< description: Shinra private secondary school new semester >
Manta: Shaman fight… shaman fight… as I thought, there was on such word in encyclopedia. I didn't meet Yoh during summer break because of that thing. Why do shaman decide this with fighting?

Yoh: Usually we human test our ability under extreme circumstance. Selecting the best shaman by fighting is an appropriate way.
Manta: Those scars. Or?
Yoh: It is…
Manta: It is?
Yoh: It is Anna's special training from hell.
Manta Special Training from Hell!

< description chapter 11: Shaman's real life >

Manta: You train so hard. You look so exhausted. What kind of training do you have?
Yoh: Don't ask me. I am tired. I try to build up my muscle the whole time.
Manta: Muscular build up?
Yoh: Because I need to use my body to fight, strong muscle is necessary for 100% connection.

Yoh: I have to have stamina for a long fight, and tolerance for pain.
Manta: So that is real. Shaman fight in Tokyo.
Yoh: Hey, Manta, Do you think I just playing around? A guy who hates violence like me.
Manta: I didn't say anything.
Yoh: Shaman fight is the competition of two forces. First is ability of spirit and second is ability of shaman. A better spirit will give you advantage, but if you cannot use the spirits' ability then it is useless. Even I have a very good spirit, I can't win if I don't have ability. That's why I have to try hard.

Yoh: Now, beside being the Shaman King, I want to be Shaman worthy of Amidamaru.
Manta: Yoh. Why suddenly can you can talk like this?
Yoh: Nothing much, I just don't want to part with Amidamaru. There will be more poachers for capable spirits like him.
Manta: Don't speak like that. Actually, you are forced to do so, right?

Yoh: Don't talk like that… It reflects my true opinion.
Manta: I knew it.
Yoh: Those days in hell, just to think of it. That witch…
Manta: Anna is so good.
Yoh: Wah?
Manta: She can turn a stone pillar like you to be like this.
Yoh: Just stop talking about that. Luckily, now it is school time. I can just escape those trainings in the day time.

Anna. In your dream. Today you have to do an 'vacuum chair sitting'< look at the picture > whole day long.
Yoh < still not knowing >: Just like that.
Manta < still not knowing >: I see.
Both: EH?
Teacher: Um, today we have a new student from Aomori. Please talk care of her.

Anna: Kyoyama Anna. Nice to meet you all.
Manta < see Yoh's training >: Yoh. You are so poor.
< at the burnt Chinese restaurant >
Ryu: Ha, ha. I can't believe there is an abandoned restaurant like this. Now we can finally settle down.

Ryu: Our new lair!
Henchmen: Yeah!!!
Muscle Punch: At last, Ryu-san, you did it. You find a place for your homeless gang.
Ryu: It's so hard to find a place in Tokyo, just to think of it. It has been so long. Since my hair was cut by that headphone boy, our lives has been difficult. Alas, long hair and good luck.
Ball Boy: But, Ryu-san, do you think this place is a good idea?
Ryu: Don't you chicken me out, Ball Boy < nickname >!

Ball Boy: Looks like here has people living.
Ryu: What are you talking about?
Ball Boy: Here has a bad atmosphere. Ryu-san, look at that. < pointing at a coffin, on the cover has the word "Li" and a sacred paper >That looks like a coffin.
Hencemen: Is it? That sure looks like a sacred paper*(1)
Ryu: You coward. Let me check it.

Ren: What the hell are you all doing here?
< everybody is shocked >
Ryu: Who are you?
Ren: Just an owner. I bought this place. Now you all get out of my sight.

Ryu: Hm? Ha ha. This place is yours? What kind of kid lives in a damp like this.
Ren: Now I am in bad mood. If you still value your lives, get the hell out.
Ryu: What are you talking, you kid? Do you know who I am?
< Ryu's hair is cut >

Ryu: Chinese Blade…
Henchmen: Ryu… Ryu-san's hair.
Ren: Next target will be your head.
Henchmen: Ah~~~ Murderer!!
Ren: Hmph! You cockroaches, sneaking into other people's place. Didn't I tell you not to let anyone in…

Ren: …Bason?
< Bason appears >
Bason: Yes, sir. Please excuse me, young master. They cannot see spirits, so I do not know what to do.
Ren: Enough of your apology, you useless ghost!

Ren: What do you think causing me this bad mood? Your weakness! If only I can get that samurai ghosts…
Bason: Young master.
???: Don't be cruel to your spirits. If you want that samurai, your sister will get him for you.

< a strange woman appears >
Ren: Why are you here, sis?
Ren's sister: My duty is to assist you, the clan leader. I will do everything to make you the Shaman King, the emperor of all shaman.

Ren: I don't care about the clan. I just want to do what I want.
Ren's sister: You possess an ambition of emperor, but you should learn how to use your people as the emperor. If I were you, I could easily take that ghosts.
Ren < smirking >: Are you sure?
Ren's sister: Don't underestimate me. That samurai cannot compete with the fighter I have.

Ren's sister: Lee Pyron! < a zombie*(2) springs out of coffin > Let's go with me, Tao Jun.

Translation Note:

*(1) Sacred paper is a piece of paper (usually yellow, but sometimes can be white) that is used most of the time in Chinese religious ceremony. It is more of Taoism thing (but also somewhat popular in Buddhism practice). This paper is believed to have power to expel bad thing and evil. In Hong Kong movie, however, this paper is adapted to be a tool to immobilize and/or imprison zombies. More of the zombies thing later.
*(2) Chinese zombie is not quite the same as western/Haiti zombie. First, Chinese zombie is 100% dead (well, there are some theories state that Haitian zombie is not the dead, but a drugged person whose memories are erased and being forced to work as slave labor). Second, Chinese zombie is much more agile and more stronger. Third, Chinese zombie cannot walk (because they believe that your Achilles tendon will rot after you' re dead), they have to hop instead. If you want to get more ideas, try to find movies about Chinese zombie stories, mostly starring Sammo Hung. These series are the one that make him famous (at least in Asia), and it is fun to watch. :)