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Jan 3, 2010 10:56 PM
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The Soul Piper doesn't look very evil when you look at it^^ Kagome on the other hand is taking on some spirits so there's isn't really any search of the Shikon shards here :D
Jun 26, 2010 12:09 PM
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The stories feel too much like fillers...
Aug 15, 2011 11:07 AM
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Werrston said:
The stories feel too much like fillers...
I agree, slightly better than fillers, but I feel the same way.
Feb 6, 2012 8:29 PM
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So the soul piper is good.... the purpose of the soul piper is to entertain children before they pass on, to heaven, however if they commit too many bad actions during this time period and the soul piper awakes, they will be sent to hell. Very interesting
Mar 19, 2012 12:31 AM
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Gameprocjk said:
So the soul piper is good.... the purpose of the soul piper is to entertain children before they pass on, to heaven, however if they commit too many bad actions during this time period and the soul piper awakes, they will be sent to hell. Very interesting


Pretty much this. Probably the most interesting episode so far. I don't see how something that actually builds on the mythology of the series and adds to the setting can be considered filler?
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Sep 22, 2012 2:47 AM
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In this episode, there was no search for Jewel shards, instead Kagome took on a ghost girl. This was amazing! Awesome in many ways (for me, that is). And that guy that asked Kagome out, got me wondering. I haven't watched the whole thing yet but I do know that Kagome and Inuyasha are going to end up together, am I right?
Nov 29, 2012 5:42 PM
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The episode was pretty interesting and different since it doesn't involve search of the jewel shards. It is a bit of a filler but i like it since it made me cry little for Myu finally in peace.
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Dec 19, 2012 5:30 PM
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Eh, I think it would've been better if the girl went to Hellโ€ฆ Anyways, I think the Noh Mask and Soul Piper are cool but they're just okay episodes.
Feb 5, 2013 1:50 PM
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this episode disturbed me, i mean shes a lil girl who died and is angry and she takes it out on people, children are like this when there upset and she didn't have anyone at the time telling her what she was doing was wrong, im just glad she didn't go to hell, i was scared for her. the soul piper doesn't say jack or gives her any warnings on what could happen, i mean children should not go to hell * if there is one* she was just angry like all kids do. my guess he want to make it look like she was going to hell and eat her spirit. im just glad Kagome helped her before ot was to late.
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Apr 20, 2014 6:32 AM
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Eh, I think it would've been better if the girl went to Hellโ€ฆ Anyways, I think the Noh Mask and Soul Piper are cool but they're just okay episodes.
I have to agree, these episodes centered around the human world are just not as interesting as the ones in the feudal era. Perhaps if they included a time effect where things in the past affect the present time it would be much more interesting.
Aug 4, 2014 7:47 PM

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Enjoyed this episode but I found the girl very annoying.


Jul 21, 2015 10:11 AM

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That fucking brat... She almost murdered her brother, for fuck sake!
We all knew that it would end well, so this epîsode was kinda boring :|

It look like next episode will be about InuYasha though.
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Aug 22, 2015 10:00 AM

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This episode was definitely a bit weaker than the previous ones. The lack of InuYasha in this episode turned me off a little bit and the story wasn't flawless but overall enjoyable. I hope they'll go back to hunting jewel shards quicker.
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Gameprocjk said:
So the soul piper is good.... the purpose of the soul piper is to entertain children before they pass on, to heaven, however if they commit too many bad actions during this time period and the soul piper awakes, they will be sent to hell. Very interesting


Pretty much this. Probably the most interesting episode so far. I don't see how something that actually builds on the mythology of the series and adds to the setting can be considered filler?


could not agree more


Apr 29, 2016 2:22 PM

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The girl almost killed her brother for that shit, damn, kind of sad episode
Sep 27, 2016 9:27 PM

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If this is considered filler, then it's filler done right.
Feb 24, 2018 9:18 PM

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Damn, I literally cried...
Mar 27, 2018 5:06 PM
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One of the best eps yet. The premise was quite a bit darker than the norm, and also intense as hell emotionally, and I loved it. It legit made me uncomfortable at a few points with how feelsy it got.
Jan 21, 2019 9:23 AM
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mayu should've of been dragged to hell, that's how much she pissed me off. her reasoning for her hatred was just stupid.
May 21, 2019 9:58 AM
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So, luckily she didn't get dragged to hell at the end. Well, she acted like a giant brat, with the common "I hate my sibling" problem, how I hate people with it... Good episode.
Aug 7, 2019 5:07 AM

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Well can't blame the mother for her daughter's dead, Mayu basically caused the fire all because the mother was taking care of her sick younger brother...

Oct 31, 2019 4:16 AM
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The idea of there being a Soul Piper to console and play with children's departed souls is so heartfelt and beautiful. I wish to see more episodes with Soul Piper :)

The episode was touching.
Jun 29, 2020 1:22 AM

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Sad episode. It's more the Child was just acting a bit like her age and unfortunately she paid the price.

Still seeing hell. I guess Hell does exist in Inuyasha world.

I also love how they handle death here. It's not brooding, but rather the mother knew she had to accept her daughters death and move on(but never forgotten).

Yukata outfit is really one of my favorite things to look at. There's something special about looking at the designs and seeing cute girls on it ^^
Aug 24, 2020 10:07 AM

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the episode remind me a little the first episodes of bleach, though it felt very much as a filler.
Mar 13, 2021 5:46 AM

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Felt like a filler but not bad.
Aug 12, 2021 12:07 PM

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Fillerish episodes as I expected, but next time we should get more development.
Aug 28, 2021 10:31 AM

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Very sad episode. Poor Mayu.. :(
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11:15 "KAGOME is already gone. Fool!"

Episodes involving kids like MAYU are something I enjoy the least. The ending is satisfying.
Jul 31, 2022 11:44 PM

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If I was Kagome's friend I'd think she has gone insane.

This episode was intense. If I watched this as a kid I would've been traumatized for sure.

Mayu is a child. Children tend to have unreasonable hatred or hold grudges for trivial things. But looks like it's not just children who have unreasonable hatred.
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If this is considered filler, then it's filler done right.
I agree.
Dec 12, 2022 3:26 PM
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there's obviously a lot of stuff to say abt the story and theme but OMG THIS EPISODE LOOKS SO GOOD!!
Apr 16, 2023 12:39 PM
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Nice little detour, surprisingly touching
Jul 9, 2023 5:33 PM
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It was a great, emotional episode, that really tugs on your heart strings
Aug 28, 2023 1:57 AM
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I wish this one got more development cuz the message was really good. Mayu's kinda ridiculously evil but I guess thats the easiest way to get the point across when this was a kids' show. Worst filler episode so far still. 
Nov 2, 2023 10:46 PM

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This episode came out of nowhere and hit like a ton of bricks, what an absolutely awful tragedy. The idea that a little girl would go to hell because she has a hard time processing her death given she thought she was left for dead by her mother is insane. Thank god for Kagome.

People saying she deserved to go to hell are actual psychopaths.
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Wow. This one had some really sad moments.

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