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#REDIRECT [[Shaman King#Funbari no Uta]]
'''''Funbari no Uta''''' (ふんばりの詩 The Song/poem of Funbari) is a series of short stories written by [[Hiroyuki Takei]] relating to his [[manga]] series ''[[Shaman King]]''.
Funbari no Uta is set seven years later (2007) after the Shaman Tournament, and revolves around [[Hana Asakura]], the son of Yoh and Anna. Hana and [[Ryunosuke Umemiya]] are searching for the members of Team Ren and Lyserg for the grand opening of Funbari no Onsen, which is run by Tamao in the story. The story ends with a montage of panels showing all the aforementioned characters preparing to travel to Funbari no Onsen, ending with a spread of Anna and Yoh.
===Character's life===
* It seems that Yoh and Anna travelled during 6 years.
* Ren lives on the top of a mountain, alone.
* [[Ryunosuke Umemiya]] is working for Funbari no Onsen.
* [[Horohoro]] can be seen in a field of "Fuki", which may be his own.
* Chocolove stayed in jail; he has apparently been recognized as a murderer, and so he stay here for 16 years (6 from S.F.I.T and it is said he still has ten years on his sentence when Ryu and Hana come to see him)
* Lyserg returned to England; little else is given about his circumstances.
===Character Changes===
* In 2007, Yoh and Anna are both twenty-one years old. Yoh's hair has grown longer so his appearance closely resembles that of Hao; readers have remarked that Yoh is actually a hybrid of himself and Hao as a result and an interview with Takei confirms this notion. Anna's hair has also grown longer and she seems to have matured both physically and mentally.
* Ryu's hairdo is still the same from his ''Shaman King'' days but it looks longer. Ryu has matured, and sports considerably more facial hair in the story.
* Tamao's hairdo is longer than she had when it was the S.F.I.T. She looks like Anna when she was 15 years old and has apparently inherited aspects of Anna's personality as well; Hana remarks more than once that his "mother" (refering to Tamao, who is Hana's legal guardian while Yoh and Anna are travelling) is quite scary.
===Trivia===
*Hana's name is formed from "Ha", another pronunciation of the kanji for Yoh's name, and "Na" from Anna's name. Hana also means flower.
*In ''Funbari no Uta'', Hana's main spirit is never seen.
*Given that Yoh and Anna are 21 years old and Hana is 6, he would have to have been born when they were 15. This is further supported by a scene in volume 9 of the manga, where it is implied that Yoh and Anna sleep together before he leaves for the tournament.
[[Category:Short stories]]
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