The end of Inuyasha

I will admit it:

I watched the dub on Cartoon Network.  I watched all the episodes they created and aired, all dubbed.

This may be the reason I hated Kagome.  Everyone in the fandom just loves her and ships her with everyone and everything.  I couldn't stand her.  I don't think I hated her because of the English dub, but it is one explanation.  I never really liked her because she was written as so pure and clean and without any hard edges that I had nothing to hold onto when I thought of her.  Characters need imperfections or else they're boring as hell.

I think I've written about this before, but I only started watching Inuyasha because it was on right before Cowboy Bebop and I didn't want to be on some other channel and miss the beginning theme song of Cowboy Bebop.  So I'd turn it to Cartoon Network, then read a book, organize my apartment, or do something else while Inuyasha was on in the background.  I couldn't identify with Kagome, Inuyasha didn't do anything for me, Shippou was annoying, and I misunderstood Miroku (and thoroughly disapproved of him).

Then Sango joined the story and I put  my book down and started paying attention.  Here was a girl with some edges.  She was a survivor and a fighter and I loved her story.  And when she started crushing on Miroku, I thought he couldn't be all that bad, so I started paying attention to his character and found it wonderfully complex.  I found a wonderful 'ship to sail and didn't look back.

All that being said, here are my thoughts on how the series ended:

( Spoilers. )