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For other first episodes in the franchise, see Episode 1.

The Boy Who Dances With Ghosts (幽霊と踊る少年 Yūrei to Odoru Shōnen) is the 1st episode of the 2001 Shaman King anime series.

Summary[]

As Manta goes home from school, he gets the feeling that he has been called by someone at the Funbari Hill cemetery. When he takes a shortcut route home, this leads he later saw the dark sky full of stars. This is how he first met with Yoh. While Yoh asked him if he came to see the stars together with "everyone" else. As Manta asked Yoh on referring who "everyone" else was, then multiple ghosts appear beside Yoh. This later makes Manta scream in horror and shock.

The next morning, Manta tries to explain everything that happened last night at school, but the three students do not believe him and just make fun of it, teasing him. Later on, Yoh shows up as a new transfer student in Manta's classroom. Manta is determined to reveal Yoh's big secret but after following Yoh all week, he fails. Meanwhile, at night, Manta decides to wait for Yoh showing up at the cemetery with a camera so he can take pictures as evidence. However, Manta runs into Ryu and his gang. Ryu orders his gang to find the kid who trespasses their territory. He also disrespects Amidamaru's tombstone by knocking it over and cutting it in half with his wooden sword. Ryu finds Manta just before he leaves, and suspects him to be the one who trespasses into their territory. Manta gets beaten up by Ryu's gang.

The next morning, Manta tries to explain what happened at school. He still gets made fun of but this time he gets help from Yoh, who tells him and the three students the truth that spirits are indeed real. After class, Yoh takes Manta to the cemetery to wait for Ryu. Yoh ties Manta down to a tree so he cannot run away scared, much to Manta's chagrin. When Ryu and his gang show up, Yoh teases him and then avenges Manta with help from Amidamaru, who was mad at Ryu for destroying his gravestone. This reveals Yoh's secret that he was a shaman, and leaves Manta shocked as he sees Yoh using Soul Integration for the first time. Yoh then fights with Ryu and easily wins while cutting off the pompadour. After Ryu gets knocked out and his gang runs away, Yoh fixes Amidamaru's tombstone with glue and has a conversation about what happened the other night with his new two best friends.

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Shaman King (2001) Episodes
Season 1: The Boy Who Dances With Ghosts  •  Waiting Samurai  •  Another Shaman  •  100% Integration  •  A Shaman Who is Mature for Her Age  •  Kung Fu Master  •  Pai-Long, Fists of Fury  •  Shaman Life  •  The Boy from the North  •  Fate of 600 Years  •  Rain That Falls In Spring  •  The Star that Signals the Beginning  •  Over Soul  •  Shaman Fight  •  Bone Killers  •  Faust Love  •  Two People's Journey to the Best Place  •  Yoh  •  The 2 Big Souls  •  Soul Mata Cemetery  •  Believe  •  Our Deadly Blows  •  Wrath of the Dao Shi Maiden  •  The Immortal Tao En  •  A Shaman's Journey  •  Big America  •  Dowsing Revolution  •  Lyserg's Revenge  •  Super Guts  •  The Stolen Oracle Bell  •  Forest of Holy Spirits  •  Horohoro's Taste of a Bitter Friendship  •  Mysterious Asakura  •  American Hot Springs
Season 2: The Vampire Legend  •  Angel's Pistol  •  Joke King  •  The Legend of Seminoa  •  Hana-Gumi  •  Chō Senjiryakketsu  •  Explosive Over Souls  •  Spirit of the Sword  •  Battle of Gods  •  One More Push  •  The Great Spirit  •  The Dead Spirit of Tao  •  Really Naive  •  Missionary of Dragon  •  Doctor Doctor  •  I Have A Darkness In My Heart  •  Shaman Hunt  •  It's Training! Everyone Gather!  •  Bye Bye  •  The Eighth Angel  •  Gate of Babylon  •  Door of Babylon  •  The Shaman Fight Ends?  •  Flaming Angel  •  Holy Ground of the Stars  •  Friend  •  Eternal Farewell  •  Die! Collision!  •  A Place Where I Belong  •  Epilogue
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