Asakura Hana (麻倉花, Asakura Hana) is the protagonist of Funbari no Uta and Hana's Epoch. He is the son of Asakura Yoh and Asakura Anna, and is the main heir to the Asakura Family after his father.
Hana has unruly blond hair and he has the same eye colour as his
mother Anna. In his early appearances he wore an orange jumper and he
carried the Futsu-no-Mitama no Tsurugi. Hana has also been shown wearing
the same cloak of his uncle Asakura Hao.
In his teens he has grown considerably and after starting school
he begins to wear his school uniform all day in a manner similar to his
father, though with a black shirt beneath instead of a bare upper body.
He also wears orange headphones similar to his father.
He seemed to inherit both his father and mother's personality although this could be because he was working for his "mother". He also fears his "mother"
the same way Yoh fears Anna. He can be very mean and is shown to have
the same bad temper as his mother and can be quite violent when angered.
Like his father and grandfather he appears to be a fan of Soul Bob. He also inherited his mother's famous 'Legendary Left'
Although he attends school, he hates to study because he does not
believe he needs it. Instead he would rather fight like his father and
friends did during the Shaman Fights and believe they did it so that
they could skip classes. It is only because of his fear of Tamamura Tamao
that he goes to school. Although he respects Tamao out of fear,
ironically he has utter disrespect for his uncle Hao, even attacking him
right after he had introduced himself despite Hao being the Shaman
King.
According to Amidamaru, Hana has more potential than his father as a
Shaman, both physically and mentally. According to Ryu he has the same
strength as his mother and he even has a phantom left kick. At the age
of 7 he already had the ability to form an Over Soul.
The Futsu-no-Mitama no Tsurugi (Antiquity in the English Anime) is a
red sword shaped rock that has been owned by the Asakura Family ever
since the time of Asakura Hao. According to Hao it was once owned by a
sword god and even though it's only made of rock, it is the perfect
medium to create a sword oversoul. That sword which slumbers in a
storage room of the Asakura Family, always creates a stir in the world
when surfaced since it's a national treasure.[1]
Hana has inherited his father's spirit ally, Amidamaru. Using the Futsu-no-Mitama no Tsurugi he is able to create a simple Over Soul with a a demonic head as an arm guard and a cleaver like blade.
Introduced as a 6 year old, he is under the guardianship of Tamao. In
the shorts, he works with Ryu to search for The Five Elemental
Warriors. After meeting with four of the warriors and hearing them talk
about the final encounter with Asakura Hao,
his father and mother suddenly arrives, with his father saying that
everything will work out in the end because that is what they promised
him. Stuttering "Fa... Father" Hana suddenly attacks his father with a "Welcome Kick".[2]
At 13 years old, Hana has been skipping classes. As he walks home one day, he complains to Amidamaru that he does not care that he has to study, only for Amidamaru to tell him that he is the important heir to the Asakura Family,
who must protect and keep the lineage amongst others for the next
Shaman Fight. When Hana reveals that he does not care about the next
Shaman Fight because it is so far ahead and that he would like to skip
classes to fight like his father and friends did so many years ago,
Amidamaru manifests his whole spiritual form scaring Hana but also
explains that "Yoh-Dono" had to do so and berates him for saying
so. However Hana just punches Amidamaru and reminds him that he is also a
shaman and reveals that he does not wish to study, but just simply be a
shaman and fight like his father.
His uncle Asakura Hao however appears to him, and reveals that it is time for him to meet his future wife. Anna III
then appears and tease him about being alone with all those cats. She
reveals her background and challenges Hana saying that if he wins, she
will let him marry her.
The name "Hana" means flower. Hana's name comes from the
conjunction of the characters in Yoh (葉, also pronounced as Ha)or Hao
and Anna's (ナ, Na) names.
According to Ryu, one can tell who his mother is, from his kick.
Asakura Yoh (麻倉 葉[1], Asakura Yō)
is the main character in the anime and manga Shaman King. In the
original Japanese anime, his name is sometimes romanized with a
circumflex as Yō but is typically romanized as You, or Yoh--the common literation in the English adaptation.
Asakura Yoh is 13 years old at the beginning of the series and a
normal sized young man at 5'3". He has neck length dark brown hair and
he is constantly seen wearing a pair of orange headphones behind or on
his ears.
He normally wears dark green pants, sandals and a dress shirt
that was open. He also wore a normal school uniform during his school
hours. It would seem he can constantly wear his shirt open as his school
has a relaxed attitude towards their uniforms. However when it gets
cold Yoh will button his shirt, wear a tie and the standard school
uniform jacket. Although of this, he will still wear sandals.
In a battle he wore a black vest and trimmed shorts with an
orange lining, and wrap-up sandals. During the second round of the
Shaman Fights, he is depicted wearing a shirt with a Funbari Onsen
advertisement on it and sweat pants with sandals, and long black
trousers, also with wrap up sandals.
In between the battles of the Second Round of the Shaman Fights,
he wore a yukata, a blue robe tied together with an orange sash around
the waist, where he keeps Amidamaru's memory tablet. Around the chest of
his robes is yet another advertisement for Funbari Onsen. Over his
shoulders he wears a black cape and carries his headphones around his
neck.[2]
Personality
A slacker by nature, Yoh maintains a carefree, laid-back attitude
about everything, even with achieving his goal of becoming Shaman King.
Because he was alienated by everyone outside of the family he instead
chose to bond with spirits and has decided that anyone who can see
spirits cannot be evil. He has even gotten a signature phrase:
"everything will work out" as a way of seeing things. He is rarely on
bad terms with anyone and always decides to make friends with the people
he meets. He is deeply caring for his friends and is even ready to die
for them or give up his dreams as seen when Tao Ren was killed and would be revived by Iron Maiden Jeanne, only if Yoh dropped out of the tournament. Although he has a kind and caring nature, when he talked with Asakura Hao inside the Great Spirit, he revealed that he didn't like humans that much either.
Even though it is rarely seen, Yoh truly loves Anna with all of
his heart and has decided that, when he becomes Shaman King, he will
make her life easy. It is also believed that, before he left to America
for the shaman fight, he and Anna "slept together" after Anna said to
him "Tonight...may I sleep with you?" and his response was "Yes." [3]
Another hint of this was Yoh's talk with Asakura Yohken when he asked Yoh "Yoh, do you have children too?" and Yoh blushed and said "No, well how can I say that?"
Given that Hana is six at the time of Funbari no Uta and Yoh is
twenty-two, it can be assumed that Hana was conceived that night and
that Yoh was sixteen at the time of him leaving to America.
Abilities and Powers
Ever since Anna became his fiancee, Yoh has constantly been submitted
to exhausting training which in turn caused him to gain a tough and
strong body. During battle he is also very flexible, intuitive and
completely relaxed and calm at the same time. It is due to this relaxed
and calm attitude that he is able to effectively negate Furyoku.
While fighting his way through the Plants, Kyōyama Anna looked through the Furyoku values of Yoh and the others. There it is revealed that his Furyoku is about 108,000.[4]
Shamanic Spells
As a shaman, Yoh has learned many techniques, amongst others from his grandfather, Anna, the cat spirit Matamune and the Gandhara teams.
Ko-Oni Strike(小鬼ストライク, shou oni sutoraiku)
This is one of the Asakura clan's onmyôji magic. With this magic, an onmyôji can summon shikigami
-- familiar spirits -- from leaves or bits of paper to do their
bidding. They are useful, from household chores to assassinations. Yoh
never truly mastered shikigami magic but displayed the capacity
to use it at age 10, under tutelage of his grandfather, Yohmei Asakura.
At best, he could only invoke three shikigami from the leaves. Overall, however, this is a minuscule technique compared to Yoh's more advanced shaman magic.
Okyō(御経, okei)
A sutra taught to him by Anna. It is a Buddhist exorcism chant of the Sankiraimon, or the Three Refuges
that would send any spirit with knowledge of Buddhism who hears it to
the hereafter. However, as it is a written language media, the sutra
mainly works on spirit whom identify with the culture of eastern
shamanism. Yoh eventually discovered this during his entry exam against Silva, nearly sending Amidamaru to heaven.
Hyōi Gattai(憑依合体, Spirit IntegrationSpirit Unity in the english anime)
This shamanic technique enables the shaman to integrate spirits into
their body, forming a "unity" of both, their spirit and that of the
ghost. The shaman would enter a special trance which enables them to
synchronize their spirit with that of the ghost, allowing the ghost to
possess their body and enabling the ghost to interact with the physical
world. Furthermore, once integrated, the shaman takes on the knowledge
& wisdom of the ghost as well as their personality, though it is
unknown when Yoh learned this technique.
Initially, Yoh learns how to create the magical Over Soul indirectly
during his battle with the Shaman Fight officiant, Silva. By integrating
Amidamaru's spirit with that of his sword, Harusame, and subsequently, the heirloom antiquity, the Futsu-no-Mitama no Tsurugi,
Yoh forges the ethereal Over Soul. This shamanic technique quickly
becomes Yoh's quintessential mode of shamanic combat and his most
versatile tool.
One of many spells Yoh learned from the contents of the Ultra Senji Ryakketsu
that Anna brought to him from Master Yohmei. Using this spell enables
one to read the flow of furyoku and determine its course. Effective use
can render most magical attacks ineffective.
Chō Senji Ryakketsu - Mikazuki no Harae(超占事略決 - 三日月ノ祓, chou sen koto ryakketsu - mikazuki no futsu)
This was a secret exorcist magic left to Yoh by Matamune, to help
vanquish the Oni that Anna created. However this magic depleted the
reserve furyoku within Matamune, and as a result, sent him to the
hereafter.
The English anime initially refers to the Harusame (春雨) as the Sword of Light
and states it is the last sword ever forged by Mosuke. When the sword
was stolen from the museum and Amidamaru and Mosuke's childhood was
revealed, the dub referred to the same sword as "Spring Rain"
('Harusame') and the first true sword Mosuke had forged for Amidamaru.
As a result, Amidamaru refers to Spring Rain as Mosuke's first sword and the Sword of Light
as his last when originally the swords were one and the same in the
original and translated versions of the manga and the Japanese version
of the anime.
The Futsu-no-Mitama no Tsurugi (Antiquity in the
English anime) is a red knife-shaped rock that has been owned by the
Asakura Family ever since the time of Asakura Hao. According to Hao, it
was once owned by a sword god and even though it's only made of rock, it
is the perfect medium to create a sword oversoul. That sword, which
slumbers in a storage room of the Asakura Family, always creates a stir
in the world when surfaced since it is a national treasure.[5]
Amidamaru is a 600-year old samurai that is the spirit ally of Yoh
Asakura. He was born on January 6, 1385, and died at the age of 24, by
exhausting his body. After having his tomb stone broken by "Wooden
Sword" Ryu, he saw Manta being beaten up by Ryu, who was enraged because
he was beaten by a mere teenager. Amidamaru decided to join Yoh and
become his guardian ghost. After defeating Ryu, Amidamaru was prepared
to go to heaven once more but he still couldn't do so. Yoh was the first
one who trusted Amidamaru and didn't judge him based on the latter's
reputation in the past because he knew that there were always two sides
to the story, and because of that he decided to help him. Always
sticking by Yoh's side, Amidamaru is loyal and trustworthy and can enter
Yoh's body through Hyoi Gattai and later the Over Soul. Amidamaru is
very powerful but quite taciturn and extremely devoted to Yoh calling
him "Yō-dono"(Master Yoh).
During the second round of the Shaman Fights, the Gandhara determined that Yoh was one of the destined Five Elemental Warriors, people who was meant to wield the Five Grand Elemental Spirits. According to Pascal Avaf, Yoh was destined to use the Spirit of Earth as its abilities create metal.[6]. Saigan Sati defeated Enma Daioh in order to retrieve the Spirit of Earth.
Yoh was born May 12, 1985[7] to Asakura Mikihisa,
an ascetic monk, and Asakura Keiko, a miko. He spent most of his early
childhood living in Izumo with his mom, his father's apprentice Tamao
and his grandfather, Yohmei, who helped raise him in the family ways of
shamanism. For the most part, his childhood Yoh was rather lonesome,
having virtually no friends outside his family and spirits because of
his shamanic heritage. Yoh was regularly outcasted by normal people,
alienated because of his powers so he spends most of his time listening
to music by his favorite artist, SOUL BOB. However, he always envisioned
better life for himself. This became his motivation to become Shaman
King. Yoh’s ambitions to become Shaman King began at age 4, when his
grandfather told him of the Great Spirit and Yoh being the slacker that he was saw the possibility of the easy life and, from that day, decided to become Shaman King.
His training progressed slowly, but at age 10, Yoh was told of his engagement to the young itako, Anna Kyōyama. It was at this time that he also gained his first Guardian Spirit, Matamune of the Cats--a cat spirit who had served the Asakura house for over a thousand years. At Yoh's grandfather's request, Matamune
returned from underworld to escort Yoh to Ozorenzan, where he was to
meet Anna, who had just finished her Itako training with Yoh's
grandmother, Asakura Kino.
On his first day in Osorezan, Yoh encounters a young girl who receives
him in a cool reception, leaving Yoh reeling. Awhile after, he was
attacked by an Oni on the streets, only to be saved by Matamune.
Despite this, the two would eventually arrive at Yoh's grandmother's
home and was properly introduced to his fiancé who turned out to be the
girl from earlier, much to Yoh's shock and surprise. Though upset at
first, Yoh slowly uncovers the mystery behind Anna and her powers as a
Reishi. During a battle with an Oni, Yoh's bravery coaxed emotion from
Anna, whose negative emotions formed the Oni, and dissolved it, though
it cost Matamune the last of Reyoku, causing him to disappear.
Coming to Tokyo
Yoh moved to Funbari Hills to participate in the Shaman Fight in
Tokyo and to find a ghost of his own. There he met the first friends he
ever had Oyamada Manta, at the cemetery after he enrolled at Funbari ga Oka, the same school as Manta. He fought with Ryu
who had beaten Manta up, with the help of Amidamaru, Yoh used Hyoi
Gattai to merge with Amidamaru and to defeat Ryu, that was the time that
Yoh choose Amidamaru to be his partner. However much to Yoh's
disappointment Amidamaru declines.
Manta drags Yoh along and told Yoh that it was not a good idea to
be partnered up with Amidamaru, Yoh felt no evil in him and try to
discover why he declined. When they arrive at the Funbari Local Archives
they both see the old Harusame sword and finds the Mosuke
which crafted the sword. He starts explaining the past about his
promise and that both waited 600 years. Yoh merges with Mosuke to craft
the new sword for Amidamaru for the promise and show the newly crafted
sword to him. Amidamaru then decides that he partners up with Yoh. Yoh
later returned Harusame in the museum.
They have many adventures together like freeing an angry
earthbound spirit from a billboard, rescuing children from a fire, and
stopping a bully from throwing his life away.
Shaman Fights in Tokyo
Silva of the 10 Patch Officiants
from the Patch tribe encounters Yoh at Amidimaru's grave site and
challenges him to a test to gain entry to the fight. In order to acquire
the Oracle Bell that will function as a permit, Yoh will have to hit
Silva just once.
Yoh accepts and the battle commences. Yoh quickly integrates Amidimaru into himself and goes in to strike. Yoh hits Silva's O.S. Silver Shield
and wonders what happened. Silva explains the oversoul concept and
strikes back with both Silver Horn and Silver Tail. Silver Rod slams Yoh
into the ground and Silver Wing makes Silva fly. The Silver Arms then proceeds to taunt Yoh, frustrating him even more.
However Yoh figures out how to use the Over Soul and makes the gamble
by placing Amidamaru inside Harusame. As expected, it succeeds and
creates an overflowing uncontrolled version of his first Over Soul.
Seeing this Silva swaps the Silver Arms to his O.S. Totem Pole Cannon
formation and fires a blast of Furyoku. Yoh uses Muscle Memory gained
from being fused with Amidamaru so many times, uses the Buddha-Strike
and deflects Silva's attack right back at him. This act makes a cut in
Silva's headband, thus hitting him and earns Yoh the Oracle Bell and the
right to participate in the Shaman Fights.
When Yoh returns home Anna chastises him for the Oracle Bell,
thinking it's a pager and the hair on him, thinking he was with another
woman. To prove her wrong Yoh decides to show her his Over Soul, but
fails because he is out of Furyoku. Yoh is about to be beaten by Anna,
but the Oracle Bell beeps and Yoh is given his first match against
someone named Horohoro.
Yoh is put up against Horohoro in the very first match of the Shaman
Fight a fight that is placed in the middle of an open square. Before the
fights start Yoh is given a battle costume from Anna (although it's the
same as he wore when he was four), something he openly complains about
until Anna says she spend all night personally sewing it. Suddenly a
voice calls for Yoh above them and Horohoro drops sixty stories and
attacks Yoh to get his oversoul working. The fight begins with Horohoro
attacking, who at first dominated the match. After a while Yoh asks him
what his dream is, to which Horohoro tells him his dream to create a
massive field of butterbur. Yoh cries for him, and in a comic scene
considers forfeiting, but Anna knocks Yoh back to his senses.
The battle resumes and Horohoro attacks head on but Yoh is ready
for him. Yoh quickly counters everything Horohoro can dish out to the
point where Yoh mows down all of the musso kurppe Horohoro had. Horohoro
uses his most powerful attack of an massive avalanche. It worked to a
point but Yoh busted through it and struck Horohoro ending the match and
allowing Yoh to win his first match.
Yoh is put up against Johann George Faust VIII in his second match of the Shaman fight. Yoh ends up in Yokohama Cemetery
for his next match Anna left with Silva to do something. Faust arrives
and gave greetings to Yoh, and then proceeds to enthrall both Manta and
Yoh with his history. He then pulls out Eliza Faust and Manta runs. Manta is however easily captured by Faust and is cut open.
Yoh goes through summoned skeletons to hit Faust and rescues
Manta. The Bell beeps announcing the start of the fight. Yoh worries
about his friend but can not do anything but wrap a jacket around
Manta's wound. Yoh fights Faust's skeletal soldiers but burns through
most of his Furyoku. Silva finally shows up but can not interfere
because of the rules of the fight.
Faust focuses his Furyoku to Eliza and breaks three ribs and
puncturing Yoh's left lung. Yoh tries to uses Faust's strategy against
him and but can not fight off Faust's full power. Faust finally charges
all of his furyoku into Eliza and charges straight at Yoh who is able to
cut down Eliza's legs. Yoh however looses as he runs out of Furyoku and
is unable to maintain his oversoul. Faust angered by a previous comment
from Yoh about Eliza attacks again but this time with a twenty two ton
skeletal beast. Ren saves him and tells Yoh to train since they both
will fight once more in three months.
Yoh winds up at the hospital after the fight to treat his
injuries. Manta went to his room and Yoh said that he didn't want to be
Manta's friend any more causing Manta to run away. Yoh explains to Anna
that he really did not want to do that but had to since he did not want
to put Manta in more danger.
Yoh goes back home to Izumo the next day for training. Yoh meets
his grandfather at the family mansion and tells him what he needs to do.
His grandfather explains that Yoh must die and leads him to the Yomi Cave.
He would wander the cave for seven days and nights with none of his
five senses. He emerges seven days later to see Anna, Tamao, Manta, Ryu,
and Amidamaru. Yoh is his usual self after emerging and Anna asks why
he is not half dead to which Yoh answers it does not matter. The next
day Yohmei gives Yoh one last test to strike down all his shikigami. Yoh
does so in one hit and gains a new oversoul. Amidamaru starts talking
out of nowhere and Yoh is panicked. Yohmei explains that his oversoul is
on a much higher plane than before so Amidamaru can talk in oversoul
form. Yoh leaves Izumo the next day full of confidence that he would
win.
Yoh prepares for his fight against Tao Ren and heads out to the
location which is Mata Cemetery in West Tokyo. He waits with Manta at
the location. Ren shows up with a grand entrance, on a horse, and taunts
Yoh. Amidamaru and Bason attack each other and Ren dismounts his horse.
The Oracle Bell rings and the match begins with Ren attacking Yoh
violently. After a long series of furies and violently attacking Yoh,
Ren is finally able to attack Yoh from a blind spot but Yoh easily
blocks it and Ren standing there shocked wonders how he was able to see
that. Suddenly Amidamaru opens his eyes and explains to Ren that Yoh
also got his eyes. This opening allows Yoh to use a Buddha-strike
finally breaking Ren's Over Soul.
Instead of just recreating his Over Soul though, Ren powers up
his Over Soul and manifests Bason's entire upper body, except for the
arms, on his Guan Do. Charging straight towards Yoh, Ren smashed his
Over Soul down on him like a hammer, and proceeds to throw him into the
air though his second attack is blocked. Ren puts in more furyoku
materializing Bason's arms and slams Yoh into the ground. Due to this
Yoh loses his Over Soul but quickly recovers. Ren furiously attacks Yoh
and Manta tries calling Anna but realizes she has no phone and instead
goes to Yoh's house.
Yoh realizes that Ren is using more furyoku in his oversoul than
he is and Amidamaru says Yoh must power up but Yoh says that he will
stay as he is now and trust in Amidamaru. Ren seizes the opportunity and
strikes but Yoh gets through it and destroys Ren's big oversoul forcing
him to lose a lot of Furyoku in one shot.
Ren is furious about the loss and attacks again but does not know his
attacks are landing. Yoh loses four oversouls but stays calm. Ren has
had enough and uses his horse and Bason at full power and goes in for
the kill. Yoh counters with his own powered up oversoul and they both
clash.
Both Ren's and Yoh's oversoul are destroyed at the same time and
the match ends in a draw. Silva appears and tells them they have both
passed to the second round. Yoh is elated that he has passed and does
not have to be punished by Anna. Yoh and Ren go to the opening ceremony
and take a much deserved break from fighting.
Yoh, Horohoro, Ren, Anna, Tamao, Pirika, and all the spirits are
at Yoh's celebrating their entrance to the shaman fight. They party for
most of the night. Ren leaves that night to head back to China and Yoh
sees him off. A few days later Two buddist monks show up at Izumo. Yoh
and Tamao believe that they are just normal monks asking for cash until
they send Ponchi and Conchi to heaven. Yoh asks who they are and they
capture Amidimaru's Memorial tablet explaining that they are the BoZ Brothers
and they want be Shaman king. Yoh attacks them to try to get back what
they stole but is pinned down by the brother's spirits. Yoh busts
through most of them but the BoZ keep using more and more oversouls
knocking Yoh down. The BoZ move in for the kill but Ryu shows up cutting
down all of the oversouls. Ryu reveals he is now a fully trained shaman
and have won two matches already. The BoZ interrupt and try telling him
their name but are cut down and the car they use is now in two pieces,
forcing them to run
Bason all of a sudden crashes into the house and tell everyone
that Ren has be imprisoned by his father. Bason explains some of what
happened and disappears looking like he died again but reappears
apologizing that he got carried away. Yoh quickly goes to China straight
to the Tao compound.
Yoh, Ryu, Manta, Horohoro, and Bason enter the Tao compound and are greeted by Tao Yúan's
elite Jiang Shi. One of cut Ryu's hair in two while the other attack
Yoh and company but Horohoro moves them to a safe spot. After Horohoro
and Ryu manage to take down one each, they tell Yoh to find Ren while
they handle the rest.
Finding both Ren and Jun in the dungeon, Yoh frees both of them and on their way back up defeat the Torture Brothers
together with Ren. As they reach the entrance they find that both
Horohoro and Ryu have been defeated by the remaining Jiang Shi that
Manta identify as Shamon, who also easily get the upper hand against Ren
and Yoh, They are both saved by the arrival of Jun and Pyron who
defeated with a single blow.
As they go upstairs they are confronted by the gigantic Yúan who
appears before him out of nowhere. Even though they all attack him
violently he continues to regenerate from the most impossible wounds and
easily beats them up. It is only when Ren regains his "path" that he is
able to see through the gigantic body, revealing it to be nothing but
an Over Soul.
The night before Yoh leaves he sleeps with Anna.
Traveling Through America
Yoh goes to the Military base to go the next point. He meets many
Shamans that have passed the first round. Ren is there too, eating
Takoyaki. The gang takes a break before the next test and come across
Hao. Hao tells them to be prepared for a plane ride. Hao hits Horohoro
so fast the gang could not sense it. Ren oversouls and tries hitting Hao
but misses because of the Spirit of Fire.
Hao allies appear and they leave. The gang talks about what just
happened and notice the Patch plane. Yoh is in his own world wondering
why Hao looks like him. They all get on the plane and go to America.
Goldva announces that the oversoul plane will disappear soon and force
the shamans to find the way to the Patch village on their own.
The plane disappears and the gang is dropped on Route 66,
they survived the drop by using their oversouls before they hit the
ground and letting it take the damage. Amidamaru tries finding a a town
but can not find anything but road. Ryu uses Big Thumb oversoul to get
Billy. Amidimaru marvels at the American West and Yoh likes it saying
that it is good just going somewhere for change and is kind of like an
adventure.
They go to the next town and find Lilirara
who shows them the Patch Hao's past. They stay the night at her house
and she hands them a map of their next destination. The gang goes to a
hotel and sleep there for the night. The gang meets Lyserg Diethel
the next day. Lyserg defeats Ren and Horohoro with ease. Yoh stops
Lyserg when he attacks him. Lyserg is not done and uses the big ben wire
frame. Yoh destroys it with help from Amidimaru. Yoh allows Lyserg to
join them later.
They finally get to the Patch Village after a few days and
adventures. Just outside the village the gang encounters Hao's
followers. The followers remark how much Asakura Yoh resembles Asakura
Hao. Boris Tepes Dracula attacks but Ryu takes him down. Yoh climbs to where Boris landed and is appalled by what happened next. The X-Laws killed Boris and take down Big Bill. Yoh stops the X-laws before they can kill him. Yoh attacks Marco Lasso
(the second in command) for being a hairbreadth from killing Bill but
Harsuame was broken in the process. Marco lets him live for being brave
enough to fight him. The X-laws leave with Lyserg being happy at what
the X-laws did. The gang takes Bill and goes to the Patch Village. The
gang wanders underground for awhile but realize that the path they took
was so full of twists and turns that they got lost. They realize it was
instinctual that they were lead there. Bill wakes up and tells the gang
that something bigger is coming and why the Patch put so many twists and
turns. Bill faints again and they finally enter the village.
Shaman Fights Second Round
Yoh has a dream and wakes up in the Patch Restoration Chamber. Yoh
shakes his head to clear it and finds Silva. Silva explains that the
dream was a vision by the great spirit. Yoh sees the great spirit for
the first time and gains great knowledge about the past, present, and
future of earth and he realizes the great spirit is a shapeless mass of
trillions of ghosts and spirits. Yoh nearly faints again from the stress
of the Great Spirit's power. Silva catches him and offers him some soup
to calm his nerves and recover. Yoh is led out and sees Ryu and
Horohoro. Ren is outside staring straight into the Great Spirit. Yoh and
company roam the Patch Village for food and watching the competition.
Yoh and company wander past a gift shop and hear Anna complaining
about a keychain. Yoh is alarmed by this and tells Anna to pay full
price. Anna chastises him for his manner of dress and tells him about
Manta and Tamao being inside the village. Chocolove appears and explains
that the next part of the fight will be a three on three team battle.
Chocolove also explains about the three powers in this fight Hao's
teams, the X-Laws, and the Buddhist Monk Faction of Gandhala. Anna
realizes this fight will not be as easy as they thought. Ren puts his
team together on the spot and goes off to register. Ryu want Lyserg to
be the final member of their team, but neither he nor anyone else has
seen him or is able to find him.
Anna suggests Faust knowing what he can do in battle. They go to
find a team member but find Faust with Manta on his lap. Faust asks if
he can join them but is shot down by Ryu demanding that Lyserg be their
final member. Faust leaves with Manta still on his lap.
The next three months were uneventful though they did get Faust
to join and they master Hao's book. The team enters the fight as Team
"Funabari Onsen". The Team is put up against Team "Iceman". Before the
fight even starts Yoh uses his power to give a show of the "Spirit of
Sword". Pino of the Iceman is thinking over the battle but the fight
starts. The Iceman start fighting and targets Faust but is beaten back
by Faust new massive oversoul O.S. Mephisto E. The Iceman target Ryu next but are also beaten back by the massive oversoul O.S. Yamato no Orochi Go.
Pino is frightened and backs off and he decides to attack Yoh. Yoh is
blasted with a frozen shockwave. The attack does nothing and Yoh is fine
due to the techniques he learns from Hao's book. Yoh tells the Icemen
to come once more at full power.
The Iceman oblige with their most powerful move. Yoh uses his
spirit of sword and defeats the Iceman. The gang celebrates with the
Icemen and enjoy a break before they fight again.
Yoh suddenly arrives to save Team Ren from one of Hao's teams
with a single slice of his oversoul. Manta, following Yoh's
instructions, brings the Iron Maiden to resurrect Ren. Horohoro leaves
in frustration after hearing Yoh's deal with the X-laws, stating that he
will kill Yoh if Ren is still dead. Jeanne tells Yoh that he is to
withdraw from the competition in return for Ren's resurrection. Yoh
agrees with these terms, surprising Marco. Team Funbari Hot Springs
leaves the X-laws to fulfil their side.
Hao upon learning of Yoh's withdrawal, sends Opacho on her first
errand to ensure that Yoh stays in the Shaman Fight or else he will
destroy the Golem and the children. Anna and Amidamaru convince Yoh to
follow his heart. Leading to his confrontation with the X-laws. Using an
oversoul of himself with Mikihisa's spirits as a decoy, Yoh obliterates
the angels and comes close to attacking the shamans themselves. However
Lyserg and Marco stop him. Only to get assistance from Luchist with his
angel, Lucifer whom quickly turn the tides. Yoh reveals that Marco's
"masterpiece" is actually Jeanne and that Luchist plans to destroy the
X-laws completely.
He tells Lyserg to create an oversoul of himself using Mikihisa's
spirits and Jeanne. While using Zeruel to bring Jeanne from her
underwater torture. Yoh distracts Luchist from Marco only to be at his
mercy. Shamash saves Yoh, whom is relieved not to be executed. They
destroy Lucifer which causes Luchist to faint.
After witnessing the new oversouls from Team "The Ren", Yoh
leaves immediately with Faust and Ryu for some serious training. After
the training, Ryu comments on how awesome Yoh's new oversoul is. Sati
suddenly appears beside them and reveals that Yoh is to be one of the
five warriors. She challenges Yoh to a fight but because time is running
out, she uses a mantra and sends Yoh to Hell.
In Hell, Amidamaru and even Harusame appear next to Yoh. When
they are greeted by the Oh-Oni from the past, Yoh believes the Matamune
is there as well but does not find him. Yoh is led to the first level of
Hell where Oh-Oni leaves Yoh to fight his next opponent. On the top of
the stairs, he meets a person who looks similar to his father. Yoh cuts
off his mask and calls him an imposter. The stranger replies that he is
no imposter but the one and only Asakura Yohken. The very person who defeated Hao 500 years ago.
Yohken quickly shouts to Matamune and he uses Ogre Slayer to tear
through Yoh's arms. Yoh realises that it is through will power and
thought that allowed Yohken to summon the Ogre Slayer. Using it himself,
he is able to heal his arms and summon the Futunomitama no Turugi. He
comments on how similar it is to an oversoul and attacks Yohken with his
new oversoul: Spirit of the Sword: White Swan. With Harusame in his
right hand as a sword and Futsu-no-Mitama on his left hand as a shield,
Yohken realises the power of such a combination and is pleased to
finally face a worthy opponent.
Yohken retorts to using his most powerful technique the Dai Tengu.
Somehow, Yoh counters the maneuver with his new technique: Amida-style:
Na-Avidya. With it, Yoh purifies the Tengu and wins the fight. Only
then does he ask to talk with Yohken and eventually Yohken realises his
arrogance made him blind to his situation. Suddenly, a Cho-Oni
crushes Yohken's spirit and Yoh loses it. He crushes all the Oni's
except for one who is amazed by Yoh's spirit and tells him to go to Enma Daioh.
Yoh is eventually resurrected by Faust just as Ryu begins to
attack Hao's men. Yoh takes down them with relative ease even though
they were given immense strength from the Star Festival. Afterwards, Yoh
tracks down Anna in the forest where she under attack by Hao. Yoh
convinces Hao to stop and the two have coffee together.
Before Team "Funbari Onsen" goes up against Team "The Ren", Ren
announces how foolish Yoh is and that Hao will not except mercy from
him. During the match, Yoh reveals his belief that Hao has no friends
and is quickly attacked by Horohoro. Ryu intercepts him but loses his
arms to his ice attack. Faust tries to heal Ryu but Ren fires a
lightning bolt through him. With only Yoh able to fight he unveils his
oversoul and counters with Na-Avidya. Ren and Horohoro team up and take
down Yoh. However Yoh keeps coming back up because Ren did not have the
heart to kill him.
The fight is eventually interrupted by the return of Lyserg and
the rest of Team "X-I". Sati also appears and anounce that Team
"Kabbalahers" and her own Team forfeit and knowing that Team "Hana-Gumi"
would do the same against Team "Hoshi-Gumi" both Team "Funbari Onsen"
and Team "The Ren" gains a spot in the finals thus ending the fight.
Invading the Plants
Yoh, Ren, Horohoro, Ryu, Lyserg, Faust, Opacho, Chocolove and Jeanne
entered the Patch Plants in hopes of stopping Hao from becoming Shaman
king. Yoh and company entered the doors of the plants and encountered
Silva. Yoh fought Silva with his second oversoul and Yoh nearly won but
Silva used the Patch song to increase his power and ignore wounds. Yoh
had to use his newly learned armor oversoul and knocked out Silva. Silva
awoke and wondered why he was not dead.
Yoh managed to convey his desire not to kill unless he had to and
Silva let them go into the plants. Yoh does not have much of a role in
the plants until the lake plant where he took Faust's place after Faust
had lost to the Patch Official Radim and then the grassland plant when
he heals Horohoro of his injuries by placing the spirit of the dead
Faust in his body.
As the group finally arrives at the 10th and final "Plant of the
Universe" they realize that there is no oxygen and no gravity and begin
to wonder how they are supposed to fight in there. At first Lyserg
suggest that they all protect themselves with their own personal O.S.
but Ryu suddenly interrupts and suggests that they all use the heads of
his O.S. Yamato No Orochi so that the rest can fight at full
strength. As Ren questions the responsibility he would suddenly have he
says that he wants to be useful too as the seven is currently his best
place.[8]
When Hao finally awakens he sends a message to the Oracle Bells that reads "'so small" .
He enters the final plant and effortlessly kills everyone with a simple glance, excluding Rutherfor, Opacho
and Yoh. Opacho commented that the Hao she knew wasn't here anymore and
Yoh was able to deduce that Hao was controlling his body even though
his spirit had already moved on as the Shaman King. Yoh then states that
this Hao is nothing but a walking corpse and decapitates it.[9] Hao however doesn't die most likely due to being omnipotent after his merge with the Great Spirit.
After he grins, Yoh's soul and Amidamaru are seen being absorbed
by Hao. When Yoh wakes up, he realises he must be inside the Great
Spirit and Hao appears, revealing that he's actually inside him and in
the highest society of the Great Spirit, the society of the Shaman King
where only people Hao wishes to enter may come. The two start a
conversation during which Yoh reveals that he too dislikes humans
because they really are destroying the Earth. But he also admits that he
could never go as far as to kill them, so Hao orders him to leave.
Somehow Yoh isn't banished and Tao Ren, Lyserg Diethel, Chocolove McDonell and Usui Horokeu appear too. A fierce battle between the 5 Elemental Warriors and the Shaman King begins.
Following the conclusion of Shaman King, Yoh and Anna have left their home leaving behind their son, a little boy named Asakura Hana
who begins scouring the countryside in search of his parents. Yoh's
hair is now longer and wavier and he wears a simple shirt and pants with
one of Hao's earrings attached to the pants.
When Yoh and Anna finally arrive in Funbari they get lost in the
airport, something that greatly annoys Ren when he learns of it, and
calls for Ryu to pick them up. When Chocolove, Ren, and Horohoro discuss
their last encounter with Hao, Yoh and Anna finally arrive and Yoh says
his catchphrase that "everything will work out in the end" and says that it will because that is what they promised him.[10]
Yoh is revealed to have grown very tall and his hair is extremely long.
He then awkwardly tries to apologize his and Anna's absence by saying
that they had things to do all around the world and could not come back
earlier. At first Hana seems to be in tears and even stutters the word "daddy" but suddenly attacks Yoh with a Welcome Home Kick right to his gut.
As they return to the Funbari Inn, Yoh and Anna sits down at the
shrine of their dead friends and family and make their prayers. Towards
the end Ryu prepares a feast and they are all seen having a party
together and even Manta arrives to the joy of everyone except Ren who
was attacking Horohoro.
Later during the night a parcel arrives from the Patch Village
and Anna comes in to reveal it is a book over the Shaman Fights that had
transpired in Tokyo. She also stomps Yoh's face and reminds him of his
promise he made to her of becoming Shaman King.
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Trivia
His orange headphones were actually "stolen" or at least, taken without permission from his father, Asakura Mikihisa.
This child-like behavior signifies his loneliness, or the feeling of
wanting to meet his father, who actually didn't grow up with him. In
addition, the Soul Bob records were initially Mikihisa's and Yoh took them along with the headphones.
In regards to Anna, she is actually "love at first sight" to
him. Simply by seeing her face for the first time (when they were ten)
and when he thinks about her it makes him blush a lot.
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