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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Afrodyte" data-source="post: 1802711" data-attributes="member: 8713">I think "demon" is a less than stellar translation of kami or hengeyokai.  You can't just call them spirits because they aren't necessarily disembodied.  They are certainly do not follow the natural laws we mortals must abide by, so you can't really call them species or something like that either.  They aren't immortal since they can be killed.  I believe the translators were under a lot of pressure to make things accessible to American audiences, especially considering that there weren't any episodes explaining exactly what a kami or hengeyokai is.  Repeatedly saying, "supernatural creature" is simply awkward.  Yet I agree that saying "demon" has connotations of malevolence that is not inherent to the creatures in Inuyasha.  True, most of these creatures are rather amoral and don't seem to empathize with humans very much, but not all of them are evil.  In nature, they seem to resemble the fae more than they do angels or demons.Jakken is, quite literally, a toady.</blockquote>