Guide
Episode 1: Surprised to be Dead
Yusuke Urameshi is having a typical day. He's cutting class, arguing with teachers, and getting into fights with his rival Kuwabara. But then Yusuke does something that betrays his killer rep. He dives in front of a speeding car to push a little boy out of harm's way! Yusuke has sacrificed his life for the sake of another, but is this really the end of this brash young man?
Episode 2: Koenma Appears
Pulled by the sprightly, pink-robed Botan, Yusuke enters a realm that is not quite normal -- the Spirit World. There, Yusuke meets Koenma, a 700 year-old rules 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!
Episode 3: Kuwabara: A Promise Between Me
Kuwabara was tormented by his rival's death. The loser in all 156 of his brawlss against Yusuke, he's now lost any chance he ever had of evening the score! But with Yusuke out of the way, Kuwabara is the new kid to beat, which means he's making plenty of enemies. Yusuke isn't fond of this classmate, but if he wants to win back his life, he will need to give him a ghostly hand.
Episode 4: Requirements for Lovers
The Spirit World forgot an important question -- does anyone want Yusuke back? Koenma sends an Investigator to find out, and Yusuke's friends answer quickly when a fire threatens to char his earthly body. But will Yusuke give up the Spirit Beast, his one chance for revival, to rescue his friends?
Episode 5: Yusuke's Back
Yusuke has reclaimed his life but has only one day to be revived by someone's kiss -- and that someone might be Kuwabara! Back in the flesh, Yusuke finds he can see supernatural creatures hiding in the living world, and quickly hunts down a demon criminal. With this move, he learns his adventure is only beginning. Yusuke is now a Spirit Detective.
Episode 6: Three Monsters
Yusuke receives his first real case as Spirit Detective. Three demon thieves have muscled their way into King Yama's sacred vault, stealing the three Artifacts of Darkness. Yusuke must recover the artifacts, and bring the thieves to justice before they unleash dark and deadly powers on the people of the Earth.
Episode 7: Gouki and Kurama
The oafish demon Gouki is using the stolen orb of Baast, to capture children's souls. If Yusuke doesn't track down and defeat this monster quickly, those souls will become the monsters next meal. But Gouki isn't the only one Yusuke has to worry about, when the second thief suddenly appears. His name is Kurama, and to great surprise, he asks Yusuke for a favor.
Episode 8: The Three Eyes of Hiei
With two artifacts under his belt, Yusuke heads for his most dangerous challenge yet -- the ruthless demon Hiei. But unbeknownst to Yusuke, Hiei is chasing him, and kidnaps his girlfriend Kayko! Unless Yusuke can retrieve the antidote inside Hiei's Shadow Sword, Kayko will become a brainless, monster slave! Can Yusuke close the case?!?
Episode 9: The Search Begins
Yusuke's three-day weekend is cut short when Botan delivers his next big case. Genkai an aging psychic, will hold a contest to find a worthy apprentice to her powerful technique: the Spirit Wave. But an evil demon, Rando, plans to steal the technique and use it for mass destruction! Yusuke must go undercover and infiltrate Genkai's compound.
Episode 10: Kuwabara's Spirit Sword
The candidates for Genkai's apprenticeship have been narrowed to eight. Among them: Yusuke, Kuwabara, and the disguised demon Rando! Genkai announces the final test will be a tournament, fought in total darkness. And Kuwabara's first opponent is swinging a supernatural sword.
Episode 11: Hard Fights for Yusuke
In his first match of the tournament, Yusuke faces an impossible disadvantage. He can't see a thing in the pitch black arena, but a hi-tech helmet allows Kibano to follow Yusuke's every move. Even if the battle-worn detective can survive Kibano, he'll have to fight his second match immediately -- against a lethal ninja!
Episode 12: Rando Rises, Kuwabara Falls
Yusuke, Kuwabara, and young Shorin are the only fighters still left standing in the Genkai Tournament. Yet Rando has not been found. Could this mean that Shorin is actually Rando? Or is the demon lurking somewhere in the shadows? The truth will soon be known, as Kuwabara faces Shorin on the haunted field of battle.
Episode 13: Yusuke vs. Rando: 99 Attacks
Kuwabara's body lay broken. Shorin is nowhere to be found. And with Yusuke's energy dwindling every minute, the evil Rando reveals his true and monstrous form. Now can the injured Yusuke battle the human-hunting demon and close the case? How can he, when Rando has ninety-nine deadly techniques in his arsenal?
Episode 14: The Beasts of Maze Castle
Yusuke returns from training with 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!
Episode 15: Genbu The Stone Beast
Kurama and Hiei, two demons Yusuke beat in his first case, join Yusuke and Kuwabara to battle the Saint Beasts. This awkward alliance must learn to trust each other quickly, as they struggle through the Gate of Betrayal. And waiting just beyond this trap is the first Beast - a giant made of solid stone!
Episode 16: Byakko, The White Tiger
One of Yusuke's teammates has been badly injured, and Kuwabara insists on fighting the next enemy all by himself... revealing his amazingly improved Spirit Sword! Before the bickering group can disagree, a ferocious roar slices through the castle. Byakko, the second Saint Beast, is waiting.
Episode 17: Byakko's Lair
After a harrowing fight on a collapsing bridge, Byakko is seemingly defeated. But as soon as the Spirit Detective team enters the castles next wing, a fearsome tiger roar bids Kuwabara to round two... in Byakko's secret lair. Can this Beast be beaten once and for all, in a room of molten lava?
Episode 18: Seiryu The Blue Dragon
Two of the four Saint Beasts are dead... or so Yusuke and his team believe! But in the chamber of Seiryu, a Beast who can trap his enemies in ice, an unexpected guest arrives. How can two Beats in one room be stopped? And why is Hiei, a cold-hearted rogue suddenly beset with emotion?
Episode 19: Suzaku, Leader of the Beasts
While Yusuke's team is struggling through Maze Castle, another battle is being fought in the streets of Yusuke's city. Humans controlled by the Makai Insects have been sent to murder Kayko! Yusuke's only chance to save Kayko is to destroy the Makai Whistle, which rests in the hand of Suzaku, the final Saint Beast.
Episode 20: Seven Ways to Die
The war with the Saint Beasts nears its climax, as three raging battles continue at the very same time! Suzaku reveals his most incredible technique of all multiplying himself for a total of seven deadly Suzaku's! Can Yusuke overcome these odds and save the girl he cares about most?
Episode 21: Yusuke's Sacrifice
Botan is unconscious. Kayko is surrounded. Kuwabara, Hiei, and Kurama slash their way through infinite swarms of Cultivated Humans. And in Maze Castle's highest tower, Suzaku forces the exhausted Yusuke to his knees. Clearly, there is only one way for the war against the Saint Beasts to end. Yusuke must surrender his life!