Koenma meets with Yusuke and Botan, and tells them that it is time for Yusuke to be returned to life. He opens the pathways to Yusuke's body, so that power from the Spirit Realm can be transferred. However, life energy must be transferred, mouth to mouth, by another person. And this must be done by midnight, otherwise Yusuke will have to wait another 50 years! After trying and failing to get Atsuko and Kuwabara to help, Yusuke enters Keiko's dreams to tell her. However when she heads over in the morning, she thinks it was just a dream, and then goes to school. Her mother is taken ill and she goes to the hospital to stay with her, but Botan is able to communicate with Keiko via her mother. Keiko rushes over to the Urameshi's new home, and kisses Yusuke just in time. Yusuke is returned to life, but Koenma tells Botan that his trial is just beginning.

The following morning, Yusuke is enjoying the thrill of being alive, and heads into a coffee shop. He sees a gang, led by Sakamoto, and then watches as Kuwabara and his friends walk in. Sakamoto had instructed Kuwabara to steal some manga books, threatening to harm Kuwabara's beloved kitten, Eikichi, if he didn't. Kuwabara drops some books onto the table, but Sakamoto finds the receipt, meaning he didn't steal them. He has everyone go outside and tells Kuwabara to beat his own friends up, otherwise Eikichi will be killed.

However Yusuke appears, and a big fight starts. Sakamoto tries to run off, but is taken out by Yusuke. However Yusuke is surprised to see and catch a small demon criminal called Jyaki, who crawls out of Sakamoto's mouth. Botan then appears, who says she is going to be his assistant, as an image of Koenma then appears in the sky. Koenma tells Yusuke he is making him a spirit detective, and Botan will be helping him. Botan takes Jyaki and heads up into the sky, as Yusuke thinks that now he's returned to his own body, things are going to get troublesome again...

Manga differences

-The manga has another story set between this episode and the previous one, which isn't in the anime -read about it here.

-The start of this episode is slightly different in the manga -Yusuke isn't getting anxious about Koenma being late, and Botan tells him it has been decided Yusuke will be returned to life -in the anime Yusuke already knows this.

-In the manga Yusuke and the others stay floating in the city as Koenma explains the process of returning Yusuke to life, in the anime they are in Yusuke's new home.

-There is a joke where Yusuke asks Koenma if he needs a sacrifice in the manga, which isn't in the anime.

-It's mentioned in the manga that Atsuko got the new home by extorting money from Yakuza in the manga, this isn't mentioned in the anime.

-Atsuko is also not at home in the manga -she's already out drinking, and Yusuke never attempts to communicate with her as he does in the anime.

-The scene with Kuwabara at the arcade is anime exclusive as well.

-Keiko's father isn't present in the manga for this part of the story, but he's briefly seen in the anime.

-Keiko is not seen trying to call the elevator in the manga, as she does in the anime.

-The scene in the manga where the two guys ask Yusuke for cash was in the manga, but used in an earlier story not adapted for the anime.

-In the manga, the reason Yusuke goes to the cafe he so he can have a smoke. In the anime, this was changed to him wanting some coffee.

-Sakamoto and one of his underlings are seen smoking in the manga, whilst in the anime, they don't smoke.

-Kuwabara and his friends are in casual clothes in the manga, in the anime, they're wearing their school uniforms.

-Sakamoto threatens to shove his cigarette into one of Eikichi's eyes in the manga. In the anime, this was changed to one of the other guys smashing a bottle and threatening to hit Eikichi with it.

-In the manga, Yusuke is not seen giving Eikichi back to Kuwabara. Eikichi just seems to disappear suddenly. The anime fixed this up by specifically showing Yusuke handing over the kitten.

-The manga also doesn't show the brief chases seen between Yusuke and Sakamoto.

-Koenma does not appear at the end in the manga, as he does in the anime.

-The manga also doesn't mention Jyaki's fate, whilst in the anime Botan says she'll deal with him.

Errors

-The lady who serves Yusuke coffee has a typo on her apron -"COFEE" instead of "COFFEE".