Inuyasha question (timetravel)

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:36 pm

I haven't sat through this anime in a very long time, so I really don't remember the first episodes very well. My question - how do they deal with the timetravel in the anime?

I know Kagome goes home to take tests and attend school every so often, and her grandfather makes excuses when she misses school. But why does she miss school if she's in the past? Do they set it up so time goes the same in both worlds - as if the well was just a doorway? It seems like a day in the past is a day missed from the future. Is that the way they do it? And if so, what explanation do they give for that?

How could so much time have passed (long enough for demons to 'die out' and people to make cars) if 50yrs in the past is 50yrs in the present? Or is only so long as Kagome's aware of the past (as if she stops the laws of time just by going through the well the first time)?

If this is the case, does that mean if she stops visiting the past, time will return to normal? Meaning when 60 yrs have passed and Kagome is a 75 yr old human, the past will still be done with (instead of only having gone the same 60 yrs).

Paradox. If the well were closed and no one passed through it, will things revert back to the natural flow they had before she went there and put the two 'timelines' on the same wave length?

Another question. How many days does Kagome usually miss from school? I know she goes back every once in a while for a test, but she seems to spend more time in the past than in the present. So how many days can a Japanese student miss before she's automatically failed?

Rhyevaln · Post by **Rhyevaln** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:23 pm

Isn't it 500 years?

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:30 pm

Either way, timetravel is usually a dramatic device that involves quite a bit of handwaving.

Vlad86 · Post by **Vlad86** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:32 pm

It's Rumiko Takahashi.

The story goes exactly how she sees fit.

Making sense is not high on the priorities list.

Just sit back and enjoy.

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 8:28 pm

But is the time the same when she's in the past as it is when she goes home? That's one of the main questions. If she's in the past for a week, does she loose a week from the 'present'? And how much school can someone miss in a Japanese school and still 'graduate'?

If anyone who has seen the anime knows the answers, please let me know. ^_^; Otherwise I'll have to start surfing the hundreds of IY sites looking for someone who mentions these questions.

pyro_256 · Post by **pyro_256** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 9:09 pm

Arigatomyna wrote:If she's in the past for a week, does she lose a week from the 'present'?

i do believe that's how it works. it makes perfect sense.

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 9:20 pm

pyro_256 wrote:
Arigatomyna wrote:If she's in the past for a week, does she lose a week from the 'present'?
i do believe that's how it works. it makes perfect sense.

Thanks. ^_^ It really has been a long time since I watched the anime.

As for the 'how', I'll take it as the creator's freedom to make anything possible if she so wishes it. ;p

It just makes IY more unique since every other timetraveling show/anime/book I've seen has people return to almost exactly the same time s/he left in the present. Since there's no 'future' in a majority of fiction worlds. After all, if she goes to the past, leaving on Tuesday, and then returns on Friday, she's actually going to her own future, the future of her world (3 days ahead of where she left). That's different. ^.^

ryuu_hime13 · Post by **ryuu_hime13** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 9:50 pm

Arigatomyna wrote:But is the time the same when she's in the past as it is when she goes home? That's one of the main questions. If she's in the past for a week, does she loose a week from the 'present'? And how much school can someone miss in a Japanese school and still 'graduate'?

If anyone who has seen the anime knows the answers, please let me know. ^_^; Otherwise I'll have to start surfing the hundreds of IY sites looking for someone who mentions these questions.

I've been wondering the same thing...Kagome seems to mess a heck of a lot of school. Some of those diseases her grandfather uses as an excuse to hide her real reason for being absent are ridiculous (inferiority complex? coughing up blood?). Wouldn't anyone think to look into it?

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 9:55 pm

She must be a very popular student with the professors - either that, or her family is prestigious. In most other anime, teachers are not so naive or forgiving. Then again, the girl flits from past to future while her 'mind' remains in a constant 'present.' The rules of the typical anime universe need not not apply. ;p

genestarwind21122 · Post by **genestarwind21122** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 10:10 pm

In the answer to your question. Time continues on in both worlds. Because in the case of time, time doesn't freeze and the well conects Kagome to her time not to the time she left where she can pick up again. It's not like a VCR or DVD player where you can hit pause and pick up where you left off.

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