Episode 22

A Wicked Smile; Kikyo's Wandering Soul is the twenty-second episode of the InuYasha anime. It first aired in Japan on April 9, 2001.

Synopsis

 * 1) Inuyasha and the others learn that souls of dead women are being stolen from their bodies.
 * 2) Kikyō proves to be the culprit, using these dead souls to animate her body.
 * 3) Kagome finds Kikyō, whom she and the others had believed to be dead.

Summary
Inuyasha being suspicious of Miroku's reasons for staying at the manor. While Inuyasha, Miroku, Kagome, and Shippo investigating the case of a princess whose soul is being stolen, Kikyō, who survived her encounter with Inuyasha, lives peacefully in a village with children. However, she is observed by a monk named Seikai and his apprentice, who believes she is a demon.

Later, both he and a village girl discover that Kikyō, must steal the souls of the dying to maintain her presence in the world, which alarms one of the village girls when Seikai is killed by the shrine maiden when he tries to save her soul. Meanwhile, Inuyasha, Kagome, and their friends investigate girls losing their souls, which inevitably leads them to Kikyō. Inuyasha decides to go after Kikyo alone.

Differences from the manga

 * Though picking up from the previous episode, the anime excludes Inuyasha telling Kagome he wants her to stay by his side before she goes back into the well again.
 * The anime adds an extra scene of Inuyasha being suspicious of Miroku's reasons for staying at the manor, as well as a group of women bringing them a feast.
 * The anime leaves out Seikai asking around the village about abnormalities before happening across Kikyō.
 * The anime omits Inuyasha ordering the group to stay behind so he can search for Kikyō on his own.

Episod 22 第二十二集 Tập 22