01x71 - Semari Kuru Kyofu! Makai no Tobira

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At Yojigen Mansion,

Yusuke and the others were challenged
to an unusual battle

by Kaito, Kido, and Yanagisawa.

These three young men,
each possessing a strange ability,

were being directed from the shadows by,
surprisingly enough, Master Genkai!

The information that Genkai told them next
had everyone at a loss.

It's the effect of a hole
that opens onto the Demon Realm.

"The Terror Approaches!
A Doorway to the Demon Realm."

"A hole that opens onto 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?

Where 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.

What's more, it is unthinkable that a hole
that size could appear naturally.

Some artificial power
is clearly the cause of this.

Well, then, who the hell is doing it?

It's Koenma-sama.

Botan, is Yusuke there?
This is an emergency!

We'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 30 people

who have suddenly
developed strange abilities

and 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.

We'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? What 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...

When the hole's diameter reaches
two kilometers,

the final phase is reached.

"The final phase"?

What 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
WEAKER

In the Spirit Realm, Yokai are
assigned ranks according to the strength

of their spectral powers.

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 to expand our position
a little at a time over many years.

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 forming a boundary
between the Demon and Human Realms

is sealed within
a powerful periphery field.

Well, in that case, we can relax!
Good grief.

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!

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?

If that even one of the S-class Yokai
was allowed into the Human Realm,

at that moment...

What'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!

What's going on here exactly?

How is the tunnel coming?

Is 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, who destroy everything,
consume everything,

to satisfy your regrettable,
boundless hunger,

and still, it is not enough...

The time when you are
to be judged has come!

What?

You mean there's going to be hordes
of Yokai the same class as Toguro

coming and going through a hole connecting
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?

What are we supposed to do?

There isn't a single thing
we can do, is there?

Calm down!

We'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.

We'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.

Yes, 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

If left by alone for a whole day,
you'd be headed to the Next World.

Knowing you, you've tried
it out on yourself, huh?

Yes.

Yes. 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!

At this rate,

it will reach the final phase
in three weeks, at the latest!

Three weeks?

In three weeks, everything
up through the B-class Yokai,

which was Toguro's class, will be able
to come and go in 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!

We'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?

That hurts!
Why the hell did you do that, you hag?

Does that head of yours even know
the meaning of the word "preparation"?

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?

Why do you think we went through
with this whole act, you idiot?

But if we just dawdle around,
that hole is just going to get larger!

Yes, Urameshi is right!

We still have three weeks.

"How many are the enemy?

Who is the boss?
What are their abilities?"

We have to learn these three things
before anything else.

Koenma, I have something to ask you too.

What class am I right now?

Hiei!

Answer me! What 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 half a year that's gone by,

your fighting senses
have been nothing short of startling.

Is that your idea of flattery?

Hiei!

Whatever happens to the Human Realm
is not a 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.

Why, you... Do you really mean that?

Yes. I'm going back to the Demon Realm.

Dammit!

Well, 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 of what to do.

It's not as though
the Demon Realm drawing near

is the only effect on humans after all.

Maybe we should have placed him
in the upper-middle of B-class...

No, maybe we should have
placed him extra-high.

It's not like
you're ordering eel here, you know.

So now what do we do?

We don't take any action until daybreak.

We'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
will 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?

Within the subspace acting as a border
between the Demon and Human Realms,

there is a powerful peripheral field
in place.

With my ability, I am able
to open doorways to other dimensions.

However, I cannot bring down
the peripheral field.

We'll need someone with the ability to cut
through the peripheral field in subspace.

Someone with the ability
to cut through dimensions? Very well.

I will make sure I find one.

While I'm out dealing with those
who would get in our way, that is.

Puu-chan!

What's the matter, Puu-chan?

Wasn't that Puu?

Keiko-chan!

Shizuru-san! I heard that
Yusuke didn't come home last night,

and Puu was trembling from fear!

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.

Yes!

What'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 town with unique abilities.

Damn! There's no way of telling who
is a friend and who is a foe like this!

In any case,
we 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 watching
for nothing!