Inuyasha
Who Seeks The Shikon No Tama
[The
following text was taken from a photocopy of the author's proofs for The
Legend of Sesshoumaru and the Loss of the Inutaisho Domain by Dr. Noriko
Inuyasha. Honolulu: Hawaii State University, in press as of February 2009.
Text in red indicates handwritten English-language
marginal notes by the author's nephew, Dr. Inuyasha Houjou of Edo University,
Tokyo, who supplied the Foreword and contributed to the appendiceal notes.)
Inuyasha Who Seeks The Shikon No Tama (a.k.a. Lord Inuyasha;
in reincarnated form, known as Inuyasha Houjou [Western style], nicknamed
Koinu[-chan or -kun])!!! funny. I can't believe you
let them typeset that, Auntie, people will think we're both nuts.
The offspring of a dynastic marriage between the Inutaisho, said to be a great
dog-daemon, and a woman of a powerful and influential family, As
you know, I think you're being too conservative here. I think my genealogical
documentation is more than sufficient to name names. On the other hand, privacy
is nice. Forget I said anything. The historical Inuyasha was
born in the Inutaisho stronghold on the island of Kyushu in the early part
of the Warring States period. Inuyasha was the second son of the last Inutaisho
warlord. (Tradition held that Inutaisho was a great dog-demon capable of assuming
human form. Inutaisho was said to have lived for several centuries; most likely
several generations assumed the Inutaisho name and maintained the fiction
of a single daemonic warlord.) To remove Inuyasha as a possible rival to his
(supposedly full-daemon) elder half-brother, Sesshoumaru—in essence,
to assure his survival—it was agreed at his birth that at the appropriate
age he would be sent to his mother's household to train as a samurai in service
to her father. The Inutaisho died during Inuyasha's infancy, according to
tradition as the result of wounds incurred in his battle to seal the dragon
Ryuukossei. Inuyasha's mother, damn—this bothers
me—she had a name—I never heard it spoken—she was [kanji
in original] Haha or [kanji in original] hime…rumored
to be a powerful symbiotic magic user (much like Lady Kagome of the Inuyasha
quest cycle stories), ! never thought of that—lot
of [kanji in original] youki in that household! was able to protect
herself and her small son from his brother for several years in the Inutaisho's
court, and during the eventual (and historically documented) journey from
Kyushu to the domain of Musashi on the island of Honshu. Shortly after their
arrival in the Musashi country, Inuyasha's grandfather died and control of
the family passed to his son, who saw Inuyasha as a potential rival to his
own sons. Within a year of their arrival in her own household Inuyasha's mother
became ill with a consumptive disease, most likely tuberculosis; she died
several months later. Almost immediately after her death, Inuyasha was separated
from the household. Separated–that's nicely put—
He formed a short-lived alliance alliance is an interesting
word with Sesshoumaru about two years later, following Sesshoumaru's
loss of the Inutaisho stronghold. This alliance fell apart, most likely within
a period of less than two years, in part because of Inuyasha's COMPLETELY
REASONABLE!!!!!! distrust of his brother's motives and concern
for his own safety. Shortly thereafter, Inuyasha is said to have learned of
the existence of the Shikon no Tama. According to legend, he decided
to obtain the jewel in order to increase his own power and possibly mount
a challenge to his brother. and pick up chicks. Don't
tell my mother I said chicks. He eventually located the jewel <
1 km from my uncle's household—2 metro stops—I lived farther away
from Higurashis' when I was in high school. only took me 2 yrs to find it—who
says Lord Inuyasha was stupid in the hands of a Shinto priestess name
Kikyou, with whom he became infatuated. thank you
on Kagome-san's behalf for that "infatuated" The two agreed
to use the Shikon no Tama's power to make Inuyasha fully human and
then to marry. They were tricked into betraying one another by the shape-changer
Naraku, who took Inuyasha's form to mortally wound Kikyou. Before she died,
Kikyou shot and killed Inuyasha with a magic arrow, and then ordered the Shikon
no Tama cremated with her body on her funeral pyre. According to the legend,
his body remained impaled on a tree for fifty years, after which he was reanimated,
released, and enchanted yes! by the Lady Kagome,
a powerful sorceress from "The Realm of The Time That Is To Come."
The Lady Kagome had somehow come into possession of the SnT, and had carried
it with her from her realm. Shortly after their meeting, the SnT was stolen
by a minor youkai. The Lady Kagome shot and killed the youkai with a magic
arrow, but shattered the SnT in the process, initiating the quest for which
Inuyasha is now famous. ? the beatles are famous—babe
Ruth is famous. There are several recorded interchanges between Sesshoumaru
and Inuyasha during the year of the Quest for the Shikon no Tama he
put his hand through my gut—is that an interchange the last taking
place shortly before Inuyasha's death in battle. battle
is not really accurate, I was holding it and it blew up. But this is fine
and keep Kagome-san out of it, please… Maybe we should go for it ^_^
make my bio statement Inuyasha Houjou, PhD is Assistant Professor of Anthropology
at Edo University, Tokyo, and the reincarnation of Inuyasha Who Seeks The
Shikon No Tama. Maybe not Seeks. Sought? Blew Up? Should Have Kept His Hands
Off? I think for the cover a nice snap of S-sama and me, arm in arm. I'll
have to be on his right. This isn't an approved biography is it? you know
about his museum—I'm almost ready to take your advice about the cigars.
re your question about S in st petersbg in late 19C, I haven't the foggiest,
I was dead. try emailing Rin, she's really quite good about responding. you'll
never hear a wd from S unless he wants something but you probably know that.
remember not to open any attachmts from them, says Souta-kun!!!
A huntsman
Chief
huntsman in one of the great households of the domain of Musashi (now metropolitan
Tokyo) in what is now Japan during the so-called Warring States era (Sengoku
Jidai).
Woman
A lady
in waiting in the same household.
Taro-kun
Teenaged
next-door neighbor of the Houjou family in 1980s Tokyo.
Emergency
room doctor
Tan,
trim and cheerful.
Inuyasha-Houjou,
Haruka
Housewife
turned social activist. Informed she was unlikely to bear a child, Haruka
founded the Women's International Peace Committee as an outlet for her considerable
intelligence, energy, and high-mindedness. When the miracle of in vitro
fertilization made motherhood a possibility, Haruka proved that a properly
motivated woman can be totally dedicated to serving a worthy cause and totally
dedicated to managing all aspects of her child's life at the same time. If
you want to turn a daemon into a Houjou-kun, give him to Haruka.
Houjou,
Yoshi
Heir to a
centuries-old tradition of public service, one of a long line of samurai supporting
the rulers of what is now Japan, Yoshi is an economist for the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, in which capacity he has served in embassies and consulates
in Europe and on the Pacific rim. Kendo champion in high school and college;
comfortable and happy in a three-piece suit. The kind of dad who takes his
kid to baseball games and Star Wars movies. Yoshi's a mensch.
Emergency
room nurse
Competent,
efficient, and cheerful.
Sesshoumaru
The elder
son of the great dog-daemon Inutaisho and a youkai mother, Sesshoumaru
is fully youkai. Although he appears to be a young man in his early
20s, Sesshoumaru is more than 200 years older than his younger half-brother.
Sesshoumaru's true form is that of a huge white dog—approximately 12
feet (4 meters) tall. Like his hanyou younger brother, Sesshoumaru
has fangs and razor-sharp claws, but Sesshoumaru's claws are poisonous. Although
Sesshoumaru has a deep and abiding respect for his late father, he strongly
resents his father's alliance with Inuyasha's human mother and is angered
and humiliated by the existence of his half-human younger brother. After his
father's death during Inuyasha's infancy, Sesshoumaru attempted to maintain
his father's stronghold on Kyushu against the incursions of both youkai
and the increasingly efficient human households in the area. Shortly after
Inuyasha and his mother removed from the stronghold for her family home on
Honshu, Sesshoumaru was driven from the Inutaisho's castle and began a peripatetic
exile accompanied by a small and varying company of youkai supporters,
including always his personal retainer, the toad-daemon Jaken.
Jaken
Toad-daemon,
assigned to Sesshoumaru as a personal retainer by the dog-daemon Inutaisho.
For all of his faults, it should be noted that Jaken has been consistently
faithful to his charge (unlike his counterpart, Myouga, who tends to abandon
Inuyasha in times of danger), and even displays what seems to be sincere affection
for his mercurial master.
Uma
A horse-like
youkai, part of Sesshomaru's retinue in exile.
Magpie
A youkai
with birdlike features, part of Sesshoumaru's retinue.
Armed
men
Ronin,
soldiers, bandits—the whole archipelago's at war, and it's all the same—guys
with weapons killing villagers without weapons.
One-legged
guy
People
who say you make your own luck weren't on the 100th floor of the WTC. This
is a guy with bad luck.
