Hanyou no Yashahime: Sengoku Otogizoushi - Ni no Shou

I'll try to keep this review short. I was born in 1993 and watching Inuyasha when I was a kid are literally one of the happiest days of my life. Seeing his daughter and nieces just made me tear up almost every episode uncontrollably. I didn't need an anime with a complicated story and big budget graphics, this really was what I was expecting. The music definitely set the mood as one of the reasons why I love Inuyasha. A slice of life, fantasy, adventure, and a happy ending. I thank the creators for giving me new memories that I'll never forget similar to a ... time where there was never heart-ache, only the warmth of the best days of my life.

Well, well, well. I'd guess my review of Season 1 did some harsh numbers for everyone to stop watching Yashahime after the awful blender that was the resurgence of the new-generation Boruto flak that now the Inuyasha franchise has literally and unfortunately carved its name in, but what do I know. And that's where Season 2 comes in, and rightaway it solves all the problems of its preceding season...by having an ending and a resolution. That's just it.

Most of the problems in Season 1 were just the foundation for Season 2 to solve, and even going back a bit to scour the cliffhanger (since this ... sequel is a continuation after all), I'd say that it still suffers the same writing issues as Inuyasha, and for a lack of better words, is the core theme of the series as a whole: seemingly unconnected stories that connect to a large-scale operation to defeat demons. The character dynamics really improved as the series pads on, and going back to my Season 1 review, for example: where Moroha was a sitting duck in the presence of Towa and Setsuna's sisterhood and family problems, she is more grounded this time to help them both, aside from standing out (which she does even less this episode, thank goodness).

The idea about Season 2 is just one word: reunion, reconciliation. And bringing back the OG cast in and of itself does the servitude well to re-connect the children with their parents, and this is easily one of the highlights of the sequel to both good and evil. It feels more grounded and less like a modern Inuyasha on reboot and repeat, you wouldn't want to watch the same thing more than once nowadays.

But otherwise, this is Sunrise's very last work as the animation studio is transitioning in the Bandai Namco parent company as Bandai Namco Filmworks while the Sunrise name will be withdrawn solely for IP creation. You will be missed, Sunrise, and you did good for close to 50 years of animation since 1972. We will miss you.

OST is just as decent, and yeah, it's kinda expected though Season 1 was the high for me.

Yashahime, the "bastardized" child of the Inuyasha series, has finally hit a stride on Season 2, though its conclusion was one long awaited for hardcore fans. But please Sunrise (or Bandai Namco), no more, just no more. We've had enough more than Gundam offshoots, so just let the Inuyasha franchise rest in peace of what it managed to achieve, thank you.

This is my first review because it's deserved. Inuyasha was my favorite anime growing up and even now. I don't remember the dialogue being so awful corny, and redundant. the story could have been easily four seasons and they did it in 2. The character development was nonexistent and the only ones I liked were the original group from Inuyasha.

This was a disappointing end to a rushed story and not one I hope gets a third season. Not only becausee of the story but the dated animation and art is uninspiring and takes me back to the early 200s of Tonnami in the worst ... way.

If the writers want to continue this story focus on Towa's gender identity which is a subplot that was long forgotten. Setsuna and Hisui actually having a romance rather than a few lines together. And finally Moroha not being annoying. A female Inuyasha is not appealing at all.

Side note: It's really gross that Sesshomaru got Rin pregnant when she was 18. He raised her from a child and he's hundreds of years older than her. Talk about grooming.