They meet in Chapter 80
Chat with our AI personalities
Simon meets the beast in chapter 8 on page 137.
He is first seen in chapter 35/episode 20.
The Prancing Pony in Bree where the proprietor is Barliman Butterbur. Instead, they meet 'Strider' whom they had never seen before.
They haven't met in the manga. At least, not yet, but as of chapter 460, there is a chance. Hitsugaya meets Karin only in the anime (episode 132), and there's a later episode with them, 316, as well.
when Inuyasha first uses the wind scar successfully on Sesshomaru, Sesshomaru is warped by tensaiga to a forest where he meets Rin for the first time.