#setsura

A Inuyasha fanfiction for @thepromptfoundry event Bejeweled January 2026 day 3 Lapix Lazuli.

Thanks for asking!

Setsura is one of my favorite characters and one I see a lot of myself in, though for a rather oblique set of reasons that require some explanation. At first glance, her most defining trait is her intense and unrequited love for Nurarihyon and possibly Rihan, leaving her in an awkward position as a fifth wheel. As someone who’s not very concerned with romance at the moment, this alone provides little for me to connect to. However, I realized there can be a lot more to this situation if you think about it enough.

It’s implied that the reason she’s considered less attractive by the Nura men is because of her personality not being considered ladylike enough, with her being passionate, brooding, and jealous, as opposed to the Nura brides who all share a cheerful and unassuming outward demeanor that belies their impressive inner strength. Setsura has this strength too, but the difference is she wears it on her sleeve.

However, she never tries to change her personality to be more appealing, and I think the reason for that is because she knows it would be fake. She wants someone to love her for who she is, and while outwardly changing her personality to be more like someone else (or to fit the mold of she “should” be) might reap certain benefits, the cost of inauthenticity wouldn’t be worth it.

The crux of Setsura’s arc, I’d say, is grappling with the struggle between her personality and her dream; she’s deadset on true love, the love of a Nura man, but they all seem to have a “type” she doesn’t fit. Even though Setsura’s life might be easier if she was an optimistic and cheerful girl, at the end of the day that simply isn’t who she is, and her path to victory has to account for that.

Adding to this, Setsura’s relationships with Youhime and Otome perfectly encapsulate the complicated reality of being an edgy self-destructive shitlord who always manages to be surrounded by kind and uplifting people. How the difference in attitudes can be frustrating but that she still loves them and should never take them for granted, and maybe a little bit of their positivity can rub off on her. But also how even through all the pain and difficulties it causes, the truth is she don’t actually want the core of her cynical, willful personality to change because it’s too authentic to get rid of, ultimately that’s who she is. And that’s okay.

Also yes, if I was in NuraMago and the opportunity arose, I would absolutely marry this woman

i was enjoying some reborn and then i stumbled on this beauty and i almost cried

i miss nuramago so much ;-;

unfortunately i can’t read this

First one is the original, in the second one the quality is improved and the third is a render of the second.

「ぬらりひょんの孫」音盤劇話抄 (Nurarihyon no Mago: Drama Cd: Onban Geki-banashi) Release date: (2011/7/21) Length: 68 minutes 

Cast: Nurarihyon, Yohime, Setsura, Rihan, Karasu-Tengu, Gyuki, Hitotsume, various others