#yashahime episode 4

[love-sapphirerose]

Yashahime: Awful Sequel

When the first of the information came out that Inuyasha was getting a sequel, everybody was excited but it was a really awful show that was overhyped. It became a failing sequel to the Inuyasha franchise just like Boruto became to the Naruto franchise. It's a show about a hanyo version of kagome and/or rin who inherited the obsessive clingly nature, a hanyo female version of sesshomaru who barely has a personality that doesn't involve slaying and playing the violin, and a weak comic relief shihanyo who inherited her parents worst traits, who are majority of the time always winning fights.

Rushed

Just like with Inuyasha the Final Act, Yashahime was extremely rushed and boring. The Final Act was quickly wrapped up in 1 season as the manga was longer.

2. Constant Copying

In one of kohakuxrin's post there is massive recycling from the previous inuyasha content and especially the final act manga material that wasn't made in the rushed anime. As they

Ex.

1) Mistress Centipede with Mistress Three-Eyes

They're trying to remake the first villain from the past.

2) Hitokon

3) Bone Demon and a Father

4) Cat Demon

5) Meioju

6) Ginka and Kinka

7) Mizuchi and Nuwamatari

8) Nikosen

9) Sayo

10) Yuki and her brother

11) Wakana

12) Kodoku

13) The two onis

14) Snow Panther

15) An incarnation of the main antagonist interested in a member of the dog demon clan

16) Not alone anymore

17) A moth demon destroyed by a hanyo in a mindless state

18) Kao and the bug in the chest

19) Shibugarasus, Toads, Kumogashiras

20) The giant bug with someone within

21) The Rainbow Crystals

- The Silver Crystal was split into the seven Rainbow Crystals so as to seal away Seven Great Yōma. And as Sailor Moon shed a tear for her lover Tuxedo Mask who was mortally wounded, it caused the seven Rainbow Crystals to react and merge into one, forming the Silver Crystal itself. - As Zero shed a tear onto the Sacred Jewel, upon learning the death of Toga whom she was fond of, the seven rainbow pearls came out of it.

22) Chibiusa and the Door of Time

- Chibiusa has a key that leads to the door of time which leads to the future, and she was being hunted by bad guys. - Akuru has a pinwheel that activates the windmill of time opening a path to the future, and he was being hunted by Kirinmaru.

No question in those two because Katsuyuki Sumisawa was involved in the first anime version of Sailor Moon and in the same episodes in which the rainbow crystals assembled and Chibiusa took the Sailor Warriors to the doors of time (episodes 34 and 82).

23) Walking Around Naked

24) Pulling Out A Sword

25) Wondering About Name and Bullying

26) Recycled Moves

In episode 20, 2 lizard yokai attempting to break into the hanyo village look very similar to the two lizard yokai in the original series.

moroha trying to touch rion's ears like kagome with inuyasha's ears.

towa getting mad at homaru and zero for separating her and setsuna like Inuyasha got mad at naraku for separated him and Kikyo.

3. Contrived Powerups

Majority of the time, you would notice that towa, Setsuna, and moroha get these power ups to easily defeat an opponent by emotions or hearing about something.

4. Miroku and Sango's Family

Other than Hisui, they are barely seen.

Miroku spent the majority of the series on a 1000 day training and in the last episodes of the season he was suddenly powerful and taking on the grim butterfly. In episode 22, miroku was easily defeated by zero and had kin'u take his place.

Sango, who was known to be a strong female fighter in the original, was reduced to simply miroku's wife and hisui's, kin'u's, and gyokuto's mother. In the last episode of the final act, sango retired from being a demon slayer but could've come out of retirement to lead the new demon alongside kohaku but instead she's reduced to making mask and supplies. In the last episodes of season 2, sango comes out of retirement to fight with a rushed weapon called the black hiraikotsu.

Hisui could've continued to learn under miroku while being a demon slayer despite kin'u being a monk first. Sango, who was the original owner of the hiraikotsu, should have been the one to inspire hisui to be a demon slayer instead of kohaku. The hiraikotsu doesn't have the abilities it achieved in the final act.

The creators of yashahime decided in season 2 to give hisui feelings for setsuna, making it offiical in episode 48, to make it opposite of riku and towa since hisui is a full blooded human riku is a incarnation of a full blooded yokai.

Kin'u and Gyokuto, who appeared the least in the show, only appear to make a character shine. sango, who is a skilled fighter, didn't even train kin'u and gyokuto in combat as the only thing they do is throw sutras and powders. The creators didn't put any thought into their character designs as kin'u and gyokuto should've had different hairstyles and lengths from each other as the only difference in kin'u's hair was the small ponytail and gyokuto's hair didn't change at all. While kin'u's attire did change, the difference between gyokuto's attire from childhood was her apron and woven sandals.

They could've appeared more in the series and developed their personalities and abilities.

And when shippo appeared again especially in episode 48, kin'u and gyokuto reverted back to their personalities when they were little children.

5. Kohaku and the Demon Slayers

kohaku's face looks like iruka from the naruto franchise. Despite opposite character designs and weapons, rokuta and nansuke barely have personalities and don't even have backstories

How could the demon slayers, especially kohaku and hisui, not know setsuna was a hanyo after seeing her abilities and sensing her aura.

Kohaku and the Demon Slayers really don't think things through sometimes and aren't very bright.

Ex. Nikosen was poisoning a mountain and instead of thinking of other ways to defeat him, the only way they thought to defeat him in their minds was to burn the mountain.

6. Secrets

It seems to me nobody wants to talk about the past.

Despite living in the modern era for 10 years, the higurashi family never mentioned or seen pictures of kagome to towa until she was about to leave for the feudal era.

kaede never told kohaku, hisui, and the other demon slayers that setsuna was a hanyo or was sesshomaru's daughter. After 10 years of not seeing setsuna, kaede never once told her about sesshomaru, rin, or towa and even when she returned she still didn't explain. It only took 21 episodes for kaede to tell towa about rin and even then it was quick information about how they lived together for many years and she disappeared shortly after she and setsuna were born.

kaede never even told moroha about inuyasha and kagome.

I wonder why nobody especially miroku and sango told kohaku about towa and setsuna being sesshomaru and rin's daughters and not even a letter.

Even when kohaku found out about towa and setsuna being sesshomaru's daughters, he only mentioned something to them in episodes 5 and 31.

When miroku first met towa, he was informed that she was setsuna's older sister and instead of telling her about their parents he just stood there silently.

When the higurashi family realized that moroha is kagome's daughter, they never told her information about her and inuyasha and tried to fix this in season 2 especially in episode 28.

7. Underage Pairings

The creators of yashahime really don't care about the sick relationships.

sesshomaru and rin, knew her ever since she was 7-8 years old.

riku and towa, he knew her before she was born

homaru and tamano, kidnapped and tried to force her to love him.

moroha flirting with bokuseno.

I don't have an opinion on hisui/setsuna or hisui/aiya.

8. Rushed and Failed Backstories

They really didn't think much into the childhoods.

In episode 15, towa and setsuna were taken away and placed in a forest for 4 years and moroha was sent away to the koga and ayame by hachiemon.

In towa's childhood after being separated from setsuna, there's not much known as we see her meet sota, have a weight set and trophies to explain her life, a flashback of a pinky promise, and they gave of these rushed memories in episode 36 like they gave kagome rushed memories in the final act.

With setsuna, her being taken away from the burned forest, being accepted into the hidden hanyo village, training under 2 orders, defeated 2 lizard yokai, flash forward 6 years later, a recycled flashback from episode 3, returning to the hanyo village, a quick copy and pasted of episodes 51 and 52 except the soldiers are yokai, and leaving the hanyo village.

With moroha, a quick flashback of her last training day with yawaragi, battling a recycled character kodoku, being sold to jyubei, battling the birds of paradise, and giving quick images of her as a baby in episode 39.

9. Contrived Emotional Moments

The scenes that are supposed to be emotional are bland, rushed, and cringe-worthy.

Ex.

sota and towa's relationship wasn't sad for me as in season 1 and 2 they had very little interactions and were forced.

Ex. in episode 4, sota and towa talking and saying goodbye and in season 2 sota and towa meeting again and goodbye again after he tells he will always see her as his own blood daughter as they transform appearance when they first met.

A female wolf yokai named yawaragi was mentioned in episode 14, appeared as a small cameo at the end of episode 15, and official debut. She has a few flashbacks, a quick fight, then they tried to give us this emotional dying scene of her with moroha but i'm not attached to the character and everything goes back like nothing ever happened except for a new ability.

towa and setsuna tearfully hugging each other and apologizing when setsuna regains her memories.

riku tearfully killing zero.

moroha reuniting with Inuyasha and kagome while towa and setsuna, which is weird for her, tearfully watched.

moroha keeping the black pearl with the beni.

towa and mei's moments plus the final goodbye.

riku confessions of love to towa especially before everyone battles the grim butterfly and him dying.

Inuyasha, kagome, and moroha having a family moment on the bone-eater's well.

rin hugging towa and setsuna while sesshomaru and jaken having a conversation while 2 other families watched them.

towa and Setsuna hugging moroha in their new attires.

towa confronting a disguised riku in jyubei's shop.

moroha hugging Inuyasha and kagome before leaving their home.

Basically episode 48 was one of the worst episodes in the entire two seasons.

10. Terrible Characters

Majority of the yashahime series characters were boring and confusing.

Ex.

In season 1, she looked more like she was the big bad of the series than Kirinmaru, who didn't even act like the villain.

Zero possessed much more of a threat to our main characters, as she is responsible for the forest fire that separated Towa and Setsuna and indirectly separated Moroha from Inuyasha and kagome. She's done various other things, blackmailing Sesshomaru by cursing Rin. She feels very much that she had the same level of connection that she had that the same connection Naraku did with Inuyasha.

zero's back story as well seemed uninteresting and confusing, having feelings towards Toga, and when he dies her love for him drives her to kill his descendants. She could have become more interesting as the series progressed. If the rainbow pearls sealed away her emotions, then why is zero taking revenge on toga's descendants and got angry at sesshomaru's mother.

But that was not the case, as when season 2 aired, is when Zero started to run down downhill by gathering the rainbow pearls, for revenge, kidnapping towa, and basically holding rin's life hostage, and it all ends in episodes 36 and 37.

To start with, Setsuna learns from Rin that she must save Zero to stop the curse from killing her. Really wished we knew that before. Thanks, Rin, which leads into the next episode.

At this point, Zero has been emotionally torturing Towa for the entire night by reminding her of her sadness and suffering, and is pretty much trying to get Towa angry enough so that she can kill her, and in doing so kill Rin. She's almost successful when Setsuna shows up, shows Towa the dream butterfly, and suddenly Towa loses all the anger she has towards zero in a matter of seconds.

towa then thanks zero for what she's done and it is really annoying. zero prepares to kill herself and Setsuna cuts the thread of fate tying Zero to Toga and she removes the curse from Rin and commits suicide by Riku.

All of these in a matter of minutes, they make Zero, this threatening and uninteresting villain and rendered her more pathetic. They had to give her a redemption arc when she's been the most villainous character in this sequel. Kirinmaru felt more like an obstacle the same way Koga was in Inuyasha. But this, this was so dumb, and when I was watching episode 36 and heard what Rin said, I knew what this was leading into but it was so much worse when Towa thanked her for it. She really didn't need to thank the person who separated her from her twin sister and tried multiple times to kill her, sister, and rin because it's just wrong.

The creators of yashahime couldn't even give zero an actual conclusion that fitted with her character, and she's forgiven so easily. You didn't see Inuyasha thanking Naraku for setting him and Kikyo against each other and killing Kikyo, Sango thanking naraku for killing her village and controlling her kohaku, and miroku thanking naraku for cursing his bloodline. Could you imagine how messed up that would have been?

11. Timeline Error and Wrong Ages

The story takes place after 18 years after the final act but they keep getting the timeline wrong.

In episode 3, kaede said the bone-eater's well stopped working after 15 years.

In episode 39, kagome said she hasn't seen her family in 14 years.

Despite the yashahime creators making jaken and the tree of ages saying that rin is supposedly 18, she is really 15.

The true creator, Rumiko Takahashi, explained in databooks that rin is 7-8 years old in the beginning, sota is 8-9 years old, and kohaku is 11 years old.

In the 3 year time skip at the end of the final act rin is 11, sota is 11-12, and kohaku is 14.

4 years later when towa, setsuna, moroha were born, rin would be 15, sota would be 15-16, and kohaku is 18.

When they were 4 years old, Rin was 19, sota was 19-20, and kohaku was 22.

10 years later in the present as they are 14 years old, rin is 29 not 32, sota is 29-30, and kohaku is 32.

The reason the creators tried to age sota and rin up is because they forgot.

12. Copied Information

If you watched yashahime, you would immediately notice the constant copy and pasting from the original series and the final act. They're trying to do this to bring back memorable feelings to the new series.

Ex.

Even though the rainbow pearls were created from the sacred jewel and have its essence, as they just copied lesser powerful versions of it.

towa, setsuna, and moroha fighting mistress three eyes to remember the fight between inuyasha and kagome with mistress centipede.

setsuna not wanting to be a hanyo is a reference of sesshomaru disliking hanyo.

towa being controlled by the hitokon like the little boy, but how did it appear in the modern era without being seen.

setsuna remembering mei thanking her is to remember rin smiling at sesshomaru.

moroha appearing in the room naked without shame just like inuyasha.

grandpa higurashi giving moroha, who had a weird look on her face, a kappa foot just like he gave kagome, who also had a weird on her face, a kappa foot as well.

13. Sesshomaru

Personally, I've never really liked sesshomaru as just like miroku, jaken, sango, especially shippo and kagome. As in yashahime, sesshomaru became bland and terrible.

Out of all of the characters whose personalities and motives changed from the original series, The one who got it the worse was Sesshomaru. Despite him not being on screen for very long in the first season and the currently ongoing second season, he's barely said anything. To be fair, Sesshomaru wasn't having full-blown conversations with everyone, but he at least has some conversations with other characters. Here he barely says anything.

He's also not very emotional, which was the same in the original series, but with what has happened in the second season of Yashahime, you'd think the writers would give him some kind of emotional moments not the sick ones of sesshomaru holding rin when the curse was placed on her in episode 27 and it being taken off her in episode 37.

In season 1, sesshomaru has barely appeared and mostly made short cameos and flashbacks.

Ex. In episode 18, sesshomaru only appeared for a short time to quickly fight kirinmaru, orders jaken to not say anything then they leave.

The plot for him is really bad and doesn't make any sense, sesshomaru takes towa and setsuna shortly after they're born, stay away from them and refuses to help them when they were 4 years because homura and zero, who he can easily defeat, who kill them herself and kill rin, who said she would rather die than let them be sacrificed for her sake, but changed his mind when they were 14 years old. And sesshomaru idiotically listened to jaken sealing into the tree of ages and sealing inuyasha and kagome away into the black pearl because they thought they would go after zero and killer which would also kill rin, even though they would find another way to save her.

Even though, sesshomaru secretly gave setsuna items and tasks over the 6 years she's lived in the hidden hanyo village, he's a terrible father as he doesn't tell them anything, basically an absent father, left towa and setsuna to face kirinmaru and setsuna was killed, completely left the task of setsuna saving rin to her and didn't do anything as kohaku and sota were more fathers to them instead of himself.

The creator of yashahime could've made janis or kaname kururugi canon in the series and giving them a story of how they came to permanently live the feudal era, or a new female character with a background but instead they disgustingly chose rin, a girl he knew since she was 7-8 and mostly treated like a daughter.

In Yashahime, sesshomaru is a terrible husband as he doesn't see rin as an equal and majority of the time still has the father-daughter dynamic and treats her like a pet.

Ex. shortly after towa and setsuna, sesshomaru didn't say a word to rin and took the twins without a single explanation to anyone other than a rite of courage and cowardice, commanded her to follow him and stay like a dog especially in episodes 46 and 47 when he commanded her watch him battle kirinmaru, and even in episode 48 when he still ordered him to follow him. The only time sesshomaru is ordered around is in episode 35 by rin.

In season 2, sesshomaru majority of the time just stands and watches things happen for plot, even when he's in the grim butterfly, in a coma, and letting others such as towa, setsuna, and moroha to do the work.

For an example, In Inuyasha, the final act, when they are in the underworld and Kohaku tells him that Rin isn't breathing. Sesshomaru shows genuine fear and concern, which I believe is the only time he acts this way. Then when he learns that Tenseiga can't revive her, he blames himself for it and says that nothing was worth losing her. It's one of the most powerful moments for Sesshomaru and shows just how far he's come. Whether you see Sesshomaru care towards Rin as Fatherly or not, this scene shows just how much he cares for her.

Let's compare that to in Yashahime.

After Sesshomaru kills the dream butterfly, it causes the Silver scale curse to spread more quickly, which will eventually kill Rin. She's pretty much dying in front of him, and he has no way to stop it himself. So how does he act?

He says nothing, even when she talks to him and he keeps the same face.

sesshomaru separated moroha from inuyasha and kagome for 14 years and the one who gets scolded for badmouthing him was inuyasha, who was rightfully so, and he was instantly forgiven, kagome saying 'i'm sure he had his reasons', sat inuyasha, and scolded him for blaming towa and setsuna, even though he wasn't. setsuna also shouldm't have to apologize on sesshomaru's behalf.

He later kills the dream butterfly to motivate Setsuna to be able to use her Yukari no Tachikiri, which nearly causes Rin to die because of him and finally, he doesn't go and save Towa when she is being tortured all night by Zero and Nanahoshi by his minature galaxy.

It feels like they were trying to frame it as Sesshomaru could be genuinely working with Kirinmaru, but in doing so, they make him look like he's the worst father of the year. And with how long this mystery dragged out, it didn't make Sesshomaru look any better.

It definitely it's completely different writing when it comes to Sesshomaru in both series, with Inuyasha, Rumiko wrote him a clear goal and a conclusion. In Yashahime, they're trying to one-up the audience with their mystery and are unintentionally wreaking his entire character.

14. Not Naming Characters

Despite new characters such as moe higurashi, mei higurashi, and aiya receiving names there are lot of characters that still don't have names such as sesshomaru's mother, weasel man, gokoku village headman, northern demon slayers leader, the granny, the lady, the muscle, the ninja, and so many others.

Despite knowing that his name is toga, they still refer to him as the great dog demon.

15. Nerfed

Just like Boruto and Dragon Ball Super, the power scaling doesn't make any sense. In Super, beerus, who is a god, is fighting goku, who turned into a super saiyan god, after a period of time transforms back into a simple super saiyan but doesn't make any sense that he can still can fight beerus, they tried to explain away this through beerus but it doesn't work. In Boruto, there have been many multiple fights where the older generations are nerfed to make the younger generation shine like when jugo hit konohamaru and he couldn't move for a few days but when jugo hit boruto he easily recovered, when karin had to become weak with her chakra chain in order for sarada to be strong, or when in the time travel arc with urashiki that sasuke was constantly weak in order for a genin naruto, boruto, and jiraiya to shine. It also happens in more sequels like in yashahime.

Ex.

kirinmaru, who is equal to toga, can receive massive injuries from towa and setsuna, hanyos, and moroha, a shihanyo.

Zero, who possessed all of her 7 rainbow pearls that contain her immense yokai power that can summon an even greater demonic power that is far too strong and dangerous to even exist and the essence of the sacred jewel, can easily be killed by a feral towa.

The grim comet/grim butterfly, that has vast amounts of demon energy that it took toga, kirinmaru, sesshomaru, and inuyasha to defeat small fragments of it, was being completely held back by miroku and kagome, not even combined can match midoriko and kikyo.

towa creating the twin azure dragon wave but not sesshomaru.

16. UnInteresting Fights

Majority of the fights are boring and rushed.

Ex.

In season 1, you would notice that more than half the fights are recycled from the final act manga and the original series.

towa battling the human boys.

totetsu battles against miroku, hisui, towa, and setsuna.

totetsu and riku battling each other.

In season 2, the fights are stale and lack originality.

towa and setsuna battling rock fiends.

riku and rion battling kirinmaru.

osamu battling riku and towa.

Ex. In the final fight against kirinmaru and sesshomaru, the fighting moves sesshomaru uses are recycled from his fight against magatsuhi.

17. Bland Characters

Most of the yashahime characters lack character and are boring.

Ex.

Despite Raita and Futa having their parents killed by different species, different abilities, and opposite appearances, they're basically the same as one said something and the other agrees and repeats what the other said, they say 'take this' and attack. Raita and Futa's appearances didn't put much thought into them and when they're older the difference they get is armor.

With Mei Higurashi, we're told about her personality from towa but she's annoying and reminds me of kagome and rin when she wants to run into dangerous situations to resolve problems, bossy, and whiny.

Moe Higurashi rarely has a personality as the naive overly cheerful person that reminds us of ms. higurashi and her appearance looks like a light brown haired kagome and the only thing we know about her is that she's a traveling violinist.

takechiyo wasn't much of a character as is a less annoying version of shippo and a boring background story with his twin brother.

18. Sudden Recovery

In the original, inuyasha sustained damages from powerful and mst of them took him a while to heal but in yashahime mostly everyone, including towa, setsuna, and moroha, heals instantly from their injures even hisui.

It feels like when characters are facing powerful enemies they instantly get up without a scratch despite having injuries. I know they're hanyos from a powerful dog demon but it's contrived.

Ex. setsuna becomes injured after being restrained by mistress three eyes but quickly recovered to defeat her.

towa was weak after being released from hitokon's control but instantly recovered when setsuna wanted to remove the hitokon from mei's face.

miroku battled gaga gozen and was instantly defeated and weakened but instantly recovered when he battled setsuna.

In episode 18, towa, setsuna, and moroha battled kirinmaru and easily lost but instantly recovered.

19. Plot

The plot was really stupid and to be dramatic.

Ex.

In season 1, ever since episode 2 when towa and setsuna separated, they constantly remind us for drama by memories and/or through other people in episodes 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, and 20, especially episodes 8, 10, and 14.

placing a seal on setsuna and her main weapon to keep her demon blood in check but during the series she's never fully tries to master it, only a small piece of it known as the blood blade. they made setsuna have a seal but not towa, that's not fair.

Throughout season 2, everyone was saying that towa needed to fight with a demon weapon and not something made by humans but at the last episodes she's fighting with the kikujmonji, a weapon made from humans.

moroha getting through mount musubi's barriers.

In episode 17, setsuna, who doesn't even know anything about sesshomaru and the dog demon clan, suddenly knows the dog demon clan is capable of discovering demonic energies from a distance with their unusually sharpened sense of smell but in episode 23 she questions her clan.

In episode 24, riku stabbing kirinmaru, who had his guard down, to weakened him for towa, setsuna, and moroha and towa stabbing kirinmaru.

In episode 24, setsuna dying so towa and moroha can instantly power up.

In episode 38, towa, setsuna, and moroha attacking kirinmaru and sesshomaru taking kirinmaru's attack and sending them into the black pearl.

In episode 39, kirinmaru showing up and demanding sesshomaru to come out before battling inuyasha, kagome, and moroha.

osamu kirin, who barely appeared in the series, was suddenly the villain of the last episodes of season 2.

riku and rion battling kirinmaru and later riku, who was heavily injured, easily taking rion away from kirinmaru.

In episode 47, towa dying so rion can face fear who ended up dying again anyway.

It doesn't make any sense, Rin was stuck in the tree for 4 before the silver scale curse slowly started to spread but suddenly when the dream butterfly was killed it spread all over her body within a few episodes.

20. Rushed Abilities

The abilities within the yashahime series are quickly inherited and lackluster.

Ex. towa instantly receives the energy blade after meeting the mistress three eyes.

towa receiving the azure dragon wave.

after myoga explains inuyasha's tessaiga absorbing demon energy, towa instantly receives the skill to absorb demon energy with her energy blade.

moroha receiving the crimson backlash wave.

towa receiving twin azure dragon wave.

In the original, the tenseiga was able to revive people once with no time limit as it revived goshinki and rin but in yashahime they decided to give it a stupid 1 hour time limit.

setsuna quickly mastering the yukari no tachikiri after 2 incidents with sea snake woman and mayonaka.

towa instantly mastering the zanseiken.

setsuna instantly achieving vermilion bird ambush.

moroha instantly mastered the bow she received from her parents.

21. Background Characters

The creators of yashahime really didn't put any thought into what to do with the characters.

Ex. The higurashi family basically didn't do anything as in episode 2 they were just get kidnapped and standing there and in episode 3 when towa, setsuna, and moroha were interacting with each other, all they did was silently standing there and didn't speak to them.

With shiori, they barely changed anything about her appearance except she now wears woven sandals and different hairpins and worst short as she doesn't and let's little children fight for her.

With koga and ayame, they only make a very small non-speaking cameo at the end of episode 15 and don't even have children of their own.

22. Hairstyles

The creators of yashahime really didn't put much thought into most hairstyles such as takechiyo, kikunosuke, kin'u, gyokuto, rion, and futa have the same styles.

23. Bad Animation

In episodes of season 1 and 2, you can see multiple terrible animation mistakes.

Ex. Setsuna flying away from towa and moroha.

zero laying on the ground and rin coming out from her slumber when zero died.

[shironezuninja]

I’m enjoying a buzz right now, but I’m refusing another drink, cuz I’m still sad about Kirby Morrow passing away, when Yashahime was dubbing after the first episode nearly 4 years ago.

[sailorstarr-chan4]

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Manga, All Included:

Kiss Him, Not Me! (finished; vols 2-14)

Shinobi Life (compete reread; 13 vols)*

Ceres: Celestial Legend (finished; vol 5-14)*

Kobato (finished; 6 vols)

Skip Beat! (vols 38-40)

Full Moon wo Sagashite (complete reread; 7 vols)

Alice 19th (complete reread; 7 vols)

From Far Away (vol 1)

Mao (vol 16; later reread vols 1-16)

Rin-ne (vol 12)

Sakura-hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura (finished; 12 vols)

Sekirei (vol 10-12)

Noragami (vol 1-2)

Oh My Goddess! (vols 4-7)

Captive Hearts of Oz (finished; 4 vols)

Cantarella (vol 1-3)

[Note: * means I did not read the series all in a row, but overlapped them with others, particularly with the ones I ended up finishing.]

Finished:

5 series (Kiss Him Not Me!, Ceres: Celestial Legend, Kobato, Sakua-hime, Captive Hearts of Oz)

3 complete rereads (Shinobi Life, Full Moon, Alice 19th)

Anime, Finished Only: 27

Dragon Goes House-Hunting (12 ep)

When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace (12 ep) 

The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat (12 ep)

Jing: King of the Bandits (13 ep)

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (13 ep) 

Made in Abyss (13 ep)

Kobato (24 ep)

My Dress-Up Darling (12 ep)

Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle (52 ep)

Ceres: Celestial Legend (24 ep)

Baccano! (16 ep)

Taisho Otome Fairy Tale (12 ep)

Wedding Peach (51 ep)

Komi Can't Communicate (24 ep)

Okami-san and Her Seven Companions (12 ep)

Kakushigoto (12 ep)

Love Tyrant (12 ep)

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S (12 ep, +1)

Brothers Conflict (12 ep)

Plastic Memories (13 ep)

Descendants of Darkness (13 ep)

Code:Realize ~Guardian of Rebirth~ (12 ep)

Code:Breaker (13 ep)

Meiji Tokyo Renka (12 ep)

Kokoro Connect (17 ep)

Rozen Maiden (12 ep)

The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You! (12 episodes)

Incomplete titles below cut:

Anime titles started/restarted yet unfinished: 22

***: restarted (7 series)

Trigun Stampede

Noir

The Irresponsible Captain Tylor

X

Bleach***

Moriarty the Patriot

Black Jack OVA

Kekkaishi***

Spy x Family

Cardcaptor Sakura***

Rurouni Kenshin***

Urusei Yatsura***

Saiunkoku Monogatari

Gakutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo

Maison Ikkoku***

Hunter x Hunter

Mushi-Shi

Code Geass

Requiem of the Rose King

Bungo Stray Dogs

Rumbling Hearts

Hanyo no Yashahime*** (finished in 2024!)

[animesavior]

“This era is just filled with nasty things, isn't it? You can't do anything about that. And since you're both half demons I'm sure you'll have to face many more of them along the way. Oh yes, you'll run into demons that will try to make your life difficult. Just because you're the daughters of Sesshomaru. [...] Towa, Setsuna.  You both have grown up to be so strong. Your father is so proud of you. I know he is.”

-          Rin, Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon: The Second Act (Ep. 24)

The Toonami Trending Rundown for February 4-5, 2022. Yashahime’s run on Toonami comes to a close with the block showcasing a doubleheader of Episodes 23-24. We’re also coming down the stretch of Made in Abyss, as the block also showcased the penultimate episode of season 2 just before.

On Twitter, #Toonami trended in the United States on Twitter alongside My Hero Academia, Made in Abyss and Yashahime. Meanwhile on Tumblr, #Toonami trended alongside Yashahime.

It’s not yet clear what will be replacing Yashahime and Made in Abyss in the lineup, with the former now completed and the latter’s season finale airing tonight. But we won’t be seeing those potential new shows until at least March. In case you missed it, on the nights of February 18 and 25, Toonami will be showcasing a pair of DC Comics movies following the regular scheduled airing of My Hero Academia. On February 18, Toonami will air Injustice, a 2021 film based on the 2013 video game Injustice: Gods Among Us by NetherRealm Studios. And on February 25, following an airing of Ballmastrz Rubicon at 12:30, Toonami will air Justice League vs The Fatal Five at 1:00 a.m. 

After many years of anticipation, Part 3 of Attack on Titan: The Final Season will be airing this year but will be split into two parts. This week, the official Attack on Titan Japanese twitter had confirmed that Part 1 will be airing in Japan on March 4 as a one-hour special. The second part is scheduled to air later in the year.

Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Scherzo of Deep Night, the third theatrical film in the SAO franchise, was just released in theaters this past week. If you’re interested and haven’t already seen the film, check out Fandango for showtimes in your area.

Tune in tonight for the one-hour season finale of Made in Abyss, among other great shows. Until next time, stay gold as always.

Legend: The shows listed are ordered based on their appearance on the schedule. Show trends are listed in bold. The number next to the listed trend represents the highest it trended on the list (not counting the promoted trend), judging only by the images placed in the rundown. For the Twitter tweet counts, the listed number of tweets are also sorely based on the highest number shown based on the images on the rundown.

United States Trends:

#Toonami [#6]

#MyHeroAcademia [Trended with #Toonami]

#MadeInAbyss [#6]

#Yashahime [#8]

Tweet Counts:

#Toonami [5,917 tweets]

Tumblr Trends:

#Toonami

#Yashahime [Trended with #Toonami]

Only Toonami on [adult swim] on Cartoon Network.

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2023 Anime Watch List

January:

This post is part of my ongoing record for the new (to me) anime I watch in 2023. I'm excited to see what new shows and films I discover as this list grows through the year.

Note: Lots of time travel/manipulation themes this month with the exceptions of Belle and Akebi's Sailor Uniform

Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (2020) episodes: 24 started: 1-1-23 finished: 1-4-23 rating: 8.5/10

Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon: The Second Act (2021) episodes: 24 started: 1-4-23 finished: 1-6-23 rating: 9/10

Kokkoku (2018) episodes: 12 started: 1-9-23 finished: 1-10-23 rating: 7/10

Belle (2021) film watched: 1-11-23 rating: 9.5/10

Summer Time Rendering (2022) episodes: 25 started: 1-12-23 finished: 1-14-23 rating: 9/10

Steins;Gate (2011) episodes: 24 started: 1-18-23 finished: 1-21-23 rating: 8.5/10

Hello World (2017) film watched: 1-24-23 rating: 7/10

Dusk Maiden of Amnesia (2012) episodes: 12 started: 1-25-23 finished: 1-27-23 rating: 7/10

Akebi's Sailor Uniform (2022) episodes: 12 started: 1-28-23 finished: 1-29-23 rating: 8/10

Rewatched Anime:

Erased (2016) episodes: 12 started: 1-16-23 finished: 1-17-23 rating: 9.5/10

Orange (2015) episodes: 13 started: 1-30-23 finished: 1-31-23 rating: 9.5/10

[seeyounexttime]

Yashahime and Made in Abyss are both coming to an end in February!

February 4

Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon season 2 will end with its final two episodes airing back-to-back

One Piece is taking a break that night

February 11

Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun will end its season with a special double-length episode

One Piece returns that night

But what will happen on February 18th? Who knows! That’s still a mystery...

[doubleddenden]

I posted 12,226 times in 2022

That's 13 more posts than 2021!

2,292 posts created (19%)

9,934 posts reblogged (81%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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I tagged 3,127 of my posts in 2022

#toonami - 2,145 posts

#one piece - 521 posts

#nart - 321 posts

#assassination classroom - 243 posts

#lupin the 3rd part 6 - 214 posts

#made in abyss - 158 posts

#shenmue - 121 posts

#pokemon - 119 posts

#yashahime - 95 posts

#attack on titan - 76 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#especially assholes who want to take your very trivial and non important/impactful opinion and want to use it as an excuse to virtue signal

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Most Pokémon NPCs: oh, you took a step! What a big boy! Here's 5 Max Revives! Here's a free heal! You're so cool and great! You're the greatest trainer ever! Here's a TM! You're doing so good! You want my house? You want this Pokémon I've had since I was a kid? God, You're so great!

Cylene: pull your weight or die in the wild. Your choice. Oh, you caught some powerful Pokémon and nearly died several times over to do it? Great, here's a recipe. Now get back to work, asshole

492 notes - Posted January 31, 2022

#4

I knew Pokémon would have a tumblr sexyman in Scarlet and Violet, and I really thought it would be this

Or this

But of course, PokeTumblr's new babygirl is this sad man

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#3

A quick look at the timeline since we last checked in

Sonic Frontiers has a song by ONE OK GO and one version says "Fuck the pain away"

Disney proves it truly listens to what fans do not want by making live action Pinocchio, Little Mermaid, and Mufasa, which is a prequel to the much behated live action Lion King

HBO Max nuked a bunch of its animated shows for tax write offs

Uncle Grandpa almost survived with one episode called "Fleas Help Us" before being deleted

Summer Camp Island literally had a whole season ready

WB canned a completed Batgirl movie after spending $98 million. For tax write offs.

FBI raided Trump's Florida home and found hundreds of stolen top secret files, and one includes nuclear defense details on a foreign nation. Yeah he's in very hot shit

Biden administration opens the path for forgiveness for $10k-$20k of student loans, MS decides to tax anyone that gets it

When the Republicans got offended the White House Official Twitter Account revealed the MILLIONS of PPP loans the nay sayers had forgiven individually

NASA Is trying to GET US BACK ON THE MOON BABEY WOOOOOOOOO but unfortunately they had to scrub 2 launches because of engine troubles and a leak

But it's cool! It's cool! They gotta get it right because the end goal is to try and establish a MOTHERFUCKING MOON BASE!!! SOMEBODY HIGH FIVE ME

A machine on Mars the size of a lunch box made about as much oxygen as a small tree, prompting some to think we could have oxygen mines for future manned Marsian missions

Leonardo DiCaprio breaks up with another woman who just turned 25

JK Rowling wrote a book about totally not her being harassed by the very people she demonizes every day as a racist antisemitic ableist TERF and embarrassed herself in front of God and the internet again

After years of failing to sell on the market, Sony makes the decision to INCREASE the price of the PS5 despite only 5 people other than Crypto Dorks having them

Nintendo follows up by revealing they have no plans to change prices, which we all been knew because they still sell years old ports for $60

Gendy Tartokovsky's Primal aired a Dinosaur literally laying eggs up close and personal from its cloaca (side note do dinosaurs have those?)

Gendy is also apparently at the helm of a second PPG reboot in the works

She-Hulk Twerked

Looney Tunes officially ships Bugs X Daffy

3 Avatar Movies in the works. No not the blue people- well yes those too but I meant the one about the bald kid, the second one about Zuko, and the third about Korra

Blue people avatar has a movie coming in December

Reigen Arataka from Mob Psycho 100 wins Twitter poll for Twink Supreme

Reigen does absolutely nothing and wins Ultimate DILF

In an ultimate final clash, Reigen just barely loses to Sans Undertale for Tumblr Sexyman

Tobyfox wrote fanfic about it and posted it to Twitter

On the same exact fucking day Sans defeats Reigen, the Queen of England DIED. Tv stations in mourning across the globe. Meanwhile Irish people and other people directly negatively impacted by colonization by the crown cheered and partied and tumblr and twitter released the crabs 🦀

This is as of September 10th, 2022, not told in any particular chronological order

This has been the look at the timeline, and no, the year is not over yet

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#2

Pokemon: we made the darkest Pokemon game ever, Legends Arceus, where wild Pokemon will try to knock you out, you're forced to work or die in the wild, you're stripped away from your home and everything you love, and you're forced to live in a strange and uninhabited land. Don't worry, you'll be able to befriend the Pokemon, befriend the locals, and just maybe you'll make it :)

Digimon: hold my beer, because I'm about to toss 8 kids and a grandpa into an unfamiliar world, kill a few of them on screen very painfully with no room for misinterpretation, and psychologically scar the shit out of them AND the player

Pokemon: W-WHY???

Digimon:

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My #1 post of 2022

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My Review of Bibliophile Princess

How did I get into this anime? I think I was in the need for some romance during the fall 2022 season. No offense to that season of anime, but not everything has to involve testosterone, blood, and chainsaws.

Elianna Bernstein comes from a family that loves books. The family would forego food for just one more book to read. Elianna is pretty much that. She has no interest in anything else. What do you think would happen if a prince asks for her to be his fiancé? First of all, huh?!

As it turns out, Elianna comes from a family with some nobility. Crown Prince Christopher Selkirk Asherald wants Elianna to be his fiancé…in name only. Chris has no intention of getting married so early like what his parents want for him. He thinks if he gets a phony fiancé and every so often pushes the wedding date away, he’ll get them off his back. Prince Chris entices Elianna with giving her all the free time in the world to read the rarest books only meant for those of highest nobility. For the next four years, Elianna spent her time mostly reading but getting to know the people around her ‘fiancé's’ inner circle.

Good things do have to come to an end. It seems as though the prince might have intentions with another woman. Is this the end of Elianna’s weird fairy tale? And why should she care? She only cares about reading and nothing else. Unless she’s grown to like, even love Prince Chris. But does this possible love go both ways?

BETWEEN THE SUB AND THE DUB: Sentai Filmworks nabbed this one. Whether they decide to do something more with this or not is up to them. It’s not like they had a lot going on back in October. Nowadays, Sentai’s got its own cash-cow to milk. So, chances are it’ll be a while before we see this anime get anything other than a proper home release. I gotta say in the first episode, I thought that was Mamiko Noto voicing Elianna. But then I saw that it was Reina Ueda and I’m like, never mind, that was an honest mistake. Still good work! Here’s what you might recognize these folks from.

*Elianna is played by Reina Ueda (known for Mallow on Pokemon SM, Kisa on Fruits Basket 2019, Kanao on Demon Slayer, CereCere on Sailor Moon Crystal: Eternal, Jasminka on Little Witch Academia, and Young Hideyoshi on Tokyo Ghoul)

*Chris is played by Ryouhei Himura (known for Hinata on Angel Beats, Takizawa on Eden of the East, Kohaku on Yashahime, Grey on Black Butler, Shouma on Penguindrum, Tsubasa on Rinne, and Hiyori on Free!)

SHIPPING: Boy, anime really loves to give us fake-ass relationships these days. Either coincidence or Japan hopping on this trope’s bandwagon, 2022 had a lot of animes with that concept.

We get confirmation early in the series that both Prince Chris and Elianna have some (though awkward) feelings for one another. After living with the prince for 4 years, we see Elianna’s fear of this engagement ending. But was it because she will no longer have access to the rare books she’s yearned to read or is it that she really has feelings for the charming prince? As for the prince, Chris seems to have history with Elianna when they were younger. Elianna scolded the young prince for the mistreatment of a book. After that, they spent time with each other in the library.

Chris remembers. Elianna does not!

After Chris cemented this relationship by declaring there were no more objectors to the marriage, he started showing more affection to Elianna. And I gotta say, it started playing off like one of those rom-com sim games. You get that cute shoujo male and the cute, blushing girlfriend. It constantly felt like that. And when it wasn’t feeling like that, it was feeling like a setup for an old Popeye cartoon. Elianna gets in more trouble than Olive Oyl, no lie!

Now, there were other women in the picture that Elianna felt threatened by. It’s really nothing more than Elianna’s imagination getting the best of her. The prince really loves her and no other girl will do.

ENDING: You would think that after all that has gone down in the past 10 episodes, Elianna would see that Christopher is genuine when he only wants to be with her. Okay, maybe not. Hell, I would have been hella sus if I were in Eli’s shoes. Elianna has had to endure a lot of hearsay behind her back. Add to that, Elianna’s overall worry if she’s worthy of being the wife of a crowned prince. Girl, you have won over nearly everyone in that palace by episode 3, including the queen. Accept this as a win.

But a few daggers are out in plain-sight trying to set the soon-to-be-princess up. There are some women who hate Elianna so they do things out of pure vanity. You know them, catty bitches! But then you keep seeing this one chick named Sharon who keeps insisting to Chris to marry her sister Mirielle. We keep hearing about this woman but we don’t even see her. So naturally Elianna is concerned about everything. But then this thing about concubines comes up. It’s quite the norm for the royal family to have mistresses, concubines, etc. This family is no exception to that dirty little secret. Let’s just say that the concubine talk was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Elianna told Chris that to once again postpone the wedding and runs off. No matter what, Chris always comes to Elianna’s aid whenever she gets in an altercation. At the end of the episode 11, Elianna expressed her worry to Chris and asked him to make a promise to be loyal to her only. Chris makes it clear that Elianna is the only one for him.

Okay, final episode time. Is this the episode where Elianna and Chris finally get married? Nah, we’re getting this Holy Night Banquet. We still get some certain instigator wanting to push Elianna away. And it’s that Sharon chick that I mentioned prior. She even dangled a rare book in front of Elianna to entice her of giving up her fiancé. Episode 1 Elianna wouldn’t hesitate pushing some prince out of the way for a rare book. Episode 12 Elianna on the other hand has gone through some things. So yeah, there is no tearing up this couple. No need for affairs, mistresses, or rebound concubines.

They end with this annual banquet with some good notes for the prince and his soon-to-be-bride. No more objectors. No more sus women after the prince. The monarchy is happy for these soon-to-be newlyweds. The queen however wishes for Elianna to be more wary of suspicious folks and not be taken advantage of or get in too much trouble that would cause a ripple for the family. But she still gets a little choked up being called mother from Elianna. We don’t get a wedding. Just Elianna asking for some vacation time so she can read books. And we end with looking at trees lit up with pretty patterns. It was good timing when I saw it because the finale aired three days before Christmas.

Eh, this was an okay anime. Nothing to write home about. I honestly thought this was going to be one of those animes where the two characters were eventually going to fall in love for real instead of being fake fiancés near the end. As it turns out, Chris unveiled his feelings for Elianna in episode 2 or 3. The rest of the time was Elianna slowly falling in love with the prince with bumps in the road causing her depression and self-doubt. A LOT of self-doubt! There were a lot of characters featured in this anime and most of them do cause hiccups that make Elianna question her relationship with Chris. I honestly don’t remember most of these people. That’s how little of an impact they had.

Eh, it’s a toss up! There are many other romance animes out there I would watch before this one. But it is a short series if you want something small to watch. Hidive has the entire series available for streaming.

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Yashahime (S2) Ep.31 - 4 Stories 2 Watchers 1 Hachi ❤️ - FunUntitled Reaction

Aloha Half Demon Royalty! This is the episode where get to see Hachi again!❤️There was also like 4 other storylines in this episode but Minty only cares about Hachi's little feetsies.

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I posted 1,494 times in 2022

1,493 posts created (100%)

1 post reblogged (0%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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I tagged 1,492 of my posts in 2022

#ooc - 1,491 posts

#toonami - 1,491 posts

#one piece - 348 posts

#assassination classroom - 210 posts

#yashahime - 125 posts

#lupin the third - 124 posts

#primal - 113 posts

#attack on titan - 101 posts

#naruto shippuden - 79 posts

#made in abyss - 71 posts

Longest Tag: 67 characters

#pretty sure i said this the first time this scene came up but still

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

OH SHIT WE FINALLY LEVEL FOUR FRIENDS AND UNLOCKED KORO-SENSEI’S TRAGIC BACKSTORY

46 notes - Posted March 27, 2022

#4

I mean I know the tentacles make him a bit goofy when he’s not in bloodlust mode but he sure shifted from Lucy Elfen Lied to goofy mascot pretty seamlessly

46 notes - Posted April 10, 2022

#3

Armin: This is it! The Rumbling!

Mikasa: What!? I can't hear you!

Armin: THE RUMBLING

Mikasa: I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER ALL THIS RUMBLING!

57 notes - Posted March 13, 2022

#2

We really spent three episodes on the Queen of Egypt to spend like three minutes with Fire God Viking Dad and just have Spear die

61 notes - Posted September 18, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

One Piece’s message of ‘blind hatred helps no one because ideologies built only on systematic destruction do no good’ is somehow a lot more nuanced than Attack on Titan’s ‘how dare you attack the people that were trying to genocide you, have you tried being the bigger man?’

143 notes - Posted July 10, 2022

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Towa Higurashi: Annoying Female Protagonist

When the information and trailer came out about Towa, we instantly thought she was going to be this badass female character who is brave and nice but instead we get an annoying, bossy, whiny, and overrated female character who is very clingy.

Being overrated

We were told by numerous characters and information that Towa is the strongest, and useful one in Yashahime but she's really weak and bland. towa was introduced as a strong girl, who is tired of playing the stereotypical girl in the modern world, thus, not hesitating when it comes to beating up her enemies, but then she traveled to the feudal era and we see a 180° flip in her personality, she started being kind and didn't want to kill the demons. They tried to create a second Rin/Kagome through her.

Everyone thinks and believes that she's the most important being and the chosen one but they're wrong.

Ex. Riku, Rion, Jyubei, Takechiyo, Kirinmaru, zero, etc.

In the first episode, we see Towa sitting and her hands tied up in simple rope as she was arrested and instead of instantly getting out of the rope by her strength and fleeing the area she decides that she wants to be rescued.

I wonder why it is that out of the 2 twins, towa has inherited the majority of sesshomaru's abilities.

In the modern era, Towa is the rowdy one getting into fights with weak gang members while holding back but as soon as she's in the feudal era she becomes this extreme pacifist who's naive who always wants others to be that too and annoyingly talks about the modern era.

setsuna and moroha have lived in the feudal era all of their lives and had to battle many demons and earned their abilities but towa, who's the least combat-experienced of them as she only battled weak humans, is suddenly the strongest out of the 3 of them and earns her abilities instantly without even trying and constantly saying sorry as we've seen in the 2nd episode is her having a weight set and trophies including one for track, martial arts, and kendo.

Ex. when they first battled kirinmaru, only towa, who lived in the modern era, was able to scratch him, not setsuna and moroha, who live in the feudal era.

2. Bringing modern items back

Towa was skeptical and hesitant on bringing materials back from the modern era, saying it could alter history. But nothing major really happens as kagome talks about and brings modern things back to share. Towa can be hypocritical since she is from the feudal era, shares items, and some would wonder what happened to her.

3. Hesitant

Towa is annoying when it comes to hesitantly killing enemies even though they killed others in cold blood and even the ones that are going to attack her family and friends like fighting Mistress Three eyes. Like kagome and rin, towa instantly forgives her enemies, bossy, controlling, whiny, and wants them to stand down, even feeling guilty for them and practically forcing others like setsuna and moroha to agree with her. And just like kagome and rin, towa can be too trusting and naive and would easily let her guard down and be susceptible to attacks.

4. Character Design

I really don't like her character design as it is ugly. I know in modern times, some women have short hair and she doesn't want to conform to standard gender norms as she's a tomboy but she looks like a boy and very instantly could be mistaken as one. I think they wanted her to be a boy but decided not to for girl power.

The creators probably wanted towa to look opposite of sesshomaru and setsuna.

4. Annoying

Like kagome and rin, towa is annoyingly outspoken as she thinks she can help anybody with their problems and pretend to be kind women. If towa's catchphrases have to be something it would be 'setsuna' and 'i'm sorry', as it's really annoying.

5. Pairing with Riku

Towa is 14 and they're making sick romantic moments between her and riku. He has known about her before she was even born.

6. Contrived Powerups

When towa received the Zanseiken, she immediately orders setsuna and moroha to stand down, even though they wanted to show off as well.

7. Obsession with Setsuna

What Towa has in common with kagome and rin is that they're obsessed and clingy to someone. For kagome its Inuyasha, for rin it's sesshomaru, and for towa it's setsuna and became even worse at season 2.

Despite being the older sister, setsuna acts more mature than towa, who acts childish, as towa lived in the modern where she lived like kagome where setsuna lived in the feudal era and she had to see the dangers of the world.

I understand that towa and setsuna were really close and separated when they were 4 and met again when they were 14 and towa wants to have a close relationship with setsuna again but she's just annoying and whiny about her, even seeing Mei as a substitute for her. Towa only activates her abilities and becomes serious and throws all her beliefs away when setsuna is involved and/or endangered like in episode 14 when homura revealed that he started the fire under zero's orders towa immediately got angry and wanted to kill him and even when he was about to kill them with a giant fireball she wouldn't back down because she still wanted revenge on him for tearing her and setsuna apart. Towa repeatedly made it known that she only cares about protecting setsuna and rarely thought about adopted family/in-laws from the modern era.

In episode 3, towa immediately felt guilty that setsuna was cursed with the dream butterfly and annoyingly blamed herself for her having it even though setsuna was content with not removing the curse and made it known multiple times. But it became the only reason that towa came back to the feudal era and selfishly repeatedly told setsuna that she only came back for the dream butterfly and she's doing this for her even though setsuna didn't want to do that, basically forcing this on setsuna.

It was shown in episode 7 in a dream that towa got setsuna her dreams back and hanging out with in modern era, meaning she wants setsuna to leave everything in the feudal era like her friends and everything she knew behind for her.

Majority of the time, towa constantly follows setsuna around like a puppy like in episode 5 when they had to find tokotsu and episode 20 when setsuna when to go guard the hanyo village and towa insists on going.

towa constantly thinks that because she's the older twin that she needs to protect setsuna and she doesn't want her to be alone as she's been around mei, who needs constant protection.

Ex. In episode 7, when setsuna and moroha were battling fubuki, towa made it clear that she wanted to defeat him only to save setsuna and nobody else.

Ex. In Episode 8, when setsuna became the only one who can battle kyuki because her demon energy wasn't taken away but towa thinks that setsuna can't do it on her own and needs saving, so she gathers up demon energy from moroha and the purple rainbow pearl then tries to attack kyuki only to fail and annoyingly scream 'why' constantly, only to have setsuna push her out of the way from kyuki's attack. Remembering a flashback, towa suddenly makes a speech about being saved even though she's the older sister then suddenly gets this power boost and quickly and blandly defeats kyuki.

Ex. In episode 12, when towa turned human for the first time she really thought setsuna turned into a human and has become scared and persistent about finding her, even when moroha assures that setsuna can handle herself towa still thinks setsuna needs her as its her feelings as a girl until she learns she doesn't go through this because of the dream butterfly.

And in episode 34, when the dream butterfly was killed towa, who became a human, still thought setsuna was scared and wanted to be with her even though she's fine and can handle herself.

[shironezuninja]

It’s so refreshing that there’s a red string of fate connecting Pokemon to Deadpool. Dearest fans from my Generation have been sharing old KidsWB cartoon promo commercials where our beloved, late Rachael Lillis had voiced exclusive lines as her Pokemon human characters, Misty & Jessie.

Since I have one last episode of Yashahime to watch in English Dub now, I’m hoping my recent interest in Deadpool will help cut the red thread that still binds me to my childhood, involving X-Men Evolution & Inuyasha. Soon, I won’t have to bemoan about aging and replacing voices from Vancouver, Canada. 4 years was enough for me.

[tvrundownusa]

tvrundown USA 2022.11.05

Saturday, November 5th:

(exclusive & streaming): The Hair Tales (hulu, next 2 eps, season 1 finale), "Orgasm Inc.: The Story of OneTaste" (netflix, documentary), Under the Queen's Umbrella (netflix)

(original made-for-TV movies): "Christmas in the Pines" (UPtv, earlier, 2hrs), "Lights, Camera, Christmas!" (HALL, 2hrs), "A Royal Christmas on Ice" (GACFam, 2hrs), "Merry Swissmas" (LIFE, 2hrs), "A Maple Valley Christmas" (HMM, 2hrs, later)

(other highlights): MLB World Series (FOX, game 6, live), Austin City Limits (PBS, "Lyle Lovett and His Large Band"), Criss Angel's "Magic with the Stars" (theCW), Finding Happy (BounceTV), World's Funniest Animals (theCW), "The Hair Tales" (OWN, part 4 of 6), Saturday Night Live (NBC, "Amy Schumer | Steve Lacy")

(latenight "Toonami" [adultswim]): 12:00am   My Hero Academia (#5.23 repeat) 12:30am   Made In Abyss (season 2 opener**) 01:00am   Yashahime Princess Half-Demon (#2.13) 01:30am   One Piece (#16.16) *~(DST ends, clocks rewind one hour)~* 01:00am   Naruto: Shippuden (#20.04) 01:30am   Primal (#2.01 "Sea of Despair") 02:00am   Primal (#2.02 "Shadow of Fate") 02:30am   Primal (#2.03 "Dawn of Man") 03:00am   Samurai Jack (#5.01 "XCII") 03:30am   Black Dynamite [other episode titles at ToonamiNews] and [adultswim]

[**note: Made In Abyss movie "Dawn of the Deep Soul" came inbetween seasons. recommended by ToonamiNews read a recap or listen to podcast

[reminder: Daylight Saving Time ends tonight.]

[turtlycute]

2023 Anime Watch Master List

This is part of my master list for the new (to me) anime I watched in 2023. It was so fun to watch this list grow as the year went on.

Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (2020) episodes: 24 started: 1-1-23 finished: 1-4-23 rating: 8.5/10

Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon: The Second Act (2021) episodes: 24 started: 1-4-23 finished: 1-6-23 rating: 9/10

Kokkoku (2018) episodes: 12 started: 1-9-23 finished: 1-10-23 rating: 7/10

Belle (2021) film watched: 1-11-23 rating: 9.5/10

Summer Time Rendering (2022) episodes: 25 started: 1-12-23 finished: 1-14-23 rating: 9/10

Hello World (2017) film watched: 1-24-23 rating: 7/10

Dusk Maiden of Amnesia (2012) episodes: 12 started: 1-25-23 finished: 1-27-23 rating: 7/10

Akebi’s Sailor Uniform (2022) episodes: 12 started: 1-28-23 finished: 1-29-23 rating: 8/10

My Dress-Up Darling (2022) episodes: 12 started: 2-1-23 finished: 2-2-23 rating: 7/10

Earl and Fairy (2008) episodes: 12 started: 2-5-23 finished: 2-6-23 rating: 7.5/10

ItaKiss (2008) episodes: 25 started: 2-7-23 finished: 2-9-23 rating: 8/10

My Little Monster (2012) episodes: 13 started: 2-13-23 finished: 2-14-23 rating: 8/10

Bibliophile Princess (2022) episodes: 12 started: 2-15-23 finished: 2-16-23 rating: 8/10

Skip Beat (2008) episodes: 25 started: 2-24-23 finished: 2-26-22 rating: 9/10

Nodame Cantabile (2007) episodes: 23 started: 2-26-23 finished: 2-28-23 rating: 8/10

Dororo (2019) episodes: 24 started: 3-1-23 finished: 3-3-23 rating: 9.5/10

Tiger and Bunny (2011) episodes: 25 started: 3-7-23 finished: 3-10-23 rating: 7.5/10

Tiger and Bunny Season 2 (2022) episodes: 25 started: 3-7-23 finished: 3-10-23 rating: 7/10

Case File nº221: Kabukicho (2019) episodes: 24 started: 3-20-23 finished: 3-22-23 rating: 7/10

Babylon (2019) episodes: 12 started: 3-23-23 finished: 3-24-23 rating: 6.5/10

Stand My Heroes: Piece of Truth (2019) episodes: 12 started: 3-27-23 finished: 3-29-23 rating: 6/10

The Deer King (2021) film watched: 3-30-23 rating: 7.5/10

K-Project (2012) episodes: 13 started: 4-5-23 finished: 4-10-23 rating: 7/10

K: Missing Kings (2014) film watched: 4-15-23 rating: 7/10

K: Return of Kings (2015) episodes:13 started: 4-19-23 finished: 4-20-23 rating: 7.5/10

Suzume (2022) film watched: 4-18-23 rating: 9/10

Vatican Miracle Examiners (2017) episodes: 12 started: 4-21-23 finished: 4-23-23 rating: 7.5/10

Ippon Again! (2023) episodes: 13 started: 4-24-23 finished: 4-25-23 rating: 7/10

Sing "Yesterday" For Me (2020) episodes: 12 started: 4-26-23 finished: 4-27-23 rating: 8/10

Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway (2020) episodes: 13 started: 5-1-23 finished: 5-2-23 rating: 8/10

Link Click (2021) episodes: 11 started: 5-3'23 finished: 5-4-23 rating: 8/10

Remake Our Life (2021) episodes: 12 started: 5-4-23 finished: 5-5-23 rating: 8 /10

Kakushigoto (2020) episodes: 12 started: 5-7-23 finished: 5-8-23 rating: 8.5/10

Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague (2023) episodes: 12 started: 5-9-23 finished: 5-10-23 rating: 7/10

The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting (2022) episodes: 12 started: 5-11-23 finished: 5-12-23 rating: 8.5/10

Takunomi (2018) episodes: 12 started: 5-13-23 finished: 5-14-22 rating: 7/10

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020) film watched: 5-19-23 rating: 9/10

Honey and Clover (2005) episodes: 24 + 2 extra ep started: 5-15-23 finished: 5-18-23 rating: 8.5/10

Honey and Clover (2006) episodes: 12 started: 5-24-23 finished: 5-25-23 rating: 8.5/10

Wonder Egg Priority (2021) episodes: 12 started: 6-1-23 finished: 6-2-23 rating: 7/10

Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai: The Clouds Gather (2020) film watched: 6-3-23 rating: 7/10

Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai: Don't Stay Gold (2021) ova watched: 6-3-23 rating: 7/10

Yes, No or Maybe? (Yes ka No ka Hanbun ka) (2020) film watched: 6-13-23 rating: 8/10

Flip Flappers (2016) episodes: 13 started: 6-14-23 finished: 6-16-23 rating: 6.5/10

Fragtime (2019) film watched: 6-17-23 rating: 7.5/10

Adachi and Shimamura (2020) episodes: 12 started: 6-18-23 finished: 6-20-23 rating: 8/10

Dakaichi: I'm Being Harassed By the Sexiest Man of the Year (2018) episodes: 13 started: 6-22-23 finished: 6-24-23 rating: 7.5/10

Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card (2018) episodes: 22 started: 7-5-23 finished: 7-7-23 rating: 7.5/10

Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke's Mansion (2023) started: 7-8-23 finished: 7-9-23 rating: 9.5/10

Hakkenden -Eight Dogs of the East Season 2 (2013) episodes: 13 started: 7-11-23 finished: 7-12-23 rating: 8/10

Gatchaman Crowds (2013) episodes: 12 started: 7-13-23 finished: 7-17-23 rating: 5/10

Buddy Daddies (2023) episodes: 12 started: 7-19-23 finished: 7-20-23 rating: 9/10

Salaryman's Club (2022) episodes: 12 started: 7-31-23 finished: 8-1-23 rating: 7/10

Blue Lock (2022) episodes: 24 started: 8-1-23 finished: 8-3-23 rating: 8/10

Ahiru no Sora (2019-2020) episodes: 50 started: 8-3-23 finished: 8-8-23 rating: 9/10

The Gymnastics Samurai (2020) episodes: 11 started: 8-9-23 finished: 8-10-23 rating: 7.5/10

Re-Main (2021) episodes: 12 started: 8-10-23 finished: 8-11-23 rating: 8/10

Number24 (2020) episodes: 12 started: 8-11-23 finished: 8-12-23 rating: 7/10

Big Windup (2007) episodes: 26 started: 8-13-23 finished: 8-15-23 rating: 9/10

PuraOre! Pride of Orange (2021) episodes: 12 started: 8-16-23 finished: 8-17-23 rating: 6.5/10

Taisho Baseball Girls (2009) episodes: 12 started: 8-21-23 finished: 8-22-23 rating: 8/10

Dive!! (2017) episodes: 12 started: 8-28-23 finished: 8-29-23 rating: 7.5/10

My Happy Marriage (2023) episodes: 11 started: 7-5-23 finished: 9-22-23 rating: 9/10

Oshi no Ko (2023) episodes: 11 started: 9-6-23 finished: 9-7-23 rating: 9/10

Taisho Otome Fairy Tale (2021) episodes: 12 started: 9-8-23 finished: 9-9-23 rating: 8.5/10

Nana (2006) episodes: 47 started: 9-11-23 finished: 9-14-23 rating: 10/10

Peach Girl (2005) episodes: 25 started: 9-18-23 finished: 9-19-23 rating: 8/10

Tomo-chan Is a Girl (2023) episodes: 13 started: 9-20-23 finished: 9-21-23 rating: 8.5/10

Hana yori Dango (Boys Over Flowers) (1996-1997) episodes: 51 started: 9-24-23 finished: 9-29-23 rating: 8.5/10

Sasaki to Miyano: Graduation (2023) movie watched: 9-28-23 rating: 10/10

In/Spectre Season 2 (2023) episodes: 12 started: 10-8-23 finished: 10-9-23 rating: 7/10

Vampire Hunter D (1985) film watched: 10-10-23 rating: 7/10

Devils and Realist (2013) episodes: 12 started: 10-10-23 finished: 10-11-23 rating: 7/10

Mermaid Forest (2003) episodes: 13 started: 10-17-23 finished: 10-18-23 rating: 7.5/10 

Devil Survivor 2 (2013) episodes: 13 started: 10-24-23 finished: 10-25-23 rating: 7/10

Ghost Stories (2000) episodes: 20 started: 10-26-23 finished: 10-28-23 rating: 7.5/10

The Vampire Dies in No Time (2021) episodes: 12 started: 10-30-23 finished: 10-31-23 rating: 8/10

No Game, No Life (2014) episodes: 12 started: 11-6-23 finished: 11-7-23 rating: 6.5/10

Kabuki-bu! (2017) episodes: 12 started: 11-8-23 finished: 11-9-23 rating: 8/10

Outburst Dreamer Boys (2019) episodes: 11 + 1ova started: 11-10-23 finished: 11-11-23 rating: 7/10

Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 1 (2017) movie watched: 11-12-23 rating: 8/10

Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 2 (2018) movie watched: 11-13-23 rating: 7.5/10

The Dangers in My Heart (2023) episodes: 12 started: 11-13-23 finished: 11-14-23 rating: 7.5/10

Phantom of the Idol (2022) episodes: 10 started: 11-15-23 finished: 11-16-23 rating: 7/10

Ōoku: The Inner Chambers (2023) episodes: 10 started: 11-20-23 finished: 11-22-23 rating: 8/10

Clamp School Detectives (1997) episodes: 26 started: 11-29-23 finished: 12-4-23 rating: 6.5/10

This Art Club Has a Problem (2016) episodes: 12 started: 12-5-23 finished: 12-7-23 rating: 7.5/10

A Galaxy Next Door (2023) episodes: 12 started: 12-14-23 finished: 12-15-23 rating: 8/10

My Clueless First Friend (2023) episodes: 13 started: 12-20-23 finished: 12-21-23 rating: 8/10

My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 (2023) episodes: 12 started: 12-26-23 finished: 12-27-23 rating: 8.5/10

Aharen-san wa Hakarenai (2022) episodes: 12 started: 12-28-23 finished: 11-29-23 rating: 8/10

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I only have one very important question after watching both inuyasha and yashahime...

The hell kind of mary poppins shit is Kagome’s backpack? It’s the real mvp of the show.

[alittlebitsaltea]

Analysis of Towa and the Tree of Ages

So I had an interesting discussion with the Discord community, and we were able to pinpoint an interesting observation regarding Towa and the tree of ages. 

In Episode 2, Towa was sucked into the tree of ages when she was four. This can be seen in the screenshot taken from the anime, where Towa stands behind a tree that is larger than all the surrounding trees in the area. 

[Screenshot from Episode 2 of Hanyou no Yashahime, 2:11]

This is also seen in the initial backstories of the twins when Yashahime was first announced which when translated by @rieriebee​ and @miggyxmarie on Tumblr and Twitter respectively states that Towa was sucked through the ‘time tree tunnel.’ By now, we’re in Episode 4 and we have a better understanding of how the girls are travelling through the Tree of Ages, which is influenced by both Roothead and the pearls.

It causes the question to unfold. Exactly where was this forest where Setsuna and Towa were being raised? The only Tree of Ages that we know the location for sure so far for sure is the Tree of Ages in Inuyasha forest. However, it’s just too close with the village. Does that mean that Setsuna and Towa were also raised in the village? But what about what Kaede said in Episode 3 where she saw Sesshomaru take the children as newborns and disappear? 

If the theory that Setsuna and Towa were being raised in Inuyasha forest is true, that means that this adds on to the theory where Setsuna and Towa were raised by their parents along with Inuyasha and the others. There was an initial theory where everybody else were animals, and Towa/Setsuna just does not remember this. It could also explain why Moroha remembers Sesshomaru by scent, despite never meeting him before. They were all raised together at some point in the village, until an event caused all of them to be separated when they were four. Note that the age of four is emphasized a lot by the creators, indicating that something big happened when they were all around that age.  

A contradiction right now is that nobody remembers Rin/Sesshomaru, including Kaede and Kohaku. It would be part of the curse which has placed Rin inside the tree--nobody human remembers her, at least so far. We now know that Kohaku isn’t really helping in terms of backstory, and Kaede has given a possible misleading theory where Sesshomaru takes the kids when they are first born. This is especially confusing, which would hopefully be revealed as more episodes pass.  

This leads me to think that everybody is separated into different timelines. While the Tree of Ages made a portal to send Towa back in the past, Inuyasha and Kagome could be transported to some different timeline, thus effectively splitting everybody up. 

If this isn’t possible, it leads to the theory that there are multiple tree of ages. @/mae in Discord suggested this based on the first Inuyasha movie, where Hyogya used the Tree of Ages and it collapsed at the end of the battle when he lost. But still, this theory does not have much evidence into it. 

Of course, there’s not too much information yet for anything concrete to be formed, but I just wanted to point out this observation. It could still be a month before we get more concrete information. 

Eitherways, we can just continue to enjoy watching Hanyou no Yashahime.