I cannot believe that
one of us Ten Officiants of the Shaman Fight is already dead.
Chrom!
What is that attire?
You do not even wear your mask to our comrade's funeral?
What's going on? Who killed Chrom?
Losing one's composure is shameful.
You call yourself one of the Ten Officiants, Silva?
Look at the images shown by the Oracle Projector,
which was crafted through secret, traditional techniques.
This is the one who slew Chrom,
Tao Ren.
He has passed the test with higher marks than anyone else so far.
What? Who cares how strong he is?
He can't kill an examiner!
The Great Spirit wished for him to pass the test.
Objection is not permitted.
The Shaman King, who would become one with The Great Spirit,
must command tremendous Mana.
A fatality like this
is an omen of the birth of a king. It should be welcomed, if anything.
If you forever let sentiment rule you, Silva,
you will not be able to make impartial judgments.
Impartial judgments?
The Great Spirit!
I thought you were all-knowing!
Why would you insist on this fight that cost Chrom his life?
The Great Spirit is all-powerful and all-knowing, not a prophet.
Big Chief!
Silva. What happened to Chrom is a shame.
But the future
is simply the result of a series of actions made by us humans and nature.
Consequently, nobody can know what it holds.
Not even The Great Spirit.
Which will win,
good or evil,
or even truth or lies…
These questions of the future depend entirely on the result of previous events.
Result?
Indeed. Which is the very reason the Shaman Fight is held.
To materialize all of the results in this world.
So don't be so pessimistic.
You saw with your own eyes
the result a boy who didn't know the first thing about Mana
could bring about.
You never know when or what kind of result people will cause.
He managed to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat against Tao Ren.
He…
EN INN
I'm telling you! I got this from Silva to prove that I passed the test!
Really?
And what does this Silva look like?
Beautiful long black hair?
That must be from when I was in Silva's arms!
You two
sure sound friendly!
There are three preliminary matches in total.
You need to win two to get through.
If you lose or forfeit two matches, you'll be fully disqualified
and have your Oracle Bell revoked.
Furthermore, a match is only valid if both participants are using Over Soul.
Should injury, depleted Mana,
damage to your intermediary object or anything else cause you to be
unable to maintain Over Soul,
you will be deemed unable to continue and lose the match.
This is the key information that was transmitted to the Oracle Bell.
And your first opponent has already been decided.
Are you ready, Yoh?
Yes.
But this guy I'm fighting, Horohoro… It's a pretty unusual name.
He could be an Ainu.
If he was brought up in a spiritual culture like that,
this Horohoro could be a considerably powerful Shaman.
Don't sweat it!
It will work out.
Why are you always like this, Yoh?
-That is precisely his strength. -What?
"It will work out."
That is perhaps the most important philosophy for Master Yoh.
To put it another way, it means he trusts himself.
If it weren't for that, he wouldn't have been able to give me physical form.
And I could only inhabit the sword
because I placed my complete faith in Master Yoh.
So I have a suggestion.
Why not try having faith in Master Yoh?
I hope you're right.
It's enormous!
So this is the famous Sunsunshine 60!
Yoh. Get changed into your fight gear.
Okay.
Wait, isn't this my training kit from when I was a kid?
This is embarrassing!
You got a problem with my handmade fight gear?
Handmade?
What a perfect fit!
How lovely!
That get-up!
You're even lamer than your name suggests, Yoh Asakura!
What? Where is he?
Up there!
I see.
You look just as dumb as I expected.
My name is Horohoro, of the proud Ainu people!
And I'm going to win this tournament!
Surprised?
This is my Over Soul, Kororo!
She's cute!
Don't underestimate her because she's cute!
She can take you in a single--
Are you Horohoro?
Yes?
How dare you insult my handmade uniform?
Anna wins the first round of the Shaman Fight!
Who the hell are you?
I'm Anna, an Itako.
The girl who will marry the future Shaman King.
-You mean you'll marry me? -Idiot!
My fiancé there is going to be the Shaman King.
Fiancé? You're already engaged at your age?
Yes.
Why are you so casual about it? What's wrong with you?
We're the same age,
but he's so grown-up!
I don't even have a girlfriend…
You'll get one!
Kororo!
Sorry, my bad!
I was so taken aback I was on the verge of total dejection!
Thanks. You're a real friend.
"Friend"?
Yes.
Kororo the Korpokkur, my familiar, is a one-of-a-kind friend.
Familiar? Like Silva's higher spirits!
Higher spirits are souls found in nature.
We chose
not to conquer that nature, but to coexist with it
by turning our ears to the wild
and understanding its wishes,
thereby allowing us all to live peacefully together.
In other words, our ability as Shamans
is to communicate with nature,
and that has endowed us with tremendous power.
"Korpokkur" means "fairy below the fuki leaves."
She's the first friend I ever had and a precious one.
Now,
I've introduced my Spirit Ally.
It's your turn to tell me…
What the…
You have a Korpokkur too?
I'm a human!
You do look alike, Manta!
What?
Kororo likes you!
That's nice to hear!
Anyway, quit distracting me with this guy!
Damn you!
I guess I'll just have to drag your Spirit Ally out by force!
Hold up!
No one said I wouldn't show you!
You're so hasty.
You're just slow! Let's go!
Spirit Integrate! Kororo the Korpokkur in snowboard!
That's…
That's his Over Soul style?
The surprise is yet to come!
Kororo! Show him what you can do!
Take this!
KauKau Priwenpe.
So that's your Over Soul?
That was a cheap shot!
Hey!
You should be grateful I made you use your Over Soul.
There's less than a minute left before our match.
You know that you're going to be disqualified
if you're not using it at game time, right?
You're lucky I like to play fair.
The real battle is finally about to begin for Yoh.
But I'm sorry, Ms. Itako.
The winner will be me, Horohoro,
because I have a dream.
A dream?
And to that end, I must become the Shaman King, no matter what!
I cannot lose to someone like you at this stage!
Victorious is he who strikes first!
Emus Nokipekonr!
What are you doing?
Ever heard of fighting back?
There's no escape now!
Here we go! Mososo Kruppe!
You won't be able to dodge this attack in that posture!
Enjoy!
KauKau Priwenpe!
What?
Protect me, Amidamaru!
What? He blocked it?
What do you think you're doing?
You keep attacking me without telling me about it!
I can't fight until I know what your dream is!
You stupid idiot, Yoh!
This is no time to worry about that!
Well, I'm certainly impressed by how you've fended off all my techniques.
Fine.
I'll tell you as a sign of respect.
My dream is a huge one!
It's to make a field of fuki plants that stretches as far as the eye can see!
That's small! Really small!
No, it isn't.
I want to do it because Kororo and all the Korpokkur,
are at risk of extinction.
Kororo's natural habitat is shrinking
thanks to ceaseless human expansion.
The Korpokkur
have lived alongside nature for far longer than we have.
We have learned countless things from them.
All kinds of technology,
how to hunt and fish,
culture and customs…
And most significant of all, they taught us of the importance
of living in balance with nature.
The Korpokkur maintain the harmony between humans and the wild.
They must not be allowed to vanish.
Restoring the nature we've lost will take centuries.
That's why I want to become one with The Great Spirit,
so I have the power to do something about this.
That is my dream.
That really moved me!
Okay, you become the Shaman King!
What are you talking about?
You're such a good guy, Horohoro!
Innkeeper Punch!
You blockhead!
What about my dream?
Not to mention your own!
Didn't you want to become Shaman King so you could live a cushy life?
Oh, right!
I was so touched I almost gave all that up!
Are you kidding me?
This is a tricky one, though.
I kind of feel like I want to be the Shaman King for a bad reason now.
What should I do?
Is this guy for real?
He's really unsure of himself!
Right.
I'll make your dream come true myself.
Once I'm the Shaman King!
-What? -Now I can fight with a clear head!
Because this way, we'll both be happy!
What do you think? Pretty good idea, right?
That's only if you win the Shaman Fight, punk!
I mean, that's missing the point!
You're meant to achieve your own dream yourself!
I'm going to become the Shaman King by my strength and my strength alone!
I guess.
Okay, now for a fair fight.
All right! Emus Nokipekonr!
You looked so laid-back that I miscalculated.
Now I'm getting serious!
KauKau Priwenpe!
I've already seen that technique plenty of times.
You're too liberal with your attacks.
Fighting with Amidamaru means that much is clear to me.
Amidamaru?
The strongest samurai there was 600 years ago.
And he is my Spirit Ally!
Dodge! Kororo!
Impossible.
There's no way Kororo would lose to a damn human spirit.
That was your last lucky shot!
Get a taste of my Mososo Kruppe!
Amidamaru and I have fought together ever since I first let him possess me.
Which means I can do stuff like this!
Shockwave Buddha-Slash.
Amidamaru's signature move has been drilled into my muscle memory.
What?
No way!
Since when could he…
I see.
You seem lackadaisical, but there's a reason you got this far.
You're pretty tough, Yoh!
You too, Horohoro!
I never knew there were Shamans like you!
But I can't take all the credit for this strength.
My spirit is the ultimate samurai, Amidamaru,
and my intermediary is the ultimate sword his friend Mosuke forged, Harusame.
This is imbued with the emotions of all kinds of tough guys from six centuries.
It's a cluster of souls, so to speak.
That's what makes my Over Soul so strong.
I see.
But thanks to you, I've now found the answer.
Answer?
What answer?
"Sometimes the mountain gods wish to play with the mightiest humans."
That's a saying we have back in my village.
A saying?
This is Kororo's strongest technique!
Epittarki Upas-Horkkek!
We consider an avalanche to be a mountain god's challenge
to strong humans!
I recognize you as a strong human,
so I've decided to fight you with all the Mana I've got!
Let's go!
This will settle it!
It's enormous!
This is the power of nature!
I want you to get a real taste of just how fearsome it is!
Take this!
If I try to defend myself from this, I've lost. So…
I have no choice but to fight back with all my Mana too!
Right, Horohoro?
That's the spirit!
-Bring it on! -You got it!
That will be the end of it.
Horohoro used that technique to pass my test.
He was even more foolish than I thought.
He did make me deplete all my Mana, though.
Right, now, before be suffocates…
How?
How did you escape from underneath that massive avalanche?
No matter what predicament he faces,
he has the courage to stay true to himself and press forward without fear of death.
Just like when he passed my test.
And he brings that sword down on what he needs to
in order to achieve his great dream!
It's over.
He missed? Or did he miss it on purpose?
Haven't you noticed?
You lost your Over Soul ages ago when you ran out of Mana.
Kororo!
Bad luck, Horohoro.
I win this one!
Now, to Yoh's first victory!
Cheers!
You didn't have to do all this for me, guys!
Cheers!
Why are you here?
Well, it's not like I had some plans, so why not?
Don't be so mean!
Yoh is strong. Strong enough to defeat me.
So I have to applaud that strength!
This is a celebration of friendship!
You sure are a great guy!
Anyway, it's not like I'm out of the competition.
I just have to win my next two matches, and I'm through!
Yes, it'll all work out.
Seriously!
Are all Shamans this way?
So cute!
Where did this adorable, little creature come from?
You damn pompadour pervert!
She's a higher spirit called a Korpokkur
and she's Horohoro's Spirit Ally!
Spirit Ally?
You mean once I become a Shaman,
I could have a precious Spirit Ally like that?
All right, guys!
I'm going to put in some serious work, okay?
You'll never be able to do that!
You pompadour pervert!
What did you call me?
Who are you?
The only person who'll be Shaman King is my big brother. Got it?
Pirica! How did you know I was here?
Honestly! You start slacking off as soon as I take my eyes off you!
I came here with you in a support capacity and I intend to do my job!
Now it's straight back to the hotel where I have some hellish training for you!
Horohoro! You too?
Yoh Asakura!
How dare you get in the way of our dream?
I won't let you get away with it!
Sorry, Yoh.
You don't need to pay attention to my little sister.
Horohoro!
I lost this one,
but there's no way I'll lose next time.
So make sure you get through to the next round!
I'll see you there!
Okay.
Dreams…
What happens to the dreams of the people who lose?
I guess their dreams are just ruined.
Does it have to be that way?
You sure say weird things,
but I like that about you.
Here's what I think.
A king can never realize his own dreams.
Everyone in his kingdom is working hard for their own dreams.
And they can only do that because they have a good king.
I'm sure the kind of person who would be the Shaman King
would be the sort to make a world for everyone.
Yoh Asakura's next opponent has been decided.
-I know. -This is a warning from a friend.
You should stop him from fighting.
Because as it stands, he has a 100% chance of dying.
Subtitle translation by: Lewis Williams