01x03 - Yume no kochô

[bunniefuu]

By the power of the Tree of Ages,

I now return to this world!

What is happening?

-What is

-Sis.

This smell.

Mei!

Oh, how strange.

Sis, what is that?

Could this smell be

-Wha

-Oh, dear.

That's That's

Yes! That unbelievably bright place

from my memories

And this smell!

Setsuna!

DEMON SLAYER - SETSUNA

Wh-Who calls my name?

Damn it. I feel so weak.

BOUNTY HUNTER - MOROHA

Is it because I crossed through

the rainbow corridor?

Wonderful, just wonderful!

The Silver Pearl is here as well.

Now each of my three eyes

will have a pearl!

Setsuna, I'll save you!

No way! My Kikujumonji broke!

"The Dream Butterfly"

No way! My Kikujumonji broke!

Did you say Kikujumonji?

This is obviously a fake.

The blade pattern's completely different!

-But

-Give it to me.

Give me the Silver Pearl!

-Give it to me now!

-My body won't

"Silver" what? What is she talking about?

Give it to me!

How dare you break my Kikujumonji

How dare you do that to Setsuna!

What?

I can't believe it.

She created a demon energy blade

with her own power.

Wait, did I do this?

Hey! What are you doing?

Hurry up and finish her!

-I don't think that's possible

-This is not the time!

Sis!

You see?

If you don't hurry up, they'll get eaten!

-Mei!

-Mei!

It's nothing personal.

Th-Thank you

You saved us. Thank you so much.

No need to thank me.

I'm sorry, Setsuna.

How do you know my name?

Who are you?

You don't remember me, Setsuna?

It's me, Towa. You used to call me Sis.

Ugh, that was horrible.

I can finally move my body now.

Hey, welcome back!

Wait, what is that?

Well, this is kind of nostalgic, isn't it?

Yes. It reminds of the times

Inuyasha would come to visit Kagome.

Hey! Hey, I can keep this, right?

Do as you wish.

All right! But man, what a trip.

Where the heck are we?

This whole place is as bright as day.

Setsuna, I'm sorry.

It's my fault, isn't it?

It's because I let go of you that day

That's why you're acting this way, right?

Setsuna?

I do not know you.

Don't come near me if you value your life.

Take even one step, and

I'll k*ll you!

What?

-Stop running!

-Hell no!

You look like you're seriously

out to hurt me!

That's because I am!

Hey, cut it out, you two!

And Setsuna, stop acting like a kid.

What's the harm in letting her near you?

-Silence.

-My name's Moroha.

My bounty hunter buddies call me

"Moroha the Demon k*ller."

What's your name?

Towa Higurashi.

Towa, huh? Okay, Towa!

Are you really Setsuna's sister?

Of course I am!

I got separated from her

in the forest fire ten years ago!

So she says.

I've been alone since birth.

Oh yeah? But you're both half-demons.

See, I can tell just from

your demon energy.

Isn't that right, half-demon "Setsu"?

Plus, why else would a Rainbow Pearl

dwell inside your eye?

Which makes you a half-demon, too, Towa.

What's a "half-demon"?

A half-demon is someone born

between a demon and a human.

You two share really similar demon energy.

Even if you're the child of a great demon,

having human blood halves your powers.

I'm guessing that's what

bothers Setsu the most.

And if I'm not mistaken, your dad's

the great demon Sesshomaru.

-Is that right?

-What? Who is that?

-Well?

-Don't know. Never met him.

Setsuna is the daughter of Sesshomaru?

So she's a half-demon?

No wonder she's so powerful.

Fourteen years ago

Sesshomaru came here

and took his newborn twins with him.

That was the last I saw of them, until

One day, Setsuna came to me.

She told me that it was

"a rite of courage and cowardice."

I'll be in your care for a while.

"Rite of courage and cowardice"?

A lion is said to push their cubs

into the bottomless ravine,

and raise only the ones strong enough

to crawl back up on their own.

It is known as the

rite of courage and cowardice.

Is that what Sesshomaru

is doing to Setsuna?

Perhaps, though I can't say for certain.

Lord Sesshomaru used to help me a lot

back when I was a kid.

But even then, it was difficult to

understand his true intentions.

You said "twins." That means

there's another child out there?

I wonder.

Being uninformed half-demons,

it's very possible that she may have

already k*lled the other out of hate.

Oh, no.

If you truly are my older sister,

then prove it to me with your strength.

I don't need to prove anything,

because I'm not wrong!

Empty words. They mean nothing.

-Come on, cut it out already!

-Be quiet.

-You're so stubborn!

-Shut up.

Is that

Yup.

The Hitokon chose its host.

Geez, how pathetic.

This is what happens

when you let your guard down!

-Towa?

-Stop it, Sis!

That's not the Towa

you know and love anymore.

You all should go hide somewhere!

-O-Okay.

-You too, Grandpa!

All right.

The Hitokon itself is nothing special,

but the problem is,

it can control the powers of its host.

Damn it, this is so annoying.

She looks just like her.

Just like who?

Her eyes look just like Kagome's.

Whoa!

I see, interesting.

So that's your demon power.

Then I'll treat you as a worthy opponent.

Get real, Setsuna.

Are you really going to k*ll your sister?

Anyone who opposes me is an enemy of mine.

Cyclone Burst!

What?

-Do not interfere.

-Hey, Setsuna.

You're a demon slayer, aren't you?

You should at least have

medicine to weaken the Hitokon.

Scourge of Swallows!

Sis!

Are you okay? Wake up already!

Hey! What are you doing?!

-Mei!

-Oh, no!

Mei!

-Mei?

-What?

That b*stard transferred over

to the child.

M-Mei.

Mei, what's wrong?

Is she being controlled? Get it together!

Stay right there.

You figured a child

would be easier to control.

-How foolish.

-Hey, what are you

Don't worry. I will cut out the Hitokon.

You can't!

I won't let you scar Mei's face.

I can't trouble this family

more than I already have!

Such naiveté.

What did you say?

Mei. This is my fault

I'm so sorry, Mei.

As long as you're alive,

you'll always trouble someone.

Hey, stop it.

-Mei!

-It's fine.

It'll be okay, Mei.

Moon of the Resting Moth.

Did you k*ll them?

A resting moth's powder

only puts one to asleep.

Th-Thank you!

Right.

So you did have some slayer potion!

GRASS ROOT DEMON - HITOKON

The Hitokon, huh?

The bounty for this one's pretty small.

Well, maybe it'll be enough for lunch!

What's wrong?

So Mistress Three Eyes, Setsuna,

and Moroha vanished near the Sacred Tree?

Indeed. Hisui, show Lady Kaede.

Yes. I found this attached to

the root of the Sacred Tree.

That's Root Head.

It is, isn't it?

I knew I had seen it before.

This is a demon we had slain

back when you were a baby.

If Root Head really did attach itself to

the Sacred Tree,

then this could be a problem.

A demon tree's root can absorb

the powers of its host, right?

Like the Hitokon.

Yes, but to attach itself to the

Tree of Ages, of all things

Tree of Ages?

I've heard of the Sacred Tree

being called the Tree of Ages.

But why is that?

Kohaku, you know about the

Bone Eater's Well, don't you?

Are you referring to the well

that Lady Kagome and Lord Inuyasha

used to travel through?

It's been over fifteen years

since it's become defunct

But according to Kagome, that well had

the power to travel across time.

Travel across time?

Kagome and Inuyasha simply described it

as going to "the other world."

The other world

That well was made using

wood from the Tree of Ages.

And if Root Head was attached

to the Tree of Ages

It may have absorbed

the Tree of Ages' ability

to cross into the other world.

So Setsuna and the others

may have gone to

To "Tokyo," the village

Kagome originally came from.

Can they even come back

from place like that?

I'm afraid it would be no easy task.

Is Towa asleep?

Yes. She said she was really tired.

Things sure have taken

an interesting turn.

TOWA'S ADOPTIVE FATHER - SOTA HIGURASHI

I've told you about it before, didn't I?

That demons were real.

And I've always believed you,

so that's fine and all

But this Kikujumonji, on the other hand

This was only on loan from the museum

-What should we do?

-Daddy!

What's done is done!

We'll just have to keep holding on to it.

Mommy, listen.

More importantly, what about Sis?

We had a lot of trouble out there.

Sis really had some amazing powers.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't know

Towa will be just fine.

She's always been the center of chaos.

The problem is actually those girls

who came from the other era, right?

That felt great.

I've never in my life

splashed hot water over my head.

That's great. It's getting late,

so how about turning in for the night?

Thanks, I'll do just that.

But dang, that felt great.

According to Mom,

that girl might be Kagome's daughter.

Oh, my. So that means she's our relative!

She might be, yes.

Then it'll be fine if they

stayed here for a while, right?

I don't mind.

Yay! I have three older sisters now!

Come on, just accept it already.

She had that much demon power.

She can't be lying about

being your older twin sister.

I don't have any memories

of when I was younger.

Besides, it's not something

I can simply accept.

There is no way someone who indulges

in slumber like that can be my sister.

I knew it.

You've never

fallen asleep before, have you?

Bull's eye.

Falling asleep leaves you

wide open to attack.

It's common sense in the warring age.

No, that's not it.

It's not that you won't fall asleep.

You can't fall asleep.

Don't act like you don't know.

You got your dreams eaten

by the Dream Butterfly.

My dreams were eaten?

What an annoying curse.

A butterfly in the dream world

has escaped over to this world,

and now you can never fall asleep,

let alone ever have dreams again.

Setsuna can't fall asleep?

And she can't dream?

But she was fine back then

All of this

It's all because I let go of her hand.

It's all my fault!

I bet you also tested the

resting moth's powder on yourself, right?

And you have no memories of your childhood

because they were also stolen

by the Dream Butterfly.

And what of it?

In the warring age,

it works to my advantage.

-Hey

-Setsuna!

NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW

Moroha plans to negotiate with Rood Head

to pass through the corridor of time.

It's a pretty wild idea.

But for Setsuna to be able

to fall asleep and have dreams,

we have to look for the Dream Butterfly

in the Feudal Era.

However, we run into someone

in the corridor.

Is the Tree of Ages

supposed to look like a priestess?

Who are you?

Next time on Yashahime:

Princess Half-Demon:

"The Gateway to the Past"

You've done well to come here,

Half-Demon Princesses.

Daughters of Sesshomaru,

I have a request for you.