Episode 35

The True Owner of the Great Sword! is the thirty-fifth episode of the InuYasha anime.

Synopsis

 * 1) Sesshōmaru battles with Inuyasha and, with his newly acquired dragon arm, proceeds to repeatedly attack the Tessaiga, hoping to break it.
 * 2) Inuyasha is able to tap into Tessaiga's ultimate power, the Kaze no Kizu, and seemingly destroys Sesshōmaru.
 * 3) Sesshōmaru is ultimately protected by Tenseiga.
 * 4) Sesshōmaru, having landed in a forest following his battle with Inuyasha, encounters a young girl who attempts to bring him food.
 * 5) The girl is killed by a pack of wolf demons, but Sesshōmaru is able to revive her with Tenseiga.

Summary
Inuyasha battles Sesshōmaru, a dragon claw against Tessaiga used as these dragon claw is being tough. However, he thinks that Tessaiga is also very effective in Inuyasha's hands and that it should reveal its power. Tōtōsai thinks that this force, the wind scar can kill 100 demons in one fell swoop, but he must use this ability quickly against Sesshōmaru. During the fight, however, Inuyasha realizes that Sesshōmaru is fighting mainly against Tessaiga, that the dragon's claw is set in dangerous vibrations. This could break it and Sango tries to help him, but Inuyasha rejects her. Sesshōmaru tries a feint to get Tessaiga, but Inuyasha goes into the line of fire and takes a heavy blow to keep Tessaiga from breaking. However, since the blow was on the head, he can barely see, but he recognizes two winds that are formed by his and Sesshōmaru's demonic energy and a crack develops on the friction surface. He simply hits this crack and five energy beams emanate from Tessaiga. Tenseiga runs out, but it quickly fades away again. Then Sesshōmaru is no longer there.

Later, Miroku says that Sesshōmaru probably did not survive, but Tōtōsai says that Inuyasha could not make real hits because of his poor eyesight and assumes that Tenseiga saved Sesshōmaru's life. Inuyasha has to admit that it didn't seem right that Sesshōmaru was cut up, but rather "removed". However, they realize that they probably cannot defeat him because Tenseiga always saves him. Tōtōsai has given Tessaiga a new edge and disappears again thinking about the division of the two swords. As Sesshōmaru lay wounded against a tree in a nearby forest when a young human girl passes by. He starts up with red eyes, but the girl bravely comes up to him, gives him food and wants to leave. However, Sesshōmaru tells her to mind her own business and that he doesn't eat human food. During the night the girl is catching fish in the river when men come up to her and hit her because she is not allowed to, she limps off without saying a word. They call her Rin and it revealed by the men that her entire family was slaughtered by bandits right in front of her while she hid and the after effects left her a mute. During the day, she returns to Sesshōmaru with the fish she took from the river. He retains his cool and distant demeanor, emphasizes that he does not need anything from her. However, he asks about the bruises on her face. Rin doesn't speak a word, but she rejoices at this sign of a small bit of interest, smiling brightly.

Rin is later seen happily skipping in her village. Later she enters her old hut, but there is an old man who has taken up residence on it. Suddenly they hear screams and the man wants to flee: a pack of demon wolves has arrived looking for him and they begin to destroy the village. However, the wolves catch up with the man and drag him to their leader, who appears in human form. He takes the shard of the Sacred Jewel the man stole from him and kills him. Then he gives the village to his wolves, so that they can eat their fill of the residents. Rin sees all of this and flees into the nearby forest with Sesshōmaru in thought, pursued by wolves, but they catch up with and kill her. Jaken came to Sesshōmaru's rescue on A-Un and is still concerned that Sesshōmaru attacked him with Tenseiga. When Sesshōmaru comes, however, Jaken is submissive as before and then Sesshōmaru smells the girl who wanted to take care of him. They go in that direction and see it lying dead there, but Sesshōmaru pulls Tenseiga and then sees the spirits of the underworld who want to take Rin with them. He can kill them with Tenseiga and Rin is slowly waking up again. Jaken says that it is ungrateful of Sesshōmaru that he resuscitates a person and attacks him himself, but when Rin runs after the dog demon, he does the same. As Sesshōmaru departs without a word, she and Jaken follow him. Sesshōmaru seems to put the responsibility of choosing to save a human life on the Tenseiga.

Kagome meanwhile felt a splinter of the jewel and they walk in the direction in which it is. There they come to Rin's village where all people have been killed and see the tracks of wolves on the ground. Then the wolves come and surround them, but Inuyasha can easily destroy some of them. Then the others run away and start howling, which they call their lead wolf and Kagome also feels that the jewel shards are approaching extremely quickly. Then the wolf comes in human form and wants to kill Inuyasha. Kagome tells Inuyasha that her opponent has three Sacred Jewel shards and enters their locations in the wolf's body.

Note

 * This episode (like the manga) marks the first appearance of Kōga, who would serve as a supporting character for the rest of the series.
 * In the manga, Tōtōsai stated Inuyasha held back on his swing when he used the Wind Scar because he couldn't bring himself to kill his own brother no matter how much he hated him and even though he tried to kill Inuyasha. Inuyasha, embarrassed by this, claimed Sesshōmaru's poison numbed his body, preventing him from swinging with his full power. In the anime, there was no mention of this.
 * Also in the manga, Tōtōsai stated had Inuyasha tried to kill Sesshōmaru with his full power, Tōtōsai would have broken Tessaiga. This was likely removed due to the later plot revealing Tessaiga is essential to keeping Inuyasha's demon side from taking over.
 * In this episode, Rin is mute. After being revived by Tenseiga, in the rest of the series she can talk. (Much to Jaken's despair.)

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