Dr. M: Day 16--A manga you feel you should read but can’t

I don't know why, but I can never really get into the manga of Fullmetal Alchemist, or Inuyasha.
I have read a few. I like FMA, but I sort of get stalled out on it. And I love Inuyasha. Yes, yes, it's popular and mainstream and blah, blah, blah, but it's also good...well, the anime is (except for the series end, that goes without saying). The manga just...eeeeeeeeeehhhhh.

Maybe it's that there are 56 volumes. I cannot afford that. I could get them from the library, but even then...56 volumes?

1-14...incidentally this stack o' manga is for sale for $70 on a site called
Canadian Listed .com ...it is missing issue #10.
For $70 used, I want issue #10, hoser.

It's a daunting stack o' manga to take on. So, I keep meaning to get into both of these series, but I can't. Someday maybe?