Myouga

Myouga, also known as Divine Protection, is a character from the InuYasha series.
== Charactah Account ==
Myouga was a male flea youkai who was a servant of Touga until his death, and then acted as a servant for Inuyasha, providing him with information on current events, foes, and the shards of the Shikon no Tama. In later years, he acts as a servant to Inuyasha's daughter, Moroha.
Myouga often flees before or during a battle, which the others recognize as a sign of pending danger; his mere presence in any area is enough to determine its safety. Myouga particularly enjoys drinking youkai blood, and actually saves Inuyasha's life at one point by drinking a spider youkai's venom out of his blood.
Myouga can save the others in a similar manner, but often gets squished for drinking their blood without permission. He is also good friends with Toutousai, and often spends time with him when he is not with Inuyasha's group.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* InuYasha
* InuYasha Movie 1: Affections Touching Across Time
* InuYasha Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
* InuYasha Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler
* InuYasha: The Final Act
* Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon
* Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon - The Second Act
=== Manga ===
* InuYasha
=== Video Games ===
* InuYasha
* InuYasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale
* InuYasha: Feudal Combat
* InuYasha: Kagome no Sengoku Nikki
* InuYasha: Kagome no Yume Nikki
* InuYasha: Secret of the Divine Jewel
* InuYasha: The Secret of the Cursed Mask
== Trivia ==
* Ironically, Myouga's name means divine protection, but as soon as he senses danger he flees (which has been witnessed throughout the series).
* Although mostly for comical purposes, Myouga's body seems to be quite flexible or resilient as he can be slapped and flattened many times without sustaining actual damage.
* Myouga has arthritis.
* Myouga is the only youkai in the series so far to have regular human-shaped ears while other youkai have pointy ones.
* Myouga often gives vital information, but flees usually immediately afterwards most likely far away from the battle.
* Having been a faithful companion of Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru's father for many years and already appearing to be rather aged at that time, Myouga is one of the oldest characters in the series.
* According to Rumiko Takahashi, Myouga has the potential ability to increase his size to 2 meters long while sucking in blood.
* Myouga is about 7 millimeters in height, slightly smaller than one of Inuyasha's Beads of Subjugation.
* Despite his servitude, it seems as though Myouga was absent much in Inuyasha's early life; however it could be due to the latter's harsh life and the flea demon never felt safe around him. It is understandable that the two crossed paths before (seeing how Inuyasha recognizes Myouga).
* Myouga is similar in appearance and personality to Happosai from Rumiko Takahashi's previous series Ranma ½. Both of whom were voiced by Paul Dobson. Myouga's Japanese voice actor, Kenichi Ogata, also voiced several characters from Takahashi's previous series. They include Ataru's Father from Urusei Yatsura, and Genma Saotome from Ranma ½. Coincidentally, both Kappei Yamaguchi and Richard Ian Cox (Inuyasha's Japanese and English voice actors) voiced Genma's son, Ranma Saotome. Happosai and Myouga also share the same Latin Spanish voice actor, Daniel Abundis.
== Gallery ==
File:Myouga Render 01.png
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== External Links ==
* Myōga at InuYasha
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