

However, his comments also emphasize how conflicted he was in hearing about Yusuke's sacrifice, opining that his student died before getting to show the world just how good of a person he had the potential to be. He castigates Iwamoto and Akashi for their cruel comments about Yusuke and pays tribute to the latter at his memorial service.

Reasonable Authority Figure: Takenaka is the homeroom teacher of Yusuke, while simply a subject teacher of Kuwabara.Only One Name: His given name is never revealed in the series.Considering the likes of the other teachers' attitudes towards Yusuke, however, anyone else would have given up a long time ago. Determinator: Yusuke often ignores his advice and that's on a good day.The way he told off Akashi for corrupting Kuwabara's grades and allowing Okubo to keep his job cements him as such.

Cool Old Guy: He's no fighter and doesn't appear very often, but it's still shown how he'll go the extra mile for his students, even the underachievers.The homeroom teacher of Yusuke and Keiko, who also overlooks Kuwabara Takenaka holds good faith for the two boys and is willing to firmly discipline Yusuke and Kuwabara for the sake of their future. Yusuke gasps for air as the episode ends.Voiced by: Tomomichi Nishimura (JP), Brice Armstrong (EN) Kibano then explains that the helmet he is wearing is a night vision gadget, and he can see his every move in the dark, making it a one-way battle. Kibano again nails Yusuke hard and brings him down. A concerned Botan and Kuwabara cheers on Yusuke, as he tries to counterattack with his devastating punches, but he only hits the air. Kibano easily beats up Yusuke, much to his shock. However, as they start their battle, Kibano easily gains the upper hand and almost sees everywhere Yusuke moves in the dark. Kibano then wears a strange helmet and, together with Yusuke, they enter the darkness where they would fight. Genkai, seeing how overconfident Yusuke is, throws a lit cigarette in front of his face and barely misses him and as it rolls into the darkness. The next match was between Yusuke and the guy who scored 175 points in the punching machine challenge - Kibano. Kuwabara notices Yusuke talking to a cute girl and, being the playboy that he is, breaks in and asks Botan for a date as Genkai calls in the competitors for the next bout. Botan then says she will help Yusuke find the person (or demon) he was looking for. Then out of nowhere a familiar face comes in for Yusuke, who happens to be Botan. Enraged, Musashi attacks Kuwabara, but suddenly out of desperation his spiritual powers form in the broken sword he is holding and unleashes his special technique - the Spirit Sword which knocks out Musashi for good as Kuwabara advances to the semi-finals.ĭuring the break, Koenma reminds Yusuke that his job wasn't done, as he has to find Rando and prevent him from gaining Genkai's power. But at one point Kuwabara uses brute strength making Musashi's sword break in half. Musashi was a samurai expert, and needless to say he beats Kuwabara fiercely. The third battle was between Kuwabara and a swordsman named Musashi. The second match was between a young psychic-in-training named Shorin, and a wanderer named Chinpo, in which Shorin was victorious in a close battle. The first match was between a ninja bodyguard named Kazemaru, and a contract hitman named Kuroda, in which Kazemaru was victorious, by emitting a spirit blast from his hand. Genkai insisted that the fighters should be able to see with their spirit energy. The catch, however, is that they will fight in the dark. The eight qualified fighters made it to the final round where they will match up against each other.

Using this technique, he defeats his first opponent, moving onto the next round of the tournament. Kuwabara discovers that he has his own special technique - a sword formed of energy. Eight finalists are entered into a tournament, and the first round takes place in complete darkness.
