InuYasha's feelings for Kikyo

[BackLash]

Why does Kagome get angry when InuYasha displays feelings for her? And why do the rest of them, especally Shippo scold him for said feelings? I mean give him a break, his relationship was screwed over by Naraku and the love of his life killed. How would they feel to see the love you technically lost again? I mean I know InuYasha likes Kagome, but he obviously loves Kikyo and I wish Kagome would not use "sit boy" when she jealous of them and the rest them trying to force Kagome down his throat.

[A.Magik]

Well, Kagome is a teenager, and still needs to mature a lot in the series. She should feel jealous about Inu-Yasha's ex-girlfriend (wouldn't you?). Adding to that problem is the fact that Kagome resembles the ex-girlfriend, which brings a lot of doubt to the state of her relationship with Inu-Yasha (does he love Kagome for her own sake, or because she looks like Kikyo?). In the first three Kikyo encounters, Inu-Yasha has assured Kagome of his exclusive feelings for her (at least in the manga; the anime adaptation removed those scenes), but the doubts did remain. Eventually in the post-anime manga, Kagome has put these doubts to rest, knowing she has learned things about Inu-Yasha that even Kikyo doesn't know.
As for their friends, they've known Kagome more than Kikyo. Also, Kikyo has done some nasty things, like nearly sending Inu-Yasha to hell with her, or stealing the Shikon shards from them and giving it to Naraku. So excuse them for not being in the Kikyo fan club.

A.Magik

[GWOtaku]

Its probably because he's been through the Kikyo issue SEVERAL times, and enough is enough already.

[BackLash]

Its probably because he's been through the Kikyo issue SEVERAL times, and enough is enough already.

Yeah but the way Kagome acts in preticular, every time InuYasha is with her, she acts likeit's the end of the world, even though nothing happens.

[DBZALLSTAR]

As A.Magik said, Kagome just needed time to mature. Currently, she has grown out of her jealous stage and is trying to become her own person, breaking free of the shadow cast by Kikyo.

Inu-Yasha is bound to have lingering feelings for Kikyo since she was probably his first true love and after being separated from her so suddenly by her literaly shooting him in the heart.

Kikyo's behavior could be a result of her disgust with being an unnatural creature: a soul attached to a body made of a mix of ash and dirt, forced to consume other souls in order to retain her structural integrity.

All of this is irrelevant now anyway, since Kikyo has been dead for a whil. Naraku finally got his wish, but as a consequence can not fully corrupt the Shikon Jewel.

[laactor101]

Yeah but the way Kagome acts in preticular, every time InuYasha is with her, she acts like it's the end of the world, even though nothing happens.

You're right about that one

[Luna]

As pretty much everyone else has said,it's a bit of insecurity(since she resembles Kikyo,does Inuyasha love her solely based on that?)/jealousy(since Kikyo knew him first and may know him better in some ways) on Kagome's part.....
and since the rest of the group only really knows Kagome(and Kikyo's not really the same since her "rebirth" anyway),it's natural for them to be on her side,esp. since it looks like Inuyasha's completely ignoring her feelings when he goes to see Kikyo...

[RAINMAN]

It also don`t help that kikyo only talk to inuyash and ignore the others. That makes things worst then they already are. However, inuyasha don`t deserve the backlash he gets from them. Maybe if they had a past lost love they would understand? Shippo should not be running his mouth. Inuyasha has save his butt donzen of times, he should be a bit more greatful.

[Antiyonder]

So the in the manga their relationship isn't so much a simple will they/won't they get together. And while I tend to miss a good middle portion of the series, it seems like they are much closer in the later episodes with less of the tease/denial.