Inuyasha (manga)

[Joy]

Kagome!

[Joy]

Actually, I'm looking for people's opinions on the types of the characters.

[Logos]

I'm not in to the never-ending shounen genre, so just label the characters as Gamma and be done with it.

[Joy]

I think Miroku's LIE, but other than that I'm not sure. The rest don't seem to have apparent types, and Miroku's not even all that good an example of an LIE.

Inuyasha's Se (and probably EP), and Kagome's ENxj? I see an EJ temperament in her. Sango's some Gamma/Delta introvert. Sesshomaru may be LSI. Mioga... not sure about him either. Maybe a Te type? His role seems to be information gathering.

[Joy]

Inuyasha has a lot of really hard to type characters. Almost none of them fit a specific type without any contradictory characteristics/traits. Here's an attempt at creating a list of characters and their types:


Inuyasha: Se for sure, possibly Beta.

Kagome: Se valuing for sure, and extroverted... hard to say beyond that... I was wondering about EIE, but some things don't fit. There are ways in which she seems more Fi valuing than valuing Ti. I'd be interested in hearing other people's opinion on this. The only complaints I have with her are that she should drop out of school and just hook up with Inuyasha. I suppose the story would be a lot less intersting if she did though.

Miroku: LIE. There are things that don't fit (such as his behavior with women), but I definitely see the Te and the Ni.

Sango: Seems to be a boring and weak portrayal of an ESI.

Shippo: some ethical type, probably irrational

Koga: He's a wiser (knows when to retreat) and more mature (able to express his feelings) version of Inuyasha in a lot of ways. I'm interested in people's opinions on his type as well.

Kaede: I don't know... seems sort of Delta-ish, but maybe that's just because she's old. Te/Fi > Fe/Ti, in any case.

Myōga: Weak/unvalued Se, probably.

Kikyo: stupid hoe (She's either a horrible attempt at creating an ESI character or an IxTx type... or some other introvert. It seems like most of her fans are Fe/Ti types, which confuses me. Maybe she's LSI??? )

Sesshomaru: LSI

Jaken:

Rin:

Kohaku: IEI maybe?

Naraku: EIE, perhaps?

Kanna: IEI?

Kagura: Probably either Te or Se ego, probably Te.

Ayame: Probably Fi ego type. SEE maybe?

Hōjō: A Si/Ne type, probably Si.

[Not A Communist Shill]

Kagome!

[Joy]

[Logos]

I actually agree with most of all of these, or at least the characters who I am familiar with.

[Gilly]

Inuyasha is SLE-Se IMO.

[Joy]

what is up with anime and weird haircuts?

Most animes (at least the ones I've seen) take place in alternate universes, so I generally just assume that this is the reason for their odd hair.

Also, Japanese people all have black hair, so they tend to take liberties wiht the colors of fictional character's hair more so than we do.

i understand US markets tend to import anime series several years after the original run in the domestic market. is this phenomenon some relic from the zeitgeist of the 80's?

Psh. I only watch the dubs, which are usually available within a few days after the show airs in Japan.

(I will admit to preferring the English dub of Inuyasha better though... it's the only one. I have the subs on at the same time, and I must say that the English dubbed version is funnier. The voice actors are better too, oddly enough. In the Japanese version Kagome sounds less Fe though, imo.)

[Joy]

Inuyasha is SLE-Se IMO.

I'm sort of torn between SLE and LSI for my top choice for him, and I can't completely rule out Gamma.

The thing is that some Se creative types can be pretty impetuous at times. He seems more EP than IJ, but it's not completely clear.

I think most SLE's are a bit more stoic than he is. Then again, so are most LSI's.

Ugh. His type is not clear to me.

[Gilly]

Do you know the series where he goes to some tower with other people with him and has to fight his way up or something? I think it's Inuyasha that I'm thinking of, but whatever it is, it's an anime series that I really want to look up again...

[Joy]

I don't recall an episode as such. I watched it all a few years ago (and read some of the anime), and I'm re-watching it with my kid. I'm only on episode 112 this time around.

[Joy]

When you say "fight his way up", who was he fighting? Other human type characters?

[The Greeter]

I agree with almost of all Joy's typing with a few exceptions:

Inuyasha: A quiet SLE (I guess that is a partial agreement).

Kagome: Her role in the group definately seems typically Fi but maybe she was forced into it?
Irrational and feeling at least.

Kikyo: A sick twisted rational Fi. And I don't think her main fan base are Fe/Ti types.

Sesshoumaru: SLI.

Jaken: ILE? Values Si and Alpha > Delta.

Rin: IEE.

Naraku: ILI is my best guess. Definately introverted and thinking.

Kanna: Perhaps ILI also?

Kagura: An angry IEE.

[SacredKnowing]

Inuyasha is ILI. The same type as Peter Pan (hence @Logos's remark about the "neverending shounen genre"). Izuku Midoriya from My Hero Academia is a real SLE.

[pixie dreams]

Kagome should have taken the jewel shards for herself and slaughtered Inuyasha for choosing another woman. But noOoo TrUUe LooOve. Give me a break.

[kuno]

My opinion…

Inuyasha: socially introverted SLE (as someone else said here)
Kagome: ESE
Miroku: EIE maybe… considering ILE too
Sango: ESI
Shippo: Uh… he kinda vibes like IEE but I feel like he’s actually Alpha SF
Kikyo: ILI
Naraku: LIE (or Gamma NT overall)
Sesshomaru: LSI
Rin: SEI
Kaede: ESI

[kuno]

Okay wait, I’m not done… lemme also guess the Inuyasha characters’ PY types

Inuyasha: VFEL
Kagome: EVFL
Miroku: VELF
Sango: EVFL
Shippo: FELV
Kikyo: LEVF
Naraku: VLEF
Sesshomaru: LFVE idk… this man is a mystery
Rin: FELV
Kaede: Not sure!

[Ruby13357]

Inuyasha and Kagome had a dual relationship whereby the both of them trust each other deeply, so I reckoned Inuyasha is an SLE and Kagome is an IEI.
Kikyo and Inuyasha on the other hand, their relationship is filled with suspicions and mistrust, which seems to fit supervision relationship well, so Kikyo is most likely an ESI.

Not sure about the rest.

[kuno]

Inuyasha and Kagome had a dual relationship whereby the both of them trust each other deeply, so I reckoned Inuyasha is an SLE and Kagome is an IEI.
Kikyo and Inuyasha on the other hand, their relationship is filled with suspicions and mistrust, which seems to fit supervision relationship well, so Kikyo is most likely an ESI.

Not sure about the rest.

I’m not sure I can see Kagome being IEI, but Kikyo being ESI is something I’ve considered. She overall seems like a kind Gamma introvert

[Ruby13357]

I’m not sure I can see Kagome being IEI, but Kikyo being ESI is something I’ve considered. She overall seems like a kind Gamma introvert

Kagome seems like an Se-valuer of some sort, she has a very Se presence in this video, and she can be commanding toward Inuyasha at times. She is probably the only person who can tame Inuyasha's Fi PoLR.
See that scene whereby Inuyasha was abusing the cat? Or that scene whereby Inuyasha was punching a girl? Kagome immediately tries to tame his Fi PoLR and uses the "Sit boy" phrase on him. I can see this is how IEIs tamed SLE's Fi PoLR.

[kuno]

Kagome seems like an Se-valuer of some sort, she has a very Se presence in this video, and she can be commanding toward Inuyasha at times. She is probably the only person who can tame Inuyasha's Fi PoLR.
See that scene whereby Inuyasha was abusing the cat? Or that scene whereby Inuyasha was punching a girl? Kagome immediately tries to tame his Fi PoLR and uses the "Sit boy" phrase on him. I can see this is how IEIs tamed SLE's Fi PoLR.

I don’t think Kagome’s Se is as helpless as an IEI’s suggestive Se. It seems a little stronger than that. I could see Kagome being EIE with mobilizing Se, but not suggestive Se. She doesn’t seem to have that much of a problem motivating herself to act or to use force on others. She seems to use Se on Inuyasha almost effortlessly, which to me seems more like demonstrative Se, but I think an argument could be made for mobilizing Se.

I also just can’t see Kagome being an introvert at all. She does introspect but she’s not really lost in her world of thoughts and feelings. Just how I see it. I think Socionics is subjective, as most personality theories are