History Awesome / ShamanKing

* Hell, just '''every single time''' a shaman, Yoh and his friends and the X-Laws included, meets Hao and is offered a chance to become one of his disciples [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu refuses to join him in his quest and tears him apart for the self-serving piece of crap he truly is.]] Sure, it gets some of them killed and transformed into literal soul food for the Spirit of Fire, but still.

** Every single time a shaman, Yoh and his friends and the X-Laws included, meets Hao and is offered a chance to become one of his disciples [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu refuses to join him in his quest and tears him apart for the self-serving piece of crap he truly is.]] Sure, it gets some of them killed and transformed into literal soul food for the Spirit of Fire, but still.

** [[BadassCrew Yoh, and every single one of his friends,]] '''''especially''''' [[TheTeamNormal Manta,]] '''''[[ShutUpHannibal absolutely shutting down everything]]''''' [[ShutUpHannibal that comes out of Hao and his disciples' mouths.]] Manta isn't even fighting them; he's trailing Hao and Opacho after accidentally finding them thinking Hao was Yoh (to be fair, can you blame him?). Keep in mind, Manta isn't that strong a shaman, doesn't have a lot of furyoku, has seen what Hao is capable of, has seen the scope of the ruthlessness that Hao and his disciples employ, and is very much aware that Hao can burn him alive and have the Spirit of Fire eat his soul if or when he wants to. '''''[[DefiantToTheEnd And even then, Manta still has the balls to call Hao delusional and the absolute worst thing to ever happen to this planet.]]''''' Hao doesn't listen, and his disciples still constantly spout Hao's rhetoric, but it's the thought that counts. Also, when Hao's goons constantly tell them of [[FinalSolution Hao's plan when he becomes the Shaman King]], they straight-up say he won't be the Shaman King, because Yoh will. They have that much faith in Yoh to know he'll win the fight against Hao, and considering what happens next? It was something to savor.

** [[ShutUpHannibal Yoh, and every single one of his friends, '''''especially''''' Manta, absolutely shutting down everything that comes out of Hao and his disciples' mouths.]] Manta isn't even fighting them; he's trailing Hao and Opacho after accidentally finding them thinking Hao was Yoh (to be fair, can you blame him?). Keep in mind, Manta has seen what Hao is capable of. Manta has seen the scope of Hao's ruthlessness. Manta is very much aware that Hao can burn him alive if he wants to. [[DefiantToTheEnd And even then, Manta still has the balls to call Hao delusional and the absolute worst thing to ever happen to this planet.]] Hao doesn't listen, and his disciples still constantly spout Hao's rhetoric, but it's the thought that counts. Also, when Hao's goons constantly tell them of [[FinalSolution Hao's plan when he becomes the Shaman King]], they straight-up say he won't be the Shaman King, because Yoh will. They have that much faith in Yoh to know he'll win the fight against Hao, and considering what happens next? It was something to savor.

** [[ShutUpHannibal Yoh, and every single one of his friends, including Manta, absolutely shutting down everything that comes out of Hao and his disciples' mouths.]] Manta isn't even fighting them; he's trailing Hao and Opacho after accidentally finding them thinking Hao was Yoh (to be fair, can you blame him?). Keep in mind, Manta has seen what Hao is capable of. Manta has seen the scope of Hao's ruthlessness. Manta is very much aware that Hao can burn him alive if he wants to. [[DefiantToTheEnd And even then, Manta still has the balls to call Hao delusional and the absolute worst thing to ever happen to this planet.]] Hao doesn't listen, and his disciples still constantly spout Hao's rhetoric, but it's the thought that counts. Also, when Hao's goons constantly tell them of [[FinalSolution Hao's plan when he becomes the Shaman King]], they straight-up say he won't be the Shaman King, because Yoh will. They have that much faith in Yoh to know he'll win the fight against Hao, and considering what happens next? It was something to savor.

** In the beginning of the final stretch, we have Yoh teaching Len how to properly use Giant Spirit Control by channeling it into a smaller, yet stronger form. Yoh taught Len. '''"THE HARD WAY"'''.

** [[ShutUpHannibal Yoh, and every single one of his friends, including Manta, absolutely shutting down everything that comes out of Hao and his disciples' mouths.]] Manta isn't even fighting them; he's trailing Hao and Opacho after accidentally finding them thinking Hao was Yoh (to be fair, can you blame him?). Keep in mind, Manta has seen what Hao is capable of. Manta has seen the scope of Hao's ruthlessness. Manta is very much aware that Hao can burn him alive if he wants to. And even then, Manta still has the balls to call Hao delusional and the absolute worst thing to ever happen to this planet. Hao doesn't listen, and his disciples still constantly spout Hao's rhetoric, but it's the thought that counts. Also, when Hao's goons constantly tell them of [[FinalSolution Hao's plan when he becomes the Shaman King]], they straight-up say he won't be the Shaman King, because Yoh will. They have that much faith in Yoh to know he'll win the fight against Hao, and considering what happens next? It was something to savor.

** When both factions enter the Star Sanctuary, Hao's given pretty much all of his followers sans Opacho the kind of furyoku he has, as in ''over 1,250,000'', to "keep Yoh and his friends occupied", which translates to ''kill them''. And judging from [[CurbStompBattle all of Hao's fights that weren't against Yoh,]] all of Hao's followers expect Yoh and the gang to go down within milliseconds. '''AND THEY ALL STILL LOSE.''' Yoh and his friends didn't defeat the [[SmugSuper Smug Shamans]] that form Hao's brotherhood. '''''THEY FUCKING ANNIHILATED THEM.'''''
** Before that, we have Yoh teaching Len how to properly use Giant Spirit Control to channel it into a smaller, yet stronger form. Yoh taught Len. '''"THE HARD WAY"'''.
** [[ShutUpHannibal Manta shutting down everything that comes out of Hao's mouth]], even having the balls to call him delusional and the absolute worst thing to ever happen to this planet. Hao doesn't listen, and Opacho defends him, but it's the thought that counts. Also, when Opacho tells Manta of [[FinalSolution Hao's plan when he becomes the Shaman King]], Manta straight-up says he won't be the Shaman King, because Yoh will. He has that much faith in Yoh to know he'll get out of the fight still kicking, and considering what happens next? It was something to savor.

--> '''Yoh:''' "I think this is what it's like to be [[spoiler:Shaman King]]."
** And Yoh and Amidamaru proceed to do what could not be done in the manga and [[spoiler: ''kill Hao'' by '''''[[CleanCut slicing him and the Spirit of Fire in half]] with a single slash.]]'''''

** During that, we have Yoh teaching Len how to properly use Giant Spirit Control to channel it into a smaller, yet stronger form. Yoh taught Len. '''"THE HARD WAY"'''.
* How come nobody has mentioned Yoh and [[spoiler:Hao's]] final fight in the anime? Needless to say, it was totally wicked.

*** Yoh's FUCKING ENTIRE GROUP of friends went bat shit on Hao, even though most of their efforts were wasted. So Hao takes Anna's Shikigamis when she tries to use them against him. All of Yoh's friends recklessly attack them and failed, while Manta is watching his friends, questioning their actions. So what does he do? He and [[spoiler: Mosuke decide to use Spirit Control on his laptop to forge a hammer]] and strikes the Shikigamis. Manta's dub finishing line settles it.
--> '''Manta:''' "IT'S HAMMER TIME!"

** And Yoh and Amidamaru proceed to do what could not be done in the manga and [[spoiler: ''kill Hao'' by [[CleanCut slicing him in half]] with a single slash.]]

** When both factions enter the Star Sanctuary, Hao's given pretty much all of his followers sans Opacho the kind of furyoku he has, as in ''over 1,250,000''. And judging from [[CurbStompBattle all of Hao's fights that weren't against Yoh,]] [[SmugSuper all of his followers]] expect Yoh and the gang to go down within milliseconds. '''AND THEY ALL STILL LOSE.''' Yoh and his friends didn't defeat the [[SmugSuper Smug Shamans]] that form Hao's brotherhood. '''''THEY FUCKING ANNIHILATED THEM.'''''

** When both factions enter the Star Sanctuary, Hao's given pretty much all of his followers sans Opacho the kind of furyoku he has, as in ''over 1,250,000''. And judging from [[CurbStompBattle all of Hao's fights that weren't against Yoh,]] [[SmugSuper all of his followers]] expect Yoh and the gang to go down within milliseconds. '''''AND THEY ALL STILL LOSE.''''' Yoh and his friends didn't defeat the [[SmugSuper Smug Shamans]] that form Hao's brotherhood. '''''THEY FUCKING ANNIHILATED THEM.'''''

* Yoh and Co. vs Hao and followers in the last eight episodes of the anime.
** During that, we have Yoh teaching Len how to properly use Giant Spirit Control to channel it into a stronger form. Yoh taught Lenny. '''"THE HARD WAY"'''.

* Anna using one of Hao's spells and a [[OneHundredAndEight 1080]] bead rosary to force two of Hao's demon servants into submission in ''seconds''. Of note is the fact that the book she found the spell in released said (murderous) demons the second it was unsealed.

* In episode 53, the Lily Five's first match of the tournament is against Zeke's team. The Lily Five are too stubborn to bow out and so Yoh challenges them to fight him before he'll allow them to face Zeke. Then the most amazing thing happens, they actually manage to beat him by pulling their act together. Sadly they all ran out of furyoku and are therefore unable to fight Zeke, so they drop out anyway. Still, it was pretty cool seeing the girls improve so much and hold their ground. That and they became known in-universe as [[RedBaron "The Five Girls That Stood Up Zeke"]]. And Zeke was pissed.

*** Ren, pissed off at Hao for [[spoiler: absorbing Yoh's soul]] doesn't even manifest his third new Spirit Control, yet uses his full-powered Golden Thunder on Hao anyway. And his Ultimate Rapid Hyper Tempo Assault on Hao's Shikigamis was bad either. He even uses one of his [[spoiler: manga's newest Over Soul's attacks, God/Machine of War on Zeke]].

----> '''Manta:''' "IT'S HAMMER TIME!"

*** Hao later admits that he had no chance of dodging or blocking the beam; he survived only because of quick thinking and his elemental-related powers. The assassination attempt did ''not'' piss him off - in fact, it would've made him respect the X-II as [[WorthyOpponent Worthy Opponents)]]... if they didn't accidentally press his BerserkButton.

* How about in the manga where Manta, in order to get a sword for Yoh, beats up Ryu and Co. with [[MundaneMadeAwesome his dictionary!!!]] In the anime, this is changed to ''RYU'' and Co. saving Manta from the gang he was trying to get a sword from. They were both different, but still awesome nonetheless.

* Yoh vs. Silva. How do you slice through a blast from a [[{{BFG}} 5 souled powered Totem Cannon Blaster]]? Over Soul powered CELESTIAL SLASH!!

* Yoh and Tao Ren's third fight for them to enter in the Shaman Tournament. All of it. The battle was SO EPIC, the dub episode had to spoil the ending. The name of that episode; One, Two, Three [[spoiler: Draw]].

** The anime expanded on this fight, the only difference from above is that Ryu and Horohoro comboed him. The best part of the fight came with the group's BatmanGambit. Boris' spirit partner has possessed Lyserg (though he fights off long enough to ask Yoh to finish him off). Meanwhile, his bat spirits have a bunch of sharp spikes above Ren, Trey, and Ryu, and if any of them make a move, the spikes will fall on them. So how do they get out of this one? Yoh lets Lyserg bite him, but it turns out that he and Amidamaru performed Spirit Unity "BEFORE" the fight and Amidamaru captures Boris' spirit partner freeing Lyserg as well. Enraged, Boris has the bats drop the spikes, only for Ryu and Trey to grab and freeze the spikes, leaving Ren to finish of Boris with a Rapid Temp Assault.

** Yoh and Ren beating Pyrons Dragon form.

* The Lily Five's first match of the tournament is against Zeke's team. The Lily Five are too stubborn to bow out and so Yoh challenges them to fight him before he'll allow them to face Zeke. Then the most amazing thing happens, they actually manage to beat him by pulling their act together. Sadly they all ran out of furyoku and are therefore unable to fight Zeke, so they drop out anyway. Still, it was pretty cool seeing the girls improve so much and hold their ground. That and they became known in-universe as [[RedBaron "The Five Girls That Stood Up Zeke"]]. And Zeke was pissed.

** Ren defeated his older cousin and twin cousins BY HIMSELF, ensuring that he is the heir to the Tao throne after facing punishment from all three for their attacks.
** Ryu destroying Haloune's genie using sheer will and O.S. Yamatao no Orochi, and saving Haloune's and Anith's relationship.
** Horohoro using ThePowerOfLove from Pirika's heart to beat Team Doom's Dragon Over Soul.
** Faust in a [[Heartwarming/ShamanKing heartwarming fashion]] using a BatmanGambit to let Team Spartacus lose without hurting them.

** Yoh gets one afterwards when Anna sends the spirit of Shaolin, Lee-Pai Long's master into Yoh. Shaolin-in-Yoh proceeds to Curb-Stomp Lee, from blocking all of his attacks, to striking him down with a {{Kamehame Hadoken}}. Shaolin-in-Yoh ends the fight with a charged double fist strike.

** Yoh and Ren beating Pai-Long's Dragon form.
** The fifth Johto Guard a.k.a. [[spoiler: Shaolin trapped in a Jiang-Shi forced to obey Yuan]] beating the crap out of Yoh, Ren, Trey, and Ryu at the same time. And Jun and Lee-Pai Long [[BigDamnHeroes show up with the latter drop kicking him in half]].

** He gets another one during his first fight as an X-Law against Team Niles for the second round of the tournament (In the anime, this happens a few episodes before the tournament). Using only Chloe, he increased his skills to take on all three members and crushing Anahol's arms. He would have killed them if Yoh didn't ask him to stop. Then Lady Jeanne comes in, and kills all three members in less than two minutes.

** Horohoro's second moment was him defeating Brocken. To summarize, Bill and Brocken were killing off defeated Shaman King tournament participants, and the Ice Men were next. Horohoro decides to protect them since he's mad that [[spoiler: Ren died]]. He's almost killed when his dad arrives to knock out Bill and remind his son of "Survival Of The Fittest". So Horohoro comes up with a unique plan. He uses his brains, and uses the Ice Men's spirits to lead Brocken into a trap and encased him in a block of ice. With him out of the fight, Horohoro lies in victory, but Bill has survived to finish him off. Who saves him? [[SixthRanger Ly]][[SixthRangerTraitor se]][[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor rg]]. With his new angel, Zeruel.

** Horohoro using ThePowerOfLove from Pilika's heart to beat Team Doom's Dragon Over Soul.

** Joco overcoming the darkness in his heart in the most funniest way ever.
** Four words: MORTY [[spoiler: BECOMES A SHAMAN]]. And Mosuke returns.
* Yoh and Co. vs Hao/Zeke and followers in the last eight episodes of the anime.

* How come nobody has mentioned Yoh and [[spoiler:Zeke's]] final fight in the anime? Needless to say, it was totally wicked.

** And Yoh and Amidamaru proceed to do what could not be done in the manga and [[spoiler: ''kill Zeke'' by [[CleanCut slicing him in half]] with a single slash.]]
** Don't forget the rest of Yoh's friends attempts to stop Zeke.
*** Len, pissed off at Zeke for [[spoiler: absorbing Yoh's soul]] doesn't even manifest his third new Spirit Control, yet uses his full-powered Golden Thunder on Zeke anyway. And his Ultimate Rapid Hyper Tempo Assault on Zeke's Shikigamis was bad either. He even uses one of his [[spoiler: manga's newest Over Soul's attacks, God/Machine of War on Zeke]].
*** Yoh's FUCKING ENTIRE GROUP of friends went bad shit on Zeke, even though most of their efforts were wasted. So Zeke takes Anna's Shikigamis when she tries to use them against him. All of Yoh's friends recklessly attack them and failed, while Morty is watching his friends, questioning their actions. So what does he do? He and [[spoiler: Mosuke decide to use Spirit Control on his laptop to forge a hammer]] and strikes the Shikigamis. Morty's dub finishing line settles it.
----> '''Morty:''' "IT'S HAMMER TIME!"

* The Lily Five's first match of the tournament is against Zeke's team. The Lily Five are to stubborn to bow out and so Yoh challenges them to fight him before he'll allow them to face Zeke. Then the most amazing thing happens, they actually manage to beat him by pulling their act together. Sadly they all ran out of furyoku and are therefore unable to fight Zeke, so they drop out anyway. Still, it was pretty cool seeing the girls improve so much and hold their ground. That and they became known in-universe as [[RedBaron "The Five Girls That Stood Up Zeke"]]. And Zeke was pissed.

----> '''Morty:''' "IT'S HAMMER TIME!"

** Before that, we have Anna vs. a-pissed-off-Hao. Did we mention that Anna has over 600,000 furyoku, half of Hao's 1200000 level. Yeah. Its was a fun fight. [[spoilers:[[PregnantBadass Also, she's pregnant.]] Yeah. Anna rocks]].

** Before that, we have Anna vs. a-pissed-off-Hao. Did we mention that Anna has over 600,000 furyoku, half of Hao's 1200000 level. Yeah. Its was a fun fight. [[spoilers: [[PregnantBadass Also, she's pregnant.]] Yeah. Anna rocks]].

** Before that, we have Anna vs. a-pissed-off-Hao. Did we mention that Anna has over 600,000 furyoku, half of Hao's 1200000 level. Yeah. Its was a fun fight.

** [[spoiler Fun fact: When she does that in the manga [[PregnantBadass she is in the early stages of pregnancy]]. At fifteen. Awesome doesn't even begin to cover it]].

** [[spoiler Fun fact: When she does that in the manga [[she is pregnant]]]].