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.

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.

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.