Top 50 Worst Episodes of Inuyasha
These would be the picks in terms of worst storyline and overall plot mechanisms being put to poor use. I've made another list to go in conjunction with this list, pertaining to the best episodes from the series run.
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- DirectorYasunao AokiTatsuya IshiharaStarsKappei YamaguchiSatsuki YukinoKumiko WatanabeInuyasha and the gang accept a job to get rid of monkeys who are destroying fields. They meet three monkeys, Gon, Bun, and Ken. The three are monkey spirits. They say that they have been destroying the field to find a divine vessel that houses the monkey god.
- 2000–200425mNot Rated6.4 (112)TV EpisodeDirectorYasunao AokiStarsKappei YamaguchiSatsuki YukinoKumiko WatanabeTesso, a mouse demon who is afraid of cats, transforms into a faith healer, and chases out Kuroro, a Nekomata who is bothering him. Inuyasha and his gang come across villagers who mistake Kirara for Kuroro and try to chase her out.
- DirectorYasunao AokiStarsKappei YamaguchiSatsuki YukinoKumiko WatanabeSara, a mysterious woman, appears before Sara. Sara was once saved by Sesshomaru. She was reincarnated just as she had died from an illness. She has stolen Inuyasha's Tessaiga, and turned Miroku and Sango into glass statues.
- DirectorYasunao AokiStarsKappei YamaguchiSatsuki YukinoKumiko WatanabeSara asks Sesshomaru to destroy her along with the spirit. Sesshomaru complies, and uses the Tessaiga to destroy Sara along with the spirit. Sara accepts her fate. Inuyasha and Kagome watch her final moments.
- 2000–200424mNot Rated8.3 (205)TV EpisodeDirectorMasashi IkedaStarsKappei YamaguchiSatsuki YukinoKen NaritaKagome is able to pull out the Tetsusaiga. Sesshomaru tries to kill her, and Inuyasha is angered and fights to protect Kagome. His will to protect a human changes the Tetsusaiga into its true form, a fang sword.
- DirectorMasashi IkedaStarsKappei YamaguchiSatsuki YukinoKen'ichi OgataIn their travels, Inuyasha & Kagome stumble across a young Traveler who's in search of a missing princess; only to find a demon is behind hers and the disappearances of a slew of young maidens.
- DirectorMasashi IkedaStarsKappei YamaguchiSatsuki YukinoKen NaritaKagome learns that Inuyasha is a half demon, born of a human mother and a dog demon. Inuyasha's half brother Sesshomaru appears, looking for the tomb of their father. In order to manipulate Inuyasha, he brings Inuyasha's dead human mother with him. But the woman turns out to be a demon known as a muonna.
- DirectorMasashi IkedaStarsKappei YamaguchiSatsuki YukinoKen NaritaThe muonna makes Inuyasha reveal the location of his father's grave. Sesshomaru removes Inuyasha's right eye (the black pearl) and opens the entrance to the grave. Kagome is angered by Sesshomaru's cruelty. She goes with Inuyasha after Sesshomaru. Inside their father's tomb is a memento of Inuyasha's father, the sword Tetsusaiga.
- 2000–200425mNot Rated7.2 (138)TV EpisodeDirectorYasunao AokiMegumi YamamotoStarsKappei YamaguchiSatsuki YukinoKumiko WatanabeRyukotsusei knocks away the Tetsusaiga, and Inuyasha transforms into a demon. Totosai tells everyone to retreat because they are in danger, but Kagome decides to stay behind.
- DirectorYasunao AokiTatsuya IshiharaStarsKappei YamaguchiSatsuki YukinoKumiko WatanabeInuyasha visits Totosai's workplace by himself. The Tetsusaiga was broken by Goshinki, and Inuyasha's own fang was used to repair it. Inuyasha's fang isn't compatible with that of his great demon father, so the Tetsusaiga has become heavier.
- 2000–200425mNot Rated7.9 (171)TV EpisodeDirectorMasashi IkedaStarsKappei YamaguchiSatsuki YukinoKen NaritaNaraku appears before Sesshomaru and lends him an arm with a sacred jewel shard embedded in it. Sesshomaru attaches the arm to himself and appears before Inuyasha and the gang to steal the Tetsusaiga.
- DirectorMasashi IkedaStarsKappei YamaguchiSatsuki YukinoKumiko WatanabeMiroku's Wind Tunnel gets damaged in a fight and he must return to the Temple of his master; who is the only one who can repair it. But it appears that his master is not behaving like himself.
- DirectorYasunao AokiStarsRichard Ian CoxKappei YamaguchiMoneca StoriInuyasha visits Totosai in search of a technique that can break through Naraku's barrier. There he meets Bunza, a wildcat-demon child. The two do as Totosai orders them. Bunza acts as if he's the older disciple, but ends up collapsing.
- DirectorMasashi IkedaStarsKappei YamaguchiSatsuki YukinoKumiko WatanabeKotatsu, a painter, sees a dream in which he becomes successful by controlling an army of ogres drawn with ink that has a sacred jewel shard in it. Miroku, Inuyasha and the others become involved in protecting the princess that Kotatsu is in love with.
- DirectorMasashi IkedaTatsuya IshiharaStarsKappei YamaguchiSatsuki YukinoKumiko WatanabeThe Tenseiga and the Tetsusaiga, two great swords that were forged by swordsmith Totosai, have been left to Sesshomaru and Inuyasha by their father. Sesshomaru wants a sword to fight with and is unsatisfied with the Tenseiga, a healing sword.
- 2000–200424mNot Rated7.7 (159)TV EpisodeDirectorMasashi IkedaTatsuya IshiharaStarsKappei YamaguchiSatsuki YukinoKumiko WatanabeInuyasha and the others return Sango to her village to heal. Sango learns that they've taken care of burying her villagers, which prompts her to share with them the secret origins of the Sacred Jewel.
- 2000–200425mNot Rated8.0 (162)TV EpisodeDirectorMasashi IkedaStarsKappei YamaguchiSatsuki YukinoKôji TsujitaniSesshomaru wields the Tetsusaiga with his borrowed arm against Inuyasha, who fights back with his scabbard. When the two strike each other at the same time, Inuyasha gets up close to Sesshomaru, rips off his arm, and gets back the Tetsusaiga. When Inuyasha learns Naraku's plan, he fears that Kagome might die.
- DirectorYasunao AokiStarsKappei YamaguchiSatsuki YukinoKumiko WatanabeSango returns to the demon slayer village and repairs her Hiraikotsu. She also lays her father and her comrades' ashes to rest. When she is about to leave, she is attacked.
- 2000–200425mNot Rated7.6 (146)TV EpisodeDirectorMasashi IkedaTatsuya IshiharaStarsKappei YamaguchiSatsuki YukinoKumiko WatanabeSango steals the Tetsusaiga and is led to Naraku's castle. Sango tries to use the opportunity to kill Naraku, but she is seriously injured by an attack from Kohaku. Inuyasha and the gang catch up to her, but they are in danger from Naraku's miasma.
- 2000–200425mNot Rated7.2 (147)TV EpisodeDirectorMasashi IkedaStarsKappei YamaguchiSatsuki YukinoKumiko WatanabeSango's younger brother, Kohaku, who's supposed to be dead, is alive. Naraku reveals that Kohaku is living because of a sacred jewel shard that is planted in his back.
- DirectorYasunao AokiStarsKappei YamaguchiSatsuki YukinoKumiko WatanabeInuyasha slices through the Panthers' barrier with his red Tetsusaiga, and Inuyasha and Koga make their way into the castle town. Meanwhile, Miroku and Sango have fallen under the Divas' spell, and Kagome is being held in a prison.
- DirectorYasunao AokiTatsuya IshiharaStarsRichard Ian CoxKappei YamaguchiMoneca StoriTsubaki visits the onmyoji mansion where she once trained. She plans to open a forbidden door in order to train an ogre that was sealed away in the pagoda with the power of the Shikon Jewel. Momiji and Botan, two young priestesses, are tricked by Tsubaki into fighting off Inuyasha and the others.
- DirectorYasunao AokiStarsKappei YamaguchiSatsuki YukinoKumiko WatanabeNaraku's baby is bringing virtuous priests close to death and peering into their minds. He is trying to peer into the space between this world and the next. Inuyasha and the gang hear rumors about this and sense that it is the doing of Kagura and the baby.
- 2000–200425mNot Rated7.2 (97)TV EpisodeDirectorYasunao AokiStarsKappei YamaguchiSatsuki YukinoKumiko WatanabeNaraku has cut off Tekkei's head. He heads to the place between this world and the next on the river of blood that comes gushing out. Inuyasha and the gang go after him, even though they know it's a trap. Sesshomaru arrives one moment too late.
- DirectorYasunao AokiStarsRichard Ian CoxKappei YamaguchiMoneca StoriKikyo was brought back to life by one of Urasue's secret techniques. She meets Monju, who is in the same situation. Monju doesn't have enough souls of the dead. He regains his vigor when he is given the souls that the Shinidamachu bring...