Now Im none too sure how well this advertisement will be welcomed here on a Star War's roleplay board, but you seek your talent where you can and with the advent of high class graphics and low intelligence... the pools getting pretty shallow. Here goes the pitch anyways...
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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 (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 (Kikyo), 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 priestess who first sealed Inuyasha to the tree, and who was also his first love. Brought back to life by the witch Urusuei, 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. Despite Kikyo's bitter attitude towards Inuyasha, he continues to care for her, and is constantly placing her safety before that of Kagome, with whom he spends the most time. 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 meet 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 no 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 it's 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 seems to be heading towards a strong romantic relationship, though Miroku still possesses a bit of his womanizing ways.
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...
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