The Robe of the Fire-Rat (
Powers & Abilities[]
The robe is completely fireproof. The wearer is protected from both heat and flame.[1] The robe is stronger than any human-made armor,[8] allowing it to shatter un-empowered human weapons, deflect lesser yōkai swords, and absorb concussive pressure from high-powered explosives; the robes has allowed Kagome to survive being immersed in Naraku's highly-corrosive miasma without injury. The robe is regenerative and mends itself, regardless of the severity of the damage (the proof of its regenerative capabilities is how it once completely disintegrated in a cloud of miasma Naraku released, but was back a few days later).[1]
However, as they are derived from a demon, the robe's powers can be nullified by purification barriers, such as the one that once surrounded Mount Hakurei. It becomes a normal robe, and loses its defensive qualities when in such situations (although unlike a living yōkai, it would not be destroyed).[1]
It has some connection with Lake Motosu in that, with four other objects, unseals Princess Kaguya's powers.[7]
Verse[]
In The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass, when a piece of the robe was tore and stolen by Kagura, Kaguya cited the first part of the verse:
When it was thrown into Lake Motosu, this second part was spoken:
Trivia[]
- The Robe of the Fire-rat is based on the one in The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (竹取物語, "Taketori Monogatari"), which is also fireproof.
- The Robe of the Fire-rat is a legendary clothing originated in Ancient China.
- Chinese legends of the fire rat are based on ancient Greek misconceptions of asbestos, a fireproof mineral with hairy fibers that can be spun into a cloth. Some ancient Greek writers believed the moist skin of the salamander, a type of amphibian, could douse flames. This concept was eventually confused with the aforementioned cloth derived from asbestos fibers to form stories of furry, fireproof creatures commonly described as rats.
- Moroha, Inuyasha and Kagome's daughter, wears the robe as main cloth, unlike her father, who wore it as armor.
- In "The Blackout" the cape for the Robe of the Fire-Rat has covers the Moroha's Longbow and the arrows since she and the others have returned to the modern era.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Zusetsutaizan Ōgikaiden, page 26
- ↑ Zusetsutaizan Ōgikaiden, page 32
- ↑ InuYasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler
- ↑ InuYasha anime; Episode 6
- ↑ InuYasha anime; Episode 148
- ↑ InuYasha anime; Episode 147
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 InuYasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
- ↑ InuYasha manga; Chapter 10
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Daiyōkai | Tōga • Sesshōmaru • Sesshōmaru's mother |
Hanyō | Inuyasha • Towa Higurashi • Setsuna • Moroha (quarter) |
Allies | Bokusenō • Hōsenki I • Higurashi family • Jaken • Kaede • Kohaku • Kujaku • Myōga • Rōyakan • Saya • Sea God • Seiten • Tōtōsai • Mō-Mō • Miroku • Kirinmaru (formerly) • Zero (formerly) • Riku • Rion • Spirit of the Tree of Ages • Akuru • Nanasuke • Rokuta • Hisui |
Enemies | Hyōga clan (Hyōga • Menōmaru) • Naraku • Panther tribe (Panther King) • Ryūkotsusei • Shishinki • Shitōshin • Takemaru • Shikyō • Kirinmaru (currently) • Zero (currently) |
Locations | Kagome and Inuyasha's house • Sesshōmaru's mother's manor • Stone tomb • Tōga's tomb |
Unique Items | Bakusaiga • Black Pearl • Meidō Stone • Robe of the Fire-Rat • Sō'unga • Tenseiga • Tessaiga • Hoshikiri no Fue • Rainbow Pearl • Kyūyōkon Root • Kikujūmonji • Kurikaramaru • Kanemitsu no Tomoe • Windmill of Time • Pinwheel • Yukari no Tachikiri • Zanseiken |