41. Reverse Decisions

1.        Fan’s “What the hell is he doing now?” – Muted.

2.        In the scene of Kayko and Shizuru, Shizuru’s cigarette is removed.

3.        Yusuke’s “Well, that was a damn good fight Jin.” changed to “Well, that was a pretty good fight Jin”

4.        NOT AN EDIT – Shizuru’s “I’m not leaving the country.  I just didn’t think it’d be festive to pee in my pants during the next fight” left in.

5.        Butajiri’s “Hey! Risho! You better be sure you can handle this! Between the bets and paying people off I spent my whole damn fortune on you!” changed to “Hey! Risho! You better be sure you can handle this! Between the bets and paying people off I spent my entire fortune on you!”

6.        Fan’s “Damn it! I’d pay fift G for a ticket!” – CUT.

7.        Yusuke’s “Alright, I’m kickin’ your ass out of principal!” changed to “That’s it! Your goin’ down!” just before he charges Risho.

8.        Boton’s “Well that’s just the biggest crap-job I’ve ever heard in my life!” changed to “Well that’s just load of bull I’ve ever heard in my life”

9.        In the close-up of Kurama, the amount of blood on his chest is visibly reduced.

10.     Butajiri’s “Who needs ninjas?  I beat this whole damn team myself.” – CUT.

11.     In Flashback – The scene where the critically injured Gama attacks Kurama replaced with 2 different scenes.  1) Where Gama lunges at Kurama, Just before he releases his Rose Whip.  2) and the Styliesd scene of Kurama extending his Rose Whip and slicing Gama.

12.     In Flashback – The scene of Gama collapsing and close-up of his face – Blood removed

13.     NOT AN EDIT – The Sensor forgot to add to Ruka’s outfit while she’s reacting to Hiei’s powerup.  Her cleavage is visible, Top and bottom.

14.     Yusuke’s “They’re gonna kill us anyway, So we take on every damn freak ‘til no one’s left.” changed to “They’re gonna kill us anyway, So why don’t we take on every freak here ‘til no body’s left.” After he’s disqualified and his team’s about to lose (which our hero’s would all be killed)

15.     Close-up scenes of the cords of Ruka’s outfit breaking – CUT (Explaination – Turns out the cords hold most of her power.  And thus, with Hiei breaking through her barrier… The cords get broken.  Which would have been explained if not for edit #17)

16.     As Ruka get knocked to the ground, extra cords added to her out fit to cover up her Cleavage.  (Interesting that they left the broken cords hang in this scene)

17.     Ruka’s “The enchantress chords holding my power, his energy’s tearing them apart.  A couple more minutes like this and there won’t be any of them left!” – CUT. (hmmm, I wonder why this was edited out – NOTE SARCASM)

18.     NOT AN EDIT – Koenma’s “That a way Hiei!  Don’t stop now!  Keep your energy exploding! Tear those evil chords apart!! Left in (I’m noting this because of edit #17.  Without the establishment of the link between the Chords and Ruka’s power there is no reason to tear apart Ruka’s chords)

19.     Butajiri’s “What the hell’s he mean?” changed to “Who’s he talking about?” in response to Kuwabara saying they have one more fighter on their team.

 

There was a tough editing decision in this episode, and I have to admit I’m not sure if they made a mistake or not.  Case in PointRuka’s Enchantress Chords (the source of her power). 

            It is implied that if all of them are broken, she loses her power.  And it is implied that she loses them she will also be naked.  Now Toonami could of left Ruka’s lines in (see edit #17) and added the extra chords to keep with the editing standard.  But was the implication of Ruka losing her chords (ie her only clothing) too much?

Now, with Ruka’s line edited out (#17), Koenma’s line (#18) and Blue Ogre’s line in response to Koenma, lose any tie to the story line.  Maybe it would have been better to cut Koenma’s line “Tear those evil chords apart!” and Blue Ogre’s line out.  That way it would look like Koenma’s cheering Hiei to escape, and not having “Naughty Thoughts”.

            Or maybe a better Idea is to air all the episodes Unedited.  (I know, pipe dream =)

 

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