Inuyasha is my favorite anime/manga of all times and I waited for a sequel or at least something new about it for more than 10 years. And honestly? It delivered.
Do I really think this show deserves a 10?
No. I would say it is an overall solid 8. But damn I enjoyed this show ways more than I ever thought I would. So I'll keep my 10.
Now, about Hanyou no Yashahime.
It starts giving us a little bit of what happened after Inuyasha with the old cast and then we have our new generation cast to take the show. And I can say that the entire new cast is pretty enjoyable and we frequently have some nostalgia moments with our old friends showing up once in a while (sometimes personally, sometimes in flashbacks).
At the start, the pace is kinda fast on how things are dealed easily but that only adds to our 3 heroines, as they develop upon that. I would say that Moroha is one of the most enjoyable characters of the first half of the anime. From the second half onwards, we get more details of what happened and why a lot of things changed. With that, Sesshoumaru gets more screen time as well.
As Moroha is pretty enjoyable, is important to notice that ever since this anime got announced, it was stated that this would be "Sesshoumaru's daughters' story". Every single episode starts talking about "Towa and Setsuna", so it got me surprised on how people would constantly complain that in some moments, the two of them would get more screen time than Moroha. She is part of the main cast, but this is not her show.
About Towa and Setsuna. The other two of our new main heroines.
Sesshoumaru's twin daughters and the center of this anime's plot. I love Setsuna's design as she is basically a female version of Sesshoumaru. Her more cool character that actually hides a huge dere inside remember very well her father too. The way she learns to trust Towa and even Moroha only adds to her development and she was my favorite character of this entire show.
Said that, is Towa who gets more attention for the most of the time. Even though all three are half demon Yashahime (Moroha is actually a fourth of a demon), she is clearly THE main character here. We don't see her change too much like Setsuna, but still she is a lovely character who cares a lot about her friends and specially her sister. Some people complain about she being too naïve or making some stupid decisions, but lets be fair, the old Inuyasha characters had a lot of this derp moments as well. This isn't something new to the series.
About the villains.
Though the side villains are quite annoying (and honestly, this is another thing that is not new to the series), the main "bad guys" are pretty much likeable.
I don't have the same "shit I want this guy dead so hard" feeling I used to have when Naraku was the main villain. Instead, I feel the new characters the same way I felt his creations were in the original manga. They were enemies that needed to be fought, but they still have something likeable about them (damn I cried when Kagura died back then).
They are interesting characters and every one of them have and objective in mind and I enjoyed a lot seeing our heroines fighting them during this show. Sesshoumaru showing some times added more intensity and nostalgia to the whole setting.
Finally, the plot.
This is where things get a bit confusing for some people when it comes to the anime's pace.
We usually have some episodes to add development to the main cast and them some episodes to give us a bit more of background of what's going on. These changes made some people feel it was rushed sometimes and super slow other times.
In my opinion? Even though it felt a bit fast at the start, it was pretty well balanced overall.
For last, I would like to point out that if there is something I didn't liked about this anime, it was episode 19. Would recommend everyone who plans to watch this show to just skip that. I am still trying to understand exactly what were they planning with that, can't even call it a filler. Though, there certainly are people who loved that, so I'll respect everyone's opinion. Said that, everything that comes after that episode is gold and the anime closes perfectly for the incoming next season.
If you really enjoyed the old one, you will enjoy this one as well.
