Hanyou no Yashahime: Sengoku Otogizoushi - Ni no Shou

The show was not bad but it was great either. Inuyasha was the very first anime i ever watched growing up and it left a pretty significant mark on me. This one the other hand was nice to see but i could never bring myself to watch it, out of fear it would ruin how i felt about the original. I found myself the most interested when the major characters from Inuyasha appeared. I watch every episode but it felt I was dredging through the whole series solely so I could see the scenes with the original character in it and know the context.I was very confused by the whole rainbow pearls and how they apparently were never heard of during the original adventure despite many demons knowing of them in these 2 shows. I was happy to see the original characters having grown up (even it they all looked pretty much the same) and had children. But I personally would've preferred a story with them just travelling around and doing stuff training the next generation over this twisted net of objectives the all had. Hell what I think pissed me off the most was the whole wolf tribe and Moroka. Koga and Ayame would have never allowed Inuyasha's and Kagome's daughter to be sent off with some random tribe member and then be cool with her pretty much being sold into pseudo-slavery. They probably would have raised her as their own even if that caused conflict within the tribe.

Good old Inuyasha with badass female leads passing Bechdel test with flying colors. The holy trinity is badass. I didn't agree with the extremely low reviews of season 1 but I did see the show not living upto its full possible potential. Well season 2 flips that dynamics and delivers on all loose threads left hanging in the first act. Characters are more dynamic, lore fully explored, climaxes delivered and story is coherent. In the essence this passed the Inuyasha vibe check while being a coherent interesting story by itself. I think this is a reasonably well done show and should be seen as itselfand not compared to Inuyasha even though it is set up in the same world. On that note this show is great and I loved it.

Rating:- 7.5/10 wanted to give 8/10 but something felt missing which was surprisingly there in Season 1 (2nd half). So both Season 1 and Season 2 get 7/10 from me. Review:- In most ways better than Season 1 and did enjoy myself watching season 2 every week but honestly both Season 1 and 2 are unnecessary and after watching the ending of Season 1 the ending of season 2 lacks that impact. On the good side of Season 2:- Finally the girls seem more like "nakama". All Moroha wanted was that and she got it and she no longer felt like a comedy side character, Towa isn'tOP in this and though she is clearly the Main Protagonist of the story she doesn't completely take over screen time which should have been given to Setsuna or Moroha or all 3 of them. Setsuna was awesome in Season 1 and she is equally awesome in Season 2. Takechiyo is a surprise. I hated his character in Season 1 really hated the way he was written and Season 2 actually made me care for him. He feels like a friend to Moroha and Moroha and Takechiyo definitely get along better than Inuyasha and Shippo did. Sesshomaru as always steals the show! Everytime he's on screen love it! Inuyasha and Kagome were handled well too. (spoilerish? Loved the Reunion. Fav ep. Inuyasha and Moroha are so sweet to watch. So awkward at first but Inuyasha quickly gets over that and Inuyasha as a dad is a must see! At least watch that Ep even if you don't watch the others.) Season 2 definitely has better story pacing compared to Season 1. The problem with Season 2 is the impactfullness of it. It fell short to Season 1 in that aspect. A good happy ending no doubt but I just felt like 'something was missing' When Moroha and Towa fought Kirinmaru that sense excitement I got was completely not there in Season 2. If you don't mind not having that, then it will like a present neatly gift wrapped with a bow, where in the end everyone is happy which is also nice. Not every story needs an epic showdown. Just remember no one really is a bad guy in this. Everyone are in the grey area you could say....though the only reason we accept that is the way the 'sengoku jidai' is presented and how it's normal to almost die and also die. Frankly if Tenseiga and Akuru weren't there we wouldn't be this chill about how they handled Kirinmaru and Zero. Rion and Kirinmaru is definitely an interesting plotline and so are Kirinmaru's incarnations (Osamu Kirin and Riku) even if Osamu Kirin still doesn't make sense to me..... Sound:- Season 1 is way better than Season 2.They are alright. Art:- It's fine. No problem on that end. In the end, if you watched Season 1 or like Inuyasha then I would recommend watching Season 2. Definitely not a bad watch. You will have fun.

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