The Best Episodes of Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon Season 1

Towa Higurashi learns about an incident that took place decades ago involving a half demon named Inuyasha and a priestess named Kagome.

Director: Teruo Satou

Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa

Half-demon twins Towa and Setsuna are separated from each other when a mysterious tunnel sends Towa into the future, where she is found and raised by Kagome Higurashi’s brother Sota.

Director: Katsuya Oshima

Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa

In the present day, a demon emerges through the Sacred Tree at Higurashi Shrine with Setsuna, Towa’s twin, and the bounty hunter Moroha in tow. Towa, Setsuna, and Moroha struggle to battle the demon, whose powers have been strengthened with two Rainbow Pearls, but seeing Setsuna in trouble awakens Towa’s latent demon powers.

Director: Lim Ka-hee

Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa

Towa decides to return to the feudal era to help Setsuna regain her memories. The trio enter the corridor leading to the feudal era, but within it awaits the spirit of a certain priestess.

Director: Ryuta Kawahara

Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa

Safely back in the feudal era, Moroha heads to the corpse dealer to claim her bounty. Meanwhile, Towa and Setsuna take on a request to slay Jakotsumaru, a boy who has been extracting bones from humans and beasts in order to revive his father, the demon beast Tokotsu.

Director: Sota Yokote

Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa

Travelers are going missing one after another. Towa, Setsuna, and Moroha head to the northern mountains to crack the case, but instead they find a village completely overrun by ghost cats!

Director: Yuki Morita

Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba

On her way to search for the Dream Butterfly, Towa meets a strange young man named Riku. Towa offers him an apple, and in thanks, Riku presents her with the genuine Kikujumonji sword.

Director: Tomo Ookubo

Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa

After fleeing from the deputy shogun’s estate, Yotsume borrows the power of a Rainbow Pearl to unleash his Dream Gazing spell upon the Half-Demon Princesses, who are hot on his trail.

Director: Megumi Yamamoto

Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa

Moroha accepts a job to slay Konton, a member of the Four Perils said to have defeated Meioju, a demon beast with the ultimate armored shell.

Director: Mariachi Hug Yuk

Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba

The Half-Demon Princesses are tasked with slaying Kinka and Ginka, conjoined twins of the Ka Demon Tribe whose battles for dominance have been wreaking havoc everywhere.

Director: Katsuya Oshima

Writer: Junki Takegami

Something wicked lurks in the Man-Eating Pond, devouring any human, beast or bird that comes near. Towa and Setsuna meet Hikomaru and Chiyo, siblings who lost their parents to the pond.

Director: Ayumu Ono

Writer: Hiroko Kanasugi

The demon Nikosen was a sage before evil consumed his soul. Konton orders him to kill the Half-Demon Princesses. Towa struggles as her demon powers fade and she turns into a human.

Director: Yohji Satoh, Kento Matsui

Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa, Junki Takegami

When a demon begins to devour virtuous monks and Shinto priests in the region, Hisui is assigned to guard his father, Miroku, who has been undergoing harsh training for the past two years.

Director: Kento Nakagome

Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba

Towa and Setsuna set off to slay Homura, an evil mountain god who has abducted a beautiful maiden. The twins learn that Homura was involved in the forest fire that separated them.

Director: Ryo Kodama

Writer: Hiroko Kanasugi

The truth behind the night that sealed the fate of Towa, Setsuna, and Moroha’s parents is finally revealed.

Director: Akira Toba

Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa

Moroha once had a master named Yawaragi, who was keeping a life-threatening secret. In order to resolve the secret and protect her pupil, Yawaragi made an agreement with Jyubei.

Director: Ryuta Kawahara

Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa

Konton devises a plan to destroy the Half-Demon Princesses. Riku offers to help him out. The three girls are lured into a ravine and fall right into Konton’s trap.

Director: Sayaka Oda

Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba

Konton learns of the origins of the Rainbow Pearl and the connection between Kirinmaru and the Dream Butterfly. He summons an ogre to attack the Half-Demon Princesses.

Director: Akira Toba

Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba

The deputy shogun’s daughter Aiya offers to employ the demon slayers if they win in a battle against the bounty hunters.

Director: Yohji Satoh, Kento Matsui

Writer: Hiroko Kanasugi

Setsuna opens up to Towa about the hidden village for half-demons where she was raised for most of her childhood.

Director: Kento Nakagome

Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba

On the night of the new moon, Riku pays Towa a visit to chat. Unfortunately, he’s not the only one planning to drop by.

Director: Katsuya Oshima

Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa

Zero removes the seal that Miroku placed on Setsuna to suppress her demon powers, awakening the latent demon blood within.

Director: Ayumu Ono

Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa

Setsuna and Towa hire Moroha to help slay Zero. The trio successfully track Zero down, but Riku stands in their way.

Director: Teruo Satou

Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa

Towa, Setsuna, and Moroha are left to confront Kirinmaru, but in the face of overwhelming power, they must pay a great price.

Director: Teruo Satou

Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa

Sesshomaru hands the broken Tenseiga to a grieving Towa, leaving Setsuna’s fate in her hands. Will Towa be able to bring Setsuna back to life?

Director: Akira Toba

Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa