Tokijin
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Tōkijin (「闘鬼神」), in the anime and manga InuYasha, is a possessed sword forged from the fangs of Goshinki, Naraku's detachment, at the request of Sesshomaru.
Forging of the sword
When Goshinki attacks a village at the behest of Naraku, he encounters Inuyasha and the group. In the process of dueling with Inuyasha, Goshinki is able to predict all of Inuyasha's moves due to his telepathic powers. Finally Goshinki seizes Tessaiga using his fangs, the two are deadlocked in a struggle to free the sword. For the tremendous amount of pressure applied to the sword, it is broken in half, with many smaller fragments. Inuyasha is knocked unconscious for a brief while, but he storms back in his transformed demon form and slices Goshinki into pieces.
Nevertheless, the feat of grasping the Tessaiga with his fangs and able to apply enough pressure to break it is mighty indeed for a demon. Sesshomaru arrives on the scene and he senses the events that took place. He brings the intact head of Goshinki to the evil sword smith Kaijinbo, who was an apprentice of Totosai. Sesshomaru tells Kaijinbo of how the fangs of this demon had enough power to break the Tessaiga, the prized masterpiece of his former teacher whom he now despises, and requests him to craft a sword out of the fangs of this demon. Kaijinbo reasons that he cannot do so because the bones are dead and will not forge a great weapon. Sesshomaru, upon hearing this, draws the Tenseiga and revived the demon's head, its eyes gleam with evil.
When Jakken visits Kaijinbo's hut afterwards, seeking to know if the sword has been completed. Jakken stumbles upon a possessed Kaijinbo, who has been completely overtaken by the sword's demonic aura. Kaijinbo kills Jaken with the sword and sets out to take revenge on Inuyasha. (Later, Sesshomaru revives Jakken with his Tenseiga.)
Demonic aura defeated
The sword bore the hatred of Goshinki, who is determined to kill Inuyasha for killing him. Upon meeting Inuyasha, he declares that this sword is the Tokijin, made from the fangs of the demon Goshinki. However, Kaijinbo is a sword smith, not a warrior, and the powers of Goshinki overwhelmed him. Kaijinbo's body could not hold up against such strong forces of the Tokijin, and his body is obliterated. The sword is left standing in the ground, radiating demonic aura.
After reviving Jakken and learning what happened in the hut, Sesshomaru traced Kaijinbo to where he died and finds that InuYasha's group as well as Totosai are attempting to destroy the sword unsuccessfully. He sees the Tokijin, but Totosai warns him not to touch the sword for even he would be possessed by its power. Sesshomaru does not heed his warnings and pulls the sword from the ground, instantly subduing the demonic aura with his own power.
He then orders Inuyasha to draw the Tessaiga and fight with him. Using Tokijin, he is able to dislodge it from Inuyasha's grasp and witnesses his transformation into a full yõkai. Before he can fully transform, Totosai and the group intervene, ending the battle before it became ugly.
Powers
Like the Tessaiga, the Tokijin can release energy waves that appears to be equally destructive. Most agree that the reason Tokijin can stand up to Tessaiga is because of Sesshomaru's own demonic power which is channeled through the blade. Evidence to prove this is the energy that Tokijin unleashes before and after Sesshomaru wields it. Before, in the hands of Kaijinbo, it was covered in a pinkish aura, capable of firing a rain of needle-like sword pressure. After Sesshomaru takes control of Tokijin; it first left a green trail wherever it was swung, then it was used to fire an attack of pinkish purple and green energy which shot golden needle like attacks, and finally through Sesshomaru’s total mastery of the sword was able to release blue energy waves that was clearly of stronger power than anything Kaijinbo released through the blade. In Sesshoumaru's one-on-one duel with Moryomaru, Tokijin's sword energy was so powerful that it was able to shatter Kongosoha spears, something no demon has ever done due to Kongoseki's status as the hardest material in the world.
It is interesting to note that Tokijin could potentially be the most powerful weapon in the Inuyasha series. It fires hate energy at the opponent. Therefore it can be assumed that its power can be heightened by the users' own hatred. The more hatred the user has, the stronger its power will be. In Sesshomaru's battle with Moryomaru, when Moryomaru insulted Kagura, Sesshomaru grew angry and attacked Moryomaru with the Tokijin. A huge, massive blast, larger than the previous blasts, was formed, causing far more damage than a regular attack. This is reflected in Moryomaru's half oblitered face.
Limitations and Destruction
Tokijin is later broken (in the manga) when it was used against Moryomaru, who had absorbed Meioujuu's armor-shell. Angered by Moryomaru's insult to the demise of Kagura, Sesshomaru ignored the signs of the impending breakage of the sword and forced it to crack open the amour-shell. Due to the incredible stress applied to Tokijin, the sword ultimately broke. It's ironic when one considers the circumstances behind the birth and death of Tokijin. When the fangs of Goshinki broke the Tessaiga, it lead to Goshinki's death and the birth of Tokijin. Unlike Tessaiga, it was not broken because the adversary applied too much force on it; it was broken because Shesshomaru exerted too much energy on it.
Special Attacks
*Demon Aura: The sword has the ability to possess anyone not strong enough to control the aura.
*Kenatsu: Translated as Sword Pressure, it is Tokijin's ability to cut and harm enemies without physical contact. In the beginning, it takes the form of a rain of needle-like energy which deals moderate damage to foes. Later, as Sesshomaru fully masters the sword, he releases it as a blue wave of energy which completely disintegrates the adversary. The strength of this attack depends on how it is unleashed by Sesshomaru. Usually it shoots beams of blue light, and when Sesshomaru utilizes its full potential it comes out in the form of parallel blue trails of energy similar to how Inuyasha’s Kaze no Kizu is released. Amazingly, one Kenatsu is seen as being able to cut Inuyasha’s Kaze no Kizu attack, unleashed by his Tetsusaiga, in half mainly because of the yõkai levels of the users’ of the respective swords.
*Sōryūha (Dragon Strike): It seems that this technique is unique to Sesshōmaru when he uses the Tokijin or Tenseiga since he executed it twice in , and twice again in . In the third movie when Sōryūha is unleashed, thick arcs of blue lightning stab the earth and carry their destructive force to Sesshōmaru's opponent. In the fourth movie it is interesting to note that the energy released by Sōryūha resolves into the shape of a dragon right before destroying the enemy (in keeping with the attack's name). This attack never appeared in the manga and thus isn’t considered canon by some. Since the attack was performed by both Toukijin and Tenseiga in the third movie, there is some speculation as to whether the attack is just an output of Sesshōmaru's demonic energy. Since it has neither appeared in the anime or manga, the attack is just restricted to the movies.
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