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Inuyasha: Media, Overview & Plot

Inuyasha (犬夜叉; lit. 'Dog Yaksha') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from November 1996 to June 2008, with its chapters collected in 56 tankōbon volumes. The series follows Kagome Higurashi, a fifteen-year-old middle school girl from…

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Inuyasha topic overview

The analysis highlights Media, Overview and Plot as prominent areas in the source structure around Inuyasha.

Related topics
90
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
95
Extracted relationships
193
Concept neighborhoods
29
Bridge connections
95

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Media · 43 topics
Overview · 31 topics
Plot · 6 topics
Development · 5 topics
Reception · 5 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Genre
Adventure · Fantasy · Romance
English publisher
NA: Viz Media
Imprint
Shōnen Sunday Comics
Magazine
Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Original run
November 13, 1996 – June 18, 2008
Published by
Shogakukan

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Plot

Development

Media

Reception

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Inuyasha connects Entity context

The extracted context around Inuyasha shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Inuyasha → Abarero, Aoki Yasei, August, Avex, Avex Mode, Bankotsu, Daite, Embrace, Fate, Go On, Gō, Into, Inuyasha Best Song History, Inuyasha Besuto Songu Hisutorī, Jaken, Jakotsu, January, Kagome, Kagome Higurashi, Kaze Another extracted example is Inuyasha → American, April, Are, English, February, Heroes Come Back, In, In North America, Inu-Yasha, Its, January, Japanese, July, June, November, October, On December, Rumiko Takahashi, Shogakukan, Shogakukan's. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Inuyasha

Top relations

related to Soundtrack CDs · 40
Inuyasha → Abarero, Aoki Yasei, August, Avex, Avex Mode, Bankotsu, Daite, Embrace, Fate, Go On, Gō, Into, Inuyasha Best Song History, Inuyasha Besuto Songu Hisutorī, Jaken, Jakotsu, January, Kagome, Kagome Higurashi, Kaze
related to Manga · 32
Inuyasha → American, April, Are, English, February, Heroes Come Back, In, In North America, Inu-Yasha, Its, January, Japanese, July, June, November, October, On December, Rumiko Takahashi, Shogakukan, Shogakukan's
related to Plot · 24
Inuyasha → Bone Eater's Well, Five, Four Souls, Honekui, However, Ido, In, Japan, Kaede, Kagome, Kagome Higurashi, Kikyo, Kikyo's, Later, On, Per Kikyo's, Sengoku, Shikon, Shikon Jewel, Shinto
related to Video games · 21
Inuyasha → Forest, Fūun Emaki, Game Boy Advance, Illusion, Invitation, January, Japan, Kagome, Kagome's Dream Diary, Kagome's Warring States Diary, Mayoi, Mori, Naraku, Naraku's Trap, Sengoku Nikki, Shōtaijō, The Sealed Scroll Picture, Three, Wana, WonderSwan
related to Films · 17
Inuyasha → Affections Touching Across Time, All, December, DVD, English, In, Japan, Japanese, Katsuyuki Sumisawa, Menomaru, Movie, Region, The, There, Together, US, Viz Media
related to Reception · 16
Inuyasha → By February, By September, Diamond Comic Distributors, In, In North America, Individual, Japan, Japan Media Arts Festival, Lycos, Manga Division's Jury Recommended, Moreover, On TV Asahi's Manga, Shogakukan Manga Award, Sōsenkyo, The New York Times, Works
related to Stage plays · 15
Inuyasha → Akasaka ACT Theater, April, February, Golden Bomber, In, In February, January, Japanese, Kagome, May, Nogizaka46's Yumi Wakatsuki, Tennozu Galaxy Theater, The, Tokyo, Yutaka Kyan
related to Development · 12
Inuyasha → By June, Furthermore, In, Kagome, Maison Ikkoku, Mermaid Saga, One-pound Gospel, Ranma, Sengoku, Takahashi, To, Urusei Yatsura
Genre · 3
Inuyasha → Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
see also · 3
Inuyasha → Chinese TV, InuyashaNansō Satomi Hakkenden, The Holy Pearl

Important terminology

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Important terminology

series manga kagome released jewel anime naraku shikon original takahashi volumes media october viz time volume 2020 television kikyo final

Inuyasha relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 193 structured relationships around Inuyasha. Examples in this analysis include Inuyasha → English publisher → NA: Viz Media and Inuyasha → Genre → Adventure. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
InuyashaEnglish publisherNA: Viz Media1.00infobox
InuyashaGenreAdventure1.00infobox
InuyashaGenreFantasy1.00infobox
InuyashaGenreRomance1.00infobox
InuyashaImprintShōnen Sunday Comics1.00infobox
InuyashaMagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday1.00infobox
InuyashaOriginal runNovember 13, 1996 – June 18, 20081.00infobox
InuyashaPublished byShogakukan1.00infobox
InuyashaVolumes56 (List of volumes)1.00infobox
InuyashaWritten byRumiko Takahashi1.00infobox
Urusei Yatsurainstance ofIn contrast to her previous comedic works0.80text
Inuyasharelated to DevelopmentTakahashi0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Inuyasha bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Series, Kagome and Released. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Inuyasha
    • Series
    • Kagome
    • Released
    • Manga
    • Takahashi
    • Anime
    • Jewel
    • Final
    • Time
    • Shikon
    • Rumiko
    • Sesshomaru
  • inuyasha
    • Series
    • Kagome
    • Released
    • Manga
    • Takahashi
    • Anime
    • Jewel
    • Final
    • Time
    • Shikon
    • Rumiko
    • Sesshomaru
  • manga
    • Shōnen
    • Takahashi
    • Series
    • Anime
    • Original
    • Volumes
    • Rumiko
    • Shogakukan
    • Published
    • Television
    • Two
    • Media
  • rumiko takahashi
    • Takahashi
    • Shogakukan
    • Published
    • Shōnen
    • First
    • Volume
    • Films
    • Act
    • Final
    • Series
    • Half-demon
    • Kagome
  • shōnen manga
    • Shogakukan
    • Shōnen
    • Published
    • Takahashi
    • Series
    • Anime
    • Volume
    • Original
    • Volumes
    • Rumiko
    • Television
    • Two
  • anime
    • Television
    • Series
    • Original
    • First
    • Manga
    • Volumes
    • Films
    • Act
    • Half-demon
    • Two
    • Inuyasha
    • Character
  • first series
    • Television
    • Anime
    • Volumes
    • October
    • Media
    • Viz
    • Rumiko
    • Original
    • Published
    • First
    • Series
    • Time
  • shogakukan manga award
    • Shōnen
    • Takahashi
    • Series
    • Published
    • Anime
    • Original
    • Volumes
    • Rumiko
    • Shogakukan
    • Television
    • Two
    • Media

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Inuyasha, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Inuyasha with Media. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Inuyasha — Media · splits 52 ⟂ 44
Inuyasha — Overview · splits 64 ⟂ 32
Inuyasha — Plot · splits 89 ⟂ 7
Inuyasha — Development · splits 90 ⟂ 6
Inuyasha — Reception · splits 90 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

Inuyasha

Nodes96
Edges95
Triples193
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020833
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Inuyasha to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Media, Overview & Plot, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Inuyasha · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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