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Kagome Higurashi is an ordinary girl living with her family at an old Shinto shrine. That is, until an old well takes her back in time to an era of warring lords and demons, where she finds that she is the reincarnation of the venerated priestess Kikyo, who died clutching the Sacred Shikon Jewel fifty years before. As the jewel resurfaces (from inside Kagome's body), she inadvertantly wakes a powerful half-demon, Inu-yasha, from the spell Kikyo used when he stole the jewel.

Since Kagome is the spitting image of Kikyo, Inuyasha doesn't like her. But when Kagome accidently shatters and scatters the jewel, they have to work together (she can sense where they are, he can fight for them). They battle the prissy Yura, who uses hair as a weapon, a monstrous toad, Inuyasha's cold-as-ice half-brother Sesshoumaru, who is trying to find an incredibly powerful sword made from their father's fang, and the deadly (and very immature) Thunder Brothers, one of whom wants to turn Kagome into a hair-growth remedy.

If there were some way of cross-breeding "Lord of the Rings" with "Much Ado About Nothing" and a few of those great old martial arts movies, the result might be something like "Inu-yasha." At least, that's as close as it can get. One of the major complications with this DVD set is that, since it has the first three DVDs, it ends on a massive cliffhanger (as many of the Inu-yasha DVDs do). So have Volume Four on hand, or prepare to shriek with frustration.

The picture of a fantastical medieval Japan is pretty exciting, with demons popping up all over the place. The animation is pretty good, although occasionally flawed (Inu-yasha's sword, the Tetsusaiga, keeps changing size); while the early episodes don't have as many "romantic-cute" moments of later episodes, they do have some comedy (Kagome trying to rip Inu-yasha's clothes off) sprinkled through the drama and action.

Inu-yasha is, at first glance, a rude and very crabby teen boy with superhuman strength and some serious emotional issues. But you get to see his softer side, like when he thinks he's seeing his dead mother again. Kagome seems a little dizzy at first, but by the second DVD she's adjusted enough to be smart, capable, and good backup for Inuyasha. Regulars such as the orphaned fox-demon Shippo and the wise but wussy flea Myoga also join Inu-yasha and Kagome on their quest.

The first three volumes of the Inu-yasha series are solid and enjoyable, full of action, humor, and in the wind-up for some romance too. If they had included the fourth DVD in this set, rather than leaving it at a cliffhanger, then it would have been even better.

The Beginning of the (so far) Neverending Series
Inu Yasha, my first violent anime ever. I began the series from episode 20 something but now I've seen them all (I'm even ahead one episode from Adultswim as of June 6th!) and I must say, this is a great way to start the series.

The DVD is pretty standard in extras (by anime standards): names of English and Japanese cast, character bios, etc. but what you're really here for is the episodes.

The beginning episodes, though easy to explain, cannot be explained here because since I know several spoilers that are revealed throughout the series, I can only give this synopsis: In the Japanese Feudal Era, Inu Yasha, a half-demon, has spent 50 years on a tree where a priestess called Kikyo pinned him before her death. Inu Yasha was supposedly stealing the Sacred Shikon Jewel, a powerful object that would be able to fully release Inu Yasha's demon powers. In the modern era, a schoolgirl called Kagome falls into the Bone Eater's Well and is taken into Inu Yasha's time. She frees him and all hell breaks loose with it.
The first three volumes (or around nine episodes) contains the following: Inu Yasha and Kagome not getting along, Kagome bringing the Shikon Jewel back and breaking it by accident, Yura of the Demon Hair trying to kill Inu Yasha for his Jewel Shards, Inu Yasha's full-demon brother Sesshomaru attempting to steal his father's heirloom sword Tetsusaiga from their father's tomb, and a very odd fox-demon called Shippo.

All in all: this is just the first of a possibly endless (that's impossible but whatever) series that I found the best action/comedy/romance/mystery anime yet.

I'm glad I waited to start buying
I was about to start earlier, buy, I saw the first three volumes cheaper, so I said hey cool. But when I found out there were only 15,000 made, I brought another one to put it my collection, and keeping it sealed. The series gets off to a good start, in the first 2 episodes, then it starts to evolve in the next 3 episodes. and soon you see his brother Sessomeru(Whos one bad dude) In the next 3. This is a comedy-romance adventure series, that is sure to please fans of the genure. If you love this series, you should get this, it's not only less money(3 Vol for price of 2 DVDs), it's a collectors item. Take advantage man, take advantage. And also like many reveiwers advised, try to get the fouth volume, and don't buy a bootleg.

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