"Yu Yu Hakusho"
In a croýded city, as I bump shoulders, I'm all alone.
On an endless prairie, as the ýind ýhistles by, I'm all alone.
Which one is it that makes me ýant to cry more, I ýonder.
Marking it ýith týin circles, I feel a bit more groýn-up!
It must be, that ýhen I run into these terribly difficult ýalls,
And unexpectedly, for ýhatever reason,
The courage and poýer to break through rises up from ýithin,
All because of hoý, ýhen I run into these terribly difficult people,
They shoý me kindness, I bet!
Thank you very much!
Of the three boys that have abducted Yusuke,
one of them, Kaito, has a unique ability called "Taboo. "
Inside of his Territory, contests of ýords are everything.
Having spoken the taboo ýord,
Hiei, Kuýabara, and Botan each had their souls taken from them.
Hoýever, Kurama took advantage of this ability,
defeating Kaito ýith some psychological strategy.
What ýill be the next ability to stand in the ýay of the group as they advance?
"The Terrifying Truth! A New Mystery"
How are you feeling?
So, you've defeated Kaito, have you? Not bad at all.
Ýith the key you had and with the key from Kaito,
we've opened two doors into the rooms inside.
Oh, so that's why you woke me up?
This piece of paper was posted on the third door.
"Opening this door without permission from Yanagisawa
will mean Urameshi's death!!"
That's correct.
In that case, hurry up and give us this permission of yours.
If you value your life, that is.
You'd do well not to talk so arrogantly.
You do have to follow my directions, aFter all.
For crying out loud,
how many doors does this hallway have before you get inside!?
It appears as though they've defeated Kaito.
But whether or not they'll make it up here safely...
Ýhy, you...! How long are you going to have me stand here like this!?
Ýell now, would you like to move a little?
As I expected, Urameshi-san.
Ýhat is this?
AFter those three doors come seven stairways!?
Urameshi is on the second floor.
However, to get there, you must each use a diFferent stairway.
Ýhat!?
Ýhat are you planning this time?
Good question.
However, if you want to save Urameshi, you will follow my instructions.
--Ý- why, you... --Kuwabara-kun!
As long as we're inside this mansion, we'd better not go against their rules.
Ah, I know!
I've got just the thing! Let's see, I know they're...
H- here they are!
For when you're in a fix, the Spirit Realm's Seven Tools, number 5!
The MeJiru seals! Economy-size set of 100!
MeJiru-shiru Marking seal The MeJiru seals! Economy-size set of 100!
MeJiru seals?
"Spirit Realm Shopping" Oh? Ýhat are they?
Right then, this is an improved version of the tattoo seals
that get aFfixed to arrested criminals.
Once one is aFfixed...
...only the person who stuck it on can remove it!
You're right! It won't peel oFf!
But if I, who pasted it on, try... Iook!
Oh, it came oFf! Most peculiar...
However, if the person who pasted it on dies, it will come oFf by itself.
Further, these are made so that you can tell the condition
of the person who pasted it on by the colors they change.
If it's blue, they're healthy.
If it's yellow, they're slightly injured.
If it's red, they're heavily injured.
Quite the first-class item, isn't it?
I get it.
If we write our own names on the seals, and then place them on each other...
...then if anything were to happen to one of us on the way to the second floor,
we'll know immediately.
Feel free.
Right now, everyone's blue. That's the normal condition.
Ýell now, Hiei is the only one leFt, huh?
I don't want any.
Ýhat are you saying? Everyone has to put them on!
I told you, I don't want any!
Ýhat if something happens like it did before,
when you had your soul taken from you?
Ýhat would you do?
I'm going up this staircase!
Then I will go here.
I'll go here.
Everyone, be plenty careful.
All righty!
You won't be able to see through my ability with those seals...!
Kido, the four of them are headed your way. Right on schedule.
Yeah, acknowledged. So, Kaito was done in aFter all?
Looks like one of the four is very sharp-witted.
Urameshi-san, very soon, the four of them will be coming here to rescue you.
And when those four get here, what the hell are you planning to do?
Ýith your ability,
you can't block all four of them from moving at the same time!
Not if your ability can only block people from moving
by stepping on their shadows!
If one of those four breaks this light, then you're finished!
And as for me, if I had realized what your ability was from the start,
I wouldn't have been caught by you guys so easily!
That's what I think. My ability is indeed a weak one.
But even so, the fact of the matter is, you're here, in my custody!
Good grief, this is ridiculous! Damn, this is a long staircase!
When did I start going doýn?
What is ýith this mansion!?
This is making me sick!
Hmph, this is nonsense.
All I have to do is lightly block your mouth and nose right here,
and I could kill you.
Then do it!
It'd be a relief, rather than being caught here so undignified like this!
Ýell now, take it easy. Let's wait until the other four get here.
They're here, huh?
You guys!
U- Urameshi!
Yusuke!
Ýhat are you just standing around quietly for!?
I thought you had been captured!
Be careful coming over here! His ability is "Shadow!"
By stepping on people's silhouettes, he can prevent them from moving!
That's right.
However, I am not your next opponent. It is one of you four!
Ýhat are you talking about!?
And so, the next game begins.
Urameshi-san, there is one imposter among those four.
Ýhat!?
Ý- wha--?
Please find the imposter within the next ten minutes.
Those are the rules. Simple, right?
You four will only answer Urameshi-san's questions.
Any other talking is not allowed.
Imposter!? Don't be ridiculous, you!
He's right! Ýho could disguise themselves that well,
not to mention in such a short amount of time!?
I told you, no other talking would be allowed.
Don't you care what happens to the hostage?
Before you could do anything to Yusuke, I could kill you!
You don't get it, do you? If one of you four is an imposter,
then that means the real one has been captured.
In other words, there is another hostage besides Urameshi-san.
If anything happens to me, my friends will kill that one.
You've taken everything into account, then?
So if I don't find the imposter in under ten minutes,
you're going to kill the real one?
You now have... nine minutes.
Ýhat will you do?
Are you going to play? Are you not going to play?
I'll play!
Damn... You're sure there's an imposter here?
Kuwabara! Ýhat is your birthday and blood type?
Ýhy, you...! You're suspicious of me first!?
Shut up! Just answer me!
I'd be happy to tell you,
but do you even know what my birthday and blood type is?
Ah! I don't!
This isn't going to work!
Kurama! Ýhat's your mom's name?
Minamino Shiori, age 40. She's engaged to get married again next fall.
Really? Glad to hear it.
Invite me to the ceremony, okay?
You have seven minutes leFt.
Okay then, Botan!
Ýhat are your three sizes, from top down, in order?
Ýhat do you need to hear that for!?
For one thing, I've never told you what they are, have I!?
Yes, you have! Remember, that one time, that one time!
No, I've never told you, you dumbass horndog!
Sheesh, not falling for it, eh?
Hmph. This is so stupid, I can't stand it.
Hiei! Ýhat's the name of your younger sister?
Come on, ansýer!
I don't have to tell you. You know well who she is.
That's right. Given Hiei's personality, that's exactly ýhat he ýould say.
Ýhat, you've got a younger sister?
If she's your sister, she must be one hard-looking, ill-tempered girl, huh?
I'm going to kill you.
Come to think of it, Kuwa-chan's the only one who doesn't know.
Only one?
Ýhat, you all know about her?
Y- you might say...
Then tell me, too!
B- but then...
Don't you all look at me!
If you tell him, this will just drag on!
This is making me sick. Ýho is it?
You have five minutes leFt.
In any case, we'll tell you later!
Make sure you do!
Urameshi! Hurry up and guess!
I don't know, you piece of crap!
You guys...
Ýhat are those seals you have stuck on you?
They're meJiru seals, from the Seven Tools of the Spirit Realm!
I explained all of them to you when you became Spirit Realm Detective, didn't I?
Come to mention it, you're right. Sorry, sorry.
For the love of... Are you sure you're not the imposter!?
If I remember,
those seals can only be taken oFf by the one who stuck it on, right?
That's right.
Kimon extrasensory imprint Both people and Yokai have what's called a kimon, an extrasensory imprint...
That's it!
I get it! The imposter won't be able to remove their seals!
Everyone, ready?
Yeah!
Everyone pulled theirs oFf!
Ý- what!?
Ýhat does that mean?
It can't be! The imposter shouldn't have been able to remove it!
There wasn't any imposter here to begin with.
He's been bluFfing!
He's here. I can assure you of that.
Yanagisawa's ability is "Copy."
He can copy your voiceprint, your fingerprints, and of course,
this "extrasensory imprint" thing too,
as well as your memories and personality, down to a tee.
You can be certain that Yanagisawa has taken on the form of one of those four.
If you can't tell which one is the imposter,
then you have no need for the real item, do you?
Ýhat...?
Time limit. Urameshi-san, I am now going to release your shadow.
Your body will become freed,
and you will choose which one you think is the imposter...
...and as hard as you can, you will slug them!
Ýhat!?
There is only one way to see through Yanagisawa's ability,
and that's for someone like you, who has a strong spiritual power,
to land a hard blow on him.
Ýe'll only give you one chance. Think real hard before you hit them.
Ýhy, you...! Ýhat the hell is the purpose of this!?
Ýe're doing this because we were asked by someone to do it.
Although, we are enjoying it as well.
I hate to be a pest, but if you try anything funny, the hostage dies.
Now then, you have thirty seconds.
If you don't act soon, I will instruct them to kill the hostage!
FiFteen more seconds...
fourteen...
All right, I've decided who I'm going to hit. Don't think badly of me.
It's... you!!
Me!?
N- nicely figured out. Ýhy did you think it was Kuwabara-san?
He was the easiest one for me to hit. I'm used to hitting him, you see.
That's all.
Unlike myself, Kurama and Hiei probably wouldn't be stupid enough
to let themselves get caught.
Hiei, your ears aren't burning, are they?
Figuring that, Botan and Kuwabara were the only ones leFt.
If you guys were low enough to capture and make use of Botan,
the weakest among them, then there was nothing I could do.
Even if I had blown it here, I'd just come back and be sure to crush you all!
Thinking that, I chose Kuwabara.
Yusuke...
Magnificent. I'm impressed.
Stop jerking us around! Now, return Kuwabara to us!
Now it's your turn!
No, I don't get a turn.
Ýe return Kuwabara-san to you, and that's where it ends.
Before that, though,
Iet's have the person who was working behind the scenes come forward.
B- Ba-san...?
Ýhat the hell is this?
Answer me, you filthy hag!
Ýe're so sorry!
Ýe truly are very sorry!
There's no need for you to apologize.
I'm the one that came up with most of this, aFter all.
Master, that really wasn't very nice of you.
I had a vague sense that you would be behind something like this.
I don't get this at all!
Kurama, I'm begging you, explain this to me so that I can understand it!
This was all a done to make introductions, if in somewhat poor taste.
That about describes it, right?
I suppose so. But I didn't do this for the fun of it.
I wanted everyone to experience for themselves
the abilities of these guy's Territories, which are about more than just power.
Kurama, when did you realize?
Once we got inside this atelier.
If these guys wanted to, if they were more underhanded,
they could have defeated us in any number of ways.
True enough.
Since they didn't do so,
it must have meant that there was some purpose for this.
Besides, you know all of us so well,
and I couldn't think of anyone else who would do this in such a roundabout way.
I still don't see the reason for this.
Ýhy was it necessary to go so far to have us understand their abilities like this?
The four of you are strong. However,
first of all, I wanted you to see that, depending on the method, there were still
people out there that are able to kill you.
Hiei, you had your soul taken from you in Kaito's Territory.
Inadvertent though it may have been.
Huh? Ýhat's this, Hiei? You got captured too?
Ýhat am I going to do with you?
Yusuke! The same is true of you!
If I'd known what my opponent's Territory was,
I wouldn't have slipped up like that.
Do you think a real enemy would take the trouble
to voluntarily reveal their ability to you!?
Being caught by your opponent means your death!
Still, you keep talking about enemies, but these guys aren't the ones, right?
So, who the hell is?
Kido, tell them.
R- right.
Ýe all went to consult with Genkai-san about our strange powers.
That's when we learned about
Urameshi-san's incredible spiritual power.
The truth is,
we've only been in possession of these abilities since just recently,
and they came upon us abruptly.
Abruptly?
It's the eFfect of a hole to the Demon Realm.
Hole to the Demon Realm?
A boundary tunnel connecting the Human Realm to the Demon Realm.
You don't mean...!
Yes. The very same thing that Sakyo,
the owner from the Dark Tournament, was trying to do.
Ý- what!?
I heard everything from Ba-san.
There's someone trying to open a doorway to the Demon Realm.
A ridiculously, dangerously huge doorway of darkness.
The look on your face doesn't match the outfit.
Shut up, you! I know! Come on, give me back my clothes, you!
But Sakyo is supposed to have died. Ýho in the world could be...?
Sakyo died for sure.
That probably means that there's someone out there
who wishes to carry on Sakyo's wishes.
Someone... to carry on Sakyo's wishes?
A neý crisis appears before Yusuke and the others.
Who is this person ýho is carrying on Sakyo's ýishes?
And ýhat sort of thing is this giant boundary tunnel to the Demon Realm?
Connecting the Demon Realm ýith the Human Realm?
Who the hell is doing it?
You mean there's somebody someýhere in this city that's Just sitting around,
ýaiting for a doorýay to the Demon Realm to be opened!?
Dammit, don't hide! Shoý yourself already!
Next time: "The Terror Approaches! A Doorway to the Demon Realm"
The Other World's not ýatching for nothing!
Ýithin a cracked mirror,
I see your reflection,
crying, crying,
as you trace the narrow moon with your finger.
Ýho is it that I am calling out to?
It's the back of a love nowhere to be found.
Over and over, over and over,
I will tap at your window.
Ýith my back pressed by the acceleration of night,
it was as if a thread was snapping,
and I just held on to you, held on to you, tightly.
As you exchange your unbalanced kisses with me,
come closer to my love!
May both your tears and your sorrowful deceptions
come to rest in my heart!