Yo-kai Watch Shadowside

{{short description|2018 anime show}}

{{more citations needed|date=March 2018}}

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| name = Yo-kai Watch Shadowside

| image = Yo-kai Watch Shadowside.jpg

| caption =

| ja_kanji = 妖怪ウォッチ シャドウサイド

| ja_romaji = Yōkai Wotchi Shadōsaido

| genre = Action, supernatural

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = tv series

| title =

| director = Fumiya Hōjō

| producer =

| writer = Yōichi Katō

| music = Kenichiro Saigo

| studio = OLM Team Inoue

| licensee =

| network = TXN (TV Tokyo, TV Osaka)

| network_en ={{English anime network

| SEA = Animax

}}

| first = April 13, 2018

| last = March 29, 2019

| episodes = 49

| episode_list =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

{{nihongo|Yo-kai Watch Shadowside|妖怪ウォッチ シャドウサイド|Yōkai Wotchi Shadōsaido|lead=yes}} is a supernatural anime series produced by OLM. It is a direct sequel to the 2017 film Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: Oni-ō no Fukkatsu as well as the original Yo-kai Watch anime series, originally based on the games created by Level-5. Yōichi Katō returned to officially direct and write the anime alongside new staff. It aired on all TXN Stations in Japan from April 13, 2018 {{cite web|url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/201802/15151888.html|title=テレビアニメ『妖怪ウォッチ』シリーズ最新作、『妖怪ウォッチ シャドウサイド』が4月13日より放映開始! 初回は1時間のスペシャル版に - ファミ通.com|website=ファミ通.com|date=15 February 2018 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-15/yo-kai-watch-tv-anime-enters-shadowside-arc-in-april/.127812|title=Yo-kai Watch TV Anime Enters Shadowside Arc in April|date=15 May 2024 }} to March 29, 2019. It was replaced by the 2019 Yo-kai Watch! series in its timeslot.

Just like the movie before it, the series takes a darker and more mature approach to the franchise, focusing on story-driven drama and conflict, unlike the original series' comedic and segmented approach.{{Cite news|url=http://www.siliconera.com/2018/02/15/yo-kai-watch-shadowside-anime-give-darker-tone-franchise/|title=Yo-Kai Watch Shadowside Anime To Give A Darker Tone To The Franchise - Siliconera|date=2018-02-15|work=Siliconera|access-date=2018-05-27|language=en-US}}

Plot

Taking place after the events of the fourth film, the series centers on Tate Adams, Summer Adams's younger brother who doesn't believe in supernatural phenomena. But as he notices his sister frequently comes back home late, he decides to stalk her, only to find out she is running a Yo-kai detective agency with her friends Bruno and Cole to investigate supernatural phenomena. With their secret revealed to him, Summer decides to let him tag along in her activities as they investigate Yo-kai phenomena and take on evil Yo-kai to maintain the city's peace.

Meanwhile, Shutendoji, the one who had planned the Onimaro invasion, as seen in the fourth film's epilogue, along with his Yo-kai bodyguard Voidera, search for the "princess" in their human disguises while observing the Yo-kai detective agency.

Production

Before the reveal of Shadowside, the original anime saw a decline back in 2017 due to staggeringly low sales of later games in the main series and falling ratings for the first anime.{{cite web|url=http://www.siliconera.com/2017/05/11/rise-fall-yo-kai-watch-boom-took-japan-storm/|title=The Rise And Fall Of The Yo-kai Watch Boom That Took Japan By Storm - Siliconera|date=11 May 2017}} The series was conceived after the production of the film, and was officially revealed in the March 2018 issue of Coro Coro Comic as the film serves as a prequel to the anime and the original anime series following the reported drop of interest to the IP.{{cite web|url=http://www.siliconera.com/2018/02/15/yo-kai-watch-shadowside-anime-give-darker-tone-franchise/|title=Yo-Kai Watch Shadowside Anime To Give A Darker Tone To The Franchise - Siliconera|date=15 February 2018}} The anime, like the film that preceded it, follows a much darker route in order to gain interest from older viewers. Alongside the returning characters, two new Yo-kai designs have been revealed.{{cite web|url=http://www.4gamer.net/games/340/G034015/20180215018/|title=舞台となるのは30年後の世界。TVアニメ「妖怪ウォッチ シャドウサイド」が4月13日にスタート。初回は1時間スペシャルで放送|first=Aetas|last=Inc.}} Alongside the new designs, the characters of the film have different voice actors as well.{{cite web|url=http://anime.eiga.com/news/105867/|title=映画のその後を描く新章に突入「妖怪ウォッチ シャドウサイド」4月13日放送スタート}} The official promo video was shown in Anime Japan 2018, which details the series's plot.{{cite web|url=http://gamebiz.jp/?p=205555|title=レベルファイブ、「AnimeJapan」に初出展決定!「イナズマイレブン アレスの天秤」「レイトン ミステリー探偵社」「妖怪ウォッチ シャドウサイド」が登場 - Social Game Info|website=Social Game Info}}

Cast

{{See also|List of Yo-kai Watch characters}}

Media

=Anime=

The anime officially premiered on all TXN stations in Japan, including TV Tokyo and TV Osaka on April 13, 2018, replacing the original Yo-kai Watch anime series in its timeslot, with the first and second episode premiering on the same day as a one-hour special.{{cite web|url=https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1518665147|title=『妖怪ウォッチ シャドウサイド』4月13日(金)よりスタート - アニメイトタイムズ}}{{cite web|url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/201804/13154701.html|title=『妖怪ウォッチ シャドウサイド』放送開始記念! ジバニャンとウィスパーが思い出を語らったアニメ『妖怪ウォッチ』ステージリポート【Anime Japan 2018】 - ファミ通.com|website=ファミ通.com|date=13 April 2018 }} The first opening theme is titled {{nihongo|"Toki o Matou"|時を待とう|Toki o matou|"Waiting for the Time"}} by Hard Birds while the first ending theme is titled {{nihongo|"Funky Boogie Buba"|ファンキー・ブギブバー|Fankī Bugi Bubā}} by King Cream Soda. The opening and ending themes were changed on October 5, 2018 to {{nihongo|"Susume Shounen! Hyui Hyu"|進め少年!ヒューイヒュー|Susume Shounen! Hyui Hyu|"Go Young Boy! Hyui Hyu"}} by Hard Birds and "Oyasumi Sanka" {{nihongo||お休み賛歌|"Holiday Hymn"}} by King Cream Soda.

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| Title = Phantom Gangleader

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| Title = The Bicycle Ridden by the Dead

| AltTitle = Shisha no noru jitensha

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|死者の乗る自転車}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|4|13}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 3

| Title = Redhead the Plunder Demon

| AltTitle = Ryakudatsuma reddoheddo

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|略奪魔 レッドヘッド}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|4|20}}

| ShortSummary =

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| EpisodeNumber = 4

| Title = A Wasteful Man

| AltTitle = Mottanai-otoko

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|もったいない男}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|4|27}}

| ShortSummary =

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| EpisodeNumber = 5

| Title = Mannequin in Love

| AltTitle = Koisuru Jindaimokei

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|恋する人体模型}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|5|4}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 6

| Title = Laughing Dogman

| AltTitle = Warau Dogguman

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|わらうドッグマン}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|5|11}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 7

| Title = Kaosake-onna

| AltTitle = Kaosake on'na

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|顔さけ女}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|5|18}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 8

| Title = Al's Rebellion

| AltTitle = Ō no hanran

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|オーの反乱}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|5|25}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 9

| Title = It's Called the Man-eating Tuna

| AltTitle = Hito-gui maguro to yobarete

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|人食いマグロと呼ばれて}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|6|1}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 10

| Title = The Dreadful Joker the Ripper

| AltTitle = Senritsu no kirisaki jōkā

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|戦慄の切裂きジョーカー}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|6|8}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 11

| Title = I am a Cat Yo-kai

| AltTitle = Ore-sama wa neko yōkaidearu

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|オレさまはネコ妖怪である}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|6|15}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 12

| Title = Touma Captured

| AltTitle = Toraware no Tōma

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|捕らわれのトウマ}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|6|22}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 13

| Title = The Mystery of Prayer Mountain

| AltTitle = Inori yama no kaiki

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|祈り山の怪奇}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|6|29}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 14

| Title = Fudou Myouou, Evil and Heavenly

| AltTitle = Fudōmyōō yokoshima to ten

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|不動明王邪と天}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|7|6}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 15

| Title = A Beautiful Girl you only see every One Hundred Thousand Years

| AltTitle = Jū man-nen ni hitori no bishōjo

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|十万年にひとりの美少女}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|7|13}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 16

| Title = Dangerous Sea Bathing

| AltTitle = Abunai Kaisuiyoku

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|危ない海水浴}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|7|20}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 17

| Title = The Cursed Fox and Table Turning

| AltTitle = Tatari Kitsune to Kokkuri-san

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|たたり狐とコックリさん}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|7|27}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 18

| Title = Face Thief

| AltTitle = Kao Dorobou

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|顔どろぼう}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|8|3}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 19

| Title = The Counterattack's Cicada Finale

| AltTitle = Gyakushū no Semi Fainaru

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|逆襲の蝉ファイナル}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|8|10}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 20

| Title = The Illusionary Screen 0

| AltTitle = Maboroshi no Zero-ban Sukurīn

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|幻の0番スクリーン}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|8|17}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 21

| Title = Resurrection! Kenbumajin Suzaku

| AltTitle = Fukkatsu! Kenbumajin Suzaku

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|復活!剣武魔神朱雀}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|8|24}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 22

| Title = Touma and the Piece of the Oni King

| AltTitle = Tōma to Oniō no Kakera

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|トウマと鬼王のかけら}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|8|31}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 23

| Title = Doctor C's Dark Medical Records

| AltTitle = Dokutā C no yami karute

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|ドクターCの闇カルテ}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|9|7}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 24

| Title = Dreaming Flower Poncho

| AltTitle = Yumemiru Hana Poncho

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|夢見るハナぽんちょ}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|9|14}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 25

| Title = Farewell Micchy

| AltTitle = Saraba Micchii

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|さらば、ミッチー}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|9|21}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 26

| Title = The Demonic Swallow-Whole Toilet

| AltTitle = Akuma no marunomi toire

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|悪魔の丸呑みトイレ}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|9|28}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 27

| Title = Wandering Komajiro

| AltTitle = Samayoeru Komajirou

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|さまよえるコマじろう}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|10|5}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 28

| Title = The Cursed AI Assistant

| AltTitle = Noroi no AI Ashisutanto

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|呪いのAIアシスタント}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|10|12}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 29

| Title = The Bloody Clover of Tragedy

| AltTitle = Higeki no buraddikurōbā

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|悲劇のブラッディクローバー}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|10|19}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 30

| Title = Ayame Disappears

| AltTitle = Ayame chiru

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|アヤメ散る}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|10|26}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 31

| Title = A Fierce Fight! Suzaku vs. Genbu

| AltTitle = Kettō! Suzaku VS Genbu

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|決闘!朱雀 VS 玄武}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|11|2}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 32

| Title = The Life-Eating Jorougumo

| AltTitle = Inochi o kurau jorōgumo

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|命を喰らう女郎蜘蛛}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|11|9}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 33

| Title = Hasty Satan Claus

| AltTitle = Awatenbō no Satan Kurōsu

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|慌てん坊のサタンクロース}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|11|16}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 34

| Title = The Yo-kai-only Yo-kai Detective Team

| AltTitle = Yōkai dake no Yōkai Tantei-dan

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|妖怪だけの妖怪探偵団}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|11|30}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 35

| Title = The Weeping Ballet Shoes

| AltTitle = Susurinaku Baree Shūzu

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|すすり泣くバレエシューズ}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|12|14}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 36

| Title = Shadowside Christmas

| AltTitle = Shadousaido Kurisumasu

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|シャドウサイドクリスマス}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|12|21}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 37

| Title = The Princess is in That Place

| AltTitle = Hime wa son'nani aru

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|姫はそこにいる}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|12|28}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 38

| Title = The Awaited Person Will Come

| AltTitle = Machibito, Kitaru

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|待ち人、来たる}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|1|11}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 39

| Title = The Horse Man of the Candy Shop

| AltTitle = Dagashi-ya no Uma-otoko

| RAltTitle =   ({{Nihongo2|駄菓子屋のウマ男}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|1|18}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 40

| Title = Looking back, Dark Knight

| AltTitle = Furikaereba Ankoku-kishi

| RAltTitle =   ({{Nihongo2|振り返れば暗黒騎士}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|1|25}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 41

| Title = The Alluring Bunny Trap

| AltTitle = Miwaku no Banī Torappu

| RAltTitle =   ({{Nihongo2|魅惑のバニートラップ}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|2|1}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 42

| Title = Bitter Valentine's Day

| AltTitle = Urami no Barentain

| RAltTitle =   ({{Nihongo2|怨みのバレンタイン}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|2|8}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 43

| Title = Douketsu, Parting with the Blaze

| AltTitle = Dōketsu, Honō no Ketsubestu

| RAltTitle =   ({{Nihongo2|洞潔、炎の決別}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|2|15}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 44

| Title = Enma and the Lost Castle

| AltTitle = Enma to Ushinawareta Shiro

| RAltTitle =   ({{Nihongo2|エンマと失われた城}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|2|22}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 45

| Title = Byakko's Trial! Touma vs. Haruya

| AltTitle = Byakko no Shiren! Touma vs. Haruya

| RAltTitle =   ({{Nihongo2|白虎の試練!トウマVSハルヤ}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|3|1}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 46

| Title = Kaira Fallen into Darkness

| AltTitle = Yami ni Ochita Kaira

| RAltTitle =   ({{Nihongo2|闇に堕ちたカイラ}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|3|8}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 47

| Title = Bonds Back to Back

| AltTitle = Senaka, Awase no Kizuna

| RAltTitle =   ({{Nihongo2|背中合わせの絆}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|3|15}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 48

| Title = Truth about Spirit

| AltTitle = Supiritto no Shinjitsu

| RAltTitle =   ({{Nihongo2|スピリットの真実}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|3|22}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 49

| Title = The Tale and the End of It

| AltTitle = Shinwa Sono Hate ni

| RAltTitle =   ({{Nihongo2|神話 その果てに}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|3|29}}

| ShortSummary = This is the final episode of Yo-kai Watch Shadowside.

}}

=Video game=

Yo-kai Watch 4 was developed and published by Level-5 and it has been released on the Nintendo Switch on 20th June 2019 in Japan.{{cite web|url=http://www.siliconera.com/2018/04/10/yo-kai-watch-4-announced-nintendo-switch/|title=Yo-kai Watch 4 Announced For Nintendo Switch, Releases on 20th July 2019 In Japan - Siliconera|date=10 April 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/04/10/yo-kai-watch-4-announced-for-nintendo-switch|title=Yo-Kai Watch 4 Announced for Nintendo Switch|first=Alex|last=Osborn|date=10 April 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/04/10-1/yo-kai-watch-4-confirmed-for-2018-release-on-switch|title="Yo-Kai Watch 4" Confirmed for 2018 Release on Switch}}

References

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