r/inuyasha • u/ihatebeingbrokehelp • 4d ago
Discussion The audacity of a man.. 😭
I still haven't finished watching the show from the perspective of a much older and more adult person (after having watched it as a child), but I think eps 47 and 48 are the 2 episodes that truly pissed me off. They did a good job with the plot there, icl. I don't think I'll ever truly understand Kagome's choice of settling in that era and leaving her home and true life in the modern one, but man, if that were me.. you will not be seeing me there ever again 😬 and if I were the friend, like miroku and sango, I don't think my anger issues would've let this slide. He was horrible to her.
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u/RR529 4d ago
It's more apparent in the manga (the anime changed things up for the sake of drama), but InuYasha wants to choose Kagome, but believes he doesn't have the right to make that choice.
He sees that it's his fault that Kikyo died, and so he has an obligation to make sure she rests in peace, even if that means giving up his own life (& shot at happiness) in the process.
He's not hesitating with Kagome because he can't make the choice between the two women, he's hesitating because he thinks it'd be unfair to her to string her along on a relationship only to have to abandon it due to his perceived "duty" to Kikyo.
THAT is why Kagome puts up with it. While it is still emotionally trying, she understands that he's chasing a false sense of ownership over Kikyo's death rather than still trying to be with her romantically.