MacGuffin

If you're creating a long-running anime series, it helps to have a hook to hang your story on. For Inuyasha, the MacGuffin is the Shikon no Tama.

Star of 1,001 flashbacks, this jewel made from the four forces of Nature causes no end of trouble and the deaths of countless villagers.
 

Added: 5/21/06 From: Celga
 
MacGuffin