Actually, DBZ and Inuyasha couldn't be further apart. Both admittedly suffered the problem of being extended too log but Rumiko managed to tie up loose ends pretty well in the manga and the Final Act.It had everything you could really ask for: a complex plot, an actual story, and very personal stakes for each character in killing Naraku and completing the Shikon-no-tama. It was quite dark at times, especially where Naraku was involved: Kikyo and Inuyasha were tricked into killing each other, Miroku inherited a curse that could one day destroy him, Sango had to live through her own brother killing innocent people not once but constantly as Naraku's puppet(it did help in his redemption though that he did not do anything bad of his own free will). Then there was Kikyo herself: resentful of coming back to life, living to pursue Naraku but working across and sometimes in opposition to Inuyasha.DBZ as a whole did not offer nearly as much. IF she'd ended it within 25 volumes, it would've been an undoubted masterpiece(which it is even now though not as great). Her only real mistake was extending the plot beyond healthy limits and creating so many unwanted subplots like Kouga(which really lead to nothing).
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