Episode 2

## Episode 2 Screenshots

**Koenma Appears** (霊界のコエンマ! 復活への試練, *Reikai no Koenma! Fukkatsu e no Shiren*?, lit. **Koenma of the Spirit Realm! A Trial Towards Resurrection**) is the second episode of the Yu Yu Hakusho anime and the Spirit Detective Saga.

## Summary

Pulled by the sprightly, pink-robed Botan, Yusuke enters a realm that is not quite normal – Spirit World. There, Yusuke meets Koenma, a 700-year-old ruler with the body of a toddler, pacifier and all! But there’s no room for laughs, as Koenma gives Yusuke an ordeal to restore his life. Hatching a Spirit Beast!

## Plot Details

Botan escorts Yusuke to the Spirit World to meet King Enma. She warns Yusuke not to be his normal foul-mouthed self or else the king may decide to send him to oblivion rather than restore his life. Despite Botan's warning, once they enter the king's castle, Yusuke can only think about how he can defeat the king. He imagines the King to be a scary emperor running an empire of malevolent spirits, but Botan takes Yusuke through a large office filled with apparitions appearing to be filing paperwork.

Botan and Yusuke enter the king's office, where they meet King Enma's son, Koenma. Yusuke laughs disrespectfully due to Koenma's appearance, as he has the body of a toddler and has a pacifier. Koenma demands respect from Yusuke and claims he's been around for hundreds of years.

Koenma gets down to business and gives Yusuke his ordeal. He hands him a golden egg that will eventually hatch a Spirit Beast that Yusuke must face. The egg feeds off the emotions and energy coming from Yusuke's soul, so anything he does or feels will impact the Spirit Beast inside. If Yusuke's spirit is evil then he will be consumed, however, if he can emit good energy, the Spirit too will be good.

Yusuke and Botan return to the living world and the guide reminds Yusuke that he must prevent his body from being cremated at the funeral. Yusuke learns he can communicate with the living by standing at their bedside. After visiting his mourning mother provides no positive results, Yusuke goes to Keiko's bedside and notices her having nightmares about his death.

Yusuke manages to communicate with Keiko in her dreams and asks that she help prevent his body from being cremated. He asks Keiko to tell his mom to stop wasting her life away as well. Keiko awakens and actually believes that she was able to talk to Yusuke. She goes to visit Yusuke's mom, Atsuko but is unable to tell her the truth about the dream. Afraid he'll be barbecued at this rate, Yusuke asks Botan if there is another way to communicate with the living.

Botan informs Yusuke he can possess a human body so long as he knows the person and they have an uncanny awareness of the supernatural. At first, Yusuke believes no one he knows fits the bill. Kuwabara feels a chill and says he has a "tickle" that allows him to detect the supernatural. Yusuke and Botan learn this but Yusuke refuses to possess his rival's body. Botan reminds him of the circumstances and helps him take control of Kuwabara's body, but only for one hour.

Yusuke successfully takes control of Kuwabara's body and barges into Keiko's parent's restaurant. However, her parents don't believe him and they take exception to his remarks about Yusuke. Yusuke gets kicked out and wastes fifteen minutes. He searches for Keiko only to be constantly confronted by Kuwabara's rivals. Thanks to Yusuke's exceptional fighting skills, he's able to repel all the assailants but ends up wasting a bunch of time.

Yusuke finds Keiko's friends, but they're scared away by Kuwabara's bruised face. Just then, Keiko finally appears but Yusuke struggles to find the correct words to say. Instead, he pervertedly feels her up in a way only he would. She slaps Kuwabara's body but actually mistakes it for Yusuke.

Keiko learns that Yusuke is borrowing this body and believes his every word. Before Yusuke loses control of the body, he tells Keiko about his ordeal and asks her to stop the funeral. Afterward, Keiko goes to Atsuko's house and learns that Yusuke's body is still alive.

Yusuke and Botan watch from above and the former notices that his egg is beating like a pulse. Yusuke says its probably feeding off of him and Botan reminds Yusuke that he beat up a lot of kids today, contrary to good nature.

## Credits

### Cast

* Cast
* Staff

 **Koenma** | Mayumi Tanaka | Sean Michael Teague