23. The Toguro Brothers Gang

1.        Scene showing Tarukane in preview changed to a scene where he’s not smoking a Cigar.

2.        Scene where the Younger Toguro kills the beast Helen with one punch, splitting her in half and her blood splattering all over the place – CUT.

3.        NOT AN EDIT – Scene showing the 2 pieces of the dead Helen dropping to the ground and then panning up to show her blood on the wall (Purple blood in both) – left in.

4.        The scene showing Helen’s corpse where Tarukane says “Rip ‘em in half and then he says he’s sorry!  Boy, you have got to be my bodygaurd! Top pay!” and the younger Toguro saying, “I’ll think about it” – CUT.

5.        Tarukane’s “Sakashta, get your ass to the telephone” changed to “Sakashta, get your rear to the telephone”

6.        Scene where the younger Toguro lights up a cigarette and says “Cheating your friends isn’t exactly honorable” – CUT.

7.        Scene where Tarukane says “Hey, when you’re rotten like me there’s only one thing you can do!  Spread your stink!” – CUT.

8.        NOT AN EDIT – The scene where Yusuke punches a hole through a spider demon and then showing the demons final moments (including showing bloody wound) – left in.

9.        Scene where the Sakyou takes a drag from his cigarette and makes his bet replaced with an earlier image (where he’s not smoking of course)

10.     Scene where Sakyou explains his bet – CUT.

11.     Scene where Kuwabara stabs one demon in the stomach and then cuts another in half – CUT.

12.     NOT AN EDIT – Black Black club member says “Sounds like a friggin’ war zone!” left in

 

        In this episode the censors had something other than foul language to worry about.  But they showed a wee bit of inconsistency.  First they cut the scene of Toguro punching the beast Helen in half, and the related scenes show her corpse.  But then they show the scene where Yusuke punches a hole clean through a Spider Demon, and not only show it’s corpse after but also they show it expiring also.  Then you have the scene where Sakyo is explaining his bet.  Admittedly he is only repeating what Toguro said in the flashback a minute before.  But it kind of ties in with Tarukane’s question after about where he got his information.  I have to admit that I’m getting a little concerned about the number of edits, we’re not even ¼ of the way through.  What will the Dark Tournament Saga be like?  Only time will tell.

 

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