Episode 34 (Hanyō no Yashahime)

Battle on the New Moon, Part 1 is the thirty-fourth episode of Hanyō no Yashahime, and the 10th episode of the second season titled "The Second Act".

Synopsis
The new moon has come once again, with Setsuna experiencing what is is to be fully human for first time ever. With a defenseless Towa traveling with Riku and Rion. Hachiemon tells Moroha and Takechiyo how Inuyasha, Kagome Higurashi, Miroku and Sango all defeated the Full Moon Raccoon Dog all those years ago. In the meantime, Zero uses the opportunity to abduct Towa, delivering her to where she and Nanahoshi are waiting for her and the intense enduring sorrow the now powerless Half-Demon Princesses pssesses to this day.

Summary
Moroha, Takechiyo and Hachiemon are on their way to recover Moroha's shortbow and arrows from the rouge racoon-dog Shogen Mamahira and take shetler in a cave. In an inn, Setsuna is hauled up as she experiences what is like to be fully mortal for the first time in an entire decade; her already long black hair hair growing to nearly reach her caves and her eyes turning from blue to brown. Knowing how useless she is, Setsuna gives Hisu written instructions on how to deal with the demons that have come for.

While building a hang guilder, Hachiemon tells Moroha the story about how the Shogen and Full Moon Racoon-Dog, the guardian spirit of the whole tribe, were defeated by Inuyasha and Kagome Higurashi, Miroku and Sango. Inuyasha had used the Wind Scar against Shogen, giving him the scar on his forehead. With help from Hachiemon, Kagome had managed to immobilize the Full Moon Racoon-Dog in a pillar of mighty spiritual power and have him fully absorbed within a scroll which was later strengthened somewhat with Miroku's help.

Wanting information on how to put an end to this feud, Takechiyo has Takamaru the Owl find either Miroku or Sango, to ask just how Shogen and his demonic magic were defeated. Meanwhile, an equally powerless Towa expresses her deep concerns over her twin sister finally experiencing the effects of the new moon since her Dream Butterfly was cut down. However, she is abducted and taken Nanaoshi's mansion, where Zero attempts to use what she has learned from seeing Towa's memories within the Silver Rainbow Pearl that the Half-Demon Princess has had within her left eye for ten whole years to help Nanahoshi further his own power by feasting Towa's enduring sorrow and uncertainty.

Trivia

 * Detective Conan, specifically Kaito KID, is referenced while Moroha prepares the hang glider.
 * The origin of Shogen Mamiama's scar is revealed as Inuyasha had used the Wind Scar to leave the scar on his forehead.
 * We learn why Takechiyo was left in Jyūbei's care, as seen in "The Dream-Gazing Trap".
 * It is revealed that Setsuna's hair grows almost her feet when temorarily human, somewhat like Rapunzel from the German fairy tale but also from the Walt a 2017-2020 animated show of the 2010 Disney movie Tangled.
 * It is is shown that Kagome Higurashi had utilized an unusually strong sealing arrow to imprison the Full Moon Raccoon Dog, similar to her daughter's Heavenly Arrow Barrage attack. A pillar of great spiritual power appeared to encase the guardian of the Raccon-Dog Tribe's castle and seal him inside a scroll woth Miroku's own ever strengthening Buddhist/spiritual powers.
 * Again, Miroku had expressed his desire to have his powerful Wind Tunnel again.
 * Again, Shippō is not seen in either flashbacks or the present.
 * The creatures Yukinyudo talks to are similar to the ones Byakuya summons in "In Pursuit of Naraku".
 * Zero intends to absorb her seven Rainbow Pearls and regain her full demonic strength and abilities only as a last resort. She is quite intrigued by Towa's memories within the Silver Rainbow Pearl, which means that she has indeed glimpsed the modern era. She desires for Nanahoshi draw strength on Towa's depression, just as the Flower Prince had done so with Inuyasha in "Flowers Drenched in Sadness".

Error

 * After Sango throws Hiraikotsu (lacking the useful demonic energy-shattering ability it had acquired since "Sango's Feelings, Miroku's Resolve") and Inuyasha attacks with Wind Scar, Sango is seen carrying Hiraikotsu, like she never threw it.