Thread:Super Shmevan/@comment-4576906-20200512210056/@comment-4576906-20200515014444

Very strange, I posted a message already, but it didn't post. The original was long and took me awhile to write and edit, but I guess I have to write it all over again... Dx

It occurred to me earlier this year that we can also trace the timeline of the series itself based on Inuyasha's transformations on the night of the new moon. Kagome goes back into the past on her 15th birthday, March 12, 1997, and we know that when she goes back at the end of the series, she is roughly 18 (idk if we know she is exactly 18 or not, or if she has graduated high school, but based on the 3 year timeskip, we know she is at least 18-19). This means that she can't have been 16 when she is forced to return to the modern era, and was still 15; therefore, the series itself takes place over the course of the 364 days (or less) following Kagome's 15th birthday.

Following her arrival in the feudal era, I counted that Inuyasha turns into a human 11 times in the anime (and the second movie), which would fit very neatly into that one year. There's at least one more time he transforms in the manga (when he fights the Nikosen), which isn't included in the anime. There may be others, but that might be counterbalanced by removing anime-only transformations, if necessary. But even counting the Nikosen, that's still only 12 transformations, or 1 lunar year.

Now, what do we do with this information? I have no idea. XD But at a minimum, I think it's interesting to know how many months have transpired at a certain point in the group's travels. If we were to go the extra step and assume that the series takes place in 1547, we might even be able to determine what days in those years had new moons... XD