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EP. REVIEW: Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon

Would Seshomaru fan really be satisfied with this show? If you were really into Sesh, wouldn't you want a show about him specifically rather than the kids he got by [expletive] a child zombie and he then proceed to ignore and never raise himself?

meiam wrote:

Would Seshomaru fan really be satisfied with this show? If you were really into Sesh, wouldn't you want a show about him specifically rather than the kids he got by [expletive] a child zombie and he then proceed to ignore and never raise himself?

I spend a lot of time around Inuyasha fan communities. And peoples enjoyment of this show is pretty much predicated on who was their favorite characters from the original show. My observation has been that people that are fans of Sesshomaru and either like or don't hate Sesshomaru/Rin as a pairing tend to be the most positive towards the show.

Taken at face value Yashahime portrays Sesshomaru as a jerk who selfishly abandoned his wife and kids. But the show regularly alludes to there being more going on than what we see on the surface. While the show doesn't overtly depict Sesshomaru's feelings towards his wife and daughters. It does communicate the nature of their relationship via subtext. We don't see Sesshomaru raise his children like a normal parent. What we do see is a mysterious stranger send her letters teaching her about her powers and giving her a mokomoko. And since there is literally no one else in the narrative that would know about her powers or how to teach them besides Sesshomaru. We the audience can logically infer that Sesshomaru does care about his daughter and was taking care of her from afar. But if Sesshomaru cares about his daughter's why isn't he raising them himself. Well that was explained earlier when the show literally states that Kirinmaru and Zero are out to kill them and Kirinmaru explicitly states that he has leverage over Sesshomaru. We don't see Sesshomaru and Rin's relationship. What we do see Sesshomaru waiting by the tree she is trapped inside in a manner reminiscent of Hachiko, while Sesshomaru is a dog demon. Implying that he is unconditionally loyal towards her. In fact many people immediately recognized the allusion being made by the show. You can see examples here t.ly/i17l and here t.ly/MlxX.

Personally I find these hints and allusions pretty obvious. But surprisingly some people take everything that happens in the show at face value and thinks Sesshomaru is meant to be a villain.

though for the eng dub community, the real talk right how (specifically within the MAL forums) is what was it that really killed miroku's VA? for right now there is no news at all on how he passed! way too strange and suspicious if you ask me!

though for the eng dub community, the real talk right how (specifically within the MAL forums) is what was it that really killed miroku's VA? for right now there is no news at all on how he passed! way too strange and suspicious if you ask me!

he wrote an emotional essay about his life. He was pretty clear about what led to his tragic death.
https://globalnews.ca/news/7514906/kirby-morrow-canadian-actor-obituary/

Some food for thought. Considering all the issues Yashahime has and has been discussed, could this simply be that Yashahime is Inu Yasha's "Scrappy Doo". Much like what happened to Scobby Doo and the Teen Titans. Basically, an older TV property is dumbed down for a much younger audience. What the Japanese think a younger audience is and what American's think it is are two different things, so it might be kind of hard to say for sure. I don't know either, but it could be the answer to why, Yashahime is the way it is.

Of course I can’t exactly say definitively that it’s meant to be a “dumbed” down version of Inuyasha, cause I can’t find anything on when Inuyasha was aired in the 2000s.

I am gonna give something to the show:

If Towa and Riku end up falling in love it's gonna be the most BS romance I have seen since Korra x Mako.

And it can very well happen, Towa seems to drop 30 points of IQ whenever he is close to her and the writing is just that awful, the epicness of that asspull would make all of these 24 episodes worth.

By the way, I refuse to believe the show can end in 3 episodes, no idea of what's gonna happen, either a movie or another season but it's impossible to:

-Kill Koton.
-Free Rin.
-Kill the butterfly.
-Get the pearls from Setsuna and Moroha.
-Free Inu and Kagome.
-Kill Kirinmaru.
-Deal with the Comet (because of course it will return in the future).
-Deal with all the emotional baggage.
-Where is Shippo?
-Fuse the 7 pearls into the Shikon Pearl (because it's gonna happen).

This is just what came to mind as I wrote this, there way more crap haven't been deal with and it's impossible to deal with it in 3 episodes.

TarsTarkas wrote:

That is not really the issue. It is that most of the characters in this show are souless and hollow inside. That is including the modern human characters in the show too. There is also the fear, that the show will not reflect the true horror of what has happened to Rin and Kagome. The fear that this show will just play it up as just another thing in life. I can already see it in my mind, "I am your mother", "Oh you are, nice to meet you".

I think what you describe has always been part of Inuyasha to an extent. The full title of the manga is "Inuyasha, a feudal fairy tale" , and this is no accident. Despite all the talk about fathers, heirlooms and whatnot, the story is a fairy tale, not a drama series; it only bothers with drama when it suits its purposes, and will utterly ignore it otherwise.
Just a few random examples:
- The "resurrected" Kikyo was initially shown as a horrific undead who uses the souls of people to stay on her feet. Later, when she became more of a protagonist, suddenly no one cared about this anymore
- Koga's wolves have gotten many people (including Rin) killed, but all he had to do was to pinky swear not to eat humans again, and he soon became one of the good guys too.
- Speaking of "hollow" characterization, Mama Higurashi has to be the undisputed champion of it throughout the franchise. She has exactly one thing to do: smile and be supportive. Even when her daughter plans to fight gigantic demons with zero combat training. With nothing but a bow. In the friggin' feudal era, where life was already dangerous enough even without the youkai.

Obviously, I love both this show and Inuyasha despite these odd twists made for the sake of the plot, not because of them. I also think that I haven't noticed these as much twenty years ago as I do now. But it is what it is.

So yes, it is entirely possible that the reunion between the twins and their parents will play out exactly as you described. But that, while likely seen as a missed opportunity by some, would not be unheard of, if we look at what came before.

• So, Zero and Grampyasha were most definitely getting their shag on, right? The internet tells me that Sesshomaru's mother has already made her appearance in the series, so my initial theory that she was going to be the twins' grandmother doesn't seem like it makes any sense. But still, she's out here calling GDD her “lord” and giving him the “slam my salmon” look throughout the whole episode. That explains why she gave up her demon powers in a fit of grief — even if, again, it seems like she definitely still has all of her demon powers — though I still don't get why she was so keen on killing GDD when he was deathly ill, last week.