Inuyasha Manga
 

Around vol 36 to 37 is kinda where the manga left off. There are differences between the two but it's around there.

actually it left off at 40

Inu Yasha--the manga discussion
 

Hello, I know Inu-Yasha is an older subject, but I cannot find a manga topic around here (only direct anime), and I really enjoy the series...

Anybody else around here?

I read 30 volumes before I got tired of it... that's after watching the anime.
I might pick it up again sometime if I'm really bored...

Well, I loved the Manga for a long Time...
But the whole Story is getting boring...
Naraku get Stronger > Tessaiga get new Power > Naraku get Stronger > Tessaiga get new Power.
Oh Wait, Plot Twist!

Naraku gets stronger again > Tessaiga get new Power again?

And thanks to some tragic Events...

I have not much Characters i like...

Wow...SHE dies too? Didn't expect that one, and the other throws off all of my prior expectations on how they were going to kill Naraku.

Hmm... interesting, is the manga still ongoing?? Actually I was also kind of disappointed in the Anime.

I just want to know the ending. The movies were actually quite good, I have to say

Yes, the manga is still ongoing.

Manga is still going, so I don't know why the Anime stopped. Maybe they're waiting to catch up? According to a site I visit for taboo translations, there was a statement in a recent publication that she is planning on writing 500 "books" or "scrolls" of Inu-Yasha before completing the series. She stated this when she reached 400 months ago in Shonen Sunday. She's on....chapter 478, last count. (and I thought FMP was taking a while!!!). But that doesn't mean she's close to done.

All the shocking things she's done that I didn't expect. Three "major" characters offed...

Really? That sounds interesting. Did the Inuyasha & Kagome romance ever develop into a major plot line? Always fighting demons sure got boring.

I'm not interested in ecchi or fanservice, just a deeper plot.

~Tasdern

Not Really... Mirokus and Sangos Relationship developed a little bit, thats all.

Some people say that Rumiko Takahashi has a problem ending series. I think they made that comment when Ranma 1/2 ended so...uncompletely.

That's the sort of ending I'm expecting her to drop, after all the drama.

caution...in case I say anything spoiler-esque....

A while ago, I was anticipating that Kikyo would do what Mikodori...(what was the name of the priestess who originally created the Jewel?)...did....by cleansing Naraku through her, and creating a second stone, but from what I read more recently, that's not going to happen. And I doubt that Kagome will do that.

Now, I hope...or anticipate...Somehow, someway, they'll find a way to defeat Naraku, and then there will be the stone left over, and Kagome will give the stone to Inu Yasha to become full monster, leap through the well, and vanish, tears in her eyes, from their lives forever....and the hope is, Inu Yasha will use the stone to become human and join her in her time world.

Ah, dreams.

Maybe when Takahashi finishes the series, the animators will pick up again and either create a couple more OVAs or add a season or two to the series.

Yeah the manga is really doing well because Takahashi is starting to wrap up things.

Key notes of interest
For those who dont know anything past the end of the anime



I'm enjoying the ride. Too bad everyone else seemed to have given up on the series.

Not me pal! I'm very expecting that Naraku will finally get dusted forever along with Onigumo in hell.

I have been reading accurate and detailed synopsis of each manga chapter, but I intentionally stopped reading them so as not to catch too quickly soon with the recent releases.

The manga is fairly interesting. I found it to be pretty cool how everyone started backstabbing Naraku and also how the Tenseiga got remade into a weapon.

Previous form? Hmm, missed that. I have friends who give me the English version of the Japanese originals (sans pictures, alas) until I can buy 'em myself, but I think I missed that. I haven't read anything in a long while.

I hope we have a good wrap up. I wonder what she'll do. Better not be open ended!!!!!!!

Argh. I hope the series end soon.

It is always an endless cycle of:

Naraku becomes immortal -> Tessaiga get buffed and owns Naraku -> Naraku buffs up defense/ becomes more immortal -> Tessaiga get buffed up again, Naraku respond by buffing up even more -> infinite loop

While that is going on, there is a lot of non-story-development where nothing ever happens. There are a lot of random scenes and the party always seem to get side tracked but ultimately, nothing ever happens.

The moral of the preceeding post is: Rumiko Takahashi should stop trying to write shounen. She's just bad at it.

Personally, I think it's beyond just writing shonen. No offence to her as I can't even remotely draw as good as her, but a lot of times in Inuyasha...the fighting shonen scenes just come across being...lazily drawn. Personally, I think that Hunter x Hunter's occasional sketching doodles at times feel more inspiring than the substandard INUYASHA SLASH Rumiko draws, and that's saying a lot.

Inuyasha isn't a bad manga, but it feels too much like Detective Conan at times. It's like there are need to chuck in parts that feel fillerish in-between before actually contributing to characters and sections like they're finally moving the plot by chunks.

The good thing is that recent developments has shown a lot of potential that Inuyasha is going towards it's finale soon...but knowing Rumiko...soon isn't a short period of time.

I totally hated how Koga got shafted. I know that he'd have to give up eventually, but can't it be more...dramatic?