Why is it so popular?

I really enjoyed the Inu-Yasha manga, it has that same Takahashi magic as Rumic Theater and Mermaid Saga. I never watched the anime, but I guess it's in a bit of a DBZ role for many.

The reason for its popularity is of course exposure. Show Burst Angel on one massively popular channel, dubbed (no matter how bad) and within a month it will be praised as the best anime everrrrr by a whole lot of people.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by TemariPC31

The series was also created by Rumiko Takahashi, the same woman who wrote/drew the infamous Ranma 1/2, Maison Ikkoku, and Mermaid Saga. She's famous for her ridiculously long plots where the two main characters take the entire series (300 plus chapters) to finally admit that they love each other... when its obvious from the getgo that they have feelings for each other.

Hey now, Maison Ikkoku was only 14 volumes. I guess it's fitting it's also her most mature and accomplished work so far (not that I don't love her other series).

Then again, in Ranma they never do honestly admit anything, so maybe it balances out.

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Originally Posted by AcerBandit

Maison Ikkoku is her best work by far and an excellent strain test standard for love-comedy series. Basically if you are going to include some form of love-comedy as the major component of a manga then you should get the characters to finally admit their love within 14 volumes. The only other series that comes to mind that thankfully does this is Love Hina. The build up can be great but any longer and it gets super old.

Well yeah, I'll agree to an extent. Most of the time it does, cause it no longer feels exciting, you just know nothing is going to happen anyway. It's the same with most fighting and competition series (well, ones that aren't known for killing off their characters too fast).

But then, Peach Girl lasted for 18 volumes and that seemed to only get better towards the end :3

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However in the manga they do end up admitting their feelings for each other and at their marriage the whole :comedyexplosiondistraction: happens and awww so mad at each other again happens again and the series ends on that rather Ranma-ish note. Pretty rushed ending but it works.

Ah, I see. I was referring to the way Akane confronted Ranma on when he said he loved her and he denied it again. That the series then ended on a very Ranmaish note felt slightly more copout to me, what with everyone still having expected them to properly get together after all this time, even IF it was a Takahashi series. She's known as the queen of romantic comedy, not queen of haha-letdown-sucka

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Urusei Yatsura is fantastic, despite going on forever. It strikes a slightly different balance, with the obvious focus being on the utterly mad hijinx that take place, with Ataru's lecherous skirtchasing partly replacing the "will they, won't they" expectations, making it feel more fun than frustrating when "nothing happens".

Mermaid Saga, One-Pound Gospel and Rumic Theater are all relatively maturer than Ranma and co. but I didn't consider them since none of them end properly, which, in my eyes, makes Maison Ikkoku more accomplished.

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I generally don't mind openended endings, just as long as they're not something "final" that seriously pisses you off, like Saikano or Mahoromatic. I'd much rather have an ending that leaves things to the viewer's interpretation than risk being disappointed when some writer thinks his work won't be memorable enough unless he ends on a depressing- I'm sorry, I mean "bitter-sweet" note.

I was speaking idiomatically.