Tsukumo no Gama

Tsukumo no Gama was a toad demon that possessed a young lord's body and kidnapped Princess Tsuyu along with many other princesses.

During the story
Tsukumo no Gama first appears in a castle, being poured glasses of sake by Princess Tsuyu, his face completely bandaged so as to conceal his identity; Tsuyu still thought he was her husband at the time. Tsuyu asks about the rumors about the missing princesses and he angrily says he will not tell her, slamming his fists on the ground.

Sometime later, Amari Nobunaga, Inuyasha and Kagome enter the castle in search of Tsuyu. When they find her, the toad demon soon enters the room and confronts them. Inuyasha slashes off the bandages that were on his face, revealing him to have the appearance of a toad, shocking Tsuyu and the others.

Tsukumo no Gama soon takes Tsuyu to a room where he has kept the princesses in egg sac-like prisons, confirming the rumors; he puts Tsuyu inside one of the sacs. Inuyasha and the others find him, and Inuyasha injures his should with his Tessaiga. However, the toad demon is able to heal his wound by devouring the souls of the women already in the egg sacs. Nobunaga manages to free Tsuyu from her sac.

The toad demon moves towards Tsuyu to re-capture her, but Inuyasha hits him on top of the head with his sword. This causes the lord to seemingly regain his senses, looking on in horror at the acts he had committed; the lord begs Inuyasha to kill him. Inuyasha moves to do so, but Nobunaga stops him. Not wanting to kill the lord whom the toad had possessed as well, Nobunaga begs Inuyasha not to kill him, and Inuyasha reluctantly agrees. However, the toad attacks Nobunaga and proves that he was deceiving him.

Later, Kagome learns of a toad's weakness of fire, and, using a small flame and hairspray, draws the toad out of the lord's body and Inuyasha kills the demon, taking the jewel shard it had in the process.

Powers & Abilities

 * Shikon Jewel shard: Tsukumo no Gama possessed a shard of the Shikon no Tama, thus increasing its' powers and abilities exponentially.


 * Possession: The demon had the ability to possess the body of others, as seen when he possessed the body of Princess Tsuyu's husband.


 * Powerful Tongue: Tsukumo no Gama was able to stretch its' tongue out and stab people with it; he impaled Nobunaga in the shoulder on two different occasions.


 * Egg Sac Prisons: Tsukumo no Gama had the ability to capture and hold other beings in an egg sac-like prison, where he would devour their souls after a period of time; the only people he was shown to have captured in these prisons were young princesses and maidens.

Trivia

 * Tsukumo no Gama is identical in appearance to Gamajiro, a toad demon that appears exclusively in the anime in episodes 94 & 95; though they are identical, they are two completely different characters.