Blocked! Muted!

Another day of blocking tags on tumblr and muting writers on AO3. I love a curated fandom experience. So happy these tools help me create one!

all the people still writing inukag fanfics in 2022 are doing gods work

How many times does Kagome ‘Sit’ Inuyasha?

Since I always complain about the anime making a lot of things worse, including Kagome’s use of the sit command, I decided to back up what I’m saying with some actual data.

So I present to you: The ultimate Osuwari/Sit count. 

Let’s start with the manga, the real canon. I went over all the chapters, including the bonus chapter 559 / Since Then, and here are the results:

Total ‘Sit’ count in the manga: 56

Highest number of sits in a row: 8  → Reason: Inuyasha was trying to destroy the well using a boulder (chapter 23) Other times she used the beads repetitively:  4 times in chapter 249 →  After he tried to pick up a fight with her when she was in a bad mood because they met Kikyo. 4 times in chapter 339 →  After he got angry at her for being ‘too friendly’ with Koga and she called him out for also being too friendly with Kikyo. 2 times in chapter 327  →  After he went to see Kikyo alone and she thought he was lying to her when he said Kikyo wasn’t there.

I added this because people usually say Kagome sits him “every time he annoys her a little” and I don’t think that’s true. Because of this I also gathered a (subjective) list of reasons why Kagome used the command and counted the number of sits associated. 

Main reasons: he was being violent, or he was being rude/insensitive towards her or others. 

Now, let’s take a look a the anime 🙂 I didn’t rewatch the anime to make this, I watched The Ultimate Inuyasha Sit Compilation video and double checked some episodes myself. Shoutout to zeragon21 on Youtube for making this compilation, it saved me a lot of time! This includes all animated content of the Inuyasha series, so the original anime (episode 1-167) & The Final Act (episode 168-193) and then the 4 movies and the spinoff Hanyo no Yashahime. 

Total ‘Sit’ count in the anime: 154

Highest number of sits in a row: 22 → Reason: Trying to stop a drunk Sango from kissing Inuyasha

Other times she used the beads repetitively: 16 times in episode 109  →  Same as chapter 249 where she used it 4 times but the anime made it worse 11 times in episode 96 →  Because Inuyasha told Jinenji that Kagome has a “small heart” 10 times in Movie 1 →  Because Inuyasha didn’t compliment her cooking and wanted to eat ramen instead 8 times in episode 11 →  Same as chapter 23  6 times in episode 98 →  Because Inuyasha didn’t compliment her cooking, again 5 times in episode 158 →  Same as chapter 327 where she used it 2 times but the anime made it worse

Conclusion: The Inuyasha animated content added almost 100 non-canon ‘Sit’ commands! 

This is honestly, so, so much worse than I expected, lol. I also wanted to note some other differences that would explain why anime viewers find the sit command a bigger problem than manga readers. The first one being the force / intensity of it. In the anime the command will often be strong enough to create a crater, while in the manga there’s usually a “moosh” sound effect and if she uses it repetitively Inuyasha will just stay stuck in a crouched position. 

Another thing I’ve noticed while watching the compilation is that in the anime (especially the dub) Inuyasha often complains about it. He’ll scream/grunt when she sits him, call her heartless, ask her why she’s sitting him. This really doesn’t happen as much in the manga. He will usually say “Kagome temee!” (Damn you Kagome!) or say “Stop that!” if she’s using it repeatedly (which only happened twice).   

There’s also some added scenes in the anime that portrayed Kagome in a negative light in regards to the sit command. The first one being in the third movie “Swords of an Honorable“, where Inuyasha asked Kagome to remove the beads and she ignored him, and later she “tricked” him into putting them back on despite his complaints. The other is from the filler episodes 147-148 “The Tragic Love Song of Destiny” where Kikyo created the subjugation beads using the word “beloved” as the trigger word, but decided not to put them on him because she saw he was nice. Both aren’t in the manga so they are not truly canon.

Conclusion: the reasons why the Sit command is worse in the anime than in the manga, is that there is almost 100 added Sits, the force of the command is way worse, Inuyasha complains about it a lot more, and Sunrise tried to make it seem like a bigger deal than it really is by adding certain scenes.

Anyone here who ships both inukag and inukik? “Both is good.”

This blog does not tolerate InuKag slander 💅🏻

Ship what you want, but come up with better reasons for hating InuKag other than “Kagome was jEaLoUS!” Guess what, certain other characters you might ship Inuyasha or Kagome with instead of each other also are… dare I say… not … perfect 😱 it’s almost like character flaws are meant to be unflattering.

day 2: healing/friendship

scenario: inuyasha and kouga are alone and left to face a very powerful demon. inuyasha thinks they shouldnt fight it alone but kouga throws himself headfirst into battle. you know, like an idiot.

The face of a guy who's been cockblocked one too many times.

I see your "Kagome is a damsel in distress" comments and I raise you "Kagome is a badass bitch from start to finish."

“I’m sorry, Kikyo…”

“Don’t cry, Kagome…” 

More Modern Inuyasha and Kagome sketch dumps.

It’s a bit of a mess.

I keep seeing all of these posts about how InuYasha and Kikyou were never really in love. You absolutely cannot tell me they weren’t in love. Look at the way they they grab at each other. Look at the way they protect each other. Look at the way Kikyou mourns the loss of InuYasha, in recognizing that KAGOME will be the one to heal InuYasha’s heart and let him see what unconditional love is when it was always HER intention to show him such affection and adoration. Look at the way InuYasha, even when she was hateful and angry upon her return, wanted nothing more than to protect her, and pulled her close, holding her in desperation, knowing that she could kill him- and even when she TRIED, he still went and saved her AGAIN, because he LOVED her. Still loves her. And against all better judgement on her part, in all of her worse situations, she always goes to him, always finds him, without even realizing it until she’s wrapped in his arms again. She lost nearly all of her spiritual powers because she’d fallen so in love with him. Those two loved each other. Everyone talks about how “comfortable” InuYasha and Kagome were with each other, and I’ll say that they were, but InuYasha and Kikyou were, too. He doesn’t just snatch her around for protection like people imply, he pulls her into his arms in a loving embrace, nearly every time. This tells me that, at one time or another, he was comfortable with her, too, just like Kagome. Comfortable enough to hug her without shame or remorse, and cradle her close. It really tears me apart when people say these two didn’t love each other to try and justify InuKag more. It makes me so sad. InuYasha loved and loves BOTH of them so very much, its just different relationships. Stop destroying such a beautiful love story to justify the other. Kagome and Kikyou are both InuYasha’s soul-mate, hence the whole, ya know, soul thing. Entirely different people, but the same love. That same, whole-hearted, love you to death, love. InuKik will always be my OTP, but InuYasha loves both of them, and I don’t see him ever loving one or the other “more.” He didn’t make it into a competition between two of the most beautiful female characters I’ve ever seen. Why do you have to? It makes me sad to surf the InuYasha tag sometimes. /rant

based off of chapter 153

old kagome doodle

thinking about how often Moroha must have pulled Inuyasha’s hair as a baby

Happy Birthday InuYasha

have some nuzzles