u/OverlordPoodle

Overall: 2.5 maybe 3 out of 5

Pros:

---I like the main trio design and their unique backstories, I feel the sheer difference among them really gives them a lot of variety as character's, especially Setsuna who has the most interesting backstory among them

---I like all the little call backs to Inuyasha, mostly in the form of recurring demon characters such as the centipede demon, those bulbous chicken flying demons, the samurai moth demon etc.

---It was real nice to see that [Spoiler]>!Shiori!< makes a return. I was not expecting it, but I really like what they did with her character

---I am liking what they are doing with Kohaku's character

---I like Kirinmaru's design and the fact that he voiced by Crispin Freeman

---I like how the series attempts to (akwardly) insert Kirinmaru into the past lore narrative. It's clunky, but at least their is effort being made to do so.

---I am curious of where they are going with Zero's character

Cons:

---The series just meanders for way too long (which I know is RICH coming from the 100+ filler series of Inuyasha). But it feels like nothing really happens and no tangible progress is being made. At least with Inuyasha we can see progress being made with gathering Jewel shards and having the goal of hunting down Naraku...but here...not so much. We do have the goal of killing the Dream Butterfly...but we don't really make any progress for it, ESPECIALLY during the 1st half of season 1. You could cut out most of the episodes for season 1 and honestly...nothing really changes.

---the action is pretty underwhelming. The series suffers from everyone standing around and talking and explaining motivation...which Inuyasha ALSO did to be fair...but at least with Inuyasha they managed to keep the pacing still going while with Yashahime, everyone will just dead ass stop for several minutes to explain their motivation or how their power works etc. It's really jarring and noticable.

---Kirinmaru has some interesting lore...but as a character he is kind of boring.

Context: This is for just Season 1

Overall: 1.5 / 5

Pros:

---I like both openings

---I like Night Rikuo character design

---In general, I like most of the Yokai desgns, very creative.

---The first half (12 episodes are pretty good)

---I do like Yura as a character, too bad she is mostly regulated to sidekick character status. She could be an really interesting character to get to know

---Gyuki is an intersting character...too bad he does fuck all after his little mini arc.

---I do like the running gag of Kiyotsugu always missing a chance to see Yokai

Cons:

---Day Rikuo is just a useless character who doesn't really contribute anything to the story. In-universe, it's not his fault as the little twerp is only 12 and realistically can't do much of anything...but man is he just useless to watch

---Night Rikuo looks cool...but thats about it. He's a boring nothing-burger character who just looks cool and doesn't do a whole lo besides occasionally pop up to kill the monster of the week. He just has no personality or character

---Rikuo's human friends are nice enough people...but are just empty filler characters who contribute nothing.

---The 2nd half of season 1 just dragsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss. Nothing happens till like the last 2 episodes. Everything between that is so slow and plodding

---The Seven Traveller's antagonist group is just filled with a bunch of no-name stupid looking jobbers with stupid looking designs (except for the one covered in talisman...too bad they do fuck all in the series...)

Overall: 5 / 5

Pros:

---Great voice acting!

---Great humor with a mixture of action

---the story never drags but insteads paces itself so that soemthing is always going on

---Great ending!

Cons:

---My only real con is that it kind of feels like Monkey gets somewhat delegated to side character in season 2. Season 1 was definitely Monkey's arc though both him and Bryce felt fleshed out and communicated as equals which brings me to Season 2 which is definitely Bryce's arc but it felt like Monkey took a bit of a back seat and a more...passive role.

Overall:

Honestly...there is not a whole lot to say really because the show is so damn good that viewers will know what I am talking about and will instantly get it.

BTW, my favorite characters were Bryce and Eunice

Title says it all. Basically what is the most unique english voice you have ever heard in general and what is a voice you were NOT expecting to hear from X actor? In that you would never in a million years make the connection that it was them who did the voice

Some of my thought processes for anime that had a chokehold on the industry and culture at the time include

---Neon Genesis Evangelion for the mid-late 90's

---Cowboy Bebop for the late 90's and early 2000's

---Pokemon for the early to mid 2000's

---Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya for the mid to late 2000's

---Hetalia: Axis Powers for the early to mid 2010's

---SAO since the early 2010's and STILL has the anime industry in a complete chokehold with popularizing the overpowered iseaki protagonist genre almost 25 years later and going strong even still