secondlina | Jan. 8th, 2007

My friend

tuppa_tuppa sent me an email with some odd news. She read the following about Inuyasha on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumiko_Takahashi :

-> During the latter half of the 1990s, Rumiko Takahashi continued with short stories and her installments of Mermaid Saga and One-Pound Gospel until beginning her fourth major work, InuYasha. While Ranma ½, Urusei Yatsura, and Maison Ikkoku all were heavily seated in the romantic comedy genre, InuYasha was more akin to her dark Mermaid Saga. The series became her most eclectic work, featuring action, romance, horror, fantasy, (folklore-based) historical fiction, and comedy. This series remains ongoing in Shônen Sunday and is as of this writing 48 volumes. Rumiko Takahashi recently stated that the series will continue to be at least 500 chapters, or 50 volumes, making it her longest work by far.

My friend in question was a bit taken aback. She's been re-reading her series and after 8 volumes, she's already fed up of Kagome's and Inu's sexual tension. I think all this waiting is going to stress the hell out of you all. Wikipedia also mentionned how fans either though Takahashi was an awesome writer or a sellout that adapted her style to please the crowds. I think she's a bit of both. Her style did evolve with the times after all. The article also mentionned she was one of the richest women in japan.

Oddly enough, apparently, Takahashi-sensei as been known to have made the worse ever manga endings with Ranma and Urusei Yatsura. But, with Maison Ikkoku, apparently, she did one of the best. So...Will inuyasha end well or not? I truly wonder.

Aside from that, i'm already working on my first project: I'm planning to make ome kind of paper sculpture from a book. The artist Su Blackwell was a great inspiration. I discovered her while I was looking for book designs. Look at her stuff, it's great!