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EP. REVIEW: Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon

Yashahime is so goddamned weird and out-of-order with its narrative that there's no way to know if it's going to stick at all.

What got me is the fact Shiori spoiler[changes to a human during an eclipse.] Now, like the rest of us, we knew on the new moon changing Inuyasha and Towa. So this means, there's more ways that hanyou can change to humans.

Dogs are more associated to the moon, especially wolves. I'm not aware of bats and eclipses, but it was a rather interesting thing to note.

With only 4 more episodes left until MHA takes over the local timeslot, I think it's unlikely the writers will attempt to stick to a definite end and wrap everything up by then (not unless they want to rush all the current hanging plot points).

Instead, they'll probably bring the plot points over for another anime season. Some commenters have long suspected the showrunners are aiming to make Yashahime a longrunning anime series, and the narrative's pacing seems to be pointing that way.

On crunchy's episode listing screen for Yashahime, there's a link to a screen labeled "Details", and that screen now lists "Seasons: 4" and "Episodes: 55". So it looks like the show has done well enough for planning for 30+ more episodes.

You telling me that Setsuna not only just lost 4 years of memories, but her first 4 years?

Who the hell remembers his first 4 years of life?

At the very best to get some random foggy flashbacks and that's all, It would be hilarious if they finally kill the butterfly just for Towa to ask "Remember something" and Setsuna answers "Nop".

The further we get into it, the more it seems like InuYasha/Kagome/Moroha have been really shafted in comparison to the other families.

Miroku & Sango got a full 8 years or so to raise their kids before things went down, and although they have a mysteriously missing daughter, it seems like they still have a relationship with the other daughter & Hisui (even if he was a bit estranged from Miroku for a bit).

Towa & Setsuna, while not raised by their parents, were both taken care of by loving adoptive parents, and it's pretty much been confirmed at this point that as cold as he is, Sesshomaru has been quietly watching them from the shadows. Sure, Rin is stuck in a tree (and I'm guessing unaware of the world around her), but the relationship between SessRin & their daughters, despite being the core focus of this series, doesn't mean as much to the fandom as the other relationships, so I'm not too bothered with it.

Meanwhile, InuYasha & Kagome were sucked into a pocket dimension (fully closed off to the outside world) when their daughter was an infant. As for Moroha herself, while we don't know what her young childhood was like, it's clear that at some point Koga pawned her off onto some other wolf, who then quite literally pawned her off (and Koga is apparently too busy, or something, to go out and check on her once a year or so).

I've long heard a certain group of fans speculate that the anime team didn't care for Kagome (or preferred Kikyo, or something to that effect), and while I'm not one to buy into conspiracy theories, it certainly looks like she's gotten the short end of the stick here, lol.

Seriously though, despite whatever Sesshomaru's intentions may be, if they don't let InuYasha belt him one when he gets out (or worse, if they act like InuYasha is being unreasonable if he takes issue with Sesshomaru's plan), I'm gonna flip, lol.

RR529 wrote:

The further we get into it, the more it seems like InuYasha/Kagome/Moroha have been really shafted in comparison to the other families. Miroku & Sango got a full 8 years or so to raise their kids before things went down, and although they have a mysteriously missing daughter, it seems like they still have a relationship with the other daughter & Hisui (even if he was a bit estranged from Miroku for a bit). Towa & Setsuna, while not raised by their parents, were both taken care of by loving adoptive parents, and it's pretty much been confirmed at this point that as cold as he is, Sesshomaru has been quietly watching them from the shadows. Sure, Rin is stuck in a tree (and I'm guessing unaware of the world around her), but the relationship between SessRin & their daughters, despite being the core focus of this series, doesn't mean as much to the fandom as the other relationships, so I'm not too bothered with it. Meanwhile, InuYasha & Kagome were sucked into a pocket dimension (fully closed off to the outside world) when their daughter was an infant. As for Moroha herself, while we don't know what her young childhood was like, it's clear that at some point Koga pawned her off onto some other wolf, who then quite literally pawned her off (and Koga is apparently too busy, or something, to go out and check on her once a year or so). I've long heard a certain group of fans speculate that the anime team didn't care for Kagome (or preferred Kikyo, or something to that effect), and while I'm not one to buy into conspiracy theories, it certainly looks like she's gotten the short end of the stick here, lol. Seriously though, despite whatever Sesshomaru's intentions may be, if they don't let InuYasha belt him one when he gets out (or worse, if they act like InuYasha is being unreasonable if he takes issue with Sesshomaru's plan), I'm gonna flip, lol.

The creators of Yashahime don't hate Kagome that's ridiculous. The reason the show doesn't focus on Kagome and Inuyasha. Is because the creators of Yashahime were people that worked on the original show that felt that Sesshomaru and Rin's stories didn't get any closure. So they created a sequel series about their family. As far as the writers and Rumiko Takahashi are concerned Inuyasha and Kagome's story ended with the final act. So they were deliberately not made the focus. In fact Moroha's character was created as a after thought as she wasn't originally intended to be a part of the show.

Gotta say that makes it worse. If the best part of the show is their “afterthought” then they really should’ve spent these in-between years focusing on what closure is. Because all they’ve added to the characters of Rin and Sesshomaru is that they fucked. He then fucked off to never again interact with his wife and kids, and stole the ability for Rin, Inuyasha, and Kagome to even be known by their own children. At this point the only fitting ending is the other adults being freed and collectively telling him to fudge off, and trying their best to connect with nearly fully grown kids that have no idea who they are. But that would also require the kids to have any motivations at all, and we’re nearly to the end of the season without that.

ATastySub wrote:

Gotta say that makes it worse. If the best part of the show is their “afterthought” then they really should’ve spent these in-between years focusing on what closure is. Because all they’ve added to the characters of Rin and Sesshomaru is that they fucked. He then fucked off to never again interact with his wife and kids, and stole the ability for Rin, Inuyasha, and Kagome to even be known by their own children. At this point the only fitting ending is the other adults being freed and collectively telling him to fudge off, and trying their best to connect with nearly fully grown kids that have no idea who they are. But that would also require the kids to have any motivations at all, and we’re nearly to the end of the season without that.

Best part too who? Fan polls show the most popular character is Towa. Also are you going too ignore the whole Kirinmaru is trying to murder the kids and that they were supposed to be hiding part of the plot. Kirinmaru sent demons to murder them the day they were born. Do you think Sesshomaru would be a better parent if he just let them be killed? That and it's obvious that Sesshomaru was the one sending the letters to Setsuna. Who else would give her a mokomoko and know how to teach her how to fight. Do you pay attention to anything that happens in the show.