The tone darkens as the back story emerges: 50 years earlier, Kikyo tended Onigumo, a badly burned thief. In the multi-part adventure that begins with 'Kikyo's Stolen Ashes,' the filmmakers presenting conflicting versions of the relationship between Kikyo and Inu-Yasha, and the intriguing plot twists typify Takahashi's sophisticated story-telling.

His understated good manners contrast sharply with the prickly Inu-Yasha-just as Kagome is beginning to recognize his good points. A more conventional but potentially more dangerous addition is Hojo, a handsome upper classman at Kagome's school, who's concerned about her recent absences. Shippo, an orphan fox spirit, meets Kagome and Inu-Yasha in the Warring States period. The series really begins to hit its stride when Kagome and Inu-Yasha, while bickering, nevertheless prove an effective team against the demons they encounter in the Warring States netherworld. Kagome fetters Inu-Yasha with the help of her priestess-ancestor Kaede, and when the jewel is shattered Kagome and Inu-Yasha must ally to recapture the fragments. As the reincarnation of Kikyo, Kagome possesses a magic jewel that greatly increases the power of demons. Beginning the first season's 27 episodes, Kagome Higurashi, a normal 15-year-old girl, falls down a dry well-and finds herself in the feudal past, 50 years after her ancestress Kikyo imprisoned the half-human/half-demon Inu-Yasha. With Inuyasha and new friends, Kagome's search for the Jewel of Four Souls begins.īased on the manga by Rumiko Takahashi, the creator of Ranma 1/2 and Urusei Yatsura, the Inu-Yasha TV series (2000) blends elements of Japanese folklore and familiar anime devices into a deftly imaginative blend of humor and adventure, an extremely entertaining series that never falls into cliche. There, she meets Inuyasha, a half-demon who seeks the Shikon Jewel to make himself a full-fledged demon. Kagome Higurashi, an average ninth grader, gets pulled into an ancient well by a demon, bringing her 500 years in the past to the feudal era.

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