7.024 minSeason 1 • Episode 48
LatestThe feudal era is saved from the Degenerate Age. Inuyasha helps repay Moroha’s remaining debt. Towa and Setsuna receive kimonos from their mother, Rin. Towa, Setsuna, and Moroha accept a demon-slaying request from a mysterious man.
In feudal Japan, half-demon twins Towa and Setsuna are separated from each other during a forest fire. While desperately searching for her younger sister, Towa wanders into a mysterious tunnel that sends her into present-day Japan, where she is found and raised by Kagome Higurashi’s brother, Sota, and his family. Ten years later, the tunnel that connects the two eras has reopened, allowing Towa to be reunited with Setsuna, who is now a demon slayer working for Kohaku. But to Towa’s shock, Setsuna appears to have lost all memories of her older sister
Acting
Mikako Komatsu plays Setsuna's deadpan trauma perfectly
Visual Effects
Transformation sequences still slap 20 years later
Writing
Moroha: the chaotic bisexual icon we deserved
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Yashahime premiered during the 2020 pandemic, making its themes of isolation and reconnection weirdly prescient for locked-down fans.
Rumiko Takahashi barely supervised the anime-original plot, which explains why the OG Inuyasha cast sometimes feel like strangers wearing familiar faces.
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