okay so here's the Manga/ Anime break down of what they covered, and i find its a bit shocking:
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SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO HAVENT READ THE MANGA
the Original Inuyasha Anime ends at Ep 167 with this moment, from
chapter 355 Page 17,[**that link will take you off site, new site, ONEMANGA, may contain curse words, younger readers may not want to click] at this moment we all know is where the anime, the bad guys get away, and inu's left with the pitiful humans and his own inadequacies, whatever...
What we missed: Kikyo ties to shoot Naraku's heart, Kanna jumps off cliff with it...The new Anime, Inuyasha: The Final Act, Ep 1 actually starts with
Chapter 357, page 2 [***again all links from here out out blah blah blah... what i said up there ^^] Oddly enough we skipped most of this chapter in the anime, its about a medicine guy thats a snake? it may come up later, but its an already used RT plot line with Miro giving Sango beads of protection, a la like he did with the Coyote demoness that sucked the men's youth away...
but i really hope we get to see it b/c inu bitses the guy on the head:
NOMNOMNOM though i think it was Byakuya...o.0
then the new anime picks back up with the mountain dog which is
chapter 359 page 4 the anime and manga differ a bit here, and we missed out on a flashback so far, for Sango/Kohaku slayer village, it might pop up later... there's a bit of a anmie vs manga on all the happenings with sango/kohaku and the kid with the eye snake thing @.@ yeah okay they skipped a whole drama moment for brother sister there, and then went back ...silly RT...
chapter 361, brings us back to the middle of the anime ep 1, okay so chapter 363 was a complete wash for the anime.. he turned human in the manga, inu, and thats how they find out about Mouyoumaru... RT completely mucked that one up...and how they got that last shard...okay 364 - 5 seems to be the Sess fight with Mouyoumaru, thats gunna be in Episode 2? @_@
then chapter 367
page 16 goes back to ep 1, where they talk about where the baby and naraku's heart are... we missed Kagura almost getting Nom'd by Mouyoumaru to re-build his body....
Hakudoushi's face getting Nom'd by WINDTUNNEL!!!...chapter 370 O_O and thats the end.
SO to answer your over all question, we went from chapter 355 to 370 for the most part, but we also touched on ...wait...no... we're still going.....
372, 373, we basically skip over Kagura's death really...
we're still going in fact @_@ ...okay well the end of episode one officially is
chapter 375, page 5
okay so we spanned 20 chapters in one episode.... skipping some minor stuff and adding in some random stuff as well as jumping over some big stuff... SILLY RT!!
if we keep this up, at this rate, we'll be at chapter 558 in about @_@ 9 episodes maybe one or 2 seasons depending one what they plan on doing. Remember Ayame is a none-manga character and they may or may not try to resolve that. as well RT's not exactly known for sticking to THE plot, or A plot for that matter, and she's a Queen of plot holes. CHEERS Inuyasha!