Episode 178

Kanna's Gravestone is the 11th episode of InuYasha: The Final Act.

Plot
Inuyasha and the group defend themselves from the glass demon, who steals Tessaiga's powers. Tessaiga seeks out Inuyasha's own demonic energy, turning him into his demon form; however, Inuyasha retains his sanity so long as he's holding Tessaiga. Kagome fires an arrow at the mirror demon's neck, but it does nothing. At the same time, a dark crack appears on Kanna's neck. Byakuya inquires what happened, but receives no answer. Inuyasha tries removing the mirror demon's right arm to get back Tessaiga's power; however, the crack he causes heals immediately. At the same time, Kanna's right shoulder cracks; Byakuya realises that Kanna is absorbing all the damage the mirror demon suffers. Inuyasha yells for Kanna to stop intefering as he has no intenion of killing her.

However, Kanna doesn't listen, getting a crack on straight through her right eye, and loses her right arm. With the mirror demon defeated, Inuyasha regains Tessaiga's stolen powers. Kagome and Miroku wonder what will happen to Kanna now that she's of no use to Naraku; he would most likely let her go now that she cannot fight. Kagome tells Kanna she can go whereever she wants now, she's free. Hearing this, Kanna is shocked; however, Naraku telepathicly tells Kanna that she doesn't have freedom, her only job is to kill Inuyasha and his group. At that moment, he shatters Kanna's heart. Kanna and the mirror demon begin bursting with light; they shatter into shards of glass. One hits Kagome's eye, allowing Kanna to speak with her; she says "the light will destroy Naraku," showing Kagome an image of the Shikon jewel with single speck of purity in it.

After the explosion, Inuyasha wonders if Kanna wanted to kill them that badly. However, Kagome, having felt Kanna's feelings through her telepathic message, says Kanna wanted to live.

Trivia

 * Naraku destroys Kanna's heart in this episode; however, in the manga, he forced her to explode along with the mirror demon.


 * Although Byakuya outlives her, Kanna lived the longest of all Naraku's incarnations.