01x04 - Kako e no tobira

[bunniefuu]

-She's got real sense for her age.

-Yeah, that's quite amazing.

Her form is quite good, too.

And since she's so young,

she's a fast learner.

Yeah? You all keep saying I'm young,

but in this era

I'm way older than all of you!

Well, that's impossible.

But it's true.

I'm probably around 450 years older

than everyone here.

Everyone's looking so energetic.

Good morning, Grandpa.

Looks like you're fitting in quite well.

It's been a few days, after all.

I see. Since you're doing so well,

I have a gift for you.

What? You're giving me something?

It's a mummified foot of a Kappa

that brings good fortune.

Take good care of it, okay?

But this is such a precious item!

So you understand its value!

Kagome has such a good daughter.

Thank you, Kagome!

I still have some life left in me!

Oh? So it's finally noticed

our presence, huh?

"The gateway to the past"

SAINT GABRIEL ACADEMY

I've decided to return to the Feudal Era.

If Setsuna and Moroha

are from the Feudal Era,

then the forest that I grew up in

would also be there.

That means I raised here,

but was born in the Feudal Era.

I only have gratitude for Papa Sota

for raising someone like me.

But I can't

Miss Towa Higurashi.

-Stand up, please.

-Yes.

Mr. Osamu Kirin.

Daydreaming won't help you

understand this context.

Please read from line 23.

I'm going to visit Kyoto next year.

But learning English probably won't be

that useful in Feudal Japan

HIGURASHI - SOTA - MOE - TOWA - MEI

DEMON SLAYER - SETSUNA

What can I do so Setsuna can sleep again?

What do we do to get

Setsuna's dreams back?

It goes without saying, Towa.

We gotta capture the Dream Butterfly.

And where is this butterfly?

Who knows? But it's definitely not here.

We must hurry back to the other world.

Yep. Get back there,

get the butterfly. Easy-peasy.

Easy?! Just how are we supposed to

get to the other world?!

Oh, right.

But don't sweat it.

It'll turn out okay somehow.

It doesn't matter if I dream or not.

It's not like

I have ever suffered from it.

Bravo!

To master this in such a short time!

It's only thanks to the teacher

You're a prodigy

that comes once in a hundred,

no, once in five hundred years!

You can probably become

a worldwide violinist like me some day.

Setsuna.

-What is it?

-Moroha is calling for you.

Oh, really?

She said she found a way back home.

There we go.

Yo, Setsuna! Rejoice.

I found a way to get back to

Hey, what's with the clothes?

You actually look pretty good!

I'll k*ll you.

So you found a means to get back?

I sure did.

The thing that stole our demon energy

back in the rainbow corridor

is a demon named Root Head.

Root Head?

It got tangled with the roots

of the Tree of Ages,

and created a time-traveling corridor.

I see. You researched well.

I didn't research it. I asked it myself.

The root looked pretty bored,

so I asked it some questions

and then it wouldn't stop talking.

Anyway, wcan get back to the other world

by negotiating with Root Head.

I see. I suppose we can try it.

-So, what is this?

-Oh, this?

Just a few things that

we'll be able to use over there.

NEW SOCIAL STUDIES AND HISTORY

What the heck is this? Oh well.

Into the bag it goes!

Oh, and take a look at this!

This is the bounty that'll buy me lunch.

Let's see, what else is there?

-How did this all fit in?

-Who knows?

What's everyone up to?

-Welcome home.

-Thank you.

I'm home, Mei.

Guess what? Moroha found a way back home.

-That's amazing.

-Did you really?

That backpack!

It looks just like Kagome's.

Wouldn't all of that stuff

risk changing history?

Don't worry. We can just say

it's demon magic or ninjutsu or something.

Oh, that's right.

Please take care of this!

RECEIP

W-When did she

It's just some modest shopping

for your cute niece.

Yeah, real cute

All right. Preparations complete.

Time to make our grand return

to the feudal age!

-Papa Sota.

-Towa.

Grammy said you were here.

Can I talk to you?

Of course. What is it?

What a pretty person.

Is she your older sister?

Yes, her name's Kagome.

-What kind of person was she?

-Let's see.

She was always causing a ruckus,

but for different reasons than yours.

I'm sorry for troubling you all the time.

I'm always so selfish

You're just like her.

And she also went to the Feudal Era

How did you

You want to go with them, don't you?

But you raised me until now, and

Don't worry about it.

I knew this day would come

sooner or later.

Ever since I found you barefoot

in front of the Sacred Tree.

Even if I'm here,

I'll cause nothing but trouble for you.

I'm telling you,

you don't have to worry about it.

Be safe, okay, Towa?

Thank you. I'll be off then

Dad.

Moroha, the Elder's Association

would like to give you a parting gift.

That's awesome. Tell them I said thanks!

Moroha.

MEI'S GRANDMOTHER

GRAMMY

Give my regards to Kagome if you see her.

Uh, sure.

Even though I don't really know her.

To send off

a once-in-five-hundred-year prodigy

to the Feudal Era

Take care of the violin, okay?

Oh, this. I'll play it on nights

when I can't fall asleep.

I'm leaving then.

Be careful.

Sis, please come back, okay?

You have to come back!

You too, Setsuna and Moroha.

Everyone has to come home here.

Hup!

Thank you, Mei.

I can't make any promises,

but I'll do my best.

Just promise me!

All right. I'll come home once

we get Setsuna's dreams back.

Come on, promise her, both of you!

The feudal age isn't

some fairy-tale world.

If you're not prepared to die

I am prepared. But it's not for death.

I can keep my head

and come back here safe.

All right, let's get going already.

Hey, Root Head! We have

something you can't get from this era.

Three coveted Rainbow Pearls

stuffed with demon power!

If you let us pass through

to the Feudal Era,

we'll give you the

Gold, Silver, and Red Rainbow Pearls.

How's that, Root Head?

All right. I shall allow you to pass.

-Lady Kaede, that light!

-Indeed.

That's the light from the Sacred Tree.

Could Setsuna be returning back here?

-That may be so.

-Kirara.

CAT DEMON

KIRARA

I'll go notify Uncle.

-There it is!

-It's the same as back then.

Hey, that's mine!

-Wait!

-Hey!

-Give it back!

-Hey!

Thank you, everyone.

I'm heading out now.

It's a promise, okay?

I love all of my sisters, okay?

I'm sure they'll come home.

Because all of them are family, after all.

They're all my adorable

great-grandchildren.

Yes.

They really are.

That's right.

I must've passed through

this corridor when I was four.

The Feudal Era is just ahead

That's where Setsuna's dreams were stolen.

I'll definitely get them back for her!

Moroha, was it really okay

to make such a promise to Root Head?

It's fine.

If it comes to it,

I could just slay Root Head.

Setsuna, did you just call me by my name?

What of it?

Nothing at all! This isn't so bad.

It is bad! You need to keep your promises.

Lies are bad.

It wasn't a lie, it was a means to an end.

A decade's worth of time has passed.

The Half-Demon Princesses

travel under my feet.

If my predictions are correct,

those three will save the world.

For now, I shall let Root Head dream.

This is the Feudal Era?

-No, something's not right.

-Stay alert.

Moroha, I bet you had us

take the wrong path.

There is no wrong path

because it's only one path!

Towa, now is a good time to warn you.

In the feudal age,

there is no room for "hesitation."

R-Right

If you don't k*ll your enemy,

they will k*ll you.

If it's just you, then it's fine.

But we can't have you

dragging us down with you!

Geez, all right.

Both of you.

What is this place?

You've done well to come here,

Half-Demon Princesses.

You've done well to come here,

Half-Demon Princesses.

Half-Demon Princesses?

Are you referring to us?

Is this Root Head?

No, it's not.

I don't sense any demon energy.

Who are you?

My name is the Tree of Ages.

Is the Tree of Ages

supposed to look like a priestess?

No, this is a borrowed appearance.

It appears this form was created

from the spirit of the Arrow of Sealing

that was stuck on my trunk.

I believe the priestess' name was Kikyo.

Kikyo?

Are you the one who summoned us here?

Yes. Daughters of Sesshomaru,

I have a request for you.

Ah-ha! So you are Sesshomaru's

But hey, wait a second.

Sorry, but I'm not Sesshomaru's daughter.

Listen to my tale until the end, Moroha.

H-How did she know my name?

So what's this request?

I would like you to slay a certain demon.

You got it! It's Root Head, right?

No. Root Head means nothing to me.

The demon I would like you to slay

is the Beast King Kirinmaru.

Kirinmaru?

He is attempting to twist time,

swallow this world

into the degenerate age,

and return it to nothingness.

Kirinmaru is a king who,

alongside the Great Dog-Demon,

had long reigned over the demon beasts.

Kirinmaru ruled in the East,

while the one who held the West

was your grandfather,

the Great Dog-Demon.

The Great Dog-Demon, huh?

I see, it's a name that I've heard of.

Equal in strength,

the two warriors ruled their lands

while keeping watch over the other

to maintain the balance in power.

However, your father Sesshomaru

renounced his Great Dog-Demon title

and walked his own path.

Taking that as an opportunity,

Kirinmaru plots to plunge

this world into devastation.

The power to travel across time

would be necessary to fight him.

So that's where we come in.

Yes.

As ones with deep ties to

the Great Dog-Demon,

you three must slay Kirinmaru.

You will agree to this, won't you,

Half-Demon Princesses?

I'm all for it!

But when I succeed,

I'll be collecting a worthy bounty.

And you, daughters of Sesshomaru?

I refuse.

You will not do it?

I will not.

I decline to accept.

For what reason?

First, I do not know this Sesshomaru

who you claim is my father.

Why in the world must we atone for

such a demon's failure?

If Kirinmaru must be defeated,

then have that Sesshomaru deal with it.

Tree of Ages,

you're asking the wrong people.

I was right to place confidence in you.

Sesshomaru cannot defeat Kirinmaru.

That is because these two Beast Kings

currently walk the same path.

If you defeat Kirinmaru,

Sesshomaru will emerge.

Similarly, if you defeat Sesshomaru

In other words, you must defeat them

at the same time.

At the same time?

You are not atoning for

Sesshomaru's failure.

I'm telling you to defeat two demons

who have taken the wrong path.

Then that's more reason we can't accept

what you're asking us to do.

Even if we've never met him,

Sesshomaru is our father, right?

Don't ask his daughters

to do something like that!

So the two daughters of Sesshomaru

will not accept my request?

Yes, that's exactly it. We do not accept!

Oh, man.

It seems you do not understand

what will happen

if you disobey the Tree of Ages.

I won't let anyone stop us

from our own mission.

Yes, we will do as we please.

I ask one last time.

Will you not slay him?

-I will not repeat myself.

-I have no doubts, either.

Let us pass, or we'll cut you down.

Wait, are we really doing this?

Very well.

Fate is a continuously spinning wheel.

We shall meet again.

What?

What's going on?

Awaken, Root Head.

The Rainbow Pearls you desire

are getting away.

Lady Kaede. Could this presence be

Root Head's demon power is increasing.

What?

It's too dangerous here.

-Hey, is everyone okay?

-Where is this?

Dang it.

The Tree of Ages sent us

to where Root Head is, of all places.

A promise is a promise.

Hand over the three Rainbow Pearls.

So this is Root Head.

Sorry! We can't give you

the Rainbow Pearls anymore.

Then perish where you stand.

Cyclone Burst!

Crimson Dragon Wave!

It'll never end like this.

Root Head should have a weak spot.

If we can find it

What? My energy blade is fading!

sh*t! Your demon powers are being drained!

Can't you do anything, Moroha?

That's right, I had this.

Here we go! Here! Have a taste of a

lucky kappa's foot!

My powers are back!

Thanks Grandpa!

It really did bring me good fortune.

We'll hit it all at once.

Scourge of Swallows!

Heavenly Arrow Barrage!

That light is

Towa! Aim for the spot under that big eye!

That's its weak spot. Finish it off!

-I won't let you.

-There, huh?

Don't hesitate, don't hesitate,

don't hesitate!

-What?

-What's that blue dragon?

All good, Moroha?

So this is the Feudal Era

Setsuna. Setsuna!

I'm glad you're safe.

Yes. I have managed to return.

Well, thank goodness.

I can't sense Root Head's demon energy.

What happened?

We defeated it.

What? I-Is that true?

O-Oh, that's right.

If we defeated Root Head, how are we

geting back to the modern era?

Maybe this wasn't a good idea.

Those girls have such fighting spirit.

I am the Tree of Ages,

and yet they refused my wish.

Are you sure about this?

If you forsake this girl,

she will never awaken.

I suppose this is one path as well.

Perhaps staying like this

would be best in the end.

NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW

Setsuna and I accept jobs to slay demons.

While following a boy who collects bones,

we run into Moroha.

Moroha, your prey is here as well?

As one of the Four Perils,

Tokotsu's bounty

is not just a bag of gold.

He's worth at least a gold ingot.

Come on!

Let's split the bounty three ways.

Next time on Yashahime:

Princess Half-Demon:

"Jakotsumaru of the Red Bone Palace"

Moroha the Demon k*ller,

the one who m*rder*d my father!