The Hao-Do was built around 1000 years ago
by excavating the mountain to the unlucky northeast side of the Asakura estate.
The work was done in secret, then sealed away.
Enshrined here is the enemy of the Asakura Family
who we destroyed and must defeat again.
The Great Onmyoji,
Hao Asakura!
EPISODE 15 WHEN THE PIECES COME TOGETHER
The Great Onmyoji, Hao Asakura?
Don't talk so loud, Tamao!
They'll find out we followed them!
Sorry!
I can't believe there was such a giant hall
hidden at the Asakura place, though.
I don't get it.
Why are you so afraid of someone
who died 1000 years ago?
The problem is he isn't dead.
Far from it,
Hao Asakura has already appeared before Yoh.
And he's not hiding his name either.
I wouldn't blame you if you didn't believe me.
But I sent Mikihisa to keep tabs for me,
and he's finally given me the bad news.
Hao has already been reborn in this world,
and he's competing in the Shaman Fight to achieve his nefarious ends!
And what are they?
Anna, I'm sure that you understand
the meaning of the Onmyodo symbol
of the pentagram that adorns this shrine.
The five points of the star represent the five elements.
These five elements make up everything in heaven and earth.
Those who master the secrets of the pentagram
have all the powers of nature at their command.
Divination, made possible by understanding the ways of nature.
Incantations to invoke spirits, magic spells…
And the use of Shikigami, making servants of even demons.
Hao Asakura became an expert in all of these techniques
and became the Great Onmyoji, celebrated across the land.
Thanks to his success,
the Asakura Family became official state divinators
and their fortunes grew.
But then one day,
Hao suddenly expressed a wish to wipe out humanity
and create a world exclusively for Shamans.
I do not know what he saw in the world of the gods,
but such a thing must never be allowed to happen.
With our combined strength,
we Asakuras defeated Hao.
However,
Hao, a master of the pentagram,
cast Onmyodo's greatest spell,
the secret Taizan Fukun no Sai technique.
He already had total control over his own life force.
Hey! Not that Taizan Fukun?
Everyone in the spirit world is afraid of him!
It's the ancient Chinese name for the lord of the underworld!
A millennium ago,
Hao learned of the existence of the Shaman Fight.
He reincarnates himself over and over so that he can become the Shaman King.
And our mission for the last millennium
is to crush the evil born from the Asakura Family.
He doesn't even know it, but that responsibility
lies with Yoh,
as successor to the Asakura bloodline.
How is this fair?
You haven't even told Mr. Yoh what he's getting himself into
by having to take on such a dangerous opponent!
Tamao…
I knew it was you.
Please…
Please bring Mr. Yoh back right now!
Or else, he'll…
That idiot!
Are you trying to say you think Yoh will lose?
The next Shaman King will be Yoh.
And to that end, he will defeat him!
Calm down, both of you.
Despite everything,
it's not the case that there is no way to defeat Hao.
When we defeated Hao,
we sealed something shut
so the same mistake would not be repeated.
This book contains all of Hao's spells,
the Ultra Senji Ryakketsu.
If the seal is broken and all of its spells are learned,
it should at least be possible to catch up to Hao's past abilities.
And the only ones capable of doing so
are Asakuras who have Hao's blood flowing through their veins.
If we can just get this to Mr. Yoh…
We have a slight problem, though.
Also sealed in that book are the Shikigami who once served Hao.
If we break the seal,
these two Shikigami, Zenki and Goki,
will awake at once, and…
Don't say I didn't warn you!
We're not messing around with that!
Those two…
Mr. Yohmei!
The seal is…
We won't let you escape!
Not now that you know Lord Hao's secrets…
-It is our duty to kill you! -It is our duty to kill you!
They're terrifying!
Save us!
Ponchi! Conchi!
Those are Hao Asakura's Shikigami!
Such energy…
Not even I would be a match for them!
-Seriously? -I wanted to keep the fun going!
Honestly! I've never seen such a useless bunch of spirits!
Ms. Anna!
Okay. So that's how you do it.
"Goma Chobuku."
Damn girl!
Impossible!
Don't act so surprised.
I'm Anna the Itako.
The Shaman King's bride.
Lord Hao, blood…
It looks like someone's done away with my Shikigami.
Spells, curses, and the like…
They always come back to you once they're broken.
Interesting.
Perhaps there isn't just rain on the way, but a storm.
1080 beads.
I can bind up any spirit with this necklace.
It's an Itako tool given to me by Kino.
I was careless.
To think that Hao's Shikigami could possess such power…
Anna. Take the Ultra Senji Ryakketsu to Yoh and teach him how to use it.
You didn't defeat the Shikigami with the beads' power alone.
It was your own power too.
Take Tamao along, too, if you like.
I'm counting on you, Anna.
Ms. Anna!
My, what an outrageous jewel you've cultivated,
Kino.
Of course!
She was my favorite student, after all.
But the Ultra Senji Ryakketsu will not be enough
to defeat the new Hao.
Which is why
I gave you and Yoh what I did.
They are nothing more than gears at the moment…
but when all the gears mesh,
the world will be as it should be!
Ya-horo!
What is he goofing around for?
What can you do?
Horohoro just feels at home on snow-covered mountains like this.
What's the harm? Even if he gets lost,
I can just find him with my Dowsing!
More importantly, can't you use it to get us straight to Patch Village?
I'm afraid not.
I still lack experience.
I can only find human energy.
I tried looking for Bron, the Officiant who was looking after me,
but I got nothing…
He concealed his energy when I fought him to qualify, too, which made it tough.
He's probably doing that again now.
So how did you pass the test, then?
At times like that, I rely on all her senses!
Come out, Morphea!
She's a poppy spirit,
a longstanding Spirit Ally of the Diethels.
Morphea can find anything within a one-kilometer radius.
That by itself is pretty impressive!
But on top of that, she's cute too!
You can say that again!
Ryu. Who are you looking at?
All that cuteness is wasted on a familiar!
Koro…
But what I really wanted to find with my Dowsing
was perhaps something my heart yearned for.
Friends who have my back.
I'm so glad I came across you guys!
Never mind that.
How long are we planning on sticking around here?
We don't have time for fun and games.
I've only just fixed my board!
I'm going one more time while we're here!
Hey, you…
What are you going to do?
Horohoro!
We'll go on ahead to Duringo and do some investigating.
Make sure you get there before it gets dark.
All right!
Ya-horo!
Burn, snowboard soul!
It's been a while, so let's glide through the sky, Kororo!
What?
Kororo?
Kororo's gone!
What?
Good, you're awake!
I've just made some hot soup.
Want some?
ZENKI GOKI
KORORO VER. 3
Duringo, Colorado…
It's surprisingly lively for somewhere up in the mountains like this.
It's close to Mesa Verdede National Park,
so a lot of people gather here.
There are some old ruins in Mesa Verdede.
Maybe they could have something to do with Patch Village?
Then why don't we head straight there?
We can't do that.
We need to wait for Horohoro.
We haven't seen him in three days!
It's possible he's had some kind of accident.
Shouldn't we be looking for him?
Come on! You know Horohoro. He'll be fine.
He's tough, after all.
I'm sure he'll be with us in no time.
I've been asleep for three days?
This is bad!
I need to hurry back to the guys!
But look at you!
You've broken both your legs!
It's a miracle you're even alive after falling off that cliff.
Oh, and you kept muttering something about "Kororo" in your sleep.
Of course! That Kororo…
She must have gotten jealous of Morphea!
The name's Horohoro.
I don't know who you are,
but thanks for rescuing me.
Wait up!
I'm a national park ranger.
This district is my responsibility. My name is Bluebell Bloch.
I need to question you about what you're doing in this area.
Besides,
Apollo is out there.
Apollo?
He's a bear you kept?
Yes. Hunters killed his mother
and my dad, a park ranger, took him in.
He was left with a scar from the shotgun pellets.
Doesn't his right eye look like the moon's craters?
Hence the name.
Even when we released him back into the wild, he wasn't tame.
If anything, he seemed to loathe humans.
If he were to attack you,
he would have to be put down by law.
But I will never let that happen.
I became a ranger
so that I can protect my precious Apollo from hunters.
I won't forgive anyone who defiles nature.
But aren't humans part of nature too?
It's the law of the jungle.
If they have the laws you talk about in the wild too,
then the most important law of all is that the strong tyrannize the weak.
It's up to you if you want to protect Apollo,
but that won't stop hunters from existing.
Don't give me that! You talk as if you know it all!
But you're ignorant!
Even I know that much.
But what else can I do?
I'm sorry. None of this is any of your concerns.
I'll give you a ride to Duringo in the morning.
So please stay in the cabin tonight and get some sleep.
"Law of the jungle"? I'm one to talk.
All the same,
I've had to learn all about that the hard way.
Right, Kororo?
Sorry, guys.
I might be joining you even later.
Because something important has come up!
As soon as I tell him to stay, he goes! What is he thinking?
He sure is big!
Hey, don't be like that!
I came here to talk to you.
The topic is…
"Coexisting with Humans in the Wild."
How does that sound?
What I want to say
is that you should run away
to the deep mountains where humans can't reach you.
I know it's not so simple, though.
At the end of the day, all we can do now
is put distance between you and humans.
You get it, right?
If we don't do that,
both you and that lady will end up heartbroken.
I knew you wouldn't listen.
You moron!
Do you have a death wish?
Please stay out of this, Bluebell.
In my village, bears are gods.
What?
And not just bears.
Fire, water, the moon, the sun, whales,
owls, homes, tools…
Everything around humans is a god.
In other words, if both humans and nature help each other,
the right harmony can be struck.
I pray to these gods
to mediate their relationship with humans
because I'm from a Shaman family.
Shaman?
So I can understand.
I understand how you feel
towards those destroyers who persecuted the nature they should be grateful for!
Get a grip!
You'll really get yourself killed!
Don't yell! You'll get Apollo worked up!
If you really want to help him,
use your head a little.
Can you still not see why Apollo is so aggressive?
Because of the human scent you left him with,
he can't go back to the bear world
or fit in with humans.
He's been made into an outcast of the wild!
The stench and scars left on him by humans
don't disappear so easily.
This wound is nothing compared to Apollo's pain.
That doesn't mean you…
Don't worry about it.
It's my fault I'm here anyway.
I got split up from my friends…
Left behind by Kororo…
Because at some point, I forgot to have a grateful soul.
So I won't die.
Not until I call for my lost soul to come back to me
and make a giant field of fuki plants
that no destroyer can ever enter!
Horohoro…
Koko-roko…
Now!
Where were we, Apollo?
Animals don't just hurt people at random.
It looks like he's got his soul back too.
I got him!
This is a big one!
Hey!
That's a park ranger!
Just as…
we finally made a connection…
-Let's run for it! -We're in big trouble if we're caught!
Wait.
You just bagged yourselves some big game, right?
So take him with you.
What are you saying?
If he was left here,
Apollo would have been killed for nothing.
When an animal is killed,
it only returns to the land of the gods once gratitude is shown.
-Hey! -Let's get out of here, right now!
Hunting's just a hobby.
I don't want it to ruin my life.
Did you say "hobby"?
You mean to tell me
that Apollo died so you could enjoy a pastime?
Horohoro!
You idiot!
But…
Was that supposed to hurt?
Not for food. Not for clothes.
Not to make a tool.
This animal was killed without any gratitude.
So what the hell was his life for?
I will not let you get away with this!
This was developed to express thanks to the gods.
Which means it's an intermediary that's highly conducive to a Shaman's power.
Over Soul! Kororo in Ikupasuy!
Apollo! This is my…
parting offering!
Neike Fuike Kiroro!
(IMPECCABLE POWER)
Did you see that?
I won't kill them.
I wouldn't like you to have those scum as travel partners.
Right, Kororo?
Koro…
The past cannot be undone, no matter how much it hurts.
And you managed to catch them.
So I'm okay.
So don't feel disheartened,
Horohoro.
It's funny.
You're the one who said that it's only natural
for the strong to tyrannize the weak.
I know.
And I wasn't wrong,
so I won't correct myself.
But…
I…
It may be reality,
but it's hard to accept it emotionally.
That's why you're going to be the Shaman King.
You'll be able
to make a giant field of fuki plants
that no destroyer can step foot inside!
So this is no time to feel all defeated.
So bittersweet…
Subtitle translation by: Lewis Williams