Byakko, the White Tiger is the sixteenth episode of season 1 of YuYu Hakusho. It aired on January 30, 1993 in Japan and June 15, 2002 in the United States.
Short Summary[]
Kuwabara demands to fight the next opponent himself, and encounters Byakko, the second Saint Beast. With Byakko's ability to absorb energy, Kuwabara's attacks prove fruitless. Determined to win, Kuwabara overwhelms Byakko's absorption ability, defeating him.
Detailed Summary[]
Kurama starts to recover from his wounds, and out of nowhere Kuwabara springs out and begins showing off to the gang how strong he has gotten. He starts to unleash his rei ken (spiritual sword) and, to impress everyone he starts enlarging the sword until it crushes the ceiling. However, nobody was impressed (aside from Koenma, who was shocked) and then Kuwabara faints, exhausted from his display of power. Yusuke calls Botan on his communicator to query about the situation back at the Human World and Botan says that things are getting pretty worse as she gets chased by another possessed person as she smacks him down with her baseball bat. Kuwabara regains consciousness upon seeing Botan then the place suddenly begins to crumble as the gang runs out to the clearing. There they meet the next demon they have to face, Byakko, a tiger-demon. Hiei was about to face the monster but Kuwabara breaks in and tells them that he will beat the monster with his powerful spiritual sword and displays his power again, but even the tiger-demon Byakko laughs at his display of energy. Byakko then summons four mini-tiger demons from his hair and the tiger confronts Kuwabara.
Kuwabara tries to attack the tigers with his sword but they are much too fast for him, as the four tigers attack him and Kuwabara goes down badly wounded. Yusuke begs for Kuwabara to give up the fight and let them handle the situation, but Kuwabara stands up and he refuses to do so. Just then he thinks of a plan, and suddenly runs back to his comrades. Byakko laughs as Kuwabara finally thinking of retreating, as the mini-tigers follow him in a straight line. But Kuwabara's plan is about to begin as he confronts the tigers, who have followed him running and has now lined up in front of him in a straight line, and there he uses his spiritual sword and makes it longer, nailing all four in one straight attack. However, the tigers are much too powerful and they still continue to force their way out of the sword, so Kuwabara decides to give chase once again, but this time he goes round in circles and traps the four tigers around his sword, leaving them stuck for good.
Now Kuwabara confronts the now angry Byakko, and Kuwabara attempts to kick the guts out of the tiger-demon with his sword. He successfully slashes the monster, but Byakko is unaffected by the hit. Kuwabara tries again and again, but Byakko still is unaffected. Kurama then realizes that Byakko absorbs all the energy that Kuwabara gives off with his sword attack and in turn Byakko gets more and more stronger as Kuwabara's energy lessens by the minute. Now we see Kuwabara's sword getting shorter, as he loses his energy continuously. But still as stubborn as he is, he again uses all the strength left from his body and unleashes another spiritual sword, and Byakko again absorbs the energy from it. Now Kuwabara is down and is exhausted from losing all his energy, and Byakko the tiger-demon gets stronger and stronger.
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Anime Notes[]
- The school Botan was investigating in the beginning was a kindergarten in the Japanese version but the English dub makes it an elementary school.
Gallery[]
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