"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!
C- call an ambulance! An ambulance!
It wasn't my fault...!
Urameshi Yusuke, age 14. He was supposed to have been the hero of this story, but...
He seems to have suddenly died!
"Surprised To Be Dead"
What? That's me lying down there, isn't it?
--All right, move aside, move aside! --Please, make way!
The child is okay! He just has a scratch!
This one's not gonna make it.
--Okay, let's put him on the stretcher. --Right!
Hey! Wait a minute, come on!
At any rate, let's hurry and take him and the little boy to the ambulance!
Hey, I said wait, Pops!
I'm right here! That's not me! Hey!
I'm talking to you!
What the hell is going on here? I gotta calm down and remember! Um...
As I remember, today I went to school for the first time in ten days...
Urameshi Yusuke, come see Takenaka in the guidance office immediately! Urameshi!
Urameshi, you got that!?
Oh, It's you, Keiko.
Here you are, all right!
Stop this! Stop skipping your classes up here! Ah, you're even in your street shoes!
Always with the annoying lectures!
What do you mean, annoying!?
You're not going to make it to the next grade if you skip too much!
Takenaka-sensei has been paging you for a bit.
Unbelievable! Once you do come, you're called out right away!
You've done something wrong again, haven't you?
Anyhow, if you don't go, as a class representative,
I'll be yelled at as well, you know.
Do you understand!?
White, huh?
You idiot! Grow up! Die! You pervert!
How low! He hasn't grown up a bit since way back when!
--Indeed! --Keiko!
Are you done?
What are you sneaking around about?
You see, we're afraid of Urameshi-kun, is the thing.
You sure aren't bothered by talking to him.
If you're together with Urameshi-kun, you're going to get a bad reputation, too, Keiko!
Is that it?
Sure, he's a vulgar barbarian, but he's no real harm.
But the stories about Urameshi-kun are awful!
They say he's sought after by bad guys throughout the city!
And that anywhere he sets off to, two thousand men will move with him!
Hold on, it's nothing at all like that!
He couldn't get two people to move, let alone two thousand!
He only has a few friends, after all.
--Even so... --I'm still afraid of him!
Urameshi! Urameshi! Report to the guidance office immediately!
That Takenaka jerk's so persistent.
Seriously? He left you a wallet? What a bonus!
The guy tried to start something with me downtown,
so I told him that I was Urameshi's cousin!
You are so bad! If this gets out, you're gonna get killed!
No problem! "Even fools and blunt scissors are useful to the skilled," after all.
What is it?
U- Urameshi-kun!
S- sorry!
I don't want that crap!
Hey, what are you doing there!
Iwamoto-sensei!
You've got nothing to worry about now! What has he done to you?
Nothing, nothing at all...
Oh, so you're mugging people at school in broad daylight? You scum!
What?
There's no need for the likes of you to come to school! Get out, now!
Shut your hole! That's up to me to decide.
Sheesh. Play me for the fool, will he?
Ow, man! Who did that?
--Takenaka! --Add "-sensei" to that, "-sensei!"
Didn't you hear? I've been paging you for a while!
Stop bugging me! I'm leaving 'cause I was told to leave.
No doubt it's because you've done something wrong again!
I haven't done nothing!
Well, come to the guidance office anyway. I'll offer you some tea!
Today, I'm not letting you go home till night. Are you listening to me? Mm!?
It's just a toy.
Stay out of my business, would you?
Wait, Yusuke!
Sheesh! When I finally do feel like going to school,
everybody gives me some smug lecture...
They can't be serious! I'm sick of it!
What, are you just waking up?
Make some coffee.
Jeez, what's the use?
--Aren't you supposed to be at school? --It made me angry, so I took off.
If you're not going to go, just up and quit. School's not free, you know.
You're gonna give me a lecture too, Ma? I've had enough, okay?
If you don't like it, you can leave home.
Not that you've got what it takes to make it alone.
This is not my day, dammit! I'm really getting pissed off!
Urameshi...
You're such a pest, Kuwabara! Every single day!
Shut up and fight me! I am Number One at Sarayashiki Middle School!
I'll have you licking the soles of my shoes today, for sure!
I'm really in a bad mood today, see? I'm gonna beat you senseless!
So strong!
He's a demon!
Ah, that was refreshing.
Kuwabara-san, you should stop picking fights with Uramashi, already.
You have 0 wins, 156 losses now, Kuwabara-san.
Shut the hell up!
I'll do this until I've won!
Kuwabara-san!
Right, after that I met that child...
Thanks!
Look, you brat! It's dangerous here! Lots of cars are going by, you know!
What a fool! What a fool!
Hm, my performance still has what it takes, I guess.
Listen, don't run out into the road, 'cause it's dangerous, okay?
Go play somewhere safe.
He's still at it! There's just no helping a stupid kid like that!
Hey! That's dangerous! Don't run out into the street!
Hey!
Watch out!
That's right! I was hit by a car!
Then I've died?
Hold on-- then what am I doing here?
Don't tell me I'm what you'd call a ghost!
Bingo, bingo! Bin-go!
I didn't expect you to be so quick to understand.
Who the hell are you?
In a sudden accident such as this, there's so many people who don't believe it, you know!
I asked you who you were!
I'm your guide across the River Sanzu, Botan-chan!
In the west, I guess I'd be what you'd call the Grim Reaper. Pleased to meet you!
There's no "pleased to meet you" about it, okay, sweetheart?
You should try not to give dirty looks to servants from the Other World!
Despite how I look, I'm actually pretty shocked.
Where do you get off saying "Bingo!" you idiot?
--Oh? --Can't you act a little more serious!?
To think that rather than being surprised at seeing me, you heap abuse on me!
I see, just as it's written in your grade book.
Urameshi Yusuke, Age 14.
Personality: Crude, violent, short-tempered and reckless.
On top of which, you're prone to shoplifting and not too bright. Oh, you even did this?
Isn't it a good thing that you died?
It's none of your business!
Damn...
So, incidentally, what happened to the kid I pushed out of the way?
Is he injured or what?
Shall we go check on him?
His forehead and hand got skinned a bit,
but there is nothing wrong with his bones or brainwaves.
Masaru...!
So, he's okay, is he?
Then, I'm cool. I have no regrets in this world,
so you can take me to Hell or wherever you want.
What's so funny!?
You've got it wrong. I'm not here to take you someplace.
I came to ask you if you're willing to undergo a trial
in order to be returned to life.
A trial to return to life?
What sort of thing would that be?
The truth is, see, your death was unexpected,
as far as the Reikai, or Spirit Realm goes.
Who could have possibly known that you would lay down your life to save a child?
Not even Buddha himself thought so.
There is still no place for you to go, either in Paradise or in Hell!
No place for me, you say!? Why not!? I died in place of that kid, didn't I!?
I wasn't going to say anything, because of the shock it would be to you, but...
Actually, that little boy was supposed to have been hit by the car,
but miraculously survive without a scratch!
Without a scratch!?
That's right. So, as hard as this is to say,
Your death was in vain!
Shocked, huh? Well, that's probably to be expected.
Hey now, calm down.
As an alternative, I've told you there's another chance, haven't I?
You could undergo the trial to return you to life, you know!
It seems your case is an unexpected happening
that occurs once in a hundred years.
Yeesh! This is ridiculous! What a load of crap!
If you stay like this, you cannot rest in peace!
It'd be better if you underwent the trial, even if you think it's no use!
How about it? It's not a bad offer, right?
No, I'm fine!
I'm fine as a ghost. Nothing good would come of me returning to life, anyway.
Oh?
Everyone must be relieved that I'm dead now.
If I return to life, they would just spite me.
My ma would have an easier life if she didn't have me around.
What a sad thing to say, considering you're only 14 years old.
So, there's no need for me to bother with some trial, or return to life!
Well, you don't have to rush like this to come to your decision.
Go watch your wake and think it over carefully. I can get your answer then.
I told you, I'm fine!
Ah, it's the guys from school.
Those bastards, here someone's died, and they're there with their cheerful faces!
Keiko!
Yusuke...! Yusuke...!
There's no reason for her to cry like that.
Yusuke!
T- this is no good, we should go back.
Shut up! Take your hands off me! Let go, I say!
Ah, Kuwabara!
That was a dirty trick, up and dying like this, undefeated!
Kuwabara-san, this is a wake here!
Hey, Urameshi, listen up! I was gonna be the one to kill you! You hear me!? Hey!
There's no way he can hear you!
Come back and fight me, you bastard! Come back to life, damn you!
I won't allow this! Hey! Come back, Yusuke!
Who am I supposed to fight with from now on?
Kuwabara-san...
You dumbass!
Dammit! Come and take my punch!
Kuwabara-san, let's go.
Sorry for the fuss.
Kuwabara...
--Who are those guys? --Some of the folks Urameshi hung out with.
--They are so disruptive! --Indeed, they have no common decency!
Well, he did something good right at the end there.
Thanks to him dying, the stock of our school has now gone up.
This one time, he might have been kicking a child
about when a car happened to come along, Iwamoto-sensei.
That's quite possible, Akashi-sensei.
Bastards, they're saying whatever they like!
Hey, you!
Who is it!?
Between those guys' behavior and your words just now,
which do you think is more indecent?
Takenaka...
I was so surprised, Yusuke, when I heard that you had saved a little boy!
I mean, YOU...
However, for whatever reason, I can't bring myself to praise you at all.
Yusuke, now that you've died, you won't amount to anything!
Yusuke...
Okay, this way.
Okay, you should say something to your big brother now.
Big brother, thank you very much!
Say, Mama,
what was big brother doing inside that box?
Was he sleeping?
That's right.
Mama, when big brother wakes up, let's come again!
I really want to say thank you to big brother when he's awake!
Big brother there was really funny!
S- sure...
How about it? Have you made up your mind?
Listen, Botan...
What?
This trial thing to be returned to life... what sort of trial is it, exactly?
I don't know, either.
You're undergoing it, then?
Mm hm.
All right, then, follow me.
Hey, where are we going?
To the Other World!
The Other World?
Right. We're going someplace where there's a gentleman
that can explain all about the trial to return you to life!
Now be quiet and come along!
No sooner had Yusuke taken the stage than he died!
However, it has come about that he will undergo a trial in order to return to life.
What sort of trial could it possibly be?
I don't know what this trial to return to life is all about,
but if I can overcome it, it means I can come back to life!
Hold on, if my body gets all burned up at the funeral, nothing can come of it, can it!?
Ma can't be relied on... The only thing I can do is ask Keiko to look after it!
But how am I supposed to tell her?
Next time, "Koenma of the Spirit Realm: A Trial Toward Resurrection"
The Other World's not watching for nothing!
The second hand is sharp again tonight, as it chops up time,
Chi chi chi...
I'll never be able to finish this homework, so I toss it away!
Son of a gun!
It's the dreams that tumble away, oh,
That are the ones I want to go after,
And if I stop, they will get away, oh,
So I can't ease up on them!
It's the dreams that tumble away, oh...!