Indeed Vash, both Inu Yasha and Yu Yu had great episodes last night.
First of all,
Yu Yu Hakashu,
Wow!
Last night was the night.
It was the fight of the season coming to a close. Yuske vs Younger Taguro. 👍
I personally really enjoyed this episode.
Just seeing yuske and taguro putting everything into 1 final attack made me feel like everything was coming to a climax worthy of the build up.
Most important to me in this episode was the little stuff that happend.
For example,
Taguro killed Kuwabara in the last episode.
This really set off Yuske and unleashed his true power.
Keep that in mind...
It was awesome because the first part of this episodes fight was a hard punch from taguro that sent yuske across the arena, the problem for taguro in this was that Yuske didn't even block it at all.
As Yuske went flying across the arena tearing up the ground as he grinded across the ground, taguro started talking to Yuske.
This was a big part of the episode.
You see, Taguro specifically said "now we can fight as equals." However, yuske said no, that's not true, but he never elaborated on it.
Instead, Yuske picked himself up and basically sat there, sad and reflective.
At this point Taguro went to kill another of Yuske's friends... Well at that moment Yuske moved too fast for Taguro to see and grabbed Taguro's wrist.
Power started clashing and the ground started breaking up.
Then, at the exact moment where Taguro acted confident Yuske dissappears and nails taguro hard!
And I mean hard, like break your neck so your head sits sideways hard.
Well right as taguro got up a spirit gun blast came at him and blew him down.
It was great, Yuske was finally fighting with his true potential and all of his heart!
Of course that wasn't the end.
Taguro got up and gave a little speech only to be "shut up" by Yuske who claimed "I'm putting everything into this one last shot... everything I've got, because either way, this is going to end now"!
Well sure enough both Yuske and Taguro both got all their energy ready and then the final blast went down.
Taguro charged and Yuske shot.
Immediately Taguro caught the blast and struggled with it.
He couldn't hold it back at first, but as Yuske finished putting out his power Taguro began to control the blast.
Still not being able to get out from behind the blast, Taguro gave it everything to stop the spirit gun shot.
The muscles on his back began to ripple and pop.
Yuske fell to the ground with no energy.
Taguro continued to fight the blast and eventually he actually destroyed the blast with his incredible power.
However, as Taguro walked over to the fallen spirit detective, he began to remark on the situation in a fulfilled way.
Then as Taguro finished his speech, he fell apart, literally!
The demon armore that had be the heart of his power crumbled and exploded away from his now exposed weak and frail human body.
At that moment Taguro in his weakest form fell to the ground and laid dead.
As the announcers and viewers watched on with relief and grief, Yuske got up!
It was finally over, or so it seems...
next week we will see the dark tournament come to a close with an explosive conclusion.
Now,
Regarding
Inu Yasha,
I didn't get to watch it, however, I did record it.
The most important fact about the show is that it was the conclusion of a 5 or 6 episode story set involving the Dark Priestess.
This Dark Priestess had broken the seal to a shrine which sealed an Ogre demon away from the world. At some point in this process the dark priestess combined with the ogre and created a huge demon ogre out of her own body. (Sadly, since I didn't get to watch the first half of the episode yet, I do not know how the ogre and the priestess merged.)
The show picks up on this note and a great battle ensues.
Luckily, I was able to catch the final half of the show.
This point brings me to the an observation...
The back lash wave or ultimate technique of the tetsaiga was used.
Did you catch that part Vash?
The premise of this attack is that it can only be used against incredibly powerful demons.
What happens is the windscar is used by Inu Yasha, but with a twist... when he uses the windscar attack the backlash wave will form after the windscar interacts with the oppossing demon's energy.
What happens is, the windscar attack is set forth, but at the same time, the energy of the oppossing demon that is being used to attack Inu Yasha is reversed and sent back on the enemy.
This makes it so the Windscar and the enemy's energy are channeled through a single attack created by the tetsaiga. It takes the form of multiple tornados and powerful electrical storms.
The problem with this backlash wave is that it can only be used against enemies too powerful for the windscar attack to damage.
If Inu Yasha was to use the Backlash wave without the proper enemy the attack would go back onto inu yasha (since he would be the greater power).
Luckily IY is smart enough to remember that and only uses the backlash wave when necessary.
Now, in this episode, the backlash wave was easily enough to destroy the ogre. 👍
Unfortunately, the dark priestess that joined with the ogre already had the Sacred Jewel.
Once the ogre-priestess-demon was defeated a minion of naraku (a wind demon) appeared just in time to grab up the sacred jewel and escape.
This will certainly become an issue with in the next 8 episodes.
So after this episode Naraku will have almost the entire sacred jewel and because of that he will be more powerful than ever.
One closing note of the show was made in an appearance by Kikyo after everything had calmed down.
She did not reveal herself to the group, but she did stay at a distance and spy on them.
As the show closed she began to comment on the fact that the dark priestess had become "obsessed" with the sacred jewel and made it clear that this obsession was the reason for the creation & demise of the dark priestess.
However, as Kikyo made this point she took a somber & reflective attitude. Then like a bombshell, she made it clear that she knew this obsession was also inside of her. Not an obsession for the jewel like the dark priestess, but instead an obsession for revenge and closure to her personal struggle with Inu Yasha and Naraku.
This emotional development for Kikyo was also very important because it showed that kikyo is slowly coming to realize that she is not evil and that evil deeds are not the path for her or "the gang."
With those thoughts the show drew to a close.
I really enjoyed this saturday's episodes of both Inu Yasha and Yu Yu Hakashu.
👍 👍
So until next time,
-kent
(btw, sorry about such a long post.
)
nice. I just knew it was bein' translated. I will have to order it then. you see, the manga has been a HELL to get over here in mexico till I came upon a shop called comic castle, from wich I got 1st and 2nd volume and ordered the rest. they literally saved my ass. I'll go tomorrow 
:drunk: 
