InuYasha is about a young girl named Kagome that falls into
a well at her family’s Shrine in Japan. She ends up being teleport to Feudal
Japan, a time when demons roamed the land. She runs into a half-demon or hanyou
named InuYasha and frees him from his tree prison only to learn she is the
reincarnate of a Miko or Priestess and her former self is the one that trapped
him. Her former self was the Guardian of a very powerful item called the Shikon
Jewel and when she died it was burned with her body. After several attacks by
demons Kagome learns that the jewel is inside her and when it is removed a bad
demon steals it. She shoots it with an arrow thus shattering it and sending the
shards across the land. So with the help of InuYasha and a rag-tag bunch they
team up with along the way, they set out to find all the shards so they put the
jewel together again.
Positives:
+ InuYasha touches on Japanese myth and teaches the viewers
about the creatures and beings believed to roam Japan at one time.
+InuYasha has a moral lesson about overcoming adversity.
Each member of the team that joins has a story to tell and past to overcome.
The Monk Miroku has a Wind Tunnel on his hand and eventually it will grow big
enough to consume him. He slows down the progress by wearing sprit beads on
that hand. He chose to use the Wind Tunnel to aid InuYasha and Kagome and joins
them in hopes to find a way to be rid of the curse. Sango the Demon Slayer lost
her whole village to a slaughter massacre cause by the possessed corpse of her
younger brother. She travels with the
group to avenge her village, free her brother and help. Shippo is a fox demon
that is an orphan he travels with the group to hopefully avenges his parents’
murder.
+ The storyline continues through the series, it isn’t an
anime that goes episode by episode.
+ It encourages viewers to use their imagination and expect
the unexpected.
Negatives:
- Some issues and events drag on when they should end after
a period of time.
- Kagome becomes very controlling in the series and it feels
as if she shouldn’t have that ability when such strong people surround her.
- Some of the side characters and enemies aren’t shown
enough so viewers don’t learn as much about them as they’d like. For example
Sesshomaru is InuYasha’s older half brother and he shows up from time to time
in attempts to gain InuYasha’s sword and to kill him but we don’t know too much
more.
- The love triangle between InuYasha, Kagome and passed self
Kikyo gets old after half of a season of the series. It gets used and brought
up for several seasons.
Thoughts
~ InuYasha is a detailed anime. It keeps the viewers watch
even with it running 9 seasons and 4 movies. The overall purpose remains the
same but new travels and adventures keep the plot interesting and new.
~ Side characters that make a large impact on the series
should have bigger roles. They help bring the plot in a full circle but they
don’t get the focus they are due.
~ There should be more interaction between the travel group
and Kagome’s time. InuYasha can travel to her time and does often but do too
much there except a few battles and interacting with her family.
~
Would Like:
* Large impact side characters to get more interaction with
the group and viewers.
* Less of the love triangle. It should have ended with the
end of the first season.
*More information about side characters. They are important
to the story and development of the character’s design, they usually bring out
certain reactions that are pivotal to the character’s development to the
series.
* More interaction with Kagome’s timeline with the travel
team. They should impact that world as well.
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