Inu Yasha, the title character is a half-demon equipped with a Tetsusaiga, a sword welded from his father’s fangs, with dreams to out-demon his full-fledged counterparts by raiding a village to steal the Jewel of the Four Souls, which was supposed to intensify his powers and grant him a wish. He ended up sleeping though.
What happened? He fell in love, that’s what happened. The not-so-lucky (considering InuYasha’s temperament) maiden is Kikyo, the powerful guardian of the shrine. Enter Naraku, the main antagonist of the series who managed to con the pair into believing that they were betrayed by each other. Before dying, she managed to release an arrow that sealed Inuyasha into a sacred tree where he was pretty much unable to do anything.
Fast forward some five hundred years later. Kagome Higurashi found herself in a strange place and a yet stranger predicament. It appears that she is the reincarnation of Kikyo, that she has the powerful jewel inside her body and that she has time-traveled. After attempts to defend the jewel from demons, the artifact was accidentally destroyed with numerous fragments scattered all over the country. Joining them in their hunt to retrieve the fragments are Mikoru, a Buddhist monk on a quest for vengeance while keeping the ladies happy (or so, he thinks) and Sango, a demon slayer.
Created by Rumiko Takahashi, the manga that gave birth to the anime, Inu Yasha enjoyed quite a success, in terms of viewership and reception of critics, with the main protagonist selected as the Best Male Character in the Animage Grand Prix in 2001.
