Episode 40 (Hanyō no Yashahime)

The Three Princesses’ Escape is the fortieth episode of Hanyō no Yashahime, and the sixteenth episode of the second season titled "The Second Act".

Synopsis

 * 1) The Half-Demon Princesses along with Inuyasha and Kagome Higurashi are ready to return to the land of the living. Inuyasha tells Towa that she must call upon Tenseiga to ensure their escape from the Border of the Afterlife.
 * 2) Meanwhile, Sesshomaru's haku continues to be drained further endangering his life as a gravely concerned Rin and Jaken watch over him.

Summary
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Trivia

 * The pedestal from which Tessaiga, in "Tetsusaiga the Phantom Sword", was embedded in reappears; both it and Tenseiga are embedded in it to help the Half-Demon Princesses escape, along with Inuyasha and Kagome, to return to the physical world.
 * This marks Sango's first appearance in the second season. It is revealed that the upgraded Hiaraitoksu. she had gained has been further enhanced into a Black Hiraitoksu.
 * Towa's hair turning black from infusing demonic energy into Tenseiga is similar to when she attempted to return her twin sister to life.
 * Towa, Setsuna and Moroha meet Shippō for the first time while Inuyasha and Kagome meet Takechiyo for the first time.
 * This is the very first time Moroha refers to her rouge as "Grandma's rouge" which she now uses to hold the Black Pearl as it holds precious memories for her.
 * Towa meets her biological mother for the first time since her release from the silver-scale curse.