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Typical Japanese teenage [[Ordinary High School Student|Ordinary Middle School Student]], [[Genki Girl]] Kagome, granddaughter of a Shinto priest, has the ability to climb down into an ancient well on the grounds of her grandfather's shrine and, in doing so, [[Time Travel]] to [[The Time of Myths|allegedly-feudal-Japan]], except for the fact that demons, goblins, vengeful ghosts, malevolent wizard-priests, short-tempered twelve-foot-tall ogres, and [[Youkai|all manner of other creepy-crawlies]]<ref>significantly, this is one of the few Japanese fantasy anime that ''isn't'' set in a pseudo-medieval-European fantasy world; just about ''everything'' in it is based on Japanese myths and legends, and that alone makes it worth your time to look for</ref> are all over the place and you can barely swing your arms without hitting one of them. Another noteworthy difference from most anime is that almost all of the characters who are supposed to be Japanese humans are actually depicted with black hair. If you've seen just a bit of anime, you might recognize how unusual this is (other [[Hair Colors]] are much more common).

Oh, and did we mention that Kagome happens to be the [[Reincarnation]] of the [[Miko]] that Inuyasha once loved 50 years in his past, who just happened to be the one who fired a sacred arrow which sealed him to the sacred tree, essentially killing him?

 

 

 

 

Naturally, [[Status Quo Is God]] (no matter how much it seems like things are building towards a resolution), and the anime was consequently [[Cut Short]] with no proper ending, due in large part to the anime actually catching up with the production of the manga (and thus running out of episodal stories to do). The remaining chapters of the manga that the anime didn't cover before its abrupt end were adapted into the 26-episode series ''Inuyasha: The Final Act'', which picks up where the original anime left off and tells the remainder of the manga's story through to its conclusion.

 

 

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* [[24-Hour Armor]]: Sesshoumaru and Kouga never go anywhere without their armor. Given that Inuyasha's fire-rat robe is supposed to double as armour, he never goes anywhere without it either.

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* [[Abuse Is Okay When It Is Female On Male]]

{{quote|"[[Flat What|Heke]]?!"}}

* [[Actually a Doombot]]: Naraku’s puppets.

* [[Adorably Precocious Child]]: Shippo, though on the road to becoming more like Inuyasha.

* [[Aerosol Flamethrower]]: Kagome uses one of this once.

* [[Alas, Poor Yorick]]

* [[All Amazons Want Hercules]]: Kagura, for Sesshoumaru.

* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Every [[Half-Human Hybrid|hanyou]] in the story, including [[The Hero|Inuyasha]] himself.

* [[Almost Kiss]]: {{spoiler|Inuyasha and Kagome almost shared one before being rudely interrupted. It was the closest they got to a kiss in the manga. ''Final Act'' [[Reunion Kiss|fixed that.]]}}

* [[Aloof Big Brother]]: Sesshomaru

* [[Always Save the Girl]]: Sango suffers from this.

* [[Amplifier Artifact]]: The Shikon Jewel is shattered by accident by one of Kagome's arrows. Other demons that get even one or two shards get a comparatively large power boost. Naraku collects all the shards for reassembly into the intact Jewel for the purpose of becoming the ultimate youkai.

* [[Anatomy of the Soul]]: The soul is divided in two: Kon and Haku. Kon it's the heart (will) and Haku is the power that moves the body:

** Kikyo's Kon is the part she stole from Kagome's soul but she needs to constantly steal Haku to be able to move.

* [[Anchored Ship]]: Both Inuyasha/Kagome and Miroku/Sango are Type 1.

* [[And Then What?]]: Near the end, Byakuya asks Naraku what wish he will make on the Shikon jewel after he has killed Inuyasha and the rest; he admits he isn't sure.

* [[Animate Dead]]: Kagura's Dance of the Dead.

** A case can also be made for Kagura possibly reaching [[Anti-Hero]] status by the end of her character arc when she begins acting directly against Naraku - again depending on your mileage.

* [[Anti-Villain]]: Saint Hakushin; Kagura and Sesshoumaru both evolve into this role as well, and [[Your Mileage May Vary|some]] also count Bankotsu and Jakotsu, although their actions overall make them more arguable cases.

* [[Artifact of Death]]: The Shikon no Tama and its search only brings death and destruction.

* [[Artifact of Doom]]: There are... A lot of this in this show.

** Later, Sesshomaru commissions the making of the deadly sword Tokijin, crafted from the teeth of Naraku's detachment Goshinki. It possesses its own maker, but when Sesshomaru takes it for himself, he shrugs off the sword's attempt to possess him through sheer willpower.

** Dakki, the youki-absorbing sword that transformed its human smith into a pseudo-youkai in order to try and absorb Tessaiga's youki {{spoiler|and then transferred the full force of Inu Yasha's attack to said smith's body in a desperate attempt to save itself.}}

** The best example however, would be the {{spoiler|Shikon no Tama, the real [[Big Bad]] of the story}}.

* [[Artificial Human]]: Kikyo's body is made of her ashes and clay.

* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: Inuyasha and Sesshomaru in movie 3.

** Inu Yasha and Koga vs. Naraku's two speedster detachments

** Hell, '''Shippo''' is something of a badass, when one considers all the things he's done even though he's a little kid, up to and including having to be knocked out to keep from following the team into the final battle against Naraku... and then did it anyway once he regained consciousness. Just look how the much larger kitsune treat Shippo's exploits during the kitsune youjutsu exam that he didn't even know existed until after he was auto-enrolled into it by accident.

** Whenever Inuyasha turns human he continues to try the same potentially fatal exploits that wouldn't even bruise him as a half demon, up to and including fighting homicidal demons three times his size. Crosses the line into [[Determinator]] territory when he ([[Heroic Resolve|of course]]) keeps fighting after massive blood loss and broken bones.

* [[Badass Long Hair]]: And how!

** Inuyasha, Sesshomaru, Koga, Naraku...

** And of course, Kohaku. His shikon shard doesn't seem to do anything but keep him alive and under Naraku's control, but by the end of the series he's able to easily slaughter groups of trained guards and youkai like they were nothing.

* [[Band of Brothers]]: The Inu-tachi.

* [[Bathing Beauty]]: Kagome is the picture for the page.

* [[Bathtub Bonding]]: Kagome and Sango, but instead of a bathtub it's a hot spring.

* [[Battle Boomerang]]: Hiraikotsu.

* [[Battle Butler]]: Kanna, the only minion who's honestly ''loyal'' ( {{spoiler|At least until right before she dies.}}).

** Discuss Inuyasha's love for Kikyo around Kagome. I dare you.

* [[Betty and Veronica]]: Kagome and Kikyo.

* [[BFG]] Renkotsu's grenade launcher and gatling gun, And Ginkotsu's flak cannon and ( {{spoiler|Missile launchers after being made into a giant cybernetic tank.}}).

* [[BFS]]

* [[Blade Below the Shoulder]]: Sango has a retractable blade hidden in her right sleeve that she uses as a last resort.

* [[Blade Brake]]: Inuyasha rams Tessaiga into the ground to prevent being sucked into the Wind Tunnel. In one of many amusing examples of just how alike the two brothers really are, when Sesshoumaru first experiences the power of the Wind Tunnel, he reacts in exactly the same way (and since he's holding Tessaiga at the time, he even uses the same sword).

* [[Blatant Lies]]

** Inu Yasha's youkai form. Insanely high levels of strength and speed, a much improved healing factor, enough youki to make even ''Sesshoumaru'' [[Not So Stoic|feel one, brief moment of fear]] and have a youketsu capable of holding the evil spirit of the ''Shikon no Tama'' immobile against its will and decay a frggin' portal to hell when its sliced by the Dragon-Scale Tessaiga. Of course, there's the little matter of him being a bloodthirsty monster that has barely any of Inu Yasha's restraint, and each time it gets even less controllable and less intelligent. Of course, he does get to occasionally take advantage of it and Tessaiga at the same time, whenever someone starts stealing some of Tessaiga's forms, or he boosts Tessaiga with purified Shikon shards.

* [[Blood From the Mouth]]: This happens to Miroku (along with blood from the eyes, nose and ears) when he tries to suck Naraku into his curse only managing to absorb a lot of miasma.

* [[Blow You Away]]: Kagura. Her wind powers include tornados, flight, manipulating the wind to (attempt to) cut off the wind-based attacks of opponents and even [[Razor Wind]].

* [[Body Horror]]: Naraku's main fighting style.

* [[Boomerang Comeback]]: Sango uses this technique several times. She lets her enemies attack her while Hiraikotsu is away so they'll be hit by it when is returning to her.

* [[Bowdlerise]]: First villainess [[Creepy Centipedes|Mistress Centipede’s]] breast size is flattened in the Viz dub. Some scenes that focus on Kagome bathing and Shippo's crotch are also skipped.

* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Kohaku. After being revived, Naraku erased his memories to be able to control his mind. He then ordered Kohaku to kill a lot of innocent people, including his own sister.

* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]: Shippo.

* [[Breath Weapon]]: Ah-Un being a dragon has this, in both heads.

* [[Bridal Carry]]

* [[Broken Bird]]: Kagura, Kikyou.

* [[Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl]]: Inuyasha and Kagome.

* [[Brought Down to Normal]]: Happens to Inuyasha (and every other half demon) every month, most often during a plot that could be resolved effortlessly with Inuyasha's normal powers.

** And to Miroku, of all people, in one of the questionably canon movies, when {{spoiler|his wind tunnel is removed by Naraku}}.

* [[Brutal Honesty]]: Inuyasha, which normally earns him a [[Face Fault|SIT!]]

* [[Cain and Abel]]: Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru for a while. A better example would be Kinka and Ginka, brothers who are attached to one another because neither of them had managed to kill each other in their childhood as was the nature of their species.

* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: Once the manga hit its stride, almost all the characters do this. Uniquely, Sesshoumaru's the only one who rarely calls his attacks out loud. He ''[[Badass|thinks]]'' them instead.

* [[Came Back Strong]]: {{spoiler|Sesshoumaru}} in Chapter 518.

* [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]]: Kagome, although it's Inuyasha who ends up doing the saving most of the time.

* [[Clothing Damage]]: Kagura is prone to this.

* [[Cold Flames]]: Shippo's foxfire.

* [[Color Failure]]: When Shima claims that she has already given herself to Miroku; he, Sango and the youkai Nushi (who Shima is promised to marry) all experience this.

* [[The Corrupter]]: Naraku (His favorite tactics are those that involve messing with his enemies' hearts).

* [[Counter Attack]]: The Backlash Wave.

* [[Creepy Centipedes]]: The Mukade-Joro and tons of regular demon mooks serving Naraku.

* [[Cross-Popping Veins]]

* [[Death Glare]]: Sesshoumaru. Early in the manga, he scares off a pack of wolves with his glare alone. Later on, he's badly injured to such an unusual degree that Kagome and Shippou worry about it and discuss healing him. His glare sends both of them scurrying behind Inuyasha for protection.

* [[Death Is Cheap]]: Ask Kikyo... or Kohaku... or Rin. The series does try not to take it ''too'' far: before he could master Tenseiga's Meidou Zangetsuha, Sesshoumaru had to learn that even Tenseiga's ability to revive the dead has its limits, since he couldn't properly appreciate the value of the lives of others as long as he assumed he could simply bring them back. However, the lesson is rather undermined when Sesshoumaru's mother revives Rin a second time anyway.

* [[Deflector Shields]]

* [[Defrosting Ice Queen|Defrosting Ice King]]: Sesshomaru, thanks to [[Morality Pet|Rin]].

* [[Disney Death]]: Too many to count.

* [[Distant Finale]]

* [[Diving Save]]

* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]: Inuyasha, Rin, Kagura, Kohaku, Kouga... apparently Rumiko Takahashi has a well known [[Author Appeal|foot fetish]], meaning you'll see plenty of her characters barefoot, and plenty of [[Foot Focus|close-ups]]...

* [[Eat Me]]: Naraku lets Moryomaru absorb him so he could get close to Akago and consume both of them from the inside.

* [[Effeminate Misogynistic Guy]]: Jakotsu.

* [[Embarrassing Cover Up]]: Made by Kagome's grandfather.

* [[Emotionless Girl]]: Kanna, at least before she dies.

* [[Eternal English]]

* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]: Princess Abi joins Naraku to save her dying mother.

** While it's hard to tell how he and his mother feel about each other, a significant part of Sesshoumaru's character development involved getting over his daddy issues which required her help.

* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: Inuyasha not only is in the middle of a [[Love Triangle]] with Kagome and Kikyou, but [[Villainous Crossdresser]] Jakotsu is explicitly and obsessively in love with him. Jakotsu was also attracted to Sesshoumaru and Miroku, but concluded that he preferred Inuyasha.

* [[Everyone Can See It]]: Everyone could see Inuyasha and Kagome liked each other since the beginning. Everyone could also see Sango liked Miroku, except for Inuyasha.

* [[Evil Evolves]]: Naraku. Oh, Naraku.

** Tessaiga, though just demonic and not technically evil, qualifies as well late in the series, absorbing power from the demons it slays.

* [[Evil Weapon]]: Tokijin.

* [[Excalibur in the Rust]]: In the hands of almost anyone except Inuyasha, Tessaiga looks like a katana that has seen better days. When Inuyasha weilds it, the blade takes its true form.

* [[Exponential Plot Delay]]: It never ends! ''It never ends!'' (Well, until it finally does; the story does progress and characters do develop, just very slowly except for near the beginning and end of the series.)

** Bonus points for the fact that Ranma and Inuyasha share voice actors in BOTH Japanese and English (Kappei Yamaguchi and Richard Ian Cox, though only for the latter half of Ranma in Dick's case), and Kelly Sheridan is the English voice for both Ukyo and Sango. Further, David Kaye voices both Soun and Sesshomaru, and Paul Dobson voiced both Happosai and Myoga.

* [[Eye Scream]]: In the manga, Sesshoumaru stabs Inuyasha's right eye in order to get the black pearl that's hidden there, a portal to his father's grave.

* [[The Fair Folk]]: The demons tend to be otherworldly and ruthless. Some are very ugly, others very beautiful. It's stated that [[Bishonen Line|the most powerful and dangerous ones are those]] that ''look'' like humans.

** This actually plays into Japanese culture; the beings referred to in Japan as [[Youkai]] and [[Obake]] would probably be considered more Fey than Demons by Western standards.

* [[Fan Service]]: Kagome does seem in many shots to be almost entirely made up of ''very'' shapely legs, though we [[Magic Skirt|never see]] ''up'' her skirt. Twice, Kagome's breasts were bared though this is edited for the American releases as is the short shot of Shippo disrobing for a dip in an onsen. Also, Sango's Taijiya uniform is ''[[Sensual Spandex|very]]'' [[Sensual Spandex|form fitting]]. All of the main girls have been subject to nude scenes shortly after their introduction. Kagura's top gets ripped off numerous times.

** Never mind the extreme frequency with which Inuyasha, Miroku and [[Estrogen Brigade Bait|other male characters]] go shirtless.

* [[Fantastic Romance]]: Inuyasha and Kagome.

* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: Midoriko and Magatsuhi, having to battle each other forever inside the Shikon Jewel.

** Shikon shards in the body will make it insensitive to pain no matter how severe the injuries are, which is how, for example, Sango manages to go toe-to-toe with Inuyasha in her first appearance despite being grievously injured.

* [[Field Power Effect]]: The one night of the month half-demons lose their powers.

* [[Fire-Forged Friends]]: The main group was formed because all the members (except Shippo) share a common goal, and at first they were hostile to each other. Inuyasha and Kagome are forced to work together to find the Shikon shards, they let Miroku join after learning they share a common enemy and Sango joins for the same reason. They warm up to each other and end up being [[Nakama|best friends]] since they don't really have anyone else.

* [[The First Cut Is the Deepest]]: Kikyo to Inuyasha

** Averted by Sango, who never uses Miroku's name at all, always calling him "Houshi-sama" even after she's promised to marry him. (This and Miroku's use of ''yobisute'' mentioned above are distinctions not carried over into the English dub due to the difficulty of translating them effectively.)

* [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]]: Both Kagome and Inuyasha.

* [[Florence Nightingale Effect]]: How Onigumo falls in love with Kikyo.

* [[Follow the Chaos]]: Naraku, along with his "stink", also tends to leave behind trails of dead bodies everywhere he goes

* [[Furo Scene]]

* [[Future Spandex]]: Sango's fighting outfit includes this under her body armor.

* [[Gentle Giant]]: Jinenji.

* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: After Miroku hallucinates about the Wind Tunnel absorbing him, Inuyasha has to hit him to get him out of the shock.

* [[Good Thing You Can Heal]]: Inuyasha.

* [[Gotta Catch Em All]]

* [[Hair Colors]]

* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: The title character.

* [[Head Pet]]: Inverted. When Shippo travels on Kirara, he usually does it on her head.

* [[Healing Factor]]: Everyone with youkai blood. {{spoiler|Sesshoumaru [[Up to Eleven|ups this to eleven]] later on in the series, however, which results in him being able to regenerate his missing left arm.}}

* [[Held Gaze]]: This type of gaze occurs a few times between several different pairs, including {{spoiler|a [[Tear Jerker|moment]] between [[The Stoic|Sesshoumaru]] and [[Broken Bird|Kagura]]. As her life ebbs away, they talk, run out of words, and finally hold each other's gaze as she [[No Body Left Behind|distintegrates]] into [[I Die Free|the wind]].}}

* [[Hero Stole My Bike]]: Miroku stole Kagome's bike and the Shikon Shard she carried when they first met.

* [[Homage]]: Doesn't the whole plot around how only the "right" person can pull the sword Tessaiga from the place it stands remind alot of [[King Arthur]]?

* [[Home, Sweet Home]]: {{spoiler|All the protagonists settle down in Kaede's village at the end.}}

* [[Horned Humanoid]]

* [[Horse of a Different Color]]: Kirara and Ah-Un.

* [[How Do I Shot Web?]]: It takes quite some time for Inuyasha to master the Wind Scar.

* [[Human Shield]]: Naraku uses Rin as a shield while prompts Sango to kill him.

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Miroku: "What a terrible guy, to trick girls with a fake medicine"

* [[I Am a Humanitarian]]: Several Youkai feeds on humans/humans innards, but Tokajin the sennin takes the cake. Seriously toned down in the anime.

* [[Informed Attribute]]: In the anime, Kagome and Kikyo don't look much alike at all, Kikyo having much paler skin and smaller eyes, just to mention a couple differences at a glance. Averted in the manga, where they do indeed look very similar.

* [[I Shall Taunt You]]: Mouryoumaru tries to goad Inuyasha into getting so angry he does something stupid by insulting Kagura's death. To everyone's shock (including Mouryoumaru's) the one who flies into an [[Unstoppable Rage]] is actually Sesshoumaru instead.

* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: This is Miroku's reaction when Takeda proposes marriage to Sango, much to [[Shipper on Deck|Kagome's]] frustration.

* [[I Was Just Passing Through]]: Sesshoumaru's favorite excuse whenever he helps the heroes.

* [[I Will Definitely Protect You]]: Inuyasha to Kagome: "Shut up! I'm saying I'll protect you!"

* [[Identity Amnesia]]: Kohaku.

* [[Implied Love Interest]]: Sesshoumaru and Kagura, whose feeling are never specifically confirmed but whose significance to one another is clear in the later parts of the storyline (and helpfully spotlighted by [[Shipper on Deck|Rin]]).

* [[Impossibly Cool Clothes]]: The demon slayers' uniforms, not to mention Inuyasha's fire rat kimono.

* [[In the Past Everyone Will Be Famous]]: Subverted. When Inuyasha and Kagome meet a young samurai named Nobunaga, she immediately asks for his autograph excited to be meeting the famous [[Oda Nobunaga]]. It turns out he's ''Amari'' Nobunaga and is offended to be mistaken for that "idiot".

* [[Incendiary Exponent]]: The first time Inuyasha turns into a human, he ends up having to fight a spider demon. So he pulls up a bunch of wooden grave markers amidst cries of blasphemy, ''sets them on fire'', and then uses them as flaming javelins.

* [[Interrupted Suicide]]: Inuyasha arrives just in the nick of time to stop Sango from [[Kill the Ones You Love|killing her brother]] and committing suicide.

* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Inuyasha, Shiori and Jinenji all have human mothers and [[Youkai]] fathers.

* [[Lap Pillow]]: Inuyasha rests in Kagome's lap while he's poisoned during his human night.

* {{spoiler|[[Last Kiss]]}}: {{spoiler|Inuyasha and Kikyo shared a kiss right before she died.}}

* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: Inuyasha's preferred battle strategy.

* [[Let's You and Him Fight]]: This is Naraku's preferred tactic.

** [[Evil Weapon|Toukijin]] is so powerful and evil not even [[Ultimate Blacksmith|Toutousai]] can approach it. Sesshoumaru overcomes the blade's evil will easily and the sword obeys him loyally {{spoiler|until the day it's destroyed.}}

** Tenseiga accepts only Sesshoumaru as its true master even though Sesshoumaru doesn't want it at all. {{spoiler|Even when he deliberately shatters the blade and discards it, the sword ends up reforging itself and landing back on the ground near Sesshoumaru. The only reason Tenseiga is not a [[Clingy MacGuffin]] is because it can be physically separated from Sesshoumaru. It just won't stay separated.}}

* [[Lunacy]]: Inuyasha loses his powers whenever is the new moon.

* [[Magic Skirt]]: ''Kohaku'' has more panty shots than Kagome...

** In the questionably canon second movie, {{spoiler|Inuyasha is forced to transform into a full demon by Kaguya, complete with the classic [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|"eyes fade to red"]] effect.}}

* [[Mineral MacGuffin]]: The Shikon no Tama/Jewel of Four Souls

* [[Missing Mom]]

* [[Mistaken for Dying]]: Mushin in a filler episode of the anime.

* [[Named Weapons]]

* [[Narrating the Obvious]]

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Literally for Kagome. She managed to kill the youkai that had stolen the Shikon no Tama but in the process also broke the jewel, putting into motion the plot of the story.

* [[Nigh Invulnerability]]: Naraku in many different ways depending on his current body.

** There are in fact Only Four Faces - Young Woman, Young Man, Old Woman, and Old Man. The difference between the first two and last is also debatable.

* [[Only the Chosen May Wield]]: Tessaiga can only be wielded by Inuyasha. Tenseiga can only be wielded by Sesshoumaru.

* [[Ordinary High School Student]]: Kagome

* [[Ornamental Weapon]]: Kouga carries a sword he never uses. He even admitted he just had it for decoration after having to use it to free himself from Moryomaru.

* [[Portal to the Past]]: The Bone Eater's Well.

* [[Posthumous Character]]: Midoriko

* [[Power Floats]]: Sesshoumaru and Naraku.

* [[Power Glows]]

* [[Razor Wind]]: Kagura's 'Dance of Blades' is, of course, with blades made of air.

* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: All youkai seem to be this, notably the Inu no Taisho's elderly retainers, Toutousai and Myouga. Sesshoumaru confirms that Bokusenou is a two-thousand year old magnolia tree. Sesshoumaru's mother's age is never stated but she's almost certainly this. Inuyasha himself is a cipher, but even if he was just a teenager when Kikyo put him on ice, Sesshomaru's appearance hasn't changed since Inuyasha was ''born'' - 65+ years older than his half-brother yet he still looks like a [[Bishonen]] in his late teens. Kirara, being a nekomata, falls under this as well; the anime even implies that she was Midoriko's companion.

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: When the eyes of Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha turn red it means they're going to transform into a giant dog and full demon respectively. Either way you should be running... ''fast''.

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Inuyasha and Sesshomaru have this relationship going big time. Inuyasha and Miroku as well. Also, Jaken and Sesshoumaru as well.

* [[Roof Hopping]]: There goes Inuyasha now, look at him go; boing boing boing.

** Heck, Inu Yasha roof hops without roofs, somehow managing to double jump his way across the country side, way above the height of most roofs. To quote Kagome's friends, "Kagome's boyfriend runs like he's flying."

* [[Running Gag]]: "Inuyasha.... SIT!"

** [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] more than once in the OVAs. In the 2nd, {{spoiler|the command forces Inuyasha out of the path of Kaguya's attack.}} In the 3rd, {{spoiler|just when it seems no force in the world can get Sou'unga to release him, he gets Sat with so much force that ''[[Explosive Overclocking|the beads explode!]]'' }}

* [[Scars Are Forever]]: Sango has a big scar on her back where Kohaku stabbed her.

** No matter his form, Naraku has a giant spider-shaped scar permanently on his back. In one episode he ''cuts off the flesh of his back'' to remove the scar only for the scar to ''immediately grow back in place.''

* [[School Uniforms Are the New Black]]: Kagome frequently strolls around in modern-day school outfit in feudal Japan.

* [[Screw Destiny]]: One big theme in the series. Specially in the last battle {{spoiler|which is against ''the Shikon no Tama itself''}}.

* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: The series final antagonist, {{spoiler|Magatsuhi, the ancient composite demon inside the Shikon no Tama}}.

* [[Sealed Evil in a Duel]]: Turns out the Shikon no Tama is really a container for {{spoiler|an eternal struggle between a powerful Miko and a composite demon}}.

* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: [[Never Live It Down|"She's a shard detector!"]]

* [[She Will Come for Me]]: Kagome {{spoiler|while inside the Shikon no Tama}}: "Inuyasha will come... I believe in him."

* [[Shock Collar]]: Inu Yasha has a collar of enchanted prayer beads (or rosary) designed to make him hit the ground whenever Kagome says "Osuwari" or "Sit" / "Sit, boy". Kagome is an easily pissed off [[Tsundere]] Type B. Bad day for Inu Yasha.

* [[Shrines and Temples]]: Kagome lives in a Shrine.

* [[Situational Sword]]: Tenseiga has the power to protect Sesshoumaru from death - but it only kicks in if Sesshoumaru sustains an injury that might potentially kill him without that protection. It's also [[Healing Shiv|incapable]] of killing the living, but turns out to be capable of killing spirits.

* [[Sizeshifter]]: Kirara.

* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Jaken tries so, so hard to convince people to pay him the respect he believes he's due. It almost never works.

{{quote|'''Kaede:''' "Little youkai, will you be staying here too?"

* [[The Stoic]]: Inuyasha at times because he's a brood machine. Although Sesshoumaru's stoicism is somewhat exaggerated by the fanbase, he's still one of the most stoic of any manga or anime characters and is certainly the most stoic of this manga's cast. He is not unemotional, however, and there are plenty of occasions where he proves that he's actually [[Not So Stoic]] after all.

* [[Storm of Blades]]: The Kongosoha.

** To elaborate: Miroku has what amounts to his own personal black hole in his hand, which he can use to suck any foe into oblivion. Early on in the series, Naraku begins using some poison bees that would kill Miroku if he sucked them in. This leads to nearly every episode having a scene where Miroku tries to use his world-breaking power, only for the bees to show up out of nowhere, forcing him to back off.

** Also, one of the last powers to be introduced before the [[Final Battle]], {{spoiler|[[Chain-Reaction Destruction|Bakusaiga]]}}. As soon as it's introduced, characters begin observing that Naraku doesn't stand a chance against it. As a result, the plot almost immediately ensures that it can't be used even for most of the final battle. At the end, when it's finally unleashed, it's unstoppable. {{spoiler|[[Nigh Invulnerability|It still doesn't even scratch the Shikon no Tama though due to the fact the Shikon no Tama is a soul-based creation that cannot be defeated by any sword]].}}

* [[Supernatural Sensitivity]]

* [[Superpower Meltdown]]: Miroku's black hole palm.

* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: Suikotsu of the Shichinintai, Inuyasha as a full demon.

* [[Suspended Animation]]: Inuyasha, sealed to a tree by Kikyo's arrow for 50 years.

* [[Swiss Army Weapon]]: Tessaiga, oh so very much.

* [[Sword Beam]]: Inuyasha's Wind Scar/Kaze no Kizu. Tessaiga's and especially Tokijin's "sword pressure". Also, Sesshoumaru's anime-only Souryuha.

* [[Taken for Granite]]: Miroku, Sango and Kirara were turned into glass in a filler episode.

* [[Taking You with Me]]: Ginkotsu tries this to save Renkotsu from Kouga, but fails to kill the wolf youkai. {{spoiler|Miroku also decides to take Naraku with him when the Wind Tunnel is about to consume him. Unfortunately, the Naraku he's trying to kill is only an illusion.}}

* [[Those Two Guys]]: Ginta and Hakkaku.

* [[Time Travel]]

* [[Time Travelers Are Spies]]: Kagome was suspected to be one when she first arrived at Kaede’s village.

* [[Timey-Wimey Ball]]: Not a big problem, since the "fighting bad guys" matter more than the time traveling, but for example, Kagome finds a jewel shard in the present. So that means it's also back in the Sengoku period, meaning the Shikon no Tama eventually comes up to complete plus one extra shard stuck in a tree somewhere.

* [[Took a Level In Kindness]]: Inuyasha, Sesshoumaru, Kouga, and Kagura all experience this at varying speeds and to varying degrees.

* [[Toplessness From the Back]]: All main female characters. Subverted by Sango and Kagura since it's done to show the large scars they have on their backs.

* [[Traumatic Superpower Awakening]]: After first being sent to the past, Kagome first becomes aware of the Shikon jewel inside her when attacked by a demon. Though the jewel is expelled, this incident results in her learning of her other latent powers.

* [[Triang Relations]]: The Inuyasha/Kagome/Kikyo Triangle is closest to a Type 7 situation, where "Alice" is Inuyasha, and "Bob" and "Charlie" are Kagome and Kikyou who are rivals rather than having no interaction. Inuyasha was effectively engaged to Kikyou when she died and his relationship with Kagome was already well under way when Kikyou came back from the dead (shortly after Kouga's entry into the storyline, Kagome and Inuyasha are a confirmed couple), making him honour-bound to both women and completely unable to choose between them. At one point he even admits to Miroku that he was hoping he could solve the problem by having them both (which would have been relatively common for a man in Japan's past, but modern-girl Kagome was definitely not thrilled by that suggestion).

* [[Tsurime Eyes]]: See [[Tareme Eyes]].

* [[Two Girls to a Team]]

* [[Ultimate Blacksmith]]: Totosai, also Kajinbo and Toshu.

* [[Umbrella of Togetherness]]: Miroku and Sango share one in the anime.

* [[The Unfair Sex]]: The primary reason for why Kagome suffers ''[[Die for Our Ship]].''

* [[Unholy Holy Sword]]: {{spoiler|The Shikon Jewel.}}

* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: Sango and Miroku with the whole blush-grope-slap routine, at least until [[They Do|they agreed to marry.]]

* [[Unusual Ears]]: Inuyasha, of course. And Kagome just loves them!

* [[Where It All Began]]: {{spoiler|Naraku and the Shikon no Tama are destroyed at the Well that brought Kagome to the past at the beginning.}}

* [[Whip Sword]]: Jakotsu's sword.

** And Hakudoushi (White Child) is the shota version.

* [[Will They or Won't They?]]: Inuyasha/Kagome and, in a lesser extent, Miroku/Sango.

* [[Womb Level]]: The [[Final Battle]] happens inside Naraku's body.

* [[The Worf Effect]]: Sesshoumaru is the favored "test target" for Naraku's new abilities/henchmen.

* [[Would Hurt a Child]]: [[Big Bad|Naraku]] has no compunctions about doing any horrible thing to ''anyone,'' children included. Various other youkai such as Goshinki share his willingness to harm kids; even Kouga has no issue with letting his wolves kill Rin during his first appearance (although his personality is considerably softened thereafter). Kagura may be a notable exception, given that she fails to do anything more serious than kidnapping Rin, and becomes quite protective of Kohaku. Thanks to a multiple personality disorder, Suikotsu flipped between being a gentle doctor who wouldn't hurt a fly to a homicidal maniac that was willing to include children in his body count.

* [[Wrecked Weapon]]: Goshinki broke Tessaiga, breaking with it the seal on Inuyasha's youkai blood.

* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Sango looks and acts the part... and that doesn't stop her from being an effective [[Action Girl]], since her family's tradition is ''demon slaying''. Also, Kikyou was quite the [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] [[Miko]] before her death.

* [[Yandere]]: Naraku/Onigumo, the original evil spirit of the Shikon no Tama, and, of course, Jakotsu.

* [[You Are Not Alone]]: After failing miserably at defeating Naraku and saving her brother plus having just betrayed her new companions, Sango tries to leave the group but the others don't let her telling her that being alone is not a solution and it's best if they all stay together.

{{quote|'''Sango''': "I was really scared... I was scared that I'd be alone"}}

 

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