"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!
During the semifinals of the Dark Tournament, Hiei is fighting consecutively.
After having defeated Makintaro, he came to fight against Kuromomotaro.
However, through the use of his Items of Darkness, his millet dumplings,
Kuromomotaro kept overcoming Hiei's techniques!
Having lost his strength,
Hiei was unable to use his greatest secret technique, the Kokuryu-Ha.
What will you do, Hiei?
Tremble! Kuromomotaro's Transformation
Your ensatsu-ken can no longer hurt me!
Buju Soko: Machi no So "Warrior Beast Armor: Demon Pheasant Guise" Buju Soko No. 2: Machi no So!!
Contestant Kuromomotaro has transformed once again!
Both his Yoki and his form have grown even more ominous and powerful!
W- what kind of guy is this? He keeps versioning himself up!
This is bad!
Do you think your bluffs will work on me?
Care to try me out?
Take this!!
Dammit!
Trying to deceive my eyes, are you?
There you are!
Jao ensatsu rengoku-sho!!
Take this!
What!?
He really has been reinforced!
Speed! Offensive power! You are no longer a match for me in anything!
G- get all pleased with yourself, will you?
--To think that he's even faster than Hiei! --What a bastard!
Contestant Hiei can do utterly nothing to stand up to Contestant Kuromomotaro!
Is that going to be all for this match?
H- Hiei!
Hey! Isn't there any way Hiei can beat Kuromomotaro!?
Let me see...
I don't know!
It seems that just thinking about it won't do anything.
I sure do hate folks who pretend to think!!
He's winning!
Neither blades nor ensatsu-ken techniques can work any longer against Kuromomotaro!
He can use up to three dumplings in one fight- monkey, pheasant, and dog.
Most opponents' powers get taken up on the first dumpling.
Which means that this guys' is something else,
just to be able to make him use a second dumpling.
In his current form, having used the second one,
he could kill him without haste.
However, it's best to kill him by ripping him into strips now,
before he is given any time to think of some dirty little trick.
It must be awful, not being able to use your finishing technique, the Kokuryu-Ha, right?
But even so, I'm not going to hold back.
I'm going to take extra special care to kill you!
I will use my final dumpling!
Once again, Contestant Kuromomotaro is going to transform!
This places Contestant Hiei in a terrific pinch!
Are you okay, Puu-chan?
What's the matter with Puu-chan?
I'm not sure, but he's been in pain for several hours now.
You don't suppose that something has happened to Yusuke?
To be honest, it is ten years too soon for you to be accepting this.
The successor is examined by his own mind and body
as to whether or not they are to be the true successor.
If your body is not up to the task of accepting this Teikogyoku,
then it will be torn apart!
Overcome it, Yusuke! You are not alone!
Do not forget that.
Buju Soko: Maken no So "Warrior Beast Armor: Demon Dog Guise" Buju Soko No. 3: Maken no So!!
My offensive capability has now gone up even higher!
I will use my fangs and claws to tear your body up like rags!
You evaded that by a hair's breadth! But will you be so lucky this time?
This is bad! He's completely backed into a corner!
H- he's done for!
Well, well...
What's the matter? Have you given yourself up?
I never thought I would have to use this technique...
You can just cut out your worthless psychological warfare.
You're just talking as if you had some great technique
in order to try to make me worry, but it's not going to work!
No. It's a crude technique
that bears such an unpleasant image I'd seriously rather not have to do it.
A technique so terrible that even Hiei is hesitant to use it?
What the hell kind of technique is he planning on using?
Those will be your last words in this world!
Such lackluster words they are, too!
Die!!
What!?
What?
I- impossible!
Is that?
Jao ensatsu-ken!!
Jao ensatsu-ken "Jao Immolating Sword" Jao ensatsu-ken!!
A- awesome!
A sword of flame...
But that isn't any ordinary flame! He has mingled his own Yoki with the flame,
instantly making it sharp enough to slice through Kuromomotaro's toughened body!
Kuromomotaro was dead before he even reached Hiei.
What a fighting sense he has!
It looked a lot like my own Tei-ken,
but the power it put out was so strong, there is no comparison.
Hey! Look here, you!
Are you saying that my Tei-ken is crude and bears an unpleasant image!?
Could I have meant anything else?
Why, you bastard!
Judging Contestant Kuromomotaro to be unable to fight,
the victory goes to Contestant Hiei!
Dammit! He was so close, too!
What's the matter!? Isn't there anyone who can beat that runt!?
Fighting against tooth and nail, Contestant Hiei comes from behind to win!
Just as we figured. His wound is deep!
Botan-san, you're really sure it's this way?
If we don't hurry, we won't be in time to see Kazuma-san's match.
They've gone and made it to the blood-boiling, heart-pounding semifinals.
If we're late, we'll regret it the rest of our lives.
Leave it to me! This way, this way!
We've already passed there.
Then, we have been walking around the same place for some time after all.
Botan-san! You're the one who told us to leave the shortcuts up to you!
That's strange. The forests around here are awfully complex.
All right, we've had enough of this.
If we want to hurry, it seems best to go back to the hotel.
Let's do that then, after all.
Dammit! I won't give in!
Now then, roll the dice. Bring me up again.
Don't bring me up yet! I'm going last! After all, I'm fronting as the captain here!
Be me!
Don't be me!
--All right! --All right!
Sheesh!
The contestants appearing in the third match have been decided!
For the Urameshi Team, Contestant Kurama!
For the Uraotogi Team, Contestant Uraurashima!
The luck of the dice sure is a funny thing.
It's as if everything is coming up in our favor.
The previous two were no more than sacrifice pawns.
And, as we expected, Hiei has been seriously injured.
And now Uraurashima...
He's the most ideal man for the job of defeating Kurama.
Match number 3, Kurama versus Uraurashima! Begin!
Oh, my! It appears that both contestants are using similar weapons!
This looks like it's going to be a contest of whose proficiency is greater,
whose technique is more polished!
T- this is an incredible exchange of attacks!
There is even a wall of sparks visible between the two contestants!
A- awesome!
Geez, what is Kurama playing around for!?
What? How do you mean?
Just what you're seeing.
It's a bad habit of his.
He can't decide on a method of attack until he has determined his opponent's nature.
Strange. It looks as though he's not serious about this.
Keep attacking while you listen to me, please!
I have a favor to ask of you.
A favor!?
I... I want you to kill me.
Keep attacking!
What do you mean?
We exist as figures born of evil thoughts toward nursery tale characters.
We were intended to take vengeance upon those who,
in the name of right and morality,
closed their eyes to all our little inconsistencies, and discarded us.
You must know of the story of Urashima Taro, right?
Why was he given a treasure box that he was not allowed to open?
Why was that treasure box his reward for rescuing the turtle?
So those questions and complaints
became the distracting thoughts from which you were born?
That's right. But I've given up taking revenge.
Tight now, I can no longer go along with the way Shishiwakamaru and the others think.
Humans learn all kinds of things by reading our stories.
That is where our role ends.
In the next moment when I go after you, I'm going to lose my balance.
That will be my signal. Please, kill me and get it over with!
Understood.
But I'm not going to kill you.
What!?
Even though your reason for existence has changed, you can still live on.
I'm a good example of that.
You sure are kind.
Now!
All right!
What!?
Kurama!
He's down!
All right!
To think you would trust me as easily as that!
Your good-naturedness will prove fatal, you big dimwit!
For someone as sharp as you are, you're remarkably susceptible to tears, huh?
Those of us on the Uraotogi Team, who were born from evil thoughts,
would never think of mending our ways!
Now I'm going to take my time as I torture you!
Looks like you finally figured it out, huh?
All of those attacks up to now weren't in order to defeat you...
They were to seal you up inside this peripheral realm!
When did he manage this!?
Incredibly, the ring has been encircled by threads, and has been roped off!
Using a powerful enough spectral implement,
even I can create a peripheral realm as strong as Periphery Master Ruka's.
Now then, you can no longer run anywhere!
Uraotogi Item of Darkness: Gyaku-tamatebako!!
Yami Item: Gyaku-tametebako "Item of Darkness: Reverse Treasure Box" Uraotogi Item of Darkness: Gyaku-tamatebako!!
In the story, when the main character opened the box, he got older, right?
This does the opposite, and makes you younger.
Everyone besides me, that is.
I hate those of you who are taller and better looking than me!
I'm going to return you to an age even before you were a baby!
Then I'll beat you to death!
W- what's this?
The smoke, why is it only covering the ring!?
Those threads are creating a periphery!
What's going on!? I can't see, you know!
Dammit, not being able to see makes me want to see even more!
Absolutely!
I can feel it! I can feel it! Your Yoki is rapidly growing weaker!
I've done it! His Yoki is all...
That's strange. His Yoki has completely vanished.
What's that!?
What is it? What is this terrifying Yoki?
I- I'm sure I sent him back to before he was a baby...
I never thought...
...the day would come when I would return to this form again...
...to my Yoko fox form...
Y- Yoko!? T- then you're...
...the legendary Yokai, Yoko Kurama!?
Now then, it's time for spankings. Your offense in angering me is a serious one.
Kurama displays an unexpected identity! Just how powerful is Kurama as a Yoko?
That Uraurashima guy seems to be pretty bad, but it looks like this time,
his opponent is just a little bit too much for him, huh?
It might have been okay to try that Teverse Treasure Box on regular folks,
but to use it on Kurama?
This just reeks of danger!
Next time: "The Legendary Thief! Yoko Kurama"
I am phenomenal in the Other World for something!
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.