Towa Higurashi

is the main character in the anime series Hanyō no Yashahime.

History
Towa and Setsuna were born in Kaede's village and were taken away by Sesshōmaru shortly after their birth. Sesshōmaru apparently left them to fend for themselves as a rite of passage because neither Towa and Setsuna know who their father is. Towa and Setsuna lived together in the woods until they were 4 where a fire broke out and Towa was sucked into a time portal to the present.

She received shelter from her uncle's in-laws, the Higurashi family, and was subsequently raised by her half-uncle-in-law, Sōta Higurashi.

She is reunited with her sister Setsuna after spending ten years in modern times.

Personality
She has a rowdy personality and gets in fights at school, even going so far as to wear men's clothing because it is easier to fight in them.

Unlike her aunt Kagome, Towa is aware of the danger having future knowledge in the past could bring. Hence she recovers the bike seat from Kagome's long-lost bike.

Towa is aware of the fact that by the standards of modern Japan she plays a role as a woman and should therefore be more feminine. She's not girly at all, however, and she also has no real interest in acting that way. Her adoptive sister Mei is not very happy about this.

Physical Description
Towa has her father's white hair with a hint of red, and red eyes. She bears the silver Rainbow Pearl in her left eye. She wears a male school uniform consisting of a white suit with dark accents, a light grey dress shirt and a red ribbon. She wears a brown belt on her pants and brown shoes. She prefers wearing these clothes as she finds it easier to fight in them.

Powers & abilities

 * Sense of Smell: Like her father and uncle, Towa has a stronger sense of smell than humans. She could detect a human or demon's presence and/or whereabouts even at far distances.
 * Time Travel: Towa could travel back and forth five hundred years between the Feudal Era and modern day Tokyo.
 * Swordsmanship:
 * Enhanced Condition: Even as a small child, Towa showed that her physical strength is far higher than that of a human. She jumped from a tall tree and landed on the ground without injuring herself. As a teenager, she is so strong that she regularly beats up bullys, men who are significantly larger and heavier than her, and who still hold back her real strength very much. A gangster hit her several times in the face with a sword scabbard and did not cause any real injuries. She can jump several meters high and wide, and throw a grown man many meters through the air with just one hand. She attacked Mistress Three-Eyes with a sword, striking with so much force that the sword blade broke.
 * City Parkour: Towa uses her superhuman physical strength to move around the big city. In an unobserved moment she jumped over the schoolyard gate. Shortly afterwards, she jumped up several balconies and climbed up to reach a roof. She is very adept at doing this, and it is implied that she has done this many times.
 * Demonblade Creation: With the silver pearl in her eye, Towa was able to create a demon blade from a broken sword, with which she could attack and badly hurt her opponent. However, it seemed to be more of an instinctive reaction because Towa herself was surprised that she could do that.

Equipment

 * Kikujūmonji:
 * The sheath of Kikujūmonji:

Sōta Higurashi
Sota Higurashi is her adoptive father and half-uncle-in-law. The two even made a promise that Towa would never use her powers in front of people.

Mei Higurashi
Mei Higurashi is her adoptive younger sister for whom she deeply cares for.

Moroha
Moroha is her paternal half-cousin.

Setsuna
Setsuna is her twin younger sister.

Sesshōmaru
Sesshōmaru is her biological father.

Inuyasha
Inuyasha is her paternal half-demon uncle. Like Inuyasha, Towa is a hanyō.

Kagome Higurashi
Kagome Higurashi is her half-aunt-in-law.

Trivia

 * While it is known that her father is Sesshōmaru, her mother's identity is so far unknown.
 * Unlike most other hanyō, including her paternal uncle Inuyasha, Towa does not have any visible physical indicia of being a half-demon, such as dog ears.
 * Towa's name, like that of her sister Setsuna, is homophonous with a time word, "eternity". This could be allude to the fact that both sisters travel through time.
 * Despite being an Inu-hanyō like her uncle Inuyasha, she and Setsuna seem to age at the same rate as humans.
 * Towa is also the name of character from Rumiko Takahashi's earlier manga, Mermaid Saga. Coincidentally, both Towas have a twin sister.
 * She looks physically similar to Tsubasa Jūmonji from Kyōkai no Rinne, and the name of her weapon, Kikujūmonji (掬十文字) contains the same Kanjis of his last name (十文字).
 * Towa seems to have either read or watched time travel stories in the present, given her reaction to future knowledge being in the past.

Quotes
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