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Mao, Vol. 1 by Rumiko Takahashi
3.0

After reading Inuyasha I decided to jump into her newest work Mao, which resembles a lot of Inuyasha's feel and world.

A girl who can travel between two worlds (Sounds familiar?) who meets a mysterious guy who has amazing powers and uses a sword (EHHHHH!?) And this man is able to take down demons while having a demon inside himself? (Come on now!) But in reality this is just a girl who can jump back into time, around the early 1900's.

Overall, it's pretty cool. But kind of just there. I didn't get attached to any of the characters or motivations of why they do what they do. The main lead is cool enough and interesting to see where they go, what their hidden power means, what happened to her family, and so on. But I wasn't fully invested into the storyline of these characters yet, maybe a little bored at times.

A 3 out of 5.