InuYasha — Season 1, Episode 21: Naraku's True Identity Unveiled

Episode synopsis

Kagome returns to the shrine in the middle of her date with Hojo. She senses the presence of the Shikon Jewel shards and returns to feudal Japan. Naraku reveals that fifty years ago, Onigumo was in love with Kikyo. The demons that were drawn to Onigumo by his malice devoured Onigumo, and the demon Naraku was born.

About InuYasha

Kagome Higurashi is a modern day young girl who lives with her family by the old Higure shrine. Unbeknownst to Kagome, she is the reincarnation of priestess Kikyo and posseses the "Jewel of Four Souls" (the Shikon jewel). One ill-fated day, Kagome locates an ancient well near her home and is abruptly transported through the well and into a feudal Japan, inhabited by demons. There, she encounters Inuyasha, son of a powerful demon father and a human mother, who is pinned to a tree by an enchanted arrow.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Girl Who Overcame Time... and the Boy Who Was Just Overcome
• E2Seekers of the Sacred Jewel
• E3Down the Rabbit Hole and Back Again
• E4Yura of the Demon-Hair
• E5Aristocratic Assassin, Sesshomaru
• E6Tetsusaiga, the Phantom Sword
• E7Showdown! Inuyasha vs. Sesshomaru
• E8The Toad Who Would Be Prince
• E9Shippo and the Thunder Brothers
• E10Phantom Showdown - The Thunder Brothers vs. Tetsusaiga
• E11Terror of the Ancient Noh Mask
• E12The Soul Piper and the Mischievous Little Soul