Han'yō no Yashahime (半妖の夜叉姫, Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon) is a Japanese anime television series produced and animated by Sunrise (later renamed Bandai Namco Filmworks). It is a sequel spin-off to the Inuyasha anime television series, which itself is based on Rumiko Takahashi's manga series of the same title. It follows the adventures of Towa Higurashi and Setsuna, Sesshomaru and Rin's fraternal twin daughters, and Moroha, Inuyasha and Kagome Higurashi's daughter. The series' first season aired from October 2020 to March 2021 and the second one aired from October 2021 to March 2022. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Takashi Shiina, started in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Shōnen Sunday S in September 2021.
Viz Media has licensed the series for North and Latin American territories, while Medialink has licensed it for Southeast Asian and South Asian territories.
Synopsis[]
Can the three teenage daughters of demon dog half-brothers Inuyasha and Sesshomaru save their parents, themselves, and both realms from the menace of the seven mystical Rainbow Pearls?
Living in the present day isn't easy for Sesshomaru's daughter Towa. She can't remember where she came from, must conceal her mysterious powers, and is either worshipped or feared by girls she just wants to be friends with. But she has no way of returning to her own time until one day...a demon attacks and she is transported to feudal-era Japan.
There Towa, her twin sister Setsuma, and her cousin Moroha—Inuyasha's daughter—have a mission bestowed upon them by the mystical Tree of Ages. With only vague memories of their past to guide them, the three young women set out to find their parents, heal a rift in time, and fulfill their royal destiny...
(Source: VIZ Media)
Published Books[]
A manga adaptation by Takashi Shiina, with script cooperation by Katsuyuki Sumisawa, started in Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday S on September 25, 2021. Shogakukan released the first collected tankōbon volume on January 18, 2022. As of May 17, 2024, seven volumes have been released; in the seventh volume, it was announced that the manga is set to enter its "final battle" with the release of the eighth volume.
Viz Media has licensed the manga for English release in North America. The first volume was released on June 21, 2022. On May 9, 2023, Viz Media launched their Viz Manga digital manga service, with the series' chapters receiving simultaneous English publication in North America as they are released in Japan.
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 18, 2022 | 978-4-09-850880-8 | June 21, 2022 | 978-1-9747-3265-4 |
| 2 | May 18, 2022 | 978-4-09-851144-0 | December 20, 2022 | 978-1-9747-3449-8 |
| 3 | October 12, 2022 | 978-4-09-851300-0 | June 13, 2023 | 978-1-9747-1989-1 |
| 4 | April 18, 2023 | 978-4-09-852035-0 | December 12, 2023 | 978-1-9747-4115-1 |
| 5 | August 18, 2023 | 978-4-09-852811-0 | July 9, 2024 | 978-1-9747-4701-6 |
| 6 | February 16, 2024 | 978-4-09-853038-0 | — | — |
| 7 | May 17, 2024 | 978-4-09-853408-1 | — | — |
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TV Anime[]
The series was first announced in May 2020. It aired from October 3, 2020, to March 20, 2021 on Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV. The series was produced and animated by Sunrise (later renamed as Bandai Namco Filmworks), directed by Teruo Sato with main character designs by Inuyasha original creator Rumiko Takahashi. Staff from Inuyasha returned, with Katsuyuki Sumisawa in charge of the scripts while Rumiko Takahashi acted as storyboard supervisor, Yoshihito Hishinuma in charge of the anime character designs and Kaoru Wada composing the music. The opening theme "New Era" was performed by the male idol group SixTones, while the ending theme "Break" was performed by Uru. The second opening theme "Burn" was performed by NEWS, while the second ending theme "Kesshō" was performed by Ryokuōshoku Shakai.
- Staff (2020–21):
- Director: Teruo Sato
- Series Composition: Katsuyuki Sumisawa
- Script: Hiroko Kanasugi (eps 11, 14, 19), Junki Takegami (eps 10, 12), Katsuhiko Chiba (6 episodes), Katsuyuki Sumisawa (14 episodes)
- Music: Kaoru Wada
- Original creator: Rumiko Takahashi (Inuyasha)
- Art Director: Shigemi Ikeda, Yukiko Maruyama
- Chief Animation Director: Yoshihito Hishinuma (eps 1-21)
- Animation Character Design: Yoshihito Hishinuma
- Sound Director: Yasushi Nagura
- Director of Photography: Shigemi Ogawa
- Executive producer: Kana Sasaki, Mikito Bizenjima (eps 14-24), Nobumasa Sawabe (eps 1-13), & Shin Sasaki
- Producer: Hisakazu Naka
- Chief Producer: Koji Nagai, Naohiro Ogata & Shūhō Kondō
- Color design: Miyuki Satō
- Color setting: Erika Tanabe (ep 7), Fumiko Tanaka (eps 9, 19), Hiromi Okamoto (7 episodes), Kazuki Kaiga (ep 13), Momono Misawa (8 episodes), Naoto Seki (ep 22) & Ryōma Kotaki (eps 5, 17)
- Action Animation Director: Atsuo Tobe (ep 47)
- Art Board: Shizuko Kojima (eps 25-48), Yukiko Maruyama (eps 25-48)
- Art Setting: Kayoko Tomono (eps 25-48), Miho Norisue (eps 25-48), Shigemi Ikeda (eps 25-48), Shūichi Ōkubo (eps 25-48)
- Assistant Episode Director: Kenichi Domon (eps 43, 47)
- Production: Shogakukan, Sunrise, YTV
- Animation Production: Sunrise
Viz Media announced the rights to digital streaming, EST, and home video release of the series for North and Latin American territories. Viz Media streamed the series on Crunchyroll, Funimation and Hulu. On October 26, 2020, Funimation announced a partnership with Viz Media to release an English dub of the series, with the English cast of Inuyasha reprising their roles. Funimation began streaming the English dub on November 6, 2020, along with Hulu and Crunchyroll.
| No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date | English air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Inuyasha: Since Then" Transliteration: "Are kara no Inuyasha" (Japanese: あれからの犬夜叉) |
Teruo Satō | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Teruo Satō | October 3, 2020 | June 27, 2021 |
| Towa Higurashi was captured and interrogated by a feudal lord for future possessions, including a book of the Reiwa era and the seat from Kagome's bicycle. She does not comply, certain that sharing info from the future will alter the past. The story shifts back to fourteen years ago with Kagome and her friends living in the feudal era. Inuyasha and Miroku meet the Root Head, a demon whom Kikyō sealed many decades ago. The Root Head attacks Kagome, but Inuyasha destroys it, though a small part of the demon has survived. In the present, Towa is rescued by her twin sister Setsuna and their cousin Moroha, who identify the lord attendant as the ayakashi Yotsume in disguise and follow it. Before leaving, Towa keeps her items. | ||||||
| 2 | "The Three Princesses" Transliteration: "Sanbiki no Hime" (Japanese: 三匹の姫) |
Katsuya Ōshima | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Teruo Satō | October 10, 2020 | July 4, 2021 |
| As children, Towa and Setsuna spent time in a forest, until a wildfire occurred. After leaving Setsuna behind, Towa gets dragged away by a portal and is stranded in the present day. She is adopted by Kagome's brother, Sōta. Ten years later, Towa defends herself from bullies and changes schools. Back in the past, the Demon Slayers, Hisui (the son of Sango and Miroku), Kohaku and Setsuna, confront Moroha, mistaking her for a demon who attacked the locals, until Mistress Three-Eyes appears, and steals the Red and Gold Rainbow Pearls from Moroha and Setsuna. In the present day, Towa saves her adopted family from the bullies. That night, a portal opens, sending Setsuna, Moroha and Mistress Three-Eyes to the present, Towa recognizes Setsuna as a demon slayer. Sensing the Silver Rainbow Pearl, Mistress Three-Eyes breaks Towa's sword in half. | ||||||
| 3 | "The Dream Butterfly" Transliteration: "Yume no Kochō" (Japanese: 夢の胡蝶) |
Imugahi | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Atsuo Tobe | October 17, 2020 | July 11, 2021 |
| Towa uses her power within the hilt to convert the remains into a laser blade. Setsuna kills Mistress Three-Eyes and recovers the pearls. Towa tries to reacquaint with Setsuna, but she ignores her. Moroha deduces they are Sesshōmaru's daughters, but neither of them know who they are. Meanwhile, Kaede tells Hisui and Kohaku about Setsuna spending ten years alone without Towa. They found the roots around the Sacred Tree of Ages, and deduce Setsuna and Moroha trapped at the modern era. A minor demon called Hitōkon possesses Towa and has her attack Setsuna. After a brief fight, Hitōkon attempts to possess Mei, but Setsuna exorcises it. Towa's family allows Setsuna and Moroha to stay with them, and Sōta and Kagome's mother recognizes Moroha as Kagome's daughter. Moroha learns that Setsuna was cursed by the Dream Butterfly, and cannot rest without her memory. Towa is struck with guilt, believing she could have prevented this if they were united. | ||||||
| 4 | "The Gateway to the Past" Transliteration: "Kako e no Tobira" (Japanese: 過去への扉) |
Ryūta Kawahara | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Teruo Satō | October 24, 2020 | July 18, 2021 |
| The three girls plan to return to the past, capture the Dream Butterfly and restore Setsuna's ability. As they spend a few days in the modern world, Moroha discovers Root Head in the Tree of Ages and negotiates with him to reopen the portal in exchange for the Rainbow Pearls. Setsuna receives the violin and Moroha packs a giant bag of modern supplies. Towa bids farewell to her family and the three jump into the portal. They are interrupted by the Spirit of the Tree of Ages, in the form of Kikyō. She asks them to stop Kirinmaru, an old rival of their paternal grandfather, Tōga, who plans to twist time. Sesshōmaru has renounced his title, resulting in him being on the wrong path, but on the same one as Kirinmaru. The Sacred Tree of Ages asks for them to kill both at the same time. Setsuna refuses, saying she does not know about Sesshōmaru, while Towa plans to meet him. The spirit transports them to Root Head, who attacks them for the Pearls, but they defeat it, and arrive in the past to be greeted by Kaede, Kohaku, and Hisui. The girls cannot return to the modern world. Meanwhile, the Spirit of the Tree of Ages watches over the adult Rin, who is in suspended animation within the Sacred Tree, and tells Sesshōmaru that if he forsakes her, she will not awaken. | ||||||
| 5 | "Jakotsumaru of the Red Bone Palace" Transliteration: "Aka Hone Goten no Jakotsumaru" (Japanese: 赤骨御殿の若骨丸) |
Sōta Yokote | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Kazuo Terada | October 31, 2020 | July 25, 2021 |
| The demon Jakotsumaru steals skeleton bodies, in order to revive his father Tōkotsu. Moroha retrieved the Red Rainbow Pearl from his corpse. After learning the situation, Kohaku sends Towa and Setsuna to deal with it, while Moroha plans to get a large reward for it to pay off her debts. Accompanied by Myōga, who reveals Tōkotsu is one of the Four Perils and siding with Kirinmaru, the girls discover the hideout and confront him. Towa finds Jakotsumaru "cute and naively", and thinks Moroha will apologize to him, but realizes she has to fight. Moroha uses her secret technique to awaken her demon blood, but falls unconscious. After Towa and Setsuna destroy Jakotsumaru and Tōkotsu, the palace vanishes without a trace. Knowing Moroha has lost the bounty, Setsuna expresses her interest. | ||||||
| 6 | "The Cat Juan at the Old Temple" Transliteration: "Furudera no Neko Juan" (Japanese: 古寺の猫寿庵) |
Yūki Morita | Katsuhiko Chiba | Teruo Satō | November 7, 2020 | August 1, 2021 |
| The girls investigate the disappearances near a mountain pass when they meet a little girl left by her mother. After sending her back to the village, they learn that the villagers are being possessed by a horde of bakeneko and slay most of them, with the rest fleeing. The girls arrive at a temple and meet the resident monk, Juan, looking for clues about the disappearances. Realizing that the bakeneko is hidden in the temple, they pretend to sleep and slay the demons after revealing themselves. They learn from Juan that a priest sealed a powerful demon beneath the temple a hundred years ago and Towa stays inside the temple to protect him, while the others look for the demon's remains until they find some old bones transforming into a huge bakeneko. Meanwhile, Towa is trapped inside the temple with the magical barrier by the real bakeneko, who reveals himself to be possessing Juan while the monster fighting outside is a construct made from the bones of the humans it devoured. Moroha destroys the barrier. After hearing from Myōga that Inuyasha used to defeat demons without killing their hosts by absorbing their powerful demonic abilities and energy into Tessaiga, Towa does the same, saving Juan and killing the Bakeneko.
Note: This episode is based on a chapter from the original Inuyasha manga that was not adapted into The Final Act. | ||||||
| 7 | "Meeting through an Apple" Transliteration: "Ringo no Deai" (Japanese: 林檎の出会い) |
Tomo Ōkubo | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Takahiro Ōkawa | November 14, 2020 | August 15, 2021 |
| Kyūki informs Kirinmaru about the trio of Half-Demon Princesses. Kirinmaru commends Sesshōmaru's daughters for their success in slaying quite a formidable warrior that served under him, which he seemed to have forgotten somehow. Kyūki warns him that if he does not take action, she worries that the Half-Demon Princesses will surely bring him disaster. After participating with Kohaku's group, Towa and Setsuna accompany Kaede. The next day, Setsuna goes on a mission without Towa. Later, Towa searches for the Dream Butterfly, but has an encounter with the pirate Riku instead. Riku presents Towa with the real mystical Kikujūmonji sword that he stole from the nearby lord before leaving, and Towa is arrested for being mistaken for the real culprit, and is brought before the Lord and Yotsume, leading to the events of the series. Setsuna and Moroha are informed of the predicament. They confront Fubuki, an ice demon serving under Kyūki, another of Kirinmaru's Four Perils. While being confronted by Yotsume and the Lord, Towa notices Fubuki's true body and signals for Moroha to shoot it. Afterwards, Moroha and Setsuna storm the castle to save Towa, and they leave to follow Yotsume. | ||||||
| 8 | "The Dream Gazing Trap" Transliteration: "Yume Hiraki no Wana" (Japanese: 夢ひらきの罠) |
Megumi Yamamoto | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Megumi Yamamoto | November 21, 2020 | August 22, 2021 |
| Riku meets Jyūbei, who gives him a large sum of gold for his services and reveals that he intends to use the girls in his plan to defeat the remaining three Perils, so that he can obtain all seven Rainbow Pearls and gain untold demonic power. Meanwhile, the girls follow Yotsume to the hideout. Kyūki uses the Purple Rainbow Pearl to empower Yotsume. He puts Towa, Moroha and Takechiyo to sleep. In their dreams, it is revealed that Kagome entrusted Moroha to Hachiemon, when the couple prepared to confront Kirinmaru and Sesshōmaru, Miroku entrusted Takechiyo to Jyūbei without a reason, and that the Dream Butterfly had carried Setsuna's memory to the Sacred Tree of Ages, where Rin is imprisoned. Setsuna, being incapable of sleep, resists the power and kills Yotsume. Kyūki reclaims the Pearl and confronts the girls, stealing Towa and Moroha's energy under the spell's influence. As Setsuna fights Kyūki alone, Moroha reminds Towa about her natural ability to steal demonic energy, and Towa uses it to fight and defeat Kyūki with the Sōryūha attack she inherited from her dog-demon father. Riku keeps the purple Rainbow Pearl, and Jyūbei introduces him to the girls as his and Takechiyo's employer, rewarding the money for them. | ||||||
| 9 | "Meifuku, the Meioju" Transliteration: "Meiōjū no Meifuku" (Japanese: 冥王獣の冥福) |
Mariachi HugYuk | Katsuhiko Chiba | Mariachi HugYuk | November 28, 2020 | August 29, 2021 |
| Konton, one of the Four Perils, destroys a fortress atop a mountain to establish his lair. Jyūbei announces that there is a huge bounty on him and Moroha accepts the mission, but Towa and Setsuna refuse, until Jyūbei suggests that they should use the money as a reward for info about the Dream Butterfly. The girls notice Konton is wearing an armour. Meifuku, a Meiōjū child appears to rescue them. Meifuku reveals that Konton killed his father and used the part of his shell to make his armour. Since then he has searched for Konton in order to retrieve it and give his father a proper funeral. Konton attacks the group and Towa realizes that Konton created his armour by draining the demonic energy from the shell of Meifuku's father, returning it to normal and infusing it with energy. Without the armour, Konton flees. Meifuku returns his father's shell so that he can finally die, and the girls regret they could not get the bounty on the enemy, while Konton swears revenge. | ||||||
| 10 | "The Gold and Silver Rainbow Pearls" Transliteration: "Kin to Gin no Nijiiro Shinju" (Japanese: 金と銀の虹色真珠) |
Katsuya Ōshima | Junki Takegami | Katsuya Ōshima | December 5, 2020 | September 5, 2021 |
| The twin brothers Kinka and Ginka, share the same body, but they fight each other so one will defeat the other and claim a single body. Towa, Setsuna and Moroha are sent to stop the damage they are causing to nearby villages and attack them. Noticing Towa and Setsuna are keeping the Rainbow Pearls, Kinka and Ginka hold a truce so they can steal the pearls from them. They possess Towa and Setsuna, forcing them to fight each other, until Setsuna uses the poison to expel them, but they steal the pearls and retreat. The brothers report their feat to Joka, their clan's leader, who decides to absorb both while claiming the pearls for herself as part of her plan to get revenge on Sesshōmaru. Towa and Setsuna arrive to retrieve the Pearls when Setsuna, watching the brothers in peril, has some glimpses of the day when she got separated from her own twin sister. After Joka separates Kinka from Ginka to absorb him first, Ginka joins forces with Setsuna to defeat her, but Kinka does not survive the attack, with Ginka dying soon after. The sisters regain their Rainbow Pearls, and Towa wonders if Setsuna remembered the past. Moroha discovers her enemies turned to ashes and loses the reward. | ||||||
| 11 | "Curse of the Man-Eating Pond" Transliteration: "Hito Kui-numa no Noroi" (Japanese: 人喰い沼の呪い) |
Ayumu Ono | Hiroko Kanasugi | Ayumu Ono | December 12, 2020 | September 12, 2021 |
| Moroha notices a bird being swallowed up by a pond of murky green water, but Towa and Setsuna do not believe her and leave. They talk to Hisui and Kohaku, who concur that the pond is indeed inhabited by something devouring anyone who come near it. Seeing that Moroha was telling the truth, the half-demon twins leave to investigate the pond. They arrive, and Setsuna stops Hikoumaru from arguing with his sister Chiyo, when the siblings approach the pond and attempt to avenge their parents. Towa scolds the boy for hurting the girl and states that he would regret letting go of her. Back at Jyūbei's house, Moroha cleans the room and Takechiyo scolds her that it is the least she can do to pay off her debt. Hikomaru and Chiyo take Towa and Setsuna to their home, where they are raised by their grandmother. She explains that the pond had been murky ever since she was a child but was once as clear as a mirror. Hikoumaru and Chiyo reveal that the "something" that has inhabited the pond is called Venom Serpent. The siblings discover the violin, remembering that their father had played the Biwa near the pond before he died. Setsuna plays the violin, but makes them sad. After a delicious meal, Towa and Setsuna are invited to stay the night. Towa wakes up and joins Setsuna outside the hut. She apologizes for accidental sleeping. Setsuna brushes her apology off. Towa firmly assures Setsuna that she will find the Dream Butterfly. Setsuna simply says that her inability to sleep has been happening since she can remember and that it has not been a hardship for her. She tells Towa to sleep, as they have a job slaying the Venom Serpent that has been inhabiting the pond for decades. | ||||||
| 12 | "Night of the New Moon and the Black-haired Towa" Transliteration: "Saku no Yoru, Kurokami no Towa" (Japanese: 朔の夜、黒髪のとわ) |
Yōji Satō, Kento Matsui | Junki Takegami, Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Kazuo Terada | December 19, 2020 | September 19, 2021 |
| Konton assigns Nikosen, a sage-turned-apparition demon, to attack the Half-Demon Princesses and steal the Rainbow Pearls. At the village, Towa and Setsuna accept the mission of slaying Nikosen from Kohaku while Moroha helps local villagers destroy the demon for the bounty. Towa and Setsuna come to join her but are attacked by Nikosen who demands the rainbow pearls they possess. Towa joins the battle, but her energy blade does not form, which concerns her and puzzles Setsuna, as she can hear her heartbeat louder than she should. Moroha tries to use Kurikaramaru, but cannot damage Nikosen. In retaliation, Nikosen breathes poison and weakens Towa. Setsuna gives her a poison-shielding mask and tells Moroha to take care of Towa while she fights the demon. Moroha notices that Towa's hair color turns black before Nikosen destroys the bridge. In midair on Kiara, Setsuna attacks an illusion of Nioksen which is undone by the assistance of Hisui and his fellow Demon-Slayers. At the cave, Moroha learns from Myōga that Towa became the next person to lose her powers on the night of the new moon like Inuyasha. Towa is concerned that Setsuna has experienced the same transformation and wants to go find her. Moroha infuses her spiritual powers into sutras to erect a blue sacred barrier and prevent Nikosen from approaching them. As Setsuna retains her full abilities, Moroha deduces that because her memories were taken from her by the Dream Butterfly, the laws of the new moon no longer apply to her. Taking advantage of this fact, Setsuna distracts Nikosen. However, daybreak comes and restores Towa's dog-demon abilities, allowing her to kill Nikosen. Having witnessed the whole battle in the fire he created, Konton states how good a show it was and smiles in satisfaction, now aware of their weakness. | ||||||
| 13 | "The Delicious Feudal Monks" Transliteration: "Sengoku Oishii Hōshi" (Japanese: 戦国おいしい法師) |
Kento Nakagomi | Katsuhiko Chiba | Katsumi Ono | December 26, 2020 | September 26, 2021 |
| Tōtetsu, the last member of the Four Perils, is eating virtuous monks to increase his demon power, even though he possesses the orange Rainbow Pearl. Taking heed of this, Kohaku sends Hisui, Towa and Setsuna to protect his brother-in-law Miroku, who participates in a 1000-day training course to increase his spiritual powers tremendously, while Moroha is assigned by Jyūbei to protect another monk. Hisui is dissatisfied at first about Miroku, as he does not approve his behavior. They meet Hisui's older sister Gyokuto, who visits Miroku. Tōtetsu appears and attacks Miroku. While protecting him, Hisui inadvertently swallows the poison they used on Tōtetsu, while the sisters distract the enemy, while Miroku tends to him. Knowing that they are having disadvantage, Setsuna asks Miroku to undo the seal he put on her to restrain her demonic blood, which unlocks her true powers, before Tōtetsu flees. Miroku restores the seal afterwards and Hisui starts seeing his father in a better light. Hisui informs his mother Sango about Miroku and Moroha searches for a bounty. | ||||||
| 14 | "The One Behind the Forest Fire" Transliteration: "Mori o Yaita Kuromaku" (Japanese: 森を焼いた黒幕) |
Ryō Kodama | Hiroko Kanasugi | Yoshiyuki Kaneko | January 9, 2021 | October 3, 2021 |
| Towa, Setsuna and Moroha meet Tamano, a beautiful young woman whom Riku rescued. They learn from Tamano that Homura is the mountain god who had abducted Tamano from her grandparents' house. Homura kills all men for glancing at Tamano. During their confrontation, Homura recognizes Towa and Setsuna, revealing he was the one who destroyed the forest one decade ago. He attempts to cover for his failure by killing them, when Riku arrives with Tamano by her request. Tamano rejects Homura for his behavior and declares that she will never return to his side. Disheartened and because he cannot bear to live without her, Homura kills himself. Riku gloats about Homura, stating to himself how loving a human being only leads to destruction and pain to demons, as it had for Tōga and Sesshōmaru. Tamano leaves to rejoin her grandparents, while Towa finds some relief in enacting her vengeance. | ||||||
| 15 | "Farewell Under the Lunar Eclipse" Transliteration: "Gesshoku, Unmei no Sekibetsu" (Japanese: 月蝕、運命の惜別) |
Akira Toba | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Kenji Kodama | January 16, 2021 | October 10, 2021 |
| Riku reveals that eighteen years before, he had the demon jeweler Hōsenki the Second to create a second Black Pearl using Izayoi's reassembled rouge, containing her tears of grief for Tōga, and can create a path to his grave. Hōsenki returned the rouge to Kagome and Inuyasha planted the pearl inside his eye for safekeeping. Riku told the pregnant Kagome about the Grim Comet, which was partially destroyed 500 years ago by Kirinmaru and Tōga. As the surviving fragment arrived on Earth through the sky, Inuyasha and Sesshōmaru worked together to destroy it, while Zero warned Sesshōmaru about Kirinmaru. After the teenage Rin gave birth to Towa and Setsuna, Sesshōmaru removed the silver and gold Rainbow Pearls from Joka, planted each of them for his daughters, and left them at the forest. Zero informed Kirinmaru about the existence of Tōga's half-demon twin and quarter-demon granddaughters. Fearing a prophecy left by the Shikon Jewel about him being killed by someone, Sesshōmaru accompanied Kirinmaru, before Inuyasha and Kagome entrusted Moroha and the tincture for Hachiemon. Sesshōmaru extracted the Black Pearl from Inuyasha, and trapped him and Kagome inside it, sending them to Tōga's grave. Hachiemon delivered Moroha to the Wolf-Demon Tribe, in order for them to raise her. Four years later, Homura destroyed the forest, forcing Towa and Setsuna to go separate ways. Back in the present day, Riku ends the story, affirming he cannot reveal any further. | ||||||
| 16 | "Double-Edged Moroha" Transliteration: "Moroha no Yaiba" (Japanese: もろはの刃) |
Ryūta Kawahara | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Katsumi Ono | January 23, 2021 | November 7, 2021 |
| Three years earlier, Yawaragi, Moroha's mentor from Kōga's wolf clan, assigned the latter to survive the demon fight inside the Kodoku cave, promising to award her with the Kurikaramaru sword, but forbidding her from using her rouge. As Moroha passes the test, but to pay for the debts with Jyūbei, Yawaragi has Moroha working for him, while she leaves to look for the fire-rat demons to remove her cursed armour, which is slowly compressing her body after she unknowingly wears it. Back at the present day, Yawaragi investigates the village of the fire-rat demons killed by Konton. Konton orders Yawaragi to kill Moroha in exchange for the key to remove the armour. Moroha refuses to use her rouge while fighting Yawaragi. She recalls her past that she nearly lost control of herself when she used her rouge. Yawaragi uses her technique, Scattering Winds, but Moroha deflects it using Kurikaramaru's special technique, Crimson Backlash Wave. As Konton escapes, Moroha inadvertently defeats Yawaragi and buries her there. Realizing she is not alone, Moroha continues her journey. | ||||||
| 17 | "Trap of the Two Perils" Transliteration: "Ni Kyō no Wana" (Japanese: 二凶の罠) |
Sayaka Oda | Katsuhiko Chiba | Kō Matsuo | January 30, 2021 | November 14, 2021 |
| Riku meets Konton, who prepares a spell against the girls and offers himself to lure them to a trap. Riku informs Moroha about Tōtetsu, and learns that Kirinmaru is looking for the Dream Butterfly connecting with Towa and Setsuna. The three follow Tōtetsu to the demonic field of Konton's trap, where they are separated. Towa and Setsuna break free, and pinpoint the location. | ||||||
| 18 | "Sesshomaru and Kirinmaru" Transliteration: "Sesshōmaru to Kirinmaru" (Japanese: 殺生丸と麒麟丸) |
Akira Toba | Katsuhiko Chiba | Kazuo Terada | February 6, 2021 | November 21, 2021 |
| Konton reveals the truth about Zero scattering the Rainbow Pearls across the lands and that they should not exist. Towa and Setsuna defeat Konton, before Riku takes the blue Rainbow Pearl. As the girls follow Tōtetsu to the beach, Kirinmaru drives Tōtetsu off. Towa convinces Kirinmaru to get the butterfly and return Setsuna's dream, but he refuses and fights the girls. Sesshōmaru arrives and fights Kirinmaru to protect his daughters. Kirinmaru spares them, but he reminds Sesshōmaru about them. This leaves Towa, Setsuna and Moroha quite confused, as Towa wonders what Sesshōmaru did. Moroha fails to summon the Sacred Tree of Ages. Meanwhile, Rin sleeps within the magical tree and Setsuna plays a violin. | ||||||
| 19 | "Princess Aiya's Beniyasha Hunting" Transliteration: "Aiya Hime no Beniyasha Taiji" (Japanese: 愛矢姫の紅夜叉退治) |
Yōji Satō,
Kento Matsui |
Hiroko Kanasugi | Toshihiko Masuda | February 13, 2021 | November 21, 2021 |
| Moroha participates in a tournament with other bounty hunters to fight the demon slayers ordered by Princess Aiya, the lord's daughter for the Danjo Clan. Setsuna warns Towa she will not hesitate to fight her, if she interferes. | ||||||
| 20 | "The Hidden Village for Half Demons" Transliteration: "Han'yō no Kakurezato" (Japanese: 半妖の隠れ里) |
Kento Nakagomi | Katsuhiko Chiba | Katsumi Ono | February 20, 2021 | November 28, 2021 |
| Setsuna recalls her past after being separated from Towa, and how she was raised by the half bat-demon Shiori, leader of the village of half-demons which she has kept safe with her magical barrier. When the moth-demon Gaga Gozen arrives there, the children aid Miroku while Shiori loses her power during the solar eclipse. Setsuna loses control of her demon blood and kills Gozen, before Miroku subdues Setsuna and applies a strong seal on her demon blood using the naginata she had taken from Gozen. As the solar eclipse ends, Shiori re-erects the shield around the village. Setsuna continues to live in the outside world and promises them that she would bring another half-demon with her. This reminds Setsuna that she and Towa are visiting the same village. | ||||||
| 21 | "Secret of the Rainbow Pearls" Transliteration: "Nijiiro Shinju no Himitsu" (Japanese: 虹色真珠の秘密) |
Katsuya Ōshima | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Katsuya Ōshima | February 27, 2021 | November 28, 2021 |
| 200 years after Tōga's death, Zero wishes upon the Shikon Jewel to seal off her emotions and creates the seven Rainbow Pearls. Back in the present day and when Towa loses her power, she accompanies Kaede. In the occasion, Kaede tells Towa that Rin has left the village. Seeing a Dream Butterfly passing nearby, Towa follows it to the Sacred Tree of Ages, and meets Riku. Riku reveals that he intends to gather all seven Rainbow Pearls for Zero, when Tōtetsu appears to attack her. Riku defends Towa, before Setsuna and Moroha arrive. Riku takes the opportunity to stop Tōtetsu and Towa gives him the silver Rainbow Pearl to him to help with his mission, but she regrets it soon after when Setsuna points that Kirinmaru could use them. | ||||||
| 22 | "The Stolen Seal" Transliteration: "Ubawareta Fūin" (Japanese: 奪われた封印) |
Ayumu Ono | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Ayumu Ono | March 6, 2021 | December 12, 2021 |
| Around 500 years ago, at the palace of Sesshōmaru's mother, she and Zero waited as Tōga and Kirinmaru destroyed the Grim Comet. In the present day, Zero steals the seal from Miroku containing Setsuna's demon blood and dispels it. Setsuna loses control of her demonic powers and goes on a rampage. Sesshōmaru and Tōtōsai react as they feel about Setsuna, with Sesshōmaru stating that she cannot suppress her blood. Towa and Moroha attempt to stop Setsuna, but Miroku's eldest twin daughter Kin'u learns the situation from him, and she and Hisui come to their aid. Towa restrains Setsuna long enough for Kin'u to restore the seal and Setsuna recovers her senses. However, the seal did not contain her blood completely and she decides to find Zero. Meanwhile, in the modern era at Haneda Airport, Towa's homeroom teacher, Osamu Kirin, notices the Grim Comet approaching again, before meeting Sōta and his young daughter Mei, while they waited for Moe. | ||||||
| 23 | "The Three Princesses Strike Back" Transliteration: "Sanhime no Gyakushū" (Japanese: 三姫の逆襲) |
Teruo Satō | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Kazuo Terada | March 13, 2021 | December 12, 2021 |
| Osamu talks to Sōta and Mei, and learns that Towa has attended Saint Gabriel Academy. As Moe leaves the airplane from her trip to the orchestra contest someplace around the world, Osamu learns that he is the only one who can see the Grim Comet, unbeknownst to everyone. In the feudal era, Kirinmaru discovers the same comet, appearing and falling through the sky. Towa, Setsuna and Mohoha track Zero to Izayoi's ruined palace, and Riku makes a stand to protect her. In the occasion, Riku reveals that he has collected all seven Rainbow Pearls, before Zero retrieves them to restore her powers. Setsuna takes advantage of her loss of composure and wounds Zero with her awakening blood blade. When Zero arrives in the afterlife, she reveals that her life is connected to Rin, and finds some joy at knowing that they will die, but Sesshōmaru uses a restored Tenseiga to revive her. Zero berates Sesshōmaru and breaks Tenseiga, before declaring her intent against Towa and Setsuna. She demands that Riku return the Rainbow Pearls to her, containing all of her powerful demonic abilities, when Kirinmaru appears before both parties. | ||||||
| 24 | "Sesshomaru's Daughter" Transliteration: "Sesshōmaru no Musume de Aru to Iu Koto" (Japanese: 殺生丸の娘であるということ) |
Teruo Satō | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Atsuo Tobe | March 20, 2021 | January 2, 2022 |
| Kirinmaru tries to apologize to Sesshōmaru and Zero, but Sesshōmaru is intent on killing Zero again, no longer worried about Rin bound to hers as it will prolong her sadness. When Kirinmaru takes the Rainbow Pearls from Zero and scatters them, they part ways, leaving Zero and Riku to recollect all pearls. As the girls fight without them, Kirinmaru incapacitates Setsuna and destroys the naginata blade. Believing Setsuna has died peacefully, Towa transforms into her full demon self and Moroha as Beniyasha. They attempt to gain the upper hand, but Kirinmaru overwhelms and spares them. Before leaving, he delays the battle for most days. Towa and Moroha realize they cannot avenge Setsuna. Sesshōmaru gives the broken Tenseiga for Towa. | ||||||
| TRAILER (SEASON 1) |
On March 20, 2021, a second season of the series was announced following the release of the 24th episode. The second season, titled Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon – The Second Act, aired from October 2, 2021, to March 26, 2022. The opening theme is "ReBorn" performed by NEWS, while the ending theme is "Toumei na Sekai" performed by Little Glee Monster. The second opening theme is "Kyōmei" performed by SixTones, while the second ending theme is "Anaaki no Sora" by Adieu (Moka Kamishiraishi).
- Staff (2021–22):
- Director: Masakazu Hishida
- Series Composition: Katsuyuki Sumisawa
- Script: Hiroko Kanasugi (eps 26, 30), Katsuyuki Sumisawa (22 episodes)
- Music: Kaoru Wada
- Original creator: Rumiko Takahashi (Inuyasha)
- Art Director: Shigemi Ikeda, Yukiko Maruyama
- Chief Animation Director: Yoshihito Hishinuma (eps 25-48)
- Animation Character Design: Yoshihito Hishinuma
- Sound Director: Yasushi Nagura
- Director of Photography: Shigemi Ogawa
- Executive producer: Kana Sasaki, Mikito Bizenjima, Shin Sasaki
- Producer: Hisakazu Naka
- Chief Producer: Koji Nagai, Naohiro Ogata, Shūhō Kondō
- Color design: Miyuki Satō
- Color setting: Ayumi Yuo (ep 26), Hiromi Okamoto (5 episodes), Momoka Saeki (ep 26), Momono Misawa (7 episodes), Naoto Seki (eps 36, 43), Ryōma Kotaki (eps 32, 39, 46), Takeshi Matsuo (5 episodes)
- Literature Production: Tetsuko Takahashi
- Setting Production: Itsumi Muraishi, Nanako Sasaki
- Sound Effects: Eiko Morikawa, Rio Satō
- Sound Production Manager: Yoshimi Sugiyama
- Production: Shogakukan, Sunrise, YTV
- Animation Production: Sunrise
The English dub of the series began broadcasting on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block on June 27, 2021. Medialink licensed the series in Southeast Asian territories. The series premiered on Animax Asia on June 21, 2021.
| No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date | English air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Wielding the Tenseiga" Transliteration: "Tenseiga o Motsu to Iu Koto" (Japanese: 天生牙を持つということ) |
Akira Toba | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Masakazu Hishida | October 2, 2021 | July 31, 2022 |
| Towa uses a limited amount of energy for Tenseiga to destroy the afterlife imps and save Setsuna, before falling unconscious. Tōtōsai arrives at the scene, reforges the naginata, and names the new blade "Yukari no Tachikiri". Setsuna wakes up and uses it to destroy all demons. Tōtōsai borrows Tenseiga from Sesshōmaru for a three-day mending. Before leaving, Tōtōsai warns Setsuna to survive. While Towa recovers, Tōtōsai instructs Setsuna to find a mystical Kyūyōkon Root from a 2000-year-old Magnolia tree Bokusenō, and for Towa to replace the sword. | ||||||
| 2 | "Demon Spirit of the Sea" Transliteration: "Umi no Yōrei" (Japanese: 海の妖霊) |
Kento Nakagomi | Hiroko Kanasugi | Kazuo Terada | October 9, 2021 | August 7, 2022 |
| While Setsuna retrieves the root, Moroha asks Jyūbei about Bokusenō, by finding a demon with wisdom and mystical abilities. Moroha and Setsuna find it, but are ambushed by the snake-demon spirit disguised as a human nun, who desires Setsuna to appease her about not restoring her true form. Towa arrives in time to aid a group of demon-slayers, wearing sunglasses to protect everyone from being petrified. It is that Setsuna realizes she can put an end to all of this suffering. She utilizes her weapon's ability to cut any discovered immaterial beings, in order to restore the destiny of the snake-demon and that of her human love, a fisherman. The Snake-Demon peacefully regains her true form and returns to the sea. While the girls leave the beach, Riku learns that Towa would get a new sword. | ||||||
| 3 | "The Silver-Scale Curse" Transliteration: "Ginrin no Noroi" (Japanese: 銀鱗の呪い) |
Katsuya Ōshima | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Katsuya Ōshima | October 16, 2021 | August 14, 2022 |
| Jaken recalls fourteen years ago on how Rin met Zero, who had fatally cursed her with the binding spell coupled with a red thread of fate. Since she had her as leverage over Sesshōmaru, she demanded to know about her daughters. Rin learns that she will die if the silver-scale curse spreads through her body. Out of options, Jaken places Rin inside the Sacred Tree of Ages, whose infinite time-based powers would assist in reducing the rapid spread of Zero's curse by keeping Rin within her current state of suspended animation. The spirit instructed Jaken to put a portion of the sacred Dream Butterfly on Setsuna, in which her dreams and sleep would be transferred to Rin, preserve her life, and temporarily stop the curse. In the feudal era's current timeline, the Half-Demon Princesses meet Bokusenō and retrieve a mystical Kyūyōkon Root. He informs them that the root of power originated from Mount Musubi, but neglects to mention the magical barrier protecting it. The girls reach the outside, and say about the mountain, and wonder what awaits them. A transparent young red-haired girl sleeps deeply on a pale green glowing scale inside the mountain. | ||||||
| 4 | "The Barrier at Mount Musubi" Transliteration: "Musubi Yama no Kekkai" (Japanese: 産霊山の結界) |
Mitsuhiro Yoneda | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Mitsuhiro Yoneda | October 23, 2021 | August 21, 2022 |
| Near away from the mountain, Jaken and Sesshōmaru learn about the demon girl Rion sealed away for six centuries. The girls become separated, but Moroha is capable of entering through the spiritual energy shield, due to possessing spiritual powers. Rion tells Moroha to find Towa and Setsuna, but only if she is willing to release what she holds. Moroha breaks through with the sacred arrow and enters the border between the real world and the afterlife, where she recognizes her paternal grandfather. Inuyasha and Kagome Higurashi are still trapped in the graveyard. He tells her that the fang of his mighty Tessaiga is stirring because it tries to tell him something important. As the spirit of Moroha hovers through there, her scared arrows become restless and become emotional upon seeing her parents, whom she recognizes from the picture that Sōta had shown her a few months ago. They delay their reunion. Meanwhile, Towa hears the voice of Osamu Kirin, who informs her that she must release the past. Setsuna is taken to the Sacred Tree of Ages and she meets Rin within the unparalleled time-based entity very core. Setsuna recalls how the song she plays her lullaby was a memory that only her body could recall, realizing that she must have learned it from the woman she saw. The Sacred Tree of Ages asks Setsuna how she felt getting to meet Rin, explaining how Rin has not aged since hidden within it for fourteen years since she gave birth to Towa and Setsuna, which had been aided by the elderly low-level miko Kaede, uppermost-level priestess Kagome, and retired master demon-slayer Sango. | ||||||
| 5 | "The Girl Named Rion" Transliteration: "Rion to Iu Na no Shōjo" (Japanese: りおんという名の少女) |
Ayumu Ono | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Ayumu Ono | October 30, 2021 | August 28, 2022 |
| The Half-Demon Princesses learn that Rion had died six centuries ago, but had her soul perpetually bound to her father Kirinmaru. With her will to stop Kirinmaru and bring forth the Degenerate Age foretold by the Sacred Tree of Ages, he visited every corner of this world, except for the modern era where Kagome and Towa once lived, so Kirinmaru has to find and capture a spirit named Akuru to move the Windmill of Time, that the world of the living will come to an end, Rion sustains her soul within her body. Towa receives the ancient Star-Slicer Flute transforming into the magical sword, Zanseiken. In ancient times, Amatsumikaboshi, the God of Stars, gifted the two swords. With it separated from another twin sword Bakuseiken, the Half-Demon Princesses prepare for battle. Sesshōmaru kills the dream butterfly, so Setsuna can dream and sleep, but Rin's curse continues progressing. Riku and Rion leave the girls behind. | ||||||
| 6 | "Hisui the Demon Slayer" Transliteration: "Taijiya Hisui" (Japanese: 退治屋翡翠) |
Takashi Mamezuka | Hiroko Kanasugi | Toshihiko Masuda | November 6, 2021 | September 4, 2022 |
| Having recovered the ability to sleep after a whole decade, Setsuna is abducted by ninjas sent by Princess Aiya and her father. Aiya coerces Setsuna to take their lesson, as Aiya leaves the palanquin to enjoy her newfound freedom outside the castle. Setsuna discovers Hisui being the instructor and resembling Kin'u. Outside the castle, Hisui saves Aiya from a giant octopus. The Lord discovers his Aiya's duplicity and severely lectures her as Setsuna returns to the village. Setsuna does not inform Towa about her predicament, and leaves to train in further developing and increasing her nagianta's magical ability, and unique techniques to their full strength. Lost in thought and still uncertain about the fact that saving Rin from Zero's curse is up to her alone, Setsuna goes to the Sacred of Ages and plays a lullaby for Rin. | ||||||
| 7 | "Takechiyo's Request" Transliteration: "Takechiyo no Irai" (Japanese: 竹千代の依頼) |
Akira Toba | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Atsuo Tobe | November 13, 2021 | September 11, 2022 |
| Towa and Setsuna encounter a giant earth-type rock demon, with the belief that destroying them will make him mighty. Before Towa uses Zanseiken, she hesitates as the demon feels guilty for their actions. As Towa's overly kind heart and unwillingness to kill nearly get her killed, Setsuna defeats the rock demon. As their adversary splits into three child-like earth demons and flees with the promise to attack again, Setsuna informs Towa that it may be best for her to return to the modern era as she believes that she is perfectly capable of saving their mother Rin and putting an end to Kirinmaru alone. Elsewhere, Moroha disguises herself in front of a set of four male demons in the shape of porcelain masks who inform her of just how strong and notorious her parents have become before she was born: Inuyasha defeated Naraku and Kagome having imprisoned a very powerful daiyōkai with an extraordinarily strong sealing arrow within the seven months she had lived in the feudal era. The four masks mock Moroha as she is only a quarter-demon but still thinks she is trouble. Annoyed, Moroha reveals herself and admits that she does not yet possess spiritual powers to equal those of her mother, but this statement causes the demon masks to open a portal to avoid being exorcised by her. Now that she knows that her parents' notorious feats are the reason why that business in slaying minor or major-league demons was declined regardless of her reputation as "the Demon Killer". Takechiyo appears and informs Moroha that he has requested her help in his homeland, where Moroha meets the elder raccoon-dog Hachiemon, who tells her that he brought her to the village of Eastern Wolf-Demon Tribe at the behest of Inuyasha and Kagome. | ||||||
| 8 | "Nanahoshi's Mini Galaxy" Transliteration: "Nanahoshi no Shōginga" (Japanese: 七星の小銀河) |
Kento Nakagomi | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Kazuo Terada | November 20, 2021 | September 25, 2022 |
| Zero, disguised as Otsuyu, arrives at the mansion of a demon named Nanahoshi who feeds on the misery and anguish of others through his miniature galaxy. His power does not affect Zero as she subdues him with her Rainbow Pearls to recruit him and set a trap for Towa. As Kohaku and his demon-slayers prepare for their mission to a village that requires their exceptional skills in wiping out a herd of fire bulls that have strayed from following the local deity, Mayonaka. Using the lavender-scented hand cream that Towa had given her to soften her dry hands, Setsuna glimpses the childlike demon spirit Akuru as Towa had earlier as Riku and Rion had come to request their assistance in accompanying her as Zero is after her very life, and those for Setsuna and Moroha. Having been caught by the Raccoon-Dog Tribe, Moroha uses a Swiss Army knife to escape the dungeon. Hiding in the ceiling and trying to retrieve her weapons, Moroha learns that Takechiyo has a younger brother, whose father had his forehead scarred by Inuyasha while his comrade, the Full Moon Raccoon-Dog, was defeated and imprisoned in a scroll by Kagome's arrow, which explains the whole Raccoon-Dog Tribe's fury and hatred towards Moroha. Pursued by raccoon-dog demons, Moroha tries to fight them off with her Crimson Dragon Wave, but it is proven ineffective. Now facing the very foes that her parents had defeated, who are bent on returning the favor, Moroha takes out her grandmother's rouge to boost her strength and skills even further with her new-and-improved Beniyasha form since her battle with Kirinmaru to avenge her beloved half-cousin's recent death. She attacks with her temporarily enhanced Crimson Backlash Wave, but her adversaries do not seem worried in the slightest which she comes to realize. | ||||||
| 9 | "Mayonaka the Visitor" Transliteration: "Mayonaka no Hōmonsha" (Japanese: 魔夜中の訪問者) |
Hidekazu Hara | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Hidekazu Hara | November 27, 2021 | October 2, 2022 |
| Riku utilizes Towa's lavender-scented hand cream to fix his eyes, which turns them from dark green to light lavender. He claims that this is a good thing as Kirinmaru will no longer see exactly where they are anymore through his eyes. At Mamidaira Island, Moroha is defeated by the two-rogue raccoon-dogs, despite her bragging that her evolved Beniyasha form was now "new and improved." Takechiyo and Hachi take shelter in a cave as Moroha sleeps from the use of her deceased paternal grandmother's shell rouge once more. Continuing their expedition in Gokoku Village, the Demon-Slayers try to find a way to stop the Flame Bulls and finally appease their master Mayonaka the "demon god" deity. Setsuna learns about Mayonaka that he was betrayed by the villagers and the headman's daughter, Oharu. Wanting to help him move on from his sorrow, Setsuna utilizes her naginata to cut Mayonaka's light golden thread of fate from his treasured possession, the Blessing of the Five Grains. Once she does, the shine crumples to reveal Oharu's long-dead body (who had been used as a sacrifice), shocking Mayonaka. Knowing what had transpired, he hugs his human love and leaves with her spirit to enter heaven. As the demon-slayers depart, Setsuna senses a strange sensation and wonders what it could be. | ||||||
| 10 | "Battle on the New Moon, Part 1" Transliteration: "Kessen no Saku (Zenpen)" (Japanese: 決戦の朔（前編）) |
Kei Umabiki | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Kei Umabiki | December 4, 2021 | October 9, 2022 |
| Moroha, Takechiyo and Hachiemon are on their way to recover her shortbow and arrows from the rogue raccoon-dog Shōgen Mamaiana and take shelter in a cave. In the inn, Setsuna is hauled up as she experiences what is like to be fully mortal for the first time in an entire decade; her already long black hair hair growing to nearly reach her caves and her eyes turning from blue to brown. Knowing how useless she is, Setsuna gives Hisui written instructions on how to deal with the demons that have come for. While building a hang guilder, Hachiemon tells Moroha the story about how the Shōgen and Full Moon Raccoon-Dog, the guardian spirit of the whole tribe, were defeated by Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku and Sango. Inuyasha wounds Shōgen with the scar on his forehead. With help from Hachiemon, Kagome immobilizes the Full Moon Raccoon-Dog in a pillar of mighty spiritual power and have him fully absorbed within a scroll which was later strengthened by Miroku. Wanting more information on how to put an end to this feud, Moroha has Takamaru the Falcon find either Miroku or Sango, to ask just how Shōgen and his demonic magic were defeated. Meanwhile, an equally powerless Towa expresses her deep concerns over Setsuna, knowing the effects of the new moon since her Dream Butterfly fell. However, she is abducted and taken to Nanaoshi's mansion, where Zero attempts to use what Towa has learned from seeing her memories within the Silver Rainbow Pearl that she has something within her left eye for a whole decade to help Nanahoshi further his own power by feasting on her enduring sadness and unpredictability. | ||||||
| 11 | "Battle on the New Moon, Part 2" Transliteration: "Kessen no Saku (Kōhen)" (Japanese: 決戦の朔（後編）) |
Takashi Mamezuka | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Toshihiko Masuda | December 11, 2021 | October 16, 2022 |
| A thoroughly powerless Towa finds herself at the mercy of Zero and Nanahoshi, who attempts to strengthen his extraordinary powers by feeding on her enduring sorrow and unpredictability by using an eternity bug on her, giving Zero a greater advantage. Setsuna trusts that Hisui and the other demon-slayers to take care of the snow demons who are after her. Meanwhile, Moroha helps the Raccoon-Dog Clan exile Shogen from the island, in order to pay off her debt. Moroha declines it, saying she has spent time on her job. | ||||||
| 12 | "A Place (Not) for Towa" Transliteration: "Towa ni Nai Basho" (Japanese: にない場所) |
Katsuya Ōshima | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Katsuya Ōshima | December 18, 2021 | October 23, 2022 |
| Abducted by Zero and subjected to Nanhoshi, Towa inadvertently recalls her past in the modern era, when she was rejected by bullies for her "albino-like" appearance and lying about having a sister. However, Zero torments Towa further by revealing Sestuna's memory, and Towa kills Nanahoshi once her demonic powers return. Riku learns that Zero forced Towa to suffer pain and guilt. Riku stops Towa, as Zero absorbs the Rainbow Pearls with the intent to send herself, Rin and Towa to Hell. Meanwhile, Sesshōmaru finds Kohaku's group and Setsuna cannot free Rin from the Sacred Tree of Ages, after she informs her about Zero and Towa. | ||||||
| 13 | "Zero's Wish" Transliteration: "Zero no Omoi" (Japanese: 是露の想い) |
Mitsuhiro Yoneda | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Mitsuhiro Yoneda | December 25, 2021 | November 6, 2022 |
| Zero reveals the truth that she forced Towa to leave Setsuna behind. Kirinmaru follows Akuru. Sestuna arrives in time to stop Towa, managing to reach her with a Dream Butterfly Rin gave her. Towa and Setsuna see the truth a decade ago that she was inconsolable for her until Jaken attached a Dream Butterfly at Rin's behest to relieve her over grievance. After embracing Setsuna and reverting to her normal self, Towa thanks Zero for helping her realize the love she had. Zero attempts to kill herself and Rin, but Setsuna cuts a second thread of fate connecting Zero's heart and the spirit of Tōga. This causes the Rainbow Pearls to vanish as Zero once more feels regret over not preventing Tōga when the Shikon Jewel revealed it to her, only for Tōga to console her while expressing his gratitude for her remaining who she is. Now at peace and ready to pass on, Zero severs the thread of fate, before Riku kills her. Zero tells Setsuna and Towa that Kirinmaru's hatred of humans, as the samurai by the orders of the Emperor who tried to kill him were no match for him, and half-demons came from the fact that one such being, by the name Sakasa, who killed Rion in retribution for his master. She dies afterward, hoping to see her younger brother in nirvana someday. The silver-scale curse is lifted, and Sesshōmaru frees Rin from the Sacred Tree of Ages. When Kirinmaru steals the Black Pearl, Moroha makes an ultimatum between saving her parents or stealing the pinwheel. | ||||||
| 14 | "Kirinmaru of the Dawn" Transliteration: "Shinonome no Kirinmaru" (Japanese: 東雲の麒麟丸) |
Ayumu Ono | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Ayumu Ono | January 8, 2022 | November 13, 2022 |
| Kirinmaru tells Moroha that Akuru has been around since the Age of the Gods in which she saw him again as she remembered what Rion said back at Mount Musubi. Kirinmaru overwhelms Moroha when she tries to retrieve the Black Pearl. Having been reverted, Rin and Jaken stay at the Sacred Tree of Ages, while Sesshōmaru enters the battle. Towa and Setsuna leave the mansion, visit Rin, and meet up with Moroha. Sesshōmaru distracts Kirinmaru in a battle causing the very earth and heavens to resound once again. Meanwhile, Rion decides that if Kirinmaru dies, so is Riku, being his incarnation made from his broken right horn. Riku is not worried, as he has been prepared for such a moment for some time now and cherishes the time, however brief, that he had spent with Towa. To further assist her in her mission, Rion asks Riku to return to Mount Musubi. Rin and Jaken exit the Sacred Tree of Ages before Sesshōmaru takes the hit for the girls when they provoke Kirimaru to unleash his immensely powerful and lethal Demon Fireball attack, which gradually begins to drain him of his very lifeblood essence (haku), but after Sesshōmaru uses the Black Pearl to send the Half-Demon Princesses into the realm. The injured Sesshōmaru manages to mask his presence as his haku is gradually drained from him. At the Border of the Afterlife near Tōga's tomb, Moroha reunites with Inuyasha and Kagome, confirming she was separated from them when she was an infant. | ||||||
| 15 | "Moroha and Family, Together Again" Transliteration: "Oyako no Saikai" (Japanese: 親子の再会) |
Akira Toba | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Terry | January 15, 2022 | November 20, 2022 |
| Towa and Setsuna conclude that Kagome is their aunt and Inuyasha is their uncle. The couple tells their daughter that they never raised her. Back in the physical world, Jaken and Rin find Sesshōmaru, whose haku is drained away due to Kirinmaru's attack that he had taken for the girls. Setsuna wonders how Inuyasha and Kagome recognized Moroha, to which they show the twins the Lake of the Staff of Two Heads. From time to time, they manage to see images of Moroha via Jaken's staff. Upon learning how Towa saved Setsuna, Inuyasha realizes that Tenseiga is the key to returning to the real world. Kirinmaru prepares to attack Rin, but Sesshōmaru manages to retaliate in spite of his weakened state. Kirinmaru explains of how the Grim Comet will return in full five centuries from now and that he intends to prove to Akuru that he is the strongest of all sentient beings. When asked how he can foresee the apocalypse occurring within the distant future, Kirinmaru reveals that he used his right arm to create Osamu Kirin, another offshoot-incarnation, and Towa realizes the truth. | ||||||
| 16 | "The Three Princesses Escape" Transliteration: "Sanhime no Dasshutsu" (Japanese: 三姫の脱出) |
Kento Nakagomi | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Atsuo Tobe | January 22, 2022 | December 4, 2022 |
| Rin and Jaken take Sesshōmaru to the Sacred Tree of Ages, while waiting for Towa and Setsuna. Meanwhile, Shippō and Takechiyo head to the village of the demon-slayers, and reunite with Sango. Takechiyo explains that Inuyasha and Kagome were trapped in the realm within the Black Pearl, prompting Sango to realize that the time to utilize the Black Hiraikotsu has finally come. Towa manages to summon Tenseiga, but it is embedded in the pedestal that it was once in all those centuries ago. Towa, Setsuna and Moroha remove Tessaiga from the pedestal. They escape the Border of the Afterlife. Moroha keeps the Black Pearl within Izayoi's rouge, and Rin reunites with Setsuna and Towa for the first time, with Jaken reminding them about Sesshōmaru. Towa utilizes the supreme power of the Kyūyōkon Root within Zanseiken to absorb all of the Demon Fireball's vast stellar energy. Despite Sesshōmaru's warning, Towa falls unconscious. | ||||||
| 17 | "Akuru's Pinwheel" Transliteration: "Akuru no Kazaguruma" (Japanese: 阿久留のかざぐるま) |
Naoki Kotani | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Naoki Kotani | January 29, 2022 | December 11, 2022 |
| Akuru heals Towa with the pinwheel and the Sacred Tree of Ages' essence appears to inform Towa and Setsuna that they and Moroha have been chosen by Akuru to destroy the Grim Comet and the "anomaly" in the modern era. Rin tells her twin daughters that they must finish when they started. The twins assure her that they will return and leave with Jaken to use the Windmill of Time to go to the modern era with the aid from their dog-demon grandmother. At the Bone-Eater's Well, Moroha receives a longbow made from materials from her grandfather's tomb and Inuyasha's silver hair. Kagome tells Moroha that the Bone-Eater's Well is where she came from to the feudal era, that it is a very special place for her and Inuyasha. The family reunion is interrupted by the reappearance of Kirinmaru who demands Sesshōmaru, only to decide the massacre the Dog Clan and everyone they know when Moroha and her parents fight him. Towa and Sestuna arrive with Akuru insisting Moroha to join her cousins, while Inuyasha and Kagome distract Kirinmaru. | ||||||
| 18 | "The Collapse of the Windmill of Time" Transliteration: "Hōkai Suru Toki no Fūsha" (Japanese: 崩壊する時の風車) |
Akira Toba | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Atsuo Tobe, Tetsuji Nakamura, Naoki Kotani | February 5, 2022 | December 18, 2022 |
| The Half-Demon Princesses meet Sesshōmaru's noble dog-demon mother at her palace, who tells them that they can go to the Windmill of Time and that the doorway of time should open for them. To test them further, she summons Meidomaru of the Wrath of the Underworld. Near Mount Musubi, Kirinmaru uses his Bakuseiken to replenish Rion's haku so she can move again. He informs her and Riku about his dream to travel to the modern era and "save" humanity by destroying the Grim Comet. Rion refuses as accomplishing such a feat would bring about the Degenerate Age in the feudal era. Her father assures her that he has started procuring a new body for her: Towa. The Half-Demon Princesses have trouble holding off Meidomaru as he is connected to multiple threads of fate due to the grudges belonging to the many demons he had absorbed. With her new longbow, Moroha's enhanced sacred arrow now enables her to break one's weapon and weaken them greatly, allowing his threads of fate to be seen by Towa. She uses the Zanseiken to absorb his demonic energies, which her grandmother recognizes as "the Sword of Amatsumikaboshi", and Setsuna cuts his threads of fate. Rion is shocked at what she has done to Towa, and Riku furiously engages in battle with Kirinmaru, stating that he would sacrifice his artificial life for Towa. Using her late aunt's staff, Rion holds her father off, but accidentally runs Riku through with it, deeply devastating her. Kirinmaru subdues and abducts Rion, flying off in pursuit of the Half-Demon Princesses. Having passed their grandmother's test, the girls are told of the curse placed on Zanseiken and that its owner will eventually inhabit Towa's body should her kon be further drained. Towa vows to master Zanseiken, to which her grandmother says that she can do what she sees fit. Akuru presents the pinwheel to Towa, who opens a time portal in one of the Windmill of Time's gears to return to the modern era. Close at hand, Kirinmaru summons Osamu to lead him to the future as hordes of demons come from the Windmill of Time. Within the Sacred Tree of Ages, Rin senses something big has just occurred. As they travel through the rainbow corridor, Towa vows that after destroying the Grim Comet, she will uphold the promise she made to Rin about returning home. | ||||||
| 19 | "The Blackout" Transliteration: "Anten no Sutēji" (Japanese: 暗転の) |
Mitsuhiro Yoneda | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Terry | February 12, 2022 | January 8, 2023 |
| The girls return to the modern era and reunite with Mei, her paternal grandmother and paternal great-grandfather. They inform them of the Grim Comet and leave to find Osamu Kirin. He explains his admiration for how humanity has evolved on its own and that he wants to ensure their survival as they will remain utterly oblivious to their sudden extinction. The girls go to warn Moe about the danger, but she brushes it off and performs as the violinist. Stuck in the rift between the feudal and modern eras, Kirinmaru orders Osamu to lead there as hordes of demons attack. That night, the girls and Osamu arrive at Tokyo Tower to prepare fighting the Grim Comet. | ||||||
| 20 | "When the Grim Comet Falls" Transliteration: "Yōreisei ga Ochiru Toki" (Japanese: 妖霊星が墜ちる時) |
Takashi Mamezuka | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Takashi Mamezuka | February 26, 2022 | January 15, 2023 |
| At the top of the tower, the Half-Demon Princesses and Osamu try to obliterate the Grim Comet, but it is far too vast and powerful. Osamu plunges right into its heart and discovers its true self as a pale blue glowing substance. Once declaring that he eradicated all demons, Kirinmaru's additional incarnation manages to use his mighty demonic powers to make the Comet follow him all the way to the feudal era in order to fulfill Kirinmaru's wish in destroying it. Osamu reunites with Kirinmaru and reveals the images of the modern world certain that Rion would love them. As hordes of demons keep appearing the attack, Kaede holds her own against them for awhile with Inuyasha, Kagome and Shippō as back up. Miroku manages to purify several hordes with his immensely stronger and spiritual powers as Sango exterminates another with her Black Hiraikotsu, which is strong enough to purify their energy as it has been infused with Kin'u's own developing Buddhist powers. After reaching Mount Musubi, Rion asks for it to infuse her with the vast mystical strength of the Kyūyōkon Root. Rion plants the apple seed and it grows into an apple tree, leaving one glowing green apple for her. Still within the Sacred Tree of Ages, a worried Rin watches Sesshōmaru, while praying for Towa and Setsuna. Back in the modern era, the Half-Demon Princesses realize that Osamu plans to kill all demons, knowing Sesshōmaru and Inuyasha are in danger. The girls head to the shrine and ask the Sacred Tree of Ages to open the gateway to the past, but it does not answer. | ||||||
| 21 | "Osamu Kirin's Apparition Conquest" Transliteration: "Kirin Osamu no Ayakashi Seibatsu" (Japanese: 希林理の妖征伐) |
Katsuya Ōshima | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Katsuya Ōshima | March 5, 2022 | January 22, 2023 |
| The Half-Demon Princesses decide to ask on the next day for the Sacred Tree of Ages to open the gateway to the feudal era, so they can save their families. Sōta tells Towa that he will always think of her as his biological daughter, and that the decade they had together was the joyous years of his and Moe's lives. Towa assures a weeping Mei that she will remember her always. Moe tells Setsuna to keep it up with the lullaby, which the girls promise. Akuru opens the portal on the Sacred Tree's trunk, albeit with some difficulty, before fading away. Mei assures Towa that she will not cry, and that the half-demon girl does not need to worry about her anymore. As the portal closes, Moe assures her husband that they will someday see them again, which Sōta agrees. Back in the feudal era, the girls are shocked at just how massive and imitinidating the Grim Comet become. Towa wonders exactly what her homeroom teacher is after, as Inuyasha and Kagome arrive to inform their daughter and twin half-nieces that demons has been being absorbed into the true form of the Grim Comet: the Grim Butterfly. Osamu senses the presence of Riku, his "younger brother" as both are Kirinmaru's incarnations, and prepares to achieve his ultimate goal. As Riku holds off demons, Rion approaches her father who is asleep after fighting Osamu. Seeing this as an opportunity, Rion holds the Kyūyōkon apple to suppress Kirinmaru's immense demonic powers, but is approached by Osamu. He expresses his happiness at finally meeting her, reminding her that he is the right arm that Tōga of the West had cut off six centuries ago. He assures Rion that he will help her construct a peaceful world, in which she no longer have to suffer. Conflicted, Rion allows Osamu to fly off with her, and they become linked with the Grim Butterfly via threads, a feat that will ensure Osamu's immortality. He offers Riku the same, but he declines as it is not what he desires to achieve, even for Towa's sake. Having regained conscious, Kirinmaru witnesses Rion being absorbed into the Grim Butterfly and flies to tear it open in a desperate attempt to reach his beloved daughter. Towa receives a genuine Kikujūmonji from Kohaku and Hisui as a replacement. Sesshōmaru wakes up and leaves the Sacred Tree of Ages, before making a duel with Kirinmaru for the final time. Sesshōmaru tells Rin to watch him as he fights Kirinmaru, to which Rin assures Sesshōmaru will win. | ||||||
| 22 | "The Grim Butterfly of Despair" Transliteration: "Zetsubō no Yōrei Chō" (Japanese: 絶望の妖霊蝶) |
Ayumu Ono | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Masakazu Hishida | March 12, 2022 | January 29, 2023 |
| The group enters inside the Grim Butterfly's interior, with Setsuna and Moroha proceeding to help Rion, Towa clashes with Osamu. As Riku was about to tell Towa on what Rion is, Osamu tells him to be silent as Riku gets trapped into spider webs dragging him all the way up to the ceiling. Outside of the interior of the Grim Butterfly, Kirinmaru states on how long he has waited for this as Sesshōmaru says how pitiful he is as their swords clash. Setsuna and Moroha attempt to stop Rion from making a selfish wish. Osamu uses the Zanseiken to drain Towa's power, as she is helpless against him and is on the verge of defeat as he points at her. | ||||||
| 23 | "Father and Daughter" Transliteration: "Chichi to Ko to" (Japanese: 父と娘と) |
Masakazu Hishida | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Atsuo Tobe | March 19, 2022 | February 5, 2023 |
| To defeat Osamu, Towa restores her ability and destroys Kirinmaru's right arm. The dying Riku vanishes from existence, leaving Kirinmaru's small horn. Towa overcomes her grief and reunites with Setsuna and Moroha. Sesshōmaru and Kirinmaru continues to clash with Sesshōmaru taunting Kirinmaru that he is acting more like a human. As Kirinmaru was about to land a hit on Sesshōmaru, Sesshōmaru defeats Kirinmaru, unable to see it coming as the battle continues. Towa uses the Zanseiken for the final time to save Rion. Towa tells the others to carve their own fate as she uses the sword's power to save Rion from her regretful past and Osamu, as she offers her body to her. Rion is now freed from her past and Osamu, but at the cost of Towa's mind as she collapses which worries Setsuna and Moroha that they truly will never see their warm-hearted relative again. Rion fuses into Towa's body, as it disappears with Rion herself still remains. Defeated and overwhelmed by Sesshōmaru, Kirinmaru is sent up to the Grim Butterfly's interior and is reunited with Rion. He apologizes to her for everything as they bonded again. Setsuna cuts the red thread of fate between Rion and Kirinmaru. They apologize to the half demon girls for all the events that have transpired between them. As Kirinmaru and Rion die peacefully, Zanseiken and Bakuseiken meld into a single sword, Amatsumikaboshi, and as a result of this Towa is revived once again. The others on the ground see the Grim Butterfly disappear from the sky. Towa, Setsuna and Moroha are congratulated by their families, while having their peaceful lives. | ||||||
| 24 | "A Never-Ending Future" Transliteration: "Towa ni Tsuzuku Mirai" (Japanese: に続く未来) |
Mitsuhiro Yoneda, Takashi Mamezuka, Ken'ichi Domon | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | Terry | March 26, 2022 | February 5, 2023 |
| Peace has returned to the feudal era. The spirit notices that the girls and Sesshōmaru had succeeded the mission, she is transferred back into the Tree of Ages. Moroha pays off all of her debts with Jyūbei and is free to go on her own ventures. It is revealed later that day that Riku was somehow revived, thanks to the power of the magical sword, and requests the assistance of the half-demon princesses to embark on to the west to deal with demons of both low and high rank causing trouble, now that the balance of power has shifted due to Kirinmaru's demise, by traveling to the western lands that were once ruled by their grandfather. | ||||||
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Reception[]
The series ranked ninth on Animage's 43rd Anime Grand Prix in 2020. Rumiko Takahashi and Yoshihito Hishinuma were nominated for the Best Character Design category in the Crunchyroll's 2021 Anime Awards.
In her review of the first two episodes, Kara Dennison of Otaku USA made positive comments about the series, praising its cast and its way to "echo the story of Inuyasha without simply retreading it." James Beckett and Monique Thomas of Anime News Network listed Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon as one of the worst anime of the winter 2021 season. Rebecca Silverman of the same website also listed it as one of the worst anime of 2021. The series received criticism from some reviewers for its portrayal of Sesshomaru and Rin as a couple, because in the original Inuyasha series, Sesshomaru traveled along with Rin when she was a young girl, calling their relationship "grooming."
External Link[]
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- Hanyou no Yashahime — Wikipedia JP
- Hanyou no Yashahime — Wikipedia EN
See Also[]
- InuYasha (Prequel)
Trivia[]
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