Episode 112

EPISODE 112

フォーエバー！幽遊白書 (Fooebaa! Yuu Yuu Hakusho)

Forever! Yu Yu Hakusho

First Broadcast: January 7, 1995

Equivalent Manga Chapter(s): parts of chapter 170 (WSJ #27, 1994, June 20), parts of chapter 172 (WSJ #29, 1994, July 4), loose adaptation of chapter 175 (WSJ #32, 1994, July 25)

Summary: Back in the Human World, Kuwabara learns the outcome of the tournament from Kurama.  They meet up with Shizuru and Keiko and head for Genkai’s temple.  With the Demon World now maintaining a peaceful relationship with the Human World under Enki’s rule, the barrier between the two worlds has been taken down.  Hiei is still with Mukuro and her servants, helping save humans who are accidentally sucked into the Demon World now that the inter-world barrier has been removed; he says he’ll return to the Human World when he feels like it.  Kuwabara and co. reach the temple, where Genkai explains that after she dies, they will all inherit her massive estate, which she wants turned into a habitat for demons as they become increasingly common in the Human World.  The gang heads for the beach, where Yusuke suddenly returns.  He and Keiko share a kiss before getting soaked by a huge wave.  Fini.

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Episode 111

EPISODE 111

決着！激闘の果てに (Ketchaku! Gekitou no Hate ni)

Concluded! The End of the Conflict

First Broadcast: December 24, 1994

Equivalent Manga Chapter(s): small part of chapter 170 (WSJ #27, 1994, June 20)

Summary: Yusuke and Yomi continue their fight, which ends in a huge explosion.  Yusuke wakes up a week later in the hospital, and learns that he lost to Yomi.  But Yomi was in turn defeated by Koko (one of Raizen’s old friends), due to having used up much of his stamina fighting Yusuke.  The tournament was ultimately won by Enki, Koko’s husband and yet another friend of Raizen, and Yusuke is just in time to see his victory speech.  Enki says that as ruler of the Demon World he wants to ensure peace with the Human World.  The tournament over, everything winds down.  Kurama heads back to the Human World, while Yusuke has to take care of some lose ends before he can do the same.

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Episode 110

EPISODE 110

俺の力・これが全てだ！(Ore no Chikara・Kore ga Subete da!)

My Power—This is My All!

First Broadcast: December 17, 1994

Equivalent Manga Chapter(s): chapter 169 (WSJ #26, 1994, June 13)

Summary: Mukuro and Natsume have a close fight, as do 2 other of Raizen’s friends, Shu and Soketsu.  Meanwhile, Yusuke begins to fight Yomi.  Discouraged at first, a vision of Raizen helps him regain his determination.  He manages to break through Yomi’s force field technique, and the two begin pummeling each other at close range.

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Episode 109

EPISODE 109

対決！飛影とムクロ (Taiketsu! Hiei to Mukuro)

Showdown! Hiei and Mukuro

First Broadcast: December 10, 1994

Equivalent Manga Chapter(s): very loosely adapted from parts of chapter 172 (WSJ #29, 1994, July 4)

Summary: Hiei goes up against Mukuro in the tournament.  Mukuro began her life as a prisoner, and even now retains shackles on her arms.  Outmatched by Mukuro’s power (including her ability to cut space itself) Hiei fires his Koku-Ryu-Ha, which she manages to completely destroy.  However, the attack breaks her shackles.  Though Hiei has lost, he and Mukuro both seem more at peace with their past.

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Episode 108

EPISODE 108

蔵馬、過去との決別 (Kurama、Kako to no Ketsubetsu)

Kurama, A Break With the Past

First Broadcast: December 3, 1994

Equivalent Manga Chapter(s): none

Summary: Kurama fights Shigure and is initially overwhelmed, but shifts into his Yoko form in the nick of time.  However, Kurama decides to settle things in his human form, and narrowly wins by using his plant-manipulating powers to take control of the gigantic tree that serves as their fighting arena.  Shamed, Shigure jumps to his death.

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Episode 107

EPISODE 107

激闘！夢に賭けた男たち (Gekitou! Yume ni Kaketa Otoko-tachi)

Fierce Fighting! Men Fighting for Their Dreams

First Broadcast: November 26, 1994

Equivalent Manga Chapter(s): none!  The first episode of pure filler.

Summary: With the main tournament in full swing, Shishi-Wakamaru loses to Hokushin.  Jin goes up against Soketsu, while Toya fights Kujo.  The two put up a heroic struggle but are no match for Soketsu and Kujo, who are really two of Raizen’s old friends and therefore extraordinarily powerful. 

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Episode 106

EPISODE 106

闘う親子！黄泉と修羅 (Tatakau Oyako! Yomi to Shura)

A Father and Son Battle!  Yomi and Shura

First Broadcast: November 19, 1994

Equivalent Manga Chapter(s): parts of chapter 167 (WSJ #23, 1994, May 23) and chapter 168 (WSJ #24, 1994, May 30)

Summary: In the preliminaries Yomi easily but unhappily beats Shura.  Yusuke quickly passes the preliminaries, and gives a speech opening the main tournament.  To start things off, he fights the cat monster Nekotama, who looks impressive but gives him little trouble.

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Episode 105

EPISODE 105

魔界大戦・予選開始!  (Makai Taisen・Yosen Kaishi!)

Great Battle in the Demon World—The Preliminaries Commence!

First Broadcast: November 12, 1994

Equivalent Manga Chapter(s): chapter 166 (WSJ #21-22, 1994, May 9), certain parts of chapter 167 (WSJ #23, 1994, May 23) and chapter 168 (WSJ #24, 1994, May 30)

Summary: The Demon World Unification Tournament begins.  Everyone who’s anyone enters, including all of Raizen’s old friends.  Yomi must fight Shura in the preliminaries, while Chu has the misfortunate of going up against Raizen’s friend Natsume.  Natsume easily beats Chu, but he falls in love with her.

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Episode 104

EPISODE 104

意外な提案・魔界の変動 (Igai-na Teian・Makai no Hendou)

An Unexpected Proposal—A Change in the Demon World

First Broadcast: November 5, 1994

Equivalent Manga Chapter(s): second half of chapter 164 (WSJ #19, 1994, April 25), chapter 165 (WSJ #20, 1994, May 2)

Summary: Yusuke proposes to Yomi a simple tournament to decide who will rule the Demon World.  Kurama and co. threaten to mutiny if Yomi doesn’t go along with this idea, and even Mukuro (who has snuck into Gandara) accepts the proposal, leaving Yomi no choice.  Yomi uses his advanced technology to create a powerful son, Shura, to help him win the tournament.  Meanwhile, Raizen’s old friends come to pay their respects.  They want to enter the tournament too and show off their power.  In truth each one is on par with Yomi, and together they create a massive surge of energy felt throughout the Demon World.  Yomi and the embryonic Shura sense this, and Yomi realizes there have been powerful people out there living quietly and without ambition, something he never calculated on.  Moved, he decides to abandon his strategies and fight in the tournament as a single man.

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Episode 103

EPISODE 103

父の遺言・遠い日の想い (Chichi no Igon・Tooi Hi no Omoi)

A Father’s Last Words—Memories of a Distant Day

First Broadcast: October 29, 1994

Equivalent Manga Chapter(s): chapter 163 (WSJ #18, 1994, April 18), first half of chapter 164 (WSJ #19, 1994, April 25)

Summary: Yusuke has vastly powered up, and can now easily defeat Hokushin and the rest of Raizen’s followers.  He goes to take on Raizen again, but Raizen has gone mad from hunger and attacks him.  After subduing Raizen (who’s getting constantly weaker) Yusuke demands that he explain why he stopped eating humans.  The truth is that 700 years ago Raizen met and fell in love with a “Kuda-Kusushi” woman, an ancient kind of doctor, and vowed not to eat until he met her again.  However, she died giving birth to their child (Yusuke’s ancestor), and he hasn’t eaten since.  After explaining this and his views on the relationship between the three worlds, Raizen finally dies.  Yusuke and Hokushin set off the see Yomi.

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Episode 102

EPISODE 102

妖狐変化！忍び寄る殺意 (Youko Henge！Shinobi-yoru Satsui)

Yoko Transformation! A Creeping Bloodlust

First Broadcast: October 22, 1994

Equivalent Manga Chapter(s): chapter 162 (WSJ #17, 1994, April 11)

Summary: Kurama returns to the Human World, saying he has a plain to raise six powerful warriors for Yomi.  To keep him in line, Yomi’s right-hand man Shachi sends a demon to possess Kurama’s new step-brother and keep him hostage.  Kurama is actually having Genkai train some of the fighters Yusuke and co. defeated in the Dark Tournament: Chu, Rinku, Jin, Toya, Suzuki, and Shishi-Wakamaru.  In a year’s time they all grow as powerful as Kurama promised.  Impressed, Yomi gives Kurama Shachi’s job.  Enraged, Shachi ambushes Kurama later.  Turning Yoko, Kurama kills him easily.

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Episode 101

EPISODE 101

魔界盗賊・千年目の再会 (Makai Touzoku・Sen-nenme no Saikai)

Demon World Thieves—A Thousand-Year Reunion

First Broadcast: October 15, 1994

Equivalent Manga Chapter(s): chapter 161 (WSJ #16, 1994, April 4)

Summary: : Kurama goes to the Demon World himself to Yomi’s city Gandara, where he takes part in Yomi’s war council.  Yomi was once Kurama’s subordinate, but after being blinded by an assassin he heightened his remaining senses to the extreme and grew in power until his influence in the Demon World rivaled Raizen and Mukuro.  Yomi has captured the assassin who blinded him so long ago, and forces Kurama to see him.  In reality it was Kurama who hired the assassin to kill Yomi, after getting fed up by Yomi’s reckless actions.  Yomi threatens to kill Kurama’s mother and new step-father if he doesn’t help him with his plans to unify the Demon World.

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Episode 100

EPISODE 100

明かされる邪眼の秘密 (Akasareru Jagan no Himitsu)

The Secret of the Jagan Revealed

First Broadcast: October 1, 1994

Equivalent Manga Chapter(s): chapter 160 (WSJ #15, 1994, March 28)

Summary: Hiei fights Shigure to a draw, with both critically wounded.  Mukuro taps into Hiei’s mind, learning his past.  She puts him into a medical machine to heal his injuries, and shows him her true form.

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Episode 99

EPISODE 99

忘れ得ぬ記憶・誕生の時 (Wasure-enu Kioku・Tanjou no Toki)

Unforgettable Memories! A Time of Birth

First Broadcast: September 24, 1994

Equivalent Manga Chapter(s): chapter 159 (WSJ #14, 1994, March 21)

Summary: While Yusuke trains with Hokushin and the rest of Raizen’s followers, Hiei spends half a year fighting hundreds of Mukuro’s A-class underlings to get stronger.  To join the ranks of Mukuro’s elite fighters, he fights Shigure, the surgeon who gave him his third eye, which he needed to find his sister Yukina and the keepsake Hirui Stone his mother gave him.

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Episode 98

EPISODE 98

魔界へ！父との対面 (Makai he! Chichi to no Taimen)

To the Demon World! A Meeting With Father

First Broadcast: September 17, 1994

Equivalent Manga Chapter(s): chapter 158 (WSJ #13, 1994, March 14)

Summary: Everyone gathers at Genkai’s temple, where the Spirit World Special Defense Squad opens a portal for Yusuke to travel to the Demon World.  Kurama and Hiei announce their intention to join up with Yomi and Mukuro, the Demon World’s two other major powers.  Five days later, Yusuke reaches Raizen’s country and finally meets his “true” father, who he attacks for meddling in his fight with Sensui.  However, despite being on the verge of death, Raizen is still so powerful that Yusuke can’t even budge him from his throne.

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Episode 97

EPISODE 97

別れ・それぞれの旅立ち (Wakare・Sore-Zore no Tabi-dachi)

Parting—Our Respective Departures

First Broadcast: September 10, 1994

Equivalent Manga Chapter(s): second half of chapter 156 (WSJ #11, 1994, February 28), chapter 157 (WSJ #12, 1994, March 7)

Summary: Hokushin explains that while he wants to give up human flesh like Raizen, he also needs strength to fight Raizen’s enemies.  He tells Yusuke to think over whether to come to the Demon World or not, then leaves.  Kuroko has watched the whole fight, and she advises Yusuke to go to the Demon World.  An envoy from the Spirit World had tasked her with killing Yusuke, and while she refused, seeing Yusuke calmly discussing the matter of eating humans with Hokushin has profoundly disturbed her.  Meanwhile, Kurama and Hiei are themselves approached by headhunters from the other two kings, Yomi and Mukuro, asking for their help in the coming war.  Yusuke breaks the news to Keiko that he’ll be leaving for three years, and asks her to marry him when he returns, but she dumps him instead.

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Episode 96

EPISODE 96

闇の訪問者・深まる謎 (Yami no Houmonsha・Fukamaru Nazo)

Visitors of Darkness—The Mystery Deepens

First Broadcast: September 3, 1994

Equivalent Manga Chapter(s): most of chapter 155 (WSJ #10, 1994, February 21), first half of chapter 156 (WSJ #11, 1994, February 28)

Summary: The visitors say Yusuke’s “true” father, Raizen, is one of three kings who keep the Demon World in political balance.  Though Raizen can only survive on human flesh, he gave up eating humans hundreds of years ago and has been slowly dying of hunger ever since.  His death now imminent, he wants Yusuke to come help his country in the war which will envelop the Demon World once he’s gone.  Yusuke is unconvinced by the visitors’ story though, and fights the group’s leader, Hokushin, who defeats him with a psychological trick.  Still unconvinced, Yusuke can tell that Hokushin has recently eaten human flesh, despite supposedly following Raizen’s example in abstaining from it.  He punches Hokushin and asks him to explain himself.

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Episode 95

EPISODE 95

幽助の運命・危険の足音 (Yuusuke no Unmei・Kiken no Ashi’oto)

Yusuke’s Destiny—Footsteps of Danger

First Broadcast: August 27, 1994

Equivalent Manga Chapter(s): chapter 154 (WSJ #9, 1994, February 14), little bit of chapter 155 (WSJ #10, 1994, February 21)

Summary: As Yusuke continues to feel dissatisfied and lost following the battle with Sensui, Genkai tells him to go seek the advice of Kuroko Sato (née Sanada), the first Spirit World Detective. While Yusuke enjoys himself with Kuroko and her family, mysterious figures enter the house, saying they have come from the Demon World to meet Yusuke.

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Episode 94

EPISODE 94

エピローグ！明日へ！ (Epiroogu! Ashita he!)

Epilogue!  Towards Tomorrow!

First Broadcast: August 20, 1994

Equivalent Manga Chapter(s): almost all of chapter 153 (WSJ #8, 1994, February 7)

Summary: Yusuke and the gang return home.  Exiting Irima Cave, they reunite with Genkai and co., who have been anxiously waiting for them.  The Special Defense Squad threatens Koenma for his disobedience, but Yusuke scares them off and they go back to sealing up the portal.  The case is closed.  Everyone lives more or less happily ever after (even Amanuma was resurrected by Koenma), save for Yusuke, who feels lost and unable to fit back in to everyday life.

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Episode 93

EPISODE 93

決着！魔界の死闘！ (Ketchaku! Makai no Shitou!)

A Conclusion! Deathbattle in the Demon World

First Broadcast: August 13, 1994

Equivalent Manga Chapter(s): most of chapter 151 (WSJ #5-6, 1993, January 17), chapter 152 (WSJ #7, 1994, January 31), tiny part of chapter 153 (WSJ #8, 1994, February 7)

Summary: In his new form Yusuke is in full control of his power, but seems possessed by a foreign intelligence.  He easily (but unconsciously) defeats Sensui, firing a massive Spirit Gun blast to finish the job.  Regaining his senses, Yusuke begs Sensui to survive and get better so that they can fight a proper rematch.  Itsuki suddenly appears and explains that Sensui has a fatal illness and never had more than half a month left to live anyway.  Sensui’s true motive was simply to come to the Demon World before he died.  Mortally wounded from Yusuke’s Spirit Gun, Sensui dies and Itsuki takes his body, vanishing into another dimension.  Yusuke figures that the being who triggered his transformation and possessed him must be his demonic ancestor.  Dissatisfied that his duel with Sensui was interrupted in this way, he considers staying in the Demon World to track his ancestor down, but ultimately opts to return to the Human World. 

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