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A literal ancient artefact from 10,000 years ago that the people actually wore?? What the fuck??? AND it boots zonai energy???? WHERE THE FUCK DO YOU FIND THIS SHIT DUDE???

great advice! i also recommend growing lichen and algae as well, maybe also some mold if you feel like it

If you’ve ventured into the depths of my dA account (not recommended) you’ll see I used to be crazy about Inuyasha. Most of my fanart is safely hidden in bigass folders in my room though, unscanned and harmless. So many High School AUs and OC children……. Good times.

Thank you for the sweet message!

Unfortunately for me, who loves concrete rules when it comes to world building, Rumiko Takahashi just doesn't do that. Whatever magic systems are in her stories are just there to serve the characters, story and themes. That's usually why her characters will just develop whatever abilities she thinks are necessary for the plot. Or whatever she thinks will add interesting drama or comedy.

For Naraku it's also definitely a case of "he can't be too strong because Takahashi doesn't want to end the series yet" and "Takahashi kind of forgot because it's been 5 years since she wrote that chapter", lol. In one interview she did when the anime was released, she admitted to be surprised that Inuyasha and Kagome were so antagonistic to each other at the beginning because the first chapters were ~4 years ago for her. People have also noted that she seemed to ignore some of Kagome's previous feats, to make it seem as if Kagome required a power up later on. The whole "your powers were actually reduced from birth!" plot that she introduced toward the end of the series is funny when you consider the stuff that Kagome was doing early on in the story.