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Well, as much as I am an anti- Kikyou person, and that I like Kagome.. i'll say: Why not?

Kagome's got her disadvantages. What I dont like about her, is that she's very annoying.. and loud. She isnt very respectful in some cases.. and thats where Kikyou's got the advantage. But, Yeah... I think Kagome can be quite unfair to Inuyasha sometimes. She's a very exaggurated anime school girl..which is unfortunate.

I believe most of it is females that don't like her and the reason is normally something like,

ZOMFG!!!!!!11!1!111!11!!!! she TTLY STOLE inuYasha frm me!!!!11!1!!!!!111!He is soooooo tottly minee!!!!!!111!111

I do know that some people have valid reasons: They don't like Inuyasha all together. Normally, I don't expect anyone to like a character from Inuyasha when they don't even like the series.

Those people make me laugh. "I h8 consistent plotz!!1!"

If you people wish for more reasons, and yes the stupid other reasons are stupid (in the previous previous post), please PM me. Maybe I'll make a topic out of this...
And I can back up Kagome as well.
Along with backing up Kikyou, in case you guys have a problem with her.

*Nods* Shoja, shoja.

@ SecretAgentX: Furthermore, the second movie isn't even canon. So it doesn't even count as an example. Kagome's strength comes from elsewhere. Kikyou maybe strong physically, but emotionally, she is very weak. Kagome's strength centers from around her emotions. And if you didn't notice, Kagome did have a chance of becoming a strong Miko, but she didn't because she wanted to be by Inuyasha's side. She had to choose between throwing the rest of her life away and devote it to protecting the Shikon no Tama or staying as a normal teenager and loving Inuyasha.

Unlike Kikyou, who was wishy-washy about loving Inuyasha (hence leading to her demise), Kagome was certain. It makes her determined and very decisive. Two qualities that I'm not sure you even admire, but I do. How did you think Kikyou's plans kept on failing? She was indecisive. Hence she kept on losing her chance. She could have totally pwned Naraku's a**, but she decided to wait until he collected all the Shikon no Kakara. What she wasn't anticipating was the fact that Naraku could become a full fledged youkai with the Shikon no Tama (hence the incident at Hakurei Yama).

There is nothing wrong with Kagome screaming Inuyasha's name. Personally, I think that Kagome is pretty brave. She yells at "Peach man", Sesshoumaru, Naraku, and pretty much all the scariest characters from Inuyasha. I don't think you'd do the same. Don't tell me that you'd totally kick their asses and yell at them, I won't buy it. Even if Kagome's Hama no ya is not as strong as Kikyou's considering the fact that she didn't train, they're fairly powerful. Hell, she even purified Mouryoumaru's shouki when he tried to melt Kouga down and take his shards.

Weak, eh? I don't think so. And while we're on the subject matter of the movies, there are many examples of Kagome's strength in the movies as well. I can tripple this already long essay about all the strong points of Kagome in these movies. First off, at the end of every single movie, it is Kagome, not Kikyou who helps Inuyasha destroy the main villain of the story, whether it be directly or indirectly.

Toki o Koeru Omoi: Menomaru admits it himself as well as Ruri and Hari. Kagome's spiritual powers are strong, even if they are not as free as Kikyou's. They cannot insert the controlling piece until they use one of the Shikon no Kakara. When Kikyou is watching Menomaru absorb souls, Sesshoumaru comes over and asks her "Do you really hate that Kagome woman that much? Or are you merely testing her powers?" There, Sesshoumaru acknowledges the fact that Kagome is powerful. When Kagome shoots Inuyasha with the arrow, she screams his name out, and frees herself from Menomaru's seal, which is a hard thing to do. Again, Menomaru acknowledges it.

Moving on, Kagome's arrow takes out one of Menomaru's wings. And they're huge. If she really was weak then I don't think she could have taken out his wing. It was Kagome who figured out how to kill Menomaru, and it was her arrow that smashed his central forehead-piece. Therefore, undeniably so, Inuyasha and Kagome took Menomaru out, not Kikyou.

Kagami no Naka no Mugenjou: I don't need to cover this because Hana-chan already did. But I do have a few things to add. Kaguya-hime was planning on devouring Kagome. Why? Because she said Kagome possessed powerful spiritual energy. If Kagome was as weak as you are assuming, I don't think Kaguya-hime would want to devour her. In the end, when Kaguya was a celestial cloud, she wanted to make Kagome her new body. Weak, you say? Keh!

Tenka hadou no Ken: Though Kagome did not take part in the actual taking-out of Takemaru and Sounga, she was a part of the great battle with the undead soldiers. When Sango got caught by an Oni, Kagome fired her arrow and killed it. In addition to that, there were no other way to kill the Oni. Sure, Kikyou could have totally done the same, but she was not in the movie, hence she is not important. Kagome's arrow also takes out a whole patch of soldiers. Though she did not kill them, you can still see the magnitude of her Hama no ya.

Again, going back to Kagome's "cowardly-ness" I don't think she would have yelled at Takemaru like that. But she did, and she told Rin to run away. What did she mean by that? Kagome meant to stall Takemaru while she let Rin get away. Though it was never actually said in the movie, it is implied, and it's also common sense. Finally, though Kagome did not physically take part in destroying Sounga, she was Inuyasha's buffer in having him destroy Sounga. Inuyasha's need to protect Kagome strengthened him. Him yelling: "I have someone to protect, so I won't give up" triggered Sesshoumaru to think about the people he needed to protect. And though he said: "Kono Sesshoumaru mamoru no demo nai", he was still thinking about protecting Rin and Jaken. Hence, Kagome was a trigger in both Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru to finally put their differences aside for a moment to destroy Sounga.

Guren no Horaijima: Yes. Kagome seemed mostly useless in this movie, but the plot sucked foot, so go figure. Besides, they cut out some parts. Kagome stands up to herself when the king-pin leader of the group: Ryuura. That of course was not the smartest thing to do, but it shows how very un-cowardly Kagome is. In the end of the movie, it is (once more) Kagome who helps destroy the the war gods' true appearance. I don't think I need to tell you more about that fact.

Actually, there is an anti-Kagome guild. The people there are no different from anti-Kagome people. They are spiteful towards Kagome, and I generally avoid looking into their guild because I know that I'll say something. The reasons for disliking Kagome is pretty much the same thing as the reasons for disliking Kikyou. b***h, slut, whore? Hm? Tghat sounds pretty similar to me. There are several anti-Kagome AMVs. Do you want to see how nasty the anti-Kagome AMV is? Look here. It's nasty, spiteful and mean. Of course the anti-Kikyou people out there are equally as nasty. That is all I have to say.

Oh, and please, don't try to compare Kikyou and Kagome. As both of them say, they're two different people, hence, they shouldn't be alike. It would ruin the whole show. Finally, I'm not anti-Kikyou. I like Kikyou very much. She is an awesome character. So don't get all up in my face and call me an anti-Kikyou b***h. Don't believe me, go the the pro-Kikyou guilds and look up my name. I'm listed in there. That's all I have to say to you.

Back @ Hana-chan: sweatdrop I didn't mean to go on a rant. If I repeated anything you said, I apologize for it.

Yes. I don't think she'll say much again, so I think it's best we dropped the subject. 3nodding