Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Vintage:
November 13, 1996
Status:
Completed
Summary:
The story begins with a flashback to Feudal Japan, when the half-demon InuYasha raids a human village to steal the Sacred Jewel of Four Souls, a magical jewel that enhances its wielder's powers and can grant a single wish. InuYasha hopes to use the gem to turn himself into a full-blooded demon, but is soon stopped when Kikyo, the young miko of the village, shoots him with a sacred arrow, sealing him onto the sacred tree Goshinboku in the nearby forest. Mortally wounded, Kikyo tells her younger sister, Kaede, to burn the jewel with her body to prevent it from falling into the hands of evil.Kagome emerges into a strange wilderness, initially unaware that she has traveled back through time to the Sengoku period of Japan, fifty years after Kikyo's death. Other than the Bone Eater's Well itself, the only familiar landmark is Goshinboku. She finds InuYasha still sealed onto the tree in an enchanted sleep, and a group of hostile peasants who drag her back to their village.
The base conception is the usual, the protagonists meet each other, formed a group of friends, then fighting mostly in all of the episodes, to the end, placed in an alternative feudal era Japan, where spirits and demons freely roam the world. But it mixed with a romantic "love-net" (u know, the who loves who, and how much) and with well-placed jokes (although Inuyasha's funny side become a bit boring w/o change). Looking back, the story was a bit simple and flat in overall, but still interesting in pieces, making u to watch the next ep. and the next and the next and ...
The animation is still good enough, and the opening/ending music is awesome.
I recommend for those who like the looong anime series, and/or the mixed fighting/romance/comedy ones.
