1. Genkai’s “I know your crabby-ass jokes are your way of admitting I’m far more powerful than you.” changed to “I know your crabby old jokes are your way of admitting I’m far more powerful than you.”
2. Genkai’s “And why the hell should that bother me? I for one never had the urge to invent a purpose for my abilities… No heroics crap.” changed to “And why the heck should that bother me? I for one never had the urge to invent a purpose for my abilities… No heroics bull.” Talking to Yusuke that she couldn’t take Toguro, and why.
3. Yusuke’s “Just give me the damn test.” changed to “Just give me the stupid test.” To Genkai about starting the final test.
4. In Flashback - Genkai’s “Half-assed” changed to “Half-hearted” about how Yusuke was taking his training.
5. Shizuru’s cigarette is removed. (lately, I’ve been resisting an urge to say something silly after everyone of these)
6. Shizuru’s “That’s right baby brother, it might be your last night in the living… Enjoy yourself-- I won’t tell Mom if you drink your first beer.” changed to “That’s right baby brother, it might be your last night in the living… Enjoy yourself-- I won’t tell if you stay up past your bedtime.” Teasing Kuwabara.
7. Yusuke’s “Stupid fossil! I can’t believe I said all that touchy-feely crap for nothin’!” changed to “Stupid fossil! I can’t believe I said all that touchy-feely stuff for nothin’!” when he was thinking he had made the nice speech, about not wanting to go through the test if it required killing his teacher, for nothing
8. Yusuke’s “Well hell, if it’s gonna be that exciting, I might as well order two of them.” changed to “Well now, if it’s gonna be that exciting, I might as well order two of them.” in a wee bit of bravado about taking on the final test and all of it’s hardships.
9. Shot where after taking the Spirit Wave Orb, Yusuke staggers and blood squirts out of his forehead – CUT.
10. NOT AN EDIT – Shot of Yusuke bending over in agony, blood is on his face and arms
11. Continuation of the above shot. As Yusuke bends over further, blood squirts out of the back of his neck – CUT.
12. Yusuke’s “Damn you, Genkai!” changed to “Darn you, Genkai!” cursing Genkai about the pain he’s currently in.
13. In shot (in #12) blood squirting from either of Yusuke’s legs and arm – Removed… But the blood on his arm is still visible.
14. NOT AN EDIT – Shot of Yusuke kneeling, with Genkai in the background. (And also in #12 & 13) the blood on arm is still present.
15. Shot of Yusuke coughing up blood – CUT.
16. Close-up shot of blood dripping on the arena floor – CUT.
17. Makintaro’s “What’s wrong? Did we have a little accident in our trousers?” – CUT.
18. Hiei’s “Your whole nervous system… It leaves much to be desired.” – CUT.
19. Makintaro’s “ What are you talking about-- my ‘nervous system’!” – CUT.
20. As Hiei holds up Makintaro’s severed arm, the blood dripping from it has been removed.
21. Close-up shot of Makintaro’s severed arm – CUT.
22. As Makintaro looks at his stump… scene cut just before blood squirts out.
23. Shots of Makintaro’s reaction to his shortened arm and then dancing around hold whats left of his arm as blood sprays all over the place – CUT. (I tried to resist saying he was Dis-armed… opps… sorry… I guess resistance was futile)
24. Hiei’s “You’re lucky I’m generous.” Then walks away. Tossing the severed arm to Juri, where she holds it for a second then freaks out and tosses it away – CUT.
25. Shot of Makintaro, pulling out to reveal Hiei on his back – CUT.
26. Hiei’s “Your eyes are rather slow.” – CUT
27. Close-up shot of Makintaro’s face as Hiei’s sword penetrates his head, the sword visible in his mouth and below his chin, and the gushing of blood after – CUT.
28. Re-organization of shots – 1) Hiei jumping off Makintaro’s back just before he collapses, 2) Crowd Reaction 3) Kuwabara’s reaction of “gross!” 4) and Shishiwakamaru’s reaction CHANGED TO 1) Crowd Reaction, 2) Kuwabara’s Reaction, 3) Shishiwakamaru’s reaction, and then 4) Hiei jumping off Makintaro’s back just before he collapses.
29. In the shot of Hiei jumping off of Makintaro’s back, His sword is removed from Makintaro’s head and all traces of blood were removed.
30. Koto’s “Hiei wins in under a minute, getting bonus points in my book for both skull piercing and amputation!” – CUT.
31. Juri’s “And that means it’s time for match two!” – CUT.
32. In Preview – Shot of Kuro Momotaro crushing one of Steam Orb is replaced with a shot of him pulling one of the orbs out of his belt.
33. In Preview – Shot of Kuro Momotaro holding a Steam Orb (hi s arm is also bleeding) replaced with a close-up of Hiei
Now, you probably noticed something in Yusuke’s final test. The censor removed all traces a blood squirting out of Yusuke, but leave all traces of blood just sitting on his skin. I can only assume why that is. My guess is that since Yusuke is being portrayed in reds and oranges (To symbolize the agony he’s going through) that the blood shown on his skin is camouflaged. All I know is that Yusuke is going to lose a lot of blood during this test, and this is probably not going to be the only case like this.
The re-organization of shots (#28) seems to be done because of the removal of the graphic shot of Hiei piercing Makintaro’s skull with his sword. Not much else is accomplished by it. (other than the fact that I originally thought that certain shots where cut)
And one of the more confusing edits has to be in the Preview. Was those shots replaced because Koro Momotaro’s arm was bleeding? Wouldn’t it have been easier to just CG it out? (like they’ve done so many times before)