RIN-NE, Vol. 2

Looks like Rumiko Takahashi has not lost her humorous touch. Overall, I'm getting more of a Ranma 1/2 vibe than an InuYasha vibe. Both from the humor and the fact that this series seems to be more of just random hijinks each chapter on a loosely connected story. ( )

I was given the first four volumes of Rin-ne with the caveat " They're Rumiko Takahashi comics. If you want more of the same Rumiko Takahashi, you'll probably like them." Which was fairly accurate - I came in to manga with Ranma 1/2 and Maison Ikkoku, and Rin-ne really does feel like just getting more of that. Which makes me happy, because I didn't read Saiyuki and haven't gone back to the older stuff for years, so I was ready for more. But it is definitely just another Rumiko Takahashi manga.

In Volume Two, there's a longer storyline for the first time, in which we meet Rin-Ne's 'nemesis' and get our first glimspe of Hell. I quite like the hell here, and the relationships are starting to be interesting.