(L) Yu Yu Hakusho

[Red Herring]

Yu Yu Hakusho is pretty much my favorite anime, and yeah, it is the best shounen fighter series by far.

I really enjoy Bleach, and am a big fan, but it aint in the same league. Hell, Bleach even blatantly copies YuYu(Bounto arc) in some instances.

[solomon]

Oh yea, This was a fun one. I primarily remember this one on adult swim and later toonami in english. I liked how they used the character archetypes and the overall pacing of the show helped keep it enjoyable. It kinda miffed me that it fell into the whole tournament cliche around the middle but this was a 90s jump title so what are ya gonna do. Too bad the casual fanbase dried up on CN, if licenced earlirer it could have been a great companion show to DBZ, like it was in japan at the time. The dub did a good job in really selling it to the casual audience too (it was overall ok, but the leads were GREAT!) Also nice touch on redubbing the songs (even though i like the originals better)

[NoSanninWa]

Spoiler for Final episode:

Originally Posted by Blackstream

I'll just put this whole thing in spoiler although I'm not sure it matters anymore.
I guess I'm the only one who was hoping that Yusuke would have some kind of revelation that living for fighting was a bad idea and he'd go back to competely having a normal life with Keiko.

That's what I thought was gunna happen when in the middle of the fight with Yomi he suddenly has no idea why he's fighting.

I mean, he made that poor girl wait 3 years for him, and you know he's just gunna run off and train again and participate in the next tournament, and the ones after that.

Ditto. I also felt that way. However I have to admit that doesn't suit Yusuke's character very well. After reading wingdarkness' succinct summary of Yusuke I realized that just wouldn't have suited him. He grows up in different ways.

Also I was slightly bothered by him being chummy with the human eating Yoki. He even offered to feed his dad some humans at one point for crying out loud. I'm not sure how the human realm and demon realm can ever get along as long as there are still those guys around. I kinda had the feeling that the writers more or less just brushed that subject under the rug.

Considering that the demons weren't allowed to make trouble for the humans, I would think that would including eating them, which would mean a lot of starving demons, unless they all get an alternate source of food. But if that existed, then I don't think Yusuke's demon dad would have died.

Maybe I'm just thinking about it too much.

I think that what you need to understand about Yusuke is that his ethics are highly situational. As wingdarkness pointed out, his mother is a drunkard who had him at 15 and he's never even met his father. People who grow up in such a situation are usually more interested in getting by than ethics. And they tend to overlook serious flaws in others if they feel a connection to that person. Yeah, even human-eating flaws can be overlooked if it is someone important to you. Yuusuke is no angel, he's just trying to do his best in a world that feels unfair. It speaks well by him that he tried to do as much good as he did.

As for how human-eating Yokai can suvive under these rules... that is a good question indeed.

[Dains11]

Your guys discussion has made me want to rewatch this great series! I remember watching it through a couple years ago, and man, the fights were great and I definitely laughed at all of Kuwabara's freaking dumb comments. This is definitely a good one =)

[Petco]

No posts in over half a year, necrobump. Anyway, I finally ended watched all 112 episodes.

Spoiler:

One thing that I am really disappointed in is probably Yukina x Kuwabara, if one thing that should have been resolved before the series ended is if their relationship was more "mutual".

The thing I really hated is how Yukina never knew about Kuwabara's romantic love for her.

Heck, even in the second movie, where Kuwabara holds Yukina's hand, blushes, and practically tells her that he loves her, Yukina still doesn't even know Kuwabara loves her.

Personally, I liked that relationship, not only that but I would have wanted to see how Yukina reacted to finding out that Kuwabara loves her in a romantic way.

I know the series isn't about "romance", that's not the point anyway. And I know that Yukina's ignorance towards Kuwabara's love was sort of suppose to be some sort of "comic relief", and I don't mind that...

...but seriously, they could have at least made Yukina figure that Kuwabara loves her and at least shown her reaction and how she feels about it before the series ended.

I did read that apparently Yukina ends up living with Kuwabara and his parents in the final chapter of the Manga, is that true?

Anyway, just a rant about the series. My only real rant about the series actually.

[LesAmiesNoir]

Spoiler for for manga end:

How great that someone discus in the forum. I'm a YYH fan since some years back and I have a tendecy of fall back in the fandome when I want to write. Well as you're talking, yes she did end up living with them at the end of the manga.
If I also got it right the last scene in the manga is Yusuke and Kurama having a dialogue about something that Reikai had done. I'm not filled in on the details enough but I'm open for discussion.

[Kaioshin Sama]

Finally finished it today:

Spoiler:

For a moment at the end I thought Yusuke actually wasn't going to show up given how everything was so anti-climactic and such an upset for the heroes during the tournament, but thankfully he did, and they ended it on such a good note with all the characters together (minus Hiei, but he was their in spirit I feel given him being shown in the ending during the whole sequence) and Hohoemi No Bakudan playing. In the end the tournament was nothing short of a journey of self discovery and Yusuke discovering what he was looking for had been in front of his face the whole time. He really is an idiot on many levels. I didn't really like how every character had to lose, and that everything suddenly got sidetracked with Raizen's old pals suddenly coming out of nowhere and us supposed to be accepting of the fact that they are so much more powerful than everyone else with such little development. I've seen tournaments where the heroes lose, but for all but a few of the characters (mainly Yusuke and Hiei) it just felt like an empty lose with nothing gained. For that I'm glad they focused so much on Hiei and Yusuke's battle. I wish they had done more, as seeing every single character lose to what truly amounted to a bunch of nobodies was just a waste of time. Also I hated Yomi's son Shura. That was a bit of a pointless plot element as he had almost no impact on the plot, it was all Yusuke who opened Yomi's eyes (pun sort of intended). Overall, I felt a lot of the final arc was a bust and that it could have probably been compacted down, or that the series could even have ended after the Sensui arc. The real meat of this arc was in Hiei's story, giving him some great character development right before the end. Other than that, Kurama and Yusuke had pretty much been dealt with already. What's done was done though, and despite the slow drudge to the satisfying ending, I think this is probably my favourite Shonen Action series of all time. I'm going to miss the characters, but they needed their closure, and unlike many other shonen series out their, they got it and then some

[LesAmiesNoir]

Spoiler for For the ending:

Ah yes I remember when I watched the final arc for the first time. I actually hoped that Makai would break out in a war and everyone would be forced to fight each other on different sides in a real chaotic civilwar. That would been nice in my opinion. Seeing Yusuke, Kurama and Hiei on different sides being forced to best their abilieties against their friends, maybe even some backstabing.
I was disapointed at the ending, not enough disapointed to say that it was bad, but that they wasted a lot of potential. And yes I feel sorry for Keiko having to wait so long for him.......I'm open for discussion of how the ending would have been better if anyone is up for it.

[DEvok]

id like to ask, why do a number of anime cantonese series redo the anime series when they have been done? i remember one episode of ranma they redid it with different voice actors, same as YUYUHAKUSO, there are two versions of differwnt voice actors, on tv i watched one that when up half way, then today i downloaded the series and the voices of the series are completel;y differnt.

[Supah Em]

because they bring in the ratings, despite their age.

[DEvok]

Originally Posted by Supah Em

because they bring in the ratings, despite their age.

so would there be like different versions of the anime., so lke for Yu Yu Hakusho
the orginal version of the voices is it possbible to get so im saying i want to get the 1st verion of the anime, the 2nd verions with the voices sux.

[Supah Em]

different versions? different dubbings, you mean? there are many of them.

pm'ed u.

[DEvok]

Originally Posted by Supah Em

different versions? different dubbings, you mean? there are many of them.

pm'ed u.

isnt that site for japanese versions? i dont think it has any cantonese versions there.

[King Lycan]

is there any difference between the Manga and Anime cause i want to read the manga

[Kyrie]

I just finished re-watching it and forgot how awesome it was <3

I don't know how much the manga and anime are different because I haven't read much of the manga. But from what I've seen from summaries and what not the anime seems to follow it really well.

I've only read up to the part with Yukina and the only difference I see in the anime is they put in a couple more scenes of Hiei, but that's nothing bad :3

[King Lycan]

more scenes of Hiei woot my favorite character if yu yu hakusho

[incube]

It was an ok shounen / tournament anime... the plot was a good one and the characters too but i think they made too many episodes of it >.< 3 similar tournaments is too much to watch no matter how you change the enemies.... and worst of all, the only thing that changes on Yusuke's side is the amount of reiki/yoki he has... not a single new technique or whatsoever.

I didnt like how they managed the romance (yusuke/keiko) either... how many minutes of "romance" was there in the whole series of 112 episodes? all i remember from Keiko is she saying "...yusuke...".

[kk2extreme]

the transitions from arc to arc seems very forced and awkward, but it is a fun ride during the arc.

yukina, quite girl protoytpe in shounen.

[King Lycan]

I loved the fight scenes especially hiei's

[MikoKikyo]

Originally Posted by King Lycan

more scenes of Hiei woot my favorite character if yu yu hakusho

Yes. Hiei was my first anime crush

I think one of the best anime episodes ever was his fight with Kaguro (kaguro? something like that?), episode 109: Love and War,at the end of the three kings saga, on one of the last tournaments. Great character dynamics and devolopment. i watched that episode in Japanese as well as in English and it's just SO good. It becomes clear that Hiei and the woman like each other but everything is so subtle that the romance doesn't get sappy. Also, when she points out that he was looking for himself all along... And how he falls on her arms at the end of the fight! And they communicate through their moves... Genius.