From the introduction:
Hello and welcome to the world of Shaman King! A world where the spirits of the deceased linger around the living and those few who can see them live amongst us. We are talking, of course, of Shamans! Those who bridge this world with the next one. But who said they just ‘talk’? A powerful shaman can do much more than talking. From allowing a spirit to possess them, allowing them to use the skill the spirit had in life, to channel it to a physical medium for truly wondrous and baffling acts that some may consider impossible!
And look at you! Not only you can be one of these so-called Shamans (a rather strong one, as I won’t settle for party tricks! No sir) but you also arrive ‘in time’ for the opportunity of a lifetime! Just a few weeks from now the great tournament held every five hundred years to crown the next Shaman King will take place! Shamans from all around the world will compete and fight to become the next Shaman King and make their dreams come true.