# E46 - The Grim Butterfly of Despair
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G7PU4VK8N/the-grim-butterfly-of-despair)
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THE GRIM BUTTERFLY OF DESPAIR
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"The Grim Butterfly of Despair."
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GRIM BUTTERFLY
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KIRINMARU'S DAUGHTER – RION
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Now then, Rion,
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OSAMU KIRIN
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let's embark on our journey
to purify the world.
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It's starting to move!
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I wonder what it intends to do!
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We shall wipe out
all unnecessary demons of this world!
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It's absorbing demons!
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What incredible power.
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TOWA HIGURASHI
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Mr. Kirin really does intend
to eliminate all the demons of this world.
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Oh, no! It's heading to Mamiana Island!
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TAKECHIYO
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If it gets there,
things will be really bad!
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In that case, I'll settle things
with Meido Zangetsuha!
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KAGOME
INUYASHA
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Please wait!
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RIKU
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Miss Rion is being held captive in there!
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This is no time
to be saying such things!
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Dad!
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MOROHA
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We made a promise
that we would save Rion!
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I guess I have no choice!
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It's coming!
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Run away!
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HACHIEMON OF AWA
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KIKUNOSUKE MAMIDAIRA
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- It's coming this way!
- What?
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SHIPPO
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Shippo, get me closer
to the Grim Butterfly!
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– What?
– Hurry!
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Stay out of my business!
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Inuyasha!
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Tsk!
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Adamant Barrage!
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My Adamant Barrage was neutralized!
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That's Inuyasha and Lady Kagome!
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They're alive!
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If we don't stop it soon,
something terrible will happen!
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Takechiyo, get us closer.
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What do you intend to do?
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SETSUNA
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We're going to enter the Grim Butterfly!
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We're going to save Rion!
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Will you be all right?
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I'll lead the way!
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Miss Rion!
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I've brought Lady Towa and the others.
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Please allow them in.
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What's this?
She's acting pretty reasonable.
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I think that Miss Rion...
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wants to be saved
by Lady Towa the others.
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All right, let's go!
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– Yeah!
– Yeah!
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All right!
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We're going too!
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This is bad! Run away, Shippo!
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We can't let something like that
run loose!
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We've got to stop
the Grim Butterfly's movements!
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But how?
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In order to suppress it,
we'll need Buddhist power!
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We'll also need
your spirit power, Kagome!
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Got it!
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Hey, Takechiyo!
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Tell the demon slayers to provide backup!
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And get Miroku!
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Understood!
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Hey!
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– That's—
– It's Master Takechiyo!
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Master Takechiyo!
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Brother!
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Everyone, you need to hide underground!
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What about you, Brother?
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I'm going to fight to protect everyone!
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I'm going too!
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That's a big help.
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Kikunosuke, make sure
you save your retainers!
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Understood!
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– Let's go, Hachi!
– Yes, sir!
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Brother, take care!
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Riku, is Rion trying to tell us something?
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Miss Rion wasn't able
to slay Lord Kirinmaru.
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Which means...
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You dare enter this sacred palace
without permission?
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How ill-mannered of you.
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Miss Rion was the one who let them in.
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I'm sure that she wishes
for them to save her!
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Rion did that?
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It can't be!
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Being a king is a lonely thing.
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I'm sure she just wanted someone
to talk to while she passed the time.
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Mr. Kirin, what is the meaning of this?
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You tricked us, didn't you?
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This is the world
that our King Rion wished for...
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a peaceful world without any strife.
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My ideals were far beneath hers!
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Rion wishes for a world like this?
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That's just ridiculous!
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Miss Higurashi...
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I thought that at least you
would understand my thoughts.
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I am disappointed.
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What?
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It goes without saying
that demons are foolish,
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but humans are just as foolish,
aren't they?
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No matter how much
civilization flourishes,
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humanity is constantly at war.
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Not only that, in the world of Reiwa,
they have the power to destroy themselves.
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That may be true, but...
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Rion and I will take control
of the humans of this world.
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That's not what Rion wishes for!
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Miss Higurashi...
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do you know how many wars
will be waged in this world?
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You've learned about them
in history class, haven't you?
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It seems I need to give you
a special lesson!
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I'll handle this!
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Setsuna and Moroha, get to Rion!
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Will you be all right?
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Miss Rion wishes to be saved
as soon as possible!
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I shall protect Lady Towa!
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I'll go there as soon as I can!
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– Got it!
– It's a promise!
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I won't let you do that!
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– Now's our chance!
– Okay!
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You're not going anywhere!
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I just don't understand.
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Why was the Zanseiken bestowed
to a half-demon like Miss Higurashi?
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Half-demons are the detestable
creatures that killed Rion.
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Rion said she wanted me to defeat
Kirinmaru with the Zanseiken.
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*Indeed...*
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*Miss Rion was killed
by the half-demon, Sakasa.*
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*Despite that, she had
never spoken ill of him.*
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Could it be?
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Lady Towa, Miss Rion is—
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Shut up!
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Riku!
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Now that there's no one who can interfere,
shall we begin our special lesson?
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SESSHOMARU'S VASSAL – JAKEN
TOWA AND SETSUNA'S MOTHER – RIN
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KIRINMARU
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You have no idea how long
I've waited for this moment!
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SESSHOMARU
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How pitiful.
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What?
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What are you calling pitiful?
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You.
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Shut your mouth!
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Blasting Barrage!
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Bakusaiga!
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What a battle!
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Rion, what in the world happened to you?
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Is this the world you wished for?
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Leave this place!
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What's with these threads?
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They're coming this way!
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This is bad!
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MIROKU
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Everyone, retreat to the shrine!
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Disperse, demons!
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DEMON SLAYERS
ROKUTA NANASUKE
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Why, you...
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Don't act on your own!
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KOHAKU
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Fight together in one spot!
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Take this! And that!
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Come on! Come on!
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– All right!
– All right!
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KIN'U GYOKUTO
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Your turn, Hisui!
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Get 'em!
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Hiraikotsu!
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HISUI
KIRARA
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Oh, no!
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Black Hiraikotsu!
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Nice one, Mother!
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Hisui still has a long ways to go.
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SANGO
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I'm sorry, Mother.
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I'm proud of you for having come this far.
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The number of demons
has decreased quite a bit.
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Hey!
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Miroku!
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Miroku!
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Takechiyo! Hachi!
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Take a look.
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I have here a collection of various books
from throughout human history.
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Miss Higurashi, did you know?
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I actually wanted
to become a history teacher.
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What?
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I traveled the world with Rion
and saw all sorts of civilizations.
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Later, when I was flung
into the Reiwa era,
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I looked at the history textbooks
and was devastated.
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Throughout history, demons have
saved humans countless times,
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but there wasn't a single mention
of anything involving demons
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in any history text.
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Fairytales were all that remained.
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We demons were only seen
as things to be slain.
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I wanted to teach true history...
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but it seems that humans
have no interest in the truth.
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Rion and I will create a new history.
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Rion will become the ruler of this world.
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She doesn't wish for that!
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Then what do you suggest
she does wish for?
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As her father,
I know her better than anyone!
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You're not her father!
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You're just his right arm!
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Zanseiken!
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My demon powers...
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Our lesson is over!
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Such tough threads!
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Yukari no Tachikiri?
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We can't keep this up!
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Then what should we do?
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These are threads of fate!
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If we can find a thread
connected to Rion and sever it...
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There's no way
I can do something like that!
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I'll tell you which one!
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I guess we just have to give it a shot.
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In that case, let's do this!
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Setsuna! Get out of the way!
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This is the one!
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You severed it!
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*Father fought every day from dusk to dawn.*
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*I was always worried about him.*
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What the hell was that?
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It was Rion's voice!
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They're coming again!
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The green thread!
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How about this?
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I did it!
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*My father showed no regard
for my feelings.*
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*He didn't care about me at all.*
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This is the voice of Rion's heart!
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What a terrifying sight.
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Inuyasha!
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Kagome!
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– Hey!
– Hey!
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I'm glad to see
the both of you are alive!
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– Yeah!
– We'll talk later!
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Miroku, demon powers
don't work against this thing.
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We gotta use Buddhist power to stop it!
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Can you even stop something that big?
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It will certainly be difficult...
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but I have to give it a try!
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Let's all work together!
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– Okay!
– Okay!
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Let's form a barrier and lure it in.
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– Okay!
– Got it!
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If I defeat you, I can become
the most powerful demon.
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Why do you insist on being the strongest?
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Because that's what Rion wishes!
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You shouldn't bring women
and children onto the battlefield.
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Do you not know
your own father's words?
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I'm sure that you already know...
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that those who use such methods
cannot call themselves the strongest!
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It's not as if Rion
liked everything about humans.
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Miss Higurashi, you've seen
the ugly side of humanity
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in the Reiwa era, haven't you?
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A society that removes anyone
who is even a little different.
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We demons were chased
from our usual homes
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and were made to feel inferior.
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There are good humans and bad humans!
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Similarly, there are good demons
and bad demons!
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You are...
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a bad half-demon!
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A FEUDAL FAIRYTALE —
YASHAHIME: PRINCESS HALF-DEMON
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A FEUDAL FAIRYTALE: —
YASHAHIME: PRINCESS HALF-DEMON
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Boss, we're all set up!
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All right, light the beacon!
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This is so exciting!
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We developed a lot of new weapons
just for a day like this, after all.
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Don't let your guard down, Kin-Gyo!
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– Okay!
– Okay!
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Father!
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The barrier has been set up!
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Understood.
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– Lady Kagome...
– Okay!
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No way! No way!
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Why am I the bait?
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Stop complaining
and get in front of the Grim Butterfly!
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No way! No way!
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It's coming!
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Save me!
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Here it comes!
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Now! Fire!
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What the hell is this?
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Just tolerate it!
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Just a little longer!
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My specially-made scent bombs
that repel demons are working!
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I've got something too!
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All right!
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It's going to escape the barrier!
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– Hachi!
– Okay!
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You're not getting away!
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Black Hiraikotsu!
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All right!
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Miroku, there it goes!
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Lady Kagome, failure is not an option!
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– Let's do this!
– All right!
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Take this!
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That's good, Kagome!
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I'll take care of the rest!
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On meeting an arhat, slay the arhat;
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on meeting your parents,
slay your parents.
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Know that the light
to your path lies there.
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Wow, they did it!
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– All right!
– All right!
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– All right, everyone, well done!
- Yeah!
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You did it!
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Yeah!
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However, this is only
delaying the inevitable.
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For the rest...
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we'll have to count on Moroha
and the others.
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Moroha, the blue one!
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*Do you know what it's like
to have a father like that?*
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Then talk to us!
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Is this truly what you wish for?
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Shut up!
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Stay out of my business!
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You're...
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acting like a human.
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What did you say?
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In the end,
this is the limit of human abilities.
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Goodbye, Miss Higurashi!
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NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW
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A demon's instinct is
all that remains of me now.
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Let's battle, Sesshomaru.
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I accept.
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Can I sever a thread of fate?
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Rion, you have to tell us
how you really feel!
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Stop, Towa! Don't use the Zanseiken!
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Go on and fight, Rion.
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Carve out your future
with your own strength!
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Next on Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon:
"Father and Daughter."
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...just like Father!