“ | Demon: Sara, we can make your wish come true. Your spiritual energy will become our strength. If you give us your physical body, will able to kill Inuyasha and take possession of the Tessaiga. (...) Well, Sara? Don't you want to tell Sesshōmaru how you feel? Sara: Huh? Lord Sesshōmaru... My beautiful Lord Sesshōmaru. |
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~ Sara's resurrection |
Sara Asano is a princess and a human, but later she becomes a half-demon. She is one of the antagonists in the anime Inuyasha.
She was voiced by Fumiko Orikasa in Japanese and Tabitha St. Germain in English.
Biography[]
She was the daughter of a noble general, Sōju Asano, whose castle was besieged. But Sesshōmaru was by chance near and killing the enemy soldiers because they were in his way. At this point, he himself was injured, Inuyasha had just cut off an arm. But Sara was impressed by Sesshōmaru and fell in love with him.
She played on her flute when she was near Sesshōmaru, and her father finally found out, that she was in love with a yōkai. He took his soldiers to kill Sesshōmaru, but humans have no chance to defeat a yōkai, so he had to flee. Shortly afterward he became mad and burned his castle.
A while later Sara was very sick, but she wanted to be at Sesshōmaru. Some lower yōkai heard her desire and offered her a new body in exchange for her soul. Sara consented, and in a similar way became an hanyō, as before her Naraku.
But when she visits Sesshōmaru, he shows, that he has no interest in her. Then she decides to steal Inuyasha's sword Tessaiga. She prepared a plan, and transformed Miroku, Sango, Kiara and several villagers into glass statues. By luring Inuyasha and Kagome into a trap, she can steal him the sword Tessaiga and go back to Sesshōmaru.
But Sesshōmaru recognizes that Sara has long been controlled by the lower yōkais which whom she has allied herself, and destroys them with the sword Tessaiga. Shortly afterward he puts her flute on the pile of ash, and goes off again. He then looks at her and sticks her flute into the pile, leaving away with a simple passing comment: Go play your flute in the netherworld....
Powers and Abilities[]
- Immunity to Anti-Demon Barrier: Although she had evil intentions, the barrier of Tessaiga had no effect on her. However, this may also be due to her being merely a half-demon.
- Energy Blast: Sara wields the ability to produce demonic energy from the palms of her hands and expel them as airborne projectiles directly toward her enemies. She first demonstrated this ability when she attacked Inuyasha with two black and violet energy blasts.
- Demon Puppets: Like Naraku, Sara was able to create demons puppets that resembled her or took the shape of a great demon. However, her demon puppets seemed to consist of kelp.
- Skilled Flutist: She would often play her treasured flute whenever Sesshōmaru was around, apparently keeping him company while he recuperated. In his sleep, he cursed his half-brother's name, calling out for the Tessaiga that he so desired.
Weapons[]
- Enchanted Bead Necklace (destroyed): Sara wears a string of multiple beads with a single gemstone, usually shown to possess the power of petrification. When activating its power at her mental command, it gives off an intense light that causes anyone who gazes upon it to instantly be turned into a statue. Kagome succeeded in destroying the magic necklace using her Sacred Arrow before Sara nearly petrified Inuyasha into glossy stone.
- Sword: Sara has another weapon the sword, but she didn't use it in combat.
Trivia[]
- Sara can be considered extremely similar of Onigumo. Both were on their deathbeds, yearning for their respective infatuations, when hordes of yōkai approached and offered to grant them their wish to be with them. Both accepted and, with their first actions, set out on plans to destroy the very beings they'd sold their human bodies and souls to be with (Naraku to kill Kikyō and take the Shikon no Tama and Sara to trick and eventually absorb Sesshōmaru). Unlike Onigumo within Naraku, however, Sara was eventually separated from her demons before her death.
External Links[]
- Sara Asano on the InuYasha Wiki
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