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[Phil]

Why?

1. It's written like sh**. Every time one character talks to another character, they have to say that character's name. "What do you think about this, Kogome?" "Is that true, Shippo?" For the most part, looking at that person and talking to them usually tells viewers that "this character is talking to that one." You don't have to constantly put names in there. It's annoying.

When a character isn't there, it doesn't seem like they use words like "her" or "his" that often, either. They instead opt to use names nearly every time.

2. They talk in their heads too much.

3. The art is bland. and it seems like they're always walking in an open field or a forest.

4. I hate InuYasha's character, and Kagome's character is about as varied as Ben Stein's voice.

5. There's this unrealized sexual tension between InuYasha and Kogome that's drawn out over about 800 episodes.

6. They always end episodes on a cliffhanger, leaving the 13-year-old girls who stay up late to watch it unable to go to sleep afterwards because they're too busy wondering what the ramnifications of InuYasha catching a glimpse of Kogome's breastasisis at the spring will be. Thanks, assholes.

InuYasha sucks. Discuss.

[LiQuid!]

[NR]

I hate everything about InuYasha. One thing I'd add to the list (or maybe it falls under bad writing) is that the characters' actions or plans often defy simple logic, just for the sake of adding action. It's been a long time since I forced myself through an ep so I'm dry on examples, so I'll make one up...
If someone broke into my house and wanted to fistfight me to the death, it would be like me walking outside with him formally and doing so, rather than grab the gun or knife and taking it to him. Yeah, it gives you an excuse for a better plot/better fight scene, and some measure of this happens once in a while in TV series or movies, but InuYasha did that kind of stuff a lot, if I recall correctly.

Awful.

[J.L.Jones]

Why discuss that which is fact.

[Idin Leis]

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[Sethimothy]

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[Acend]

No I'll agree with you her stuff is repetitive and way to drawn out but I love Rumiko Takahashi's Maison Ikkoku.
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[Toadie]

InuYasha suffers from what I like to call the Dragonball Syndrome--it just keeps going on and on and on without ever reaching a satisfactory resolution. So, in the end, nothing ever really happens. The thing that turned me off of the series the most was the interminable search for and running battle with Naraku. Even when he should be defeated--body vaporizing or whatnot--such things only turn out to be a mild inconvenience for him. Add to that the gayness of his "incarnations," "evil miasma," and his "poisonous insects," and it's like, "Give us a freakin' break here, would you?" Basically, they take a plot device which should run its course in a dozen or at most 24 episodes, and they drill it into the ground.

Which to me is a shame, because I don't find the series without redeeming qualities. I actually like the individual characters, and the time traveling aspect they used in at least the first season was clever and somewhat refreshing, enabling certain comedic interludes, for instance, which wouldn't have been available if the show had centered completely in the past. The writing could have been better, but it was still an enjoyable show for a number of episodes in the beginning. Problem was, they just ran out of ideas. I think it could have actually been an above average series if they had gone in with a specific plan for beginning, middle, and most importantly, end. A quick trip to Wikipedia just revealed to me the series ended in Japan--with no ending! Seriously, to me that's a flawed business plan when creating a series.

I can't in my heart condemn this series the way most other posters here have, as I have derived a certain amount of enjoyment from it. I just wish they hadn't ridden the thing beyond its natural lifespan--story arcs are one thing, but to plod on interminably with the exact same thing happening over and over and over.... *gack*

I actually loved Dragonball, until they just wrote it into one ridiculous battle sequence following another getting absolutely nowhere. The adventures of the young Goku were quite entertaining. Same goes for the first season or so of InuYasha. Just a shame they painted themselves into a corner.

[VsPluckyDuck]

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[Idin Leis]

Here I will agree Dragonball caught my intrerests. I was however in 5th and 6th grade. When I say Dragonball I mean the original series which is much better than the Dragonball Z series.

I also liked other cartoons like Conan and the Exo Squad.

I have grown out of these things.

The last cartoon I have watched that interested me was the Silver Surfer series and that is only because I have huge thing for Galactus.

BTW... Fantastic Four 2 will have Galactus in it! HOW f---ing AWESOME IS THAT?!
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[timrpgland]

I still have fun once in a while watching old cartoons I grew up with. Bugs, Mario Bros Super Show, Tom & Jerry, TMNT, Captain N, Thunder Cats and so on. I rarely catch any new cartoons (except South Park and ATHF) but I'll just agree with you guys that InuYasha sucks for every reason mentioned.

This forum should turn into a 80s/early 90s nostalgia cartoon forum instead of anime
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[Strategos]

You could always make it into a general "Anything that was once both animated and on TV or Silver Screen" type forum.

On the topic of Nostalgia, I miss The Rugrats. I grew up on that show; just the right age, really. Of course, they had to franchise it and completely spoil it by adding first new characters and then aging them so they're ten, and neglecting to explain why the middle school they go to is exactly like a high school.

Call me a nay-sayer, but they f---ing ruined one of my favorite cartoons ever. Bastards.
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[Acend]

I miss all the old Nickelodeon shows =(


The best Canadian show ever: You Can't Do That on Television
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[J.L.Jones]

The REAL Ren and Stimpy.

[LiQuid!]

[Idin Leis]

[Phil]

Watched an episode again tonight.

It still sucks guys.