# E12 - Night of the New Moon and the Black-haired Towa
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**[00:01] Towa Higurashi**
*Towa and Setsuna.*
**[00:02] Towa Higurashi**
*Between us half-demon twins,
two different worlds exist at the same time.*
**[00:08] Towa Higurashi**
*Human and demon.*
**[00:10] Towa Higurashi**
*Feudal era and present day.*
**[00:12] Towa Higurashi**
*Peacefulness and war.*
**[00:14] Towa Higurashi**
*Joy and sorrow.*
**[00:16] Towa Higurashi**
*Dreams and reality.*
**[00:18] Towa Higurashi**
*One moment and eternity.*
**[00:19] Towa Higurashi**
*And finally, love and hate.*
**[00:23] Towa Higurashi**
*A Feudal Fairytale,
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon.*
**[00:26] Towa Higurashi**
*We'll keep moving forward
through the hurdles of destiny!*
***SIGN*** ONE OF THE FOUR PERILS – KONTON
**[00:40] Nikosen**
ONE OF THE FOUR PERILS – KONTON
Lord Konton.
***SIGN*** ONE OF THE FOUR PERILS – KONTON
**[00:43] Nikosen**
I, Nikosen, have arrived.
***SIGN*** FORMER SAGE – NIKOSEN
**[00:46] Konton**
FORMER SAGE – NIKOSEN
I've heard that you mastered
**[00:49] Konton**
a human craft before becoming
an apparition, but is that true?
**[00:53] Nikosen**
Just so.
**[00:55] Konton**
Then please, show me a dance.
**[00:57] Nikosen**
A dance?
**[00:59] Konton**
Here are the half-demons
who possess Rainbow Pearls.
**[01:03] Nikosen**
Half-demons?
**[01:06] Nikosen**
I heard they were beings born between
a human and a demon.
**[01:12] Konton**
How distasteful.
**[01:14] Nikosen**
Some mere half-demons
have the Rainbow Pearls?
**[01:18] Konton**
Indeed. So distasteful.
**[01:22] Nikosen**
I see, so you think that I, Nikosen,
being both demon and human,
**[01:27] Nikosen**
am best suited to take care of them.
**[01:30] Nikosen**
As you say, I shall dance brilliantly for you.
**[01:34] Konton**
I hope you create an excellent show.
**[03:22] Towa Higurashi**
"Night of the New Moon
and the Black-haired Towa"
**[03:28] Setsuna**
Another request?
**[03:30] Kohaku**
Yeah. Apparently, a demon
named Nikosen dried up a mountain,
**[03:34] Kohaku**
so the nearby villagers are spooked.
**[03:37] Kohaku**
Could you take care of it, Setsuna?
***SIGN*** TOWA SETSUNA
**[03:39] Towa Higurashi**
TOWA SETSUNA
We can't ignore the villagers
**[03:40] Towa Higurashi**
TOWA SETSUNA
if they need help.
**[03:42] Towa Higurashi**
Right, Setsuna?
***SIGN*** LEADER OF DEMON SLAYERS – KOHAKU
**[03:44] Kohaku**
LEADER OF DEMON SLAYERS – KOHAKU
I'll have Hisui join you later.
**[03:47] Setsuna**
If it's your order, Chief,
then I have no objections.
**[03:53] Towa Higurashi**
I know, I know.
***SIGN*** CAT DEMON – KIRARA
**[03:56] Towa Higurashi**
CAT DEMON – KIRARA
Let's go together, Kirara.
**[04:07] Nikosen**
I have taken plenty of nutrients
from the mountain and trees.
**[04:11] Nikosen**
Now I just have to wait for
those half-demons to show up.
**[04:17] Setsuna**
It's that mountain.
**[04:20] Towa Higurashi**
The plants have dried up
in a really strange way.
**[04:24] Towa Higurashi**
And the color of the soil is weird, too.
**[04:27] Setsuna**
We're getting off. There's a guest.
**[04:29] Towa Higurashi**
Huh? Who is it?
***SIGN*** BOUNTY HUNTER– MOROHA
***SIGN*** BOUNTY HUNTER– MOROHA
*I see.*
**[04:35] Moroha**
*This is poison, but it's not
the poison from an apparition.*
**[04:39] Moroha**
*Looks like the nutrients
have been sucked away from it.*
**[04:41] Villager A**
As you can see, the trees are all bare.
**[04:44] Moroha**
Yeah, this is pretty horrible.
**[04:47] Moroha**
Do you know who could've done this?
**[04:49] Villager B**
I think it got destroyed by
a demon's poison.
**[04:52] Villager C**
It's definitely the work of Nikosen.
**[04:56] Moroha**
*Looks like I'm gonna score big this time.*
**[04:59] Towa Higurashi**
Hey!
**[05:01] Towa Higurashi**
Moroha!
**[05:06] Moroha**
What're you guys doing here?
**[05:08] Towa Higurashi**
Are you here to slay Nikosen, too?
**[05:10] Moroha**
Wait, don't tell me.
**[05:11] Setsuna**
We received orders to slay it.
**[05:14] Moroha**
Oh man, are we going to have to
split the bounty again?
**[05:20] Towa Higurashi**
The plants look more withered
the higher we climb.
**[05:23] Moroha**
And I can smell rotting soil
from the top of the mountain.
**[05:27] Setsuna**
Yeah.
**[05:28] Moroha**
I heard that Nikosen used to be
a sage a long time ago,
**[05:31] Moroha**
but wicked thoughts made him stray
from his path and turn into an apparition.
**[05:36] Moroha**
Keep your guard up.
**[05:38] Moroha**
The smell of rotting soil
is getting stronger.
**[05:41] Setsuna**
No need to bother stating the obvious.
**[05:43] Towa Higurashi**
What? Really?
**[05:45] Moroha**
You don't feel the demon energy?
**[05:49] Towa Higurashi**
That's right, I don't sense anything.
**[05:56] Setsuna**
*Her heart beat is faster than usual.*
**[05:58] Setsuna**
*Even with this hill's incline,
she shouldn't be out of breath.*
**[06:05] Nikosen**
I've been waiting for you, half-demons.
**[06:09] Moroha**
There you are, Nikosen.
**[06:12] Setsuna**
Prepare to die!
**[06:15] Towa Higurashi**
Huh?
**[06:18] Towa Higurashi**
Wait, why...
**[06:20] Setsuna**
Stay back, Towa.
**[06:21] Nikosen**
How impudent for half-demons
to possess the Rainbow Pearls.
**[06:28] Moroha**
This is bad. That's sage venom.
You two are going to get hurt really bad.
**[06:33] Setsuna**
Towa, use this.
**[06:40] Setsuna**
Towa.
**[06:44] Moroha**
Leave this to me.
**[06:46] Setsuna**
I appreciate it.
**[06:53] Moroha**
It's not going through.
**[06:54] Nikosen**
You fool. Such a dull sword
will not work on me!
**[07:06] Setsuna**
Are you all right?
**[07:08] Towa Higurashi**
Sorry.
**[07:09] Towa Higurashi**
I'm just getting in your way, aren't I?
**[07:13] Setsuna**
*The smell of her blood
flowing within her is changing.*
**[07:17] Setsuna**
*What's wrong with Towa today?*
**[07:22] Moroha**
Hey.
**[07:23] Moroha**
Setsuna, can I borrow
one of those protective masks, too?
**[07:27] Moroha**
I can't put all my strength into
Kurikaramaru with just one arm.
**[07:32] Setsuna**
I don't have extra.
**[07:33] Setsuna**
Use mine.
**[07:35] Moroha**
Are you sure? If it's poison in the air...
**[07:37] Setsuna**
It's fine, just use it.
**[07:44] Moroha**
Thanks for waiting!
**[07:46] Moroha**
Now, let's see and find out if this
Kurikaramaru really is as dull as you say!
**[07:54] Nikosen**
It's useless no matter
how many times you try.
**[08:03] Moroha**
I did it! That bounty is mine!
**[08:08] Moroha**
What?
**[08:11] Nikosen**
I won't give you my head.
**[08:13] Moroha**
Heavenly Arrow Barrage!
**[08:19] Moroha**
All right, this time I got you!
**[08:24] Moroha**
What? You gotta be kidding me.
**[08:30] Moroha**
I can't believe him.
**[08:34] Setsuna**
I'll finish him off. Take care of Towa.
**[08:37] Moroha**
All right. Leave her to me.
**[08:47] Moroha**
Hang in there.
**[08:49] Moroha**
Once we cross this bridge
and go down the hill,
**[08:51] Moroha**
we'll reach the nearby village.
**[08:54] Moroha**
Just a bit longer. Hang in there.
**[09:04] Moroha**
We defeated Nikosen, so why
is the sage venom still lingering?
**[09:11] Nikosen**
That's because...
**[09:13] Nikosen**
I'm alive and well.
**[09:18] Moroha**
But...
**[09:23] Nikosen**
Now, give me that
Gold Rainbow Pearl of yours!
**[09:28] Setsuna**
Cyclone Burst!
**[09:33] Nikosen**
Damn you!
**[09:39] Setsuna**
Scourge of Swallows!
**[09:45] Setsuna**
What? An illusion?
**[09:47] Setsuna**
Oh, no. Nikosen's core
must be his torso!
**[09:51] Setsuna**
Sorry, Kirara, but we have to hurry.
**[10:03] Moroha**
I see, so you grew a new head, huh?
**[10:08] Nikosen**
Were you surprised?
**[10:10] Moroha**
Well, your head's like an endless bounty,
so as long as I catch you,
**[10:16] Moroha**
I can keep receiving a bounty forever!
**[10:20] Moroha**
And that means I can
pay back my debt in no time!
**[10:24] Nikosen**
What are you talking about?
**[10:26] Moroha**
Nikosen! I'll cut you a good deal,
so let's work together.
**[10:30] Nikosen**
Stop spouting nonsense!
**[10:32] Moroha**
Take your complaints to your own
head-regenerating body, you weirdo!
**[10:37] Nikosen**
You fool!
**[10:42] Moroha**
Towa? What's with your hair?
**[10:45] Moroha**
Hey, you! What did you do to Towa!
**[10:47] Nikosen**
Hell if I know!
**[11:00] Konton**
Well, isn't this quite interesting...
**[11:05] Setsuna**
Kirara, please hurry.
**[11:10] Setsuna**
That's...
**[11:13] Hisui**
Setsuna!
**[11:14] Setsuna**
Hisui. Chief.
**[11:30] Moroha**
What happened to you, Towa?
**[11:33] Moroha**
Her hair's color and length both changed.
**[11:36] Moroha**
I don't sense any demon energy.
**[11:39] Moroha**
It's like she's a human or something.
**[11:43] Moroha**
Oh, that's right.
**[11:44] Moroha**
In times like these...
**[11:47] Moroha**
Here it is. Hey, Grandpa Myoga!
**[11:51] Moroha**
Maybe it's time I put on my rouge...
**[11:56] Moroha**
There you are.
**[11:58] Myoga**
Did I hear you say that you'll be
using your rouge, Lady Moroha?
***SIGN*** FLEA DEMON – MYOGA
**[12:05] Myoga**
FLEA DEMON – MYOGA
Oh, it looks like you haven't yet.
**[12:07] Myoga**
Oh, it looks like you haven't yet.
**[12:09] Moroha**
Before that, there's something
I want to ask you.
**[12:15] Moroha**
You've woken up.
**[12:17] Towa Higurashi**
Moroha, where are we?
**[12:20] Myoga**
Oh my goodness.
**[12:22] Myoga**
Lady Towa, that black hair...
**[12:27] Myoga**
I see.
**[12:29] Myoga**
There's no mistaking it,
we're in the middle of a New Moon.
**[12:32] Towa Higurashi**
New Moon?
**[12:33] Myoga**
It is when the demon power
flowing through your blood is lost.
**[12:39] Myoga**
The New Moon is different
depending on the half-demon.
**[12:43] Myoga**
There are half-demons like Naraku
who can decide on their own,
**[12:46] Myoga**
and those like you,
who revert back to a human being
**[12:50] Myoga**
on a moonless night of the New Moon.
**[12:53] Towa Higurashi**
But this never happened to me
when I was in the other world.
**[13:00] Myoga**
That may be because
you are originally from this world.
**[13:06] Moroha**
But I've never had to go through this.
**[13:09] Myoga**
Let's see.
**[13:10] Myoga**
I can't say much since
there are few precedents,
**[13:13] Myoga**
but perhaps, as a quarter-demon,
**[13:15] Myoga**
Lady Moroha does not
experience the New Moon.
**[13:19] Towa Higurashi**
What about Setsuna?
With the same blood running through us,
**[13:22] Towa Higurashi**
would she lose
her demon powers like I did?
**[13:26] Myoga**
Well, since Lady Setsuna
is also a half-demon,
**[13:29] Myoga**
she cannot escape from
the laws of the New Moon.
**[13:33] Towa Higurashi**
Oh, no. Moroha, where's Setsuna?
**[13:36] Moroha**
She went to go after Nikosen's head.
**[13:39] Towa Higurashi**
There's no way
she can slay demons in this state.
**[13:43] Myoga**
Indeed. On the night
of the New Moon,
**[13:47] Myoga**
half-demons tend to lie low
to avoid encountering others.
**[13:52] Towa Higurashi**
I need to help her.
**[13:53] Moroha**
Sorry!
**[13:56] Moroha**
Just stay here and rest.
**[13:59] Moroha**
Grandpa Myoga, you're peerless when
it comes to hiding and running away.
**[14:03] Moroha**
You have a plan, right?
**[14:05] Myoga**
Huh?
**[14:06] Moroha**
A way for Towa to safely pass
the day of the New Moon!
**[14:17] Moroha**
Okay.
**[14:19] Moroha**
I need one more please, Grandpa Myoga.
**[14:24] Myoga**
Rolling, rolling, words on paper.
**[14:27] Myoga**
Here it is, Lady Moroha.
**[14:29] Myoga**
Please imbue it with spirit power.
**[14:32] Moroha**
All right, leave it to me.
**[14:43] Moroha**
And now I've created a barrier.
**[14:50] Setsuna**
Why?
***SIGN*** MASTER OF HIRAIKOTSU – HISUI
**[14:51] Hisui**
MASTER OF HIRAIKOTSU – HISUI
What is it, Setsuna?
***SIGN*** MASTER OF HIRAIKOTSU – HISUI
**[14:53] Setsuna**
MASTER OF HIRAIKOTSU – HISUI
It's strange.
**[14:55] Setsuna**
I can't sense Towa or
Moroha's demon energy.
**[14:58] Setsuna**
I can't even smell them.
**[14:59] Hisui**
How is that even possible?
**[15:02] Setsuna**
I don't know.
But I need to hurry and find them.
**[15:07] Moroha**
Hey, Grandpa Myoga.
**[15:10] Moroha**
Will this barrier be enough?
**[15:12] Moroha**
After all, we're up against Nikosen.
**[15:14] Myoga**
He may have technically been a sage,
**[15:16] Myoga**
but those who stray toward a path of evil
**[15:19] Myoga**
should not be able to sense
through this wall of spirit energy.
**[15:26] Nikosen**
How peculiar.
They should've fallen here somewhere...
**[15:31] Nikosen**
But since I can't find their corpses,
something doesn't seem right.
**[15:37] Setsuna**
Chief!
**[15:39] Setsuna**
I can't find Towa or Moroha anywhere.
**[15:42] Kohaku**
With those two, there should be
nothing to worry about, but...
**[15:46] Rokuta**
Chief, preparations are done.
***SIGN*** DEMON SLAYERS – ROKUTA, NANASUKE
**[15:48] Nanasuke**
DEMON SLAYERS – ROKUTA, NANASUKE
We can shoot anytime.
**[15:51] Kohaku**
Maybe we should wait
a little bit longer...
**[15:54] Setsuna**
Chief, please begin.
**[15:56] Setsuna**
If anything happens to those two,
I'll rush there immediately.
**[16:00] Kohaku**
I see. All right.
**[16:02] Kohaku**
Light it up!
**[16:03] Rokuta & Nanasuke**
Yes, sir.
**[16:08] Nikosen**
What's that?
**[16:11] Kohaku**
Fire!
**[16:18] Nikosen**
Wh-What?
**[16:26] Nikosen**
Who the hell are they?
**[16:29] Hisui**
When we approached,
sage venom was whirling up.
**[16:32] Hisui**
So we decided that burning down
the entire mountain is much faster.
**[16:36] Setsuna**
That's true.
**[16:48] Moroha**
It's gotten kind of hot.
**[16:50] Moroha**
A forest fire, huh?
**[16:52] Moroha**
Towa.
**[16:54] Towa Higurashi**
I think Setsuna and the demon slayers
have all met up.
**[16:59] Moroha**
Towa, sorry I knocked you out.
**[17:00] Towa Higurashi**
It's fine, I understand.
**[17:03] Moroha**
But if the demon slayers are all here,
**[17:05] Moroha**
they sure started an uncharacteristically
flashy way to slay the demon.
**[17:16] Nikosen**
I sensed them just now.
**[17:19] Moroha**
Shit, the barrier's disappearing!
**[17:22] Towa Higurashi**
It's all right, Moroha.
**[17:24] Towa Higurashi**
I think it's bad for me to keep running.
I'm going to go look for Setsuna.
**[17:29] Moroha**
What're you talking about?
**[17:31] Moroha**
Even if you go out there with no demon power,
you'll just be dragging them down.
**[17:36] Towa Higurashi**
But, I think Setsuna's going through
the same thing.
**[17:40] Towa Higurashi**
On a night like tonight,
she's probably filled with worry.
**[17:44] Moroha**
You might be wrong about that.
**[17:48] Moroha**
Setsuna has been managing herself
just fine in this era so far.
**[17:53] Towa Higurashi**
That's not true.
**[17:55] Towa Higurashi**
No matter what era you live in,
what girls feel will never change!
**[17:59] Moroha**
"What girls feel"?
Never thought I'd hear you say that.
**[18:04] Towa Higurashi**
Is it?
**[18:08] Nikosen**
There you are!
**[18:12] Moroha**
Towa, stay back.
**[18:15] Moroha**
I've been waiting for you, Nikosen.
My key to an endless bounty!
**[18:19] Nikosen**
Stop saying ridiculous things!
**[18:26] Nikosen**
Don't make me laugh!
**[18:35] Moroha**
What is this?
**[18:36] Towa Higurashi**
It's solidifying.
**[18:41] Setsuna**
Towa.
**[18:43] Setsuna**
I definitely just heard Towa scream.
**[18:46] Setsuna**
Towa!
**[18:52] Nikosen**
First, I'll get these two to Lord Konton.
**[18:58] Setsuna**
Scourge of Swallows!
**[19:12] Setsuna**
Towa, Moroha.
**[19:14] Towa Higurashi**
Setsuna!
**[19:15] Setsuna**
Is that you, Towa?
**[19:17] Towa Higurashi**
Of course I am! Look closely.
**[19:20] Setsuna**
But the more I look...
**[19:22] Towa Higurashi**
More importantly,
are you okay, Setsuna?
**[19:25] Setsuna**
What?
**[19:26] Towa Higurashi**
There's no moon out tonight,
so it's the New Moon.
**[19:29] Setsuna**
And?
**[19:30] Towa Higurashi**
You didn't return to a normal girl?
**[19:33] Setsuna**
What do you mean?
**[19:35] Moroha**
Oh, I guess since the Dream Butterfly
has stolen her dreams,
**[19:39] Moroha**
moonless nights and New Moons
don't apply to her.
**[19:43] Setsuna**
I see, the New Moon.
**[19:46] Setsuna**
I thought Towa's condition
had been strange since evening,
**[19:49] Setsuna**
so that's what it was.
**[19:51] Towa Higurashi**
I'm sorry. I'm really sorry
for troubling everyone like this.
**[20:00] Setsuna**
What?
**[20:01] Towa Higurashi**
No way.
**[20:03] Moroha**
He's still alive.
**[20:10] Nikosen**
If I swallow you whole, I will get
the nutrients of a young half-demon.
**[20:19] Nikosen**
What? What happened?
**[20:32] Towa Higurashi**
Hey, are you two hurt?
**[20:36] Towa Higurashi**
Thanks for waiting, everyone.
**[20:38] Setsuna & Moroha**
Towa!
**[20:39] Towa Higurashi**
Okay, let's begin the counter attack!
**[20:57] Nikosen**
How could this be... For me to...
**[21:02] Nikosen**
By mere half-demons...
**[21:20] Moroha**
Both the head and body are gone...
**[21:23] Moroha**
There goes my lucky plan
for an endless bounty...
**[21:27] Setsuna**
It wouldn't have been possible anyway.
**[21:30] Towa Higurashi**
There's no way that Mr. Jyubei
wouldn't notice the sleight of hand.
**[21:34] Moroha**
Yeah. I guess you're right.
**[21:37] Moroha**
Damn it!
**[21:43] Konton**
So half-demons have New Moons.
I see. This is entertaining.
**[21:54] Konton**
That was a good show.
***SIGN*** NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW
**[23:31] Kohaku**
A demon has appeared that attacks
virtuous monks and Shinto priests.
**[23:34] Kohaku**
Hisui, please go to Brother's side.
**[23:37] Setsuna**
I see. That person is Monk Miroku.
**[23:39] Hisui**
He wants to attain divine power
through one thousand–day training,
**[23:42] Hisui**
but I doubt it'll go that smoothly.
**[23:44] Towa Higurashi**
Totetsu, one of the Four Perils, appears!
**[23:46] Towa Higurashi**
Will he eat anything with that big mouth?!
**[23:49] Towa Higurashi**
Next time on *Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon*:
"The Delicious Feudal Monks"
**[23:52] Totetsu**
Now, I hope you taste good.
Thank you for the meal!