This is the one that ambushes you. It looks like a Shounen Jump throwback, all katawara brawls and power tiers, and then Satoshi Mizukami quietly turns the whole thing into an argument about whether weakness is a flaw or the point. The dangaishu falling apart after Jinka Yamato and Yazen collide isn't a plot beat, it's a pressure test on every character left standing, and Shinsuke, the ordinary human who was never going to win any of these fights, ends up carrying the show's spine. Then Senya arrives and the story hands its heart to someone new without dropping a single thread. The finale actually lands, which is rarer than it should be for a 22 episode run built on this much thematic weight. If you grew up on YuYu Hakusho and wondered what it would look like if a battle shonen took self-acceptance seriously, you already know where this goes.

A clash between Jinka Yamato and Yazen leaves the balance of power between humans and the magically gifted katawara flipped on its head. Word spreads that the dangaishu, Yazen's order of monks who hunted katawara, has fallen, and rogue katawara bands begin to gather, straining an already shaky relationship with humanity. Shinsuke Hyoudou, who no longer trusts his own abilities, spends his days drinking hard alongside Senya, a former foe who holds a thousand katawara inside his body. When a rampaging local god attacks, Senya indirectly causes the death of his new friend Tsukiko's father. Tsukiko bears him no ill will and insists on becoming Shinsuke's disciple. Shinsuke won't teach her the sword, but he grudgingly lets her travel with the pair. Meanwhile, Tama Youko keeps searching for Jinka, the nine-tailed fox capable of destroying the world. These 22 episodes form the second and third cours of the action fantasy adventure.