Byakko's Lair is the seventeenth episode of season 1 of YuYu Hakusho. It aired on February 6, 1993 in Japan and June 22, 2002 in the United States.
Short Summary[]
Byakko is seemingly defeated, but appears once more to fight Kuwabara in a room full of molten lava. Using a new technique, Byakko turns the tables on Kuwabara, who desperately claims victory by sending Byakko into the lava.
Detailed Summary[]
Despite losing all his energy, Kuwabara unleashes his last drop of power and attacks again with his spirit sword, but once again Byakko absorbs the energy, leaving Kuwabara unconscious. Now Byakko is about to smash Kuwabara with his humongous feet, but suddenly he begins to feel something wrong. It seems like what Kuwabara planned before has finally taken effect. Byakko absorbed too much energy for his body to take, and with this Byakko suddenly explodes and he falls to the pit down below to his demise. Kuwabara faints from exhaustion.
Two demons down, and Yusuke and the gang continue on with their journey. Yusuke calls Botan again with his communicator to ask about the situation in the human world, but again Kuwabara springs up and recovers his strength again, and snatches the communicator away and asks Botan for a date. It turns out that things are getting worse as more and more humans are being possessed by the demon insects. Yusuke needs to stop Suzaku, the holder of the flute that controls the insects as soon as possible to prevent more casualties in the Human World. They enter the next venue of challenge, a valley of lava. Hundreds of stepping stones lie ahead but what awaits them below is one sea of burning lava. Kuwabara rips a piece of his shirt and throws it down into the lava, but it burns right before reaching the sea, proving how hot it really is. So they continue on jumping on each stone but suddenly someone arises in front of them, Byakko.
It turns out Byakko survived his fall from the pit and has regained his composure. He challenges again the group to another showdown. As Yusuke attempts to attack, Kuwabara suddenly stops him, saying this is his fight, and what he started must be finished. Bravely, Kuwabara jumps off to face Byakko one more time, but the stone he jumped on suddenly breaks, and a horrified Kuwabara catches his breath on almost falling to his death in the sea of lava. He removes his shirt and prepares for the battle and unleashes his spirit sword one more time. But Byakko has something new to show, and he spits out a devastating fireball at Kuwabara. Kuwabara was about to counter with his sword but Kurama suddenly says he must avoid the attack. He does, and realizes the ball disintegrates anything that touches it. With this, Kuwabara avoids every ball Byakko fires, destroying the stepping stones all over each time. Now there are only two stones left, the stone where Byakko waits, and the stone where a shocked Kuwabara stands.
Yusuke pleas for Kuwabara to retreat since a close range weapon like his sword will never stand a chance against Byakko's fireball attacks. But Kuwabara persists on staying in the battle, and he takes the gamble and jumps off the stone and stands towards Byakko's position to attack him frontally. But his jump fell short and he is racing down the burning pit of lava beneath.
Just then he unleashes a new weapon. His sword transforms into a pole-like gadget and it bounces him back up and into Byakko and with this momentum Kuwabara releases a mighty punch that nails Byakko in the jaw and knocks him out of the stone and down into the lava. However, his punch was too strong causing him to lose control and he fell down as well. The three are in shock on how Kuwabara sacrificed himself to beat Byakko but just then we hear Kuwabara's scream, he didn't fall. He is dangling just below the stone and yells for help. He finally defeated Byakko and they continue on to face the rest of the demons as the episode ends.
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Anime Notes[]
- Byakko is drawn stouter than in the previous episode, even after he lost Kuwabara's spiritual energy. After he returns in the next episode from falling into the lava, he is back to his original muscular build. Whether this was an animation inconsistency or if Byakko's fall caused him to lose more energy is unclear.
- Kuwabara mentions his sister for the first time when revealing his plan to Byakko, though her name isn't said.
Gallery[]
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