sorry for another stupid topic but i was curious about inuyasha's age. just how old is he? from what i can remember it dosen't say anything in the
manga or anime about it just that he was sealed to a tree for 50 years.
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how old is inuyasha???
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Naraku's Slave
Posts: 98 (06/21/08 10:14 PM) |
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Joketsuzoku Villager
Posts: 2 (06/21/08 10:35 PM) |
Well I once asked this same question over at Anime-Eden. The answer I got was 17 in human years but it wasn't backed by any proof and 200 in demon years
which is referenced in the third movie. Inuyasha's father died the day he was born and Miouga says that his father died 200 years ago. If you wanna
consider the 50 years on the tree then he's 150 i guess in demon years. Hope I helped a little and if not I'm shure someone else can.
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Naraku's Slave
Posts: 100 (06/21/08 10:43 PM) |
thanks, it does help me understand a little better.
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Dr. Tofu's Patient
Posts: 197 (06/21/08 10:44 PM) |
Alright, the most difinitive answer there is is that Inuyasha has the mentality and physical appearance of a 17 year old. That was the answer given in an
Inuyasha companion. His exact age is never given and never discussed by Takahashi-sensei herself. The third movie is of course not canon and we don't know
exactly when he was born or when his father died, so the mentality of a 17 year old is all I can give ya.
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Naraku's Slave
Posts: 101 (06/21/08 10:52 PM) |
yeah i thought he was 17 mentaly and physicaly but this is just a technical question (which i should stay away from)
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Naraku's Slave
Posts: 101 (06/21/08 10:53 PM) |
yeah i thought he was 17 mentaly and physicaly but this is just a technical question (which i should stay away from)
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Ryoko Mendo's Kuroko
Posts: 608 (06/22/08 10:14 PM) |
ryogasgirl wrote: To clarify she actually says fifteen, not seventeen in the book. My impression is that he was technically born sixty-five years ago, but was of course not
"alive" for fifty of those. I think there are a lot of really big plot holes in the story if he's much older.
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Naraku's Slave
Posts: 109 (06/22/08 11:59 PM) |
15 wow sounds a little young for inuyasha he seemed more mature (as much as he can be) than a 15 year old
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Ryoko Mendo's Kuroko
Posts: 609 (06/23/08 03:28 AM) |
Ranma 101 wrote: Think of it this way: Sango is only sixteen and she definitely doesn't act like a sixteen year old would in the modern era. Fifteen might be young by
our standards, but by the standards of the sengoku jidai he's pretty much an adult. And he seems mature at the end of the series because he's grown so
much but he starts off really and extremely immature!
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Dr. Tofu's Patient
Posts: 202 (06/23/08 07:55 AM) |
To clarify she actually says fifteen, not seventeen in the book.You're absolutely right, haro. I was going by memory and I hadn't read that for awhile, so I looked it up and realized you were right and I had made a silly mistake.  As to your last comment, yeah, growing up in the sengoku jidai does indeed age a person. The circumstances of Inuyasha's
life made him a more mature person than we would think of a modern 15 year old.
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Naraku's Slave
Posts: 115 (06/23/08 08:06 PM) |
maybe they act more mature because they could have had to do more work and help out more and have a bigger responsibility in the sengoku jidai? so they get
more life expericence in that time then in the modern era????
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Naraku's Slave
Posts: 148 (06/23/08 10:41 PM) |
Wow, Ranma 101, I think that you have lighted on a deep, and significant idea. Yes, I think that could be true. Plus, they have come so close to death, more
than once. I imagine that might bring someone to realize what is truly important. Also, in the old days, people didn't tend to live long, and fifteen was
probably close to middle aged.
~dip
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Obnoxious Alien
Posts: 235 (06/24/08 09:09 AM) |
huh. IT ALL MAKES SENSE. YAY!!!! But what about the years he was tied (arrowed) 2 a tree? He was dead, so I guess he wasn't aging,but still....
and how come, if he was totally dead, when Kagome came he woke up and said she smelled like kikyo? and told her to take out the arrow? that is one thing I think I'll never get. What would happen if Ataru was made Happosai's diciple? STUFF I DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT!!! |
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Naraku's Slave
Posts: 116 (06/24/08 10:11 AM) |
when inu was arrowed to the tree i don't think that he was really dead. just "asleep" for 50 years.
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Obnoxious Alien
Posts: 236 (06/25/08 09:27 AM) |
Inuyasha not counting older years, is probably Kagonmes age/
What would happen if Ataru was made Happosai's diciple? STUFF I DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT!!! |
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Garbage Can Teleporter
Posts: 34 (07/02/08 09:50 PM) |
Movie 3 mentioned Inuyasha was 200 years old, BUT MOVIES ARE *NOT* RUMIKO'S IDEAS, so I don't mind it. I doubt that Inu is 50 + 15 = 65 , he may be
older than that.
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Onsen Mark's Favorite Pupil
Posts: 88 (08/20/08 09:25 AM) |
I think he is 500 years old.
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Sesshomaru's Toadie
Posts: 1 (08/22/08 01:33 PM) |
Well if your exluding the 50 years he was arrowed to a tree, then 15.
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Onsen Mark's Favorite Pupil
Posts: 89 (08/23/08 12:12 AM) |
Tenken wrote:That's impossible. Inuyasha wears a clothes specific to the Heian Period and when he recalls his mother, they are in a palace specific to around A.D. 1000. The Sengoku era is around 1500s. So I think he is at least 500 years old. |
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Joketsuzoku Villager
Posts: 1 (08/23/08 09:06 AM) |
Well, I can't say I've personally seen any blatant hint regarding Inuyasha's age. All we know is that there is an aging difference between
youkai and humans; RT clearly states in the profile book on each youkai-character's page that they are "the human age equivalent of X years." For
Inuyasha, who is only half-youkai but still ages differently, he is the equivalent of 15 human years.
As far as his aging with Kagome's (which many fans are rather perplexed and/or worried about), perhaps he will be considered old enough to die when he is the human equivalent of, say, 80-100 years. Meaning he is in reality far older, but his age to us will be based off his human equivalency of an appropriate time to die. (This, of course, excluding the 50 years he was sealed to the Goshinboku. I really do not think we can give too accurate a guess based solely on the fact we don't know how long he was alive prior to that incident) Heh, I don't know - It's all so confusing. I think that's just one of those things left to our imagination. :] |
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Sesshomaru's Toadie
Posts: 9 (08/23/08 02:21 PM) |
As A human Inuyasha is just really 15-16, as a Hanyou/Youkai He should be much older, this has always been a confusing topic.
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