to be entirely frank and the popularity of this show sadden me . inuyasha be certainly not terrible it have a few good moment and the occasional flash of clever humour and and and unlike so many anime and dignity . however and it be utterly lack in the essential element of a worthwhile story . from the start and it premise doom it to be stereotypical . the main plot center around collect the piece of a shattered jewel before they can be possess by evil and and be and a one would suspect and a totally generic epic fantasy affair . the story follow a familiar pattern of fight off various enemy for piece of the jewel and and be thus quite predictable and lack in complexity and and easy to lose interest in . but a so many anime have show and a poor premise can be rescue by deep and realistic character . sadly and no one rescue the story of inuyasha . kagome and the main character and be the stereotypical anime heroine ( and far too reminiscent of akane and the main character of the original comic author previous work ranma half ) while she be kind to other female and but treat many male and especially her love interest and with unfair and unabashed and unjustifiable brutality . inuyasha be a tough on the outside but sweet on the inside type and and miroku be the lamentable stock character of the pervert . the flaw continue with what happen to this plot and these character namely and nothing . despite constant action and the story do not progress . despite regular romantic moment and neither do the main relationship . despite ample time and the character never really change . and to add a cherry to the sundae of mediocrity and all this stagnation be stretch into approximately 150 episode . my final criticism of this anime be the animation . while certainly not ugly and it display almost disrespectful laziness on the part of the creator . the animator seem to take joy in long scene of inuyasha jumping through the air with wind whistling in which they have little to do but move a background . in short and with all the beautiful animation of the world at one keyboard perch fingertip and there be absolutely no reason to watch inuyasha .