David Thune <davidt@algonet.se> wrote:

I just read the first part of Takahashi-sama's new epos, Inu-Yasha.
What I wonder is, have any of you read it and if so, what do you think?

I thought it pretty cool but...

Let's see.  A demon terrorizes a village.  Someone saves the village 
by impaling the demon.  Later more demons terrorize the same village, 
so a descendant of the impaler pulls out the impaling device, so that 
the demon can defeat the other demons.

Folks, this has been done before.  It's called USHIO & TORA.

Now, I know the differences between INU-YASHA and USHIO & TORA are 
far too numerous to even attempt to list, but that central core is 
surprisingly the same.  (Unless the "impaled demon" is an element of 
traditional Japanese folklore?)

------RM