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My episode reviews will start tomorrow. Im not gonna get into every single freaking detail about it, but I'll tell you whats needed and add some commentary if necessary. ^_^

OK, here goes. The first episode of tonight, April 19, was titled The Woman Who Loved Sesshoumaru, Part 1. The scene starts off with a woman on her deathbed. She says that she is awful sorry to have been a bother to the nuns around her, and they mention that its an honor serving a princess.

The woman starts playing her flute, and the whole villages gathers to watch. Inuyasha and friends happen to be walking along and they hear the melodic tune. The others continue on ahead, but Kagome and Shippo stay behind and watch a second.

The womans eyes become wide, she drops her flute, and she dies.

Inuyasha and company are traveling up a hill, talking about the woman, when Miroku senses an ominous demonic aura. The chapel the woman died in suddenly catches fire, and the gang races back down the hill to see what is happening.

What they find is a burnt down chapel. The whole thing is black as dirt except a large, human shaped white spot in the bed where the woman lay. She was gone.

The scene shifts to Sesshoumaru, Jaken, and Rin walking along a mountainous path. They hear a melodic flute, and the woman comes out of the darkness. She explains that she has certain feelings for Sesshoumaru, and that she was the daughter of a warlord that he saved. This warlord was on his last foot, about to be attacked by an army, when Sesshoumaru walked through and slaughtered them all. The other army marveled at his strength, and the princess fell in love.

She requests a trade; If she gives him what he wants, he will listen to her feelings. He accepts.

Inuyasha and company are walking along a beach outside a village when they see a large shape. Miroku suggests that it may be a whale, but Sango points it out as a demon. They see a girl tied to a post and rush in to save her before she is eaten.

Miroku, Sango, and Kirara arrive first, and are preparing to fight the demon, when Miroku heres a short gasp from Sango behind him. He turns around.

Inuyasha, Kagome, and Shippo arrive a second later, and to their surprise, Miroku, Sango, and Kirara are apparently some sort of watery-colored stone. Shippo says that their hearts are still beating, and the woman says that it is the curse of the water god.

Inuyasha gets pissed off, does his wind scar thing to the big fishy, and they still aren't normal. So they take the statues back to the village the woman is from.

She explains that it is the custom of her tribe to offer a sacrifice once every three years to keep the water god appeased. She explains that maybe they aren't normal because Inuyasha saved her.

No sooner has she said that then they arrive in the village. All of the villagers had apparently been turned into the same kinda stone as well.

The woman suggests that one more way to appease the demon would be to destroy his shrine. She takes them to the shrine and shows them a large rock positioned at the end of the cavern-like shrine. Its round like a wheel and has a long, straight line through it. She tells them that 5 of the strongest men from her village couldn't even budge it, but rumors say that if the stone is turned completely the whole cliff will crumble.

Naturally he tries to move it, but to no avail. She suggests using a tool, like his Tetsusaiga. He puts in in the hole and starts to turn it. Too late Kagome realizes its a trap and the whole cavern crumbles. The woman gets crushed but it turns out she is just seaweed. A large crow-demon breaks out of the ground, with the real woman on top. She has his Tetsusaiga. Suddenly Sesshoumaru appears to the side and she wonders what hes doing there.

Ill continue sometime tommorow. ^_^

Lets see, this episode is called the Last Banquet of Miroku's Master. The scene starts out mysteriously with a monk praying at an altar. A candle blows out and he steps outside. Suddenly, a brief flash of Kagura's face is shown and she hits the monk with a Dance of Blades. Blood is shown on-screen.

Inuyasha and friends are resting on a nearby hill and they are chatting in the view of the village below. The raccoon-dog demon shows up and tells Miroku that he thinks the master is dying.

Several flash backs show with the master coughing up blood and several other things.

They go to visit the master, and he says that he is indeed dying. They decide to do something nice for the old man, just to make him happy as he goes into the next life. They mistakenly ask him if he wants anything before he dies.

He makes them all clean his ENTIRE temple, mow the lawn, do the laundry, etc.

He then makes them spend all their money on a banquet at the most expensive restaurant. And we wonder why Miroku acts the way he does.^^

The last thing he wants is some Sage Sake from a nearby mountain. So, naturally, they go to the mountain, and suddenly the area they are standing in is surrounded by a mist. Inuyasha draws his Tetsusaiga and tells them to be wary of anything...but not for this!

Out of nowhere Kagome starts singing as loud as she can. Shippo and the Raccoon-dog demon transform into duplicates of Kagome and start singing too.

Miroku warns everyone to stop breathing in the mist, lest they be intoxicated. Obviously its a little late for Kagome and Shippo.

Sango appears out of nowhere and practically LAUNCHES herself on top of Inuyasha. Her words went somewhere along the lines of, "Lets ditch these losers and go hunt for Naraku ourselves. We'll have a paaaaarrtaaayy." She then tries to kiss Inuyasha. The air is then filled with sounds of "SIT!SIT!SIT!" although I think Kagome was still intoxicated and did it on accident.

Sango starts crying, and Miroku tries to comfort her. She says something about him being a two-timing monk and throws the Hiraiko. He narrowly avoids it, then sucks up their mist with the wind tunnel.

6 little short guys who dont say anything seem to be hiding on a rock, and they are quiet the whole time.

The scene cuts to the master drinking the last of his Sake. Miroku appears and says "Out already, Master?" He gives his master the drink.

It shows Miroku and his master sitting on the porch. The sadness music is playing, and they are talking about the good times they had together. The monk tells Miroku that no one really knows what lies in the future except those about to die. He takes a sip of his sake.

Miroku tells him that Naraku is not dead yet. He turns to see if his master is listening. The sake cup falls from his hand. "NOOOOOOO!!! DONT LEAVE ME!!!" comes from Miroku.

I am not afraid to admit that I cried in this moment. Then I laughed, because the monk started snoring. LOL