Rin is a human girl of about 8 years of age who was brought back to life by Sesshoumaru and is part of his traveling retinue. She has shoulder length black hair that she wears down, except for a little spot she wears up in a little pig tail of the top right side of her head. Her original, pre-death appearance was fairly shabby, which is not too surprising all things considered. She wore soiled and worn peasant tunic. After her resurrection and subsequent joining of Sesshoumaru’s retinue, she now wears an orange and tan checkered kimono tied with a lime green obi. Pretty much, she looks exactly like what she is, a young, overly-cheerful human girl.
Despite being a lowly human and hardly receiving any encouragement from Sesshoumaru, Rin is every bit as devoted and loyal to him as Jaken. Perhaps even more so since she seems to realize that being mortal, she will probably never live to see Sesshoumaru rule over the empire he plans to build. That doesn’t seem to bother her though, being eternally cheerful, she simply smiles and does what Sesshoumaru tells her to. Which to his credit, is usually stay put under the care of Ah-Un when things are going to get dangerous. Even still, Rin’s primary role seems to be someone to capture, causing Sesshoumaru to come to her rescue. She also occasionally serves to demonstrate the evolving sense of compassion and affection that Sesshoumaru has developed for her, no matter how well he conceals it.
As much as Rin seems oddly out of place in Sesshoumaru’s retinue, I consider her to be its most important member. Through her influence and involvement, I think Sesshoumaru has gained a considerable amount of compassion and understanding. Taking her on has given him something to protect and care for, and a human girl at that. Contrasting Sesshoumaru’s opinions in his early appearances of the storyline with his attitudes towards Rin as the story progresses it’s hard to deny that his involvement with her hasn’t had a beneficial effect in his gaining mastery over Tenseiga
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