Review of Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon

As a major fan of Rumiko Takahashi's work and having watched all of InuYasha content, I was pretty excited about this new anime. Unfortunately it didn't deliver on those expectations and I'll explain why. There will be a few spoilers but I'll warn in advance. Visuals: 1) I love the character design of the main cast 2) Some scenes break continuity and in doing so it breaks my immersion as well. The best example I can give on this is how Moroha's quiver has different number of arrows depending on the angle we see her in, which I don't see how it could be such adifficult thing to fix

Sound:
1) I love the 1st OP and the 1st ED and I was sad when they changed them;
2) There's a mix of rookie seiyuus with veteran seiyuus but you wouldn't be able to tell without looking up because everyone's performance was solid
3) Moroha's seiyuu was not a good choice in my opinion because the voice doesn't match the character at all. I like Tadoroko Azusa's voice work but this role just wasn't a good fit in my opinion. This hurt my overall enjoyment because since Moroha is a main character, I got to hear her a lot
4) Sometimes the dialog and animations aren't in sync
5) Miroku's original seiyuu was the legendary Tsujitani Kouji and unfortunately he passed away in 2018. Takagi Motoki did give his voice to a younger Miroku but instead of hiring him, the staff decided to hire Yasumura Makoto. I don't fully agree with the decision because I like continuity when it comes to voice acting. Also, here's a “fun” fact for you: Miroku (Tsujitani Kouji) was married to Shippou (Watanabe Kumiko).
6) Kagome's seiyuu is still Satsuki Yukino, InuYasha is still Yamaguchi Kappei, Jaken is still Cho, Kaede is still Hisako Kyouda, Sango is still Kuwashima Houko and Sesshoumaru is still Narita Ken. These were major pluses for me.

Story (no spoilers until I say it otherwise):
1) Sexist bs like “women have to be girly” or “men need to be masculine” need to die asap. Ain't nobody with a brain has patience for that kind of bs in 2021
2) Miroku and Sango's first appearance it felt so underwhelming
3) Only by the 15th episode do we learn about Sesshoumaru, InuYasha and Kagome events and to be honest, I was no longer invested in the near non-existent plot because up to that point, it seemed that every episode is the same episode with a different creature they're trying to hunt for bounty money.
4) I felt no chemistry between the main cast.
5) I only felt that the show was going somewhere by the 18th episode but the episode that followed was one of the most ridiculously placed fillers I've ever seen in an anime.
6) Setsuna's backstory was only shown by the 20th episode which is a huge mistake in terms of pacing
7) The plot is messy and hard to follow on which characters are true villains and why false villains are acting as villains. It may be one of those cases where "wait for season 2 kind of thing" but I don't enjoy shows without a few clear plot points, if that makes sense.
8) SPOILERS UNTIL NEXT CATEGORY!!!! READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!! Sesshoumaru and Rin are the parents of Setsuna and Towa. Rin was a little kid when she and Sesshoumaru met. This is called grooming and it's problematic. Not only that but she gave birth to her daugthers at 16 years old. I don't care if it's a different culture or fiction, this should not be accepted. It's pedophilia and it's disgusting.

Etc.:
1) On the 2nd episode: Chibi, Megane, Perm and Kakugari and even Moroboshi Ataru who are characters from my favourite anime of all time and also one of iconic works of Rumiko Takahashi make an appearance and I cried tears of joy! However, Ataru should've acted a bit more like his usual self and gotten Toshio Furukawa to voice him.

All things considered, this show was a major disappointment and it gets a 5/10 from me. I truly hope S2 is better but I'm no longer excited about it after these 24 episodes.