01x55 - Bakuretsu! Mezame Ta Yoko

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Having lost Genkai, Yusuke transforms
his grief into fighting spirit,

and proceeds to the final round.

However, the tournament rules
state that the final round

must be fought with five fighters each,
in one-on-one matches.

Sakyo, the Toguro Team owner,
appeared for them,

just as Koenma emerged as
the Urameshi Team's fifth combatant.

The turbulent Dark Tournament's
final round is just about to begin!

"expl*si*n! The Yoko Awakened."

The final round of the Dark Tournament!

Round 1!

The Toguro Team's...

Contestant Karasu...

versus the Urameshi Team's...

Contestant Kurama!

The fiercely contested
Dark Tournament has finally,

finally entered its final round!

Karasu, don't you lose! Let him have it!

k*ll that rotten Kurama!

k*ll! k*ll! k*ll! k*ll...

Everyone in the stadium
is unanimously cheering

for Contestant Karasu
of the Toguro Team!

What are you talking about?!

There are those of us rooting for
the Urameshi Team here too, to be sure!

Kurama-kun, good luck!

Koenma-sama,give them a good fight!

I forgot to give
Koenma-sama my thorny bat.

Koenma-sama! My thorny bat!

My thorny bat!
My thorny bat! My thorny bat!

Are those guys going to be
all right, cheering that loudly?

Hey, Kurama!

Are you planning to use
that medicine you got from Suzuki?

Yeah. I already took it
about two minutes ago.

What is this?

The Fruit of Former Life is the fleshy
part of the Tokitadare blossom,

recently discovered in the Demon Realm.

Uraurashima used it in a mist form.

However, if you were
to drink it in liquid form,

you should be able to return to
your Yoko form for a long time.

I tried it out several times,
and when you use it as a liquid,

it takes a little bit of time
for its effects to appear.

Several times? Then, you already tried
taking some of it before you came here?

I'm not so daring as to use it
abruptly in the middle of battle.

A-Are you going to be okay?!

Suzuki was correct in what he said.

One swallow will allow me to return

to my original form
for about fifteen minutes.

That's plenty of time to defeat this guy.

Now then, I will go over the matters
that require attention for these matches.

Never mind!
Just hurry and get started!

Don't act like you're so important!

Botan-san, is something the matter?

Nothing's wrong at all! I'm the
same cheery Botan-chan as always!

See? Just like I said!

Right...

But you know, it's too bad
about Genkai Ba-chan.

I wonder why she's not
appearing in the finals.

I bet...

fighting back-to-back in the semifinals
must have been hard on her, you know?

Right, right, after all,
she did say something about

not being able to win out
against age, come to think of it.

Where are you going?
It's about to start!

I'm just going to pick
some flowers for a bit.

Something about Botan-san has
been strange, ever since last night...

Shizuru-san!

Cheer up!

If you, as her escort,
keep brooding over it,

Ba-chan won't be able to
find peace over there, right?

You knew?

I, too, have kept company with Ba-chan
off and on for a long time now.

Yesterday, she came by to pay her
respects. She said to take care.

That woman just had
that sort of personality.

She was quite openhearted, you know?

She didn't say what was happening,

but I'm sure she herself
was content about it.

Mm-hmm...

But...

But... But still,
I... just can't let it go!

Let's let our guys take care of the rest!

And if they get done in,
then I'll go in instead and k*ll him!

Don't go saying anything like that, okay?

And now, the first match! Begin!

You're sure you're... okay like that?

You must have gotten
a glimpse of my power earlier...

Knowing that,

you haven't come here to be k*lled
without putting up a fight, right?

I'll change soon enough.

If it's to defeat you...

I'll become anything I have to!

I'll count on that.

Oh, my! Innumerable flower petals
are surrounding Contestant Kurama!

He certainly is incredible.

In this form, I probably have no chance
of winning, no matter what I do.

However, once I return to my Yoko form,
there's a chance I can win!

In order for me to do that, I need to buy
some time, and fight him from a distance.

I have to... I have to avoid Karasu
touching me, no matter what!

Fuka enbu-jin!!

FUKA ENBU-JIN:
WIND PETAL WALTZ CONFIGURATION

Oh, my! Contestant Karasu
advances without any hesitation!

An array of flower petals,
sharpened to have a razor's edge, huh?

It's quite elegant.

However, they are fragile.

Frail... weak...
not to mention fleeting things...

No defensive posture, huh?
Just what I was hoping for.

My Fuka enbu-jin attack will invade
his space, and slice up everything there!

What?! They're exploding on their own!

Kurama!

That's impossible! He didn't
even touch the flower petals!

You've got my power all wrong, don't you?

I inject my own Yoki into
the body of whomever I touch,

causing an expl*si*n from the inside.

That is what you thought, isn't it?

Then that's not it?!

You cannot see the true form
of my Yoki, which is to say...

that is the difference
between our spectral powers.

I will ask you again. Are you
sure you're okay in that form?

Oh, my! Contestant Karasu
launches a ferocious attack!

Rose Whip!!

You still refuse to give up, even knowing
the difference in our abilities.

Most laudable.

That is, after all, why I like you!

However, no matter how much affection
you lavish upon something you like,

in time, they grow old, and die!

In which case, I will k*ll
them with my own hands!

I have always done so!

When something that
I love dies at my hand,

it feels so good that I cannot stand it!

Strange... Enough time has passed that
I should have turned back into a Yoko...

I did not touch you just now.

Kurama!

Dammit! Why doesn't he turn back?

Could that medicine have
been incomplete after all?

Medicine?

This is boring. Maybe I should
have stayed up in the VIP seats.

There is no need to rush.
Things are just getting started now.

All right, I'll give you a hint.

Just as you are able to
control plants with your Yoki,

I am also able to control a certain thing.

What's more, I am also able to create it.

It is in my right hand at this moment.

Even so, you are
probably unable to see it.

I've grown tired of all this talking.

Are you just about ready to die?

Lastly, I will take this
spiritual object that I control,

and intensify its manifestation
even further so that you can see it.

Wha...?!

It's a b*mb!

K-Kurama!

That was an incredible expl*si*n!

From here, I am unable
to clearly ascertain

what is happening inside the ring!

Kurama-san...

I don't want to have anything to do

with having to take the rest of
you to the Spirit Realm, too...

Kurama!

That was a pretty sharp trick...

What? You mean Karasu hasn't won?

No, something weird is going on.

What is this? This Yoki?

C-Could this be...

the same phenomenon that occurred
during the Uraotogi Team battle?

That was a close one. Had this
been Minamino Shuichi's body,

it would have been blown to bits.

I knew it! He has appeared! Yoko Kurama!

All right! Just in the nick of time!

That's Kurama?

That's right. The brutally cruel
Yokai thief, Yoko Kurama.

Way to go! Hang in there, Kurama!

What's going on?!

Kurama has returned to his Yoko form!

Now I can no longer tell
which way the fight will go.

You create bombs, huh?

I am pleased to meet someone
from the class of Yokai

with the ability to control things,
the Quest Class...

but I am still going to k*ll you!

It is you... who is going to die!

I can see these clearly now.

So those things hovering around you
are the expl*sives you control, then?

I get it now. If my opponent
is a Quest Class Yokai...

that would explain why Minamino
Shuichi is not yet up to the task.

Not yet... did you say?

Will that be your excuse when you lose?

You cannot beat me, even as you are now.

Would you like to try?

"Trace-eye" homing bombs.

They are subordinate beings,
made from my Yoki.

It is the power of the Quest that
allows the image to materialize.

Do you know of the plant
known as the Ojigi weed?

It's a perennial from South America,

which reacts to vibrations,
to being touched,

or to flammables by closing its leaves.

I'm not interested in horticulture.

You're surrounded! This is what
you might call a desperate situation.

I'm not so sure about that.

Agron tentagram bicheon sabbat adonai...

The Ojigi weed of the Demon Realm
is rather aggressive.

It goes after anything that moves
or is laden with flammables on its own.

Woman, unless you
wish to die, do not move.

Right!

It appears that it has
considered you to be its enemy.

Oh, my! In a complete reversal of
offensive and defensive positions,

Contestant Karasu now finds
himself in a great pinch!

You cannot run from it!

He's won.

I don't care if he is from some
Cup Club, he's finished now!

It's "Quest Class." Have your
ears finally gone bad on you?

What?!

Anyhow, now that he's turned back
into his Yoko form, this fight is all ours!

Let's hope so...

This is enjoyable.

This is where things get
more and more interesting.

At last, Kurama, having become
a Yoko, has begun fighting back!

However, Karasu still has
evil powers that he is hiding.

This fight has only just gotten started!

How can this be?! Karasu hasn't
taken any considerable damage!

Doesn't even the power
of a Yoko work against him?

If this keeps up, the fight
will go against Kurama!

But I believe in you! You're not the
kind of guy who gives up over just this!

Next time, "The Desperate Kurama!
A Final Measure."

The Other World's
not watching for nothing!