#manta and mosuke

[koushirouizumi]

{M.A.N.K.I.N} ~ Y O H & (A c e-spec!) M A N T A “P A P E R C U T”

Short Summary:

"CAN'T S T O P what i'm h e a r i n g we're f e e l i n g W I T H I N"

"--Right B E N E A T H--" Warning: Contains spoiler for Yoh vs Faust {O.G. Series} - The fight is a bit graphic, (no actual blood in this ver. but) Please be careful watching by the middle. (There is a happy end however!)

By Me {DO NOT RE-PRODUCE OR RE-UPLOAD WITHOUT MY PERMISSION} M U S I C (C) L.i.n.k.i.n P.a.r.k}

[himebushou]

HI – I am finally watching Shaman King 2021!

The 2001 anime consumed my head and my heart (many a Maths lesson was spent discussing what had happened in Last Night’s Episode), so I’m happy to be diving in at last!

I’m grouping my rambles for convenience.  Here are some squiggly thoughts on Episodes 1-9!

Episode 1

Ep 1 of Shaman King and I'm getting emotional – the way Anna and Yoh go up against Hao in the opening sent a chill down my spine!  And wow, they didn't waste any time establishing the twin connection, huh?

There's definitely a lot packed into Episode 1, which means that it goes super fast but hey, that's fine!

It will take me a while to get used to the voices because I love and adore the 4 Kids dub – but I'm watching this subbed and having fun so far!

Episode 2

AMIDAMARU IS ADORABLE.

SHAMAN KING is one massive eco message and I loooove iiiiiit!  Having Ren spend all that time staring up at the stars rambling on about air pollution… you tell ’em!

Episode 3

Phew, the bit in the Lee Pyron episode where he starts crying... that takes me back…  (Though I think they missed a trick here by sticking with ‘Lee Pyron’ in the dub; ‘Lee Pai-Long’ made a lot more sense to me, back in the day.)

Anna literally slapping sense into everyone, including Jun fhdjdn

AND WATCHING HER USE THE BEADS GAVE ME CHILLS YAHHH!!

Episode 4

Episode 4 is my favourite so far – the introduction of Tokageroh!  There was a proper laugh-out-loud moment as well as plenty of action... though I have to ask how in the world baby!Mosuke was making swords, lol.  Him and what resources?  The knife from his father? Gosh.

Tokageroh’s backstory was delivered pretty quickly… I also appreciated Ren in this episode.

I wish that the English dub had stuck with 4Kids’ term ‘sacred hang’ – that had so much flavour.  Ryu talking about a ‘happy place’ doesn’t really have the same pizazz.

However!  Amidamaru referring to Yoh as ‘Lord Yoh’?  Amazing.  Splendid.  Beautiful.  I believe it was ‘Master Yoh’ back in the 2001 days.

Episode 5

SCREAMS

THIS

THIS IS MY FAVOURITE ONE

First of all, starting off with Ryu was cute!  Though I don’t understand how Anna summoned Mosuke to fix Harusame considering that he's dead dead (having passed on at all), but hey, I think we'll have to let it slide…

SILVA IS HERE!  I had to skip back and watch most of the episode in English because hi, DAN GREEN, HI.  He was so great and I just felt so happy hearing his voice again after all this time~ it helps that Silva is an AMAZING character and so much fun!

I cracked when Yoh lobbed Amidamaru like a baseball and tfjfj the bit where Amidamaru's spirit nearly ascends is so good –

I actually squealed when Over Soul started playing, sheesh.  Oh well.  It wasn’t too late, so I’m sure my neighbours were fine.

And man, Ren is such a lil creep at this point... The Tao family give off serious Zoldyck vibes, tbh.

(Shaman King 2021 is still super fast and I think it’s okay for people who’ve got 2001 or the manga as a baseline, but if I were completely new to the IP, I would be LOST.)

Episode 6

Horohoro is so cute.

That’s pretty much all I have to say!

Episode 7

Faust the VIII is a FREAK what the hell!

At this point, I’m flip-flopping between the sub and the dub based on whether it’s a Silva screen or not dndjkd but Faust sharing a seiyuu with Saurtobi Sasuke (from Sengoku BASARA!!) is making that complicated!

THIS EP IS FULL OF TWISTS AND TURNS

YOH LOSING

REN COMING TO THE RESCUE WITH "I DRINK THREE GLASSES OF MILK A DAY"?

SILVA'S COOL SPEECHES

AMIDAMARU INSPIRING YOH AND ANNA GETTING JELLY –

Also, the soundtrack is perfeeect for Shaman King I loooove it

Episode 8

Manta comes from money?? I don’t remember all of that stuff with his family from 2001 at ALL.

Also, the funny thought of Ryu going to America to train as a sushi chef like... surely it would be more prudent to stay in Japan?  lol

I'm pretty sure Amidamaru uses "de gozaru" when he speaks, which is super cute

This episode introduces Tamao!  I think she might be a little younger than Yoh and Anna (11?). Ponchi and Conchi were absolutely vile which was definitely, definitely left out of the dub.

I feel like we could have had more of Yoh's struggle in Yomi Cave, for sure, but that’s 2021's breakneck pacing again!  Also, I really have to question the tournament format considering that something like 10 days have passed since Yoh's loss to Faust – there wasn’t any mention of how long the qualifiers would last.  I love tournaments in anime, but they MUST be well structured!!  Or I get mad!!

Bason is adorable...... Also, I completely forgot that Ren disdains the Tao family?  What a dweeby child.  I love him.

How is it that Tamao has an Over Soul but Yoh didn't even know what it was called nfjfjd Just HOW slack was Yoh in his training??

Episode 9

YOH'S REMATCH AGAINST REEEN

THE HORSES ARE COOL

I love how much this episode focused on Yoh saying things like, “I'm not going to force myself" djdj I wish he was the shounen protag whose example I'd followed… Yoh says such important things about not working to death that many of his peers could listen to!  And me too sigh sighs

Once again, the timeline is whack – the preliminaries are over but Ren’s only had two battles?  Huh??

[sakuranoumi]

Fandom: Shaman King

Characters: Manta

Word Count: 1252

Summary: An exploration of 3000 Leagues to Funbari Hill

There's a particular coldness to the air even though it's still summer. There's a gloom that hangs over the city painting everything gray even as the sun shines brightly in the sky. For the first time ever, Manta is lonely. He's really, truly, lonely.

He was lonely before Yoh walked into his life but he had never noticed. He had never bothered to pay attention to it. He had friends, or well people he called friends, and he was so busy with school there was no time to be lonely, except that had all been a lie to himself.

He just didn't know he was lonely until Yoh walked into his life and painted over all the grays with color.

As soon as he ran into Yoh and started seeing spirits there was no turning back. Life was vibrant. Life was fun. School didn't really matter because there was so much to do outside of it.

Then the fight with Faust happened, but Manta refused to accept that loneliness. He refused to let the gray back into his life. He fought tooth and nail for his friend and it paid off. Turns out they are both bad at this whole friend thing not having any real practice before hand.

Now though, now it's different. They're still friends, they'll always be friends, but now Yoh has gone where Manta can't follow. Manta's left behind because while he can see spirits he's no Shaman. He has no place in the Shaman Fight. He has no place following Yoh even if his father has all the money in the world.

Funbari becomes gray.

The shrine they'd offer their prayers too in the past becomes empty. The people there fade from existence. Only Manta. It's like he's the ghost now. It's like a part of him died when Yoh left. Maybe he's the wandering restless spirit waiting for Yoh to come and soothe his soul so he can rest in peace.

The ice cream shop they ate at before Yoh dashed into a burning building to save the children trapped inside holds no sweetness. The ice cream cone he orders halfheartedly tastes bland in his mouth. There's no sweetness, only cold

Aoki Records holds no Soul Bob. It's never held Soul Bob. Yoh's the only person interested in the music and it was special ordered for him every time. Manta just wants to see the familiar cover art. He just wants to listens to the one artist Yoh's so passionate about.

He doesn't ask the cashier to order him a Soul Bob album. Part of him questions if Soul Bob even exists or if this is all made up in Manta's head. Maybe he's in a coma. Maybe he never truly recovered from Faust and now everyone's given up on him. No one is sitting by his bed side whispering words to him and painting his world.

He pinches himself and feels the sting. This is all real, unless the fact you can't feel things in your dreams is a lie too.

He legs take him to the cemetery next. The cemetery where everything started. The cemetery where Yoh loves to cloud watch and star gaze. It's empty which should be normal except it's not. It's empty of all it's inhabitants. No ghosts jump out to great him. Even if they were all resting, Okita never misses a chance to regal his story about fighting a bear. He's always drunk and he always forgets to leave out the part where he lost and the bear took his life. Instead every time he tells the story he's the winner. He still doesn't pass on though because deep down he knows the words that fall from his mouth are lies. Yoh says it's impossible to find the spirit of the bear. He says Okita will be stuck like this until he can accept his death. Yoh also speculates that will never happen because even in death the spirit is never sober.

He looks at Amidamaru's new memorial marker and at least that is real. At least in all the gray and damp chill this can never be taken away. Yoh's lucky he has Amidamaru with him. He's lucky he has everyone with him. Manta selfishly wishes Mosuke had stayed behind. Then Manta could have someone. Then Manta could know and remember this is all real.

He offers a prayer before he leaves. He doesn't know why. Maybe Amidamaru can hear him wherever he is. It's been one day and Manta is so lonely. He doesn't know how many more day's it will be.

Something whispers back on the wind

Three months

Manta's heart shatters.

–

His mansion is big and lonely. It's only him and Tamarazaki here. Maybe he should have followed his father's wishes. Maybe he should have gone to study in America. Manta shakes his head no. That would have been even worse. That would have been even more lonely.

His bed dwarfs him and provides no comfort. There's no warmth under the blankets just the chill of the air conditioner running. Manta swears it's colder than the thermostat claims.

He turns on the TV in his room for anything. Any static to drown out the nothingness and emptiness. He's not watching it. He's just floating like he's been floating all day.

A flash of blue catches his eyes and a split off dual pompadour. Manta scrambles up right in his bed, eyes blinking rapidly but the image doesn't disappear.

There's no words to describe it. It's the impossible. There's no way he should be seeing this yet something somewhere answered his prayer. There's color. There's life. There's Horohoro and Ryu. They've already got into a commotion on the first day based off Ryu's hair but they are alive and safe. They are stuffing their mouths in some food eating competition and Manta can only laugh.

Ren's in the background arms crossed and a glare that could give Anna run for her money. Manta's wiping away a tear because all of this would happen.

And there, beside Ren, is Yoh. He's waving and has the biggest grin on his face. Manta swears for a moment their eyes meet. For a moment Yoh can see him and that smile and wave is for Manta only. Manta knows he's crying as he waves back but he doesn't care. He misses his best friend. He misses spending every day with him. It's only one day and Manta's already such a baby about it except he's not a baby. Yoh may never come back and that scares him the most

The feed ends with Horohoro managing to bump into the camera terminating the signal.

It's alright though. Everything is real again. Manta can feel the warmth of his bed. He'll pray at Amidamaru's grave every day if that's what allows the magic of his TV. Someone somewhere is listening to Manta. Some divine being somewhere is smiling down on him.

A few days later Anna tracks him down. A few days later he's on his way to America to see Yoh.

“You two are really bad at being apart,” Anna comments, offhandedly when they see each other.

“Not like you're any better,” Manta fires back.

Tamao stifles a gasp, but Manta knows neither of them look good. Neither of them will look good until Yoh is alive and well in front of them. He's the color in their world, and his absence makes everything so drab.

[redhatmeg]

It’s good to see Manta again! And he looks quite dashing with that bow-tie~

I know it won’t be the same as in other anime (and probably I won’t see Manta and Mosuke being badass shaman-guardian duo), but I hope he will get something to do this time.

[megahorous]

Watched Shaman King episode 2 this morning!  That was glorious

--It’s too bad they’re cutting out Yoh & Manta’s dates.  The museum, the ice cream shop, McDonald’s....gotta go fast!  Better get used to it

--Wonder if these could’ve been 44 minutes long; Martial Law episodes are 44 minutes long

--Neither show does the one where Yoh saves kids from a burning building, like his hero, Michelangelo.  What would Anna say if she had seen this?  Proud?  Worried?  

--That might mess up the pacing anyway.  Maybe they didn’t want kids trying it

--Speaking of which, it seems Ryu & co. still don’t smoke/wield knives here[?] so I wondered it this show, too, would still be toned down a bit [Faust?]

--Oh, Len did the teleport thing that Mikihisa and some antagonists always did [in 2k3].  He loses this power later

[pedanticat]

So I never finished reading the manga and only watched the 4Kids Dubbed of but I know the anime changed several things from the manga. While I’m excited about the reboot, I am hoping they keep the concept of Manta becoming a shaman and develop that concept more cause I found it to be a pretty cool idea in the anime. Heck, the fact that his spirit companion is Mosuke, who is Amidamaru's best friend, was a perfect fit since Manta and Yoh are best friends. 

[blackwaterworks]

Lovee Shaman King, its my first anime that didnt end with mon, interestin story, character dynamics, battles/battle mechanics... How are we gonna handle Chocolove McDonnel?

[dopepoisonivyoncrack]

And here I am, after 15 years, crying about Amidamaru and Mosuke like a child.... and to think he made Mosuke Manta's spirit in the manga 😭😭😭 that was so gooood. Best friends having best friends as their guardian spirits 👌👌👌 Shaman king knew when, what and how to deliver

[transcendentgodrock]

[our-happygirl500-fan]

Things that were 2001 anime exclusive but I wish were canon

The Lily 5, they were funny & basically like Shaman King Team Rocket

Shaman Manta, look at him go with his big hammer & his haunted laptop (it’s what Manta deserves) also I love Mosuke being his guardian ghost

[demifiendrsa]

Shaman King (2021) TV anime - English subbed PV2. It’ll premiere in Japan on April 1, 2021. Netflix will stream it worldwide in 2021.

Key visual

Cast additions

Yūji Ueda as Horohoro

Megumi Nakajima as Kororo

Michiko Neya as Tao Jun

Tooru Sakurai as Lee Pailong

Nana Mizuki as Tamao Tamamura

Takumu Miyazono as Ponchi

Noriaki Kanze as Konchi

Takehito Koyasu as Faust VIII

Masakazu Morita as Mosuke

Rina Hidaka as Pirika

Yoko Soumi as Lyserg Diethel

Motoko Kumai as Chocolove McDonell (Joco)

Previously announced cast members

Yōko Hikasa as Yoh Asakura

Katsuyuki Konishi as Amidamaru

Megumi Hayashibara as Anna Kyōyam

Minami Takayama as Hao Asakur

Inuko Inuyama as Manta Oyamada

Romi Park as Tao Ren

Kousuke Takaguchi as Bason

Masahiko Tanaka as Ryunosuke Umemiya

Wataru Takagi as Tokagerō

Staff

Director: Joji Furuta

Series Composition: Shoji Yonemura

Character Design: Satohiko Sano

Music: Yuki Hayashi

Music Producer: King Record

Sound Director: Masafumi Mima

Prop Design: Yuji Shibata

Art Director: Jin'ya Kimura

Art Design: Masaaki Kawaguchi

Color Design: Natsuko Otsuka

Director of Photography: Teruyuki Kawase

Editing: Kumiko Sakamoto

Animation Production: Bridge

[thenextcelestialchapter]

Hey Shaman King fandom? Is there someone who is pretty sure they know what was going on in Shaman King that can confirm with me about how much I did NOT get was going on in Shaman King? XD;;;;

lmfao I was hoping to maybe write a Gegege no Kitaro crossover with Shaman King once I watched it all but I’m left so confused by the ending of Shaman King I’m not sure if I can anymore unless I just ignore the majority of whatever happened but even then idk man XD;; 

Also as cool (but also confusing afasjdsfnas) as it was to see Manta show up on the Dead Parents Train (Kitaro trainmaster reference?? IDK!?) I rly missed him being a book-wielding surprise!shaman that if I remember right teamed up with Amidamaru’s best friend, Mosuke I think it was...? But I mean studying shamans abroad is still cool tho, just a wee bit less exciting than I remember, IMO... XD;

IDK maybe its bc it came out in parts over time, maybe I need to rewatch the whole thing again, but uuuugh who tf got time for that... XD

[jose92gt]

La verdad me gusto mucho este inicio de esta nueva adaptación de Shaman King capítulo que es disfrutable y las cosas que se destacadas fueron:

Se ve el inicio del capítulo el nacimiento de Hao y Yoh

El primer encuentro entre Manta y Yoh

La aparición de Ryu junto a su Pandilla y primer enfrentamiento ante Yoh

Se cuenta un poco del pasado de Amidamaru que al final se une Yoh como compañero y le da la espada Harusame y dice que estuvo esperando 600 años por esa espada, su amigo Mosuke ya no pudo entregársela entregarsela ya que había sido asesinado y Amidamaru se quedó en ese lugar esperando y luchando ya que había hecho una promesa con el

Len-Tao aparece junto a su espíritu

[daughterofmyth]

So, Shaman King was like my childhood. Yes, I watched the 4Kids dub. However, I loved it anyway. Netflix made a new version of it that I have been watching and... OMG is it moving fast. 

Like every one of the original 3-episode arcs have been crammed into a single episode. To the point where all tension is lost. Each time Tokagaro takes someone hostage, it is resolved within the next 20 seconds so there really isn't any suspense. They introduce Jun and she is defeated in the same episode. There isn't any time for someone to question why Monta left the battle before he comes back, so that tension is lost too. It is just... waaaay too fast.

Also, a lot of the pieces that were cut were the set-ups. - Studying the crying sword and finding Mosuke? Cut. Shown briefly in a flashback after the fact - The sword being brought back to the museum? Also cut, making it confusing when the sword shows back up later - Yoh being overworked by Anna and thus Manta trying to sneak him into the movie? Replaced by Anna just finding tickets and only finding it weird after they went to see it. - Mosuke talking about his knife being the only memento from his father? Also cut.

[taocastleprincess]

shaman king (2021) ep 1

i said i was going to type smth up last night but teaching is literally so exhausting sooo i'm here now!! i have watched the episode like a million times since Thursday LMAOOOO i think i mostly have the dialogue memorized, that's how much i've watched it. i'm just so happy though, i've been a lifelong fan of SK, i was obsessed w it in my teens (still am but i was on a DIFF LEVEL in HS), and i'm just SO HAPPY we finally got a reboot!!! Shaman King deserves a canon adaption, so glad that Takei got it :)

this post got super long rambly so my thoughts/glows/concerns are under the cut!

gonna start w the GLOWS

-- honestly, i am in LOVE w the new OST!!! i have had it on repeat since it was released in Japan!! Megumi is a godsend and i feel like both the OST and the ED kept the same vibes as the og adaption OSTs and EDs. can't really explain why that is but the melodies and the feelings you get from the new OST are very authentic to the SK-verse.

-- the animation is absolutely beautiful and i could hardly focus on anything else the first 2 times i watched it. i was really scared about how the animation was going to look bc so many weird rumors about the animation team were circulating on twitter but it is nearly perfect. they stayed true to Takei's style and the background scenery is out of this world. i also think all of the characters look brighter and more... like them? like, i love the og SK but even as a kid i felt like the animation did not really capture any of the characters (especially Yoh, Ren, and Joco) in their true essence. Like, it was just very dull and didn't accentuate any of their key features. The reboot is beautiful and I love the way certain characters' eyes are drawn. I thought that the look of Ryu's crew was a great example of the animators highlighting and emphasizing defining features of certain characters. They aren't major characters at all but we know they are important to Ryu (and his story) so their designs are given their rightful due.

-- i know that a few people didn't appreciate the beginning scene of the episode for a myriad of different reasons and i find them all totally valid and understandable, tbh. however, i think the opening scene was really great. i had a few problems w it (i do think the 'chosen one' set-up for Yoh was heavy-handed and weird bc i don't think the source material really wants us to believe that Yoh is the stereotypical 'chosen one' and i think it pushes back on that trope quite a bit but i'm open to hearing diff opinions on that) but overall, i think it gives a very cool and mysterious set-up for the anime. i don't think it does much to spoil the eventual ~Hao is Yoh's twin!!~ reveal because, to me, personally, it wasn't that big of a reveal/plot twist. what i WILL say is that the opening scene was very diluted in comparison to the manga vers and that was a bit disappointing but i think they might revisit the scene/make it more dramatic later on in the series when there is more context around the events of that night so that may just be a little tease, you know?

-- this should not be shocking to read from an account that is named 'taocastleprincess' but... AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH THE ENDING SCENE WITH REN AND BASON WAS SOOOOO PERFECT AND I DIDN'T EXPECT IT!!!! ON MY FIRST WATCH I RAN IT BACK LIKE 300x!!!! THEY BOTH LOOK AMAZINGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!

moving on from glows and to CONCERNS, i spy a lot of possible issues w pacing, character development, and authenticity. the series is currently only slated for 52 episodes, a whole 12-eps shorter than the OG adaptation, and the entirety of the series is supposedly being adapted so... 52 eps for 300 chapters? to me, that seems extremely rushed even with best-case scenarios. i have read opposing views on twitter, people think that 52 eps is just enough if they cut 'filler' and 'stick to the most important arcs.' i don't think i can agree with any part of that argument. i really think that it's a REACH to say that Shaman King has filler chapters or filler arcs. there is a purpose for each and every chapter/arc in the series. plot development, character development, foreshadowing, etc. those all hold distinct and important purposes and the love, thought, and time put into the SK manga is exactly why people love it. 'filler' does not have a true narrative purpose, it only serves to lengthen the story, so to say that there are scenes/chapters/arcs that can be glossed or skipped over you would have to make the argument that they have no narrative purpose or bearing on the story. i personally think it would be extremely difficult (near impossible) to make that argument for anything within the og 300chap work but, again, i'm open to seeing if anyone can change my mind.

the first episode of SK flew through and glossed over a lot of important scenes for character study/development. by the end of the first episode, you don't really understand or relate to Morty as one might have done after the first episode of ogSK. and although Yoh is supposed to remain mysterious/confusing/weird for the first couple of chapters/eps, at the end of ep1 there is no GRAND interest that has been developed about him. The first episode operated at a breakneck speed and to its detriment. the characters so far are extremely flat regarding everything beyond character design. the viewer is hardly invested in the partnership between Yoh and Amidamaru because there is (little to) no build-up of their partnership and both of their characters are... not real to us yet. even the scenes regarding Amidamaru's past and his friendship with Mosuke doesn't affect or interest the viewer at all because it is referenced, addressed, problematized, solved, and wrapped up all within 3.5 mins.... huh?

what REALLY destroys me, though, is that the anime seems to be foreshadowing that Manta's character will be playing a backseat role.... the first couple of adventures are from Manta's perspective. he asks the questions that we have, situates us in this very weird world and helps to world-build without it being obvious or heavyhanded, and we start to understand the nuances of his character. none of that was present in 2021 ep1. it kinda felt like Manta was a plot device instead of a character. granted, like i said, none of the characters feel real yet but Manta getting this sort of treatment so early on is dismaying. i really do feel like Manta and Yoh's (developing) friendship and trust in each other is the heart of the first quarter of the series (and is continuously referenced and exalted throughout). rushing through (or, really, just straight up cutting out) the first couple of subplots/mini-adventures that they have together feel really weird and detrimental to the overall tone and purpose of the series. those early adventures cement so much and really lay the groundwork for the rest of the story. it's disappointing that they didn't get their due.

this isn't a very organized review/breakdown, i'm just typing as i think, but to sum up what i am REALLY worried about is this: if the series continues at this extremely crazy pace, i'm a bit worried that the characters will never feel fully developed. not only that, but SK has a lot of heart-wrenching scenes and also a lot of scenes that are beautifully filled with hope and care. i just don't see how those scenes are gonna hit quite as hard or even as they SHOULD if the pace doesn't slow down and let us really sit with these characters and their feelings and motivations.

i mean, i know that this is only the 1st episode of a 52ep series but a lot of things don't look too promising... anyway, these are my initial thoughts/concerns/feelings. i'm way too busy to actually sit down and plan out all of my millions of thoughts but hopefully this was good enough!

[megahorous]

Watched the new Shaman King episode [on YouTube]!  Seems pretty cool so far, but I couldn’t find a subbed version, so I just guessed what they were saying

--Speaking of subs, Yoh doesn’t tie up Manta on their *first date* in this one [when fighting Ryu] that’s a good idea.

--Though, it is pretty similar to the first two episodes of the previous version

--Ren was peeking at them at the end.  Wonder if we’ll see Yoh run into the burning restaurant to save kids, like Michelangelo--*that’s* when Ren should be peeking.  GOSH !

--People were wondering whether we’d see Gussi Kenji and Kanta, too

--I thought Shaman King was from Japan, but they seemed to be Russian through the Mosuke part.  Who cares about Mosuke?  Probably Amidamaru!

--They might’ve saved The Birth of Yoh for the appropriate time, that they could do their Mosuke adventure properly--the day after Ryu [as 2003 did].  But, NSCOSM

--Wonder if Yoh will still eat Cheeseburgers