InuYasha - Episode Guide

In Japan's Warring States period, a half-demon boy named Inuyasha is sealed by the priestess Kikyo. Centuries later, Kagome, a modern-day schoolgirl, is transported back in time and accidentally breaks the seal, awakening Inuyasha. Just then, a centipede demon attacks and tears into Kagome's side—revealing the Sacred Jewel, the Shikon no Tama. The demon swallows it, but Inuyasha swiftly defeats it with a single blow.

Kagome is revealed to be the reincarnation of Kikyo, the priestess who once protected the Sacred Jewel. When the demon Yura of the Hair kidnaps her to obtain the jewel, Inuyasha rushes to her rescue. Although he tears the demon apart, it regenerates after having swallowed the jewel. When Kagome fires an arrow at the demon, the Sacred Jewel shatters into countless fragments, scattering them across the land.

With Kagome's ability to detect jewel shards and Inuyasha's power to fight demons, they're forced to team up to retrieve the scattered fragments. However, they quarrel, and Kagome returns to her time through the Bone-Eater's Well. Meanwhile, the demon Yura uses villagers to ambush Inuyasha. Injured but determined, he follows Kagome back to the modern world.

While Kagome relaxes at home, Inuyasha comes through the well to retrieve her—unaware that a strand of Yura's demon hair clings to his shoulder. To stop her from attacking the modern world, Kagome returns to the past with Inuyasha. They face Yura in battle, but she traps them in flames from her demonic comb.

Kagome learns that Inuyasha is a half-demon, born of a human mother and a powerful dog-demon father. His older half-brother, Sesshomaru, searches for their father's grave and even summons Inuyasha's deceased mother from the afterlife. But the one who appears is a demon in disguise. Inuyasha is nearly consumed by her illusion.

Sesshomaru forces the truth from the demon and extracts a black pearl from Inuyasha's eye—revealing their father's grave. He enters it in search of the legendary sword, Tetsusaiga. Kagome and Inuyasha follow. Though the sword is meant for Inuyasha, it's Kagome who first draws it from its resting place.

Sesshomaru tries to kill Kagome for drawing the sword. Enraged, Inuyasha defends her, unlocking the sword's true form: a massive fang-shaped blade. Revealing his monstrous form, Sesshomaru battles Inuyasha—but is ultimately forced to retreat after losing an arm.

In the province of Kai, a bumbling young samurai named Nobunaga learns that a demon has possessed his childhood friend's new husband, a feudal lord. With Kagome's clever help, the toad demon Tsukumo no Gama is driven out—though not without a struggle.

Shippo, a young fox-demon, seeks revenge after the Thunder Brothers, Hiten and Manten, kill his father. Hoping to use the Sacred Jewel for power, Shippo steals a shard from Kagome. But when Manten kidnaps her to make hair tonic from her remains, Inuyasha must act quickly.

Inuyasha rescues Kagome by tricking Hiten and using the Tetsusaiga to defeat Manten. Hiten absorbs Manten's shard and gains immense power, attacking with lightning strikes. Inuyasha fends him off using only the sword's scabbard—until the blade itself responds and unleashes its true strength.

While Kagome returns home to study, a cursed Noh mask stored at the Higurashi Shrine awakens, seeking the Sacred Jewel's power. When it attacks, her younger brother Sota desperately summons Inuyasha to save her.

Kagome sees a Soul Piper, a spirit guide for children, and meets the ghost of a girl named Mayu on the verge of turning into an evil spirit. As Kagome tries to help her pass on, the Soul Piper's eyes begin to glow—signaling Mayu's descent into darkness unless she's saved in time.

During the night of the new moon, Inuyasha becomes fully human. While staying at a mountainside temple, the group is tricked by a spider demon who steals the Sacred Jewel. Poisoned and weakened, Inuyasha must rely on Kagome's support to survive.

The demon Urasue digs up the remains of Kikyo, the priestess who sealed Inuyasha. Using her ashes and grave soil, she revives Kikyo's body—but without a soul, it's just an empty shell. Then Urasue spots Kagome and realizes she holds Kikyo's reincarnated soul.

Kagome's soul is absorbed into the revived Kikyo, who immediately tries to kill Inuyasha. But Kagome reclaims her soul just in time. As Kikyo falls into a ravine, we learn the tragic truth: she and Inuyasha were tricked into betraying each other. But who orchestrated it all?

The flirtatious monk Miroku steals a shard of the Sacred Jewel from Kagome. When Inuyasha pursues him, Miroku unleashes his Wind Tunnel curse—a void in his hand that sucks in everything. With Kagome's help, they seal it. Miroku then reveals that his true enemy is the demon Naraku—who is also Kikyo's betrayer.

A painter named Kōdachi uses ink laced with Sacred Jewel fragments to create demons from his artwork. When Miroku and the others visit his manor, they are attacked. Miroku absorbs a demon, but is nearly consumed by its evil. Inuyasha battles to destroy the cursed ink without killing the misguided artist.

Naraku appears before Sesshomaru and offers him a human arm embedded with a Sacred Jewel shard. Armed with this, Sesshomaru attacks Inuyasha and takes Tetsusaiga, unleashing its full power to slay a hundred demons at once. As Miroku's Wind Tunnel is sealed by poison insects, Kagome fires a sacred arrow that restores the sword to Inuyasha.

Inuyasha battles Sesshomaru and regains Tetsusaiga by slicing off the arm with the embedded jewel shard. Learning of Naraku's involvement, Inuyasha fears Kagome's life is in danger and sends her back to her time—taking away the Sacred Jewel shards to keep her safe.

Back in the modern world, Kagome finds herself unable to return to the past. Inuyasha had destroyed the well to keep her out of harm's way. Meanwhile, the group investigates Naraku's past and learns of a bandit named Onigumo—who may hold the key to the mystery connecting Naraku and Kikyo.

Thanks to Kagome's return to the Sengoku era guided by the Shikon Jewel's presence, Inuyasha grows stronger and defeats a demon, the wolf youkai Yōkan. Watching from the shadows, Naraku finally reveals himself to the group...

After surviving her fall into a ravine, Kikyo lives quietly in a village. But when a priest realizes she's the walking dead and tries to put her soul to rest, he's killed. Inuyasha intervenes to save the priest's apprentice...

Kikyo immobilizes Kagome and confronts Inuyasha. Gathering soul collectors, she unleashes her pent-up bitterness, but Inuyasha confesses he's never forgotten her. Touched, Kikyo kisses him—and tries to drag him to the underworld. But Kagome's voice breaks through, pulling him back to reality...

Sango, a skilled demon slayer, is summoned to Hitosumi Castle along with her father and younger brother, Kohaku. But it's a trap—Kohaku, manipulated by the enemy, slaughters his family. Meanwhile, their village is wiped out by a youkai raid, and Naraku seizes the Shikon shards. Barely surviving, Sango is told Inuyasha is behind it all...

Believing Inuyasha is her brother's killer, Sango fights him, unaware it's a ploy by Naraku using the Shikon Jewel to keep her fighting to the death. With Kagome's help, the truth is revealed. Sango joins Inuyasha to face Naraku—but it's just a puppet. Unfazed, Naraku sets his next plan in motion...

Sango reveals the origin of the Shikon Jewel: the priestess Midoriko, in a deadly battle against countless demons, expelled her soul—merged with theirs—to form the jewel. Purified under Kikyo's care, it nevertheless brought tragedy. Inuyasha vows to break the jewel's curse once and for all...

Meeting Tarōmaru, the village headman's son, Inuyasha and friends storm the Water God's shrine where children are sacrificed. They discover the true deity, a goddess, is imprisoned—replaced by a serpent spirit. Fired up by the mention of a beautiful goddess, Miroku springs into action...

After his Wind Tunnel is injured, Miroku seeks aid from his guardian, Monk Mushin. But Mushin, possessed by a demon, paralyzes and attacks him. Surrounded by enemies, Miroku erects a barrier but weakens. Inuyasha rushes in but struggles—forcing Miroku to use the forbidden Wind Tunnel...

Kohaku, believed dead, is alive—sustained by a Shikon shard embedded in his back. Naraku uses this to blackmail Sango: steal Tetsusaiga or Kohaku dies. Torn by guilt, Sango stares at the sword as Inuyasha sleeps...

Sango steals Tetsusaiga and heads to Naraku's castle, intending to kill him—but is critically injured by Kohaku. Inuyasha and the others arrive but are nearly overwhelmed by Naraku's miasma. Kagome senses his Shikon shards and fires a sacred arrow, shattering his form...

Seeking medicine for the poisoned Kirara, Inuyasha and Kagome meet Jinenji, a gentle half-demon tormented by villagers. But when a man-eating youkai threatens the village, Jinenji bravely fights back—and the villagers begin to accept him...

In a cave filled with cursed energy, Inuyasha and Miroku find a grotesque amalgamation of demons—created through a deadly ritual. Inuyasha battles to protect Kagome, but killing the creature risks absorbing it. Suddenly, Kikyo appears, purifying the evil with a sacred arrow...

Targeted by illusions, Kagome resists their effects but is betrayed by Kikyo, who steals her Shikon shards and nearly kills her. Inuyasha breaks the spell in time to save her—but Kikyo escapes and takes the shards straight to Naraku...

The legendary swordsmith Tōtōsai forges two mystical blades: Tetsusaiga for Inuyasha, and Tenseiga, a healing sword, for Sesshomaru. Displeased with a sword that can't kill, Sesshomaru demands another. Tōtōsai runs—and tells Inuyasha that he must face Sesshomaru again...

Blinded by Sesshomaru's poison, Inuyasha learns to sense demonic auras and masters Tetsusaiga's ultimate technique—the "Wind Scar." Defeated, Sesshomaru retreats, and Tōtōsai recognizes Inuyasha as the blade's true wielder. Meanwhile, a human girl named Rin finds the wounded Sesshomaru...

Koga, a brash wolf demon with Shikon shards in his limbs, challenges Inuyasha. After a quick retreat, he returns—interested in Kagome's spiritual power—and kidnaps her. Inuyasha gives chase but is attacked by their natural enemy: the deadly Bird of Paradise...

During a fight with the Bird of Paradise, Kagome tells Koga that the jewel shards are in their enemies' mouths. Koga engages them but loses his own shards in battle. Inuyasha arrives, defeats one of the birds, and confirms Kagome's safety...

Jealous of Kagome's bond with Koga, Inuyasha angers her—and she returns to the modern era. Her friends encourage her classmate Hōjō, who has a crush on her. Meanwhile, Inuyasha lingers nearby but hesitates to bring her back...

Wolf demons lured by rumors of the Shikon Jewel are slaughtered—by Naraku's new servant, the wind sorceress Kagura. She uses their reanimated bodies to attack Inuyasha and lures Koga into a trap. Koga, believing Inuyasha is behind the killings, enters the fight—unaware Naraku has implanted him with fake shards...

Koga, poisoned by the fake shards, weakens. Kagura arrives and manipulates the battlefield winds to turn the tide. But Kagome purifies Kagura's aura with an arrow, revealing the space where Inuyasha unleashes the Wind Scar...

Miroku reunites with a girl he once courted, Koharu, and decides to leave her in the care of a certain village. However, Kanna, the demon and older sister of Kagura, appears there and steals Koharu's soul using a mirror that absorbs souls. The other villagers who also had their souls stolen are manipulated into attacking Inuyasha and the others. Realizing that this is Naraku's trap due to the presence of Gatenmaru, the group struggles, unable to harm the possessed villagers…

After failing to absorb Kagome's soul, Kanna retreats at Kagura's call. Inuyasha attacks Kagura with the Wind Scar, but the blast is reflected back by Kanna's mirror, resulting in a devastating counterattack. Then Naraku appears, revealing that both Kagura and Kanna were born from him, and that Kikyo gave him the Shikon Jewel shard she stole from Kagome…

Badly wounded, Inuyasha is summoned by Kikyo using Soul Collectors. She tells him not to die until she destroys Naraku along with the Shikon Jewel. Later, Inuyasha rejoins Kagome and the others, but Kagome is upset after seeing him protect Kikyo. Meanwhile, Naraku sends his third incarnation, Goshinki, after them as a deadly new assassin…

Totosai takes on the task of repairing the Tetsusaiga, which was broken during the battle with Goshinki. Meanwhile, Sesshomaru takes Goshinki's fang and gives it to Kaijinbo, a swordsmith demon. Using the fang, Kaijinbo forges a cursed sword called Tokijin. Controlled by the sword's hatred, Kaijinbo attacks Inuyasha. On the night of the new moon, Inuyasha loses his demon powers and becomes human, forcing Miroku to fight and stop the crazed swordsman…

Menoumaru, a demon and son of Hyoga, who has been sealed by Inuyasha's father 200 years ago, desires the power of Tetsusaiga for a special task. But instead of asking Inuyasha for it, he takes Kagome hostage and tricks him. The result is that Menoumaru turns even more powerful than before.

Together with his female demon underlings Ruri and Hari he manages to turn friends into foes and lovers into haters.
 

Inuyasha, Kagome and the others have cornered their arch-nemesis Naraku. Kagomes flying purification arrow and Inuyashas Tessaiga finally take Naraku down! Mysteriously, from that night on, the full moon strangely continues for several days.

At that time, the unearthly appeared before Inuyasha and the others, calling herself "Kaguya, the Princess of Heaven"!

What is the true relation of this greatest of enemies, who controls time freely, to Naraku? Right here and now, a new door opens on the magnificent tapestry of the warring country revolving around the Shikon no Tama!

Many years ago, Inuyasha's father, the Great Dog Demon, wielded the Three Swords of the Fang. Upon his death he bequeathed a sword to each of his sons, Inuyasha and his rival brother, Sesshomaru. He locked the third sword, the wrath-filled Sounga, away forever. Now, 700 years later, the Sounga's tremendous power has been awakened and the two brothers must set aside their differences and join forces in an unlikely and uneasy alliance to battle a force that spells doom for all mankind. 

A 30-minute Inuyasha feature titled Kuroi Tessaiga screened on Takahashi Rumiko's picture exhibitions across Japan. In January 2010, this special ended up, slightly edited, as episode 15 of Inuyasha Kanketsu-hen. Kagome leads a fairly normal life, in spite of her weird family. Her house is a thousand-year-old Japanese temple, and her grandfather talks about the history of the house endlessly. Legend has it that the old well on the temple grounds keeps a vicious ancient monster at bay; Kagome never believed those legends, until now. The well opens up and sucked Kagome inside transporting her to an ancient time of enchanted forests and giant demons.

When the last person to obtain the Shikon Jewel makes the one correct wish, the jewel will be purified and disappear entirely from this world.