Tsugumi (つぐみ), or once known as Monk Sen (先, "Ahead"), was a human girl who fell in love with Datara, the god of storms, and gave birth to his child. The demon mask possessed Datara's body and held hostage their daughter which at last left them dead.
History[]
Tsugumi was chosen as a human sacrifice in order to appease Datara due to him being able to cause droughts whenever we was angry. Tsugumi confronted Datara, which led to the two of them getting married and gave birth to a child, the first demigod, between a human and a kami. When the mansion is under attack by demons, she was determined to protect Princess Izayoi. After the demons from her room has been killed, she has been escorted to the horoka shrine since it has been broke down, until she been encounter with a cat hanyō Gorai, the Lord of the Northern Lands who steals the demon mask that it has been defeated by a powerful monk, long ago. 500 years after Tsugumi sealed Datara and killed her daughter during the wedding ceremony, Gorai put the Demon Blood Binding Spell onto her, made her Kamuitama tainted with evil demon blood. Under the influence of the spell, she was forced to listen to his instructions, disguised as Sen, and lured Janis to unseal Datara's seal.
Sen's first appearance was at the moment Janis was attacked by a yōkai near Higurashi wellhouse, when she intended to visit Kagome due to several days of absence in school. After Sen eliminated the yōkai and cured Janis' wound, he advised for to find Kagome by going through the Bone-Eater's Well and returned to Sengoku jidai. Before Janis left the modern era, Sen gave her two shikioni to help her reach her destination safely.
After Janis met Inuyasha and his friends in the feudal era, Sen appeared once again below the Goshinboku and met Janis. Sen mentioned that Janis' Kamuitama was revived after the Shikon Jewel shard fused and melted into her body. At the exact moment, Inuyasha and Miroku showed themselves at there and cut off the conversation between them, forcing Sen had to left the place.
One day, Inuyasha with Janis and Kagome went back to the modern era and learnt that Umao and Shikako escaped, claimed that yōkai exist in Benten forest. When they entered Sen shrine that situated in Benten forest, Sen mentioned once before that the forest was inhabited by evil yōkai and he sealed it to prevent people from getting harmed. Following Sen's order, Janis took off five seals from five small shrines that placed all over the forest and defeated the yōkai named Tengu. When they returned to Sen shrine and informed Sen, they saw a red glowing ball located behind Sen that they did not know it was the Demon Blood Binding Spell.
As Inuyasha and the others successfully arrived at Datara's shrine, Sen showed himself in front of them and gave another instruction to open the door that lead to Datara's place as Janis will take two artifacts the "Key of the Gods" to find Datara's servants Mitsurugi and Sugagaki at Mitsurugi Tower and Sugagaki Waterfall. So, Mitsurugi and Sugagaki opened the door to let them entered, later Janis tried to pull out the Arrow of Sealing from Datara's chest. At sudden the white light glowed in front of their sight. When Inuyasha and the others woke up from unconscious, they realized they've been used by Sen and Gorai.
In order to defeat Gorai, who was now forced to follow Naraku's words, they tried to visit the Tempest Tower. Unfortunately, the Demon Blood Binding Spell within Sen's body obeyed Gorai's instruction and also gained immortality, which made it impossible to defeat Sen by using their powers. Unexpectedly, Kikyō appeared and gave a clue to let them find Sen's blood (that placed at Sen shrine at modern era). Janis, Kagome, and Inuyasha returned to modern era again to obtain Sen's blood. Then they went back to the feudal era to defeat Sen once again. Janis used her Kamuitama to bind his blood and his body together, and Sen turned into Tsugumi, who slowly awoke from the spell. Inuyasha and the others felt extremely surprised that Sen's real identity is Tsugumi, and Tsugumi started to explain the whole turn of events, and that she had waited this day that somebody like Janis would able to break the spell and regain her consciousness.
Since Inuyasha successfully defeated Tsugumi, she knew that her life-span was limited. At the same moment Tsugumi felt happy she could see her daughter (Janis) at her last breath and goes to heaven. After Janis gave her powers back to him as the demon mask have been broken, her husband Datara has been free as they see the spirits of Tsugumi and the child until they all go to heaven.
Personality[]
Tsugumi is so kind...
Physical description[]
To be added
Outfits[]
Tsugumi: Tsugumi has a pink kimono.
Sen: Sen has a helmet and a samurai armor.
Powers & Abilities[]
- Kamuitama: Or known as the Power of God. It is a special power that gave by her husband Datara.
- Lightning Arrow: Appears to be several arrow like shining lightning which able to pierce some yōkai.
- Infernal Meteor: About eight blazing meteors will drop down to the earth to crush whole opponents, it also consider as an effective power to defeat the opponents.
- Heavenly Essence: Apart from destroying yōkai, Tsugumi is able to restore an ally's health if they are injured.
- Power Leaf: A power that can increase the strength of an ally.
- Teleportation (briefly): Monk Sen has the power to transport.
- Archery: The regular weapon that Tsugumi is using.
- Barrier of Hiding: Another type of barrier to hide the demon called Tengu and the seal in the Benten forest for hundreds of years.
Weapons[]
- Bow and arrow: Her first choice of the weapon, Tsugumi infuses kami that her husband gave her, and she can use both regular and god arrows.
- Lightning Sealing Arrow: This is a type of the Lightning Arrow that sealed a controlled god wears a demon mask.
- Staff (Under spell): He has a secondary weapon by the Demon Blood Binding Spell.
Relationships[]
Family[]
Datara is her kami husband.
- Her daughter
Her daughter is a demigod.
- Her mother
Her mother was a human.
Allies[]
- Izayoi: "Tsugumi..."
- Tsugumi: "It's going to be all right. I'll protect you."
- ―Izayoi and Tsugumi[src]
Izayoi is a good friend, and when her mansion is under attack, Tsugumi have to protect her.
One of Datara's servants...
One of Datara's servants...
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When she had first encounter with Kikyō at Mount Habaki as she was curious what Inuyasha's doing, and her second encounter at the Abandoned Shrine as she saved Janis and told her that she have no intentions of fighting her, "undying priestess", in which Inuyasha's strength is required for the journey of the Kamui to continue, and to forgive this necessary side trip.
Enemies[]
Gorai a cat hanyō, Lord of the Northern Lands who stole the demon mask from the horoka shrine near Izayoi's mansion, and killed her mother while protect her child during the interruption of her wedding.
Quotes[]
- "I call upon the power of Kamui! Infernal Meteor!"
- ―Tsugumi
- Tsugumi: "...That's interesting. You possess the Kamui, too."
- Janis: "Huh? Y-yeah."
- Tsugumi: "I'm Tsugumi. And you are?"
- Janis: "Janis."
- Tsugumi: "Janis? That's a strange name. And for some reason... It feels like we've met before. Oh well, never mind. Anyways, thanks for your help, Janis."
- ―Tsugumi and Janis' first met in the past as they have the same Kamui[src]
- Tsugumi: "You're the one who interests, me the most."
- Janis: "Huh? Me?"
- Tsugumi: "Yes. I was wondering where you got that Kamui from... Make sure to tell me about it next time!"
- ―Tsugumi with her interest[src]
- Gorai: "Why, you! You measly human... How dare you!"
- Tsugumi: "I'm not going to let this village, my child, or Datara fall into the hands of a demon!"
- ―Gorai and Tsugumi[src]
- "I am Sen. People call me, Monk Sen."
- ―Tsugumi as Sen
- "I'm glad it was nothing serious, Daughter of Kamui. Then again...you're just an ordinary human now. Even a demon as weak as that one is deadly to you."
- ―Sen
- "Well, why did you come to this shrine, anyway? Kagome Higurashi is not here. She has not taken ill, either. If you wish to see Kagome, you must enter the well. Kagome is waiting for you on the other side of the well. As is your fate..."
- ―Sen
- "Daughter...Daughter of Kaumi. Come to me."
- ―Monk Sen to Janis
- "Daughter of Kamui. That is not the way. Come to me."
- ―Monk Sen to Janis
- "You have such a fine mother..."
- ―Sen
- "In this shrine are the two keys called the Keys of the Gods. With them, you will be able to find Mitsurugi and Sugagaki. Now, go. You will be able to see Datara very soon..."
- ―Sen
- Sen: "Datara is the god of storms winds and blazing flames. He wasn't an evil god, but he was a capable of bringing a severe drought to the land whenever he got angry. In order to his anger, the villagers started to give the god human sacrifices. One of the girls who selected as a sacrifice was so infuriated by Datara's rage, she went to go see him."
- Janis: "And that was Tsugumi..."
- Sen: "Yes. As fate would have it, that encounter led to the marriage between a god and a human. Datara is the source of your Kamui's power... He is the god with whom you held a special bond, long ago."
- ―Sen talks about Datara[src]
- "Forgive me, my daughter. Thank y..."
- ―Tsugumi's last words
Trivia[]
- Since Tsugumi sealed her husband and killed her child, approximately 450 years later, as Naraku attempts to kill Inuyasha and Kikyō to steal the Shikon no Tama, but then she has sealed Inuyasha to the Sacred Tree, which means that Kikyō has met the same fate.
- Tsugumi is the only known human in the Inuyasha franchise to have conceived and mothered a half-god child before Goro, son of Mayonaka/Mahiruma and Oharu in Hanyō no Yashahime.