1. In Recap – Scene where Roto cuts the face of the submissive Kurama in a spray of blood changed to the scene where Kurama plants the seed of the Death Plant.
2. In Recap – Close-up of Roto changed to a close-up of the Death Plant Sprout.
3. In Recap – Close-up of Kurama changed to a Close-up of Roto reacting to the Death Plant.
4. In Recap – Scene of the Death Plant Sprouting from Roto’s Body changed to an earlier, less bloody verision.
5. Demon Fan’s “Pull your head out of your ass!” changed to “Pull your head outa there”
6. Sakyou’s cigarette removed.
7. Scene where Zeru puts his hand through Hiei’s stomach and out his back – CUT.
8. Gondawara’s “Well in the unlikely event I were betting on a team like that, I’d be pretty damn pleased with them now, don’t you think?” changed to “Well in the unlikely event I were betting on a team like that, I’d be very pleased with them now, don’t you think?” after Zeru’s attack on Hiei
9. Zeru’s “What a weak thing! You can rest in hell.” changed to “What a weak thing! Rest in Oblivion.”
10. Scene where Chu walks into the arena with a bottle in one hand and the bodies of his teammates in the other – CUT.
11. NOT AN EDIT – The close-up of the 2 dead Rokuyukai team members being dropped by Chu left in (Not overly important, but it establishes the starting point to the next edit)
12. The scene, starting at the dead R team members and panning up Chu ending at his face cut to remove Chu’s Bottle.
13. Chu’s “Ah crap… It’s bright out here.” changed to “Ripper… So there’s the ring.”
14. Scene where Chu finishes off his bottle (of nondescript alcohol) – CUT.
15. Chu’s “Hey will you explain and—uh tell those guys not to run away again. There’s a fight to fight. You know it’s not my fault I killed em.” changed to “Hey someone should tell those blokes to watch where their going if their gonna run. They bumped into me and I think I knocked them out.”
16. Scene of Chu dropping his bottle and it breaking in front of the Dead Rokuyukai team members while Chu says, “Oh, bloody… someone put a small wall in the way.” – CUT.
17. Chu’s “Okay, upsee-daisy” changed to “Now we give em the old heave ho” as Chu tries to get into the ring and fails.
18. Chu’s “Hey no need to make the ring taller! Let’s just have some fun! It is bright here.” changed to “Okay, so climbin in aint exactly my forte’. It’s no matter, it’s fightin’ that counts.” After he falls to the ground.
19. Boton’s “Oh dear… A drunk madman’s escaped to the ring.” changed to “Oh my… Isn’t he a little clumsy to be a fighter?”
20. Chu Burping in Koto’s face – CUT.
21. Koto’s “Doesn’t matter how many die. Each teams allowed only one alternate fighter…” – CUT.
22. Koto’s “Prick.” changed to “Jerk.” Describing Chu.
23. Boton’s “What could you be worried about? He’s the alternate fighter, and secondly he’s a lush!” changed to “What could you be worried about? He’s the alternate. So that means he’s the weakest member of their team, right?”
24. NOT AN EDIT – Hiei reflecting “Even when he killed his teammates, I couldn’t feel his strength.” Left in (Strange, in the edit, Chu admits to only knocking them out)
25. Chu’s “Let’s go you sooks. I wanna get a good brawl in before my fun wears off… In that case they better fight me all at once!” changed to “Let’s go you sooks. I didn’t trudge all the way down here just to listen to myself yabber… come on, which of you pansy’s wants to give it a whirl”
26. Yusuke’s “Waking up from the smell of alcohol… Can’t help but feel a touch of home.” changed to “Man, you got a mouth on you. How’s a guy supposed to get any sleep around here?”
27. Kurama’s reflection “After all the explosions, a stink wakes him.” changed to “After all the explosions, this is what wakes him.”
28. Yusuke’s “Hey all you stupid demons! I’ve been trying to sleep through your clever trash-talk long enough and I’m ready to kick some asses!” changed to “Hey all you stupid demons! I’ve been trying to sleep through your clever trash-talk long enough and I’m ready to kick some tail!”
29. Chu’s “Right, basically it’s that I’m a really ace person, and the only thing I suck at—Is paper rock scissors!” changed to “Right, basically it’s that I’m a really ace person, and the only thing I stink at—Is paper rock scissors!” trying to describe how he got the alternate position.
30. Demon fan’s “What the hell’s he saying?” changed to “What the heck is he saying?”
31. Koto’s “Let me try to translate for the drunkard here.” changed to “Let me try to translate for our Aussie friend here”
32. Demon fan’s “Come on! This substitute fighter’s a pathetic drunk!” changed to “Come on! This substitute fighter’s a joke!”
33. Chu’s “This substitute fighter’s a pathetic drunk, uh?” changed to “This substitute fighter’s a joke, uh?”
34. Chu’s “Damn thing could happen to any bloke.” changed to “Same thing could happen to any bloke”
35. Scene where Chu jumps back down to the arena floor with a fans Bottle – CUT.
36. Fan’s “Hey, that’s my drink” – CUT.
37. Chu’s “Ah, this is plenty great! You don’t think I can fight either, do you? Well let me tell you something mate! I, uh, I’m like a master of drunken fighting!” right before he drains the bottle he stole – CUT.
38. Chu’s “Suiken Technique—that’s the official name I think. You get distracted by my irregular moves. Crap of craps it’s bright out here!” changed to “Yeah, that’s right. So far you’ve been trying to size me up and you still don’t know what to expect, do you? It’s all part of the game, aint it?”
39. Boton’s “Listen to this joker—he’s insane” changed to “Do you have any clue what he’s talking about?”
40. Kuwabara’s “Well I know from school seminars drunk driving kills people—Maybe drunk fighting’s kinda the same thing.” changed to “I think he said he’s acted like an idiot to throw us off guard. But it would be kinda stupid to tell us that.”
41. Yusuke’s “Yeah wobbly, give me a break… So the tipsy fighting thing might be weird but I’ve still heard of it before. You better have somtin’ else to make this a real challenge. I didn’t come all this way to baby-sit a drunk.” changed to “Ok, let see what you got. And hey, at least try to make this a challenge, will you? That is if you can stop running your mouth off long enough to fight. I didn’t come all this way to listen to you yabber, either.”
42. Chu’s “Then wait a minute… you won’t yabber that once I hit my groove. ‘Course, I got to stumble into it first.” changed to “Alright then. Then try to keep your eyes on the prize, then boy.”
43. Chu’s “We’re going to enjoy this.” – CUT.
44. In Preview – “Don’t forget, we haven’t seen Yusuke in action since his three months of training with the psychic Genkai, and I’m sure he’ll need every one of his learned lessons to handle this strange drunken threat. Will Chu get a hangover? I leave that as a cliffhanger!” Changed to “Don’t forget, we haven’t seen Yusuke in action since his three months of training with the psychic Genkai, and I’m sure he’ll need every one of his learned lessons to handle this strange outlandish fighter. One things for sure… It’s going to be a ripper!”
And thus introduces Chu. He will be the source of more edits (more like rewrites) than any character before. I know what your thinking (I hope), Muyuki was on the screen for about the same amount of time and generated more edits. Unfortunately for Miyuki, Chu is going to have 5 times the amount of screen time.
Now, on to the edits... As you probably figured out by now, Chu is a Master of a Martial Art known Drunken Boxing. I think he called it “Suiken Technique”. If I understand this form properly (admittedly, I’m not a Martial Artist) you basically confuse your opponent with irregular movements by acting drunk. Chu takes this to an extreme by Getting Drunk. Actually the more Chu drinks, the stronger he gets. And as you probably already know, Toonami will never show such a vice.It’s episodes like this one that I wish Yu Yu Hakusho was still on Adult Swim.