Shaman Yoh Asakura withdraws from the Shaman Fight, and the story of his past with Anna is revisited to examine how their relationship, and possibly a terrible secret, have shaped Yoh's fate.
The competition is paramount for Yoh Asakura when he enters a tournament held once every five hundred years, and knowing that first prize would allow him the title of Shaman King, Yoh faces the best shamans from around the world.
Yoh Asakura, a shaman who can channel spirits, seems to have squandered his chance to become Shaman King as Ren liesunconscious, with only Lady Jeanne to save him, if she holds up her end of the bargain.
Yoh's journey to the caves of Izumo has boosted his mana and his confidence; and in the final battle of the Shaman Fight preliminaries, Yoh is up against Tao Ren and his over soul, Bason.
Yoh and Manta face separate challenges, as Manta and Ryu travel by motorcycle across Japan to Yoh's faraway home in Izumo, while Yoh ventures into a cave in search of shamanic inspiration.
In order to qualify for the "Shaman Fight in Tokyo," Yoh must defeat Silva and the five animal spirits he controls, or wait another five hundred years for the next tournament.
In order to qualify for the "Shaman Fight in Tokyo," Yoh must defeat Silva and the five animal spirits he controls. If he does not, he will not get another shot at the tournament for 500 years.
At the Shaman Fight in Tokyo, thirteen-year-old Yoh wakes up after being injured to learn that his family has paired him up in an arranged marriage with a rival shaman.