by Rumiko Takahashi, 184 pagesInuYasha and friends track down evil Naraku and Moryomaru, the demonic being protecting Naraku's heart (the only human, and therefore vulnerable, part of him), but are shocked to find the two fighting each other--and Moryomaru appears to be winning. When the companions realize Naraku's only getting stronger than ever, they throw themselves into a desperate attack while he's still in transition.
A lot of what's best in this volume (and the series as a whole) springs from the interconnected personal histories Takahashi has created for her characters throughout the books. Everybody has their own reasons to fight, but those reasons grow and change over time, and that gives the plot, and the characters, substance and depth, which are nice (and often hard) things to find in an action series.
Volume 45? That's too long for me! But I've heard such great things about this series!
ReplyDeleteHee hee! I think there are 56 all together, but as long as I don't get left hanging (like when the publisher drops a title or loses a license or the author puts it on hiatus and never comes back to it--all of which have happened to me, sadly), I don't mind a quality long series that I can live with for a few years. For the really good ones, it's like eagerly waiting for the next Harry Potter or Mary Russell Holmes. :P
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