Thread:Lord Hyōga/@comment-4944362-20200419003501/@comment-4576906-20200424025943

I read over your forum post; I'm pretty sure I read it before a long time ago.

Basically this is how I would split it up (in general):
 * 1-17: Jewel Shard arc (17 episodes)
 * Kagome meets Inuyasha and she accidentally shatters the Jewel Shard. They begin their quest to collect the shards, gaining Tessaiga and meeting Shippo along the way. Their meeting with Miroku foreshadows Naraku's debut.


 * 17-33: Naraku arc (16 episodes)
 * Naraku appears for the first time, teaming up with Sesshomaru, and manipulating both Royakan and Sango. His body is eventually destroyed by Kagome and with the interference of Kikyo, he is able to use the Shikon Jewel to create a new body and grow strong enough to create incarnations.


 * 34-54: Incarnation arc (20 episodes)
 * Naraku begins to send incarnations after Inuyasha, all of which fail. The arc ends when Naraku decides he might as well give Ryokotsusei a shot at Inuyasha.


 * 55-65: Tsubaki arc (10 episodes)
 * Naraku next turns to Tsubaki, who also fails to defeat Inuyasha. I took this out of Naraku's barrier arc because it's 10 episodes (5 about Tsubaki and 5 misc. filler) that just really don't fit in anywhere else. It's really just Naraku's last major offensive before Inuyasha and his group go on the attack themselves, and Naraku largely plays defense from the next arc until after Mt. Hakurei. Lumping it in with the next arc would just bloat it and make it lack any real sense of focus.


 * 55-82: Naraku's Barrier arc (17 episodes)
 * Naraku's barrier weakens, and everyone begins to zero in on his castle, but they are unsuccessful in finding it. Naraku tries to expel Onigumo to go after Kikyo, but this weakens him. This foreshadows his desire to remove his heart at Mt. Hakurei. While reabsorbing Onigumo, Inuyasha is deflected once again by Naraku's barrier and resolves to strengthen the Tessaiga so he can break it. After he fights the Bat Demon Tribe and Panther Demon Tribe, Inuyasha uses the Red Tessaiga to break Naraku's barrier and he and Sesshomaru confront Naraku and defeat him, forcing him to flee to Mt. Hakurei and regroup.


 * 83-101: Finding Naraku arc (18 episodes)
 * Everyone is wondering where Naraku went to and set out to find him, encountering a lot of filler along the way. Eventually each of Naraku's enemies reach Mt. Hakurei one way or another.


 * 102-124: Mount Hakurei arc (22 episodes)
 * Naraku's enemies investigate Mt. Hakurei looking for Naraku and battle the Band of Seven, eventually infiltrating the mountain and dissolving the sacred barrier. Naraku then emerges with his new-and-improved body, sends the Infant away with Kagura, reclaims the jewel shards he gave the Band of Seven, and seemingly kills Kikyo.


 * 125-157: The Final Shard arc (27 episodes)
 * The Infant is trying to find the location of Hosenki's shard on behalf of Naraku. This job is taken up by Hakudoshi after the Infant is split in half. Naraku then teams up with Princess Abi to open a path to the afterlife to retrieve Hosenki's shard, which he does. Inuyasha learns the Adamant Barrage and everyone is wondering why Naraku never dies.


 * 158-173: Naraku's heart arc (15 episodes)
 * Determined to defeat Naraku once and for all, everyone (including Kagura), sets out to find Naraku's heart and destroy it. The Infant rebels with Moryomaru, both of whom are absorbed by Naraku at the end.


 * 174-193: End of Naraku arc (19 episodes)
 * With Naraku's heart back inside him, the focus becomes just plain killing Naraku. Kikyo attempts to do so, and fails. Then it falls to Inuyasha and Sesshomaru to do so with their swords. Naraku takes Kohaku's shard and finishes the Jewel, and everyone who's left battles him inside his new giant body, and he is defeated.