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EP. REVIEW: Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon

So when he eventually decides to bother with that, Sesshoumaru interrupts, essentially betraying Kirinmaru, but he says that he didn't really mean to. Then they quickly fight because why not and they both leave, ignoring the girls

I guess he figured, "These bebehs could grow up to be dangerous to me, so I'll kill them when they're helpless." :bebehs hidden away: "Oh, well, they growed up and still seem pretty helpless, so too much trouble to bother killing them now." ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I still have no idea what the fight between Kirin and Sesshy was about if he wasn't saving his kids. I mean, I guess we know he was, but he didn't offer a reason, just the denial. Like, "I'm not here for them, I just dropped my sword while flying over. But since I'm here, let's fight." :exchanges nine sword blows: "Ok, done fighting now, seeya."

Something that's bothered me about the series overall but was increasingly noticeable in this episode is how, although the three girls are purportedly the protagonists, for some reason the writers have hinted multiple times at Towa being "more" special than the other two? She was the only one of the three to even minimally land a blow on Kirinmaru. I've always hated series that have an ensemble cast but give more importance to only one or two members for no apparent reason (see Digimon Adventure's Taichi problem). There should be no reason for Towa to be stronger than Setsuna, they're literally twins, but she's the one that keeps getting the special powerups and making the difference in most of the fights. Wouldn't it have made more sense for Towa and Setsuna attempting to combine their attacks and that being the thing that managed to hit Kirinmaru?

Of course ideally all three girls would have equal power, opportunity and participation in this fight but we already know the writers hate Moroha so i'm not expecting anything from that angle, even though by all rights she should be stronger than the others with the combined Demon Dog and Priestess powers she has. But why does even Setsuna fall behind Towa? If anything it should be the other way around, since Setsuna has trained her demonic powers since childhood

Covnam wrote:

So when he eventually decides to bother with that, Sesshoumaru interrupts, essentially betraying Kirinmaru, but he says that he didn't really mean to. Then they quickly fight because why not and they both leave, ignoring the girls

This made me so confused too. Like, if Sesshoumaru could easily fight Kirinmaru without any significant consequences to protect the twins -even if he claims that's not what he was doing-, and Kirinmaru didn't even bother trying to kill the girls once he figured they weren't a threat, what was even the point of all the trapping people in pearls and trees and separating kids from their parents???

Something that's bothered me about the series overall but was increasingly noticeable in this episode is how, although the three girls are purportedly the protagonists, for some reason the writers have hinted multiple times at Towa being "more" special than the other two? She was the only one of the three to even minimally land a blow on Kirinmaru. I've always hated series that have an ensemble cast but give more importance to only one or two members for no apparent reason (see Digimon Adventure's Taichi problem). There should be no reason for Towa to be stronger than Setsuna, they're literally twins, but she's the one that keeps getting the special powerups and making the difference in most of the fights. Wouldn't it have made more sense for Towa and Setsuna attempting to combine their attacks and that being the thing that managed to hit Kirinmaru?

Of course ideally all three girls would have equal power, opportunity and participation in this fight but we already know the writers hate Moroha so i'm not expecting anything from that angle, even though by all rights she should be stronger than the others with the combined Demon Dog and Priestess powers she has. But why does even Setsuna fall behind Towa? If anything it should be the other way around, since Setsuna has trained her demonic powers since childhood

Covnam wrote:

So when he eventually decides to bother with that, Sesshoumaru interrupts, essentially betraying Kirinmaru, but he says that he didn't really mean to. Then they quickly fight because why not and they both leave, ignoring the girls

This made me so confused too. Like, if Sesshoumaru could easily fight Kirinmaru without any significant consequences to protect the twins -even if he claims that's not what he was doing-, and Kirinmaru didn't even bother trying to kill the girls once he figured they weren't a threat, what was even the point of all the trapping people in pearls and trees and separating kids from their parents???

Reminds me of Blue Exorcist putting it like that. One twin more powerful than the other, turns out to be opposite and said "weak" twin gets jealous/pissed off due to it.

I never took the 3 girls as equally important, Towa has always been the main character and if she is not supposed to be then its just another thing the shows fails to communicate.

Something that's bothered me about the series overall but was increasingly noticeable in this episode is how, although the three girls are purportedly the protagonists, for some reason the writers have hinted multiple times at Towa being "more" special than the other two? She was the only one of the three to even minimally land a blow on Kirinmaru. I've always hated series that have an ensemble cast but give more importance to only one or two members for no apparent reason (see Digimon Adventure's Taichi problem). There should be no reason for Towa to be stronger than Setsuna, they're literally twins, but she's the one that keeps getting the special powerups and making the difference in most of the fights. Wouldn't it have made more sense for Towa and Setsuna attempting to combine their attacks and that being the thing that managed to hit Kirinmaru?

Biggest problem I see, is that this episode (or an alt version of it) probably should have gone closer to the beginning of the series.

James expressed my feelings as well. This episode was pretty bad, was a waste and so many actions taken by the characters didn't make sense.

Roadwarior2 wrote:

Biggest problem I see, is that this episode (or an alt version of it) probably should have gone closer to the beginning of the series.

I wonder if this really was supposed to be earlier in the series, maybe a couple of episodes after the first. At least then it would have made some sense for its place in the narrative.