Inu-Yasha : A Feudal Fairy Tale, Vol. 1

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Summary: Great book for manga fans of X and Ranma 1/2
Review: Inu-Yasha is an awsome book!! You should be atleast 11 or older or someone who can handle some gore. Inu-Yasha was made by the mang writer of Ranma 1/2. So if you like this read Ranma 1/2!

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Summary: First Manga I might consider collecting!
Review: I usually don't read manga or have alot of respect for manga readers. This is the best manga I've ever read. The story is just as good as Ranma 1/2. Funny in some parts and quite gripping. The art is beautiful and the story is pretty good considering that it is shonen and not shoujo. I usually read shoujo manga rather than shonen. I don't belong to any anime cult groups. Nor do I use the language as much as they do. This is just good entertainment for bed and the road. It is great to read before you go to sleep and for long road trips and doctor's appointments. This is something I recommend to any who loves manga and comic books. I love anime because I am a big kid at heart and I love reads like these. I'm looking forward to the anime. Anyone know when they'll release the show to the United States!

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Summary: Even non anime and manga fans like this one...
Review: I absoultely love this book. I passed it on to my teenage niece to read after I was done. Her entire anime knowledge is based upon one episode of DNA2. She loved the book, and is planning on buying it herself. This is a great book for people who like comics as well. The story is so great that it can capture anyone.

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Summary: Demons, and oni, and reancarnations! Oh my!
Review: Inu Yasha a Feudal Fairy Tale, writen by the talented Rumiko Takahashi is one of the best graphic novels i've ever read! If ur a big Mermaid Saga fan I can asure u that you'll like this. Its about a Young girl name Kagome who's pulled back in time and finds out she's the reancarnation of a village preistess who gards the shikon no tama, the jewel of four souls. With the help of the mystical creature Inu Yasha, half demon half human, she most gather the shikon shards before everyone's worst nightmares become reality! Romantic comedy and gothic horror mixed into one (which i find amazing that someone could mix those two together) Inu Yasha is a wonderful graphic novel.

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Summary: A Perfect Tale of Comedy, Romance, and Horror...
Review: Superb! A perfect mixture of comedy/romance and gothic horror! ...Our story begins in the past with the tragic tale of two people who seem to be at war...the priestess, Kikyo slays the ferocious half-demon, Inu-Yasha...her arrow pinning him to a tree under a magical spell...Later, she dies, but the mysteriuos "Shikon Jewel" she takes to her grave; it is burned with her remains... We zoom to the present time...where we meet Kagome. She lives at a temple..so just about everything around has a legend...Kagome never paid much attention to the old stories and legends...nor believed them....until one day...An unexpected time travel through a well...after being pulled through a well at a forgotten shrine by a horrific centipede demon, Kagome finds herself in the past... Demons flock to the area; searching for the powerful "Shikon Jewel" which, as she recently learned, gives power to demons. Somehow, finding herself in a desperate position, she frees the half-demon, Inu-Yasha, by taking the arrow from him... In a flash, he defeats the centipede demon... but now he wants the Shikon Jewel! After its revelation, or putting it bluntly, being ripped out of Kagome by the centipede demon, he wants it in his possesion. Kaede, the little sister of Kikyo, though now fifty years older, takes action. A bead-like necklace in thrown around Inu-Yasha's neck. With the subdueing spell word "sit", Inu-Yasha is under Kagome's control.... A little later, accidentally, the jewel is blown into pieces and scattered around the land... thus, our adventures begin...for even a little piece of the talisman proves very dangerous in the wrong hands... Inu-Yasha and Kagome embark on a wacky mission of comedy, romance, drama, and horror to bring back the Shikon Jewel!...This is one of Rumiko Takahashi's best works! I highly recommend this to anyone who is a fan of manga!

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Summary: A nicely done supernatural tale with a young girl thrown in.
Review: Packed with gothic creepiness, action-filled adventure, and witty humor, this new Japanese fable takes place where a pubescent young schoolgirl named Kagome goes tumbling just like Alice in Wonderland into the otherworldly land of the feudal times to meet an arrogant dog-eared demon called Inu-Yasha. With his help, Kagome wards off the very repulsive Centipede Lady, who is after the magical jewel that she had been unknowingly carrying ever since ... she had been laid to burn on the pate in the olden days. Could she be the very recarnation of the courageous young priestess who had bravely sacrificed herself to put the destructive Inu-Yasha under the spell in the first place? The long tapestry will unroll as Kagome and Inu-Yasha who had reluctantly befriended her encounter even more bloodthirsty foes and vemonous monsters, including a very sexy and busty young mistress of razor-sharp hair strands. A very chilling but interesting read for all the fans of manga and Rumiko Takahashi.

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Summary: Not What I'd Expected
Review: Unlike Ranma, this has a whole lot of blood in it. The comedy is similar, as is the romance that you know is going to take root. Inu-Yasha is a half-breed, and Kagome is a girl from modern day. They are thrown together by a twist of fate, and all goes downhill from there.

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Summary: Another point for Tagahashi!
Review: I loved Inu-Yasha from the first page. Unlike Ranma, it's a bit more serious, but Tagahashi-sama's humour still shines through!
If you liked the other manga books of Rumiko T., or if you just getting started, this is as good a book as any. You'll love it!

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Summary: No, not the best Takahashi comic
Review: Inu Yasha doesn't even come close to the best Takahashi comic. In fact, ever since Maison Ikkoku, all succeeding works have followed the path of becoming less plot-orientated and more action packed. The characters are losing more and more soul. Ranma 1/2 still had some memorable people, but Inu Yasha just has stereotypes. The panels are getting bigger and bigger, and the amount of story happening in one chapter is at a lowest. There is hardly any excitement at all. Okay, so our heroes get attacked by giant monsters. Big deal. Are the nasty creatures terrifying ? Hardly. Do our heroes survive ? Sure as hell. One by one we are introduced to characters we know from previous Takahashi works, and thus the plot advances very predictably. Was anybody ever surprised reading through the pages, REALLY surprised ? I wasn't. Now okay, this isn't bad work, it's still Takahashi we're talking about. The drawings are great, Kagome is cute (but no match to Akane, mind you) and I really like the design of Inu Yasha's clothing (I hope we get to hear more of its origin). But where is the love to the story itself ? Is there any dramatic evolving in the relationship between Kagome and her classmate, that might make the actual romance going on with our main heroes more exciting (not that there is much going on) ? By the time this comment was written, 16 volumes had appeared in Japanese (whole books that is, with about 10 chapters each), and this is the way I see it: 160 chapters and not much has happened. Flip through her previous mangas. Things were on their way by that time (or even finished). Whereas her other work could be enjoyed by adults as well, this is definetly only for kids.

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Summary: a great book that us teens will luv!
Review: this manga is a GREAT story for teens and any other age from 13 and up! the wonderul kagome always knows how to get inu-yasha to be jelous of her! this story dosen't always have a lot of romance but when it does its VERY sweet! i luv the way this story is writen and the plot is great! if your looking for something that has every thing from, comedy, to battle, to love, to action then get this book it is great! so are the other inu-yasha volumes!