01x01 - Shindara Odoroita!

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"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!

Urameshi Yusuke, who had traveled to
the Demon Tealm at Taizen's invitation,

was spending his days and nights in
intense training against S-Class Yokai.

Elsewhere, Hiei had also
attained an amazing increase

in his spectral power
at Mukuro's castle,

and had progressed far enough
to defeat Shigure,

one of Mukuro's 77 attendants.

And, here in the remaining
corner of the three great powers,

there was a man who had received
an invitation from Yomi.

His human name was Minamino Shuichi;
his name in the Demon Tealm-- Yoko Kurama.

"Demon Realm Thieves --
A Thousand-Year Reunion"

"Minamino"

Hello? Shuichi?

Ah, Mom! Is something the matter?

Meals? I'm eating fine.

Earthquake? You're kidding. Are you
sure you don't have the wrong place?

I'm fine. Everything is
going well on this end.

Mom, you just have a
good time on your trip.

You don't need to worry
about anything at home.

I'm currently taking a
phone call in the Demon Tealm.

It's from my mother,
who is taking a trip.

One day in July, the mother
who had raised me by herself...

...moved up her itinerary,
and remarried.

The service was held with only
members of the family invited,

and the two of them seemed very happy.

I'm sorry I won't be able to make it
to your old lady's ceremony.

I was glad for what Yusuke
told me two months earlier,

as he left for the Demon Tealm
a little before I did.

Despite their repeated hesitations,
I half-forced the two of them

to take an overseas trip
through the end of August,

as a present to them, though it
was mostly for my own convenience.

Okay, you take care Mom.

I'm here two months after
Yusuke and Hiei arrived.

With the condition that this
only last through summer vacation,

I agreed to join Yomi on
the battle line as an advisor.

I owed a debt to Yomi.

"Demon Realm City Gandara"

Rose Whip!!

Yomi, I know you're there.

Kurama, you really have come.

Stop horsing around. You even sent
messengers to invite me here.

What the hell kind of
greeting was that?

Don't be so angry. I'm puzzled at the
difference between your presence now,

compared to your presence before.

I wanted to see if you could
really serve as an advisor to me.

So this was a test of my skill, then?

We don't see each other
for a little while,

and you go and get all cautious on me.

I'm not the same person I was before.

Right now, I am one of the three
great kings of the Demon Realm.

I now rival those other two,
Mukuro and Raizen,

who used to reign
from far above our heads,

and I am out to defeat them.

A thousand years is a long time, huh?

Do not think poorly of me.

If you truly have the power
that I expect you do,

then they will be negligible opponents.

And, as such, you will have won.

Kurama, lend me your strength.

Yomi-sama...

Yes, Yoda?

It's almost time for the Demon Realm
unification w*r council.

I know... We will allow Kurama there
to take part in today's council meeting.

Escort him there for me.

This man?

From what I can see, he doesn't
have that great a spectral power.

Are you serious about letting
this man participate

in our national w*r council meeting?

Yes, I am.

Come with me.

First of all,
please take a look at this graph.

This shows the relative military
strengths of all three nations,

with our own nation's overall
represented as being 100.

Now, as you can see, each nation
is represented by their King,

in what amounts to one-man-teams.

I will now include the projections
for military strengths a year from now.

Raizen's power is down to zero!

What does that mean?

You're not saying...!

Yes. Raizen will die within the year.

Raizen's strength has already declined
to the point where his life is at risk.

This information is reliable.

Consequently, it is thought
that any further military planning...

...should aim to acquire the
military strength flowing out

from Raizen's nation,

as well as to dig up any able
personnel from everywhere else.

Hmm. So that is your position, Yoda?

Kurama, what do you think?
I'd like to hear your views.

Yes indeed, I am intrigued.

Since Yomi-sama has
recommended you to be an advisor,

Iet's have a look at
your ingenuity and wisdom.

Assuming you have any
ingenuity and wisdom to show.

Yes, indeed. Well then,

Iet's have a look at the data on the
military strength of each nation's King,

together with their second-strongest
member after the King.

If you wish,

I can show you data on roughly all of
the primary forces for all three nations.

No, the Kings and their
Number-Twos will be fine.

Perhaps you cannot completely
grasp it all as the numbers get larger.

Very well, then.

I will show you the data
on military strength

as measured by our nation's
esteemed intelligence agents.

First, Raizen.

Next, Mukuro.

And then, our own King Yomi-sama.

Next, the data on each nation's
Number-Two power holder.

On Raizen's side,
the Sage Priest Hokushin.

On Mukuro's side,
the Malevolent Headmaster Kirin.

And, for our own nation,
Military Chancellor Shachi-dono.

That is all. So then, your view?

Hmm... So, in short, for each country,

the Number-Two guy is not even skilled
enough to be the King's right-hand man.

Supposing that Raizen dies, it will
come down to the two remaining nations.

But there is no difference
between the two King's powers.

As such, the struggle
would ordinarily come to rest

between the forces other than the Kings,

but the powers of even the
Number-Two guys are remarkably weak,

in comparison to the Kings.

In other words,

all of the military might except
for the King is insignificant strength,

and of no use.

Until a new Number-Two appears,
one that can rival the King,

there's no telling who will win
under these circumstances.

Hmph! So in the end, you give up, huh?

That's some shabby ingenuity
and wisdom you've got there.

However, in the near future,

this scenario is going
to change radically.

What!?

The adjutant general holds
the key to the organization.

Within half a year, all of the
Number-Twos will be replaced.

What did you say!?

Don't make me laugh!
You mean that after the 500 years

since our three nations have
been at odds with each other,

the power relationships between us
are going to collapse that suddenly!?

Don't get so worked up, Shachi.
This is a newcomer saying this.

Miserable Kurama! I'll remember this.

That was the most interesting
council meeting in a long time.

Shachi was glaring at you
the whole time during your remarks.

Shachi's eyes had surpassed hatred,

and were starting to overflow
with bloodlust towards you.

You could tell that much?

The change in his body temperature
and his blood pressure,

the tautness of his muscles,
the flow of air around him--

I could tell all of it.

Although I have lost the light of sight,
I have become stronger.

Kurama, shall we see if you're right

about the composition of the Demon Realm
changing in half a year, as you believe?

The child that Raizen had a human woman
give birth to, Urameshi Yusuke,

is engaged day and night in fierce,
active-combat training,

in order to lead Raizen's forces
in the near future.

And I have received reports
that your friend, Hiei,

who has gone to see Mukuro,

has also obtained a surprising
amount of power in just a short time.

Urameshi and Hiei,
as well as you, Kurama.

The three of you are going to reach
the Number-Two position in half a year.

That's what you're convinced of,
isn't it?

The adjutant general holds
the key to the organization.

That was your opinion, right?

Oh yes, Kurama, with the
council meeting and all,

I forgot something very important.

There's someone I simply must
have you meet. Come with me.

We're here.

Who do you think it is?

It's a man I've continually been looking
for over this last thousand years.

He's the one who took my sight from me.

He's here? On the other
side of that door?

Yeah.

Lift up your face to him, at least.
Your heartbeat has quickened.

What's the matter?

Now, look upon him,
at the shape he is in now.

These last few days,
he's been wasting away,

and his words have grown remarkably few.

Even now, I can vividly remember
when I was attacked by him

a thousand years ago...

Yes... at the time, you were the chief,
and I was the deputy.

Our positions were reversed.

My eyes had not yet lost their sight.

Back then, you and I were both
bent on making a name for ourselves

among the rising powers
of the Demon Realm.

We needed power and wealth
in order to make our names,

and build our nation.

The method we chose in order to get both
of them at once was to become thieves.

That was the most popular method
in the Demon Realm.

At the time, I was strong-willed,
and hot blooded.

I was overly confident of my own power,
and leapt into whatever danger there was.

In time, I even brushed aside
your restraint on me as the leader,

deciding for myself what action to take,

and attacked many castles and villages--

and looked on as many
subordinates were k*lled.

That personality of yours
is going to get you k*lled one day.

Contrarily, you were calm and composed.

You had a different
kind of cruelness to you.

You placed great importance on planning,

and always thought
three steps ahead of others.

Now that I think about it,

you could say that my foolishly simple
ideal of choosing death over surrender...

...is what fueled your anxieties
over any future expectations.

I probably wasn't
qualified to be your deputy.

Then it happened.

I heard that there was a high-priced
treasure gathered inside that castle.

I was taken in by false information,

and led several men toward
the empty ruins of a castle.

What's going on here!?

What!?

Who are you!?

What are you after!?

He was strong.

Of course, I mean in comparison
to me at the time.

I'll finish you!

W- wait! W- who...!?

"Life is more important
than any reward."

That's the dig he got
in at me as he left.

I had lost my sight.
Without knowing who had attacked me,

or what their purpose was,

Kurama, I waited for you to help me,
as I always did.

But no matter how much time went by,
you never appeared.

And so, a thousand long years
passed by, until now,

we have come to this day.

At length, I did not meet up
with you again. Why was that?

This guy, the one who stole
the sight from my eyes,

might be able to solve
that puzzle for me.

Thinking that, I spent a thousand
years until I finally tracked him down.

What's so funny?

I'm impressed. Here you are,
standing before him like this,

and your heartbeat
has returned to normal.

Hey, wake up!

P- please, k*ll me... I can't
take this suffering any longer...

Very well. You have
suffered more than enough.

But before I do, answer
my question one more time.

Back then, who was it that
ordered you to come after me?

That terrible...

...man with those cold eyes...

...the silver-haired Yoko, Kurama...!

Kurama,

I give you notice
that I do not blame you.

Thinking back on it now,
I was certainly a fool back then.

I did in fact watch on as
hundreds of our men were k*lled.

If I had been the chief,
I probably would have done the same thing.

I probably would not have
hesitated to k*ll me.

What do you want?

As I stated in that messageball,

I'd like for you to lend me
your strength as an advisor to me.

Back then, I was of use to you,
in my own foolish way, wasn't I?

Now, for the sake of my ambitions
to unite the Demon Realm,

I want you to help me,
in your own way.

And if I say... no?

Humans seem to enjoy traveling, huh?

What!?

The human that you care most for now is
currently traveling by plane, isn't she?

It would be nice if
that plane did not crash.

Tragedy befalls a middle-aged couple,
on their honeymoon after remarrying...

Even for the topic of some talk show,
that's B-grade material.

Why, you...

The human who you, having been pursued
as a Yoko by a Demon Realm Hunter,

escaped to the Human Realm as a
spirit body and took possession of.

The mother of Minamino Shuichi, Shiori.

The woman who taught
you about human love,

and who you so desperately
focused your love on.

The first step in military
strategy is to gather intelligence.

That was your teaching.

You were puzzled when you first saw me?

Who the hell taught you how
to put on such a poor charade?

You are genuinely enraged, and yet
somewhere inside that head of yours,

you are still thinking calmly.

Coming up with some way not to
lose the person you hold dear...

Already, you have started thinking ahead
two or three steps beyond my threat.

Trying to move things in a
better direction, one way or another.

Busy thinking first of an
intelligent way to deal with this,

rather than of affection or hatred.

What a miserable fellow,

what a cold fellow,

and what a fearsome fellow you are.

The Demon Realm will soon be
plunged into great disorder,

and that is precisely when I will need
your composure and cold-bloodedness.

Utilize those powers of yours for me.

Kurama has been enlisted
as an advisor to Yomi.

However, the two of them,
fellow thieves in the past,

both carried smoldering
embers of hatred toward each other

that could erupt at any time.

In order to fulfill
his promise to Yomi,

Kurama has managed to draw out
some pretty bizarre characters.

For crying out loud, what the hell
goes on inside that head of yours?

I'd like to have a look for myself.

But you know, there's going to be
envious folks no matter where you go.

Watch yourself.

Next time: "Yoko Transformation!
A Creeping Bloodlust"

The Other World's not
watching for nothing!

When my letter reaches you,
don't break the seal,

just leave it alone,
and after some time has passed,

I'm sure you will
understand how I feel now.

This is my first, and last, request.

As gently as we could,
it wasn't very hard,

with one purpose,
we foolishly embraced.

As twilight closes in,
I sh**t an arrow of courage

from a distant window,
toward your back, as you leave.

Although it still has not
stopped raining outside,

the drenched people and the city
still believe in the sun.

An old melody, and a blurred silhouette.

Living the easy life doesn't
make for a very good picture.