Yoh and his friends have been dropped in the middle of nowhere and must now find their way through the desert of the American Southwest to Patch Village for the Shaman Fight, but run afoul of a Native American shaman who says that the Patch are evil and that he will kill anyone who helps fulfill their plans.

"Moody old Faust is back! And teamed with ... Yoh? When the competitors and their friends finally make it to the Patch Village, things are not what they expected."--Cover p.4.

Yoh Asakura is a shaman and one of the gifted few who, thanks to training or natural talent, can channel spirits that most people cannot even see. With the help of his fiancee, Anna, Yoh is in training for the ultimate shaman sports event, the Shaman Fight in Tokyo, the once every 500 years tournament to see who can shape the future ofhumanity and become the Shaman King. But unfortunately for Yoh, every shaman in the world is competing for the same...

Yoh and Tao Ren's battle to qualify in the second round of the Shaman Fight ends dramatically. Yoh takes to the hot springs to recover while Ren returns to China, determined to end the Tao reign of terror. Unfortunately, that means taking on his own father--the most feared shaman in China.

"A shower of shooting stars signals the announcement of the long-awaited Shaman Fight: the tournament held once every 500 years to determine who will be crowned the next Shaman King. As the world's shamans begin to gather in Tokyo, Yoh remains as carefree as ever...until he meets Silva--an officiant of the Shaman Fight, who challenges Yoh to prove himself worthy of earning the title of Shaman King! With his spirit ally Amidamaru, Yoh faces off against...

Yoh and his friends must travel through a mountain range toward the site of the old Patch Village.

Yoh, a shaman, meaning he has the ability to channel spirits, is training to complete in the "Shaman Fight in Tokyo," a tournament held every five hundred years to see who will become the Shaman King and shape humanity's future.

Yoh, a Shaman, meaning he has the ability to channel spirits, is training to complete in the Shaman fight in Tokyo, a tournament held every 500 years to see who will become the Shaman king and shape humanity's future.

"Heir to the throne. Shamans possess mysterious powers that allow them to commune with gods, spirits, and even the dead. High schooler Manta Oyamada doesn't know much about them, but that changes fast when his class welcomes a new transfer student from remote Izumo: Yoh Asakura, a shaman in training! Although he may just be starting out, Yoh's dream is a big one: to become the Shaman King, the one and only shaman who may commune with the Great Spirit...