The Band of Seven, Resurrected! is the one hundred third episode of the InuYasha anime.
Synopsis[]
- Inuyasha and the group come upon villagers talking of a deadly group of mercenaries known as Shichinintai, who were put to death ten years prior; they fear the mercenaries have been resurrected, as their tombstone has been broken.
- Jakotsu encounters the soldiers searching for the Shichinintai members; he reveals he is the one they seek and proceeds to slay all of them with his sword.
- Inuyasha follows the smell of graveyard soil, and finds Jakotsu surrounded by corpses; Jakotsu is ecstatic to meet him, as he is who Jakotsu was searching for, and remarks at how cute Inuyasha is.
- Sango encounters a still amnesiac Kohaku, and tells the others she thinks Jakotsu got his Shikon no Tama shard from Naraku; Inuyasha continues his battle with Jakotsu, as a mysterious man watches from the side.
Summary[]
Jakotsu faces off against Inuyasha
Jakotsu learns that Kyōkotsu was killed by Kōga. After Kohaku revealed this to him, Jakotsu then asked him if Inuyasha was handsome, Kohaku replied that he would need to figure that out for himself. Meanwhile, Inuyasha and his companions see the soldiers traveling to Mount Hakurei. They hear the villagers were terrified when the gravestone of The Band of Seven was broken, and Miroku decided to stop and ask what happened to The Band of Seven years ago. The villagers explain that 10 years ago seven mercenaries came from an eastern province. They then began sadistically killing numerous innocent people, women and children included. After they defeated the warlords they became too powerful. The Band of Seven is finally caught and beheaded by the soldiers near Mount Hakurei.
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
- Jakotsu (Appears in a flashback)
- Kohaku
- Inuyasha
- Shippō
- Kagome Higurashi
- Sango
- Kirara
- Miroku
- Kyōkotsu (Appears in a flashback)
- Renkotsu (First appearance) (Appears in a flashback)
- Suikotsu (First appearance) (Appears in a flashback)
- Bankotsu (First appearance) (Appears in a flashback)
- Mukotsu (First appearance) (Appears in a flashback)
- Ginkotsu (First appearance) (Appears in a flashback)
- Shōji
- Hirakimichi
Music[]
- Opening Theme — Grip! — Best of Inuyasha II
- Kagome’s group see warriors leaving village — Sign of Unrest (Fuon na Kehai) — TV OST Vol. 1
- Kagome’s group overhears villagers speak about a “Band of Seven” — The Hidden Well to the Sengoku Era (Kakushi Ido kara Sengoku Jidai e) — TV OST Vol. 1
- Villagers talk about the Band of Seven being killed for their ruthlessness — Ryūkotsusei Resurrected (Yomigaeru Ryūkotsusei) — TV OST Vol. 2
- Sango sees Kohaku in tree — Taijiya, Sango — TV OST Vol. 1
- Kohaku tries to attack Sango, a poisonous fog goes through the forest — Hell Insects, Saimyōshō (Jigoku Mushi Saimyōshō) — TV OST Vol. 2
- Jakotsu reveals himself as the specter, guns fire on him — Tsubaki the Dark Miko (Kuromiko Tsubaki) — TV OST Vol. 2
- Jakotsu kills the warriors — Shōki — TV OST Vol. 2
- Inuyasha comes across the massacre, Jakotsu is infatuated with him — Evil Spirits Desiring the Shikon no Tama (Shikon no Tama o Nerau Chimimōryō) — TV OST Vol. 1
- Jakotsu tries his sword on Inuyasha — Inuyasha’s Metamorphosis (Hengeshita Inuyasha) — TV OST Vol. 2
- Inuyasha damaged by Jakotsu’s sword — Fierce Fighting (Gekitō) — TV OST Vol. 2
- Inuyasha continues dodging the snake sword, Sango throws her Hiraikotsu — Like a Storm (Shippū no Gotoku) — TV OST Vol. 2
- Sango tells Kagome and Miroku about seeing Kohaku earlier — Inuyasha’s Metamorphosis (Hengeshita Inuyasha) — TV OST Vol. 2
- Ending Theme — Shinjitsu no Uta — TV OST Vol. 3