"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 defeated the Gamemaster Amanuma,
Yusuke and the others at last reach Sensui's location.
All at once, the Gourmet Makihara begins to attack.
However, his true identity was that of Toguro the Elder!
Burning with rage, Kurama defeated Toguro the Elder behind a smokescreen.
You are not worthy even of death.
There is no time remaining before the tunnel to the Demon Tealm
opens completely!!
"Spirit Realm Detectives-- A Fated One-on-One Battle"
Why!? Why won't you bite the dust!?
The Janenju tree will not release its prey until it dies.
But since Toguro the Elder keeps regenerating, he is unable to die.
Dammit! Dammit!
What's going on!?
You will battle with the illusion of myself for eternity.
So that's how you defeat him, since he can never die, huh?
Incredible.
Why!? Why don't you die!?
Not bad at all.
That only leaves two remaining.
Yeah.
You said that once we defeated Makihara, you'd return Kuwabara to us, right?
We're taking him back, even if you refuse!
I will keep my promise.
Or, I should say, I've kept it already.
What?
Kuwabara-kun is gone!
Why, you...!
Yusuke!
Kuwabara!
Not being able to talk was harder on me than even dying!
Kuwabara-kun, what exactly happened?
I'm not sure what it was, but this strange hand grabbed me,
and no sooner had I been tossed into darkness than I suddenly wound up here!
A strange hand?
Kurama...!
What is this!?
W- what!?
Yow...!
Leave them to me.
You give him back just to take him away again?
That sounds like something you'd do!
You misunderstand. I have no intention of exposing them to danger directly.
I just wanted you and I to be alone.
Fine, then!
Geez, what could be happening with everyone?
Making a fuss won't help anything. Why don't you try relaxing a little?
But...!
We've left everything up to them. Don't you trust them?
Good old Kurama! If I rely on these to keep going, I won't get lost!
Hang in there until I get there!
Where on earth is this place?
This is subspace.
Subspace?
Hey, that's all fine and all, but could you hurry up and untie me?
It would appear that we've been swallowed by an Uraotoko.
Uraotoko?
What are those?
An Uraotoko is a planar Yokai that lives between dimensions.
I can't believe this was a coincidence. Someone must have tamed it.
You're right.
This Uraotoko is my pet.
Itsuki!
Are you a Yokai too?
I am Itsuki, the Yaminade.
Yaminade: a Yokai who possesses "shadow hands"
that can freely travel through dimensions.
They are one of the few species
that are able to make lower-order Yokai from other dimensions their servants.
You're a Yaminade?
I don't care what he is! Let me at him!
Otherwise, I won't be able to contain myself!
Don't be hasty. I do not intend to fight you.
What!? Then why the hell did you bring us to this place!?
I would like for you to observe the fight between Sensui and Urameshi.
Our positions may be different, but we are both drawn to a single man,
and take action together with him. Am I wrong?
Observing their battle is our duty to them.
Sheesh, what the hell are you talking about!?
Then there's something I'd like you to tell me.
What is it about Sensui that you're so keen about?
Everything.
His strengths, his weaknesses, his purity, his sorrow...
Everything to do with the air of humanity about him has captivated me.
When I first came across the man known as Sensui Shinobu, we were enemies.
"There has never been a demon who has seen Sensui and has come away alive."
He was so strong that they were already whispering that about him
in the world of darkness.
The truth was, he had killed every Yokai he had defeated.
However, I alone was the exception.
Do you have any last words before you die?
If possible, I wish I could live for one more day.
Why is that?
Tomorrow,
the series finale of a TV drama that I've always enjoyed watching will be on.
I watch it every week too.
It was a joke. That slightest bit of humanity that I put into words
must have bowled Sensui over with shock at the time.
It takes all kinds, even among Yokai, huh?
When he said that, after we had chit-chatted for a while,
Sensui's face looked a lot younger than his age.
This hyper-first-rate assassin,
when it came to the methods he used to kill his foes,
also had a face of innocence, like freshly fallen snow.
I felt as though I had obtained both a time bomb and a lover at the same time.
Hey, now, this story is getting more and more suspicious.
You should have been able to stop Sensui, before he came to be like this.
You don't get it, do you?
I only wanted to watch on as he got hurt and fell further into corruption.
What?
Ink drips onto a sheet of white paper.
The paper absorbs the ink, and turns black right before your eyes.
That's what it was like.
Watching Sensui's reactions
as he continued to see the ugly parts of humanity was most ideal.
Because of his purity, he couldn't rationalize it away,
nor could he close his eyes to it,
so it just wounded him, and he became more despondent.
And every time it happened, he became stronger.
You're making me sick, you psycho bastard!
You're the one at the root of his wickedness, aren't you!?
You mustn't misunderstand. It's not like I coaxed Sensui along.
What the hell are you talking about!?
I was only his shadow. I watched over him as he changed,
and only lent him my hand to do what he wanted.
And I will likely continue to do so.
If it were possible, I'd like to kill you right here!
As wise as you are, you know you cannot do that, right?
If you kill me, you will never leave the belly of my Uraotoko.
I've never been so aggravated!
All we will do is watch their battle.
I wonder if you've noticed it yet, Urameshi-kun.
As I continued being a Spirit Realm Detective, you see,
I could tell that some part of my heart was going rotten.
But I didn't feel like making the effort to stop it.
Do you know why that is?
It's because I started realizing
that the eroded portions were who I really was.
As I fought for something, for someone,
I began more and more to search for a purpose to my fight.
It almost sounds like I had the cart before the horse, doesn't it?
You'll become that way someday, too.
You really do seem to have gone rotten.
To be honest,
I don't even care about the hole connecting the Demon Realm any more.
Whether the A-class Yokai and S-class Yokai
come through into the Human Realm or not, it doesn't really matter to me.
What!?
It doesn't have anything to do with me personally, you see.
What is most important to me is this moment,
when I am about to fight you.
I get the feeling
that the whole reason I tried to create this tunnel to the Demon Realm
was so that I could fight you.
All right! Clean hit!
What are you, an idiot? Blowing your own horn like that?
Just going at each other until one of us is dead is fine with me, you know!
Why didn't you just pick a fight with me from the start?
Did you think that if you hadn't done all of this,
I would have run away from you!?
You make me sick!
How nice for you that you're so simple.
That's fine, too.
Urameshi-kun, supposing your power is at 10,
my power would probably be between 6 and 7.
Speed, resilience, stamina--
I'll bet you've got the edge over me in all of them.
But you still cannot beat me.
What!?
What's he going on about!? Is this some kind of psych-out?
No, it's not! Sensui is fully sure of himself!
That's right.
It's been a long time since I've seen Sensui enjoy himself this much.
What!? Stop spouting your half-baked gibberish!
Urameshi! Don't let your head get twisted around! Go get him!
You're better than me, and yet you cannot beat me. Do you know why?
The reason is simple. It's because you're sick in the head!
I'm not going to give you the time to kick that ball!
No you don't!
Urameshi!
Yow...!
Why, you...! You lied to me!
If my speed is greater than yours, then why don't my punches land!? Eh!?
Reason number one whyyou cannot win:
I can more or less read your attacks.
Wha-- more or less, you say!?
What are you, a child!? Explain to me exactly what the hell you mean!
In short, it's my career.
My history of fighting Yokai, from the time I was a little boy.
Like earlier, when you caught me by surprise,
and I took your blow...
What you could call my fighting intuition
moves me even faster than my reflexes, allowing me to avoid any fatal injuries.
Your career, huh?
When it comes to the number of fights you've been in, you haven't got me beat!
Go get him, Urameshi! Show him how many guys you've defeated!
Above, huh!?
Beneath!
All right! The "Internal Organ Killer" off of Urameshi's finishing move menu!
I couldn't eat for a week after he did that to me.
Come on! Get up out of there, you bastard!
You can't tell me you've gone and drowned, right?
My, my...
My clothes got all torn up...
Wha--!?
Awesome...! He's covered with scars!
He didn't say he's been through all of those battles just for the fun of it!
Kuwabara-kun, that's not the case.
These are scars that I brought upon myself during my training.
I don't have a single scar that was given to me by an opponent.
He's got a good build.
It felt like I was hitting a nice thick tire when I was pounding on him.
Now then, the real fun begins!
At last, the fight between Yusuke and Sensui is underway.
Sensui's abilities are still beyond this.
What is this guy, some monster?
After receiving that kind of an attack from Urameshi,
he hasn't taken any damage at all!
What's worse,
this bastard tells Urameshi that there's no way he can win the fight!
If you're going to babble,
you can do it after Urameshi's punches have turned your lights out!
Next time: "Yusuke's Tough Battle! A Decisive Difference"
Don't you go get beat by that blowhard!
When my letter reaches you, don't break the seal,
just leave it alone, and after some time has passed,
I'm sure you will understand how I feel now.
This is my first, and last, request.
As gently as we could, it wasn't very hard,
with one purpose, we foolishly embraced.
As twilight closes in, I shoot an arrow of courage
from a distant window, toward your back, as you leave.
Although it still has not stopped raining outside,
the drenched people and the city still believe in the sun.
An old melody, and a blurred silhouette.
Living the easy life doesn't make for a very good picture.