Inuyasha 1.21

Naraku's True Identity Unveiled

Kagome goes on a date with Hojo. He can tell she seems distracted. She can't stop thinking about Inuyasha. She ends the date early and runs back to the well.

A shard of the Shikon Jewel falls to the ground during the fight between Inuayasha and Rōyakan. Inuyasha tries to get it but he is too slow. Shippo grabs the shard and runs off, chased by three eyed wolves created by Rōyakan's roar. They chase him back to the blocked up well. He fools them momentarily and then falls in.

Kagome is down in the well in the Modern Era and tries digging her way through. She senses a shard of the Shikon Jewel. Suddenly the shard that Shippo grabbed appears before her. Inuyasha senses the arrival of Kagome. He rushes to the well. Rōyakan follows him. Inuyasha deals with him and the three eyed wolves.

Kagome senses Naraku's presence because he has many shards of the Shikon Jewel. He tells them about his relationship with Onigumo, about how he (Naraku) was created. Naraku unleashes a lot of dark energy. Inuyasha is able to counter it to some degree but, after Inuyasha sees the burn on Narku's back in the shape of a spider, the villain disappears. Inuyasha is frustrated.

Thoughts

The music and visuals for the closing credits change with this episode. According to Netflix there are six more episodes in this season but this episode does feel like it might be the start of something new.

Rōyakan gets trounced by Inuyasha and isn't seen after that.

Naraku seems to have been created when Onigumo was consumed by demons but according to his story he is not Onigumo. Naraku's true identity has been revealed, as implied by the title of the episode, but he still seems mysterious.

Its good to see that Kagome is back in the Feudal Era. This was a decent episode but it ended in a very open-ended way without having a cliffhanger.