Talk:Ryūjin

Ryūjin's name
According to original InuYasha manga, Ryūjin's name doesn't mean "dragon god", it should be "dragon human" (竜人). All because Ryūjin's name is in kanji form, it can't be mean any other words that having the same pronoun, only related specific words allowed to be used and translated. :\ Esther Siaw (Stalk me!) 16:16, April 5, 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for bringing this up. As for the Seiryū issue, he seems too snake-like to be considered a dragon. None of the other dragons in the series have reptilian mannerisms like flicking a forked tongue. Since Suzaku turns into a big rooster, which I know the Vermilion Bird is not, I think we can be safe in assuming that there are some deviations from conventional folklore.-- Suzaku 朱雀 Maze Castle 17:16, April 5, 2012 (UTC)

In short, you mean for those who making storyboards and designing the appearance of characters for InuYasha animated series are "considering" as fanarts for folklore creatures. XD I remember a scene that Sesshomaru intends to learn the true power of Tessaiga, and then he kills a dragon that does much look alike as Chinese dragon, cuts off on of its hand and uses it for testing Tessaiga. But for Suzaku and Seiryu...in my first reaction while watching that animated series...:\ they look like a snake with a giant chicken. I didn't get any problem with my eyes, but dragon equals to snake, that's odd! Esther Siaw (Stalk me!) 07:09, April 6, 2012 (UTC)

Is Ryūjin actually his real name?
I am currently re-reading the InuYasha manga and as I were reading the part with the Dakki arc, I happened to wonder about Ryūjin's name. I don't know if that's just a translation error or not but in the manga (chapters 386 - 388) when Inu Yasha and his group were referring to him they did always only call him "a/the dragon human" (what is the literal meaning/translation of "Ryūjin"), in the kind of sense that they only were referring to his physical appearance/his race since he was a dragon human and it was nowhere hinted or mentioned in any way that his real name would be "Ryūjin". So then why does the wiki claim his name to be "Ryūjin" here? Did any official profiles or comments by Takahashi-sensei herself state that this was his true name? I'm confused about this now. Tier Harribel-san (talk) 18:12, July 20, 2017 (UTC)