Jinenji

was a hanyō who lived in a hut with his human mother. Together they grew a variety of medicinal plants, including some known for being powerful against poisons. The field where they grow the plants is his inheritance from his yōkai father.

During the story
He is first seen when Kirara is poisoned by Naraku's shōki and Kagome and Inuyasha travel to the village to find a cure. When they find him, they also help to clear his name as he was being falsely blamed for people's deaths in the village purely because of his demon blood. Jinenji is depicted as a gentle giant who is initially scared of humans because of the way the villagers treat him. His arms in particular are covered with scars from attacks on his person. Upon meeting Kagome, he is surprised to find that she is not frightened by his appearance at all and willingly helps him collect herbs. Inuyasha, having also dealt with abuse at the hands of humans when he was a child, attempts to convince Jinenji that he needs to be more forceful towards the villagers, especially after he rescues them from a demon. In the end, Jinenji decides to continue his more gentle approach, giving the men injured during the demon attack the herbs they need to heal themselves. Out of guilt for having treated him so badly before he had saved them all, the village men help Jinenji and his mother rebuild their hut that the men had burned to the ground, and clean up the herb field.

Like Inuyasha, Jinenji becomes fully human one day a month. Unlike Inuyasha, who becomes human at night, Jinenji becomes human during the day. He spends the day hidden away in the hut, under a blanket. Likely only his mother knows what his human form looks like, as he refuses to let anyone see him, but it does appear that he becomes a larger-than-average human. During one of these times, Rin visits his home searching for the cure to heal Jaken, who was poisoned by the Saimyōshō while protecting her.

Jinenji is obviously very strong, as his body supports a large amount of muscle mass, but his one known demon ability allows him to become even stronger. Activating his power makes his entire body glow with blue energy, and he was able to decapitate a large demon by wrapping his arms around its neck and squeezing with brute force. He then destroyed the head with a single, devastating punch, making it virtually explode into dozens of small chunks.

Jinenji appears again in episode 96 where he is visited by Rin to help make a cure for Jaken when he was poisoned. A while after, he is visited by Inuyasha's group, he compares Rin's kindness to Kagome's, in which Inuyasha objects saying otherwise, earning him several sit commands as he silently watched on.

Jinenji later appears in the epilogue of the Final Act where he is shown instructing Kagome in the use of medicinal herbs during her training in adapting to the Feudal Era when she decided to move there to live, marry Inuyasha, and become a Priestess under Kaede.

Personality
Jinenji was a kind-hearted and hard working man. He had a close relationship with his mother who protected him from villagers. He developed strong attachment to and affection for Kagome who was the first person besides his parents to treat him with any kindness despite his intimidating size and hanyō status. He also respects and understands Inuyasha who encouraged him to use his enhanced strength to defend his loved ones and himself for the first time. Jinenji then became more confident and happy, now having become a man in full.

Trivia

 * Unlike Inuyasha, who can recover from wounds and scars within minutes or a day, Jinenji still has visible scars all over his body, showing that he probably doesn't have regenerative abilities like Inuyasha.
 * Despite his superhuman strength it is never shown if Jinenji has any special abilities from his mixed demon heritage.
 * Jinenji is one of the few hanyōs shown in the series to still have one parent that is still alive.
 * Jinenji appears to be the polar opposite to Inuyasha in several ways:
 * Unlike Inuyasha who is tough and aggressive, Jinenji is rather docile and polite.
 * His mother states that half-breeds like Inuyasha are born pretty, whereas others like him are born the opposite.
 * While Inuyasha take a more direct approach, he prefers to take a subtler approach.
 * Jinenji is rather quiet, while Inuyasha is opinionated.
 * During the time where both turn human, Inuyasha learns to trust others (albeit reluctantly), Jinenji keeps himself obscured (covered in a large blanket). Interestingly both are only hanyo's to turn human in the series.