This is a very old manga series, InuYasha, which debuted way back in 1996 and was only recently concluded last year. The mangaka, Rumiko Takahashi, is very skillful in her craft and the story plot is very interesting too. The whole series contains 56 volumes and I read them all from 21 January to 30 January 2009.
Yep. It took me one week to complete everything. Towards the end, I was sad to finish InuYasha yet at the same I am also glad that he lives together happily with Kagome after all that they have gone through. Below are some pictures that I found through the web:
Vol. 1 cover
Left to right: InuYasha, Kagome, Shippo, Miroku and Sango
Left to right: Naraku, Kagome, InuYasha and Kikyo
InuYasha with Tessaiga
InuYasha in his demon form
Cute InuYasha moment
Cute InuYasha moment
Cute InuYasha momentThe story follows the trial and tribulation of Kagome, who travelled back in time to feudal Japan, where she met InuYasha. InuYasha was initially after a particular jewel, the Shikon no Tama, in order to become a full demon. He is a hanyou, meaning a half-demon and a half-human.
This is because his demon father had fell in love with his human mother. Because of his parentage, InuYasha was often ridiculed by both demons and humans alike. Hence, this makes him crave for the powers of the Shikon no Tama.
Kagome is a modern Japanese student whose family runs a shrine. There is an old well in her yard and one day she accidentally fallen through the well, only to find herself in the feudal era of Japan.
It was later revealed that Kagome is the reincarnation of Kikyo, a former priestess who protected the Shikon no Tama. Coincidentally, she had also fallen in love with InuYasha, who had originally wanted to become a human being so that he could be with Kikyo.
Due to a jealous antagonist in the form of Naraku, the lovers were separated in death and even then, Naraku never lets them off, consistently in pursuit of Kikyo. Even though Kikyo had died, she was brought back to life by a youkai using clay and soil from her burial bones and earth.
Thus a love triangle forms between InuYasha, Kagome and Kikyo. There are quite a number of scenes where Kagome gets her heart broken by InuYasha and I truly felt for her. Yet despite that, she still stuck by him, always giving her support without fail. My favourite picture of the couple in the manga is seen below:
InuYasha and KagomeThe manga teaches us about true love and true friendship that never dies. No matter how close they were to death's door, the characters never give up and thus they are able to survive through the worst fights and conquer their enemies.
Even faced with an elder cold, troublesome brother like Sesshomaru doesn't daunt InuYasha at all. They share the same father but different mothers. On top of that, Sesshomaru is hankering after Tessaiga and he would always start a fight with InuYasha just to prove that he is more powerful and worthy than InuYasha.
Eventually, Sesshomaru came round to his senses and even takes extreme good care of Rin even though he doesn't like humans. He also has a follower, Jaken, who suck up to him at every opportunity.
Left to right: Rin, Jaken and SesshomaruYet there are lots of humourous scenes in the manga that still continue to tickle m toes even though I have finished reading. The mangaka shows how InuYasha cope with living in Kagome's modern world, usually met with hilarious failure.
Overall, this manga series is definitely worth the read and InuYasha's numerous adventures gets more dangerous with each passing chapter. All 558 of them. *grin*
So if you have the time, do check out InuYasha. Even though the series has been adapted into an anime series, I don't have the chance to watch them and besides, the anime ended earlier than the manga. Hence it is not a completed series either.
Nonetheless, the manga more than makes up for the slacking anime and I would re-read it again when I have more free time.
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