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EP. REVIEW: Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon

tintor2 wrote:

You think whoever wrote this series was like "Oh yeah. Inuyasha fans are gonna love this sequel. Who even needs Inuyasha and Kagome in the story?"? If next week is the legit finale, then this must be one of the worst anime sequels next to Toei's Saintia Sho (even the manga author of Saintia Sho had to apologize for Toei)

Hey, what about Last Exile: Fam and Eureka Seven AO?

Except maybe for Moroha, who always has and always will deserve better than Yashahime.

If I may add something as someone who has read the reviews and disagrees with a lot of the lambasting being on place.

Ok, yes, Yashahime has issues, particularly when it comes to explaining some things (or not explaining them), that said I do not think the characters actions are as baseless or strange as people believe them to be, like for example:

Towa clearly has a crush on Riku and you'd think that she would be more aware of this as a city girl.........that's not quite how it works. It's been clearly stated that Towa's only interaction with boys is by beating the living shit out of them since they just love picking a fight with her. She's always been a tonboy who has earned fame as an athlete (she has a shitton of trophies) and with every male she knows short of her family coming after her to show her she's not hotshit. So then she comes across the first male that genuinely treats her properly, it is obvious she would not completely realize the feelings she has, since she's emotionally immature.

Zero acts on a rather contradicting manner, between rejecting the stones and reclaiming them, wanting to die and wanting to off the girls. Turns out, there IS a common theme behind all these things. Zero is a nihilist, she has lost faith, she doesn't trust on any shit anymore ever since the grief of losing Toga was too much for her and made her wish on the Shikon Pearl. She's jealous (as Sesshomaru's Mom says) of the girls and pretty much everyone from Toga's succession since they are living proof of Toga's implied rejection of Zero (since she crushed on Toga but never got anywhere), so where does that leave us next? Spread misery......Zero is deep down miserable and wants others to suffer. She was delighted her death would also cause Rin's death (as a result of whatever thread-related curse she used, like she did with Towa) since it would hurt Sesshomaru. She snapped and broke Tenseiga which was, very petty really.

This is why Kirinmaru's had enough. Dude follows a conduct of honor, and his sister sinks to really miserable lows, of course he will call her out of her shit and tell her to fudge off. But this is not what Zero wants. As for why he fights the girls.......If I had to say something about why they have to fight it off, I'd have to say fate. Kirinmaru is prophecied to be off'd by a Hanyo that trascends time, we have 3 hybrid girls here, all of whom are Toga's granddaughters. Kirinmaru is linked to the Dream Butterfly and for better or worse it is an obstacle the girls will have to surpass if they wanna grow in any capacity and restore whatever is of their lives to normalcy. Also the bulk of Kirinmaru's actions are goaded by Zero, she's the one that has actually motivated this whole conflict up.

Riku is loyal to Zero. We don't know the full extent of this, but Riku acting for what he thinks is Zero's sake is not a bad thing, and is fairly coherent as Zero is totally uncontrollable and needs to be saved from herself.

The Windmill of Time and Azusa or whatever the thing they are........it really felt like a kick in the nuts for them to throw new terms without disclosing anything. Ditto Totosai and Jaken.

I do hope the second season is better at getting this story in order and place. We have a base to work upon, but it really needs to be solidified. Personally I've had fun with the series, but yes, it does need to be better in what they wanna say and how. That said thanks to 2nd season being a thing I may have my tiny little wish granted that I thought I'd not: See Shippo again.

Well those are my thoughts on the matter.

BGMaxie wrote:

If I may add something as someone who has read the reviews and disagrees with a lot of the lambasting being on place. Ok, yes, Yashahime has issues, particularly when it comes to explaining some things (or not explaining them), that said I do not think the characters actions are as baseless or strange as people believe them to be, like for example: Towa clearly has a crush on Riku and you'd think that she would be more aware of this as a city girl.........that's not quite how it works. It's been clearly stated that Towa's only interaction with boys is by beating the living shit out of them since they just love picking a fight with her. She's always been a tonboy who has earned fame as an athlete (she has a shitton of trophies) and with every male she knows short of her family coming after her to show her she's not hotshit. So then she comes across the first male that genuinely treats her properly, it is obvious she would not completely realize the feelings she has, since she's emotionally immature. Zero acts on a rather contradicting manner, between rejecting the stones and reclaiming them, wanting to die and wanting to off the girls. Turns out, there IS a common theme behind all these things. Zero is a nihilist, she has lost faith, she doesn't trust on any shit anymore ever since the grief of losing Toga was too much for her and made her wish on the Shikon Pearl. She's jealous (as Sesshomaru's Mom says) of the girls and pretty much everyone from Toga's succession since they are living proof of Toga's implied rejection of Zero (since she crushed on Toga but never got anywhere), so where does that leave us next? Spread misery......Zero is deep down miserable and wants others to suffer. She was delighted her death would also cause Rin's death (as a result of whatever thread-related curse she used, like she did with Towa) since it would hurt Sesshomaru. She snapped and broke Tenseiga which was, very petty really. This is why Kirinmaru's had enough. Dude follows a conduct of honor, and his sister sinks to really miserable lows, of course he will call her out of her shit and tell her to fudge off. But this is not what Zero wants. As for why he fights the girls.......If I had to say something about why they have to fight it off, I'd have to say fate. Kirinmaru is prophecied to be off'd by a Hanyo that trascends time, we have 3 hybrid girls here, all of whom are Toga's granddaughters. Kirinmaru is linked to the Dream Butterfly and for better or worse it is an obstacle the girls will have to surpass if they wanna grow in any capacity and restore whatever is of their lives to normalcy. Also the bulk of Kirinmaru's actions are goaded by Zero, she's the one that has actually motivated this whole conflict up. Riku is loyal to Zero. We don't know the full extent of this, but Riku acting for what he thinks is Zero's sake is not a bad thing, and is fairly coherent as Zero is totally uncontrollable and needs to be saved from herself. The Windmill of Time and Azusa or whatever the thing they are........it really felt like a kick in the nuts for them to throw new terms without disclosing anything. Ditto Totosai and Jaken. I do hope the second season is better at getting this story in order and place. We have a base to work upon, but it really needs to be solidified. Personally I've had fun with the series, but yes, it does need to be better in what they wanna say and how. That said thanks to 2nd season being a thing I may have my tiny little wish granted that I thought I'd not: See Shippo again. Well those are my thoughts on the matter.

Yours isn’t the first post like this and there’s a big general problem with it, and that’s that you think this was all somehow missed by others. And it’s not. It’s shorthand to say they’ve done sloppy writing and motivation work because everything you just listed was done sloppily and haphazardly. These details being told in such an off-hand way or out of character with their actions at every point is why the show is such a mess.

...My only question is if James will bail out or ride it to the ground like the finale of Dr Strangelove?