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8.4/10(272 votes)
#1 - Showdown! Inuyasha vs. Sesshomaru
S1:E711/27/2000
Kagome is able to pull out the Tetsusaiga. Sesshomaru tries to kill her, and Inuyasha is angered and fights to protect Kagome. His will to protect a human changes the Tetsusaiga into its true form, a fang sword.
Directors:Akira Toba, Kunihiro Mori
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8.4/10(225 votes)
#2 - Return of the Tragic Priestess, Kikyo
S1:E152/12/2001
Kikyo is revived when Kagome's soul flows into her. She tries to kill Inuyasha, but Kagome takes back her soul. Fifty years ago, Kikyo wanted Inuyasha to use the Shikon Jewel to become human. But on the day of their promise, someone who looked like Inuyasha fatally injured Kikyo. Inuyasha realizes that there is a mysterious person who made them fight.
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8.3/10(263 votes)
#3 - The Mystery of the New Moon and the Black-haired Inuyasha
S1:E131/29/2001
Half demon Inuyasha's secret is that he becomes human once a month. That day, Inuyasha and the gang meet Nazuna and stay at a mountain temple. They fall into Kumogashira's trap and the sacred jewel shards are taken away from them. Inuyasha is injected with poison!
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8.3/10(152 votes)
#4 - Hitomiko's Barrier
S2:E161/19/2010
The priestess Hitomiko loses her life at Naraku's hands, but she is resurrected and locks Kagome within a barrier. Then, the true spiritual power of Mount Azusa's bow reveals itself!
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8.2/10(200 votes)
#5 - Go Home to Your Own Time, Kagome!
S1:E193/12/2001
Sesshomaru wields the Tetsusaiga with his borrowed arm against Inuyasha, who fights back with his scabbard. When the two strike each other at the same time, Inuyasha gets up close to Sesshomaru, rips off his arm, and gets back the Tetsusaiga. When Inuyasha learns Naraku's plan, he fears that Kagome might die.
Director:Akira Nishimori
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8.1/10(266 votes)
#6 - Aristocratic Assassin, Sesshomaru
S1:E511/13/2000
Kagome learns that Inuyasha is a half demon, born of a human mother and a dog demon. Inuyasha's half brother Sesshomaru appears, looking for the tomb of their father. In order to manipulate Inuyasha, he brings Inuyasha's dead human mother with him. But the woman turns out to be a demon known as a muonna.
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8.1/10(247 votes)
#7 - Tetsusaiga, the Phantom Sword
S1:E611/20/2000
The muonna makes Inuyasha reveal the location of his father's grave. Sesshomaru removes Inuyasha's right eye (the black pearl) and opens the entrance to the grave. Kagome is angered by Sesshomaru's cruelty. She goes with Inuyasha after Sesshomaru. Inside their father's tomb is a memento of Inuyasha's father, the sword Tetsusaiga.
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8.1/10(207 votes)
#8 - Naraku and Sesshomaru Join Forces
S1:E183/5/2001
Naraku appears before Sesshomaru and lends him an arm with a sacred jewel shard embedded in it. Sesshomaru attaches the arm to himself and appears before Inuyasha and the gang to steal the Tetsusaiga.
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8.1/10(198 votes)
#9 - Enter Sango, the Demon Slayer
S1:E244/23/2001
Sango, a demon slayer, is invited to Hitomi Castle along with her father, the leader of the demon slayers, and her younger brother, Kohaku. But it is a trap. Meanwhile, the undefended village is attacked by a horde of demons and annihilated. Naraku takes the Shikon Jewel shards that they had been gathering and leaves.
Director:Akira Nishimori
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8.1/10(180 votes)
#10 - Naraku's Insidious Plot
S1:E255/7/2001
Sango fights Inuyasha, believing him to be her enemy. Naraku's plan is to have her fight to the death using the power of the Shikon Jewel shard. But Sango listens to Kagome and is no longer suspicious of Inuyasha.
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8.1/10(168 votes)
#11 - Thoughts Fall Short
S2:E253/23/2010
Naraku heads for the Bone Eater's Well and vanishes! Before disappearing, Naraku makes his last wish for Kagome, injured at the hands of Byakuya, to be swallowed into Meido, the Path to the Underworld.
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8.0/10(426 votes)
#12 - The Girl Who Overcame Time... and the Boy Who Was Just Overcome
S1:E110/16/2000
In feudal Japan, the half demon Inuyasha was sealed away by the priestess Kikyo. Many years later he is revived by Kagome, who has slipped through time from the present day. Kagome is surprised when the sacred Shikon Jewel, which makes demons stronger, emerges from a cut on her body.
Director:Masashi Ikeda
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8.0/10(275 votes)
#13 - Yura of the Demon-Hair
S1:E411/6/2000
Kagome has returned to the present day and is relaxing in her home when Inuyasha comes looking for her. Some of Yura's demonic hair is on his body. Kagome and Inuyasha return to feudal Japan to exterminate the Yura of the hair.
Director:Megumi Yamamoto
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8.0/10(214 votes)
#14 - Mystical Hand of the Amorous Monk, Miroku
S1:E162/19/2001
Miroku, a womanizing delinquent priest, has been collecting Shikon Jewel shards and steals Kagome's shards. Inuyasha tracks him down and confronts Miroku to get the shards back. Miroku fights back with his priestly powers and the wind tunnel in his hand that he was cursed with.
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8.0/10(192 votes)
#15 - Naraku's True Identity Unveiled
S1:E214/9/2001
Kagome returns to the shrine in the middle of her date with Hojo. She senses the presence of the Shikon Jewel shards and returns to feudal Japan. Naraku reveals that fifty years ago, Onigumo was in love with Kikyo. The demons that were drawn to Onigumo by his malice devoured Onigumo, and the demon Naraku was born.
Director:Akira Toba
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8.0/10(2 votes)
#16 - Return to the Place Where We First Met
S1:E4810/29/2001
Inuyasha and Kagome must sort out their feeings for each other, after Kagome has spied him with Kikyou, again. Who will Inuyasha choose?
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8.0/10(3 votes)
#17 - The Demon's True Nature
S1:E5211/26/2001
Inuyasha, once again, transforms into a demon when faced with Gatenmaru's murderous attack against himself, Miroku, and the helpless women of a village. Sesshomaru then appears to see if what Boku'seno told him about demon Inuyasha was true.
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8.0/10(167 votes)
#18 - Among the Twinkling Stars
S2:E811/22/2009
Kikyo attempts to purify Naraku and his Shikon shards along with Midoriko's will that controls the shards in Koga's legs.
Director:Akira Toba
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8.0/10(167 votes)
#19 - Naraku's Uncertain Wish
S2:E243/16/2010
Naraku has been living as a demon despite having a human heart. While fighting him, Kagome asks about his true wish.
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7.9/10(230 votes)
#20 - Phantom Showdown - The Thunder Brothers vs. Tetsusaiga
S1:E1012/18/2000
Inuyasha goes to save Kagome from Manten. Hiten devours the sacred jewel shard that Manten had and absorbs his demon powers. Hiten attacks Inuyasha with his Raigekijin. Inuyasha is in trouble and defends himself with the scabbard of the Tetsusaiga.
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7.9/10(208 votes)
#21 - Kikyo's Stolen Ashes
S1:E142/5/2001
The ogress, Urasue, robs the grave of Kikyo, the priestess who sealed away Inuyasha fifty years ago. She revives Kikyo's body using the ashes of Kikyo's bones and soil from Kikyo's grave. But Kikyo's soul has already been reincarnated in a different body.
Director:Megumi Yamamoto
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7.8/10(227 votes)
#22 - Shippo and the Thunder Brothers
S1:E912/11/2000
Shippo is a demon fox whose father was killed by the the Thunder Brothers: Hiten and Manten. He steals the Shikon Jewel shards from Kagome so that he can avenge his father.
Director:Megumi Yamamoto
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7.8/10(184 votes)
#23 - Kagome's Voice and Kikyo's Kiss
S1:E234/16/2001
Kikyo paralyzes Kagome. Inuyasha appears before her. Kikyo has been gathering the souls of dead girls. She vents her grudge against Inuyasha. Inuyasha reveals that he has never forgotten her. When Inuyasha kisses Kikyo, Kikyo tries to drag him to hell. But Inuyasha hears Kagome's voice and regains consciousness.
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7.8/10(172 votes)
#24 - Dragon-Scaled Tetsusaiga
S2:E410/25/2009
The swordsmith Toshu forges a demon-blade using one of Ryujin's scales, and the Dakki was born. Meanwhile, every time Inuyasha tries to attack, he is undermined by demonic energy.
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7.8/10(150 votes)
#25 - The Day of Days
S2:E182/2/2010
Kohaku remains unconscious after being stared down by Magatsuhi, the evil will. Kagome is worried, but she has to buckle down and study for her entrance exams, so she decides to return home.
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