Kagome Higurashi has been told many stories by her grandfather, such as the one about the Shikon no Tama (The Jewel of Four Souls) and never believed them until her fifteenth birthday, when she is pulled down a dry well at her shrine by a centipede demon. She emerges from the well to discover she's not in Tokyo any more, but instead, she's in in Feudal Japan.Kagome discovers a weird boy with dog ears pinned to a tree in a forest and is captured by strange villagers. The high priestess of the village, Kaede, realizes that Kagome looks just like her sister who died 50 years ago.

Inuyasha attacks Kagome to get the Shikon no Tama. Kaede puts a rosary on Inuyasha which causes him to drop to the ground that whenever Kagome utters the word "sit". When trying to get the Shikon no Tama back from a demon that steals it, Kagome accidentally shatters it into hundreds of pieces that are scattered all over Japan!

After Inuyasha angers her, Kagome decides to return home to the present. At the well, she is attacked by Yura, a demon who is after the Shikon no Tama.

Inuyasha brings Kagome back to the past, and the two team up to take the Shikon shard back from Yura.

Inuyasha's older brother, Sesshomaru, who is a full demon, crosses paths with Inuyasha in his search for the powerful sword that was left behind by their father.

Sesshomaru continues his scheme of getting Inuyasha to reveal the location of their father's grave.

Sesshomaru and Inuyasha clash over possession of the Tetsusaiga. Who will be victorious in this epic fight between these two siblings?

On their search for Shikon jewel shards, Inuyasha and Kagome come across Amari Nobunaga, who is on a search and rescue mission for his beloved Princess Tsuyu.

Inuyasha and Kagome meet a fox demon named Shippo. The young fox explains that he is looking for jewel shards so he can become strong enough to fight the Thunder Brothers, Hiten and Manten. Inuyasha soon goes to face off against the brothers for the jewel shards that they possess.

Inuyasha and Hiten engage in a fierce battle for the jewel shards, while Kagome and Shippo face off against Manten.

Kagome returns home to study for a test. Meanwhile, inside the storehouse on the Higurashi shrine grounds, an evil Noh mask that was sealed away a long time ago awakens.

Kagome helps a troubled ghost move on.

Inuyasha, Kagome and Shippo are looking for more jewel shards, when they help out a girl running from a demon. Kagome wants to stay the night at the temple she lives in, but Inuyasha wants to keep moving. In the end, they agree to stay. Later that night, demons surround the temple, and Inuyasha prepares to fight them.

Kikyo's ashes are stolen from her grave by the demon Urasue. As Kaede, Inuyasha, Kagome and Shippo go to retrieve them, Kagome realizes that Inuyasha and Kikyo were once in love! Meanwhile, with Kikyo's ashes, Urasue manages to resurrect Kikyo. However, she finds that Kikyo cannot move without her soul: the very soul that is inside of Kagome!

Now that Urasue has kidnapped Kagome, she prepares for the soul transfer, which Inuyasha unknowingly activates. Once the soul is transferred, Kikyo attacks Inuyasha. Inuyasha learns of his supposed betrayal of Kikyo, 50 years ago. Kagome soon reclaims her soul and Kikyo runs off to retain at least part of it Inuyasha chases after and thinks back to when Kikyo convinced him to use the Shikon no Tama, to become Human!

Inuyasha, Kagome and Shippo cross paths with Miroku, a lecherous monk with a "black hole" in his right hand. Miroku explains that his black hole (Wind Tunnel) came from the evil Naraku, an extremely evil shapeshifter who cursed his grandfather and his descendents with the Wind Tunnel. Inuyasha also learns something new about what happened to him and Kikyo, long ago.

Inuyasha and the others become entangled with an odd painter who has been corrupted by the power of a Shikon shard.

The one-armed Sesshomaru receives a Shikon-enhanced arm with which to wield Tetsusaiga from a mysterious man, wearing a baboon cloak, named Naraku. This leads Sesshomaru to go after Inuyasha, once more.

After a badly beaten Inuyasha gets ahold of Tetsusaiga once more, Sesshomaru backs off. Convinced that Kagome doesn't belong in the past, Inuyasha takes her to the well, hugs her close, takes her shards, and pushes her back through, to the present time.

Kaede informs the group of Onigumo, a paralyzed bandit who had an unhealthy obsession with Kikyo, and tells them of his sudden disappearance. The group then has to deal with an attack by the Shikon-induced Royakan!

As Kagome goes on a date with Hojo, all hell breaks loose in the past as Inuyasha battles with Royakan. When Naraku reveals himself to the group his true identity is soon discovered!

Since Kagome reclaimed most of her soul, Kikyo now walks the land and steals the souls from young girls. This act inadvertently leads Kagome and Inuyasha right to her!

Inuyasha goes to meet with Kikyo. Kagome, Miroku and Shippo are waiting for him to return, when they see some soul collectors. They decide to chase after them.

After her family is murdered in front of her eyes, the demon slayer Sango learns from Naraku that her village was destroyed by Inuyasha.

Believing that Inuyasha destroyed her village, Sango goes after Inuyasha.

Sango shows the group where the Shikon no Tama was created, thus revealing the story of its origin.

When a water god starts demanding child sacrifices, it's up to Inuyasha and the others to stop him.

After Miroku sucks a mantis demon into his Wind Tunnel, the demon manages to rip the tunnel. Panicked, Miroku returns to the home of his mentor, Mushin, to repair it. Haunted with memories of his father's death, Miroku must come to terms with his Wind Tunnel as demons attack Mushin's temple.

Naraku uses one of Sango's fellow demon slayers as a bargaining chip to try to persuade Sango into giving him Inuyasha's sword, Tetsusaiga.

In the hopes of saving Kohaku, Sango steals Inuyasha's Tetsusaiga and hands it over to Naraku. However, a battle against Naraku soon ensues.

While looking for an antidote to cure the ailing Kilala, Inuyasha and Kagome come across the herb garden of the half-demon, Jinenji, who is constantly bullied by the prejudiced locals.

Inuyasha and the others stumble across a cave full of demons fighting to the death. They soon discover that Naraku is using to find a new demon to integrate into his being. However, the large demonic aura brings Kikyo into the mess.

Acting under Naraku's request, Kikyo traps the Inuyasha gang with an illusory mist, causing them to have nightmarish visions.

Inuyasha and the others are introduced to Totosai, the swordsmith who forged Inuyasha's Tetsusaiga and Sesshomaru's healing sword, Tenseiga.

Inuyasha and Sesshomaru continue fighting for the Tetsusaiga. After the fight, while Sesshomaru is recovering, a little orphan girl, Rin, tries to bring him food. When her village is attacked by wolf demons, Sesshomaru returns the favor and helps Rin. Meanwhile, Kagome senses a jewel shard. Inuyasha and gang follow her lead to the massacred village, where they are quickly surrounded by wolves and Koga.

When Koga, a wolf demon, kidnaps Kagome and Shippo, Inuyasha, Miroku and Sango go on a rescue mission. But there's another foe they must defeat first, before they can reach their kidnapped companions.

Inuyasha and the group must battle the Birds of Paradise, before they can reach the wolf den. Meanwhile, back at the den, Koga expresses his true feelings for Kagome. When the final battle with the Birds ensues, will Inuyasha's jealousy cost Koga his life?

Kagome has returned home from the Feudal Era after an argument with Inuyasha. While waiting for Inuyasha to apologize, she spends time with her friends and Hojo approaches her, once again. Meanwhile, Inuyasha gets some advice from Kaede on the situation.

While Inuyasha's gang follows a demon bear with a jewel shard, Koga meets with some demons from the northern pack who tell him about their plan to storm a castle where a man has many jewel shards. When the chase leads Inuyasha and his comrades to the castle, they meet up with Koga, who is furious at the slaughter of the wolf demons.

While Miroku and Sango fight Naraku's demon puppet, Inuyasha and Koga continue their deadly battle, with Kagura planning to kill the winner.

Inuyasha and his companions come upon an orphan named Koharu, a young woman who believes she is in love with Miroku, after he helped her three years ago. When Koharu needs help again, they assist her and find her a home in a new village. When Naraku sends Kagura and Kanna to destroy Inuyasha and his companions, Koharu and the villagers become the new pawns in Naraku's devious plan.

Inuyasha and his group must defend themselves against an attack on multiple fronts. Kanna attacks Kagome, attempting to suck her soul into her mirror while Sango remains unconscious in the same room. Koharu tries to stab Miroku, while Inuyasha battles Kagura. Can Inuyasha use his Wind Scar to defeat her?

Inuyasha, though still recovering from his serious wounds, fights Goshinki, a demon who is eating an entire village.

Sesshomaru goes to a swordsmith, Kaijinbo, to get a new sword made from the fangs of the demon that broke Tetsusaiga, Goshinki. But something unexpected happens, and Kaijinbo attacks Inuyasha on the night of the new moon, when Inuyasha reverts to his human form.

Inuyasha, wielding a too heavy Tetsusaiga, tries to defend himself against Kaijinbo who has been possessed by Tokijin. Unbeknownst to Inuyasha, Sesshomaru is looking for Kaijinbo and the sword he had commissioned. Will Inuyasha be able to withstand his brother, when Sesshomaru reclaims Tokijin?

Naraku sends his two new incarnations, Juromaru & Kageromaru, to attack Koga, and also, Inuyasha and his companions. Can Inuyasha and Koga work together as a team to defeat these new foes?

As Inuyasha and the others recover from their battle with Juromaru and Kageromaru, Kagome goes home. Meanwhile, Naraku comes after Kikyo, and she must flee for her life.

Inuyasha and Kagome must sort out their feeings for each other, after Kagome has spied him with Kikyou, again. Who will Inuyasha choose?

While searching for Naraku's castle, Inuyasha and his group find Kohaku, who has lost his memory.

Sango and Kilala fight off demons in the woods, while Inuyasha and Miroku face off against Kagura, a horde of demons and Naraku's wasps. Meanwhile, Kagome faces Kohaku, who is being ordered to kill her by Naraku.

Sesshomaru learns from the wise tree-demon, Boku'seno that when Inuyasha transforms into a demon, his demon blood takes full control turning him into a mindless killing machine. Elsewhere, Inuyasha and the others arrive at a village that is ruthlessly being held under the control of the Moth Demon, Gatenmaru and his band of thieves.

Inuyasha, once again, transforms into a demon when faced with Gatenmaru's murderous attack against himself, Miroku, and the helpless women of a village. Sesshomaru then appears to see if what Boku'seno told him about demon Inuyasha was true.

Totosai tells Inuyasha that piercing the heart of Ryukotsusei, the demon that gave his father his mortal wound, will make his Tetsusaiga lighter. Inuyasha then decides to kill Ryukotsusei.

Inuyasha fights Ryukotsusei with Tetsusaiga's ultimate attack: The Backlash Wave!

Shippo develops a crush on Satsuki, a girl who hopes to wish her dead brother back to life with a fake Shikon shard.

Sango and Miroku investigate a demon princess who is stealing the men from a village.

After Sango leaves to repair her damaged Hiraikotsu, Inuyasha and the others come across a demon tree and a sage known as Tokajin, who uses humans to feed the tree so it can grow a fruit of immortality. Not only do the four manage to be caught by Tokajin in some way, but it's also the night of the new moon, when Inuyasha becomes human.

After Sango leaves to repair her damaged Hiraikotsu, Inuyasha and the others come across a Demon tree and the Peach Man who uses humans to feed it so it can grow a fruit of immortality. Not only do the four manage to caught by the Peach Man in some way, but it's also the night of the New Moon when Inuyasha becomes human!

As Sango is repairing her damaged Hiraikotsu at her home village, she encounters two sisters who ask her to teach all she knows about demon slaying.

Naraku enlists the help of Tsubaki, a dark priestess with a fifty year grudge against Kikyo, to possess Kagome and use her to kill Inuyasha!

After a confrontation with Kikyo, Tsubaki goes off to face Inuyasha and the others.

Kagome fights Tsubaki's curse from within herself as Inuyasha and the others continue to struggle against Tsubaki and her gaggle of demons.

In order to keep Inuyasha and the others at bay while she invokes the power of a sealed-up ogre, Tsubaki enlists the help of two rookie priestesses.

Tsubaki uses the once sealed ogre in a final attempt to kill off Inuyasha once and for all...

Inuyasha and the gang enjoy the hospitality of a village they saved from a centipede demon. However, their stay is interrupted by a string of strange possessions taking hold of the group.

As Naraku's protective barrier around his castle inexplicably weakens, Kagura comtemplates making her move for freedom.

Koga furiously attacks Kagura in hopes of retrieving his stolen Shikon shards.

Shippo receives a duel invitation from the last remaining Thunder Brother, Souten.

A chunk of flesh rejected by Naraku, takes form and terrorizes the countryside.

Muso tries to capture Kagome and Inuyasha must protect her. But there is a new snag when Muso regains Onigumo's memories.

Naraku tries to absorb Muso back into his body.

Inuyasha visits Totosai for some help on making Tesusaiga strong enough to destroy Naraku's barrier.

To break Naraku's barrier, Inuyasha must strengthen the Tetsusaiga by making it absorb the blood of a bat-demon protecting its nest with a strong barrier.

Inuyasha must decide between making Tetsusaiga stronger and keeping Shiori alive.

Inuyasha and Company are targeted by a group of cat demons who are after the Shikon shards...

Inuyasha and Koga fight the panther demons and Sesshomaru joins in the fight.

Inuyasha and Koga separately try to rescue Kagome. Meanwhile, Sesshomaru continues his battle against the panther demons.

When Inuyasha and his group are approached by a man, it turns out that the stranger has been searching for Sango, to ask her to slay a demon that is plaguing his village. When the group arrives in the village, Sango is surprised to meet an old acquaintance.

A question from Rin prompts Jaken to question his worth to Sesshomaru. He decides to prove himself by stealing Tetsusaiga from Inuyasha.

Sesshomaru confronts Naraku after he has ordered Kagura to kidnap Rin.

Sesshomaru and Inuyasha double-team Naraku as he tries to absorb them to become stronger.

The group returns to Kaede's village, at which point Kagome returns to modern-day Tokyo.

A female wolf demon asks Koga to keep the promise he made to her, when she was a child.

Koga must resolve his issues with Ayame, while fighting off the hair demon that is after the jewel shards in his legs.

Inuyasha and company, including a old demon exorcist, travel to Demon's Head Castle, in search of a powerful demon plaguing the people.

Inuyasha battles a demon that has appeared in the castle. Shortly after they take their battle outside, Sango and the old exorcist decide to go find Miroku. Meanwhile Kagome and Shippo discover a secret about the princess in the lord's chamber of the castle.

Kikyo comes across an old man, who turns out to have a past connection with Onigumo when he was young.

Inuyasha and the rest of the group are passing by a village, and soon learn of three monkeys that are searching for their master.

Kagome is forced to return home when her cold worsens. While there, she is visited by her school friends, and Inuyasha winds up competing with Hojo to determine who cares more for Kagome's health.

As Inuyasha's stay with Kagome in the Modern era continues, Inuyasha takes his first trip with Kagome to a grocery store. Along the way back, they spot Sota and discover he has his first crush on a girl in his class.

Kuroro, who is part of Kirara's species except with more black markings, once belonged to a village. She is considered a highly intelligent youkai who helps the village by exterminating all the rats and mice there. She was chased out, though, when a spiritualist person came and said that two-tailed cats were bad fortune.

Kikyo encounters a girl who's also a walking dead. The Inuyasha gang finds out, through the girl, about another walking dead's plan to conquer the land.

The Inuyasha group tracks down someone who's been using Miroku's identity.

Inuaysha and the others find a demon using a fake Sacred Jewel and, with the help of a scholar, search to find out how, and why.

With his friends imprisoned, body and soul, inside the toad demon's slime to be sacrificed for the making of a second Sacred Jewel, Inuyasha must face off against a half-demon powered up by a dozen fake jewels alone.

Jaken is poisoned and it's up to Rin to find a cure for him before it's too late.

When Sango notices that Kilala seems to have disappeared, she starts to worry, and soon everyone starts looking for her.

Kagome and Inuyasha are fighting again and Kagome becomes so enraged she storms off. When she investigates a noise coming from a cave, she becomes trapped together with Kikyo.

Ginta and Hakkaku come across Jaken and Rin at a river, meanwhile Koga is elsewhere flirting with Kagome and fighting with Inuyasha. Soon Koga meets up with Ginta and Hakkaku. Koga wants to go to the river, but his two friends want to keep him safely away...

While travelling, Inuyasha smells a familiar scent; it's the moth demon leader. As they battle the leader, everyone except Inuyasha gets trapped in a cocoon, where they have nightmares about their worst fears.