For me, a key part of writing these weekly reviews is breaking down the plot and themes of each episode. Now, I m trying my best, dear readers, but more so than even the worst of the episodes that preceded it, “The Princesses Strike Back” really does feel like a bunch of random scenes that were haphazardly slapped together with no rhyme or reason to speak of. I d be lying if I told you that I fully understood what was even going on, by the end of things, but I guess I ll give it a shot?
We open in the present, with Mr. Kirin bumping into Sota and his little family to ominously inquire about Towa s whereabouts. Here is where I will be as fair as I can possibly be and highlight the one moment of the episode I liked, where Sota blames Towa s extended absence on a medley of random illnesses, just like Kagome s folks did back in the day for her. That was a cute callback, and what I wouldn t give for a version of