Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (半妖の夜叉姫)

Towa and Setsuna.

Between us half-demon twins, two different worlds exist at the same time.

Human and demon.

Feudal era and present day.

Peacefulness and war.

Joy and sorrow.

Dreams and reality.

One moment and eternity.

And finally, love and hate.

A Feudal Fairytale, Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon.

We'll keep moving forward through the hurdles of destiny!

Who goes there?

See that tree over yonder.

Historically significant, yet so distasteful.

Menial flies, be gone.

What did you say?

ONE OF THE FOUR PERILS – KONTON

ONE OF THE FOUR PERILS – KONTON What an exquisite view.

ONE OF THE FOUR PERILS – KONTON

Damn him.

"Meifuku, the Meioju"

CORPSE DEALER

CORPSE DEALER One of the fortresses of

a certain commander has been destroyed.

A certain commander?

BOUNTY HUNTER – MOROHA

BOUNTY HUNTER – MOROHA As in, one of those monkeys?

No.

CORPSE DEALER JYUBEI

CORPSE DEALER JYUBEI They keep sending soldiers to

survey the situation, but none return.

They think this might be the work of demons, so they came to me.

SETSUNA TOWA HIGURASHI

SETSUNA TOWA HIGURASHI So, how about it?

SETSUNA TOWA HIGURASHI That depends on the payment.

If you slay the demons, the commander will pay one thousand mon coins.

I'm in.

Takechiyo.

Go ahead and take them there.

TAKECHIYO Go ahead and take them there.

TAKECHIYO Yep.

TAKECHIYO Okay, let's go.

Okay, let's go.

Hey, what's wrong? Come on, let's go.

Setsuna and I aren't really interested in bounty hunting.

You aren't interested?!

But it's one thousand mon. That's a year's worth of rice!

You can eat that by yourself.

Yeah, I'll eat all that rice on my own... Not!

Just come with me already!

– Let's just split up for today. – Why?

We have different goals, or something?

What does that even mean?

Why must we go with you in the first place?

Well, that's because, uh... because we're comrades?

Comrades?

Demon slaying and bounty hunting are different things.

Fine, be that way! I can take care of this job all by myself.

Damn you, you bunch of dummies. Your mama's a human!

Yours is too.

Come on, Takechiyo.

Hey, you're going the wrong way, it's that way!

So?

Did you find out anything about the Dream Butterfly?

Enough of that already.

But I have to.

I came to this world to get your dreams back from the Dream Butterfly.

As usual, I don't have anything.

– Not even a little? – Sorry.

But if you really want results, why not put out a bounty for it?

That is how my business works, after all.

A client pays money, and someone fulfills their request.

If you put a bounty out for the Dream Butterfly, I'm sure someone will go look for it.

How much would I have to pay?

Towa, stop it.

A Dream Butterfly would be one thousand mon.

One thousand mon?

A year's worth of rice.

One koku, a year's worth, is ten tou,

one hundred shou, or one thousand gou.

Wait, how many kilograms is a thousand gou?

It's quite the amount.

So do you have a bounty that would fetch me that price?

For now, there's only that one job I gave to Moroha.

You can't be serious...

Geez, what's with them?

I was just thinking that since we're cousins,

I'd try to get along with them like relatives normally would.

But then I get treated like that.

And here I was, finally thinking that I'd made some friends,

since I've been all alone this whole time, so...

You wouldn't understand.

Quarter-demons have it pretty rough if we're alone.

Hey! Moroha!

Wait for us!

Moroha, we'll go with you!

Come on, Takechiyo, let's hurry up.

We're not going to wait for them?

I said hurry up. Go!

Wait, what?

Moroha! Hey!

Why did you run from us?

Takechiyo just suddenly booked it, you know? Blame him.

No, I didn't...

So? What did you want, chasing after me and all?

We'll help with your bounty hunting.

But you said you didn't want to.

Well, the thing is...

We thought about it, and consider you a reliable friend.

What? Oh, really?

Let's slay demons together.

Well, if you put it that way, then I guess I have no choice!

Sure, I'll bring you two along.

Thanks a lot, Moroha.

All right, Takechiyo.

The fortress should be up ahead.

I'm spent, so I'm going to head home.

If you're heading back, can you take this bicycle with you?

Is that it?

Something's here.

You're right. It smells fishy, literally.

Not much demon energy, though.

MEIOJU'S SON – MEIFUKU

What are you doing?

H-Hey.

Leave him be. It's just some kid.

The real thing is over there.

I thought it would be another boorish group of samurai,

but instead I see a trio of mysterious girls.

Excuse me, are you the one who destroyed the fortress that was here?

I did not destroy it. It was distasteful, so I simply removed it.

Behold, this wonderful scenery!

Yeah, it's definitely him.

Girls, if you would perform a dance for me, then I can perhaps reward you.

Hah! A dance? You've got to be kidding.

You'll be the one dancing for us!

Moroha the Demon Killer, here to collect the bounty on your head.

Bounty? There's a bounty on this Konton's head?

Distasteful! Absolutely distasteful.

Konton?

So he's Kirinmaru's underling?

To run into him in this situation... What should we do?

We'll take him down, obviously.

Watch out!

WIND LION THUNDER LION

Half-demons. I will not go easy on you.

You think you can keep parrying like that? Your belly's wide open.

Moroha!

Kurikaramaru couldn't cut through it? What kind of demon magic is this?

If so, I'll absorb the demon power.

I can't absorb its power?

This is not a matter of demon energy or demon magic.

This is an especially sturdy armor, and will not crack from any hit it takes.

Not even a diamond will pierce through.

And behold this divine sword from ancient times.

Do not put me in the same league as this country's demons.

How dare you, so distasteful.

After them.

Where is this...

More importantly, who the heck is this shrimp here?