InuYasha

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Name:	InuYasha, 犬夜叉
Abbreviation(s):
Creator:	Rumiko Takahashi
Date(s):	Manga: 1996–2008 Anime: 2000-2004, 2009-2010 Yashahime: 2020-2022
Medium:	manga, anime
Country of Origin:	Japan
External Links:	Official Websunday site for Inuyasha/JP Inuyasha and Kagome Fanart by gutostrifeart
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InuYasha (also written Inuyasha, Inu Yasha, etc.) is a manga series by Rumiko Takahashi, the creator of many other bestselling series like Ranma 1/2. It follows the adventures of a modern-day Japanese schoolgirl in the Sengoku period along with various demon hunters and demons including the titular InuYasha.

The title: The full title in Japanese is Sengoku Otogizoushi InuYasha (戦国御伽草子 犬夜叉), sometimes translated as InuYasha: A Feudal Fairytale. The name InuYasha is composed of the kanji for dog (犬) and the kanji for yaksha (夜叉), a type of Buddhist demon or nature spirit.

Viz started releasing the manga in English starting in 1998. As of March 2010, 46 out of the original 56 volumes have been translated. The manga has also been translated into many other languages. The first anime series ran on US TV in the 2000s. The series is also widely available scanlated and fansubbed.

Characters

InuYasha contains a vast cast of characters over its 58 volumes and nearly 200 episodes. Some of those most popular in fanworks include:

• Inuyasha - The main character; half human, half dog demon
• Kagome Higurashi - A schoolgirl from modern Japan
• Miroku - A perverted monk
• Sango - A demon hunter
• Kikyo - An (un)dead miko and Kagome's previous incarnation
• Sesshomaru - InuYasha's brother and frequently his enemy; full demon
• Naraku - The demonic main antagonist
• Kohaku - Sango's little brother
• Rin - A human girl traveling with Sesshomaru
• Kouga - A wolf demon
• Shippo - A child fox demon

Pairings

A number of het pairings that are either canonical or strongly supported in canon are popular. The following are particularly common in fanworks:

• Inuyasha/Kagome
• Sango/Miroku
• Inuyasha/Kikyo
• Kagome/Sesshomaru
• Sesshomaru/Rin

Some of the het rarer pairings include:

• Kagome/Kouga
• Miroku/Kagome
• Sango/InuYasha

Yaoi is also popular in InuYasha fandom. Some popular pairings include:

• Sesshomaru/Inuyasha
• Naraku x pretty much everyone

Some of the Yaoi rarer pairings include:

• InuYasha/Kouga
• Inuyasha/Kouga/Sesshoumaru

Yuri pairings are rarer, some of them are:

• Kagome/Kikyou
• Kagome/Sango

Example Fanworks

Fanart and Fancomics

• The Hero in the 21st Century by Kristine Batey (fancomic)
• A gift!, ^{Archived version} by brain-rot-hour for serial-doubters-club (Kirinmaru/Midoriko)

Archives & Resources

The best place to find English language InuYasha fanfiction is MediaMiner.

• Inuyasha at FFN - over 119 thousand InuYasha fics as of 22 April 2019, with many active authors.
• InuYasha fanworks at AO3 - over 5,000 InuYasha fics as of 22 April 2019.
• InuYasha Fanfiction - a general fanfiction archive
• Eternal Destiny - a InuYasha/Kagome archive
• Moonlight Flower Fanfiction - a Rin/Sesshomaru archive
• Dokuga - a Kagome/Sesshomaru archive
• Inuyasha ecchi doujinshi, a mailing list
• Inuyasha's Era at MSN Groups (Archived link)

Fansites

• Dokuga (Sesshomaru/Kagome)
• Back to you (Sesshomaru/Rin)

External links

• OSUWARI!, an InuYasha character fanlisting.