Inuyasha: Final Act

[fairyoracle75]

I just saw this and I was disappointed that the origianl anime had never finished like the manga did just throwing in a stupid artificial ending saying "we're continuing to fight but you won't see it".

I started watching it and been impressed. They're condensing the manga to just move the story on to its conclusion but still manage to not make it seem to rushed.

Anyone else caught these episodes on Hulu or are most people here not into Inuyasha? lol.

This is the end that I am talking about, not a rehash of the old episodes, they finally have made it and are airing the end of the story long after the manga ended.

Inuyasha - The Final Act - Full Episodes and Clips streaming online for free - Hulu

Its set to be 26 episodes and its already 12 into it.

[Armando]

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I used to like Inuyasha.

I stopped caring when there was obviously no end in sight.

[Malacite]

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Aye, it was a good anime and I (sadly) watched it to the end and was also sorely pissed off.

Was it really so hard to just have him sacrifice himself to kill Naraku & be with Kikiyo?

[Losrase]

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I cant believe after all those chapters that Naraku is still alive and causing havoc. I would have thought the would have at least kill him off by now and made a new major villian.

[fairyoracle75]

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This is the end that I am talking about, not a rehash of old episodes. They finally have made it and are airing the end of the story long after the manga ended.

Inuyasha - The Final Act - Full Episodes and Clips streaming online for free - Hulu

Its set to be 26 episodes and its already 12 into it.

I don't think I made it clear what I was talking about lol.

[Malacite]

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O.O so it's a new animated series that's just the final story Arc of the Manga? AWESOME!!!


I still think they should just have him die alongside Kikiyo already and end the stupid flirting with Kagome.

[Ketaru]

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I used to love InuYasha.

I stopped caring...

...after Naraku killed Kagura.

[Ketaru]

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Hmmm, when I gave that last reply, I was referring to the manga. After that particular event, I thought Rumiko Takahashi should've started working on concluding the series since it was the the first killing of a major character. Instead, she dragged it on some 15-20 more volumes or something.

But knowing the anime is jumping right to ending the series makes me want to buy the anime instead now, seeing as it does correct one of my former complaints about the series, both the manga and anime- too much excess of everything.

That new Do as Infinity song doesn't sound half bad either.

[fairyoracle75]

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Yeah I agree Takahasi drew things out, I'm sure her publishers begged her to keep the series going for as long as possible because it was popular, and the original anime did the same.

I think you'll like how they're moving it along.

Spoilers

So far the best 3 episodes were Kagura'a Death (can't remember the episode title), Sesshomaru in the Underworld, and Among the Twinkleing Stars (Kikyo's death actually had me shedding tears).

[Pwnagraphic]

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I used to watch this show religiously.. but after I moved back up to north Texas, I just lost the need to watch it.. I had no idea about the last part of your spoiler Fairy. That kind of puts a lump in my throat.. You know.. the one right before you cry >_>

[Ketaru]

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"Actually"?

I'm guessing you don't like Kikyo. I don't get why people dislike her. I think she's a great character. As far as complexity goes, she's a cut above most of the other characters. But it's like fans can't seem to recognize both her and Kagome on their own merits.

Even so, I think I always liked Kagura the most. Up until her departure from the series, I almost stopped caring about what happened to the others because her situation got so complicated and desperate. And she, in my opinion, makes the single most surprising decision in the series when she...

Spoiler

...allows Kohaku to escape from Hakudoushi.

Probably also why I lost interest after that point.

[fairyoracle75]

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My "actually" wasn't in regards to Kikyo, I thought she was one of the most interesting and complex characters, my "actually" was meant to mean I was moved to physical tears since they did such a good job on capturing the emotion of the scene.

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When I read the manga version I got a lump in my throat but when I watched it, especially the conversation they added with Kaede, I actually cried tears.

I don't always get moved to actual tears when watching a scene play out in an anime or movie. That was meant as a compliment to Sunrise and the voice actors for doing such a good job.

[Ketaru]

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Yeah, that's a conclusion I jump to sometimes. I used to post on an anime forum, and there was a lot of anti-Kikyo going on in it.

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- But Kikyo tried to kill Kagome! (so has Sesshomaru, Koga, and even InuYasha in the very beginning...he wanted to drop her in the mid-air)
- But Kikyo is borrowing the souls of dead girls to live! (If we did a tally of all the people each character has killed over the course of the series, I bet Kohaku would come out on top. He let a legion of rat monsters rape the country-side unchecked. He did a lot of other stuff while under Naraku's influence...but that one was all him.)
- But Kikyo gave Naraku the Shikon Jewel! (She wasn't wrong. The completed Shikon Jewel was the only way to kill him)
- But the fact Kikyo is around is getting in the way of Inuyasha/Kagome! (InuYasha's fault for being indecisive, not hers. She mostly goes around doing priestess stuff later in the series)

[fairyoracle75]

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Honestly most of the people that complain like that are the 12-15 year old girls with weird soap opera inspired ideas about emotions and love.

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- But Kikyo tried to kill Kagome! (so has Sesshomaru, Koga, and even InuYasha in the very beginning...he wanted to drop her in the mid-air)

Not to mention the fact she was resurrected as a vengeful spirit with good reason but she changed like all of the characters.

- But Kikyo is borrowing the souls of dead girls to live! (If we did a tally of all the people each character has killed over the course of the series, I bet Kohaku would come out on top. He let a legion of rat monsters rape the country-side unchecked. He did a lot of other stuff while under Naraku's influence...but that one was all him.)

Well that idea is sort of creepy but in Kikyo's defense these people were already dead and she did give them all back when she died.

- But Kikyo gave Naraku the Shikon Jewel! (She wasn't wrong. The completed Shikon Jewel was the only way to kill him)

Yep. Basically the bottom reason is the reason for them sighting this. They'll find an evil motive anything.

- But the fact Kikyo is around is getting in the way of Inuyasha/Kagome! (InuYasha's fault for being indecisive, not hers. She mostly goes around doing priestess stuff later in the series)

This is like the typical villifying the ex or mistress rather than the man that some idiot women do. Besides Inuyasha couldn't get over Kikyo on one hand and on the other he was the one that killed her so he had a sense of guilt and responsibility toward her.

Bottomline: Love triangles are a great literary device for conflict in a story. I bet those little girls who've gotten bored with the manga if there wasn't conflict.

[Ketaru]

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The Do as Infinity single for "Kimi ga Inai Mirai" ("A Future Where You Don't Exist") is going to be released at the end of January.

I grew so cynical with the way the InuYasha manga was so badly drawn out, watching the way the Final Act was handled has reminded me of how much of a fan of it, and of Rumiko Takahashi, I really was. Just pulled out some of my old Ranma 1/2, Maison Ikkoku, and Mermaid Saga manga that I haven't looked at for some 3 years. Thank you very much for the heads up about the episodes being aired on Hulu.