Kagome goes back to her own time, finishes high school and is accepted into a college. Let’s be clear that she has gorwn up a bit: she has cut a styled her hair differently and she has filled out a bit. She yearns to be with Inuyasha once more but knows in her heart that all is as it should be: he in his time and she in hers. While lamenting her parting with Inuyasha as she walks to her very first college class, she is stopped by the sound of a familiar voice. Shaking she turns to a group of guys, all huddle around another guy talking adamantly. As she approaches, her heart begins to beat faster and faster. She can think of nothing but Inuyasha. She peers over the shoulder of a boy to look upon a young man who looks eerily like Inuyasha with a few exceptions: he doesn’t have dog ears, his eyes are a chocolate brown and his long black hair is neatly tied back into a low ponytail. Kagome is mezmorized, tears coming to her eyes. She thinks “Inuyasha”.
The boy glances up at her and gives her a strange look. He turns around, his group following, and starts to walk away. Confused and hurt, Kagome gets angry and does the only natural thing in response to be angry at Inuyasha: she screams “Osuwari! (Sit Boy!)”. The boy suddenly falls to the ground with a thud. Comically he stands up and rushes over to Kagome yelling “Baka! Doushite sona koto ga shita no? (Idiot! Why did you do that?)”. As their eyes meet again, a glimmer of recognition crosses over the boy’s face. “Ka-go-me.” says Kagome smiling broadly and pointing to herself. The boy stares at her and whispers “Ka-go-me.” Kagome holds up a finger in front of his nose “Wasure nai yo ni! (Don’t forget!)” turns around and starts to walk away. The boy makes a strangled sound that stops her and then he says “Ne, Kagome. (Hey, Kagome.)” as she turns to him. She looks at him as he smiles and says “Shoushi desu. Youroshiku ne? (I am Shoushi [new boy]. Please be kind, huh?)”. The last scene/panel is of Kagomes face smiling broadly over her shoulder and Shoushi’s face with a half-smirk in her direction. The final line would be “Betsu no boken ga hajimari masu. (Another adventure begins.)”. THE END.

My reasoning behind all this?
First point – Inuyasha is from the past, Kagome is from the present and they should be staying in their respective times. Inuyasha is (and always will be) in love with Kikyou, which is fine because Kagome is the reincarnation of Kikyou.

This brings me to my next point- because Kagome is the reincarnation of Kikyou, it stands to reason that Inuyasha will also be reincarnated in Kagome’s world because the 2 souls are destined to be together.

Point three – Now don’t everyone get their knickers in a twist by saying “Kagome never met a reincarnation of Inuyasha before she went to the past!”. To this I say “Well duh!”. Of course there would be no reincarnation of Inuyasha before Kagome returns to the past, Inuyasha was suspended in time by Kikyou’s arrow and therefore his soul was unable to be reincarnated. Kagome had to go to the past to release his soul and by association his reincarnation into the present.

I promise it makes sense and makes for a MUCH better ending then Kagome freaking about school all the time and worrying about her family only to give that all up to exist in a time she was not born into (which in and of itself brings up alot of really strange questions. One of which is: is there a possibility that Kagome is actually the ancestor of the Higurashi family and so in effect her mother gave birth to he grandfather’s great great great great great grandmother? See how confsuing it could be?!) But I digress. All in all I generally agree with everyone else in the consensus that Takahashi’s ending was dry and lifeless (although the “Onii-chan!” from Kagome was HILARIOUS!).

All in all I think my ending far better… but who doesn’t think they can always do better than the writer? ^___________^

A major part of the manga was not that Inuyasha always loved Kikyo more but that he carried an immense amount of remorse and guilt for the death of one he loved, a person who continually suffered because of him(he thought). Can’t blame him for still wanting to care for her and protect her; how can you get over such a terrible death of someone you loved? He felt he owed her, wanted her to be happy and find peace. Most of the more passionate scenes between them were early on in the manga when he didn’t have strong feelings for Kagome yet, and most of the drama was borne of Kagome’s insecurity and Inuyasha’s inability to show feelings in general. He is not a romantic :p

I think we all know that not all love is eternal, that is a very Romeo + Juliet first love type of view(I mean really, how solid was their love? They barely knew eachother). After Inuyasha got closure when Kikyo finally rested in peace, the ‘love triangle’ isn’t mentioned for the rest of the manga. Actually, in one scene Kagome and Inuyasha almost kiss when he declares he’ll always protect her but Souta interrupts them, that dork. That look Inuyasha had when Kagome came out of the well said it all, though :)

At the end of the manga Souta says his sister went off to get married and Kagome calls Sesshomaru ‘brother’; I can’t see how there’s any doubt that she married Inuyasha(who else could it be? Hojo?). The ending did suck though, there were so many questions and loose ends, and not in an ‘up to the reader’s interpretation’ sort of way. I thought it was kind of rushed and lazy. It would be good to see a bit more of an epilogue or maybe insight into what happened during the 3 years absence but we still get a happily-ever-after at least.

The last two pages when Kagome and Inuyasha were together and happy and Inuyasha was actually SMILING was sweet :) Rumiko Takahashi always has a way of skirting around the lovey-dovey scenes of the main couple’s true love (look at Ranma 1/2) Keeps the readers interested!