Inuyasha

Inuyasha by Rumiko Takahashi is one of the most popular anime/manga series I grew up with. With the combined elements of romance, comedy, and time travel it has good reason to be. However, the flip side is the annoying whining the lead female character: Kagome, does over the lead male character: Inuyasha. I would have been a hell of a story with Kagome as a strong woman - uh, teen... But even with that Inuyasha is remains one of the top Shoujo mangas/animes.

Inuyasha has also been made into four anime films: InuYasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time, InuYasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass, InuYasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler, and InuYasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island. I own all four and I would have to say The castle beyond the looking glass and Swords of an honorable ruler are my two favorites.

Genres: Adventure, Romance, Comedy, Shoujo, Supernatural

Summary:

Kagome Higurashi is a 15 year old schoolgirl who lives at a history-filled Japanese shrine. She is also the reincarnation of an ancient priestess named Kikyo, who guarded the sacred Shikon no Tama (Jewel of Four Souls), and who sealed away the half-demon Inuyasha who had tried to steal the jewel in order to become a full demon. Kikyo died of her wounds and had the jewel burned with her body. Kagome is one day pulled into the ancient well on her family's shrine and thrown into the past, 50 years after Kikyo's death. She befriends Kaede, the late Kikyo's sister, who realizes Kagome is Kikyo's reincarnation. They are attacked, and learn that Kagome has the Shikon no Tama, but it's actually inside her body! Kagome accidentally awakens the dog-demon Inuyasha, and frees him after the jewel has been ripped from her body. Now Inuyasha wants the jewel back, but Kagome can't let him have it. He is forced (by Kaede's magic) to wear a necklace that allows Kagome to control him with one word, "Sit!", which sends him face-first into the ground. Kagome accidentally shatters the jewel, and now she and Inuyasha have to work together to find all the pieces before they fall into the wrong hands. Only Kagome can "sense" where the shards are, and only Inuyasha is powerful enough to get them from the demons or people who have them. But can they stop fighting long enough to work together? 

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