>>279594072
Here's a bit from that interview. You can tell she wants people to be able to jump into any chapter whenever.

"How did the work come about?
Motegi: Having worked on Inuyasha for 12 years and with that being such a serious story, Takahashi-sensei herself said, "I think the next one will be a comedy work that can be read casually."

After that, we had many meetings about the setting and the staging, and although the general framework was formed, it seemed that Takahashi-sensei was not able to come up with a sense of the main character, which was the most important part.

At the very last minute, two weeks before the serialization was to begin, it was suggested, "wouldn't it be interesting if the main character was poor?" From that moment on, the main character's clothes, personality, and lifestyle emerged concretely in her mind, and the character "Rinne Rokudo" was born.

I remember being very moved by the moment I witnessed the main character being born from Takahashi-sensei's mind."

I still find it crazy how last minute Rinne's entire schtick was thought of.

>>279594020
My friend thinks of all Rumiko art as looking like that since she inspired all those books in the first place. I still feel this isn't that different from late Inuyasha, but I understand where you are coming from.