Episode 21

Naraku's True Identity Unveiled is the twenty-first episode of the InuYasha anime. It first aired in Japan on April 9, 2001.

Synopsis

 * 1) Inuyasha struggles against the empowered Rōyakan; Miroku notes that without Kagome by his side, Inuyasha's power is only a fraction of what it normally is.
 * 2) While out on a date with Hōjō, Kagome begins to worry about Inuyasha and the wounds he suffered against Sesshōmaru; she rushes back to the Bone-Eater's Well.
 * 3) Shippō is at the bottom of the well in the Feudal Era, with the Shikon no Tama shard, having been chased there by Rōyakan's wolves; the presence of the shard allows Kagome to return to the Feudal Era.
 * 4) Inuyasha and Naraku meet face to face; Naraku reveals to Inuyasha that he was born from Onigumo and was the one who indeed turned Kikyō and Inuyasha against one another 50 years ago, in the hopes of gaining the Shikon no Tama, defiling it in the process.

Summary
Kagome gets called again and again by her friends, but each time her grandpa answers and thinks about an illness, even though she is in the modern age. When her grandpa asks why she is actually in the modern age, she does not want an answer.

After Sōta had finished playing, Kagome asked if she would like to play as she fought with a sword in the Middle Ages. Kagome denies this, saying that the mindless Inuyasha is the one with the sword. When she says that Inuyasha has no idea about feminine feelings, Sōta says out loud that Kagome kissed the dog. She runs away and goes to the fountain, but turns back, because firstly she cannot get through anyway and secondly has an appointment with Hōjō.

Shippō runs through the forest on the run from the wolves and finally ends up at the well, where he creates many illusions of himself that confuse the wolves. He himself jumped into the well and landed hard, so that he passed out. Kagome, who is still at the well, senses it, but she doesn't know where it comes from. Miroku fighting the Saimyōshō and Inuyasha against the Wolves, but after that's completed, he has probably against Rōyakan fight. He has no chance, still because of his injuries, but Kaede does suspects that Inuyasha fights better around Kagome. However, the jewel splinter is Rōyakan's weak point and Miroku says that Inuyasha should fixate on it.

Kagome is sitting with Hōjō in the café and she only thinks of Inuyasha and therefore makes a sour face. Hōjō notices that she is not in a good mood, but he suspects that it is due to one of her illnesses. She tells herself that she doesn't feel anything for Inuyasha, but when she thinks about his injuries from Sesshōmaru, she runs off to somehow get through the well. There she still feels the jewel that lies with Shippō at the bottom of the well and this was already found by the wolves who look over the edge of the well. Kagome digs a little in the ground and then she is suddenly transported through time and lands next to Shippō and already has her jewel splinter in her hand. Shippō is very happy to have Kagome back, but then the wolves' problem comes back to life.

Inuyasha is still fighting when he announces that he can smell Kagome, which amazes Kaede and Miroku. Inuyasha has his old strength back immediately, but after giving Rōyakan a few blows, he sets out to save Kagome without defeating the demon. The wolves climb down the tree deeper and deeper into the well when Inuyasha pulls the tree with the wolves out of the well with a strong leap and throws the storming Rōyakan in the mouth, which rips them off their feet and kills them.

Kagome climbs out of the well and Inuyasha comes back on the ground. He says she should have stayed away, but she runs towards him with open arms and says that she really wanted to see him again. He then looks at her puzzled, which she takes on negatively and Shippou rightly notices that with another argument everything is just as it was before. Kaede doesn't have time for that yet; she wonders why the poisonous insects just disappeared like that.

Naraku who is still very close, sees Kagome in Inuyasha's arms and thinks she is Kikyō. Meanwhile, when Kagome takes the pearl fragment from him, she detects his presence and informs the others that the person has a lot of shards of jewels. Inuyasha is immediately on the way and meets Naraku. Miroku and the others also join. Inuyasha asks why Naraku is actually so against him, while Kaede has long known that they are actually facing Onigumo. He explains that 50 years ago his name was Onigumo, but that he fell in love with the priestess who cared for him. He could not own it without a body and therefore sold his soul to the demons, for which he got strength and body from them and so Naraku arose, a collection of very many demons. He also explains that Kikyō had lost power, when she fell in love with Inuyasha and wanted to use the jewel for her own purposes and he reveals he is responsible for pitting Inuyasha and Kikyō against each other. He thinks that the relationship between the two was far too weak and doomed from the start, and he also says that the Shikon no Tama would be more beautiful if soaked in wickedness. Inuyasha has heard enough now and wants to destroy his adversary, but he only tears the baboon costume from his body to which Naraku replies with a rapidly growing cloud of poison. Inuyasha's friends flee, but he stays. Naraku releases miasma but the power of Tessaiga makes him see that Inuyasha is not that weak, which upsets Naraku so he walks away. Inuyasha jumps at him and tears the second garment off his body, whereupon he can see a spider-shaped scar on Naraku's back. Then Naraku flees in a cloud of miasma and the other one also disappears. Inuyasha is angered to learn that Naraku escaped and was unable to kill him. Miroku and Kaede concludes afterwards that the scar is probably still an Onigumo's burn scar, so that you can recognize every figure of Naraku on it.

Differences from the manga

 * The opening scene of Grandpa speaking to Kagome's various friends over the phone and Kagome getting angry about Inuyasha at Sōta are anime exclusive.
 * In the anime, Inuyasha asks Kagome about the number of Shikon shards Naraku has before attacking. In the manga, however, Inuyasha attacks Naraku in a fit of rage after the latter insults Kikyō.
 * Miroku and Naraku exchange a few words about Miroku's grandfather in the manga. This isn't present in the anime.
 * In the manga, Inuyasha discusses with Kaede and Miroku about the spider mark he saw on Naraku's back. In the anime, however, Miroku relays what Inuyasha told him off screen.
 * In the manga, Inuyasha is adamant that Kagome not help Rōyakan because of how dangerous he is. In the anime, Kagome takes out the Shikon shards from Rōyakan's head without any objection from Inuyasha.

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