MT. JIAOSHAN, GUIZHOU, CHINA
So Ren's intentions remain unchanged, do they?
TAO
In that case, placing you in charge of Ren's education
was pointless.
It's as you say, Father.
However, the one to succeed as head of the Tao Family
should be someone feisty like that!
Yes. We once ruled this land peacefully
through Tao and sorcery, but we were betrayed!
Mocked!
Driven away to this remote land!
So we need someone like him both for revenge
on the foolish populace and to rebuild the Tao Family!
And for that, we need the power of the Shaman King.
Jun! I am going to give you just one chance.
Slaughter anyone who would stand in Ren's way.
Take whatever and however many tools you'd like.
Compared to their power,
Pyron is but a pile of steaming garbage.
EPISODE 9 YOH VS. REN: AGAIN!
Japan's much too small…
Silva! Are you saying
that you want to go home to the Patch Tribe's village?
Listen, Kalim.
I've lived my life with pride, knowing I'm one of the Ten Officiants.
I intend to see this through until the new Shaman King is born.
Then allow me
to test that resolve!
I'm in charge of Tao Ren now?
He killed Chrom, Silva's closest friend!
This is simply…
That's precisely why I'm doing this.
I've observed a range of preliminary matches,
and you're much too attached to this Yoh Asakura!
I don't deny that he is a fascinating contestant,
but your duty is to enforce fair play as one of the Ten Officiants.
You may not like it, but that is what comes with the job.
It's the best way to console Chrom's soul, as he died before his dream was realized.
This place
is the location the Great Spirit designated
as Yoh's final arena!
This day has finally come!
Yes, that's right.
Why are you so relaxed?
If you lose this match, you'll be out of the first round of the Shaman Fight!
It's fine, Tamao.
But I heard his opponent has a scarily spiky personality,
and is a pretty fearsome fighter!
So I came all this way to cheer Mr. Yoh on!
This is Yoh's fight and Yoh's fight alone.
A good woman should keep quiet and look after the house.
But…
What we should do is have faith in Yoh's victory
and have a delicious meal ready for him when he gets home.
It seems like he's arrived.
-What's that? -There's no mistaking it.
It is he!
How typical of you. You can't hide your nerves in my presence!
Can you, Yoh Asakura?
Well, it's no wonder.
You've seen the glistening, golden glory of my Over Soul.
You possess a more formidable power than I imagined.
Sooner or later, you'll get in my way.
And so I will kill you!
I'm the one who is going to become the Shaman King!
Have you lost your mind?
Sorry, it's just that you sound like a parody of yourself,
Ren.
Just like you, I can't afford to lose now.
I'm afraid
I'm going to have to defeat you.
Did you just say you would "defeat" me?
Yes.
Is this boy confident or just an idiot?
He's still laid-back, but compared to before, something's…
something's different!
You reprobate!
I'll teach you the proper way to address my master!
We meet again, Amidamaru!
Get back, Bason!
Hey!
The match hasn't officially started.
Come back!
I got a little over-excited…
Don't sweat it! You were only trying to protect me.
Thanks, Amidamaru!
Laughing like a fool again before me!
So you are just a carefree fool.
You're not worthy of seeing my true power!
My liege! Are you sure you should dismount Hakuoh?
Silence, loser!
I am strong!
I'll finish this with one blow!
Oh, hey!
Is it just me, or are you a little taller than you were before?
Of course, I am!
I drink three glasses of milk a day!
Looks like something's happening.
Don't play dumb.
That's the countdown to your death!
Bason! Spirit Integrate in Bason Blade!
Get a good look before this hits you!
This is my golden, glimmering Over Soul!
Golden Vorpal Dance!
I'm surprised.
You're actually pretty good!
So that's your new Over Soul, isn't it?
Looks like it's been powered up a little.
Thanks for noticing!
Another stupid response.
You're a thoroughly annoying little twerp.
However!
It's time for you to learn
that such slackness is not befitting for a king!
Die!
Why does he have his back to me?
Because Master Yoh has my eyes to watch his back!
This brat…
This is how I use my Over Soul!
Amida-Style…
Shockwave Buddha-Style!
Wow!
Could this end up being a loss for Ren?
No. He's strong.
After all…
There isn't a scratch on him! If anything, he looks even tougher!
But of course!
I live to destroy everything.
Master Yoh! Ren's Mana…
This guy…
It's because he's hardly been using his Mana up until this point.
But now he really means business.
Is that Ren's true Over Soul?
And that's not all.
He's providing himself with additional Mana.
Additional?
Go!
Did you think my attack was over?
Take this!
Bason Golden Punch!
Now that's how you use a materialized spirit!
Lament your foolishness, then hurry up and die!
He used his Over Soul to cushion it!
You got a problem with that?
I'm not good with heights,
so I got caught off guard, is all.
An Over Soul is generated through Mana.
If it's destroyed and regenerated,
Mana is inevitably lost.
The Oracle Bell is displaying his Mana!
Yoh's Mana has gone from 270 to 240,
whereas Ren is still at 350.
Which means…
If he can't produce an Over Soul
that surpasses Ren with his remaining Mana,
Yoh has no hope of victory!
At last, you're looking tense.
Excellent!
I'm going to be the one who ends your life!
Yes! Take this and this!
That's it! Anna might have an idea for how Yoh can turn the tables!
Manta?
Gone to get help, has he?
You're pitiful, Yoh Asakura!
Are you all right, Master Yoh?
Yes. I guess.
However, as it stands, is there no hand we can play?
There is!
He's pouring a huge amount of Mana into his Over Soul.
Which means
we have to make an Over Soul that surpasses his, right?
Brilliant, Master Yoh!
Then let's--
No.
It will tire me out, so I'll stay as I am.
You're still talking like that when we're this desperate?
Besides, I don't even know how to add
extra Mana to my Over Soul in the first place.
That's a good one!
Samurai!
Master Yoh! Is that true?
I'm sure if I forced myself, I could manage it.
Then why not?
The reason I lost to Faust
was because I forced myself.
I hate forcing myself to be something I'm not.
Losing sight of who I am is what really scares me.
Because when that happens, I have no idea what I should do
and what I must not do.
In Yomi Cave,
I learned both the importance and the difficulty
of always being myself.
So I won't do anything I don't know how to do.
All I'm going to do
is believe in you, Amidamaru, and do what I need to do!
Master Yoh…
You won't force yourself? You must be joking!
That's something someone who's too scared to fight would say!
Now you're really dead!
Bason Golden Double Sledgehammer!
It can't be!
Your pathetic little Over Soul could never overpower my Golden!
It must have been a fluke!
Master Yoh! Forward, diagonally right!
Dive right beneath him!
Behind you, Bason!
Take one step back! Get further back right away!
Go!
Super Golden Vorpal Dance!
That should see you off!
I'm here if you're talking to me.
What? How the hell did you do that?
Damn you!
Amida-Style…
Halo Blade!
How?
What's happening?
Answer me!
I don't care who you are.
Nobody can evade my Super Golden Vorpal Dance!
So how the hell did you do it?
I didn't dodge anything.
You got me four times just now.
So that's it!
Over Soul could be considered a cluster of willpower.
So no matter how much Mana one pours into it to make it more powerful,
if one's willpower that forms it is in disarray,
it will become weak in an instant.
Ren had absolute confidence in how high his Mana was.
However,
when Yoh remained calm in spite of how the attacks were whittling down his Mana,
Ren's confidence was greatly shaken.
And so his mighty Over Soul, which seemed unbreakable,
fell apart along with his self-confidence.
I see!
The last thing he had that could win him the fight
was an unwavering heart!
Why
is everyone dead?
Why
do I have to kill everyone?
Why
are people so filthy?
You're pissing me off!
I have a reason for this.
An absolute reason as to why
I simply cannot lose!
Come! Hakuoh!
Now I'll show you the true extent of my power!
AMIDAMARU VER. 2
BASON VER. 2
Allow me to show you
what I'm truly capable of!
I will imbue my Shaman horse, Hakuoh,
with the spirit of the steed celebrated as the mightiest in history!
Come forth, Kokutoh!
Spirit Integrate in Hakuoh!
Bason! Full-throttle Over Soul!
Kokutoh is the spirit
of the horse that once charged across the battlefield with Bason!
His ears can pick out enemies lurking in the darkness,
his eyes can see through any attack that comes,
and his hooves can carry him through the opponent's defenses in a flash!
In short, Bason and Kokutoh are an invincible combination!
They possess a power far beyond that of any samurai!
SHAMAN FIGHT OPENING CEREMONY VENUE
You've got to be kidding me!
Using two Spirit Allies is cheating! That spiky-haired little…
It's not cheating at all.
The more you use a Spirit Ally, the more Mana you use up.
It's up to you how you choose to use your Mana to achieve victory.
Is that not what the Shaman Fight is all about?
Who the hell are you?
Look, Eliza.
I don't know which one of them will win.
But you never know, hopefully, both of them will perish!
What a creepy guy!
Yoh's Mana is down to 90,
and Ren's is at 150.
This attack will settle the fight.
I will win!
There's a reason I have to!
Both the worlds we want
and the weight of our burdens are utterly different!
Our burdens?
You wouldn't understand.
You can't know that unless you tell me!
I told you!
Someone as lax as you could never understand
how I feel!
Charge!
He's such a sad child.
So please,
set Ren free!
What will you come out with next?
Can't you see how much he's suffering, Father?
To achieve our revenge and our restoration,
the Tao Family has claimed countless lives.
The truth is
he is gentler and more earnest than anyone.
Not knowing how to free himself of this pain,
he keeps that secret locked up inside and carries it like a burden!
He's seen far too many deaths.
Father, he will lose.
Ren will lose?
What on earth do you mean?
Answer me, Jun!
Because his opponent
is Yoh Asakura.
Charge!
Master Yoh!
I can't block this and I can't dodge it.
Which leaves only one thing.
And what exactly…
Taking Ren's attack head-on.
Yoh Asakura was a peculiar person.
Even in the middle of our fight,
he showed concern for me and Pyron.
That's when I felt it.
Both his sadness, that resembles our own,
and a warmth that we have never experienced.
It's a strength that Ren, who knows only destruction, lacks.
The reason Ren is so obsessed with Yoh Asakura
is that he senses a power in him
that stands in stark contrast to his own.
The power to create something from nothing.
Something from nothing?
Ren fights
by destroying all of his sorrow to supplement his strength.
There's only one thing that can withstand that power.
The boundless warmth
that grants the power to create something from nothing!
You? Take my attack head-on?
How ridiculous.
It's hopeless!
I'll tear you apart too!
This is Bason and Kokutoh in Hakuoh's
Perfect Reenactment of the Vorpal Dance!
I thought I told you.
I don't force myself.
That's why it's not hopeless.
Oh, really?
This fight is insane!
I lose?
I knew that from the very start.
Ever since the day we first met,
I knew I couldn't beat him.
He shook off my power like it was wind or water.
Yet all I could do was keep using brute force.
I kept telling myself that was enough, even up to this very moment.
But now I think I finally see it.
You can't destroy the wind or water with brute force.
It's refreshing to be drained of Mana like this.
Yoh Asakura!
It hurts to admit it, but you win!
Hold on a minute, Ren!
My Mana ran out ages ago!
What am I going to do?
If I lost, Anna would kill me!
Please help me!
What the hell is wrong with you?
Can't you tell who's won?
You're the one who wasn't paying attention!
You were too busy looking over there, trying to look cool!
-Say that again! -Say it, don't spray it!
Hey, you two buddies.
I was watching your match closely.
Silva!
You ran out of Mana at precisely the same time.
This match will therefore be ruled a draw.
A draw?
Hey, you! What the hell is a draw worth?
What about the next round?
Relax, I'm getting to that.
Yoh has one win, one loss, and one draw.
Ren has one win and one draw.
But this is the final preliminary match.
All that can be done is to request the Great Spirit's verdict.
Correct, Goldva?
Yes, and we have just received our response.
You will both advance to the next round of the Shaman Fight.
No doubt this decision was made
because great things are expected from both of you.
Now we have all of our players!
Let us begin the opening ceremony!
Subtitle translation by: Lewis Wiliams