You know you were waiting for this one - Yoh vs. Ren :)
Silva and Karimu dine on “Mezashi” (Sardine), traditional Japanese food. They marvel at the tiny portion and then discuss how they could go for a Matsutake (type of mushroom that’s up to $100) each. So, tomorrow’s the big match between Yoh and Ren. Karimu of course looks at Ren’s numbers and believes he has the upper hand, but Silva isn’t so sure. Suddenly, their boss, the old lady, Goldva-sama appears on the tv eating steak. She warns that he’s been taking an interest in Yoh and that he should take care to judge the match fairly.
Anna walks in to find Yoh listening to music. She tells him to get up and go get groceries. Meanwhile, Ren’s spirit, Bason, tells him to go easy on training the day before the big match. The Tao family is counting on him. Ren gets pissed and informs his spirit that he will win because he is the best person for it, not because his family wants him to.
The next day, Yoh sets out for the biggest graveyard in western Tokyo, Matareien. Anna and Tamao stay home. Tamao is worried sick, but Anna believes in Yoh.
Ren arrives and the match begins. Ren taunts that this will be Yoh’s death and calls Bason. Yoh calls Amidamaru and the two begin. Ren immediately performs his Golden Oversoul, Chuuka-zanmai! His spear glows yellow and he strikes Yoh, who blocks pretty easily with his new Oversoul. Ren laughs and attacks again, vowing to take Yoh out with his next blow. As Yoh struggles to get up, Ren attacks from behind, but Amidamaru is quick to block. Ren is finding the Yoh/Amidamaru combo quite powerful, especially when Yoh attacks with Shinkuu Buttagiri to send Ren flying backwards.
Silva looks on and observes that Ren still has the advantage. He still hasn’t used 10% of his Furyoku. Ren gets up angrily and powers up. He performs Golden Punch, which sends Yoh crashing to the ground. His Oversoul starts to break up. Yoh gets back up, but whenever Oversoul is used up, the Furyoku put into it previously is lost, and Yoh starts to feel the effects. Ren started the battle with more Furyoku and now has increased the strength gap between them. He’s now ready to finish it with Golden Double Sledgehammer but Yoh counters the attack and destroys Ren’s Golden. He attacks again, but Yoh continues to dodge under Amidamaru’s guidance. Silva speculates that because Amidamaru fought many opponents bigger than he, he now knows how to fight those bigger than him.
Ren is getting more and more pissed and finally performs Super Golden Chuuka-zanmai Multiple attack which sends several explosions Yoh’s way. Unfortunately for Ren, Yoh is one step ahead of him and attacks from behind with Amidaryuu Gokoujin, which sends Ren flying. Ren cannot believe that his Oversoul was broken twice. Yoh smiles and tells him that he’s already broken his Oversoul five times. Silva explains that because Ren is so angry, he didn’t notice that he was working away on Yoh’s Oversoul because Yoh stayed so calm the entire way through. An Oversoul is linked with the shaman’s emotions and as Ren’s confidence broke down, so did his Oversoul.
Ren has a flashback to himself as a kid. Everyone around him is dead and an army looks on. His hatred begins to grow. In the present, Ren’s sister asks the head of the family to free Ren. He has seen too many people die and is now filled with anger. She believes that if Ren is not set free, he will lose.