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EP. REVIEW: Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon - The Second Act

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Kagome just basically taking the whole thing in stride also feels about right;

Kagome is supposed to be a human girl of our modern world, so lets just pretend that she is indeed that. That way we get rid of all those otherworldly excuses.

A mother gives birth to her baby girl, a few days later her baby girl is kidnapped from the hospital. The next time the mother sees her baby girl, she is practically a grown adult, and on top of that a stranger. How would that mother actually feel.

Kagome has lost so much. She will never be a mother to her daughter. Mother and daughter are strangers to each other. All the 'firsts' are gone forever. Really, if we were talking about actual real people, instead of anime characters, would we be really saying "the mother was taking it all in stride feels right". Shouldn't there be pathos, horror, anger, tragedy, unbelief, even thoughts of revenge/vengence for the wrongs done, along with relief, love, and welcome.

And yes, Kagome and Moroha can reconnect as mother and daughter, but that doesn't cure what was lost. But if you think about it, the way the writers have portrayed Moroha for the most of the series, she hasn't had much interest in her lost parents, even when meeting her mother's parents, and with the way the show goes, Moroha is not going to be settling down to spend time reconnecting with her parents anytime soon.

Sadly, I think for the writers, Inu Yashi and Kagome are just boxes to check and they didn't really want to write how a mother who loved her baby would actually feel in such a circumstance as they wrote. So instead they wrote a "yeah, were back together again after many long years, for a little bit"

A mother gives birth to her baby girl, a few days later her baby girl is kidnapped from the hospital. The next time the mother sees her baby girl, she is practically a grown adult, and on top of that a stranger. How would that mother actually feel.

Man...what a beautiful family reunion. I cried twice. Everyone's reaction was absolutely in character and perfect. Couldn't ask for more.

TarsTarkas wrote:

A mother gives birth to her baby girl, a few days later her baby girl is kidnapped from the hospital. The next time the mother sees her baby girl, she is practically a grown adult, and on top of that a stranger. How would that mother actually feel.

I see the point you're trying to make....but Moroha is 14. She has her entire life ahead of her and we've seen how lonely she is.

I really feel sorry for Sesshy's mom. His father abandons her for a human, her son never comes to visit unless he needs something, and all she has left to do is sit on that throne for apparently eternity, watching a windmill that never turns. I don't think we've ever seen her anywhere else. She must be half out of her mind with boredom. No wonder she's so cranky.