Episode 48

The Cape of No Return
Kanji	闇アイテム·死出の羽衣
Rōmaji	Yami Item Shide no Hagoromo (Item of Darkness: The Mantle of Death)
Japan Air Date	September 18, 1993
English Air Date	May 8, 2003
Episode	48
Manga	Chapters 83 (second half)-84
Saga	Dark Tournament Saga
Opening Song	Smile Bomb
Ending Song	Sayonara Bye Bye
Previous Episode	←The Legendary Thief! Yoko Kurama!
Next Episode	Genkai's Strength→

The Cape of No Return is the twenty-third episode of season 2 of YuYu Hakusho. It aired on September 18, 1993 in Japan and May 8, 2003 in the United States.

Short Summary

Kuwabara fights against the team leader, Shishiwakamaru. However, he is quickly sent through the Cape of No Return, and transported out of the ring.

Detailed Summary

Kuwabara starts his battle against Shishiwakamaru. It is a duel between a sword of energy and a sword of steel. Shishi is obviously the more skillful of the two. They battle on and on until Shishi unleashes one of his two special items known as the Cape of No Return. Shishi throws the cape at Kuwabara and it surrounds him. He falls through a dimensional portal into the ring that was used before the semi-finals. He finds Botan, Keiko, Yukina, and his sister there; lost. He leads them to the new ring. Meanwhile, they roll the dice again to decide the fight. It comes up on a free space for Team Uraotogi, and the Masked Fighter for Team Urameshi. Hiei is prepared to take her place when she magically shows up behind him and stops him. Shishi is curious about the Masked Fighter's identity, and cuts the mask. Shishi tries to get them disqualified by saying that they're using the mask to sneak in fighters. But Toguro steps in and the committee finds nothing wrong. A new chapter in the semi-finals is set to begin.

Characters in Order of Appearance

Yusuke Urameshi Pu Genkai Shishiwakamaru Kazuma Kuwabara Juri Shishiwakamaru's female supporters (cameo) Botan Keiko Yukimura Yukina Shizuru Kuwabara

Koto Hiei Kurama Onji Masked Fighter/Genkai Older Demon participant (cameo) Young two-horned Demon participant (cameo) Koenma Jorge Saotome Younger Toguro

Anime Notes

• In this episode, Younger Toguro reveals that the Masked Fighter's true identity is that of Genkai, and that she appears in her younger version only when she uses her full capacity of the Spirit Wave technique.
• The three demon girls who warn Kuwabara against harming Shishiwakamaru were voiced in the original English version by Alese Johnson, Elise Baughman, and Laura Bailey. To give the crowd scene more diversity, the Blu-ray remastered dub revoices the girls with Amber Barnes, Cherami Leigh, and Kate Bristol respectively.
• At least two of the spectators have had their voices pitched down in the Blu-ray English version, likely to make them sound less like established characters. Hiei's actor Chuck Huber voices one of the two demons saying Team Urameshi cheated by sneaking in Genkai and has his voice adjusted and the deep voiced spectator who yells "Yeah, he's right!!!" is done by Rugby's actor Bob Carter.

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