The "Battle of Shamans" in Tokyo is approaching and talent hunters are searching everywhere for participants. Who are these talent hunters? The Native American tribe of the Americas, the Patch, who have overseen the Battles of Shamans since the beginning of the world. However, anyone who fails faces a serious problem: if Yoh fails to defeat Silva and the five animal spirits he possesses, he will not have another chance for 500 years! As magicians, shamans, and other people with spiritual powers gather for the preliminaries, Yoh faces his first real enemy, Horohoro - a powerful young shaman, representative of Japan's most ancient civilization.