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No one ever denied that Sesshomaru loves Rin. He loves her very much. But that doesn\'t mean that he loves her in a ROMANTIC way, especially since in Eastern culture, there\'s nothing we hold on a higher pedastool than paternal love. Sango also routinely saves Kohaku\'s life...routinely. Does that mean Kohaku\'s her love interest now? No. Also...the movies aren\'t canon. And ep.99 is filler, not canon.
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No one ever denied that Sesshomaru loves Rin. He loves her very much. But that doesn\\\'t mean that he loves her in a ROMANTIC way, especially since in Eastern culture, there\\\'s nothing we hold on a higher pedastool than paternal love. Sango also routinely saves Kohaku\\\'s life...routinely. Does that mean Kohaku\\\'s her love interest now? No. Also...the movies aren\\\'t canon. And ep.99 is filler, not canon. Plus, the way Koga speaks seems to imply that whatever he thinks is going on between them is DIFFERENT from how he sees Kagome.
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About the \\\"comparison\\\" to his father: Note that Rumiko Takahashi made sure to make her say in a \\\"strange way\\\", meaning NOT exactly the same. Meaning? Yes, he\\\'s becoming like his father in the sense that he is caring for humans-but like his mother said, IN A STRANGE WAY, NOT EXACTLY THE SAME-in that instead of developing a romantic bond with a human, Sesshomaru has developed a PATERNAL bond instead. Buying her a kimono meant for nobility doesn\\\'t mean that he likes her in a romantic way: rich people do that for their daughters/daughter figures all the time. Nobility dress their kids in clothes that are meant for nobility.
The profile isn\\\'t official canon. I just checked furinkan (official RT website) and the profile up there is different. YTV =/= official Rumiko Takahashi source. Hell, even if it was Sunrise I\\\'d be skeptical since the anime isn\\\'t canon and the authors usually have very little say over adaptations of their work. Do you have an interview from Rumiko where she says that? Has shitaui ever been used in the MANGA? Anything else is just outside speculation.
Actually, he didn\\\'t \\\"just leave her\\\" in the end (of course, by that time he\\\'d already been with her for three years which is more than enough time to count as a father (more time than I\\\'d spent with any of my foster parents), he\\\'s still visiting her and providing for her actively while she lives somewhere else. That\\\'s normal within families-the child moves out/goes to college or whatever, and they usually still do get visits from their families along with presents and care packages.
How in the world does that mean it\\\'s a romantic thing? Rin is living with humans for her safety and is gaining independence from her parent figure (like all children do), they\\\'re still in touch, like children and parents do after the child moves out of the house. Parents visit their grown children after they leave, bringing them gifts. And most children, even after they move out, still do depend on their parent figures from time to time for financial assisstance and need help. Is a father courting his daughter when he picks up a little something for her?
I grew up in foster care in different living arrangements, and depending on the circumstances, kids that are allowed to see and want to see their parents-and of course, the kid has to give their permission too-have visits. The parents come to see the kids, sometimes take them out places, and they usually bring gifts. This is what gives a lot of kids in foster care something to look forward to. When I saw the last chapter, it immediately reminded me of that, so I was shocked when people started using even that as so-called \\\'evidence\\\'.
About the kimono: once again, it can have romantic connotations, but NOT ALWAYS. Just like flowers and jewelry are usually courting gifts, but NOT ALWAYS, and Kohaku WASN\\\'T courting Sango by giving her flowers. In a case like Rin\\\'s where she\\\'s living with a miko who seems to only be able to provide miko robes and her mother is dead, it does not make Sesshomaru any less of a father figure or mean that he is \\\"courting her\\\" by giving her a kimono.
Inuyasha said \\\"...or whatever she chooses\\\", implying that Rin had a choice in the matter (living with Kaede), and wasn\\\'t forced to do it (which is obvious in the way she acts, she doesn\\\'t seem to object living with Kaede at all). That doesn\\\'t make her a love interest for Sesshomaru.
The \\\"human things\\\" she is practicing consist of helping Kaede with whatever miko stuff she does, midwife duties (helping Sango give birth), and just learning to get along with humans in general (it\\\'s good for her, she needs it). Which is all the more proof that she is there for her safety (Sesshomaru decided to do this after she died and he realized his life was too dangerous for her) and not meant to reunite with him-if she was, WHY would she need to learn to do \\\"human things\\\" if she was meant to be with him? Why would she live with a MIKO out of all things, in a peasant village, helping out with things like labour...? If she was meant to go with Sesshomaru, she would\\\'ve been living with his mother in the sky or something in a castle, or would\\\'ve just stayed with him.
And how was Kohaku \\\"gotten rid\\\" of (not that I think he was ever meant to be with her to begin with)...? He didn\\\'t die, he\\\'s training as a demon slayer...how does that \\\"get rid\\\" of Kohaku?
No one ever denied that it happened historically. While Japan does have a more relaxed attitude towards it, it\\\'s a controversial thing there as well with plenty of Japanese people disliking it, and that doesn\\\'t mean Rumiko Takahashi is IMMEDIATELY gonna have no problem with it just because she\\\'s Japanese. That\\\'s like saying someone MUST eat cats and dogs because they\\\'re Korean.
Like I said, it\\\'s a CONTROVERSIAL thing, and even in Japan there are plenty of people who oppose it. The famous director, Hayao Miyazaki (a JAPANESE man) said in a 1988 interview with \\\"Animage\\\" that while he prefers to have female protagonists, \\\"It\\\'s difficult. They immediately become the subjects of lolicon. In a sense, if we want to depict someone who is affirmative to us, we have no choice but to make them as lovely as possible. But now, there are too many people who shamelessly depict (such heroines) as if they just want (such girls) as pets, and things are escalating more and more.\\\" Miyazaki even expressed concern as to what this might mean for human rights for women.
I myself have come across PLENTY of Japanese people who have expressed outright disdain and hatred for such things. Just because Rumiko is Japanese, where lolicon is more common than the USA, does not automatically mean that she sees it the same way. In fact, though it is a popular thing, there\\\'s just as many people who oppose it as well-kind of like how gay couples, same-sex marriage, premarital sex, abortion, divorce, and interracial marriage (which are all more common in the US) are seen over here. It is definitely not a normal thing that is accepted by everyone, there is controversy over it.
She\\\'s not gonna be okay with it just because she\\\'s Japanese-so how DOES she feel about it? That\\\'s been made very clear in the way she portrayed Miroku and Koharu. When everyone found out he had proposed to an eleven year old girl to bear his child when she got older, they were shocked, disgusted and revolted. The situation was used to solidify his character as a pervert and a lecher. They didn\\\'t care if she was now fourteen and he was seventeen-they were still disgusted and thought I was taking advantage of her naivete.
Even before then, there was Akane, who was relentlessly mocked for her crush on Dr. Tofu and later lost him to her sister Kasumi, who is around his age.
Now does that sound like something that would\\\'ve been written by someone who has no problem with this kind of thing? Nope. She\\\'s made it pretty clear that she finds it ridiculous. Plus there\\\'s the fact that Rin is ridiculously happy about the idea of Kagura having feelings for Sesshomaru...yeah, if she meant for Rin to be a love interest, she never would\\\'ve written it that way-especially since she\\\'s famous for building her relationships off of jealousy and love triangles.
The profile isn\\\'t official canon. I just checked furinkan (official RT website) and the profile up there is different. YTV =/= official Rumiko Takahashi source. Hell, even if it was Sunrise I\\\'d be skeptical since the anime isn\\\'t canon and the authors usually have very little say over adaptations of their work. Do you have an interview from Rumiko where she says that? Has shitaui ever been used in the MANGA? Anything else is just outside speculation.
Actually, he didn\\\'t \\\"just leave her\\\" in the end (of course, by that time he\\\'d already been with her for three years which is more than enough time to count as a father (more time than I\\\'d spent with any of my foster parents), he\\\'s still visiting her and providing for her actively while she lives somewhere else. That\\\'s normal within families-the child moves out/goes to college or whatever, and they usually still do get visits from their families along with presents and care packages.
How in the world does that mean it\\\'s a romantic thing? Rin is living with humans for her safety and is gaining independence from her parent figure (like all children do), they\\\'re still in touch, like children and parents do after the child moves out of the house. Parents visit their grown children after they leave, bringing them gifts. And most children, even after they move out, still do depend on their parent figures from time to time for financial assisstance and need help. Is a father courting his daughter when he picks up a little something for her?
I grew up in foster care in different living arrangements, and depending on the circumstances, kids that are allowed to see and want to see their parents-and of course, the kid has to give their permission too-have visits. The parents come to see the kids, sometimes take them out places, and they usually bring gifts. This is what gives a lot of kids in foster care something to look forward to. When I saw the last chapter, it immediately reminded me of that, so I was shocked when people started using even that as so-called \\\'evidence\\\'.
About the kimono: once again, it can have romantic connotations, but NOT ALWAYS. Just like flowers and jewelry are usually courting gifts, but NOT ALWAYS, and Kohaku WASN\\\'T courting Sango by giving her flowers. In a case like Rin\\\'s where she\\\'s living with a miko who seems to only be able to provide miko robes and her mother is dead, it does not make Sesshomaru any less of a father figure or mean that he is \\\"courting her\\\" by giving her a kimono.
Inuyasha said \\\"...or whatever she chooses\\\", implying that Rin had a choice in the matter (living with Kaede), and wasn\\\'t forced to do it (which is obvious in the way she acts, she doesn\\\'t seem to object living with Kaede at all). That doesn\\\'t make her a love interest for Sesshomaru.
The \\\"human things\\\" she is practicing consist of helping Kaede with whatever miko stuff she does, midwife duties (helping Sango give birth), and just learning to get along with humans in general (it\\\'s good for her, she needs it). Which is all the more proof that she is there for her safety (Sesshomaru decided to do this after she died and he realized his life was too dangerous for her) and not meant to reunite with him-if she was, WHY would she need to learn to do \\\"human things\\\" if she was meant to be with him? Why would she live with a MIKO out of all things, in a peasant village, helping out with things like labour...? If she was meant to go with Sesshomaru, she would\\\'ve been living with his mother in the sky or something in a castle, or would\\\'ve just stayed with him.
And how was Kohaku \\\"gotten rid\\\" of (not that I think he was ever meant to be with her to begin with)...? He didn\\\'t die, he\\\'s training as a demon slayer...how does that \\\"get rid\\\" of Kohaku?
No one ever denied that it happened historically. While Japan does have a more relaxed attitude towards it, it\\\'s a controversial thing there as well with plenty of Japanese people disliking it, and that doesn\\\'t mean Rumiko Takahashi is IMMEDIATELY gonna have no problem with it just because she\\\'s Japanese. That\\\'s like saying someone MUST eat cats and dogs because they\\\'re Korean.
Like I said, it\\\'s a CONTROVERSIAL thing, and even in Japan there are plenty of people who oppose it. The famous director, Hayao Miyazaki (a JAPANESE man) said in a 1988 interview with \\\"Animage\\\" that while he prefers to have female protagonists, \\\"It\\\'s difficult. They immediately become the subjects of lolicon. In a sense, if we want to depict someone who is affirmative to us, we have no choice but to make them as lovely as possible. But now, there are too many people who shamelessly depict (such heroines) as if they just want (such girls) as pets, and things are escalating more and more.\\\" Miyazaki even expressed concern as to what this might mean for human rights for women.
I myself have come across PLENTY of Japanese people who have expressed outright disdain and hatred for such things. Just because Rumiko is Japanese, where lolicon is more common than the USA, does not automatically mean that she sees it the same way. In fact, though it is a popular thing, there\\\'s just as many people who oppose it as well-kind of like how gay couples, same-sex marriage, premarital sex, abortion, divorce, and interracial marriage (which are all more common in the US) are seen over here. It is definitely not a normal thing that is accepted by everyone, there is controversy over it.
She\\\'s not gonna be okay with it just because she\\\'s Japanese-so how DOES she feel about it? That\\\'s been made very clear in the way she portrayed Miroku and Koharu. When everyone found out he had proposed to an eleven year old girl to bear his child when she got older, they were shocked, disgusted and revolted. The situation was used to solidify his character as a pervert and a lecher. They didn\\\'t care if she was now fourteen and he was seventeen-they were still disgusted and thought I was taking advantage of her naivete.
Even before then, there was Akane, who was relentlessly mocked for her crush on Dr. Tofu and later lost him to her sister Kasumi, who is around his age.
Now does that sound like something that would\\\'ve been written by someone who has no problem with this kind of thing? Nope. She\\\'s made it pretty clear that she finds it ridiculous. Plus there\\\'s the fact that Rin is ridiculously happy about the idea of Kagura having feelings for Sesshomaru...yeah, if she meant for Rin to be a love interest, she never would\\\'ve written it that way-especially since she\\\'s famous for building her relationships off of jealousy and love triangles.
