Ep. 87: Kikyo encounters Rasetsu, who reveals his past and the Shikon Jewel plot.
Aired on September 16, 2002
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Kikyo meets Rasetsu, an old bandit who claims he was a criminal fifty years ago. He explains that Onigumo sent him to attack Kikyo and steal the Shikon Jewel. Rasetsu notes that Inuyasha gouged out his right eye, which led him to immolate Onigumo in revenge. An eye incarnation of Naraku, also abandoned in the castle, desires Rasetsu's shard of the Shikon Jewel. However, this incarnation is electrocuted by Kikyo's sacred arrow. Rasetsu asks Kikyo to bury his lock of hair as his final wish before he dies.
Episodes
- Ep. 83 · Ayame seeks Koga to unite tribes while he protects Kagome from Naraku's incarnation
- Ep. 84 · Koga must protect Kagome and Ayame from Naraku's mouth incarnation while Inuyasha arrives.
- Ep. 85 · Inuyasha and friends encounter a demon exorcist investigating a haunted castle head
- Ep. 86 · Inuyasha and Miroku confront the demon princess who is actually the oni head
- Ep. 87 · Kikyo encounters Rasetsu, who reveals his past and the Shikon Jewel plot.
- Ep. 88 · Three mischievous monkey sprites ravage crops to locate their deity while holding Inuyasha hostage with a stone seal.
- Ep. 89 · Inuyasha uses a childhood remedy to help sick Kagome study for exams
- Ep. 90 · Sota Higurashi seeks Inuyasha's help to confess his feelings to Hitomi.
- Ep. 91 · Shippo and Koume discover the truth behind the village's bad luck and the faith healer's deception.