English Dub Review: Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon “The Silver-Scale Curse”

 

Overview:

Jaken recalls that fateful day fourteen years ago when Zero placed a curse on Rin. The three girls search for Bokusen-Oh.

Our Take:

We’ve seen Rin encased in a gem before but now we know why. Zero, the elder sister of Kirinmaru gave her the silver-scale curse. She also tied their fates together so that if she dies then so will Rin. Forcing Sesshomaru to stay his hand from harming her. By encasing her in that gem they have slowed down the curse and Jaken found a way to stop time for Rin completely by using Setsuna.

One thing I really like about Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon is the theme of family and how it’s this story that spans generations. I really like when we get to see characters we know and love to go on to have a family and then we get to see their children’s adventures. Say what you will about Boruto but I love that aspect of it. Getting to see them be parents and learn why their parents acted the way they did is a whole other level of character development.

I bring this up because we get a lot of flashbacks in Yashahime and we see characters like Sesshomaru and Rin when they were young and going on their own adventures. It’s a pretty big part of the show so far and I imagine it will continue to be so if that’s something you’re not really into that might sway your decisions. Though why you would start watching in the second season is another question.

Wasn’t really a monster of the week episode like last week but it was still enjoyable. It looks like this is going to be one of Funimation’s big shows for the season so I imagine we will get rather frequent updates. Some of their other shows are every other week at the moment but this one has been weekly for the first three episodes. We’re slowly getting back to simuldub status with things. Let’s hope this is a sign of more to come.