The series' plot follows junior middle school girl Kagome Higurashi who lives on the grounds of her family's hereditary Shinto shrine. When she goes into the well house to retrieve her cat, a শতপদী demon bursts out of the enshrined Bone Eater's Well and pulls her through it. As she leaves the well, Kagome appears in the the Sengoku period of Japan. During the demon's পূর্ববর্তি attack, a magical jewel known as the Sacred Jewel of Four Souls was embodied from Kagome. She then becomes the target from the শতপদী demon tries to consume it and kill Kagome. In desesperation, Kagome unseals the the half-demon InuYasha who was placed on a বৃক্ষ fifty years পূর্বে দ্বারা Kagome's ancestor Kikyo, the young miko of the village in charge of the sacred jewel. Although InuYasha destroys the centipede, the Sacred Jewel later is shattered into numerous shards that disperse across Japan. Even the individual shards are capable of granting great power, and are eagerly sought দ্বারা humans and demons alike. Kagome and InuYasha set out to collect the shards to avoid disasters caused দ্বারা Sacred Jewel of Four Souls.
Along the way, they যোগদান forces with Shippo, a small শিয়াল demon; Miroku, a monk who suffers from a curse his ancestors were প্রদত্ত দ্বারা a powerful demon; and Sango, a demon-slayer whose clan was killed দ্বারা a group demons. They are mainly opposed দ্বারা Naraku, a devious and powerful collective half-demon who manipulated the initial conflict between Kikyo and InuYasha, Sango's clan's destruction and was responsible for Miroku's curse. Naraku is collecting the shards for himself and continues setting up traps on the protagonists to take Kagome's jewels. Other people they find are InuYasha's older half-brother Sesshomaru who wishes to kill Naraku after he tried to manipulate him, Kikyo, partially resurrected with a fragment of Kagome's soul and also seeks revenge, and a নেকড়ে demon named Koga, most of whoms comrades were killed দ্বারা Naraku's forces.
Eventually, Naraku collects all of the shards and reassembles the Jewel of Four Souls. Although InuYasha and his allies defeat him, Naraku uses his power as the Jewel's owner to wish for Kagome's soul to be trapped inside it with his own, which would allow Naraku to survive within it in eternal conflict with her. Kagome wishes for the Jewel to disappear forever. She is thrown back into her own time and loses contact with InuYasha. However, after three years, Kagome graduates high school and comes to a realization which allows the well to work again. Kagome returns to the feudal era, where she stays forever with InuYasha.
Along the way, they যোগদান forces with Shippo, a small শিয়াল demon; Miroku, a monk who suffers from a curse his ancestors were প্রদত্ত দ্বারা a powerful demon; and Sango, a demon-slayer whose clan was killed দ্বারা a group demons. They are mainly opposed দ্বারা Naraku, a devious and powerful collective half-demon who manipulated the initial conflict between Kikyo and InuYasha, Sango's clan's destruction and was responsible for Miroku's curse. Naraku is collecting the shards for himself and continues setting up traps on the protagonists to take Kagome's jewels. Other people they find are InuYasha's older half-brother Sesshomaru who wishes to kill Naraku after he tried to manipulate him, Kikyo, partially resurrected with a fragment of Kagome's soul and also seeks revenge, and a নেকড়ে demon named Koga, most of whoms comrades were killed দ্বারা Naraku's forces.
Eventually, Naraku collects all of the shards and reassembles the Jewel of Four Souls. Although InuYasha and his allies defeat him, Naraku uses his power as the Jewel's owner to wish for Kagome's soul to be trapped inside it with his own, which would allow Naraku to survive within it in eternal conflict with her. Kagome wishes for the Jewel to disappear forever. She is thrown back into her own time and loses contact with InuYasha. However, after three years, Kagome graduates high school and comes to a realization which allows the well to work again. Kagome returns to the feudal era, where she stays forever with InuYasha.