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In the Inuyasha series, the word "demon" is a mistranslation. Like many cultures in East Asia, Japan had a period of shamanism, mostly the influences of the Ainu and Jomon cultures that are in fact native to the islands. What Inuyasha's older brother, and his father, actually are, are "Yokai," loosely translated, a supernatural nature "spirit." Yokai are neither good nor evil in actual Japanese folklore, those atributes where given to them by writer Rumiko Takashi for the sake of plot. Inuyasha is a "hanyo," or, a half Yokai, half human half breed. You familiar with fairies and leprechauns, and elves? The "demons" of Inuyasha are that; not ghosts, not spirits, not devils or demons, but sentient entities that exist in nature. In many ways, the character Sesshomaru ressembles Shakespeare's Oberon, king of the fairies. Like Oberon, Sesshumaru is arrogant, aristocratic and of course very powerful. In virtually all folklore regarding nature entities, there is no magic spell that can transform one thing into another, that kind of power, only mythic gods and Buddhas posses. As depicted in Inuyasha, even though Japan is "officially" "atheist" and "secular," the country still has many strong religious sensibilities, so as to not offend the larger Buddhist majority, references to gods or Buddhas are very rare in anime, regardless of the age group they are aimed at. [[User:67.148.120.72|67.148.120.72]]stardingo747

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