Inu-Yasha
Inu-Yasha is the newest series by Rumiko Takahashi, the same person who brought us many other masterpieces like Ranma 1/2, Maison Ikkoku, Urusei Yatsura, One Pound Gospel, and many others.
The story starts when Kagome, a normal high-school girl, is transported back to Japan's middle ages through the "Bone Gobbling Well" in her house. There, she meets Inu-Yasha, a half-demon who had been pinned to a tree by a magical arrow.
Inu-Yasha was a half-demon, who had been searching for the Shikon no Tama, a magical jewl that can give a demon great power.
Kikyo, a preistess, was guarding that jewl. Inu-Yasha ended up wrecking the villiage, getting the SnT, and drawing Kikyo's attention, who then shot him with a magical arrow that would hold him against a tree forever. As long as the seal was not damaged or broken, Inu-Yasha would not revive. Kikyo herself died from her battle wounds. She was burned with the SnT.
Kagome was attacked by a demon when she fell through the well. Eventually, the demon bit her on her waist, and got the SnT( it was INSIDE Kagome). Then, Kagome was trapped against Inu-Yasha. She was forced to pull the magical arrow out, freeing him. He then destroyed the demon, and Kagome got the SnT out from the remains. After that, Inu- Yasha attacked HER, but Kaede, an old and wise woman in the villiage, (also, Kikyo's little sister) put a necklace on him, causing him to fall down whenever Kagome said a word. Kagome chose "sit", so from then on, whenever she said that, Inu-Yasha would "sit"(fall down) Later, Kagome managed to split the jewl up when she shot a demon with an arrow. Oops.
Here's part of it!
When Inu-Yasha decided that he would search for the jewl parts, Kaede told Kagome and Inu-Yasha that they must work together to get the pieces of the jewl. Now, Kagome uses her sixth sense to help Inu-Yasha(if she feels like it ^_^), and Inu-Yasha uses his fighting abilities to get the shard.
That's about as much as a intro that you can get, now. ^_^ This series has a funny sense to it to, and the plot is bulding up, plus the little side stories that Takahashi usually has. I really love this series, and I think you should give it a try, if you haven't already.
Inu-Yasha currently has seven books out, and is currently coming out weekly in a Japanese magazine. It is translated into English from Viz magazines in the US.
