Episode 33

Kikyo, Captured by Naraku is the thirty-third episode of the InuYasha anime.

Synopsis

 * 1) Kikyō is held by Naraku in his castle; Naraku put up a barrier around the place so Kikyō's Shinidamachū cannot enter, rendering her almost helpless.
 * 2) As Inuyasha and the others search for the kidnapped Kikyō, Naraku casts the evil spell of Illusory Death, which feeds on the sadness and fear of those effected by it.
 * 3) Kikyō steals Kagome's Shikon no Tama shard and gives it to Naraku; vowing to destroy him once he finds all of the shards of the jewel.
 * 4) Kikyō uncovers a secret about Naraku; he is a hanyō.

Summary


Kikyō is again in Naraku's captivity in his castle and her Soul Collectors cannot penetrate Naraku's barrier, so that Kikyō cannot move because she does not receive her souls of the dead to prevent her from harming him. However, Kikyo recognizes Onigumo in Naraku when he pulls out a shard of the Shikon no Tama to show Kikyō that her death at that time did not bring anything. He offers her a deal: she could escape this lifeless existence if only she can bring Kagome to Naraku. He gives her a corrupted shard of the Shikon Jewel and soul to control her.

Sango feels that Inuyasha is acting strangely since Kikyō has been abducted, which is confirmed by his indolence. When Kagome asks Inuyasha to save Kikyō and destroy Naraku, he wants to do it alone. However, Miroku intervenes and says that he also wants to take revenge on Naraku and the others agree with him. Then they see the Soul Collectors flying in the distance and follow them. On the way, Sango asks Kagome why she is not actually with Inuyasha and she thinks that this is all Kikyō's fault. Then Sango smashes one of the Soul Collectors, but it does not dissolve as normal, but his remains are those of a Saimyōshō, so it's a trap of Naraku they fell into. They all become separated.

Inuyasha sees a light and then finds himself back in the village 50 years into the past with it on fire and is hit by Kikyō's arrow. He tries to persuade her, but it doesn't help. Miroku notices that the others have disappeared and suddenly feels his Wind Tunnel opening up and wants to suck him in. Shippo realizes that everyone is gone and only sees their clothes lying around. Sango sees a forest colored red and her friends lying dead on the ground. They all died from Kohaku's hand, which then appears behind her and attacks her too. Naraku enjoins their despair from afar, and wonders why Kagome alone is unaffected by the spell of the root-vines. He puts it to the Jewel shards in her possession, but that was Naraku's plan. He is sitting in the form of a puppet on a tree with Kikyō when she suddenly destroys the puppet. Then Kagome comes and is happy that Kikyō is free, but she attacks her by shooting a big hole in the ground with an arrow and Kagome, who now has a scratch on her face now, falls into it. She is left dangling over a deep hole in the ground, but the Soul Collectors bring her up again.Then she says that Naraku is very afraid of Kagome, who realizes that Kikyō has a shard of Sacred Jewel in her chest, which is controlled by Naraku, but Kikyō mocks her, saying that she, a priestess who once took guard of the complete Sacred Jewel, wasn't going to be controlled by a mere shard. To prove it, she purifies it on the spot, then takes Kagome's shards, which she wears around her neck. Kagome is pulled down into the abyss by the root-vines.

Inuyasha is almost shot in his illusion when Kikyō sinks to the ground due to her injuries and he promises her that he will protect her. The illusion-Kikyō itself gives him the idea that it is an imagination and that he has to protect Kagome as well then understand that it was all an illusion. He frees himself from the dark roots. Then he hears Miroku scream, who is still trapped in his illusion, and breaks the roots that control his thoughts, so that Miroku can snap out of it and comes to again. Miroku is now supposed to save the others and Inuyasha goes in search of Kagome and finds her. He takes Kagome out of the bottom of the hole and he takes her out of it, but she still seems under a shock. Upon seeing Kikyō, Inuyasha sees that she has the Sacred Jewel shards then he gets mad at Kikyō and wants to know what she did to Kagome and Kikyō admits that she tried to kill her and will he kill her. Then Kikyō says what Inuyasha meant by Naraku's spell that he always wanted to protect Kikyō, she laughs at his indecision before leaving on her Soul Collectors with Kagome's shards, saying she waits for the day when she and Inuyasha will embrace death together. Then Inuyasha wants to know from Kagome what Kikyō has done, but she reacts irritably and does not want to answer when Miroku arrives with the others and the conversation is over. Kagome now thinks to herself that she had been finally put to the test of the vines in her illusion after she got attacked by Kikyō, she saw her illusion where Inuyasha and Kikyō are together and kissing, in love with each other, which hit her very much.

Kikyō goes to Naraku in the castle, to taunt him about that she is too strong for him. Then she throws him the shards of the Sacred Jewel at his feet and says that he could use it since he was a hanyo not a yokai, which interests him. Kikyō says his weaknesses, such as his half-human blood and the memories of Onigumo will never be erased. She tells him flatly that if he needs her, he'll have to send a messenger at the temple, for she is free to do what she wants, and will neither flee nor hide herself. He takes her words to heart and tries to cut the scar off his back, but it always grows back. Once she left Naraku, Kikyō thinks of what she has done, reflecting that only when Naraku has completed the Jewel will she send him to hell. She is now free to hate, free to love, so much more free than when she was alive.

Differences from the manga

 * In the anime, the conversation between Kikyō and Naraku in Naraku's castle includes talk of the Shikon no Tama. This leads to Naraku giving Kikyō a soul with a corrupted Shikon shard in it, ordering her to kill Kagome. In the manga, there is no shard, Kikyō acts on her own.
 * In the manga, Naraku's Saimyōshō lure Inuyasha's group into Naraku's trap. In the anime, Saimyōshō disguised as Kikyō's soul collectors do this.
 * In the manga, the fake Kikyō pins Inuyasha to the Goshinboku. In the anime, however, Kikyō's arrow pierces him, but causes him to fall to the ground instead. Also, in the manga, Inuyasha is able to break free from the trap after remembering that Kagome told him he is no longer alone. In the anime, though, he breaks free after remembering that he needs to protect both Kikyō and Kagome.
 * The anime adds what Shippō saw in Naraku's trap.
 * The trap Sango falls into is much more gruesome in the manga, and has Kohaku thanking his elder sister for "letting him work under Naraku".
 * The confrontation between Kikyō and Kagome differs greatly between the two mediums. In the anime, Kikyō destroys Naraku's puppet before Kagome even notices the two. Kikyō then uses her arrow to create the hole that Kagome nearly falls into. In the manga, however, Kagome uses her arrow to destroy part of Naraku's puppet while Kikyō feigns being asleep. Naraku then opens the hole Kagome nearly falls into. This then leads to Kikyō destroying Naraku's puppet in front of Kagome before taking Kagome's Shikon shard.
 * In the anime, Kagome actually falls into the hole.
 * In the anime, Kikyō is much more hateful when speaking to Inuyasha, even admitting that she tried to kill Kagome. In the manga, Kikyō denies trying to kill her, laying the blame solely on Naraku.
 * In the anime, Kagome falls into Naraku's trap, as well. This does not occur in the manga.

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