What makes InuYasha work? I can think of five reasons:ġ. Really good, in fact, and deserving of more respect than it gets from many critics. I made a shocking discovery in the process of re-reading the first chapters: InuYasha is good. VIZ’s recent decision to re-issue InuYasha in an omnibus edition, however, inspired me to pick it up again. Still, InuYasha held a special place in my heart reading it was one of my seminal experiences as a comic fan, making me reluctant to re-visit InuYasha for fear of sullying those precious first-manga memories. Though I followed it religiously for years, trading in my older editions for new ones, watching the anime, and speculating about the finale, my interest in the series gradually waned as I was exposed to new artists and new genres. InuYasha was the first comic that I actively collected, the manga that introduced me to the Wednesday comic-buying ritual and the very notion of self-identifying as a fan.
