why so much hate?

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Oh, I remember those.

Those are eclipsed by the other commercial, which was just like...three seconds of inuyasha and kagome yelling each others names.

I'm convinced these were some sort of "who the hells watching this crap, I mean, look at it" joke

Kagome is one of those characters that people like to think has depth but in the end is just your typical whiny main character.

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Sesshomaru

The only character in the show that is remotely interesting, although he is very angsty.

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What the hell?

He's more or less saying DBZ, Naruto and InuYasha are more or less just, action, more action, and yet even more action, then throw in som random "story" elements.

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Originally posted by R. Daniel Olk 01: DBZ, Naruto, Inuyasha: clang! clang! clang! boom, blam, bang! Plot? Writing? Clang, slash!

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Originally posted by David Ryder quote: What the hell? He's more or less saying DBZ, Naruto and InuYasha are more or less just, action, more action, and yet even more action, then throw in som random "story" elements.

Yup-yup!

En garde!

If Aristotle of Macedonia (yes, the ancient Greek-Macedonian philosopher who founded or built upon most academic fields) watched Inuyasha, aside from being shocked by the amazing technological advancements of contemporary entertainment, he would probably say it is just a typical case of a "poet" extending his characters over too long of a plot. Naturally, Aristotle was talking about poetry and perhaps some underdeveloped prose writing when he wrote his book regarding aesthetic literature (Poetics) - but many modern, distinguished screenwriters have noted that reading Aristotle's book can help one develop better characters and a more point-driven plot. He would also shake his head at it's chaotic alternating between comedy and tragedy, saying it's a sure way to make a story pointless and unrewarding for the audience. Finally, Aristotle points out that every good story should have a proper beginning and an engaging end after a measured middle. Well, Inuyasha had a good beginning (Inuyasha attacking the village for the Shikon Jewel and getting pinned to a tree by Kikyo? Nice) but the middle was utterly destroyed by overextending it beyond all philosophical reason. This completely wore out and made weak the ending of Inuyasha, which (if I remember correctly) Aristotle says is the most important part of any fictional story as it is stimulates the most significant mental and emotional development/maturity in the audience.

Thus, according to one of ancient history's greatest philosophers (whatever the means), Inuyasha is bad on three significant levels of fictional entertainment - and I'm not even going into the specifics!

Come to think of it...drinking hemlock is probably more entertaining than watching this show.

(Yes yes, I know that was socrates.)

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Originally posted by ScionofDestiny If Aristotle of Macedonia (yes, the ancient Greek-Macedonian philosopher who founded or built upon most academic fields) watched Inuyasha, aside from being shocked by the amazing technological advancements of contemporary entertainment, he would probably say it is just a typical case of a "poet" extending his characters over too long of a plot. Naturally, Aristotle was talking about poetry and perhaps some underdeveloped prose writing when he wrote his book regarding aesthetic literature (Poetics) - but many modern, distinguished screenwriters have noted that reading Aristotle's book can help one develop better characters and a more point-driven plot. He would also shake his head at it's chaotic alternating between comedy and tragedy, saying it's a sure way to make a story pointless and unrewarding for the audience. Finally, Aristotle points out that every good story should have a proper beginning and an engaging end after a measured middle. Well, Inuyasha had a good beginning (Inuyasha attacking the village for the Shikon Jewel and getting pinned to a tree by Kikyo? Nice) but the middle was utterly destroyed by overextending it beyond all philosophical reason. This completely wore out and made weak the ending of Inuyasha, which (if I remember correctly) Aristotle says is the most important part of any fictional story as it is stimulates the most significant mental and emotional development/maturity in the audience. Thus, according to one of ancient history's greatest philosophers (whatever the means), Inuyasha is bad on three significant levels of fictional entertainment - and I'm not even going into the specifics!

Ooooooh that's gotta hurt! Scion is the posterboy of those who oppose the Naruto-DBZ-Inuyasha TrifectAxis... he's like Winston Churchill!

So... these ancient philosophers are watching InuYasha as well and are pretty much telling us what we already have found out about the plot a long time ago?
Peace.

Ah, so you pretty much agree! w00t.

But why choose to watch it in the fiirst place? Couldn't you... tell it was going to be a formulaic moneymaker from all the info and the kind of talk surrounding it on the Internet?

....Aristotle..Inuyasha....

Okay then. Save me some of that hemlock.

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Originally posted by R. Daniel Olk 01 Ah, so you pretty much agree! w00t.

Not really, I suppose. Just don't see the need to bring in a philosopher's point of view on something about InuYasha that was already transparent about the show.

Anyway, saw the lastest episode which was supposedly the ending of the series. About time, and the ending sucked. Nothin' (and I mean nothin') got resolved, same generic battle with Naraku escaping, and the best(?) part of the episode is that Kagara admitted that she had feelings for Sesshomaru. Although if you were watching this about a year ago, you could have already figured that out for yourself anyway.

I want my four years for watching and wasting my time with this series back, InuYasha.
Peace.

yeah I saw the "last" episode, and I'll say this, DBZ (not a fan but still) had more story than InuYasha ever had. Atleast DBZ had an actual ending. So the moral of the story is never watch InuYasha again and instead read Berserk.

if i were to do the ending:
i would have had kagome's father as a detective who had not seen his family in a very long time. the police finally caught inuyasha and wanted to thank him personally for saving that little girl(the episode were inuyasha is trying to give kagome lunch) who was in trouble in that burning building. turns out that the father already knew that inuyasha is a half-demon and he was already studying ancient demons of japan ever since that demonic mask episode.

later in the series, inuyasha chooses to give the shikon jewel to kagome to make her a demon for the fear that she will die of old age or even worse, by naraku.




i'm sorry, that is how i wanted the story to end.

The nightmares over. It'll all be okay now.

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turns out that the father already knew that inuyasha is a half-demon and he was already studying ancient demons of japan ever since that demonic mask episode.

So basically the dad is kolchak except not a reporter.

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four years

God DAMN, has this actually been airing for four years now? I knew it was being stretched beyond all limits of sanity and quality but four years?

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I remember the first episode I watched was the first time Inuyasha turned into a human and that was in the summer of 2002.

...Ew I just realized I may have actually watched one of the first episodes, possibly when it first aired.

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Originally posted by Sharpshooter005 quote: four years God DAMN, has this actually been airing for four years now? I knew it was being stretched beyond all limits of sanity and quality but four years?

Yeah. I remember the first episode I watched was the first time Inuyasha turned into a human and that was in the summer of 2002.

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Originally posted by David Ryder Atleast DBZ had an actual ending. So the moral of the story is never watch InuYasha again and instead read Berserk.

Even though I'm an old DBZ fan, that's pretty bad. Getting one upped by then in that department. Also, a lesson well learned. Had to learn it the hard way but I learned it is the important thing.

Also, regarding what was said a couple of posts ago, how come Inuyasha was the only character that actually displayed a mother and a father for them? Like, what happened to Kagome's father for instance? Just wondering is all.
Peace.