Warning: Inuyasha Spoilers
Despite the fact that Inuyasha: The Final Chapter ended recently, I have not seen very many people talking about it. I know that can’t possibly be the trend across anime fandom as a whole, though. It’s Inuyasha after all, the show so popular it all but defined Adult Swim anime alongside Cowboy Bebop.
I already know about the ending from having read the manga, but remembering just how long and encompassing Inuyasha is, and how much detail that is ideal for a fan-made Wikipedia about the subject exists, I took a look over at the Inuyasha Wiki, reading up on what swords Sesshoumaru uses, what the heck people’s attacks are, as well as the character who deservedly has one of the longest and most complicated entries on the Wiki, Naraku.
As I read Naraku’s entry, his description started to remind me of another famous villain. He’s powered by negativity. His power is seemingly infinite. He increases his power and transforms thoughout the series. He has a vast army of demons under his control which he can absorb in order to regenerate and heal (which the heroes manage to turn against him). At the very end, in a desperate situation, he switches to a strategy of pure revenge and destruction, abandoning his tendency towards elaborate scheming.
Naraku is like the manga equivalent of DC Comics’ Anti-Monitor.
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That comparison makes perfect sense. As for Sesshoumaru, he feels like Magneto. At least in terms of attitude. Replace mutants with demons and they’re both the same sort of noble villain with a superiority complex born out of strife and oppression.
And Sesshoumaru can’t be Darkseid, since he doesn’t sport a miniskirt. Although I’m sure there’s a certain subset of fans that would love to see that.
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I think the reason there hasn’t been much talk about the ending of Inuyasha: The Final Act is because most hardcore fans had read the manga ending already, plus its not nearly the giant it used to be when it was airing on Adult Swim. I chose not to write a review of it on my blog because I would mostly be repeating what I wrote in my reviews of the manga chapters.
I’m not familiar with DC Comics, but from what you described, that villain does sound just like Naraku.
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I was episode-blogging the series, but I found that the anime was just slapped together to get the anime completed. So it just goes through the motions and while it does cut a lot of the weight of the manga (which drug on too long), it cuts too much substance too, causing there to be little emotional impact to anything done.
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(accidentally hit “submit” before I was done)
As a result, I lost interest in blogging the series.
Still, it has been so long since I’ve read a DC comic book that I couldn’t say how the comparisons between Sesshoumaru and Darkseid are.
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