewel, In the spirit their exist 4 souls, and these 4 souls make a balance that is the nature of the spirit. Depending on the personality of the person the jewel can either be used for good or for evil. The jewel sucks up the will of the people and is either purified or tainted. The jewel seems to show that it has a tendency to be tainted so Inu-yasha claims he will sever the fate of the jewel becoming evil.
Mostly sounds about what I said, just in using a different metaphor. But I don't agree with the analogy of the essence of the youkai/Malis combining with the essence of midoriko/Purity as it seems that the entities remain separated even though they became imprisoned within the Shikon Jewel. Thus resulting in a continuous battle within. I feel the jewel's physical creation resulted from a power outside the boundaries of good and evil but from Midoriko alone.

Sir Gatts

01-17-2003, 07:36 AM

Originally posted by Sheamon
Well, my first night of taping Adult Swim, and I botch it horribly. Had it set to the wrong channel somehow, even though I was watching Futurama before going to bed :( Don't mind that much about missing Lupin since it won't be that long before they air the repeat, although the Inu Yasha ep won't be on for months *cries* Do I need to know info from that for future episodes? Its bad enough that I missed 2 eps on one of ASA's final nights (missing both a Kikyo ep and Miroku's intro) but now it looks like I've missed another important story ep :(
:( Oh crud. But luckily I feel that there isn't anything important that could render the story un-followable. We've just move on past the history of Shikon Jewel. What is confirmed is that Sango is now a part of team Inuyasha,.. reasons made obvious in Tuesday and Wednesday's episode. I would expect next weeks story to pick up at the hunt for Naraku and more unclaimed jewel shards.

MBxxSC

01-17-2003, 11:09 AM

Kouga shows up in episode 36, I believe.

For the time being, Miroku is definatly the most powerfull in a straight fight. He could easily take Inu Yasha at this point in the series. BUT....

Once Inu Yasha learns how to use the Bakuryuu, all that changes. He'd probably take Miroku out faster than he could even pull his beads off to open the Air Rip. Kagome also gets a significant boost in power. While she does still come in behind the others, against Inu Yasha, one shot with her new and improved arrows would probably destroy him.

Zach Logan

01-17-2003, 11:36 AM

My head is boggled with spoilers :eek:

jeffrey 228

01-17-2003, 11:48 AM

Eeeek, no kidding and I need to look at the captions again for those 2 episodes.

Michael

01-17-2003, 01:53 PM

great epsiode! nice known some history :D

Artemis

01-17-2003, 02:56 PM

Originally posted by arxane

Dub...excellent. Exactly where I expect them to be. And the script in today's episode marked a semi-milestone. I believe this is the first time that "Inu-Yasha" has ever used the word 'crap.' You'd think that would be the first curse word, since even kids shows use that word, but no, it's only used, what, 26 episodes later. Ay, yai, yai, yai, yai! Ah, well. It's stupid. Forget about it.

While we're on the subject of "Swearing Milestones" (why do we find this amusing? :p ) I believe this is the first episode where Myoga uttered a swear word (He said "Damn!" twice)

Wendesday night's episode had two "Damn you!"'s one by Miroku, a first, and another by Sango. Inuyasha also said "damn him (referring to Naraku)", but he's already established his swearing-ness so no one cares.

I've also noticed that they never say "who/what/where/when/why/how the hell (insert whatever here)" The always use "heck" in there and whenever they say "Hell" it's always in reference to the actual place where naughty people go when they die.

Arxane

01-17-2003, 03:39 PM

I've also noticed that they never say "who/what/where/when/why/how the hell (insert whatever here)" The always use "heck" in there and whenever they say "Hell" it's always in reference to the actual place where naughty people go when they die.

Actually, I do remember one time when Inu-Yasha said "What the hell is this?". It was during the Hell painter episode, believe it or not.

Why do I remember these things? Why are they so personally amusing? Let me ask the space baby on that one...

Crystalfox0

01-17-2003, 04:36 PM

Good episode, but really confusing. It's nice to know where the Shikon jewel came from, but I'm confused on to how Songo knew who Myoga was.

MBxxSC

01-17-2003, 05:00 PM

but I'm confused on to how Songo knew who Myoga was.

As they explained in the last episode, when Myoga was with Kirara, Myoga had been staying at the village researching the Shikon No Tama, wich is why she knew him.

JJc14

01-17-2003, 05:36 PM

wednesday night:

a drama-filled episode in which sango seeks revenge only to realize the truth behind everything...

the action was seriously amped up, and turned out rather well...it's easy to sympathize with sango's position, just wanting to eliminate the source of all her pain...anyone else thinking of a metallica song during the whole puppet/master thing?

overall, this was probably my favorite episode this week: A-

thursday night:

a reserved episode, coming off of wednesday's showdown...more info on the jewel is revealed, and myoga causes some more trouble...

while it was hard to watch so late at night, it was a needed episode that i assume fit here best...the second half didn't make much sense to me, but i still got something out of it: B-

Midou Ban

01-17-2003, 07:00 PM

Thursday: I didn't like that episode as much but I did like to hear some history about the Shikon Jewel. I missed the whole ending part. I feel asleep at 10:45 and woke up just in time to catch the ending credits. Overall it was a pretty boring for me. I think the episode after this is a filler one too.

My grade: C

Masamune2052

01-17-2003, 08:27 PM

Episodes aren't that cool when you fall asleep halfway through. :p

ClockStomper

01-17-2003, 08:50 PM

It made no sense for the ghost fight to happen since the souls of that demon and the priestess are in the jewel shards, how did they appear as complete ghosts?

Stupid director. He left out the most interesting part: the similarities between what happened between Kikyo and Inuyasha and Naraku and what happened with the demon and the priestess. What happened was the demons were afraid of the preistess, so they feasted upon each other, and the hundreds of small demons merged into a large, powerful demon. Similar to how Onigumo became Naraku.

So this suggests that the decedents of the priestess (presumably Kikyo and Kagome) are forced by their contact with the jewel to repeat it's history over and over again until the jewel is destroyed. That a sign things might not end well with Kagome and Inuyasha.

JetMaster5

01-17-2003, 09:17 PM

It's been a while since I posted a review. I've been watching Inuyasha for 4 days, and, after each passing episode, I've grown more drawn into this series.

But at the same time, I found it boring. Perhaps it's the overplayed replays, or the fact that some scenes don't make sense, or the fact that some of the romance wasn't good enough, but I just thought this series is dragging on in a few scenes since, well, since the start of the show.

But enough about that, onto the reviews...

Tues-Wed:

I'm not gonna give a full review on this, since most of my reactions were gone after today's episode. Still, the introduction of Sango, the tragedy of the Demon Hunters, the cunning of Naraku was great.

Thurs:

Somewhat "boring" and "interesting" mixed together. We learn of the Shikon Jewel's history, but that's about the only thing interesting. Everything else went downhill.

I'm still gonna be watching this show (and hopefully, get the manga, since everyone claims it's much better).

Charred Knight

01-17-2003, 11:11 PM

Originally posted by MBxxSC
Kouga shows up in episode 36, I believe.

For the time being, Miroku is definatly the most powerfull in a straight fight. He could easily take Inu Yasha at this point in the series. BUT....

Once Inu Yasha learns how to use the Bakuryuu, all that changes. He'd probably take Miroku out faster than he could even pull his beads off to open the Air Rip. Kagome also gets a significant boost in power. While she does still come in behind the others, against Inu Yasha, one shot with her new and improved arrows would probably destroy him.

Seems your not following the manga and only the anime.

The Bakuryuu only works when a youkai uses a burst of Youki. The energy of the enemies youki combines with the Cutting Wind into tornado and sends the combined youki tornados into the enemy youkai. Since the Air Rip does not use Youki Inu-yasha can not use it against Miroku. Of course Inu-yasha can defeat Miroku by just using the cutting Wind.

Sango

01-18-2003, 01:56 AM

Thursday's episode was alright, but I really wish they hadn't taken so many liberties with it. I think they should have stuck closer to the manga. I think the way it was explained in the manga was more meaningful...

MBxxSC

01-18-2003, 09:11 AM

Since the Air Rip does not use Youki

Are you sure about that? Even though Miroku is human, the Air Rip was given to him by a demon.

Masamune2052

01-18-2003, 10:51 AM

Originally posted by creeper
how many more eps til kouga comes??
Kouga and Rin appear in episode 35, The Excellent Sword Chooses The Real Master .

Zach Logan

01-18-2003, 10:58 AM

Grades for the week:

MONDAY: I missed some of this episode, but it was good for the most part. The plot moved on, and we got to see the feud between Kikyo again, and we learned that she wanted to drag Inu Yasha into Hell

B

TUESDAY: Excellent Episode. Blood and Gore everywhere, and the introduction of the 'exterminators' (later to be called 'slayers'). We finally see Sango (YAY) and the plot continnues to develop

A

WEDNESDAY: Even better! We see Narakus true form (again), and we see great action! I think thats a good reason to give it an

A

THURSDAY: And here is where it all goes down. This episode had some great plot developments, but the second half lost me, and there was no action, language, or anything that usually entises me. However, I think I saw something that may hint towards something in the future. Reincarnate.

C

OVERALL this was a good Inu Yasha week, and im going to give it a 90

These are my opinions for the week. Come back next week for more of my opinions :D

eyager

01-18-2003, 12:09 PM

Monday: Kagome's Voice and Kikyo's Kiss B

This episode was much more entertaining than the previous one. I'm glad the Kikyo arc is over for now.

Tuesday: Enter Sango the Demon Exterminator A

This is the best of episode of Inuyasha to date IMHO. Quite a body count. I knew lots of people were going to get killed in this episode, but didn't expect a mass execution.

Wednesday: Narku's Insideous Plot B+

A bit of a letdown compared the previous episode. The fight with Narku's puppet was rather unrefined. He's just a tree root thingy shooting out tentacles. I don't know what's with anime and people getting wrapped up in tentacles.

Thursday: The Secret of the Four Souls Explained B-

A bit awkward. The action takes a back seat to a tutorial on the theology of the sacred jewel.

Gruntling

01-18-2003, 04:55 PM

Here's my reviews for the latest 3 episodes of IY.

[Scale to 10]

Inu Yasha
Enter Sango, The Demon Exterminator: 9.5
Naraku's Insidious Plot: Missed
Secret of the Jewel of Four Souls Revealed:9.2

Plague

01-19-2003, 12:31 AM

Youki is an ever-present energy signature that comes with the territory of being a demon. Even a cursed human won't have any youki, since the term only applies to youkai, whether or not they have a supernatural involvement with demons.

MBxxSC

01-19-2003, 11:42 AM

Youki is an ever-present energy signature that comes with the territory of being a demon.

Not true.

If I remember correctly, it was Musou who Inu Yasha was unable to use the Bakuryuu against, since even though he was Youkai, it was explained that youki is only present when a form of non-physical attack is being used. It has been awhile since I've watched the anime's, but I don't really recall a good definition of how youki really functions ever being given. I know one fansub episode explained it as demonic energy, but the fact the move couldn't be used against Musou obviously contradicts this. I've gone with the theory that any form of non-physical attacks could possibly produce the right circumstances for the Bakuryuu to work.

Masamune2052

01-19-2003, 11:58 AM

So out of that explanation I've come to an understanding that when youkai perform non-physical attacks they produce youki which is needed for Bakuryuu, but any form of non-physical attack produces a type of "artificial youki".

Charred Knight

01-19-2003, 12:23 PM

Originally posted by MBxxSC
Not true.

If I remember correctly, it was Musou who Inu Yasha was unable to use the Bakuryuu against, since even though he was Youkai, it was explained that youki is only present when a form of non-physical attack is being used. It has been awhile since I've watched the anime's, but I don't really recall a good definition of how youki really functions ever being given. I know one fansub episode explained it as demonic energy, but the fact the move couldn't be used against Musou obviously contradicts this. I've gone with the theory that any form of non-physical attacks could possibly produce the right circumstances for the Bakuryuu to work.

You do remember incorrectly.

Inu-yasha never even attempted to use Bakuryuu against Musou.

Youki is exactly what it sounds like Youkai Ki(Demon energy). Ki if you remember is energy that is in all living things. That means that only demons and half demons can have youki as only humans and half demons can have human energy.

Miroku being human only has human energy.