Episode 33

A Day in Waiting
Kanji	激突! ベスト8出そろう
Rōmaji	Gekitotsu! Best 8 Derō (Clash! The Best 8 are Decided)
Japan Air Date	June 5, 1993
English Air Date	April 17, 2003
Manga	Chapter 61
Saga	Dark Tournament Saga
Opening Song	Smile Bomb
Ending Song	Sayonara Bye Bye
Previous Episode	←Knife-Edge Death Match
Next Episode	Percentage of Victory→

A Day in Waiting is the eighth episode of season 2 of YuYu Hakusho. It aired on June 5, 1993 in Japan and April 17, 2003 in the United States.

Short Summary

Team Urameshi rests a day before their next match, only to watch Toguro effortlessly defeat an entire team by himself.

Detailed Summary

Having successfully won their first round, Team Urameshi has a day to rest while they wait to see who will be their next opponents.

Yusuke is lounging in the forest, when he is approached by a fighter named Rugby. He has been watching Yusuke, who wants to see his Spirit Gun. For some reason, Yusuke doesn't want to show it to him, and dodges Rugby's attack. Then, Rugby's superior, Topaz, arrives, and berates him for attacking Yusuke, a job he wanted to do himself. Rugby refuses to stop, and Topaz eventually throws a tomahawk into his back. Topaz tells Yusuke he looks forward to killing him in a future round, and then departs. Kuwabara appears, and asks Yusuke why he didn't just shoot his Spirit Gun. Yusuke reveals that he can't, he is so worn out from the previous fights that he can't fire a single shot. Kuwabara gets really worried.

Meanwhile, Hiei is on a beach alone, trying to practice. It is hard for him, considering his right arm is beyond useless. Using a sword with his left hand seems to be his best bet. In the arena, Team Ichigaki is fighting another team of demons. They take care of them easily, paving their way to the next round. Kurama is watching the matches intensely. Team Toguro is up next, however, only Younger Toguro is standing in the ring. His opponents are Team Spirit Warriors, with Topaz as their captain. Toguro asks them if it is alright if he fights all of them by himself. They laugh, but he doesn't crack a smile. They wonder who will go first, but Toguro says he wants to fight them all at once. They attack him head on, and he easily destroys them, using only using 45% of his power.

Yusuke and Kuwabara go back to the hotel room to find out who they are fighting next. Since the number of teams seems to be uneven, they are one of the two teams that has to go through four rounds to reach the finals. Yusuke curses his luck, and the masked fighter appears and speaks up. Kuwabara is surprised, since he thought that the fighter was Genkai in disguise, but the female voice he heard was definitely not that of an old woman. Yusuke looks closer at the roster, and sees that their next opponent is the sinister Team Ichigaki.

Anime Notes

• In the Japanese version, Nobuyuki Hiyama provides Ryo's voice in this episode. From the next episode onwards to his final appearance, however, Daiki Nakamura would provide his voice.

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