Muso (InuYasha)
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| Musō 無双 |
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| Alternate Name(s) | Muso Musou The Faceless Man |
| Age | less than 1 year |
| Race | yōkai |
| Weapons | mutable body (see below) |
| First Appearance (Anime) | {{{FirstShow}}} |
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Muso (無双, む そう, Musō "peerless") is a minor character from the manga and anime series InuYasha. He was a detactment of Naraku's that re-embodied the thief Onigumo.
While most of Onigumo was consumed by the yōkai, his human heart remained. After the miko (shrine priestess) known as Kikyo (whom Naraku had slain 50 years previous) was revived, she began causing problems and plotting Naraku's defeat. However, due to Onigumo's human heart which still lived inside Naraku, he was unable to slay Kikyo because Onigumo's feelings of desire for Kikyo remained.
In an attempt to rid himself of Onigumo and his inability to slay Kikyo, Naraku created a detachment very different from Kagura and Kanna. He was discarded as if an abortion.
Muso took the form of a faceless man with a scar in the shape of a spider on his back. Muso slays various people in search of a face, eventually settling on the attractive visage of a monk, whose name (Muso) he also adopts. Satisfied with his new face, he proceeds to slaughter many other people, stealing things like clothes, weapons, and horses as he pillages several villages. A feeling of unease remains, however, and he begins making his way toward Kikyō's former village, though he does not know why at the time.
It is here he comes across InuYasha and his friends. He is immune from even the most powerful blows from InuYasha's sword, the Tessaiga, and repeatedly reforms after being torn into pieces. After a few conflicts with the group, during which Muso recovers his memories of Kikyo and his love for her, Naraku appears, having determined he cannot yet survive as a single person without Onigumo to hold his composite yōkai together. Muso is ultimately re-absorbed into Naraku's body, effectively dying.
[edit] Voice Actor
English: Brian Dobson, brother of Paul Dobson who plays Naraku.
