Episode 14 to 26

At home, Yoh and Manta relax in a hot bath. Horo Horo joins them. They question how he’s left Pirika - they’re living in a house across the way. Anna discovers the enemy in the bath and attacks him with a water hose. Two weeks pass…

Sun Sunshine Building - the place of the first match. Anna heard that the place was used to execute criminals. Anna wants him to change into clothes better suited for fighting. She brought him some. Unfortunately for Yoh, they are his old fighting gear from when he was 10 and he is totally embarrassed. As Manta laughs, Anna asks if they have something against her hand made battle attire. She made it the night before. They change moods quickly, complementing her on the nice job.

Horo Horo enters on his board and insults Yoh for his bad taste in clothing. Manta and Yoh cringe in anticipation as Anna lands an uppercut that sends Horo Horo flying.

The fight begins as Horo Horo calls Kororo in snowboard! Oversoul! He then starts firing ice blades called Kau Kau Furi Wenfe! Yoh asks what was up with the attack. It’s 2AM, ready for the fight? The rules are that the first one to break Oversoul loses.

Horo Horo throws the first attack - Ebishingu Tesshipe! A large icicle emits from his snowboard and Horo Horo attacks as Yoh flies in the air. Yoh calls Amidamaru in the form of a shield to block Horo Horo’s air attack. Two of the priests look on, impressed that Yoh can fight so well after having learned the Oversoul two weeks ago. The priest, Karimu, however, backs Horo Horo, who has a reason that will prevent him from losing.

The fight continues and it appears that Yoh has become quite strong. Pirika cheers Horo Horo on, telling him not to lose sight of his dream - to create the vast plain Coltsfoot. If he doesn’t win, the Koro Pokkuru tribe will be wiped out. Snow begins to fall in the night sky. Horo Horo explains that the god of the mountain sometimes will play with a strong mortal. That is a saying from Horo Horo’s village that serves to warn of nature’s enormous destructive power. Those of the village think of it as a challenge. That is why Horo Horo will recognize Yoh as a strong person and challenge his with all his Furyoku power. Suddenly there is a huge avalanche - Epikari Kyuupashi Horusuke! Yoh believes that he will lose if he tries to block something that large, as he will use up all of his Furyoku energy, so he also attacks with his full Furyoku. After a confrontation, Yoh is buried under the avalanche and Horo Horo sits on top, victorious.

Of course, that doesn’t last, as Yoh is able to dig his way out of the avalanche and attack. He strikes the ground next to Horo Horo, breaking his Oversoul, and emerging as the winner to the delight of Manta. Shilva is impressed with his performance.

Pirika cries over the loss all the way through dinner. Anna explains that in the Shaman Fight, contestants must fight three rounds. If they are able to win two, they will get into the main tournament. Yoh and Horo Horo make a pact to meet again, hopefully in the last round of the Shaman Fight.

Yoh’s next opponent has been announced, Faust VIII. Karimu, the priest that backed Horo Horo warns Silva that Faust VIII is extremely dangerous and that he should encourage Yoh to quit. Silva doesn’t feel he has the right to ask someone to quit.

Horo Horo joins Yoh and company for dinner, but Pirika tracks him down to continue training. Yoh tries to encourage her that everything will be ok, but she blows up at him, accusing him of ruining her dream. Yoh reflects on this and about everyone who will lose their dream of becoming the Shaman King when the winner is decided. Yoh’s next match is next Sunday at Chokohama Foreigner Cemetary.

It is raining on Sunday, so Anna goes to buy an umbrella. On her way, Silva asks to speak with her. During the meal, Silva asks Anna to make Yoh forfeit the next match.
He doesn’t want Yoh to die.

Meanwhile, Faust VIII shows up at the cemetery ready for the next match. He’s wearing purple lipstick, has blonde hair, and has triangles painted under his eyes. He is glad to meet Yoh, as he was hoping his next opponent wouldn’t be too scary. Amidamaru quickly warns Yoh not to let his guard down because he senses an unnatural smell of death.

Silva explains to Anna that two weeks ago, Faust VIII killed his opponent. He continued attacking even after his opponent’s Furyoku faded and seriously injured a priest who had come to stop the fight. Once Faust loses control, he doesn’t stop. Because Faust VIII is a necromancer, he will have an advantage during the match because it will be held in a cemetery. Anna is unimpressed with Silva’s concern and refuses to force Yoh to forfeit the match.

Faust takes off his coat to reveal a skeleton chained to his arm. He is able to OverSoul the souls of the dead into corpses and demonstrates this with his skeleton. Manta is amazed and asks if he is Dr. Faust. Faust replies that he is one of his descendants. Dr. Faust lived five hundred years ago as a scholar who was known to have mastered everything from alchemy to magic. He was also a necromancer. As a doctor, Faust VIII also was a scholar who tried to save many people, but he was never able to overcome death. Now he seeks to learn the path. Manta comments that it is impossible to overcome death & Faust VIII loses it and accuses him of making fun of his research. He sends his skeleton after him, but Yoh intervenes. Suddenly, Faust VIII summons the souls of the dead to carry off Manta. As Yoh tries to run after him, several skeletons hold him back. Manta is strapped to a cross as Faust continues his tirade & inserts some kind of green glowing thing into Manta’s abdomen. Manta isn’t doing very well & Yoh gets mad enough to destroy the bones holding him back. Faust VIII is amazed that he could break out of his bone prison and calls for more minions “Bone Dead Reborn” to kill Yoh.

Yoh breaks free again and vows he will not forgive Faust VIII.

A recap of the events from the previous episode brings us to the present moment with Yoh in OverSoul mode demanding Faust VIII let manta go. Faust VIII snaps his fingers and all the bone men he shattered before come back to life. Faust VIII continues with his experiments on Manta, now onto the brain. Manta cringes at the thought.

As Yoh is exhausted from his skeleton battles, the command is given for the real Shaman Fight to start. Unfortunately, Yoh has used up all his strength & his Furyoku is fading. Faust is ready to continue with his research on Manta. As Yoh lays on the ground struggling to move, Faust taunts him - that he will one day be the Shaman King so he can revive his beloved wife, Eliza. She had an incurable disease. As a child, Eliza was the only one who would talk to him. After twenty years, Eliza was finally able to overcome her illness and the two started a small clinic and were happy. Then, one day, a man shot and killed her. He desperately tried to revive her but could not overcome death. When science failed, Faust turned to necromancy. He must become the next Shaman King to bring back Eliza.

Silva can’t understand why Yoh is so angered and driven to continue the match. Anna explains that Manta is Yoh’s first human friend. He was called the ‘child of the devil’ and hated in his town. The Asakura family is a distinguished family of Shamans that began when the Japanese started believing in fortune telling. However, a family with that kind of power was also feared in an age when people have stopped believing in spiritual powers. The larger the Asakura family legend grew, the more isolated Yoh became. Manta was the first one to befriend him even when he saw Yoh with ghosts.

Suddenly, Faust VIII changes the form of his OverSoul from skeletons to Eliza. Eliza attacks and knocks Yoh back. Silva explains that Faust VIII has about as much Furyoku as Yoh, but he used less than 1% when controlling the skeletons because they were just bones. With Eliza, he is using much more because of the body created as well. Yoh fell into his trap to use up all his Furyoku.

Eliza attacks, breaking Yoh’s ribs, but Yoh won’t give up. He still must fight to save Manta. He refuses to lose to a doll like Eliza. This, of course, irritates Faust to no extent and Eliza starts attacking full force. Yoh blocks furiously, trying to wait out Faust’s Furyoku duration. Eliza slowly starts transforming into bone form, a sign that the Furyoku is dying out, but Yoh can’t take it and is knocked back and loses his Furyoku. Faust isn’t finished, though, anxious to make Yoh pay for calling Eliza a doll, and summons a huge skeleton to take Yoh out. Suddenly a man on horseback rides/flies up behind Faust and performs Golden Chuuka Zanmai to destroy the bone creature. That person is none other than Ren, Yoh’s next opponent, who has been waiting for his match with Yoh for a long time...

As Manta is recovering in the hospital from his wounds from Faust VIII, Silva goes to visit him. Silva explains to Manta why this has happened and apologizes for letting this happen. Yoh is also in the hospital, but is disappointed that he lost the match. Anna and Amidamaru sit by him. Yoh accuses Manta of holding him back and angrily asks Manta to leave, telling him they aren’t friends anymore. Manta runs away heartbroken. Anna is amazed that he can’t just tell Manta what’s in his heart.

Yoh isn’t taking defeat well. He must leave. He always believed that everything would work out, but in one moment, he almost lost everything. He and Anna leave. Manta is also really upset and goes to visit Yoh’s house. When he gets there, he runs into Ryo and the two observe the note on Yoh’s house that they will be gone for awhile. Manta is heartbroken, so Ryo suggests they go after him to learn Yoh’s true feelings. Manta suggests they go to Izumo, Yoh’s previous residence, to look for him.

Yoh is training in the forest. His grandfather, Asakura Yohmei, gets a hit in with his forest spirits. Yoh has decided that he must train harder to win the next match. Grandpa explains that he must train on a more difficult level than previously to train his Furyoku to the next level. However, if he fails, he will lose his life. Yoh is up to the challenge and accepts.

Manta is depressed because he feels he doesn’t have a place. He stayed with Anna and Yoh because he felt like he belonged there. Yoh had a dream of being the Shaman King, but Manta doesn’t have anything. Ryu goes off on a Best Place tangent.

Before they leave the service station, Ryu tells Manta to go in and buy something. He then goes into the goods and asks that those who are following them show themselves. Two girls, a younger girl named Millie and an older girl, Ellie appear. Ellie calles Kamaitachi In Nail to send her snake into her fingernail and then scratches Ryu. Millie calls Onibi in Sling Shot to send her fireball at Ryu. Ryu steps up to the fight but Mikihisa steps in and warns him not to be careless. The two girls run away. Mikihisa complements Ryu.

Yoh sits naked, meditating under a waterfall to cleanse himself. He then starts his Grandpa’s training. They travel by boat to the hole of Yomi, the hole that is said to lead to the Other World. You can come out in seven days, but inside is a world of total darkness where light and sound can’t reach. Only a few Shamans have ever challenged the hole and returned safely.

Tamao prophesizes that two that will bring trouble to Yoh are approaching - a tall one and a short one. Two spirits, a fox and a raccoon, decide to destroy them. Ryu and Manta journey closer to Yoh’s destination.

From the east, someone who will bring misfortune to Yoh will arrive. It is Tamao’s job to defeat them. The spirits ask what she will do.

Horo Horo beat his last opponent to win his way to the tournament. Pirika is happy, but forces him to start training. She also gives Kororo a custom made steel lotus leaf.

Ryu and Manta enter the nearest temple they come to in Izumo and are greeted by Ponchi, the raccoon spirit, and Konchi, the fox spirit, and the voice of Tamao commanding them to leave. They are all talk and Ryu smacks them down. Tamao runs to their aid, and Ryu falls madly in love with her and asks her out. He tries to kiss her, but the Ponchi and Konchi step in. Tamao apparently has a crush on Yoh and is prepared to defeat Ryu and Manta for Yoh. She’s a trainee of the Asakura family, Tamamura Tamao, and can perform an OverSoul. Manta refuses to leave, and Tamao prepares to defeat them. Suddenly Anna steps in and asks what her fortune telling has predicted.

Anna questions the raccoon and the fox, slowly stepping on them until they confess that a tall one and a short one will cause trouble. Anna is quick to get Manta and Ryu off the hook - everyone apparently does whatever she says. Anna asks why Manta came. He replies that he didn’t want to lose a friend. Anna warns him that by staying with Yoh, he will be in greater and greater danger.

Tamao takes Manta on a tour of the Asakura estate. At one time, there were 191 students living there. She then takes Manta to Yoh’s grandpa, who informs him that Yoh died. If he doesn’t return in the next few days, that’s how it will be. Grandpa takes Manta to the cave where Yoh is. Mikihisa also takes Ryu to the cave, but as soon as Ryu enters, he starts questioning his own existence and runs out.

Tamao can’t sleep. She and Manta stare out at the stars. She explains that Yoh needs Anna. Yohmei doen’t want to end the Asakura family, and an able Shaman woman is needed to become his wife. Anna is probably also the most worried about Yoh.

Tamao does a fortune telling to learn that Yoh will come out of the cave today. The tall one and the short one, aka Ellie and Millie, also arrive. They’ve decided that they must kill Yoh by closing the hole so Yoh can’t come out. Just then, Yoh exits the cave. Amidamaru and Yoh converse and demonstrate that Yoh’s Over Soul has undergone a transformation, Amidaryu Gokoujin! Amidamaru takes the form of a sword now. The two are no match for Yoh.

Manta greets Yoh as well and the two make up. Yoh asks Tamao to cook him a meal as Anna demonstrates her violent, jealous side.

Silva and Karimu dine on “Mezashi” (Sardine), traditional Japanese food. They marvel at the tiny portion and then discuss how they could go for a Matsutake (type of mushroom that’s up to $100) each. So, tomorrow’s the big match between Yoh and Ren. Karimu of course looks at Ren’s numbers and believes he has the upper hand, but Silva isn’t so sure. Suddenly, their boss, the old lady, Goldva-sama appears on the tv eating steak. She warns that he’s been taking an interest in Yoh and that he should take care to judge the match fairly.

Anna walks in to find Yoh listening to music. She tells him to get up and go get groceries. Meanwhile, Ren’s spirit, Bason, tells him to go easy on training the day before the big match. The Tao family is counting on him. Ren gets pissed and informs his spirit that he will win because he is the best person for it, not because his family wants him to.

The next day, Yoh sets out for the biggest graveyard in western Tokyo, Matareien. Anna and Tamao stay home. Tamao is worried sick, but Anna believes in Yoh.

Ren arrives and the match begins. Ren taunts that this will be Yoh’s death and calls Bason. Yoh calls Amidamaru and the two begin. Ren immediately performs his Golden Oversoul, Chuuka-zanmai! His spear glows yellow and he strikes Yoh, who blocks pretty easily with his new Oversoul. Ren laughs and attacks again, vowing to take Yoh out with his next blow. As Yoh struggles to get up, Ren attacks from behind, but Amidamaru is quick to block. Ren is finding the Yoh/Amidamaru combo quite powerful, especially when Yoh attacks with Shinkuu Buttagiri to send Ren flying backwards.

Silva looks on and observes that Ren still has the advantage. He still hasn’t used 10% of his Furyoku. Ren gets up angrily and powers up. He performs Golden Punch, which sends Yoh crashing to the ground. His Oversoul starts to break up. Yoh gets back up, but whenever Oversoul is used up, the Furyoku put into it previously is lost, and Yoh starts to feel the effects. Ren started the battle with more Furyoku and now has increased the strength gap between them. He’s now ready to finish it with Golden Double Sledgehammer but Yoh counters the attack and destroys Ren’s Golden. He attacks again, but Yoh continues to dodge under Amidamaru’s guidance. Silva speculates that because Amidamaru fought many opponents bigger than he, he now knows how to fight those bigger than him.

Ren is getting more and more pissed and finally performs Super Golden Chuuka-zanmai Multiple attack which sends several explosions Yoh’s way. Unfortunately for Ren, Yoh is one step ahead of him and attacks from behind with Amidaryuu Gokoujin, which sends Ren flying. Ren cannot believe that his Oversoul was broken twice. Yoh smiles and tells him that he’s already broken his Oversoul five times. Silva explains that because Ren is so angry, he didn’t notice that he was working away on Yoh’s Oversoul because Yoh stayed so calm the entire way through. An Oversoul is linked with the shaman’s emotions and as Ren’s confidence broke down, so did his Oversoul.

Ren has a flashback to himself as a kid. Everyone around him is dead and an army looks on. His hatred begins to grow. In the present, Ren’s sister asks the head of the family to free Ren. He has seen too many people die and is now filled with anger. She believes that if Ren is not set free, he will lose.

Ren’s blow sends Yoh flying and his Oversoul breaks for the sixth time. Ren is growing tired as well. In terms of Furyoku, the two are equal because Yoh has been using far less in his Oversoul than Ren. Ren calls Hakuoh and his horse rides up to him. He has trained Hakuoh as a Shaman Horse and puts Bason’s horse spirit, Kokutoh, into him.

Ren’s father asks Jun how in the world Ren could possibly lose the match. He has far more Furyoku. Jun explains that it was the same with her. Yoh has a kind of warm power that Ren, who knows only how to destroy, doesn’t have. Yoh was able to pull out the feelings of sadness from her spirit, and he will defeat Ren with this ability. This is a battle of total opposites, like light and dark. That is why Ren holds such a grudge against him. Her father’s spirits attack her.

Ren threatens with his ultra super special attack. Yoh calmly tells him that he probably won’t be able to dodge it, so he’ll receive it at full force. Ren laughs and tells him that he’s crazy. Yoh reflects back to Yomi’s hole and the importance of being himself at all times. The reason he lost to Faust is because he tried things he wasn’t capable of. Yoh adds the rest of his Furyoku to his Oversoul and the two prepare to learn who will win.

Ren attacks with Perfect Chuuka-zanmai and Amidamaru strikes down. Both Oversouls fade and Ren’s disappeared completely. Ren realizes that he can only destroy things with force, but Yoh is wind. He admits defeat. Yoh confronts him and confesses that his Oversoul ran out as well, so they don’t know who the winner is. They start bickering and Yoh decides he’s going to drag Ren along back to Anna to be punished with him. Ren doesn’t take this lightly. Silva calmly walks over and informs them that they both ran out of Oversoul at the exact moment, so they have both passed the preliminary. Yoh is ready to eat and invites Ren back for a meal.

During the party, Ren starts picking a fight with Horo Horo and Yoh. Bason almost cries he can’t believe master Ren is this happy. Amidamaru looks at him like he’s nuts until Bason explains how Ren has always been alone and now he made a friend in Yoh. After dinner, Yoh, Horo Horo, and Manta strip and get ready to enter the hot springs (Onsen). Ren thinks it’s ridiculous and asks why he needs to go in with them. Horo Horo asks if he’s embarrassed and then throws him in the bath with them.

Ren decides to leave in the middle of the night. Yoh tells him that he could stay longer if he’d like. He tells him that he has something to do and that one day he will beat him. Yoh laughs. As Ren journeys by train, he reveals to Bason that he wanted to become Shaman King because he hated all humans. But after meeting Yoh, he realized that not everyone is bad. He has had a cold heart and he would only create hatred. He must kill his father En Tao to erase the hatred. After they destroy En’s army, he is greeted by his father…

As everyone eats dinner, they suddenly get a bad feeling. Yoh recognizes that something has happened to Ren. Bason crawls to their house begging them to help master Ren.

En Tao is not happy that both Ren and Jun have decided to revolt against him. He decides to reinforce the one truth in the world - that the one who wins is just and the one who loses is evil. Ren agrees to the terms and performs Super Golden Chuuka-zanmai. Furyoku no Kisen! His attacks do nothing to his father, who strikes at him. Pailong starts attacking Ren under his father’s will. He has run out of Furyoku and can’t Oversoul, so he commands Bason to leave. He doesn’t want his father to control him as he is controlling Pailong.

After Bason explains the situation to Yoh, they all look to Anna who gives them today’s training session. She explains that the Tao family is dangerous - an assassin group started over 3000 years ago. Whenever there’s a bloody incident, the Tao family was always involved in the assassination. She asks Bason why they should be involved in a father/son fight. He admits that he isn’t totally clear, but that Ren had mentioned that he wanted to break the rope of hatred. Anna is not impressed and asks that he doesn’t bring Yoh into this for that petty reason. Yoh only has one month until his first battle. He needs to train.

Yoh’s father has been training Ryu. He now feels that he can meet master Yoh face to face.

Yoh, Horo Horo, and Manta leave in the middle of the night. Anna wonders what’s up. She thinks to herself that Yoh only has one month of living normal with the people of this town and yet he would rather go after Ren.

On their way, they meet Zen Hijiri and Ryo Kamishiro, two very weird people that have declared it their mission to clear away the spirits and evil of the world. Together, they are called Zenryo. Tamao shows up with Ponchi and Konchi and start laughing at the performance Zenryo just gave. They don’t take kindly to that and start playing their electric guitars, which oddly enough is like chanting a prayer to the Buddha. Ponchi and Konchi ascend to the heavens and Amidamaru and Bason are on their way. Their wish is to punish all evil spirits, thus destroying all competition before the Shaman Fight. With the sound of their guitars, they command evil spirits (Chimimouryo) to attack Yoh. Horo Horo is ready to fight with Kororo, but they capture her before he can Oversoul.

Yoh is pissed and repels the Chimimouryo by giving them his Furyoku, ready to fight for Amidamaru. Suddenly, Ryu shows up and destroys the Chimimouryo. He then breaks their guitars and frees Kororo in the process. Yoh and Manta are really surprised when they see Tokageroh. Ryu also has an Oracle Bell which means he’s in the Shaman Fight too.

They are pondering how to get Amidamaru and Bason back when Anna and Pirika walk up. Anna came to give Yoh what he forgot, his Chinese for Beginners book, which he was contemplating going back for earlier. All the spirits return and Yoh and company set out on their way.

Ren and Jun have been chained up in the basement for several days. Ren vows to defeat his father so he can overcome his own hatred.

En Tao’s wife dramatically enters and converses with him about the state of their children. She is curious as to why he’s so mad that they’ve talked back to him. He explains that the Tao family has to be the absolute existence - that of justice. She asks what he’s going to do now. She answers to cut his doubt. Ren is trying to trust others and he needs to break that. She asks if he has doubt in himself. He answers he has no such thing and disappears.

Yoh and Manta lazily relax on a raft floating on a river in China. Horo Horo and Ryu are battling it out on the next raft as Ryu explains the records - he has won all three. Horo Horo has only won two, and Yoh has a win, a loss, and a draw. They have a moment where they discuss Ren and how he is now their friend so they must rescue him.

Ren and Jun are still chained in the basement. He mentions that everything will be ok. He believes that. She laughs because it reminds her of Yoh.

When they reach the Tao estate, the spirits are suspicious that there are no armies to greet them. En Tao sits in his lair applauding Bason’s actions. He had hoped all along that he would bring back the incarnations of evil that gave “doubt” to Ren. He calls for his strongest Kyonshiis which the Tao family has specifically created as bodyguards, the ultimate 5 Deities Army.

Yoh and company enter and are greeted by the 5 Deities army. They take Ryu down pretty easily. Horo Horo begins the fight in Oversoul and freezes one of the deities with Hipopo Punch, ice condensed by Oversoul. Another attacks and hits him from behind but Ryu takes it out with his death blow, Jigokuryuu Benitokage. Horo Horo and Ryu decide to hold them as Yoh and Manta make a run for Ren.

They free Ren and Jun. Ren is still intent on defeating his father, but Jun has vowed to never fight again. She doesn’t want to hurt anyone anymore.

En Tao calls forth Pailong. Meanwhile, Horo Horo and Ryu are making short work of the 5 Deities army. Yoh and Manta follow Ren, questioning his motives. Yoh doesn’t understand how Ren can hate his father this much. Ren explains that he came to destroy the hatred within him. His father placed an emblem on his back to fill him with hatred. He must overcome his father before he overcomes himself. He tells Yoh to go home. Yoh, however, has other intentions, puts his arm around Ren, and tells him that they’ll do it together.

Suddenly, there is a loud crash and Pailong breaks through the wall. Yoh tries to greet him as a friend, but Ren and Jun are quick to warn him that their father is once again controlling him. Pailong transforms into a dragon. Manta asks what’s going on, but then realizes that they won’t use Oversoul because Jun still cares about Pailong. Jun decides to step in and throws her seal to try to break her fathers. Ren cuts it before it hits Pailong. He thinks there must be a secret to this because there doesn’t appear to be a seal. Ren Oversouls and commands Yoh to do the same, explaining that En is controlling Pailong from far away with Furyoku. That’s why he’s in this state. Together, Ren and Yoh destroy Pailong’s Oversoul.

They then make their way back to Ryu and Horo Horo, who aren’t fairing too well against the last of the 5 Deities. He performs Ochankyaku.

Pailong awakens and learns that he was being controlled by her father. She asks that he lend her his strength. He agrees.

Meanwhile, the last of the 5 Deities is kicking Yoh & Ren’s butts with his Doushi Daodankyaku, his Uchuu Honjashi (a series of somersaults which culminate in what looks like an airplane diving beside him), and Honjakyaku (a powerful side kick). Manta can’t understand. The only person who can use Daodandoh is Pailong.

Together, the four shamans attack, but the Kyonshii is able to dodge every attack. Amidamaru thinks this is familiar. Manta recognizes it as Eijuken, where you mimic your opponent’s moves. He is convinced the Kyonshii is Shamon, Pailong’s master. The Kyonshii admits it’s true and attacks, almost applying a finishing blow to Yoh before Pailong steps in. Pailong is pissed that the Kyonshii is imitating his dead master and takes him out in one blow.

En flips out and sends an army of Kyonshii after them. With the five fighters take out a good number but more keep coming. Finally, the Kyonshii leave. They come to a door and Ren again tells them to go home. They of course refuse and decide to follow.

En Tao comes crashing down from the ceiling, still sitting in his chair. The shamans attack, but to no avail...

Ren commands everyone to stay back as he tries to put an end to his old man. He completely misses. No one can explain how he missed when it looks as if he connected. En Tao catches Ren and throws him up against the wall. He then sets his sights on the others, convinced that Yoh is the source of evil and attacks him. Ren attacks from the back and takes up the fight with his father. Soon, everyone is out cold and En lectures on the uselessness of trust and friendship. They only get in the way of each person’s path. Ren doesn’t buy it and continues his fight. The others stand with him. Ren finally realizes friendship and the emblem on his back disappears.

It seems that the idea of friendship was such an opposite thought that En Tao’s mind became entangled and they finally start wearing away on him. Ren takes his final strike to knock En Tao out of Oversoul. He’s a short and rather normal looking man… especially for maintaining Oversoul form for 10 years.

Not ready to admit defeat, En Tao explains the legacy of the Tao family. They had always worked under the dynasty, but with the advancement of civilization, humans became scared of their shaman abilities and treated them as monsters. They were kicked out of the capital and betrayed by the people who they risked their lives for. His Oversoul, Daidohoh, is the converged souls of his ancestors. He feels he owes it to his ancestors to rebuild the Tao family name. Ren must understand this.

Ren replies that he does, but he is still his own person. His father is unhappy with this and calls all the sould from 2000 years of history to take up all of his Furyoku and does Daichuuka Rasen, a dragon snake appears and attacks. Ren attacks head on, realizing himself, and strikes his father out of Oversoul. He still isn’t ready to give up, but grandfather and mother Tao show up and end the fight.

They then prepare a large feast for everyone to celebrate Ren’s homecoming. That confuses the group and they ask what’s up. Grandfather explains the family history but by finding friends, he and Jun were able to free themselves from the family history to find their own paths.

As Ren rides off, his father comes up behind him and gives him the Tao sacred sword, Houraiken - the sword he received when he became master of the Tao family. It’s now Ren’s turn.

Not long after they left China, they received a message from the Oracle Bell that the 2nd preliminary tournament was to start in America.

Manta asks Yoh if something happened between him and Anna. He says not really. Horo Horo and Ryu sit at a diner discussing their trip to America. Yoh is half asleep and Manta is concerned that everyone will be leaving in two days. Everyone promises that they’ll return when the preliminary round is over.

Yoh asks Anna to go for a walk. They are to get to Patch walk in 3 months. Anna tells him that if he loses, she won’t forgive him. He has a duty to her to become the Shaman King.

Horo Horo decides to splurge on a hotel room. Pirika breaks down crying because he’s being so nice to her before he leaves. She gives him Ikupasui, she dug for it herself.

Everyone is preparing in their own way. Yoh and Manta skip cram school to spend time together. Ryu reminisces over a present his gang gave him as a good luck present. He is worried because he isn’t as experienced as master Yoh and the others. Ren and Bason discuss what the tournament will bring. Anna and Tamao wait in vain for Yoh to return with a feast waiting for him. He’s out with Manta. They’re talking about all the people who might be at the tournament including Hao.

At home, Yoh goes to sleep without saying a word to Anna. She looks in on him and tosses the clothes she made him onto him.

Silva talks with Hao, who is particularly cocky. Silva tells him that there won’t be a next existence for him because of Yoh.

The next day, they are off to America by way of one of the Tao family’s 33 airplanes. Hao shows up to taunt them, claiming he can cross the Pacific using only Oversoul. He then brings out his genie, Spirit of Fire. He attacks,Horo Horo, Ryu, Ren and then Yoh and then leaves.

Ren’s plane crash landed in America. Ren thinks one of the other shamans in the Fight tried to sabotage their plane. Amidamaru scouts the area and learns that there is a town about a day’s walk away. Yoh is ready to start off, while the others reluctantly follow.

Millie and Ellie talk with a couple of other girls about sabotaging Ren’s plane. They decide to ambush them since their surprise attack on the plane didn’t work.

Yoh and company head off in the heat to an oasis situated about halfway between their landing and town. While there, Ren, Horo Horo, and Ryu get into it. The girls look on from a cliff above, impressed with their Oversouls. They decide to back down, but one of them, a red-head named Sally, jumps off the cliff ready to face the shamans. Millie, Ellie, and another girl grab her before she gets to the bottom. Meanwhile, Yoh decides to take a nap while the boys battle it out. When they’ve calmed down, they continue their journey to town. Ryu decides to hitchhike and they meet a driver named Billy who thinks Ryu’s the legendary hitchhiker.

In Tokyo, Manta goes to see if Anna has heard anything about Yoh. She hasn’t and has no intention of getting a phone. Still, she puts Manta to work cleaning the place.

Once the shamans get to town, they start asking in vain if anyone has heard of Patch Village. Ren gets a lot of attention from the local girls, but that’s about it. Frustrated by their efforts, they ponder what to do next. As they are talking among themselves, the one of the girl’s group, Lilly, following them goes up to them and asks if they want to know more about Patch Village. She knows someone who may be able to help and takes them to a house with an old woman. The woman stalls them until they become suspicious of her. Ren asks who she really is, and Horo Horo opens a nearby closet to reveal the leader, Sharon, as the voice of the old woman. To the surprise of Sharon and Lilly, Yoh asks if the other three outside are in on it. Afterall, they were the ones watching at the Oasis. Ren is impressed and Ryu and Horo Horo are clueless.

Suddenly Sally attacks the house, but Amidamaru and Bason protect everyone from harm. Sharon introduces the group and confesses that she’s trying to destroy her rivals before they get to Patch Village. Silva appears out of nowhere and informs the girls that if they are defeated in a shaman fight when one of the ten priests are around, they will be disqualified from the tournament.

That doesn’t stop the girls from attacking, but their attacks miss and they are captured by the Shamans. They decide it is better to run away. After the fight, Ren declares Yoh the group leader. Horo Horo is upset, but Ryu’s willing to follow Yoh anywhere.


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