Yashahime
{{Short description|2020 Japanese anime television series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon
| image = Yashahime, Princess Half-Demon key visual.jpg
| caption = Key visual for the first season
| ja_kanji = 半妖の夜叉姫
| ja_romaji = Han'yō no Yashahime
| genre = Adventure, fantasy{{cite web|title=Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon|url=https://ytvcontents.com/en/program/yashahime|publisher=Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation|access-date=October 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003120507/https://ytvcontents.com/en/program/yashahime|archive-date=October 3, 2020|url-status=live}}
| creator = Rumiko Takahashi
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = tv series
| director = {{ubl|Teruo Sato ({{Abbr|S1|Season 1}})|Masakazu Hishida ({{Abbr|S2|Season 2}})}}
| producer = Hisakazu Naka
| writer = Katsuyuki Sumisawa
| music = Kaoru Wada
| studio = Sunrise
| licensee = {{English anime licensee
| NA = Viz Media
}}
| network_en = {{English anime network|SEA=Animax|US=Adult Swim (Toonami)}}
| first = October 3, 2020
| last = March 26, 2022
| episodes = 48
| episode_list = List of Yashahime episodes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = {{ubl|Takashi Shiina|Katsuyuki Sumisawa}}
| illustrator = Takashi Shiina
| publisher = Shogakukan
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=Viz Media}}
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| imprint = Shōnen Sunday Comics Special
| magazine = Shōnen Sunday S
| first = September 25, 2021
| last =
| volumes = 9
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer|portal=yes}}
{{nihongo|Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon|半妖の夜叉姫|Han'yō no Yashahime|lead=yes}} is a Japanese anime television series produced and animated by Sunrise. It is a sequel spin-off to the Inuyasha anime television series, which itself is based on Rumiko Takahashi's manga series. The series 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. The second one aired from October 2021 to March 2022. Viz Media has licensed the series in North America, while Medialink has licensed it for Southeast Asian and South Asian territories.
A manga adaptation, illustrated by Takashi Shiina, started in Shogakukan's Shōnen manga magazine Shōnen Sunday S in September 2021.
Plot
{{See also|List of Inuyasha characters#Yashahime main characters{{!}}List of Inuyasha characters § Yashahime main characters}}
Ten years after the events of Inuyasha, Sesshomaru and Rin's daughter Towa is separated from her twin sister Setsuna, and gets stranded in the modern era. Towa is adopted into the family of her father's sister-in-law, Kagome Higurashi, raised by her younger brother Sōta, his warmhearted wife Moe, and their daughter, Mei.
One decade later, Towa is reunited with Setsuna, when she leaves the modern era through the vast time-traveling power of the spiritual Sacred Tree of Ages. During their separation, Setsuna became one of the demon-slayers working with Kohaku and forgetting her past, as the mythical Dream Butterfly stole her dreams and memories. To restore them, the half-demon twins embark on a journey, alongside their half-demon bounty hunter cousin Moroha, the fourteen-year-old daughter of Kagome and Inuyasha, who lacks knowledge of her parents, except that Kagome is an uppermost-level priestess, and Inuyasha is a half dog-demon and half-human, just like her half-first twin cousins.
At times, the vital essence of the Sacred Tree of Ages awakens from centuries of dormancy to warn them that a long-standing rival of their paternal dog-demon grandfather is plotting to warp time itself, since Sesshomaru does not fight him directly in place of his father. At the same time, the unparalleled time-based unsurpassable entity is harboring adult Rin in suspended animation for Sesshomaru, due to her fatal connection to Zero, the elder sister of Kirinmaru and creator of the seven mystical Rainbow Pearls, whose respective mighty demonic abilities rival those of the Sacred Jewel of Four Souls itself.
While confronting Kirinmaru at the ruins of Izayoi's mansion, Setsuna is seemingly killed by Kirinmaru. However, Towa uses the broken Tenseiga to revive Setsuna. Tōtōsai repairs the polearm changing the name from Kanemitsu no Tomoe into Yukari no Tachikiri, which can cut the invisible red threads of fate. Towa receives the legendary cosmic sword Zanseiken from Kirinmaru's late daughter Rion, whose soul is contained within an artificial body created by her father. The Half-Demon Princesses set out to save Rin, before she perishes from the fatal curse placed on her by the deeply bitter Zero. However, Zero lifts the curse herself and passes it on to the afterlife. While Towa and Setsuna reunite with Rin, Kirinmaru forces Moroha to choose between saving her parents or stealing Akuru's time-based pinwheel.
Sesshomaru and Kirinmaru's duel recommences, with the former taking the hit for the Half-Demon Princesses, which fatally wounds and weakens him. He sacrifices his strength to send them into the Black Pearl, where the girls meet Inuyasha and Kagome. After escaping from the Black Pearl using the combined powers of both Tessaiga and Tenseiga, the group discovers that Kirinmaru's true objective is to travel to the Reiwa Era to destroy the Grim Comet that threatens to destroy human civilization, and become a supreme ruler over all humans and demons alike. After saving Sesshomaru, Towa discovers that Kirinmaru allowed her to keep Zanseiken so that her soul is eventually extinguished by using its power so that he can use her body as a living vessel for Rion against the wishes of his undead daughter while Moroha is given a spiritually-empowered longbow made by Inuyasha and Kagome, which greatly boosts the effectiveness and spiritual energies of her sacred arrows.
Using the pinwheel, the Half-Demon Princesses travel back to the modern era to destroy the comet themselves, with Kirinmaru chasing after them. They encounter Osamu Kirin, formerly Kirinmaru's right arm, and Towa's homeroom teacher, who informs them about his desire to save humanity. However, he betrays them by bringing the Grim Comet to the feudal era to grant Kirinmaru's wish in obliterating it from the plane of existence, and showing everything in the world for Rion. Akuru sacrifices himself to open the gateway to the feudal era within the Sacred Tree of Ages, so the Princesses can return to help their families prevent the Degenerate Age from progressing further.
Media
= Anime =
{{See also|List of Yashahime episodes{{!}}List of Yashahime episodes}}
The series was first announced in May 2020.{{cite web|title=Inuyasha Anime Gets Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon TV Spinoff This Fall|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-05-08/inuyasha-anime-gets-yashahime-princess-half-demon-tv-spinoff-this-fall/.159360|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=May 8, 2020|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 9, 2020|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017052438/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-05-08/inuyasha-anime-gets-yashahime-princess-half-demon-tv-spinoff-this-fall/.159360|url-status=live}} It aired from October 3, 2020, to March 20, 2021, on Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Inuyasha Anime Spinoff Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon Airs on Saturdays This Fall|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2020-06-21/inuyasha-anime-spinoff-yashahime-princess-half-demon-airs-on-saturdays-this-fall/.160897|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 22, 2020|date=June 21, 2020|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115122651/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2020-06-21/inuyasha-anime-spinoff-yashahime-princess-half-demon-airs-on-saturdays-this-fall/.160897|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Inuyasha Spinoff Anime Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon's 1st Trailer Reveals Cast, October 3 Debut|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-08-06/inuyasha-spinoff-anime-yashahime-princess-half-demon-1st-trailer-reveals-cast-october-3-debut/.162670|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 7, 2020|date=August 6, 2020|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111132905/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-08-06/inuyasha-spinoff-anime-yashahime-princess-half-demon-1st-trailer-reveals-cast-october-3-debut/.162670|url-status=live}} The series was produced and animated by Sunrise, 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,{{cite AV media|title=Yashahime: Princess Half- Demon
Viz Media announced the rights to digital streaming, EST, and home video release of the series in North America, and it was streamed on Crunchyroll, Funimation and Hulu.{{cite web|last=Frater|first=Patrick|title=Iconic 'Inuyasha' Anime Rebooted as 'Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon'|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/asia/inuyasha-anime-series-yashahime-princess-half-demon-1234603228/|website=Variety|access-date=May 17, 2020|date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=September 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922202807/https://variety.com/2020/tv/asia/inuyasha-anime-series-yashahime-princess-half-demon-1234603228/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=Inuyasha Spinoff Anime Yashahime to Stream on Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hulu|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-09-23/inuyasha-spinoff-anime-yashahime-to-stream-on-crunchyroll-funimation-hulu/.164364|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 23, 2020|date=September 23, 2020|archive-date=October 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010043847/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-09-23/inuyasha-spinoff-anime-yashahime-to-stream-on-crunchyroll-funimation-hulu/.164364|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=Funimation Announces Inuyasha Spinoff Anime Yashahime's Dub Cast|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-10-26/funimation-announces-inuyasha-spinoff-anime-yashahime-dub-cast/.165607|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 27, 2020|date=October 26, 2020|archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101040922/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-10-26/funimation-announces-inuyasha-spinoff-anime-yashahime-dub-cast/.165607|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Viz Announces Inuyasha Spinoff Anime Yashahime's New, Returning Dub Cast|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-03/viz-announces-inuyasha-spinoff-anime-yashahime-new-returning-dub-cast/.165935|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 6, 2020|date=November 3, 2020|archive-date=November 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110182247/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-03/viz-announces-inuyasha-spinoff-anime-yashahime-new-returning-dub-cast/.165935|url-status=live}} Funimation began streaming the English dub on November 6, 2020, along with Hulu and Crunchyroll.{{Cite tweet|user=FUNimation|number=1323807211471147012|date=November 3, 2020|title=They're back! @richardiancox, @dkayevo, Jillian Michaels and more are returning to their iconic roles for the Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon dub!|author=Funimation|access-date=November 3, 2020}} The English dub of the series aired on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block on June 27, 2021.{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-06-08/toonami-airs-yashahime-princess-half-demon-anime-on-june-26/.173730|title=Toonami Airs Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon Anime on June 26|website=Anime News Network|date=June 8, 2021|quote=June 26 at 1:00 a.m. EDT (effectively, June 27)|access-date=June 8, 2021|archive-date=October 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010080920/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-06-08/toonami-airs-yashahime-princess-half-demon-anime-on-june-26/.173730|url-status=live}} Medialink licensed the series in Southeast Asian territories.{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-09-03/ani-one-asia-licenses-inuyasha-spinoff-anime-yashahime-princess-half-demon/.163612|title=Ani-One Asia Licenses Inuyasha Spinoff Anime Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon|first=Rafael Antonio|last=Pineda|website=Anime News Network|date=September 3, 2020|access-date=September 15, 2020|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116013704/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-09-03/ani-one-asia-licenses-inuyasha-spinoff-anime-yashahime-princess-half-demon/.163612|url-status=live}} The series premiered on Animax Asia on June 21, 2021.{{Cite tweet|user=animaxasiatv|author=Animax Asia|number=1404045895801315331|title=A great month awaits InuYasha fans as the story continues years later! Join Towa, Setsuna and Moroha as they take fate into their own hands. 'Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon', premieres Jun 21, Mon & Tue at 10PM (9PM JKT/BKK) with double episodes.|date=June 13, 2021|access-date=November 17, 2021}}
On March 20, 2021, a second season of the series was announced following the release of the 24th episode.{{cite web|first=Daryl|last=Harding|title=Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon TV Anime Gets 2nd Season|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/03/20-1/yashahime-princess-half-demon-tv-anime-gets-2nd-season|website=Crunchyroll|date=March 20, 2021|access-date=March 20, 2021|archive-date=May 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503221239/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/03/20-1/yashahime-princess-half-demon-tv-anime-gets-2nd-season|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Egan|last=Loo|title=Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon TV Anime Gets 'Part II' Sequel|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-03-20/yashahime-princess-half-demon-tv-anime-gets-part-ii-sequel/.170854|website=Anime News Network|date=March 20, 2021|access-date=March 20, 2021|archive-date=April 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428192548/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-03-20/yashahime-princess-half-demon-tv-anime-gets-part-ii-sequel/.170854|url-status=live}} The second season, titled Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon – The Second Act, aired from October 2, 2021 to March 26, 2022.{{cite web|first=Alex|last=Mateo|title=Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon TV Anime's 'Part II' Sequel Premieres in Fall|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-04-26/yashahime-princess-half-demon-tv-anime-part-ii-sequel-premieres-in-fall/.172141|website=Anime News Network|date=April 26, 2021|access-date=April 26, 2021|archive-date=June 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608212222/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-04-26/yashahime-princess-half-demon-tv-anime-part-ii-sequel-premieres-in-fall/.172141|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Rafael Antonio|last=Pineda|title=Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon Part II Anime Reveals Opening Song Artists, October 2 Debut|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-06-30/yashahime-princess-half-demon-part-ii-anime-reveals-opening-song-artists-october-2-debut/.174597|website=Anime News Network|date=June 30, 2021|access-date=June 30, 2021|archive-date=October 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010082429/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-06-30/yashahime-princess-half-demon-part-ii-anime-reveals-opening-song-artists-october-2-debut/.174597|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:「半妖の夜叉姫 弐の章」殺生丸と犬夜叉の娘達の物語、ついに完結！ 第48話（最終回）先行カット|url=https://animeanime.jp/article/2022/03/26/68402.html|website=AnimeAnime.jp|access-date=March 26, 2022|language=ja|date=March 26, 2022|archive-date=March 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326013301/https://animeanime.jp/article/2022/03/26/68402.html|url-status=live}} The opening theme is "ReBorn" performed by NEWS, while the ending theme is "Toumei na Sekai" performed by Little Glee Monster.{{cite web|first=Rafael Antonio|last=Pineda|title=Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon - The Second Act Anime Reveals New Trailer, More Cast, Ending Song Artists|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-08-05/yashahime-princess-half-demon-the-second-act-anime-reveals-new-trailer-more-cast-ending-song-artists/.175932|website=Anime News Network|date=August 5, 2021|access-date=August 5, 2021|archive-date=October 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010080916/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-08-05/yashahime-princess-half-demon-the-second-act-anime-reveals-new-trailer-more-cast-ending-song-artists/.175932|url-status=live}} The second opening theme is "Kyōmei" performed by SixTones, while the second ending theme is "Anaaki no Sora" by Adieu (Moka Kamishiraishi).{{cite web|first=Rafael Antonio|last=Pineda|title=Adieu Performs Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon - The Second Act Anime's 2nd Ending Song|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-01-07/adieu-performs-yashahime-princess-half-demon-the-second-act-anime-2nd-ending-song/.181309|website=Anime News Network|date=January 7, 2022|access-date=January 7, 2022|archive-date=June 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613215719/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-01-07/adieu-performs-yashahime-princess-half-demon-the-second-act-anime-2nd-ending-song/.181309|url-status=live}}
= Manga =
A manga adaptation by Takashi Shiina, with script cooperation by Katsuyuki Sumisawa, started in Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday S on September 25, 2021.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Yashahime Anime Gets Manga by Zettai Karen Children's Takashi Shiina|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-08-20/yashahime-anime-gets-manga-by-zettai-karen-children-takashi-shiina/.176458|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 20, 2021|date=August 20, 2021|archive-date=October 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010080918/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-08-20/yashahime-anime-gets-manga-by-zettai-karen-children-takashi-shiina/.176458|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:少年サンデーＳ（スーパー） ２０２１年１１月号|url=https://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/magazine?cd=2066611121|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=September 24, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210924193400/https://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/magazine?cd=2066611121|archive-date=September 24, 2021|language=ja|url-status=live}} Shogakukan released the first collected {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume on January 18, 2022.{{cite web|script-title=ja:椎名高志が新解釈で描くマンガ版「半妖の夜叉姫」1巻発売、対談や特典にプレゼントも|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/462129|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=March 1, 2022|language=ja|date=January 18, 2022|archive-date=March 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301005118/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/462129|url-status=live}} As of May 16, 2025, nine volumes have been released. The series is set to end with its tenth volume, slated for Q3 2025.{{cite web |last=Hodgkins |first=Crystalyn |title=Takashi Shiina's Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon Manga Adaptation Ends in 10th Volume This Summer |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-05-17/takashi-shiina-yashahime-princess-half-demon-manga-adaptation-ends-in-10th-volume-this-summer/.224521 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 17, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250517112825/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-05-17/takashi-shiina-yashahime-princess-half-demon-manga-adaptation-ends-in-10th-volume-this-summer/.224521 |archive-date=May 17, 2025 |date=May 17, 2025 |url-status=live}}
Viz Media has licensed the manga for English release in North America.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Viz Announces Summer 2022 Book Releases Including Junji Ito's The Liminal Zone, Takashi Shiina's Yashahime Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-10-09/viz-announces-summer-2022-book-releases-including-junji-ito-the-liminal-zone-takashi-shiina-yashahime-manga/.178309|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 10, 2021|date=October 10, 2021|archive-date=October 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011175822/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-10-09/viz-announces-summer-2022-book-releases-including-junji-ito-the-liminal-zone-takashi-shiina-yashahime-manga/.178309|url-status=live}} The first volume was released on June 21, 2022.{{cite web|title=Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, Vol. 1|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yashahime-princess-half-demon-volume-1/product/7097/paperback|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=March 1, 2022|archive-date=March 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301005120/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yashahime-princess-half-demon-volume-1/product/7097/paperback|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|date=May 9, 2023|title=Viz Media Simultaneously Releases Shogakukan Manga Titles in New VIZ Manga App|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-05-09/viz-media-simultaneously-releases-shogakukan-manga-titles-in-new-viz-manga-app/.197912|access-date=May 9, 2023|website=Anime News Network|archive-date=May 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510113238/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-05-09/viz-media-simultaneously-releases-shogakukan-manga-titles-in-new-viz-manga-app/.197912|url-status=live}}
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Reception
The series ranked ninth on Animage's 43rd Anime Grand Prix in 2020.{{cite magazine|script-title=ja:第43回アニメグランプリ|trans-title=43rd Anime Grand Prix|magazine=Animage|publisher=Tokuma Shoten|date=July 1, 2021|issue=8|language=ja|page=33|id={{ASIN|B097BSPBMF|country=jp}}}} Rumiko Takahashi and Yoshihito Hishinuma were nominated for the Best Character Design category in the Crunchyroll's 2021 Anime Awards.{{cite web|last=Luster|first=Joseph|title=Rewatch the 2021 Anime Awards Here (and Find Out Who Won!)|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/02/19-1/rewatch-the-2021-anime-awards-here-and-find-out-who-won|website=Crunchyroll|access-date=July 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517055335/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/02/19-1/rewatch-the-2021-anime-awards-here-and-find-out-who-won|archive-date=May 17, 2021|date=February 19, 2021|url-status=live}}
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."{{cite web|last=Dennison|first=Kara|title=Yashahime: Princess Half Demon Is Already a Worthy Successor|url=https://otakuusamagazine.com/yashahime-princess-half-demon-is-already-a-worthy-successor/|website=Otaku USA|access-date=November 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027073322/https://otakuusamagazine.com/yashahime-princess-half-demon-is-already-a-worthy-successor/|archive-date=October 27, 2020|date=October 12, 2020|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|author=The Anime News Network Editorial Team|title=The Best and Worst Anime of Winter 2021|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2021-03-29/the-best-and-worst-anime-of-winter-2021/.171109|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 30, 2021|date=March 29, 2021|archive-date=June 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215400/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2021-03-29/the-best-and-worst-anime-of-winter-2021/.171109|url-status=live}} Rebecca Silverman of the same website also listed it as one of the worst anime of 2021.{{cite web|author=The Anime News Network Editorial Team|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2021-12-31/the-best-anime-of-2021/the-worst-anime-of-2021-and-mega-poll-results/.180829|title=The Worst Anime of 2021 & Mega Poll Results|website=Anime News Network|date=December 31, 2021|access-date=January 1, 2022|archive-date=March 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324173227/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2021-12-31/the-best-anime-of-2021/the-worst-anime-of-2021-and-mega-poll-results/.180829|url-status=live}} 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."{{cite web|last=Beckett|first=James|title=Episodes 1-3 - Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/yashahime-princess-half-demon/episodes-1-3/.165326|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 17, 2021|date=October 17, 2020|archive-date=November 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116213232/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/yashahime-princess-half-demon/episodes-1-3/.165326|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Beckett|first=James|title=Episode 15|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/yashahime-princess-half-demon/episode-15/.168255|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 17, 2021|date=January 19, 2021|archive-date=November 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116061126/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/yashahime-princess-half-demon/episode-15/.168255|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Ashford|first=Sage|title=10 Anime Sequels That Ruined The Original Series (& How)|url=https://www.cbr.com/anime-sequels-ruined-original-series-how/|website=Comic Book Resources|access-date=November 17, 2021|date=February 3, 2021|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117175051/https://www.cbr.com/anime-sequels-ruined-original-series-how/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=St. Sauver|first=Olive|title=Yashahime Episode 15 Review – "Farewell Under the Lunar Eclipse"|url=https://butwhythopodcast.com/2021/01/16/review-yashahime-princess-half-demon-episode-15-farewell-under-the-lunar-eclipse/|website=butwhythopodcast.com|access-date=November 17, 2021|date=January 16, 2021|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117175053/https://butwhythopodcast.com/2021/01/16/review-yashahime-princess-half-demon-episode-15-farewell-under-the-lunar-eclipse/|url-status=live}}
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite web|title=Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon - The Spring 2022 Manga Guide|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2022-05-22/the-spring-2022-manga-guide/yashahime-princess-half-demon/.185414|publisher=Anime News Network| date=May 22, 2022}}
External links
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- {{Official website|http://hanyo-yashahime.com/|Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon official website}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Official website|https://www.ytv.co.jp/hanyo-yashahime/|Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon official website at Yomiuri TV}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Official website|https://www.aniplex.co.jp/hanyo-yashahime/|Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon official website at Aniplex}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Official website|https://www.viz.com/yashahime-princess-half-demon|Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon official website at Viz Media}}
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