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犬夜叉 [Inuyasha] #30
InuYasha: A Hideous Demon Baby's Mission, Vol. 30
Evil Kagura and demonic baby Hakudoshi are searching for the border between the afterworld and this world, where it is said that the last Shikon Jewel shards lies. Inuyasha and the others are also doing everything they can to recover this last shard. Could it be that Inuyasha and Kagome have been to this border before?!
192 pages, Paperback
First published May 17, 2003
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Rumiko Takahashi
1,563 books2,142 followersRumiko Takahashi (高橋留美子) was born in Niigata, Japan. She is not only one of the richest women in Japan but also one of the top paid manga artists. She is also the most successful female comic artist in history. She has been writing manga non-stop for 31 years.
Rumiko Takahashi is one of the wealthiest women in Japan. The manga she creates (and its anime adaptations) are very popular in the United States and Europe where they have been released as both manga and anime in English translation. Her works are relatively famous worldwide, and many of her series were some of the forerunners of early English language manga to be released in the nineties. Takahashi is also the best selling female comics artist in history; well over 100 million copies of her various works have been sold.
Though she was said to occasionally doodle in the margins of her papers while attending Niigata Chūō High School, Takahashi's interest in manga did not come until later. During her college years, she enrolled in Gekiga Sonjuku, a manga school founded by Kazuo Koike, mangaka of Crying Freeman and Lone Wolf and Cub. Under his guidance Rumiko Takahashi began to publish her first doujinshi creations in 1975, such as Bye-Bye Road and Star of Futile Dust. Kozue Koike often urged his students to create well-thought out, interesting characters, and this influence would greatly impact Rumiko Takahashi's works throughout her career.
Career and major works:
Takahashi's professional career began in 1978. Her first published story was Those Selfish Aliens, a comedic science fiction story. During the same year, she published Time Warp Trouble, Shake Your Buddha, and the Golden Gods of Poverty in Shōnen Sunday, which would remain the home to most of her major works for the next twenty years. Later that year, Rumiko attempted her first full-length series, Urusei Yatsura. Though it had a rocky start due to publishing difficulties, Urusei Yatsura would become one of the most beloved anime and manga comedies in Japan.
In 1980, Rumiko Takahashi found her niche and began to publish with regularity. At this time she started her second major series, Maison Ikkoku, in Big Comic Spirits. Written for an older audience, Maison Ikkoku is often considered to be one of the all-time best romance manga. Takahashi managed to work on Maison Ikkoku on and off simultaneously with Urusei Yatsura. She concluded both series in 1987, with Urusei Yatsura ending at 34 volumes, and Maison Ikkoku being 15.
During the 1980s, Takahashi became a prolific writer of short story manga, which is surprising considering the massive lengths of most of her works. Her stories The Laughing Target, Maris the Chojo, and Fire Tripper all were adapted into original video animations (OVAs). In 1984, after the end of Urusei Yatsura and Maison Ikkoku, Takahashi took a different approach to storytelling and began the dark, macabre Mermaid Saga. This series of short segments was published sporadically until 1994, with the final story being Mermaid's Mask. Many fans contend that this work remains unfinished by Takahashi, since the final story does not end on a conclusive note.
Another short work left untouched is One-Pound Gospel, which, like Mermaid Saga, was published erratically. The last story to be drawn was published in 2001, however just recently she wrote one final chapter concluding the series
Later in 1987, Takahashi began her third major series, Ranma ½. Following the late 80s and early 90s trend of shōnen martial arts manga, Ranma ½ features a gender-bending twist. The series continued for nearly a decade until 1996, when it ended at 38 volumes. Ranma ½ is one of Rumiko Takahashi's most popular series with the Western world.
During the later half of the 1990s, Rumiko Takahashi continued with short stories and her installments of Mermaid Saga and One-Pound Gospel until beginning her fourth major work, InuYasha. While Ran
Rumiko Takahashi is one of the wealthiest women in Japan. The manga she creates (and its anime adaptations) are very popular in the United States and Europe where they have been released as both manga and anime in English translation. Her works are relatively famous worldwide, and many of her series were some of the forerunners of early English language manga to be released in the nineties. Takahashi is also the best selling female comics artist in history; well over 100 million copies of her various works have been sold.
Though she was said to occasionally doodle in the margins of her papers while attending Niigata Chūō High School, Takahashi's interest in manga did not come until later. During her college years, she enrolled in Gekiga Sonjuku, a manga school founded by Kazuo Koike, mangaka of Crying Freeman and Lone Wolf and Cub. Under his guidance Rumiko Takahashi began to publish her first doujinshi creations in 1975, such as Bye-Bye Road and Star of Futile Dust. Kozue Koike often urged his students to create well-thought out, interesting characters, and this influence would greatly impact Rumiko Takahashi's works throughout her career.
Career and major works:
Takahashi's professional career began in 1978. Her first published story was Those Selfish Aliens, a comedic science fiction story. During the same year, she published Time Warp Trouble, Shake Your Buddha, and the Golden Gods of Poverty in Shōnen Sunday, which would remain the home to most of her major works for the next twenty years. Later that year, Rumiko attempted her first full-length series, Urusei Yatsura. Though it had a rocky start due to publishing difficulties, Urusei Yatsura would become one of the most beloved anime and manga comedies in Japan.
In 1980, Rumiko Takahashi found her niche and began to publish with regularity. At this time she started her second major series, Maison Ikkoku, in Big Comic Spirits. Written for an older audience, Maison Ikkoku is often considered to be one of the all-time best romance manga. Takahashi managed to work on Maison Ikkoku on and off simultaneously with Urusei Yatsura. She concluded both series in 1987, with Urusei Yatsura ending at 34 volumes, and Maison Ikkoku being 15.
During the 1980s, Takahashi became a prolific writer of short story manga, which is surprising considering the massive lengths of most of her works. Her stories The Laughing Target, Maris the Chojo, and Fire Tripper all were adapted into original video animations (OVAs). In 1984, after the end of Urusei Yatsura and Maison Ikkoku, Takahashi took a different approach to storytelling and began the dark, macabre Mermaid Saga. This series of short segments was published sporadically until 1994, with the final story being Mermaid's Mask. Many fans contend that this work remains unfinished by Takahashi, since the final story does not end on a conclusive note.
Another short work left untouched is One-Pound Gospel, which, like Mermaid Saga, was published erratically. The last story to be drawn was published in 2001, however just recently she wrote one final chapter concluding the series
Later in 1987, Takahashi began her third major series, Ranma ½. Following the late 80s and early 90s trend of shōnen martial arts manga, Ranma ½ features a gender-bending twist. The series continued for nearly a decade until 1996, when it ended at 38 volumes. Ranma ½ is one of Rumiko Takahashi's most popular series with the Western world.
During the later half of the 1990s, Rumiko Takahashi continued with short stories and her installments of Mermaid Saga and One-Pound Gospel until beginning her fourth major work, InuYasha. While Ran
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March 10, 2022
I'm gonna review the last 10 installments (from 21 to 30) in this post... I fucking LOVED these last 10 volumes. The first 20 volumes were amazing, but these?? So much more amazing!
August 27, 2016
It's weird that I like Sesshomaru, but hate Kikyou) I really want him to be a good guy.
May 1, 2020
Esta normalito. Miroku es pendejo que no se merece a una mujer de la talla de Sango.
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May 9, 2024
The first half of this volume was GROSS
March 24, 2016
This has been my favorite installment for a long time. :) finally done with the band of seven crap, we got a sort of "monster of the wee" deal. You know, where half of the book is devoted to killing some random ass demon instead of actually fighting the overall bad guy naraku. :) like in the tv show "supernatural". It was nice. Especially since we got some major development in sango and Mirokus relationship. (She acted a lot like kagome did when she 1st met Inuyasha. My, my how that girl has grown.) the scene where they talk about what they'd do after all this crap is said and done was actually very sweet, & I wish the author hadn't tossed in that joke at the end. It really took away from the moment, also liked shippo's bit. & that demon thing is creepy. AND the plot is moving along quiet nicely again as the gang & naraku's latest freak race to find the final shard. Who shall win!?
(So bummed that I don't have the next books. :( I hate waiting. )
(So bummed that I don't have the next books. :( I hate waiting. )
January 25, 2017
*This review is for the series as a whole with 4.5 out of 5 stars*
This series is absolutely the longest series I’ve ever read so far, with a total of 56 volumes containing 559 chapters. Yeah right? I grew up watching anime and when I stumbled to this one, I instantly got hook. I’m so in love with this anime that I have the complete anime series in my possession. Yep! It occupy mostly the memory of my external drive haha sucker I know. And it’s just now that I finally had the courage to read its manga. I started reading this last December but had a 1 week off because of the Holiday until finally I finished it!
This story is about this modern Japanese girl, Kagome, that was pulled from her own time and went to feudal Japan. It is where she met the half yokai (supernatural monster in Japanese folklore) or also called Hanyou, Inuyasha. Two opposite personalities that were forced to travel together because of the Shikon Jewel or the Jewel of Four Souls.
Kagome (female lead) is so much fun and a wonderful heroine. If she’s a real person, she could be my hero. And Inuyasha on the other hand is such an awesome badass that thinking about him hurts. And as a couple, they sure are mind blowing. After writing this review, I’ll definitely re-watch the anime hehe.
Speaking of which, Inuyasha is a bad boy. But he’s the awesome kind of bad boy with humor and with a touch of dumbness at the same time. When he first met Kagome, I swear he could really be a great pain in the ass and is a straight-up a-hole. And as the story progresses, he became this kind of awesome person without losing his bad boy image ofcourse. And when it comes to Kagome, he sure is kind of protective and I love their usual bantering. It could get annoying sometimes but mostly entertaining lol, especially when Kagome really gets angry at him.
His character is so realistic too. Behind the bad boy image is the guy who lost his first love and when she returned, he’s torn between her and Kagome. Which to be honest, made me kind of mad at him. Well, I’m 100% with Kagome and I totally hate Kikyou. But after reading the manga, I still don’t like her, but she is kind of likeable now especially when she saved Kohaku. And also Inuyasha’s inner battle with his demon blood and his human heart, and you know what’s awesome about it? It’s because it’s only Kagome who can make him back to his senses, isn’t that just sweet?
(I was a bit teary-eyed when the Spider youkai were after them and he got bitten while he’s in his human form. And speaking of human form, he sure still rock it even with black hair minus the cute doggy ears. Then he lay on Kagome’s lap and told her that he love her scent even if he told her otherwise before. They’re in the middle of a dangerous situation but because of that, it became kind of romantic and unforgettable scene for me.)
Kagome on the other hand is a typical female lead. She started as a helpless girl until they found out about her being the reincarnation of Kikyou which was Inuyasha’s first love and the strongest Miko in the feudal Japan. I love how she became badass as the story progresses. Kikyou may be the first woman Inuyasha loved, but it is Kagome who really changed Inuyasha as a person. Plus, did I tell you how many times she saved Kikyou? Also, even how many times she got hurt because she’s Inuyasha’s first love, her heart remains pure.
I have to be honest, there’s some point in this series that totally got my nerve and made me flipped. That’s mostly about Inuyasha being torn between Kikyou and Kagome and how many times he chose Kikyou over Kagome. I mean, that’ quite of cruel really. But even that’s the case, I learn to outgrow it simply because he still travels with her, plus, once in a while they have their own moments. And speaking of moment, I need to step ahead and point out the lack of kissing scenes between them. In anime there’s quite a lot, but in manga, almost none. Yeah right?
As they travel, their group of two grows into a group of 6 where they met the kitsune Shippou, the monk Miroku, cool Sango and her cute Kirara.
Shippou is a cute Kitsune (fox) yokai that specializes in making pranks which he mostly use to Inuyasha lol. At first, they both hate each other and argues which is kind of funny lol. But as they both travels together, their relationship improved. He is really adorable and so attached to Kagome.
Miroku – A playboy and pervert who loves caressing women’s butt. But his proposal to Sango was pretty sweet.
Sango – a really tough cookie. I love her character and the fact that she can man handle guys. And her relationship with Miroku was so kawaii.
(Quite cliche eh? Inuyasha and Kagome fell in love with each other and Miroku, Sango with each other too. Well, IDC haha. I just love their group.)
Kirara – is a cute yokai that transforms into a ferocious beast during battles. Plus, he flies!
With a very long series, a long list of character isn’t a surprise at all. But what’s really hard with manga or anime is to get familiarize with the character’s names. But as for my favorites or the ones that totally got my attention here’s my list. (I’m being mean today, so I’m not going to add Kikyou in my list, blee)
1. Number one in my list is Sesshoumaru. I never thought I’d say this, but I’m one of those really annoying fangirls who love him. Deym! When I first saw him in the anime, I’ve got to say that there’s something dangerous about him. Inuyasha has this bad boy image, but Sesshoumaru is on the highest level. I really hate him at first. Unlike Inuyasha, he really is living the bad boy life. He’s rude, full of pride and all things bad. I specifically hated how he keeps on stealing their Father’s memento, Tessaiga, that is originally given to I But everything changed when he met Rin, and then we got to find out about Tenseiga and everything about it. Then, it just happens, I love Sesshoumaru. And then I came to the part about Meidou Zangetsuha, I feel so sorry for him. Huhu, and then after that my admiration for him intensified. He made me feel so many emotions, I almost cried because of him. It will take too much writing if I’ll enumerate the things that made me love Sesshoumaru so I’ll just let these images speaks for itself.
2. Well, obviously, it’s Rin. I love her character simply because she’s the reason why Sesshoumaru became compassionate, which is also the reason how he was now able to use his healing sword T And I love her teasing with Jaken. I love how the boring team of two grows and became lively because of her.Honestly, at first, I’m one of those fans that ships Rin to Sesshoumaru. But after I read the manga, I realized how absurd that is. I don’t know, but I think Jaken is right. Sesshoumaru is like a father to Rin in a strange way, and he sure is a great one.
3. Kagome’s family, her mother, younger brother Shouta, grandpa including their cat Buyo. I thought it’s going to be a big shocker when they met Inuyasha, but end up petting him like a pet dog lol. They’re all touching Inuyasha’s ears haha. Well, that couldn’t be help lol especially if he has that adorable doggy ears.
4. Kouga – The moment he was introduced in this series, I can’t stop laughing. He’s the third party between Inuyasha and Kagome and I can’t really stop laughing whenever I remember the scene where he boldly said that he loves Kagome and he’s determine to make her his woman. Well, after what Kagome went through because of Kikyou, I can’t help but send Inuyasha a dirty sign. Blee!
5. Miyouga – The coward flea. He’s some sort of the guy who knows it all, well, not totally all but mostly about Inuyasha and his father. I wish this series was able to show something about the past especially about Inuyasha’s father and mother. Well, it did actually in the anime.
6. Totosai – The swordsmith who forged Tessaiga and Tenseiga due to Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru’s father’s request. I would have love it more if they included a back story of him too.
7. Kaede – Kikyou’s younger sister. A strong lady who would probably live another 50 years the way she’s going.
8. Kohaku – The younger brother of Sango. For a young age, he’s been through a lot. But I’m happy how he was able to regain or fight for his humanity after what Naraku did to him.
9. Jaken – Originally, I didn’t have the intention of adding him in this list but looking back, I have to say that he made my whole reading experience so enjoyable too. He’s Sesshoumaru’s companion. He’s arrogant and even pitiful sometimes especially when he receives death glare or punches from Sesshoumaru when he’s pissed but he is mostly funny especially when Rin joined the group.
10. Naraku – For the ultimate cunning supervilain, I guess he quite deserve to be in this list lol. He’s a hanyou like Inuyasha. He’s the reason why Kikyou died 50 years ago and is the reason why Kikyou and Inuyasha had a rough past.
When I think about it, this is obviously a typical adventure anime/manga. For an adventure stories, the idea of different set of individuals forming a group while traveling is quite cliche too, let alone falling in love with each other! But what sets this story different from others is on the adventures each characters went through. When I though it’s the end and the ideas are already sucked out dry from the author, we then introduced to a new unexpected scene. I’ve been watching anime and they all gave me the same reaction. And what is that? It’s astonishment. We might already encountered the story’s plot before, but the twists and turns, the scenes, the lines are so unique. I can’t count how many times I said out loud “I didn’t expected that!” while reading this series.
All we’re covered too. I love that each characters has their own background covered, so we all got the chance to really know more about them and where they come from. I love that each characters have the chance to stand out and we’ve got to see how they matured with each chapters. As the title goes, without watching the anime, I really thought this series would only revolves around Inuyasha, well, it kind of does since each characters have a connection with Inuyasha. But what I like to say is that the author didn’t made a selfish decision to just make Inuyasha the hero all the time. We’ve got the chance to see the weaker side of him, the annoying one, the part where others from the group became the hero and saved him, and ofcourse the funny and dense Inuyasha which is my favorite.
As I said, this series has a total of 559 chapters so it will absolutely take us a lot of time if I talk about the adventures the group encountered one by one. So to make it short, I’ll just “kind of share” my favorite chapters from this series. Before I decided to read this manga, I have a lot of favorite scenes from the anime, mostly? Well, all of them we’re from Kagome and Inuyasha. But after reading the manga, I have to say that my favorite scenes were from Sesshoumaru (Inuyasha’s youkai brother). The first one was when he met Rin (human girl) and resurrected her. I really love how little by little he changed from this full mean badboy image to a compassionate one. He’s still a badboy but when he’s with Rin, dayum, I just can’t help but squeal in delight. And another favorite scene was when he went inside the meidou (a place where the living are not suppose to go) to save Rin. It’s also the most touching scene ever because of how he discarded his sword tenseiga (his father’s memento) because it can’t save Rin. Like dang! (just zoom the image to read the lines)
For my rating, I’m detracting a half star. It really is painful but I guess I really need to. It’s because even with the 559 chapters, it failed to tell us an introduction of what really is a yokai or hanyou or everything about those so-called monster. I mean, it’s been 50 years after that the story resumed but Sesshoumaru look as fabulous as ever and so is Inuyasha. I mean, if Inuyasha and Kagome will live together as man and wife, Kagome will age and Inuyasha would still be looking the same? The slowness of the villains too is quite so-so but I understand that to make this series long. Also, about crossing time through the well, in its first few chapters, we’ve got to find out that it’s the Shikon Jewel that connects the two worlds, but I remembered after Naraku seized all the shards of the Jewel, Kagome was still able to go back to her world. That really is kinda confusing though. And lastly, the epilogue. Dang! Sango and Miroku had their three little angels, how come Inuyasha and Kagome didn’t have atleast 1 son or daughter?! Oh well, I guess you can’t really have all.
You might be wondering which one of the two I love, manga or anime, I have to say that I love both. All the scenes from manga can be seen in anime, but what’s great with anime is that there’s some new scenes added to it. So if you’re planning to read the manga, I would highly recommend watching the anime too.
I would highly recommend this series, if you’re down for a good solid adventure and a kickass heroine with a sexy demon badboy. It’s often hilariously funny and the drawing is so lovely. It’s just simply awesome.
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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This series is absolutely the longest series I’ve ever read so far, with a total of 56 volumes containing 559 chapters. Yeah right? I grew up watching anime and when I stumbled to this one, I instantly got hook. I’m so in love with this anime that I have the complete anime series in my possession. Yep! It occupy mostly the memory of my external drive haha sucker I know. And it’s just now that I finally had the courage to read its manga. I started reading this last December but had a 1 week off because of the Holiday until finally I finished it!
This story is about this modern Japanese girl, Kagome, that was pulled from her own time and went to feudal Japan. It is where she met the half yokai (supernatural monster in Japanese folklore) or also called Hanyou, Inuyasha. Two opposite personalities that were forced to travel together because of the Shikon Jewel or the Jewel of Four Souls.
Kagome (female lead) is so much fun and a wonderful heroine. If she’s a real person, she could be my hero. And Inuyasha on the other hand is such an awesome badass that thinking about him hurts. And as a couple, they sure are mind blowing. After writing this review, I’ll definitely re-watch the anime hehe.
Speaking of which, Inuyasha is a bad boy. But he’s the awesome kind of bad boy with humor and with a touch of dumbness at the same time. When he first met Kagome, I swear he could really be a great pain in the ass and is a straight-up a-hole. And as the story progresses, he became this kind of awesome person without losing his bad boy image ofcourse. And when it comes to Kagome, he sure is kind of protective and I love their usual bantering. It could get annoying sometimes but mostly entertaining lol, especially when Kagome really gets angry at him.
His character is so realistic too. Behind the bad boy image is the guy who lost his first love and when she returned, he’s torn between her and Kagome. Which to be honest, made me kind of mad at him. Well, I’m 100% with Kagome and I totally hate Kikyou. But after reading the manga, I still don’t like her, but she is kind of likeable now especially when she saved Kohaku. And also Inuyasha’s inner battle with his demon blood and his human heart, and you know what’s awesome about it? It’s because it’s only Kagome who can make him back to his senses, isn’t that just sweet?
(I was a bit teary-eyed when the Spider youkai were after them and he got bitten while he’s in his human form. And speaking of human form, he sure still rock it even with black hair minus the cute doggy ears. Then he lay on Kagome’s lap and told her that he love her scent even if he told her otherwise before. They’re in the middle of a dangerous situation but because of that, it became kind of romantic and unforgettable scene for me.)
Kagome on the other hand is a typical female lead. She started as a helpless girl until they found out about her being the reincarnation of Kikyou which was Inuyasha’s first love and the strongest Miko in the feudal Japan. I love how she became badass as the story progresses. Kikyou may be the first woman Inuyasha loved, but it is Kagome who really changed Inuyasha as a person. Plus, did I tell you how many times she saved Kikyou? Also, even how many times she got hurt because she’s Inuyasha’s first love, her heart remains pure.
I have to be honest, there’s some point in this series that totally got my nerve and made me flipped. That’s mostly about Inuyasha being torn between Kikyou and Kagome and how many times he chose Kikyou over Kagome. I mean, that’ quite of cruel really. But even that’s the case, I learn to outgrow it simply because he still travels with her, plus, once in a while they have their own moments. And speaking of moment, I need to step ahead and point out the lack of kissing scenes between them. In anime there’s quite a lot, but in manga, almost none. Yeah right?
As they travel, their group of two grows into a group of 6 where they met the kitsune Shippou, the monk Miroku, cool Sango and her cute Kirara.
Shippou is a cute Kitsune (fox) yokai that specializes in making pranks which he mostly use to Inuyasha lol. At first, they both hate each other and argues which is kind of funny lol. But as they both travels together, their relationship improved. He is really adorable and so attached to Kagome.
Miroku – A playboy and pervert who loves caressing women’s butt. But his proposal to Sango was pretty sweet.
Sango – a really tough cookie. I love her character and the fact that she can man handle guys. And her relationship with Miroku was so kawaii.
(Quite cliche eh? Inuyasha and Kagome fell in love with each other and Miroku, Sango with each other too. Well, IDC haha. I just love their group.)
Kirara – is a cute yokai that transforms into a ferocious beast during battles. Plus, he flies!
With a very long series, a long list of character isn’t a surprise at all. But what’s really hard with manga or anime is to get familiarize with the character’s names. But as for my favorites or the ones that totally got my attention here’s my list. (I’m being mean today, so I’m not going to add Kikyou in my list, blee)
1. Number one in my list is Sesshoumaru. I never thought I’d say this, but I’m one of those really annoying fangirls who love him. Deym! When I first saw him in the anime, I’ve got to say that there’s something dangerous about him. Inuyasha has this bad boy image, but Sesshoumaru is on the highest level. I really hate him at first. Unlike Inuyasha, he really is living the bad boy life. He’s rude, full of pride and all things bad. I specifically hated how he keeps on stealing their Father’s memento, Tessaiga, that is originally given to I But everything changed when he met Rin, and then we got to find out about Tenseiga and everything about it. Then, it just happens, I love Sesshoumaru. And then I came to the part about Meidou Zangetsuha, I feel so sorry for him. Huhu, and then after that my admiration for him intensified. He made me feel so many emotions, I almost cried because of him. It will take too much writing if I’ll enumerate the things that made me love Sesshoumaru so I’ll just let these images speaks for itself.
2. Well, obviously, it’s Rin. I love her character simply because she’s the reason why Sesshoumaru became compassionate, which is also the reason how he was now able to use his healing sword T And I love her teasing with Jaken. I love how the boring team of two grows and became lively because of her.Honestly, at first, I’m one of those fans that ships Rin to Sesshoumaru. But after I read the manga, I realized how absurd that is. I don’t know, but I think Jaken is right. Sesshoumaru is like a father to Rin in a strange way, and he sure is a great one.
3. Kagome’s family, her mother, younger brother Shouta, grandpa including their cat Buyo. I thought it’s going to be a big shocker when they met Inuyasha, but end up petting him like a pet dog lol. They’re all touching Inuyasha’s ears haha. Well, that couldn’t be help lol especially if he has that adorable doggy ears.
4. Kouga – The moment he was introduced in this series, I can’t stop laughing. He’s the third party between Inuyasha and Kagome and I can’t really stop laughing whenever I remember the scene where he boldly said that he loves Kagome and he’s determine to make her his woman. Well, after what Kagome went through because of Kikyou, I can’t help but send Inuyasha a dirty sign. Blee!
5. Miyouga – The coward flea. He’s some sort of the guy who knows it all, well, not totally all but mostly about Inuyasha and his father. I wish this series was able to show something about the past especially about Inuyasha’s father and mother. Well, it did actually in the anime.
6. Totosai – The swordsmith who forged Tessaiga and Tenseiga due to Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru’s father’s request. I would have love it more if they included a back story of him too.
7. Kaede – Kikyou’s younger sister. A strong lady who would probably live another 50 years the way she’s going.
8. Kohaku – The younger brother of Sango. For a young age, he’s been through a lot. But I’m happy how he was able to regain or fight for his humanity after what Naraku did to him.
9. Jaken – Originally, I didn’t have the intention of adding him in this list but looking back, I have to say that he made my whole reading experience so enjoyable too. He’s Sesshoumaru’s companion. He’s arrogant and even pitiful sometimes especially when he receives death glare or punches from Sesshoumaru when he’s pissed but he is mostly funny especially when Rin joined the group.
10. Naraku – For the ultimate cunning supervilain, I guess he quite deserve to be in this list lol. He’s a hanyou like Inuyasha. He’s the reason why Kikyou died 50 years ago and is the reason why Kikyou and Inuyasha had a rough past.
When I think about it, this is obviously a typical adventure anime/manga. For an adventure stories, the idea of different set of individuals forming a group while traveling is quite cliche too, let alone falling in love with each other! But what sets this story different from others is on the adventures each characters went through. When I though it’s the end and the ideas are already sucked out dry from the author, we then introduced to a new unexpected scene. I’ve been watching anime and they all gave me the same reaction. And what is that? It’s astonishment. We might already encountered the story’s plot before, but the twists and turns, the scenes, the lines are so unique. I can’t count how many times I said out loud “I didn’t expected that!” while reading this series.
All we’re covered too. I love that each characters has their own background covered, so we all got the chance to really know more about them and where they come from. I love that each characters have the chance to stand out and we’ve got to see how they matured with each chapters. As the title goes, without watching the anime, I really thought this series would only revolves around Inuyasha, well, it kind of does since each characters have a connection with Inuyasha. But what I like to say is that the author didn’t made a selfish decision to just make Inuyasha the hero all the time. We’ve got the chance to see the weaker side of him, the annoying one, the part where others from the group became the hero and saved him, and ofcourse the funny and dense Inuyasha which is my favorite.
As I said, this series has a total of 559 chapters so it will absolutely take us a lot of time if I talk about the adventures the group encountered one by one. So to make it short, I’ll just “kind of share” my favorite chapters from this series. Before I decided to read this manga, I have a lot of favorite scenes from the anime, mostly? Well, all of them we’re from Kagome and Inuyasha. But after reading the manga, I have to say that my favorite scenes were from Sesshoumaru (Inuyasha’s youkai brother). The first one was when he met Rin (human girl) and resurrected her. I really love how little by little he changed from this full mean badboy image to a compassionate one. He’s still a badboy but when he’s with Rin, dayum, I just can’t help but squeal in delight. And another favorite scene was when he went inside the meidou (a place where the living are not suppose to go) to save Rin. It’s also the most touching scene ever because of how he discarded his sword tenseiga (his father’s memento) because it can’t save Rin. Like dang! (just zoom the image to read the lines)
For my rating, I’m detracting a half star. It really is painful but I guess I really need to. It’s because even with the 559 chapters, it failed to tell us an introduction of what really is a yokai or hanyou or everything about those so-called monster. I mean, it’s been 50 years after that the story resumed but Sesshoumaru look as fabulous as ever and so is Inuyasha. I mean, if Inuyasha and Kagome will live together as man and wife, Kagome will age and Inuyasha would still be looking the same? The slowness of the villains too is quite so-so but I understand that to make this series long. Also, about crossing time through the well, in its first few chapters, we’ve got to find out that it’s the Shikon Jewel that connects the two worlds, but I remembered after Naraku seized all the shards of the Jewel, Kagome was still able to go back to her world. That really is kinda confusing though. And lastly, the epilogue. Dang! Sango and Miroku had their three little angels, how come Inuyasha and Kagome didn’t have atleast 1 son or daughter?! Oh well, I guess you can’t really have all.
You might be wondering which one of the two I love, manga or anime, I have to say that I love both. All the scenes from manga can be seen in anime, but what’s great with anime is that there’s some new scenes added to it. So if you’re planning to read the manga, I would highly recommend watching the anime too.
I would highly recommend this series, if you’re down for a good solid adventure and a kickass heroine with a sexy demon badboy. It’s often hilariously funny and the drawing is so lovely. It’s just simply awesome.
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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January 5, 2022
Rumiko Takahashi is a master, a true artist. This series has everything, from a troubled romance, to gross demons with sick action scenes to the cutest little fox demon you ever saw, in short, this series is brilliant. And now, there’s a demon baby killin everybody it can, riding a sick demon horse. Honestly, I love it
February 7, 2023
Everyone: oh right you need a loving heart to use that sword...
Sesshoumaru:
Everyone: he could never use it
Sesshoumaru: get out the way bitch
Sesshoumaru:
Everyone: he could never use it
Sesshoumaru: get out the way bitch
April 20, 2022
Naraku sucht in einem heiligen Berg Unterschlupf. Doch was hat es damit auf sich? Auf der Suche nach dem Hintergrund erfahren Inu Yasha und seine Freunde wie Hakudoshi geboren wurde und was es mit dem Berg auf sich hat.
Das Cover gefällt mir wieder richtig gut. Ich liebe den Gesichtsausdruck von Inu Yasha und Kagome. Inu Yasha guckt eher entschlossen, wohingegen Kagome eher besorgt und unruhig wirkt. Der Zeichenstil ist gewohnt großartig. Die Geschichte geht in einem guten Tempo voran. Die Dialoge sind gewohnt originell. Rumiko glänzt wieder mit viel Ideenreichtum und einer guten Portion Humor.
Auch in diesem Manga lernt man wieder viel zu den bösen Gegenspielern. Das gefällt mir echt gut, denn so wird klar woher sie kommen und warum sie so sind. Es gibt schließlich immer Gründe, warum Charaktere so sind wie sie sind. Man bekommt teilweise schon Mitleid. Aber helfen konnte man bis jetzt keinem Dämon.
Das Cover gefällt mir wieder richtig gut. Ich liebe den Gesichtsausdruck von Inu Yasha und Kagome. Inu Yasha guckt eher entschlossen, wohingegen Kagome eher besorgt und unruhig wirkt. Der Zeichenstil ist gewohnt großartig. Die Geschichte geht in einem guten Tempo voran. Die Dialoge sind gewohnt originell. Rumiko glänzt wieder mit viel Ideenreichtum und einer guten Portion Humor.
Auch in diesem Manga lernt man wieder viel zu den bösen Gegenspielern. Das gefällt mir echt gut, denn so wird klar woher sie kommen und warum sie so sind. Es gibt schließlich immer Gründe, warum Charaktere so sind wie sie sind. Man bekommt teilweise schon Mitleid. Aber helfen konnte man bis jetzt keinem Dämon.
April 29, 2020
And the award for most unsettling title goes to...
I guess you can't actually fault the title of this volume as it pretty much does what it says on the tin: . There are some interesting developments with Sesshomaru and Tenseiga in this one, as well as Sango somehow being the world's wettest blanket AND a total badass at the same time. Takahashi gives the gang some much-needed time to breathe after the non-stop action of the last two volumes, and there are some great character moments as a result.
I guess you can't actually fault the title of this volume as it pretty much does what it says on the tin: . There are some interesting developments with Sesshomaru and Tenseiga in this one, as well as Sango somehow being the world's wettest blanket AND a total badass at the same time. Takahashi gives the gang some much-needed time to breathe after the non-stop action of the last two volumes, and there are some great character moments as a result.
March 16, 2020
Jajajajaja AMO 💜
Aleluya que Miroku ya volvió a decir frases completas, y que frases 😍
MI VIDA SHIPPO y la nutria bebé 💖 que nos llevan de una forma cómica a una reflexión moral cabrona del bien y el mal, o al menos lo que se tiene instituido como tal. Nutria bebé y su padre son "monstruos" viviendo su vida sin hacer daño a terceros (me gusta pensar) y queremos que les vaya bien, porque pueden ser "buenos' aun habiendo nacido" malos".
Aleluya que Miroku ya volvió a decir frases completas, y que frases 😍
MI VIDA SHIPPO y la nutria bebé 💖 que nos llevan de una forma cómica a una reflexión moral cabrona del bien y el mal, o al menos lo que se tiene instituido como tal. Nutria bebé y su padre son "monstruos" viviendo su vida sin hacer daño a terceros (me gusta pensar) y queremos que les vaya bien, porque pueden ser "buenos' aun habiendo nacido" malos".
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January 17, 2023
The crew falls into a village of possessed women while looking for a man’s fiancé. Sango falls victim and it’s up to Monk to save her (Inuyasha is busy).
Fire demon horse gets set loose and proceeds to burn down villages. Inuyasha learns the demon horse has chosen Hakudoshi (child spawn’s one half) as its new master. Hakudoshi is taking the heads of demons. Shippo assists one demon (with Sesshomaru’s help) that has been claimed as a victim of Hakudoshi’s head hunt.
Fire demon horse gets set loose and proceeds to burn down villages. Inuyasha learns the demon horse has chosen Hakudoshi (child spawn’s one half) as its new master. Hakudoshi is taking the heads of demons. Shippo assists one demon (with Sesshomaru’s help) that has been claimed as a victim of Hakudoshi’s head hunt.
March 26, 2022
It’s taking me ages to get through the series this go-round, but I still love it. I currently read the German version, as usual the translation is lacking, I prefer the English one. That doesn’t negate the fact that it’s one of my all-time favourite mangas and there’s a lot of personal and emotional connection to this series for me, even if it’s a bit dated now.
July 16, 2019
De los que llevo este es el que menos me ha gustado. Es la primera vez que me pesa lo repetitiva que es la saga, en concreto con Miroku.
Muy entretenido en cualquier caso. Y Sesshomaru siempre me alegra un poco la vida.
Muy entretenido en cualquier caso. Y Sesshomaru siempre me alegra un poco la vida.
September 2, 2019
It's good but I still miss Kikyo so so much!
February 24, 2022
Really love the anime and the manga is really good so far! Really love the characters and story😻👌❤️
July 22, 2023
Ay que Buen manga mi gente .
Pelea contra el demonio del can de las mujeres
Transformación del bebé diabólico🤣
Y la busqué de ese ultimo pedazo de la perla.
Pelea contra el demonio del can de las mujeres
Transformación del bebé diabólico🤣
Y la busqué de ese ultimo pedazo de la perla.
April 18, 2024
Need to take a break from this.
September 3, 2025
In this one, inuyasha fights a baby
July 26, 2018
Just took me like a three months to actually end it. But it's fine, the storyline gets more interesting.
December 30, 2020
That was close
December 14, 2016
Inuyasha & co spend the night at that village with those women - Sango sees Miroku leaving with another girl & gets pissed - Sango follows the women of the village & Miroku’s off in a temple with another girl where that statue thing is - the own pull Sango underwater & Inuyasha & Kagome are trying to find them -the women want to make Sango one of them by giving her some egg to swallow & something will hatch in her stomach…gross. Miroku finds out the water demon thing was sealed up behind the painting of Kannon & now it’s come out - Miroku goes to help Inuyasha & gets the salamanders out of the women’s bellies - then Miroku goes to find Sango & realizes she’s swallowed one of the salamanders too & they fight & he finally gets her to cough it out.
SANGO & MIROKU FINALLY TALK & HE TELLS HER THAT HE TRUSTS HER BUT ALSO CAN’T LOVE HER AS A WOMAN BECAUSE SHE’S JUST A FRIEND TO HIM. WHAT? WHATTTTTT??? MIROKU U ASS GRABBING PERV. WHAT.
OMG WAIT I JUMPED TO CONCLUSIONS - HE SAYS THAT IF WHEN THEY KILL NARAKU & HE BREAKS HIS CURSE OF THE AIR RIP, WOULD SHE THEN LIVE WITH HIM & BEAR HIS CHILD?!?! OMGG <3 & SHE SAYS YES!! <3 & OMG Inuyasha, Shippou & Kagome are always spying on them talking HAHA.
Kagura & the baby are trying to find the border between this world & the next - hey maybe it could be the well? it leads to 2 different worlds?
Kagura takes the baby to another priest & this priest splits the baby in two & Kagura takes half & Kanna takes another half…so it can’t be dead just quite yet. A demonic horse is released & it follows Kagura & the baby’s grown a bit & it rides the horse & its name is Hakudoushi -he gives Inuyasha & co that he last Shikon fragment is between the worlds & goes off, leaving youkai headless - they meet a little demon called Kanta & his demon dad has been beheaded & they find the body but the head won’t attach & Sesshoumaru is ‘passing by’ & Shippou asks if he’ll use his sword to give Kanta’s dad life again -Sesshoumaru doesn’t give a fuck but his sword Tenseiga wants him to so he does, although he’s fucking annoyed. & KAnta’s dad tells them his head was flouting around in this world shrouded in white mist with all these skeletons & that’s where the Shikon fragment is & it’s the grave of Inuyasha & Sesshoumaru’s father -but they have no way to get there since the old way vanished - Inuyasha has to go to Housenki, the jewel wizard, who might have a jewel to get in but Housenki died & his son is in training & it’ll take like 100 years for him to get a jewel ready - Hakudoushi finds out that the gateway to that world can be forced open - KAgura tells Inuyasha & co that there’s a gateway in the flame country & they head there.
SANGO & MIROKU FINALLY TALK & HE TELLS HER THAT HE TRUSTS HER BUT ALSO CAN’T LOVE HER AS A WOMAN BECAUSE SHE’S JUST A FRIEND TO HIM. WHAT? WHATTTTTT??? MIROKU U ASS GRABBING PERV. WHAT.
OMG WAIT I JUMPED TO CONCLUSIONS - HE SAYS THAT IF WHEN THEY KILL NARAKU & HE BREAKS HIS CURSE OF THE AIR RIP, WOULD SHE THEN LIVE WITH HIM & BEAR HIS CHILD?!?! OMGG <3 & SHE SAYS YES!! <3 & OMG Inuyasha, Shippou & Kagome are always spying on them talking HAHA.
Kagura & the baby are trying to find the border between this world & the next - hey maybe it could be the well? it leads to 2 different worlds?
Kagura takes the baby to another priest & this priest splits the baby in two & Kagura takes half & Kanna takes another half…so it can’t be dead just quite yet. A demonic horse is released & it follows Kagura & the baby’s grown a bit & it rides the horse & its name is Hakudoushi -he gives Inuyasha & co that he last Shikon fragment is between the worlds & goes off, leaving youkai headless - they meet a little demon called Kanta & his demon dad has been beheaded & they find the body but the head won’t attach & Sesshoumaru is ‘passing by’ & Shippou asks if he’ll use his sword to give Kanta’s dad life again -Sesshoumaru doesn’t give a fuck but his sword Tenseiga wants him to so he does, although he’s fucking annoyed. & KAnta’s dad tells them his head was flouting around in this world shrouded in white mist with all these skeletons & that’s where the Shikon fragment is & it’s the grave of Inuyasha & Sesshoumaru’s father -but they have no way to get there since the old way vanished - Inuyasha has to go to Housenki, the jewel wizard, who might have a jewel to get in but Housenki died & his son is in training & it’ll take like 100 years for him to get a jewel ready - Hakudoushi finds out that the gateway to that world can be forced open - KAgura tells Inuyasha & co that there’s a gateway in the flame country & they head there.
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July 18, 2020
Reread
Those salamander eggs will always haunt me. The Miroku and Sango fluff was real on this one! Miroku basically proposes... Finally. And the eternally annoying Hakudoshi is introduced, the only good thing about him is how Entei chose him. But besides that I loathe him. He has triple the amount of Naraku's arrogance with none of the coolness. Oh but Kanta, I love him so much. His Dad's running around headless because Hakudoshi is collecting demon heads for an intriguing reason. But who helps Kanta's dad?! Only the greatest and sweetest character of all time! Sesshomaru, my husbando then, now, and forever. And Kanta's dad reveals that Hakudoshi is trying to learn about the border of this world to the next where Inuyasha and Kagome went with Sesshomaru to first find the Tetsusaiga. So because Hakudoshi wants to go there of course the gang is all like "we have to get the first" so the pay a visit to Hosenki. Good old Myoga tells them that Inuyasha's pop got the black pearl from the jewel making demon. But of course, he passed and his predecessor, his son, is in training and can't make another for 100 years. BUT THEN Kagura pops in and gives them a "friendly" hint as to where they can find another way in.
Those salamander eggs will always haunt me. The Miroku and Sango fluff was real on this one! Miroku basically proposes... Finally. And the eternally annoying Hakudoshi is introduced, the only good thing about him is how Entei chose him. But besides that I loathe him. He has triple the amount of Naraku's arrogance with none of the coolness. Oh but Kanta, I love him so much. His Dad's running around headless because Hakudoshi is collecting demon heads for an intriguing reason. But who helps Kanta's dad?! Only the greatest and sweetest character of all time! Sesshomaru, my husbando then, now, and forever. And Kanta's dad reveals that Hakudoshi is trying to learn about the border of this world to the next where Inuyasha and Kagome went with Sesshomaru to first find the Tetsusaiga. So because Hakudoshi wants to go there of course the gang is all like "we have to get the first" so the pay a visit to Hosenki. Good old Myoga tells them that Inuyasha's pop got the black pearl from the jewel making demon. But of course, he passed and his predecessor, his son, is in training and can't make another for 100 years. BUT THEN Kagura pops in and gives them a "friendly" hint as to where they can find another way in.
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July 1, 2024
Emotional Turmoil
Sango's jealousy is revealed through her denials when Kagome asks if she likes Miroku. Their conversation is interrupted when Miroku is seen comforting a village woman, prompting Sango to follow the village women to a lake where she is dragged under by possessed women.
Demon's Manipulation
The salamander demon, freed by Naraku, controls the village women via eggs in their stomachs. Miroku fights the demon, freeing the women and Sango, who is possessed and attacks him until he expels the egg from her body. Inuyasha kills the demon, and Miroku proposes to Sango, who accepts with the condition that he stops chasing other women.
New Threats
Kagura's actions lead to the creation of Akago and Hakudoshi, with the latter seeking a jewel shard in the afterlife. Hakudoshi's spiritual barrier blocks Inuyasha's attacks. He uses demon heads to look into the afterlife but loses the otter demon's head, which is later recovered and the demon revived by Sesshomaru. Inuyasha and Kagome learn from the otter demon about the grave-site of Inuyasha's father and seek a pearl from Hosenki's son to access the afterlife.
Sango's jealousy is revealed through her denials when Kagome asks if she likes Miroku. Their conversation is interrupted when Miroku is seen comforting a village woman, prompting Sango to follow the village women to a lake where she is dragged under by possessed women.
Demon's Manipulation
The salamander demon, freed by Naraku, controls the village women via eggs in their stomachs. Miroku fights the demon, freeing the women and Sango, who is possessed and attacks him until he expels the egg from her body. Inuyasha kills the demon, and Miroku proposes to Sango, who accepts with the condition that he stops chasing other women.
New Threats
Kagura's actions lead to the creation of Akago and Hakudoshi, with the latter seeking a jewel shard in the afterlife. Hakudoshi's spiritual barrier blocks Inuyasha's attacks. He uses demon heads to look into the afterlife but loses the otter demon's head, which is later recovered and the demon revived by Sesshomaru. Inuyasha and Kagome learn from the otter demon about the grave-site of Inuyasha's father and seek a pearl from Hosenki's son to access the afterlife.
February 9, 2015
What first drew me to this series was the romantic historical aspect. I loved how a modern day girl gets pulled back into the past. I don't know what it is about those stories that attract me so much, maybe it is the difficulty for the girl of fitting in and having to rely on the guy so much to be able to get along in the world.
I also really liked the group aspect to this series and the corresponding relationships that affect each of the characters.
I would really recommend this series to fans of Red River, it has a lot of the same concepts.
I also really liked the group aspect to this series and the corresponding relationships that affect each of the characters.
I would really recommend this series to fans of Red River, it has a lot of the same concepts.
August 6, 2008
I love InuYasha. It has everything a good book (or manga, in this case) should have. Action, adventure, romance, humor. Rumiko Takahasi draws her mangas extremley well, and that makes it even better in my opinion.
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