For me, it is not even the plot; I really just categorically do not like it. It really did not have the authentic and meaningful touch that InuYasha had. I don't really even consider it canon. It feels so disorganized, and it removed focus on the main characters just so that their kids (totally uninteresting except for Moroha) can outshine them. But I really do not know what the point of this even is. It is so obvious that most fans are watching Yashihime for Inuyasha, not for 3 totally uninteresting child superheroes. I just like the idea of seeing my favorite characters live longer lives with kids.
And if the plot had to focus on them this much, I had hoped to see at least an authentic growth, not just a random powerup. Also, Towa was completely uninteresting and unfit to be Sesshomaru's daughter. But they just had to make them these generic 3 superhero girls. Watching that is so annoying, honestly.
Also, the plot seems to introduce a variety of random concepts that are alien to the InuYasha world -- like the sacred tree having a will to punish those who strayed from the right path or whatever, or the grim comet. Is this even the mythic, brutal, yet totally interesting InuYasha world we knew?
Sesshomaru's character is also totally ruined, same as other OG characters. Honestly, their personality and roles do not make sense for this random Yashishame world with different and odd concepts that are generic.
I do not like that they made him very quiet, cold, and almost impersonal. He reminded me of adult Sasuke, and that is not Sesshomaru at all. He is quiet and cold, of course, but he can speak, have meaningful moments, and have a personality. I can get him having human kids, if they were not so uninteresting and if their growth was earned.
It seems like a really bad fanfiction. I am really angry that they had to sacrifice such a good story like this. And for what? I feel like anyone can see how something like this won't be well-received.
Yashahime feels like someone just picked out a random teen’s fanfic of the series tbh. Moroha was the only one I genuinely liked among them. Shame they kept Inuyasha and Kagome out because the whole reason I watched the show was to see them be a family.
Side note, I really REALLY hated that Rin was the mother of Towa and Setsuna. Didn’t make any sense to me since I just saw Sesshomaru’s interactions with her as sort of a guardian. Also, she was a child. 😑
You are completely right, the entire thing felt like a fanfic given budget half of some trash isekai anime so it doesn't even have peak action scenes to take your critisim off for a moment. Its just total failure on all points.
It's the Boruto of Inuyasha
The people behind the scenes of Inuyasha (minus the mangaka herself) were massive rin×sesshomaru shippers. Even the VAs
The show and story itself is just real bad fanfiction.
It really feels like they completely changed gears between seasons 1 and 2. In season 1 the Rainbow Pearls were a big deal. The whole plot was about them, and they were originally created by the Shikon Jewel. The same jewel that always corrupts wishes to prolong its own existence. They were all gathered together then scattered again at the end of season 1. What's going to happen if they're all gathering together? Could their connection to the Shikon Jewel mean something? It seemed like it was a pretty big deal. Not to mention the parallels between Zero and Naraku, the Jewel's previous pawn.
Then in season 2 they just casually reveal that Zero gathered most of them again off-screen. And when they do come together again, the protagonists just fight Zero and move on. All this buildup and the pearls are just forgotten, and Zero is just offed in the middle of the season. It seems like the writers of season 2 just wanted to do their own thing and hurried to resolve the Rainbow Pearl plot so they could do that.
You know what bugged me about yashahime? Inuyasha's daughter not turning human during new(?) Moons because she.... cant sleep. (Or was it dream? Its been a while) . What?
I loved the OG series. Dropped Yashahime after episode 10 because there was nothing happening
I still stand by the belief that a majority of these issues get addressed and fixed in Takashi Shiina’s manga adaptation, which had direct oversight by Rumiko Takahashi and required her approval for anything to even make it through the storyboard stage.
How different is the anime to the manga?
The Yashahime manga is basically an entirely different story with really only a few similarities.