Sensui's Boys: Gatekeeper
Gatekeeper
Shinobu Sensui's Bad Romance, Itsuki
"It felt like I had got myself a time bomb and a boyfriend both at once."
Posts so far:
Intro to Sensui's arc
Doctor
Seaman 1 & 2
Sniper
Game Master 1 & 2
Gourmet
Sensui had promised to return Kuwabara to Yusuke & co if they defeated Gourmet.
Kuwabara seems to have disappeared...
...But no, he's been transported with them by an invisible, dark hand. And then a face appears on the ground...
...And a mouth swallows them.
Only Yusuke is spat out.
Itsuki then leaves Sensui and Yusuke alone and goes to take care of the rest.
The boys are currently lost in something like the Bermuda Triangle of time and space.
Itsuki introduces himself and says he doesn't want to fight them, just have them watch the fight without intervening.
He then tells them how he and Sensui met and hints at the nature of their relationship, which Kuwabara finds increasingly suspicious.
Sensui had been a model of integrity as a detective of the spiritual world, but got progressively corrupted. Kurama asks Itsuki why he didn't stop it, if he was Shinobu's partner.
Itsuki's reply?
"You don't understand. I enjoyed watching him suffer and get himself more and more dirty. It was like showing an uncensored porno to an innocent girl who still believes in the stork and cabbage fields."
Kuwabara feels revolted by such a sadistic jerk. Itsuki seems to be the origin of all evil.
But he defends himself explaining that he didn't encourage Shinobu's corruption, but didn't do anything to stop it because he enjoyed watching him fall from grace and virtue, and how that made Shinobu stronger.
And he intends to keep watching over Shinobu and lending him a hand where he needs it.
Kurama's reaction?
"I want to kill you right here and now."
Again, I can't help thinking how Itsuki is to Sensui what Kurama is to Yusuke, in a way. Only, Kurama is a good boy at heart and Yusuke has more friends. Intensive, exclusive relationships tend to lead to bad romances.
For now, they'll have to watch the final showdown between Yusuke and Sensui:
To be continued...
*All pages are from the manga Yu Yu Hakusho by Yoshihiro Togashi.