"Yu Yu Hakusho"
In a crowded city, as I bump shoulders, I'm all alone.
On an endless prairie, as the wind whistles by, I'm all alone.
Which one is it that makes me want to cry more, I wonder.
Marking it with twin circles, I feel a bit more grown-up!
It must be, that when I run into these terribly difficult walls,
And unexpectedly, for whatever reason,
The courage and power to break through rises up from within,
All because of how, when I run into these terribly difficult people,
They show me kindness, I bet!
Thank you very much!
Having lost Genkai, Yusuke transfers his grief into fighting spirit,
and proceeds to the final round.
However, the tournament rules state that the final round
must be fought with five men each, in one-on-one matches.
Sakyo, the Toguro Team Owner, appeared for them,
just as Koenma emerged as the Urameshi Team's 5th combatant.
The Turbulent Dark Tournament's final round was just about to begin!
Explosion! The Yoko Awakened
The final round of the Dark Tournament!
Round 1!
The Toguro Team's...
Contestant Karasu...
...versus the Urameshi Team's...
Contestant Kurama!
The fiercely contested Dark Tournament has finally,
finally entered its final round!
Karasu, don't you lose! Let him have it!
Kill that rotten Kurama!
Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!
Everyone in the stadium is unanimously cheering
for Contestant Karasu of the Toguro Team!
What are you talking about!?
There are those of us rooting for the Urameshi Team here too, to be sure!
Kurama-kun, good luck!
Koenma-sama, give them a good fight!
I forgot to give Koenma-sama my thorny bat.
Koenma-sama! My thorny bat! My thorny bat! My thorny bat! My thorny bat!
Are those guys going to be all right, cheering that loudly?
Hey, Kurama!
Are you planning to use that drug you got from Suzuki?
Yeah. I already took it about two minutes ago.
What is this?
The Fruit of Former Life is the fleshy part of the Tokitadare blossom,
recently discovered in the Demon Realm.
Uraurashima used it in a mist form.
However, if you were to drink it in liquid form,
you should be able to return to your Yoko form for a long time.
I tried it out several times, and when you use it as a liquid,
it takes a little bit of time for its effects to appear.
Several times? Then, you already tried taking some of it before you came here?
I'm not so daring as to use it abruptly in the middle of battle.
A- are you going to be okay!?
Suzuki was correct in what he said.
One swallow will allow me to return
to my original form for about fifteen minutes.
That's plenty of time to defeat this guy.
Now then, I will go over the matters that require attention for these matches.
Never mind! Just hurry and get started!
Don't act like you're so important!
Botan-san, is something the matter?
Nothing's wrong at all! I'm the same cheery Botan-chan as always!
See? Just like I said!
Right...
But you know, it's too bad about Genkai Ba-chan.
I wonder why she's not appearing in the finals.
I bet...
fighting back-to-back in the semifinals must have been hard on her, you know?
Right, right, after all, she did say something about
not being able to win out against age, come to think of it.
Where are you going? It's about to start!
I'm just going to pick some flowers for a bit.
Something about Botan-san has been strange, ever since last night...
Shizuru-san!
Cheer up!
If you, as her escort, keep brooding over it,
Ba-chan won't be able to find peace over there, right?
You knew?
I too have kept company with Ba-chan off-and-on for a long time now.
Yesterday, she came by to pay her respects. She said to take care.
That woman just had that sort of personality.
She was quite openhearted, you know?
She didn't say what was happening,
but I'm sure she herself was content about it.
Mm-hmm...
But...
But... but still, I... just can't let it go!
Let's let our guys take care of the rest!
And if they get done in, then I'll go in instead and kill him!
Don't go saying anything like that, would you?
And now, the first match! Begin!
You're sure you're... okay like that?
You must have gotten a glimpse of my power earlier...
Knowing that,
you haven't come here to be killed without putting up a fight, right?
I'll change soon enough.
If it's to defeat you...
...I'll become anything I have to!
I'll count on that.
Oh, my! Innumerable flower petals are surrounding contestant Kurama!
He certainly is incredible.
In this form, I probably have no chance of winning, no matter what I do.
However, once I return to my Yoko form, there's a chance I can win!
In order for me to do that, I need to buy some time, and fight him from a distance.
I have to... I have to avoid Karasu touching me, no matter what!
Fuka enbu-jin!!
Fuka enbu-jin "Wind Petal Waltz Configuration"
Oh, my! Contestant Karasu advances without any hesitation!
An array of flower petals, sharpened to have a razor's edge, huh?
It's quite elegant.
However, they are fragile.
Frail... weak... not to mention fleeting things...
No defensive posture, huh? Just what I was hoping for.
My Fuka enbu-jin attack will invade his space, and slice up everything there!
What!? They're exploding on their own!
Kurama!
That's impossible! He didn't even touch the flower petals!
You've got my power all wrong, don't you?
I inject my own Yoki into the body of whomever I touch,
causing an explosion from the inside.
That is what you thought, isn't it?
Then that's not it!?
You cannot see the true form of my Yoki, which is to say...
...that is the difference between our spectral powers.
I will ask you again. Are you sure you're okay in that form?
Oh, my! Contestant Karasu launches a ferocious attack!
Tose Whip!!
You still refuse to give up, even knowing the difference in our abilities.
Most laudable.
That is, after all, why I like you!
However, no matter how much affection you lavish upon something you like,
in time, they grow old, and die!
In which case, I will kill them with my own hands!
I have always done so!
When something that I love dies at my hand,
it feels so good that I cannot stand it!
Strange... Enough time has passed that I should have turned back into a Yoko...
I did not touch you just now.
Kurama!
Dammit! Why doesn't he turn back?
Could that drug have been incomplete after all?
Drug?
This is boring. Maybe I should have stayed up in the VIP seats.
There is no need to rush. Things are just getting started now.
All right, I'll give you a hint.
Just as you are able to control plants with your Yoki,
I am also able to control a certain thing.
What's more, I am also able to create it.
It is in my right hand at this moment.
Even so, you are probably unable to see it.
I've grown tired of all this talking.
Are you just about ready to die?
Lastly, I will take this spiritual object that I control,
and intensify its manifestation even further so that you can see it.
Wha-?
It's a bomb!
K- Kurama!
That was an incredible explosion!
From here, I am unable to clearly ascertain
what is happening inside the ring!
Kurama-san...
I don't want to have anything to do
with having to take the rest of you to the Spirit Tealm, too...
Kurama!
That was a pretty sharp trick...
What? You mean Karasu hasn't won?
No, something weird is going on.
What is this? This Yoki?
C- could this be...
...the same phenomenon that occurred during the Uraotogi Team battle?
That was a close one. Had this been Minamino Shuichi's body,
it would have been blown to bits.
I knew it! He has appeared! Yoko Kurama!
All right! Just in the nick of time!
That's Kurama?
That's right. The brutally cruel Yokai thief, Yoko Kurama.
Way to go! Hang in there, Kurama!
What's going on!?
Kurama has returned to his Yoko form!
Now I can no longer tell which way the fight will go.
You create bombs, huh?
I am pleased to meet someone from the class among the Yokai
with the ability to control things, the Quest Class...
...but I am still going to kill you!
It is you... who is going to die!
I can see these clearly now.
So those things hovering around you are the explosives you control, then?
I get it now. If my opponent is a Quest Class Yokai...
...that would explain why Minamino Shuichi is not yet up to the task.
Not yet... did you say?
Will that be your excuse when you lose?
You cannot beat me, even as you are now.
Would you like to try?
"Trace-eye" homing bombs.
They are subordinate beings, made from my Yoki.
It is the power of the Quest that allows the image to materialize.
Do you know of the plant known as the Ojigi weed?
It's a perennial from South America,
which reacts to vibrations, to being touched,
or to flammables by closing its leaves.
I'm not interested in horticulture.
You're surrounded! This is what you might call a desperate situation.
I'm not so sure about that.
Agron tentagram bicheon sabbat adonai...
The Ojigi weed of the Demon Realm is rather aggressive.
It goes after anything that moves or is laden with flammables on its own.
Woman, unless you wish to die, do not move.
Right!
It appears that it has considered you to be its enemy.
Oh, my! In a complete reversal of offensive and defensive positions,
Contestant Karasu now finds himself in a great pinch!
You cannot run from it!
He's won.
I don't care if he is from some Queer Club, he's finished now!
It's "Quest Class." Have your ears finally gone bad on you?
What!?
Anyhow, now that he's turned back into his Yoko form, this fight is all ours!
Let's hope so...
This is enjoyable.
This is where things get more and more interesting.
At last, Kurama, having become a Yoko, has begun fighting back!
However, Karasu still has evil powers that he is hiding.
This fight has only just gotten started!
How can this be!? Karasu hasn't taken any considerable damage!
Doesn't even the power of a Yoko work against him?
If this keeps up, the fight will go against Kurama!
But I believe in you! You're not the kind of guy who gives up over just this!
Next time: "The Desperate Kurama! A Final Measure"
The Other World's not watching for nothing!
As my heart is about to burst,
the mild wind that blows against us is gentle.
Facing each other, hand in hand,
the usual twilight envelops us, and melts away.
Isn't it funny? They're not even the slightest bit alike,
your smiling face, and mine. But right now,
it feels like I'm looking in a mirror.
I am not feeling sad; everything is fine, after all.
There, hiding within an offhanded greeting, lies a "thank you. "
Sayonara, bye bye, take care of yourself,
this is the line I'm drawing between us,
so catch it, if you would.
Sayonara, bye bye, take care of yourself.