Inuyasha: The Final Act [End]

ASDSLH! THEY KISSED.

Well, here we are at the final end to Inuyasha. I’m going to miss it ter­ribly. All those years of fangirl­ing and Inuyasha plushie snug­gling will come to an end. At least Inuyasha goes out with a great end.

We start off at where the last epis­ode left off. The Shikon Jewel is try­ing to get Kagome to make a wish. If she makes a wish, she’ll be stuck inside the jewel forever.

Inuyasha is try­ing to reach to her, but he can­not. He yells out, and she hears him. The Shikon Jewel is all like, “Do you wish to see Inuyasha? Hint hint.” Kagome, being awe­some, believes Inuyasha will come for her without her wish­ing on the jewel.

My mini Kagome is awe­some rant: She is just damn awe­some. Des­pite how scared she is, she doesn’t make a wish to go back home or to see Inuyasha. She knows that she has to make the cor­rect wish on the Shikon Jewel. I just love her chem­istry with Inuyasha as well. There is so much faith and trust between them. Like earlier in the sea­son, when he goes all full-demon and pushes her down, she thinks to her­self that Inuyasha wasn’t try­ing to hurt her. He was try­ing to help her. Kinda strange think­ing there, but you see she truly believes that Inuyasha would never hurt her because she trusts him. Okay, this is turn­ing into a InuKag rant. You get the point that she’s awe­some for hav­ing so much faith in the per­son she loves.

Le gasp. He comes. And then…

I was totally freak­ing out when they kissed. Thank you, Sun­rise. THANK YOU. And it didn’t look kinda strange like the almost one in epis­ode 18! The manga didn’t have a kiss, so I’m happy to see one in the anime. Sure, the second movie had one, but that movie isn’t canon. Well, this kiss isn’t com­pletely canon con­sid­er­ing it wasn’t in the manga, but it’s as canon as it gets. The manga was just “You’re here!” and hug. Now it’s “You’re here!” and kiss.

Kagome makes her wish to des­troy the Shikon Jewel. The jewel shat­ters, and Inuyasha and Kagome float in sparkles. We saw a  glimpse of Naraku com­ment­ing on the warmth. I like how Taka­hashi tried to show Naraku’s more human side near the end of series. It lets you know that he’s not a com­pletely hor­rible. He still has feel­ings. That doesn’t make up for what he’s done, but he’s par­tially human too.

3 years later…Hey, I can sort read that. Any­ways, we see that Miroku and Inuyasha are still rip­ping people off with their ser­vices. Well, they have to make a liv­ing some­how. It’s the most reas­on­able way.

Miroku and Sango have three cute kids — two of them being twins. It’s great that these two finally got mar­ried and had kids! Kids were expec­ted because we all know Miroku loves sex. I’m glad there was some focus on the pair­ing in Final Act. We got to see that Sango would sac­ri­fice someone to save Miroku’s life. Not what most main char­ac­ters are shown to do in anime. Most of them have unbe­liev­able heroic instinct to try to save every­one. It was refresh­ing to see Sango had some shades of gray. We got the kiss for them anim­ated as well. Really wish they would men­tion it later. Just for fun. Alas, we can’t everything.

Kagome’s stuck at her own time. Inuyasha brought her back, and then the well ate Inuyasha. not lit­er­ally. It just took him back to the feudal era. Kagome spend the next three years com­plet­ing high school.

Oh my gosh, con­grats Kagome! We all know you worked really hard.She was always study­ing in the feudal era and try­ing her best on tests. I’m really glad she got to at least fin­ish high school before going back to Inuyasha. Edu­ca­tion comes before romance.

Kagome goes to the well, think­ing of how she wants to see Inuyasha. It opens up, and she receives per­mis­sion from her mom to go back. On the other side, Inuyasha smells her scent and rushes to the well. And then…

ASHDGA! I loved this scene. I LOVE it. When the last chapter came out with this as a page, I put it as my wall­pa­per. But now I have my InuKag kiss. Mwhahaha. Seriously, this scene is one of my favor­ites. It’s just that the way they look at each other.

So now for the epi­logue. Hojo moved on (finally). Sota has friends (gasp) and they ask about his sis­ter. He tells them she got mar­ried right after high school. Cue me gig­gling hap­pily. On a side note, Sota’s voice doesn’t suit older Sota.

Also we get to see Koga in the epi­logue! He finally mar­ried Ayame like he prom­ised too. It’s nice Koga was included in the epi­logue as well. He totally missed out on the final battle against Naraku. Appar­ently, he got over Kagome and fell for Ayame dur­ing this time. I really don’t have a opin­ion on Ayame. She’s…cute? It’s good that they get a happy end­ing though.

Kagome and Inuyasha see Ses­sho­maru com­ing to give Rin a new kimono. Kagome then calls Ses­shy big brother XD Another part I loved watch­ing. Inuyasha’s face is some­thing to laugh at too.

And so, Kagome and Inuyasha live hap­pily ever after.

Final Thoughts On Series As A Whole

Well, it was a long run. 167 + 24 = 191 epis­odes. Maybe a few plot holes here and there, but it was a great series over­all. It was enter­tain­ing, dra­matic, and funny. You just learn to love all the char­ac­ters and con­tinue on with the series to find out what hap­pens to them.

The end­ing is great. There’s little to noth­ing I would like to change about it. Maybe an InuKag kid? Still, I liked the series, and the end­ing was great. It’s time to say good­bye to Inuyasha for good.

…or I can say good­bye when the dub comes out?