Masao's Return

**Masao’s Return** is the first episode of *Masao’s Bizarre Adventure.*

## Plot

The episode begins with a seventeen year old teenager regaining his consciousness and examining his surroundings only to find himself in a darkened area. The boy, named Masao, puts his hand close to his face to see it and is eerily silent for a second. It turns out that he had been reborn in Hell as a result of his past misdeeds, starting to scare him as he calls out the names of the Mutou siblings when he comes across a door while also seeing that his heart had been automatically treated of its wounds. He musters his courage to open the door and run up the stairs only to be exhausted just when he hears a voice, scaring him for a second. The voice belongs to a young devil named Oni, whom the boy begs not to kill him. After they met, Oni leads Masao to a more darkened world, and when another door appears which the latter opens, it is filled with hell-related things, much to his fear as the former encourages him to go to see his master. Masao is extremely scared of the summoning rituals from Oni, as it usually accompanies dire punishments that can even lead to death. Suddenly, a bigger demon named Akuma appears and starts talking to Masao about how troubled he is from his neglect from his family and his past misdeeds, in response to which Masao explains that it is only natural for them to feel bad. Akuma then tells him that she once knew a young adult like that in her past, then starts telling the story. During the story, Akuma replaces the young man with herself and Masao figures out that this is the former's own past. After explaning what happened years ago, Akuma sends Masao back to the world of the living.

After waking up, Masao realizes he is on Earth as he sits on the edge of his rock, looking very forlorn, in this silence for about a few seconds, then he started to sob softly. He puts his hands over his eyes and cries quietly for a full minute more. He wishes he was treated better than he usually was and for Tohru to still be around to protect him, also stating that Natsuno wasn't such a "jerk". He begins to sob again until he screams when Oni's minions appear before him, but the first minion tells him not to be scared and they introduce themselves as Shinigami, Mazoku, Yokai. and Ryuu. To his astonishment, Masao asks what they are doing, and Shinigami explains that they were told by Oni to

## Synopsis

Set after his shiki self was killed by his sister-in law during the human mob, seventeen year old Masao Murasako discovers that he is in Hell until he meets Oni and his master Akuma, who sends the boy back to Earth. This marks the beginning of what would be a journey to

## Transcript

(Opening sequence, followed by title.)

**Voice:** ….Where…? Where am I…? …Did… did I…. die? (sees his own eyes and puts his right one onto his head, feeling dizzy)

**Masao (his face is revealed):** …My head hurts… (comes to a realization) WHAT?! AM I IN HELL…?! (the text shows “Jigoku (Hell in Japanese)”) Tohru…? Aoi…? Tomatsu…? Are you in there? (after a short pause) Th-This is starting to scare me! (sees a door) Huh? (in thought) Is that a door? (places hand on heart area) *My heart… it just… healed by itself… Come on Masao-kun, get a hold on yourself… you're one badass sexy vampire. You can do this… you have the confidence to see what's behind that door!* (approaches the door and opens it, before coming in) I hope nothing bad happens… (gulps before rushing up the stairs; later panting) I can't run anymore… (pant) my feet are tired… (pant) my mouth is dry… and I’m outta breath…

**Voice 2:** Masao-kun.

**Masao:** Huh?! (a young devil appears out of nowhere, terrifying him as he screams) Please don't hurt me! I dunno who you are, but spare me, please!