Naraku waited for his spell to be broken and was amazed that Kikyō had broken it instead of killing the Kodoku. Naraku then possessed the young lord Kagewaki Hitomi, and kept that form for the rest of the series. She also served as caretaker to the Infant until Hakudōshi's creation. Inuyasha and Kagome found her, and Naraku succeeded in corrupting Kagome's heart with jealousy by showing her the parting of Kikyō and Inuyasha 50 years ago. He became shocked that Kikyō had returned and gave him Kagome's shards. After all, Naraku was born out of Onigumo's desire to take Kikyō for himself. Turn Inuyasha and Kikyo against each other. Get up to 50% off. He was able to gauge the strength of the Wind Scar due to her surviving an attack from it. Naraku's whirlpool of energy and miasma were completely purified and most of the village was saved from destruction. Naraku sent a demon puppet to watch Tsubaki cast her curse, by using Kagome's blood to taint the Shikon Jewel, poison the two shards in the girl's possession, and having them enter her neck. Kagura was Naraku's second detachment, but was introduced before Kanna. Height The InuYasha Wiki has 99 related images. He used this power to stall the others from killing him so he could prepare to crash his gigantic, shōki-filled body into Kaede's Village. Kikyo also resembled Kagome more in the manga, and vice versa, than in the anime. Kōga at first was deceived by Naraku, as most seemed to be, and believed that Inuyasha had slaughtered his wolf demon comrades, when, in actuality, it was Kagura who was working under Naraku's command. Kikyō stole the shards from Kagome and gave them to Naraku. Severely wounded nonetheless, Naraku fled to recover from Kikyō's attack, and was unable to completely banish the ray of light that she had left in the jewel. Collect all Shikon Jewel shards to become full demon and gain ultimate power.Kill Kikyo for good (all succeeded).Destroy Inuyasha and his friends.Remove Onigumo from his being which is the only thing that can redeem him (all failed). Throughout the series, Naraku was consistently portrayed as incredibly cruel and manipulative, using others to satisfy his own interests and taking great sadistic delight in destroying the bonds and lives of others, such as when he tricked Inuyasha and Kikyō into thinking they had betrayed each other, causing them to fight. No sooner had he returned it, Naraku injected shōki into Kagura so her freedom would be short-lived and painful. He promised Bankotsu that the second lives that were given to him and his comrades would be permanent if they could kill Inuyasha's group, Kōga, and Sesshōmaru. When questioned as to why he let her live, Naraku explained to his incarnation that he held Kagura's heart in his hands; he could kill her anytime he wished, but he had a final task for her. Knowing that Onigumo may need to come back to him, Naraku released Kagura from her chains and ordered her to keep an eye on "Musō". InuYasha Anime As Kagura had grown tired of his rule, Naraku had Hakudōshi report to him on her behavior. He then realized Kikyō was still alive and made it his main goal to kill her once again. In truth, he was Onigumo reincarnated and expelled by Naraku so he could kill Kikyō. Kagura attacked him in anger, and made Naraku squeeze her heart as punishment. For example, after Naraku had his left arm destroyed by one of Kagome's arrows, Byakuya also lost the same arm. [11], Naraku had Kagura abduct Rin and place her in Kohaku's care outside of his castle. Naraku offered a human arm with a Shikon no Tama shard embedded in it to allow the mighty demon to steal Tessaiga from Inuyasha and use it to kill him. White or transparent. Kanna was an albino girl that barely spoke. Kagura questioned him if he was losing his sanity, but he ordered her to clean up his mess instead. After Goshinki's defeat, Sesshōmaru contracted Kaijinbō to create Tōkijin from the fangs of his head once it was resurrected. Naraku tasked Kagura with making sure that he stayed inside; he'd kill her if she failed this time. He later created the mind-reading, Goshinki, and ordered him to attack a village to draw out the wounded Inuyasha. [4], He sent Kagura to retrieve the Shikon Jewel from Tsubaki after she tricked The Red and White Priestesses into stalling Inuyasha's group. During this time, he made an enemy of monk, Miyatsu, and cursed his family lineage with the Kazaana. He resumed banditry after gaining an identity. When Naraku first appeared personally in the series, he wore a white baboon cloak-like outfit that hid his face. However, within this new body, his opponents met several variations of his traditional humanoid form. Inuyasha used the Meidō Zangetsuha to definitely send his body to Hell, but his spirit remained with an energy wave and the miasma. Skills information [25] Upon being free, Magatsuhi attempted to kill Kohaku, and engaged Sesshōmaru in combat only to have his borrowed body destroyed. However, when it seemed Inuyasha would be able to escape the Meidō, Naraku took control of Tenseiga through the shards of the mirror on it and hit Inuyasha with adamant spears that were coated with miasma. Although mockingly disdainful toward Sesshōmaru as he was towards everybody, Naraku seemed to harbor the most respect for Sesshōmaru of all his opponents. Furthermore Naraku's hatred was motivated by his own jealously; Naraku couldn't bear to see people indulge in mutual loving relationships while he himself had no-one and thus sought to destroy the happiness of others to feel better about his own loveless existence. Naraku had the freedom of choosing that time, unlike Inuyasha, due to having been created by a merging of a human and several demons; since he was made up of thousands of demons. At the same time, his demon puppet visited Sango's Village, swallowed demons that were fighting over the shards the slayers had collected, and took the jewel shards to Naraku himself. Naraku spent a long time recovering from Kikyō's attack on him, and discovered that no matter how hard he tried, a speck of purity would not leave the Shikon Jewel. Naraku seemed to confirm this analysis as his heart turned into a spider and burrowed into his body. [13] However, he found that neither could stop him. When Inuyasha tried empowering Tessaiga with the shard, Naraku corrupted it with the jewel's darkness, and hoped that it would make Inuyasha kill his comrades. Naraku caused the previous wound that he had inflicted on Kikyō to reopen and spread. It had three green tail-like tentacle arms coming from his back, sporting several large hoop bones leading to a red-eye on his chest, and two gauntlets with eyes at the wrist & backhand of his arms. After he learned that the shard was taken to the Borderland Between the Afterlife and the Land of the Living, Naraku tasked the Infant with looking into the souls of priests as they departed to the other side. In her last battle, Kanna was shattered along with her Mirror Demon in Naraku's hopes of taking Inuyasha's group with her; it failed. Kikyo then moved to a temple and began helping to heal the wounds of the soldiers. Loyalty This form also looked like the same yōkai spider that made a deal with Onigumo which ultimately lead to the creation of Naraku. Had they been in anyone else's hands, Naraku would have stolen them anyway. Episode 16 Affiliation As the series progressed, Kikyō took many different stances against Naraku, first by convincing Inuyasha that Naraku would never be able to kill her, because Onigumo's heart still beat within him. While he was reconstructing his body, Naraku resurrected the Shichinintai to keep his enemies occupied. Hakudōshi began plotting to overthrow Naraku along with his other self when they created Mōryōmaru to protect him. It was suggested that, upon her death, she was literally transformed into wind, being thus able to run freely, without getting curbed by outside powers. Sesshōmaru meets Naraku for the first time. Sesshōmaru questioned if this form was his true form. 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