Power modifier in Inuyasha?

[Mgellis]

Quick question...

What would you call the power modifier(s) that applies to the abilities in Inuyasha? They can certainly be blocked or shorted out at times. Chi? Divine? Magical? A combination of these? Something else?

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by Mgellis

Quick question...

What would you call the power modifier(s) that applies to the abilities in Inuyasha? They can certainly be blocked or shorted out at times. Chi? Divine? Magical? A combination of these? Something else?

Holy and Unholy. It's Heaven or Hell. Also there's an Earthly power that doesn't seem to be so blockable perhaps because it has no opposing power.

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by Mgellis

Quick question...

What would you call the power modifier(s) that applies to the abilities in Inuyasha? They can certainly be blocked or shorted out at times. Chi? Divine? Magical? A combination of these? Something else?

Demonic and Spiritual are the ones that come to mind right off hand. That's certainly the two main groups of users. There is a fair bit of overlap.


I don't think Holy and Unholy are quite right. The Kaiju-class animal demons like Inuyasha's father seem to be fully corporeal and definitely dwell in the same world as the humans.

Spiritual powers seem to work just as well for the unrighteous as the righteous. It all seems to be about personal strength though the "dark-siders" do seem to have self-destructive personalities.

[Refplace]

Originally Posted by Mgellis

Quick question...

What would you call the power modifier(s) that applies to the abilities in Inuyasha? They can certainly be blocked or shorted out at times. Chi? Divine? Magical? A combination of these? Something else?

I wouldnt go with magical or Divine for the majority but might leave them open for an odd NPC.
Chi is a good start as is Spirirt and I also would not go Holy or Unholy.
But how about the 3 main power groups they define in the series? TaiJitsu (Body), GenJitsu (Mind)and Ninjitsu (forgot this one).
Genjitsu defiantely has counters based on itself so is a real good fit for power modifiers.

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by Refplace

I wouldnt go with magical or Divine for the majority but might leave them open for an odd NPC.
Chi is a good start as is Spirirt and I also would not go Holy or Unholy.
But how about the 3 main power groups they define in the series? TaiJitsu (Body), GenJitsu (Mind)and Ninjitsu (forgot this one).
Genjitsu defiantely has counters based on itself so is a real good fit for power modifiers.

Inuyasha is not Naruto.

[Refplace]

Originally Posted by David Johnston2

Inuyasha is not Naruto.

Darn Animae!
At first I was thinking he meant Bleech then reading the threads was trying to figure out the replies.
Ok Inuashay..... more difficult.
Spirit defiantely, Demonic too.
Cant think of anything that doesnt fit under those two.

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by Refplace

Darn Animae!
At first I was thinking he meant Bleech then reading the threads was trying to figure out the replies.
Ok Inuashay..... more difficult.
Spirit defiantely, Demonic too.
Cant think of anything that doesnt fit under those two.

The actual power of Heaven. It's why there are three great swords. Inuyasha has the sword of Earth (spirit), his brother has the sword of Heaven and there's a third sword that has the power of Hell. The power of Heaven is rarely seen though, apart from that sword, the movie with the "celestial maiden" (where actually it was just a mantle stolen from a real celestial maiden) and the saint who created an anti-demon field.

[Refplace]

Originally Posted by David Johnston2

The actual power of Heaven. It's why there are three great swords. Inuyasha has the sword of Earth (spirit), his brother has the sword of Heaven and there's a third sword that has the power of Hell. The power of Heaven is rarely seen though, apart from that sword, the movie with the "celestial maiden" (where actually it was just a mantle stolen from a real celestial maiden) and the saint who created an anti-demon field.

Oh yeah forgot about the mountain with the AntiDemonfield.

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by David Johnston2

The actual power of Heaven. It's why there are three great swords. Inuyasha has the sword of Earth (spirit), his brother has the sword of Heaven and there's a third sword that has the power of Hell. The power of Heaven is rarely seen though, apart from that sword,

There also seems to be no particular moral quality involved. The Tensaiga works perfectly well for Seshomaru who's not particularly saintly and the saint's anti-demon field still worked after he'd been corrupted by I-forget-the-head-bad-guy's-name.

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by Fred Brackin

There also seems to be no particular moral quality involved. The Tensaiga works perfectly well for Seshomaru who's not particularly saintly and the saint's anti-demon field still worked after he'd been corrupted by I-forget-the-head-bad-guy's-name.

Uh-hunh. This is, needless to say, perfectly typical of Japanese cartoons. Inuyasha in particular is highly informed by Shinto, so "impurity" is a much more metaphysically important thing than "evil" and by "impurity" they mean something quite physical. For example the comb that was used to prepare corpses before interment becomes a hair demon because contact with all those corpses filled it with impure power. The reason why celestial power is so rarely seen is because it is so easy to taint particularly in a time where so many people are bleeding over everything. And that is why it is impossible to draw blood with the sword of heaven.

It's also why there are so many demons in the first place in Inuyasha. All those violent deaths, all that blood on the ground as a result of the warfare is attracting, awakening and drawing the demons who as a result frequently have an appetite for the human blood and flesh which spawned them.