The Female Wolf-Demon and the Lunar Rainbow Promise is the eighty-third episode of the InuYasha anime.
Synopsis[]
- A young female wolf demon named Ayame tracks down Kōga so that they can get married like Kōga promised many years before; Kōga has forgotten this promise, however, and insists that he is in love with Kagome.
- A Hair monster emerges from Naraku's castle and first attacks Ayame, then Kōga and Inuyasha's group, to steal their Shikon no Tama shards; the demon has the same scent as Naraku, leading the group to wonder if it is one of his incarnations.
- Ayame confronts Kōga and Kagome, believing Kagome to be Kōga's fiancée; Ayame recalls that Kōga promised to marry her on the night of the lunar rainbow.
Summary[]
Ayame
A young female wolf demon named Ayame seeks out Kōga to force him to keep his promise to marry her. Ayame tells of the night that she was lost in forest as a young girl and was being attacked by enemies or the Northern wolf demon tribe and that it was Kōga who saved her. As Kōga was carrying Ayame on his back to her home, he said to her, "One day, I'll make you my wife", and, moments later, Ayame noted a "lunar rainbow", which was really the effects of moonlight. Kōga, at first, does not remember the night. Meanwhile, a cast off piece of Naraku (a giant hair ball with a big mouth) comes after Kōga and Inuyasha's gang. Kōga, much to Ayame's disgust, saves Kagome, leaving Ayame to feel jealous and dislike Kagome, deeming her "competition".
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
- Naraku (Appears in a flashback)
- Saimyōshō (Appears in a flashback)
- Inuyasha
- Sesshōmaru (Appears in a flashback)
- Kohaku (Appears in a flashback)
- Rin (Appears in a flashback)
- Miroku
- Sango
- Kirara
- Kagome Higurashi
- Shippō
- Kaede
- Wolf elder (First appearance)
- Ayame (First appearance)
- Kōga
- Ginta
- Hakkaku
- Hair monster (First appearance)
- Birds of Paradise (Appears in a flashback)
Music[]
- Opening Theme — Owarinai Yume — TV OST Vol. 3
- Kagome recaps the last two episodes — Yōkai Wolf Tribe Member, Kōga (Yōrōzoku Kōga) — TV OST Vol. 2
- Wolf woman greets old wolf, she leaves — Sign of Unrest (Fuon na Kehai) — TV OST Vol. 1
- Ayame tells Kōga that he promised to marry her — Swordsmith, Tōtōsai (Katanakaji Tōtōsai) — TV OST Vol. 2
- Inuyasha’s group cannot sense Naraku or his jewel shards — Searching for the Shikon no Tama (Shikon no Tama o Motomete) — TV OST Vol. 1
- Ayame recalls the time that Kōga promised to marry her — Beautiful Memories (Utsukushii Omoide) — TV OST Vol. 2
- Northern wolves arrive at Naraku’s abandoned castle — Shōki — TV OST Vol. 2
- Hair demon attacks the wolf demons, Ayame runs away and fins Ginta and Hakkaku — Hell Insects, Saimyōshō (Jigoku Mushi Saimyōshō) — TV OST Vol. 2
- Kōga arrives to ask Inuyasha where Naraku is — Osuwari! — TV OST Vol. 1
- Hair demon from Naraku’s castle catches up with Inuyasha’s group — Inuyasha’s Metamorphosis (Hengeshita Inuyasha) — TV OST Vol. 2
- Hair demon tries to get Kagome’s shards, Kōga takes her away — Fierce Fighting (Gekitō) — TV OST Vol. 2
- Ayame is jealous of Kagome — The Three Meddlesome Daughters (Sewayaki Sannin Musume) — TV OST Vol. 3
- Ayame recalls how Kōga saved her when she was young — Evil Spirits Desiring the Shikon no Tama (Shikon no Tama o Nerau Chimimōryō) — TV OST Vol. 1
- Flashback to Kōga asking Ayame about her flower and training — Searching for the Shikon no Tama (Shikon no Tama o Motomete) — TV OST Vol. 1
- Ending Theme — Every Heart — TV OST Vol. 3
Notes[]
- This episode is canon, however, many scenes have been changed for the anime version to include the anime only character, Ayame.
- All scenes involving the Northern Wolf Demon Tribe, including flashbacks, and Ayame herself are all anime original.
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