"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!
At YoJigen Mansion, Yusuke and the others ýere challenged
to an unusual battle by Kaito, Kido, and Yanagisaýa.
These three young men, each possessing a strange ability,
ýere being directed from the shadoýs by, surprisingly enough, Master Genkai!
The information that Genkai told them next had everyone at a loss...
It's the eFfect of a hole to the Demon Realm.
"The Terror Approaches! A Doorway to the Demon Realm"
A hole... to the Demon Realm?
A subspace boundary tunnel connecting the Human Realm to the Demon Realm.
Still, it's diFficult to believe.
The power exists to open a hole through the vast subspace between the Human Realm
and the Demon Realm, which is in a completely diFferent dimension?
If such a thing were possible,
I would have returned to the Demon Realm a long time ago.
Seeing is believing.
How about it, shall we go have a look?
Ýhere is it?
Mushiyori City.
Mushiyori City? That's right in front of our noses!
"Mushiyori City"
It couldn't be... not this...
Impossible! It cannot be!
Not even in the one-in-a-million chance that there really, actually happens to
be a hole opened up connecting the Human Realm and the Demon Realm!
It means nothing more than that land has temporarily fallen
under the control of some demon!
Koenma-sama, I hate to see you like this.
Shut up, Jorge!!
No, Japan will not reach the peak of its dark age for another several hundred years.
Ýhat's more, it is unthinkable that a hole that size could appear naturally.
This is clearly some artificial power.
Ýell then, who the hell is doing it!?
It's Koenma-sama.
Botan, is Yusuke there? This is an emergency!
Ýe're all here. This is about the boundary tunnel, isn't it?
Oh, it's you, Genkai! That's right!
Its eFfects have already started to appear here in the Human Realm.
In the last month, there have been about
thirty people who have suddenly developed strange abilities,
who have come to me asking for help.
That's true of these guys here, as well.
And everyone who has had these unique
abilities develop has been from Mushiyori City.
Ýe're just lucky that the eFfects have not gone any farther than Mushiyori City.
I bet they've already reached the second phase.
Second phase? Ýhat do you mean?
I don't know how much I should tell you...
AFter all, some of the Spirit Realm's Top Secret
information is included in all this...
Don't act so all-important! Hurry up and tell us!
Okay, then. I'll tell you.
There are four phases you have to go through before
you can completely open up a boundary tunnel.
In the first phase, the Human Realm becomes stagnant,
and lower life forms from the Demon Realm flourish.
In the second phase, those who possess special
abilities begin appearing among humans.
And then, in the third phase, Yokai of class D and lower
begin thriving in the Human Realm.
Violent ones, short on intellect...
Then, the fourth phase...
Ýhen the hole's diameter reaches two kilometers, the final phase is reached.
The final phase?
Ýhat the hell happens then?
It becomes possible for C-class Yokai and B-class Yokai to come and go on Earth!
And that means...?
"Stronger" "Ýeaker" In the Spirit Realm, Yokai are assigned ranks
"Stronger" "Ýeaker" according to the strength of their spectral powers.
You would not be mistaken in thinking that a B-class Yokai
is the same class of Yokai that Toguro was.
Toguro was a B-class!?
That awesome guy was only B-class!?
The Demon Realm is endlessly deep and vast.
The Spirit Realm only manages a single fraction of the Demon Realm.
I've never heard that before...
You can think of the Demon Realm as an incredibly vast,
deep-reaching underground building.
All we have control over is a mere half of the first underground floor.
"Only Here"
That's all!?
Any farther than this, and it's too dangerous for us to step foot inside.
It's all we can do over many years to expand our position a little at a time.
And deep down within the Demon Realm, there are A-class Yokai,
as well as a Super-A-class, called S-class Yokai.
The S-class Yokai are beyond the control of even the Spirit Realm.
Koenma, are you saying that the Spirit Realm has done
nothing up until now to prepare for this situation?
No...
"Spirit Realm" "Demon Realm" "Human Realm"
The subspace that forms a boundary between the Demon Realm and
the Human Realm is sealed within a powerful periphery field.
Ýell, in that case, we can relax! My word...
But then, how can Yokai still come and go?
That periphery field is there to keep
A-class and S-class Yokai from getting out.
Because it's such an overly huge field,
B-class and lower Yokai are capable of passing through the gaps.
Gaps in the periphery field?
However, we cannot allow even one A-class or S-class Yokai to break through!
T- that's how terrible they are!?
All of the B-class Yokai put together are preferable
to even one of the A-class or higher Yokai?
They're that bad?
Supposing that even one of the S-class Yokai was allowed into the Human Realm,
at that moment...
Ýhat's with all of this A-queue this and Oba-Q that!?
My spiritual power hasn't yet returned, so I can't see what's on the screen,
nor can I hear Koenma's voice, or anything!
Explain to me whatever's going on!
Ýhat's going on here, exactly?
How is the tunnel coming? Everything going smoothly?
Is that right? That's terrific.
However, there is certain to be some interference.
There are these despicable folks, you see...
I have a favor to ask...
Take vengeance on them for me, please...!
Sensui-san...
Knowing you, you can do it.
I do not take orders from you.
However, I will not allow anyone to interfere in something this enjoyable.
I'll leave it to you.
You humans, ýho destroy everything,
consume everything, to satisfy your regrettable,
boundless hunger, and still it is not enough...
The time ýhen you are to be Judged has come!
Ýhat!?
You say there's going to be hordes of Yokai the same class as Toguro coming and going
through a hole that connects the Human Realm with the Demon Realm!?
And what's more, those guys are B-class,
and there are A-class and S-class Yokai above even them!?
Guys who are so terrifying that not even the Spirit Realm can control them!?
Ýhat are we supposed to do!?
There isn't a single thing we can do, is there!?
Calm down!
Ýe'll go into details once I've returned Kaito's soul to him.
Oh, that's right, I completely forgot about that guy.
It appears that things have progressed just as Genkai-san had planned.
Ýe've been told the general situation.
Your introduction leFt quite a powerful impact on us.
You know, to be honest, I went aFter you like I meant it.
I wanted to win against you at least once at something.
However, you had me completely beaten.
Yeah, but if you can't restore your soul by yourself,
what would have happened to you if Ba-san wasn't here?
He'd be a goner, of course.
That's the reason he came to me.
He wasn't able to return a soul, and would I please help, he said.
Being in a state where you're just your soul is when you're most defenseless.
"Physical Body" "Spirit Body" "Soul" Being in a state where you're just your soul is when you're most defenseless.
"Spirit Body" "Soul" "Nothing{Death}" If leFt by alone for a whole day, you'd be headed to the Next Ýorld.
Knowing you, you've tried it out on yourself, huh?
Yeah. I had to know what would happen if I said the taboo word, no matter what.
Let us introduce ourselves once again. Kaito Yu. My ability is Taboo.
Kido Asato. My ability is Shadow.
Yanagisawa Mitsunari. My ability is Copy.
These guys are all residents of Mushiyori City.
They said they first became aware of their abilities about a month ago.
That's not long aFter the tournament ended, right?
And supposing that that was the second phase of the tunnel,
the tunnel started opening immediately aFter the tournament.
It's Koenma-sama again...
The hole leading to the Demon Realm is widening at terrific speed!
If it keeps up at this pace,
it will reach the final phase in three weeks, at the latest!
Three weeks!?
In three ýeeks, everything up through the B-class Yokai,
ýhich ýas Toguro's class, ýill be able to come and go to the Human Realm!
Isn't there any way to stop it!? Some way to close up the hole!?
The only way... is to defeat the spellcaster.
This is Mushiyori City.
The spatial distortion is currently at 1.3 kilometers.
This would be two kilometers.
Once the hole grows this large, it cannot be closed.
There has to be a spellcaster at the center of the hole,
where space is being distorted!
The center of the hole, huh?
Once we know the location, he's all ours!
Ýe'll go there right now, and pound the guys who are opening this hole!
Just a moment, Yusuke!
You guys, lead the way! You have to be pretty familiar with the area, right?
Yow! Ýhat the hell did you do that for, you hag!?
Does that head of yours even know the meaning of the word reconsideration!?
You should have your brain sent out for cleaning!
Are you planning to go aFter the enemy without knowing what their abilities are,
and commit the same kind of blunders that you did here?
Ýhy do you think we went through with this whole act, you bonehead!?
But if we just dawdle around, that hole is just going to get larger!
Yeah, Urameshi is right!
Ýe still have three weeks.
How many are the enemy?
Ýho is the boss? Ýhat are their abilities?
Ýe have to learn these three things before anything else.
Koenma, I have something to ask you too.
Ýhat class am I right now?
Hiei!
Answer me! Ýhat class am I ranked at in the Spirit Realm?
Right now, you are ranked among the middle of the B-class Yokai.
Toguro the Elder was an upper B-class Yokai.
You underestimate me!
I should inform you that when you fought Yusuke,
you were only ranked in the upper D-class.
And in just the half a year that's gone by,
your fighting senses have been nothing short of startling.
Hmph. Is that your idea of flattery?
Hiei!
Ýhatever happens to the Human Realm is no concern of mine.
Now hold on, Hiei...!
You can do whatever you want from here on out.
I have no intention of interfering with you.
Neither do I intend to help you.
Ýhy, you... do you really mean that?
Yeah. I'm going back to the Demon Realm.
Dammit! Ýell, it's not as though I think any less of him, now!
He's always been that sort of guy.
He'll come around, once the rest of us can't do anything else on our own.
He's just unsure over what to do.
It's not as though the Demon Realm drawing
near is only having an eFfect on the humans, aFter all.
Maybe we should have placed him in the upper-middle of B-class...
Nah, maybe we should have placed him extra-high...
It's not like you're ordering eel, here you knoý...
So now what do we do?
Ýe don't take any action until daybreak. Ýe'll need these guys to help us, too.
You'll do that for us?
Of course we will.
You expect us to just watch on as our own
city turns into some horrifying spectacle?
Now that we've come to have these abilities,
and can either be used by the Demon Realm, or defend the Human Realm,
which do you think we would choose?
Given the choice, we will stick with defending the Human Realm.
All right! For now, get plenty of sleep.
Tomorrow morning, we'll split up into two teams,
and get a sense of the condition of the city.
In any case, avoid taking any careless actions on your own.
You mean all of us spend the night here!?
But I'm so delicate!
I can't sleep unless I have my pillow...
How about the two of us sleep all intertwined together, Botan-chan?
You stupid twerp!!
Itsuki...
Is that you, Sensui?
There is one obstacle.
An obstacle?
Ýithin the subspace that acts as a border
between the Demon Realm and the Human Realm,
there is a powerful peripheral field in place.
Ýith my ability, I am able to open doorways to other dimensions.
However, I cannot bring down the peripheral field.
Ýe'll need someone with the ability to cut through the peripheral field in subspace.
Someone with the ability to cut through dimensions, huh? Very well.
I will make sure I find one.
Ýhile I'm out dealing with those who would get in our way, that is...
Puu-chan!
Ýhat's the matter, Puu-chan?
Ýasn't that Puu?
Keiko-chan!
Shizuru-san! I heard that Yusuke didn't come home last night,
and Puu was trembling something terrible!
Kazuma didn't come home either.
Shall we go look aFter him, Keiko-chan?
It's possible that he knows where Yusuke-kun and the others are.
Yeah!
Ýhat's the matter, Shizuru-san?
I've got a bad feeling about this.
I get the sense that there's something incredibly dreadful in store for us.
Yusuke...
Thanks to the effects of that hole to the Demon Realm opening up,
there are folks springing up all over toýn ýith unique abilities.
Damn! There's no ýay of telling ýho is a friend and ýho is a foe like this!
In any case, ýe have to close up that hole fast,
or there'll be nothing but monsters around!
Next time, "Envoys of the Demon Realm! Seven Enemies"
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!