Post by Samael on May 4, 2007 11:36:12 GMT -5
The story begins in Tokyo, Japan with a junior high-school girl named Kagome Higurashi. On her way to school, she heads to the covered well on the family property (which is a Shinto shrine). She does this to retrieve her cat from the well, since her brother was afraid to go inside. When she approaches the well a centipede demon bursts from the well and grabs her. The demon claims that Kagome possesses the Jewel of the Four Souls (ËÄ»ê¤ÎÓñ Shikon no Tama) and attempts to seize it.
When the demon is driven off, a very confused Kagome emerges in the Sengoku period of Japan. Kagome wanders into a nearby village and meets an elderly miko (Shinto shrine maiden) by the name of Kaede. Kaede recognizes that Kagome is almost a mirror likeness for Kikyo (Kikyou), her own elder sister (and powerful shrine maiden) who 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'y¨ 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 is revealed that Kagome is the reincarnation of Kikyo, and that she possesses 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 who first sealed InuYasha to the tree, and who was also his first love. Brought back to life by the witch Urasue, Kikyo is reborn using half of Kagome's soul, but is not completely human¡ªrather, she is a 'clay doll' who must absorb recently deceased souls to remain alive. 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, and many of Takahashi's other work: Ranma 1/2, Maison Ikkoku, and Urusei Yatsura, to name a few.
As their adventure continues, various other characters join in their search for the Shikon Jewel. They first encounter Shippo a small fox demon whose father was killed by the Thunder Brothers Manten and Hiten. InuYasha defeats the brothers, and Shippo joins the group.
They then run across 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-yokai 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¡ªone 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 yokai 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 its proximity to the cave of Midoriko, the miko from whose soul the Shikon no Tama was first created.
[ information collected from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plot_of_InuYasha : for I was too lazy to explain myself. =D ]
When the demon is driven off, a very confused Kagome emerges in the Sengoku period of Japan. Kagome wanders into a nearby village and meets an elderly miko (Shinto shrine maiden) by the name of Kaede. Kaede recognizes that Kagome is almost a mirror likeness for Kikyo (Kikyou), her own elder sister (and powerful shrine maiden) who 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'y¨ 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 is revealed that Kagome is the reincarnation of Kikyo, and that she possesses 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 who first sealed InuYasha to the tree, and who was also his first love. Brought back to life by the witch Urasue, Kikyo is reborn using half of Kagome's soul, but is not completely human¡ªrather, she is a 'clay doll' who must absorb recently deceased souls to remain alive. 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, and many of Takahashi's other work: Ranma 1/2, Maison Ikkoku, and Urusei Yatsura, to name a few.
As their adventure continues, various other characters join in their search for the Shikon Jewel. They first encounter Shippo a small fox demon whose father was killed by the Thunder Brothers Manten and Hiten. InuYasha defeats the brothers, and Shippo joins the group.
They then run across 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-yokai 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¡ªone 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 yokai 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 its proximity to the cave of Midoriko, the miko from whose soul the Shikon no Tama was first created.
[ information collected from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plot_of_InuYasha : for I was too lazy to explain myself. =D ]