Episode 14

## The Beasts of Maze Castle

### Original

The Four Holy Beasts in the Labyrinthine Castle! A Challenge to the Spiritual Realm

### Romaji

*Meikyū Shiro no Shiseijū! Reikai e no Chōsen*

## Episode 14 Screenshots

**The Beasts of Maze Castle** (迷宮城の四聖獣! 霊界への挑戦, *Meikyū Shiro no Shiseijū! Reikai e no Chōsen*?, lit. **The Four Holy Beasts in the Labyrinthine Castle! A Challenge to the Spiritual Realm**) is the fourteenth episode of the Yu Yu Hakusho anime and the Spirit Detective Saga.

## Summary

Yusuke returns from training with the great psychic Genkai, and not a moment too soon! Dreadful Makai Insects are invading his own city, part of a sinister scheme to flood the earth with demons! With Kuwabara at his side, Yusuke dives into a forbidden demon city. His target: four deadly creatures known as the Saint Beasts!

## Plot Details

Yusuke is gone for six months while training under Genkai, leaving Keiko alone to wait for him back home. She visits Atsuko asking about Yusuke but only learns that he's been calling from "camp" every few weeks to let his mother know that he's okay. Just after Keiko leaves Atsuko's house, Yusuke returns home and greets her.

He meets up with Kuwabara soon after and talks about all the different and grueling training regiments he underwent while with Genkai. Keiko brings them milkshakes and the boys decide to hide all the Spirit Detective talk from her. They go to a movie as a group but just before the trio enters the theatre, Yusuke tells her that he and Kuwabara need a moment and asks her to save them seats.

Yusuke and Kuwabara go to a more remote area where they're confronted by what appears to be a gang of possessed thugs. Yusuke noticed them at the movie theatre and that's why he need them to get away from Keiko. Yusuke and Kuwabara are able to repel the knife-wielding thugs but they keep getting back up. Yusuke defeats them all using a new move: Spirit Shotgun!

Kuwabara notices an apparition watching them and they chase him down an alley. The demon is knocked out by a metal bat swung by Botan. She tells the boys that this demon is a spy from the place Yusuke will be going for his next assignment. Yusuke tries to refuse, but Botan says he must do something or else the entire city will be turned into zombies.

Botan explains that Koenma received a request from the Four Saint Beasts demanding safe immigration into the living world. The Four Saint Beasts are a band of notorious criminals from Spirit World who have established their base in an infamous area known as the City of Ghosts and Apparitions. They've been using Makai Insects to brainwash innocent civilians into becoming murderers. The Saint Beasts offer the whistle that controls the insects in return for lowering the barrier that confines them to the city.

Yusuke's mission is to infiltrate the city and defeat the Saint Beasts. If he can destroy the whistle controlling the Makai Insects, he can save the earth. If not, the Saint Beasts will wreak havoc on the living world themselves. Yusuke isn't confident he can do this mission alone and Kuwabara volunteers to help him. Botan escorts them to the portal breach that will lead them to the beast's base of operations.

Kuwabara jumps in first and Yusuke soon after realizing that he left Keiko alone at the movie theaters. They arrive in front of the infamous Maze Castle and are confronted by a swarm of Fugaki demons. The pure numbers of the starving demons overwhelm Yusuke and Kuwabara. Suddenly, lightning strikes and all the demons are dealt with. Yusuke realizes they've been saved by backup sent by Koenma. The two demons sent to help Yusuke are none other than Kurama and Hiei.

Koenma promised to clean their slates if they helped Yusuke resolve this case. However, Hiei is reluctant and still plans on getting his revenge on Yusuke. Soon after entering Maze Castle, the four intruders are tested by the Gate of Betrayal. The corridor entered by the four traps them with a collapsing ceiling calculated to match the strength of each of them. It is said that the only way to escape is for one member of the team to betray their allies, or else they will all be crushed to death.

## Credits

* Cast
* Staff