Episode 13 (Hanyō no Yashahime)

"The Delicious Feudal Monks" is the thirteenth episode of Hanyō no Yashahime.

Synopsis
Tōtetsu, the final member of the Four Perils, has been wrecking havoc by devouring high-level Shinto monks and priests to attain their increasingly powerful spiritual abilities. One of his targets is none other than Miroku, Hisui's father!

Can the Half-Demon Princesses and demon-slayers reach him in time before Tōtetsu devours him?

Plot
Tōtetsu, the last of the Four Perils is eating monks to increase his power. Taking heed of this, Kohaku sends Hisui, Towa and Setsuna to protect Miroku, who is participating in a 1000-day training course to increase his powers, while Moroha is assigned by Jyūbei to protect another monk. Hisui is dissatisfied at first with meeting his father, as he does not see him eye to eye. While meeting Miroku, they also meet Hisui's older sister Gyokuto, who is paying a visit to her father.

Tōtetsu appears to attack Miroku and attempts to eat him. While protecting his father, Hisui is afflicted by some poison they used on Tōtetsu and the half-demon twins keep fighting the enemy while Miroku tends to him. Knowing that they are in as disadvantage, Setsuna asks Miroku to undo the spiritual seal he put on her to restrain her demonic blood, which unlocks her true dog-demon powers and she forces Tōtetsu to retreat, with Miroku restoring the seal afterwards and Hisui starts seeing his father in a better light.

After the battle, Hisui, Towa and Setsuna bid farewell to Miroku, who now must clean all the mess caused by the battle and Hisui goes to visit his mother Sango that Miroku is safe and continuing his training, while Moroha is disappointed that once again she could not get any bounty.

Trivia

 * This episode was originally titled "Warring States, Delicious Monk"
 * This is the last episode to air in 2020.
 * The title refers to high-level monks on Tōtetsu's menu.
 * As of this episode, all seven Rainbow Pearls have been found.
 * Sango and Miroku are revealed to have been very much alive for the following years after the defeat of Root Head; Miroku having made the decision to travel far and wide to achieve divine spiritual prowess and enlightenment while Sango lives in an inhabited village (possibly the Yōkai taijiya village). This is their official first appearance in Hanyō no Yashahime in the present day, as they debuted only via flashbacks beforehand.
 * Gyokuto returns, having grown into a stout teenager, while her twin's whereabouts are unknown.
 * In the course of many years, Miroku no longer wears a ponytail band and his hair is now shoulder-length. He has now donned a white robe but still keeps his gold staff.
 * Setsuna taps into her dormant demon form for the very first time, which had been sealed away by Miroku in their last encounter.
 * Like Konton, Tōtetsu escapes the Half-Demon Princesses to parts unknown.
 * This the first time the half-demon twins do not meet up with their cousin Moroha.
 * Tōtetsu and Setsuna refer to spiritual powers as "Buddhist powers".
 * It is revealed that mantra Setsuna had chanted, in Episode 5, is the spiritual seal on her dog-demon blood which explains the blue aura around her back then.
 * A flashback of Episode 173 (Episode 6 of The Final Act) is shown.
 * Towa and Setsuna are unaware that Tōtetsu possesses the seventh and final Rainbow Pearl.
 * Towa mentions the Chinese novel Journey to the West

Episodio 13 (Hanyo no Yashahime)