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InuYasha (犬夜叉, InuYasha?)is a popular shōnen manga and anime series created by Rumiko Takahashi.
The series is named after the main character, InuYasha. The name "Inuyasha" literally means "dog demon".[2] The full title is InuYasha, A Feudal Fairy Tale (戦国お伽草子ー犬夜叉, Sengoku Otogi Zōshi Inuyasha?).
InuYasha is a shōnen action adventure romantic comedy, with elements from the horror genre. The story begins in Tokyo, Japan with a junior high-school girl named Kagome Higurashi, who on her way to school heads to the covered well on the family property (which happens to be a Shinto shrine). She does this to retrieve her cat, Buyo, from the well, since her brother was afraid to go inside. When she approaches the well a centipede demon (dubbed "Mistress Centipede") bursts from the well and grabs her. The demon claims that Kagome possesses the Jewel of the Four Souls (四魂の玉 Shikon no Tama) and attempts to seize it. When the demon is driven off, the very confused Kagome emerges in the Sengoku period of Japan. Kagome wanders into a nearby village and meets an old miko (Shinto shrine maiden) by the name of Kaede, who recognizes that Kagome is almost a mirror likeness for Kikyo (Kikyou), her elder sister (and powerful shrine maiden) who had died and had her body burned with the Jewel of the Four Souls, taking it with her into the afterlife. Kaede relates the story of how, 50 years earlier, a han'yō named InuYasha had tried to steal the Jewel from Kikyo, mortally wounding her in the process, but Kikyo had managed to strike him with a magical arrow, sealing him into an enchanted sleep and thus retrieving the Jewel before she finally died.
It turns out that Kagome is the reincarnation of Kikyo, and that she does possess the Jewel of the Four Souls, embedded within her body. When the centipede demon rips it from her and swallows it, granting the demon a great boost in power, Kagome is forced to release Inuyasha from his prison on the time-tree Goshinboku so he can defeat it.
Soon after they recover the Jewel, it is lost again, and Kagome accidentally shatters it into pieces with an arrow as she tries to recover it. The pieces scatter far and wide, and the story tells of Kagome and InuYasha's adventures as they search for the shards of the Jewel, as well as their growing romantic relationship.
Kagome and Inuyasha's relationship becomes complicated very quickly with the rebirth of Kikyo, the miko who first sealed Inuyasha to the tree, and who was also his first love. Brought back to life by the witch Urasue, Kikyo is reborn using half of Kagome's soul, but is not completely human--rather, she is a 'clay doll' who must absorb recently deceased souls to remain alive. The inability of Inuyasha to choose which woman he loves more leads to many romantic entanglements, and forms the very powerful love triangle that is one of the hallmarks of the series.
As their adventure continues, various other characters join in their search for the Shikon Jewel. They first encounter Shippou a small fox demon whose father was killed by the Thunder Brothers Manten and Hiten. Inuyasha defeats the brothers, and Shippou joins the group.
They then run across the lecherous con artist Miroku, a traveling monk (or houshi) who is venturing in search of a demon who placed a bizarre curse on his family. The demon, Naraku, is a very powerful half-youkai who, 50 years earlier, tore a hole in the hand of Miroku's grandfather, creating the kazaana, or wind-tunnel. The wind-tunnel functions like a black hole, and is passed down through the male generations of Miroku's family.
To stop the wind-tunnel from killing him (as it did his father and grandfather) Miroku must find Naraku and destroy him. He joins up with Inuyasha and Kagome, who soon realize that Naraku is the demon responsible for the fight Inuyasha and Kikyo had 50 years earlier, which led to Inuyasha's being imprisoned and Kikyo's death. Determined to seek revenge, Inuyasha makes the pursuit of Naraku his ultimate goal--one which coincides for the search for the Jewel, as Naraku is after it as well.
Their early pursuit of Naraku lands them face to face with Sango, a youkai tajiya or demon exterminator of the Exterminator village. Sango's family and village were slaughtered by Naraku, who used her younger brother, Kohaku as a pawn. The Tajiya village was attacked because of its proximity to the cave of Midoriko, the miko from whose soul the Shikon no Tama was first created.
Sango joins the party with the intent of taking revenge on Naraku. She is joined by her demon cat, Kirara. As the episodes progress, Sango and Miroku develop an attraction for one another that leads to Miroku proposing to Sango, and she accepts.
The rest of the episodes detail the adventures of Inuyasha and his gang as they continue to pursue Naraku and the rest of the Shikon no Tama. Throughout their adventures they meet a wide variety of friends and enemies, including Koga, the wolf-demon, and Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha's full youkai half-brother.
The storyline of Inuyasha covers over 450 episodes in the manga by Rumiko Takahashi, and 167 episodes of the anime created by Sunrise. Though various developments have occurred, very few plotlines have been completely resolved. The anime ended early, without any plot resolution, a decision made by Sunrise when one of the Inuyasha producers could no longer work on the anime.
The manga continues towards the grand climax of Inuyasha, however, and as of Volume 46, Naraku was just a few shards away from completing the jewel. Miroku is in mortal peril from the poisoning of his body through his wind-tunnel, as was Koga, the wolf-demon, and Sango's little brother, Kohaku. Kikyo continues to be a defining force for Inuyasha, who has sent a broken-hearted Kagome on a search for a way to purify her.
In chapter 464, as the last shard belonging to Kohaku's neck is currently the remaining thing stopping Naraku from possessing the entire Shikon no Tama, the story takes a sad note as Kikyo is finally defeated, leaving Inuyasha saddened as he holds her in his arms as the chapter comes to a dramatic close.
Many in the fandom consider the show's more passionate fans to be not unlike the fans of the American Star Trek series. The show is so popular that although it has been taken off the air many times in its run (to make way for shows such as Kikaider, Big O, and FLCL), it has always been reinstated due to the demands of viewers. After a while, the people who write the bumpers for Williams Street, Adult Swim's producers and programmers, became sarcastic about this, and it became something of a running joke that they were on the side of the viewers, but were at the mercy of superior departments ("Suits"). Practically speaking, the hiatuses are likely necessary to give Viz Media time to dub enough episodes far enough in advance to allow for a several-month-long uninterrupted run. InuYasha's current level of popularity among American otaku can be compared to that of Ranma ˝ in the mid-to-late 1990's.
As time progressed, the show was moved to increasingly late viewing hours. As of October 2002, it aired at 11:00 p.m.. As of March 2004, it aired at 12 :30 a.m.. As of April 2006, it airs Wednesday mornings at 12 :30 a.m. and 4 :00 a.m. and re-runs were shown on Saturday nights at 11:00 p.m. and 2:00 Sunday Morning. As of July 2006, re-runs were moved to 1:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. Sunday mornings. However, the show has proven to be a slightly more mainstream hit in other countries such as on YTV in Canada, where it is one of the station's highest rated programs with the "newest" episode running on Fridays at 9:00 p.m. EST and shown again at 2:30 a.m. EST Saturday morning. Its popularity has also spread to Latin America where it runs on weekday afternoons.
There are many possible reasons for the popularity of the InuYasha series. A likely one is that it is eclectic, including elements from many different genres. At first, the series mainly appears to be action-oriented, and it does indeed have a significant amount of action, with at least one confrontation with an enemy in most episodes. However, it also includes a great deal of comedy (frequently slapstick), many monsters that add notes of the horror genre, and occasional romance. Another probable reason that InuYasha is so popular is that it has rather sympathetic characters who are varied enough that most people can relate to at least one of them.
Criticisms include the sheer length of the series in both anime and manga form, dragging out certain story points past credibility. Similar to Ranma ˝, Takahashi has sometimes been accused by fans of being unable to finish a story effectively; others cite this as merely a desire of the animators and publishers to continue a still-lucrative franchise, as is the case with many other shōnen titles.
Although not technically an "adult" series, the show airs in this slot supposedly because of a scene in the first episode where InuYasha is impaled against a tree, and as a result, along with language in the English dub's dialogue considered too strong (like the use of the word "damn" as an example), this meant that the series could not be aired on CN's Toonami block. Although shows like The Simpsons air in the same timeframe as Toonami, CN, as a predominantly kids' network, still considers that time to be too early and inappropriate for the kids who watch it.
This show, though already extremely popular among American anime fans, is a mainstream hit in Japan. Since its debut, its popularity has been similar to the initial Pokémon craze. The manga and DVDs are widely available, and it seems to be the predominant topic of conversation. Not only that, crazed fans often cosplay as their favorite InuYasha characters. Even Japanese police enjoy the show, evident in their use of InuYasha and Kagome in traffic safety posters.
Adding to the above about television, InuYasha has been translated into a multitude of languages. Part of this is its popularity at MIPCOM in Cannes, France. MIPCOM is the largest entertainment convention in the world, and the InuYasha booth will always be packed with people arguing over airing rights.
Inuyasha currently holds the largest number of fan fiction stories in the Anime section on FanFiction.net, with over 62,000 tales. And the series marks the first to reach over 10,000 members and awards under the anime fanlisting.
phew,im tired.
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Inuyasha Plot/Story so far., SPOILERS AHEAD
I don't even want to know how you know that, althought it's easy to find out and very obvious. Ah yes, the pokemon craze. Not as crazy as today, but still strong. Ah sad to hear when I read but heck, it was bound to happen. 
