Hard Fights For Yusuke is the eleventh episode of season 1 of YuYu Hakusho. It aired on December 19, 1992 in Japan and May 4, 2002 in the United States.
Short Summary[]
Yusuke defeats his first opponent by placing a lit cigarette on him, allowing him to see him and shoot him in the darkness. The finals then take place on a hill, and Yusuke has to face an opponent whose preferred weapon, shuriken, have the ability to home in on their targets. Yusuke ultimately manages to overcome him, proceeding onto the final round of the tournament.
Detailed Summary[]
Despite taking several hits Yusuke stands up against Kibano, still hoping to find a way to gain the upper hand. As Kibano attacks one more time, Yusuke grabs his arm hoping not to let him go and lose him again in the dark, but Kibano, with his brute strength, lifts him up and throws him out of the way. Now Yusuke cannot attack from afar or close since he gets countered easily and is frantic for a solution.
Kibano about to attack Yusuke
Then Yusuke decides to use his final attack, the rei gun. He concentrates energy on his pointing finger, but despite the enormous strength Kibano feels, he still feels confident since Yusuke cannot see him in the dark. Kibano starts to attack hoping to land the finishing blow, and was about to strike behind Yusuke, when suddenly Yusuke turns around and fires the rei gun right in front of a surprised Kibano, hitting him hard in the head and breaking his helmet, knocking him out. Surprised, Kibano asks Yusuke how he saw him attack, and Yusuke explains that when he was thrown by Kibano in the previous attack he secretly placed the cigarette Genkai threw earlier into Kibano's belt, making it a pivotal viewpoint on Yusuke's rei gun. With that, Yusuke wins and advances to the semi-finals.
The semi-finals start in a new venue, the wilderness of the spirits. Genkai then picks the first semi-final match, Kazemaru against an exhausted Yusuke. Now Yusuke is more desperate than ever, as he already used his rei gun and now must face a new enemy without much of his strength. Kazemaru, a very speedy ninja, easily beats up an exhausted Yusuke. Yusuke tries an uppercut but barely misses Kazemaru. Now Kazemaru realizes Yusuke has some strength left, so he uses some of his spirit-seeking shurikens to beat him. Yusuke evades the frontal assault but realizes the shurikens following his every move, and gets hit by the next attack.
Now in need of a solution, Yusuke turns to Kuwabara and utters the words "It's all up to you" as Yusuke attacks Kazemaru straight up hoping to bring him down together with him. Kazemaru realizes Yusuke's patented "return the seeking missile to sender" move and tries to use his special attack that defeated his first opponent to finish Yusuke off. Just then, Yusuke disappears in front of Kazemaru, and a shocked Kazemaru gets nailed by his own shurikens and is defeated.
Yusuke's hand reaching from the pond
Botan and Kuwabara are surprised about Yusuke's instant disappearance move and Genkai assumes out of desperation Yusuke unleashed his secret technique but then we see a hand rising out of a small pond and it turns out that Yusuke accidentally fell into the pond as he was rushing into Kazemaru, which caused his disappearance and a shuriken backfire that led to his victory. Now Yusuke advances to the final and awaits the winner of the next match between Kuwabara and Shorin. Botan walks up to Yusuke, and whispers in his ear, telling him that they may have narrowed it down, noting that Kazemaru can't be Rando. If he was, he would have automatically reverted to his true form upon being knocked out. They both come to the same conclusion - Shorin must be Rando in disguise.
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
Relevant Techniques[]
- Spiritual awareness (by Kibano)
- Spirit Sword (by Kuwabara)
- Physical Intensification (by Kibano)
- Banzai Missile (by Kibano)
- Spirit Gun (by Yusuke)
- Telekinesis (by Genkai)
- Rush Attack (by Kazemaru)
- Spirit Shuriken (by Kazemaru)
- Massive Discharge (by Kazemaru)
Anime Notes[]
- Great King Enma is heard over the phone chewing out Koenma for dereliction of duty long before he actually appears in "Attempting Revenge." His voice is also different being portrayed by Ken Shiroyama instead of Nobuaki Fukuda who would voice him from the latter-mentioned episode onwards. It is the same in English dub where Andrew Chandler provides his vocals instead of R. Bruce Elliott. The Blu-ray remaster does not redub the line likely due to an oversight and its nature as a gag.
Gallery[]
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