Revisiting Yu Yu Hakusho: The Spirit Detective Arc

[@soloooaj]

My older brother told me he was going to start watching this back when I was in the 3rd grade. I thought it was going to be some live comedy show because of the name and I decided to watch it with him. I ended up watching this anime with him everyday and night. Fast forward years later, I am now 20 years young and I’ve rewatched this anime 4 times. It is easily my favorite anime of all time and each time I rewatch it, there’s always another aspect of the anime that I can either relate to, understand better, or apply to real life. Truly a timeless masterpiece.

[@keylimecookies]

Summer of 6th grade I found this show on KZbin after a DBZ abridged binge, 24 now, so we were watching around the same time at different ages and I too have rewatched this show twice by myself and introduced it to my older brother, holds such a special place in my heart

[@debrachambers1304]

@@keylimecookies What quality was it on KZbin? I've seen that the series in on KZbin but in 360p.

[@bauer0788]

It just hit me - it would have been cool to have a small scene where Yusuke meets the little boy he saves from a car some time later in the series. Maybe at the end when they're both older. Like maybe Yusuke could have been wrestling with the good / evil dynamic (like during Chapter Black Saga) he comes across the little boy and he reassures Yusuke. Would have been a cool full circle thing.

[@Alex-2-5-1]

Tugoro said you are not escaping this fade

[@Chaosic]

Good analysis dude,since I have only seen the anime dubbed and read some of the manga but I like the anime more.

[@SuperSizeMe]

Yu Yu Hakusho is peak 90s anime. It perfected the tournament arc and didnt over stay its welcome. World building and character development, as well as the budding romance between Yusuke and Keiko throughout the whole series, make this an anime of a different caliber. Truly, a classic anime

[@cassandramaccarthy3337]

Worth pointing out that Yusuke's victories in the first few arcs being entirely luck is, if nothing else, a theme. It's only when he starts actually taking things seriously that he's able to win without random asspull luck like moss in his ears

[@brianrosado2333]

When they sacrifice part of their life is life energy not time itself, they can recover that energy later on… but if they use to much or all of it they die.

[@whizkid5382]

Genkai was aware of Rando and clearly stated that she didn't care. She was looking for a successor and would train whoever won

[@miteihiro3283]

I actually liked the Saint Beast arc. Yeah, in a way, Kurama's "always got something up his sleeve" could be seen as ass-pulls, but you also have to remember what kind of fighter Kurama is. He's never going to walk around using the same arsenal day after day. He's an intelligent fighter who clearly has a powerful penchant for plants, and plants are WIDELY diverse, so it makes sense that he always has something new. And I think Yusuke's fight with Suzaku was one of the best from a character development perspective. Yusuke has fought for the sake of his friends before, but in that moment when he tried to sacrifice himself, he realized that he had to win. He realized what episode one tried to tell him, he has those that do rely on him and care about him, and that he must protect them with all he's got. Until Genkai's death, that moment was the best development Yusuke got.

[@OctalysisPrimeYT]

Yea I agreed. I think that’s Kurama’s role - to be mysterious and we keep discovering what he could do or more about him. This began when he was supposed to be one of the three villains yet the whole arc ended (and the next one too) before we knew what he could do. The other characters were about using their kit to win, or just about being badass and cool, but it wouldn’t work for Kurama if he just had one thing and just used it over and over again because the audience is meant to constantly discover his capabilities.

[@braydenb1581]

Am i the only one who isnt really impresses by Nin? Its cool but just feels like jojo stands being categorized into a magic the gathering like color system. It doesnt seem that much better than other systems. At least not to get all the hype it gets

[@Thenewbagman]

Skin head ninja guy?...really?

[@TyGamer0426]

Yu Yu Hakusho was my gateway but sadly DBZ was on air way more (notthat I hated DBZ at all I was just sad when YYH left before the final round of the dark tournament)

[@HH-sn5qp]

Doesn’t Goku learn the kamehameha almost instantly too?

[@SantaFeSuperChief1]

I completely forgot that Yusuke is FOURTEEN. That's insane and kinda screwed up that the story would describe a 14 year old kid as "worthless" or whatever. Fourteen is nothing. Even eighteen is still way too young to make judgements like that, if you ask me.

[@The_Ciple]

Well I think that was mostly Yusuke’s self perception before his ordeal.

[@OurKindofEntertainment]

The first episodes that I ever watched of this series was on Toonami late one night. It was 3 episodes; the 2-parter where Kuwabara fought the tiger and then Hiei fighting the Ice Dragon. This was when I was in 6th grade. I never watched this series as a whole until 2020! Loved it!! Honestly, the one fight I didn't understand was Kuwabara's... I did like the unique ways he used his powers, but it felt so weird. Seriously, the group knows they were on a timer before those demon bugs took over the city. However, the fight Kuwabara had was SOOOOOOOOO long and the worst part was that he didn't even win! The tiger still survived falling into lava and was killed by the next opponent.

[@1stRedCommander]

one of the reasons why i liked yuyu was because they said "bad words"

[@jason15212]

YYH characters are better than the characters in HXH. At least as far as the main 4 characters.

[@Cooljooe]

He’s not a skinhead, that sign has existed long before nazis and it has meaning in buddhism

[@debrachambers1304]

I wouldn't have saved that kid.

[@TroyAshley]

This anime is goated

[@Zak-bv4qm]

Yo, let's get you to 1000 subs.

[@soloooaj]

Really great video bro please get consistent, I’ll be waiting for that dark tournament video.

[@videotimebaby90]

solid video! keep em up you got me subbed

[@quirbybuenafe3440]

the goddamn tournament arc, me watching together with our maid that i convinced to watch it first with me, and then in the end she also got addicted.

[@Cooljooe]

But certainly a great analysis beyond that

[@alexism9656]

One of the only reasons I want a Yu Yu Hakusho remake is so they can add those mini stories from the beginning

[@RollingWithNat20]

a unique perspective. first episode of yu yu i saw as a kid was the second half of kuwabara vs byako. With the set up i didnt exactly NEED to know the characters or the stakes, it was interesting and self contained enough for me to follow. Our 4 heros have gone into this castle to fight 4 demons, and im starting at fight #2. I think the benifit of the saints beast saga is that its simple and self contained enough to be open to new comers while still being enough of a larger piece to the story to get more from seeing what happened before hand.

[@PathBeyondTheDark]

The subtle thing about Yusuke that makes him an exceptional Shonen protagonist, especially compared to the usual suspects, is that he begins as someone who should be unlikable, becomes more and more likable as the series goes on yet never fully transforms into the always optimistic, universally beloved figure instead keeping a lot of his edge and ending the series actually quite flawed. While he does learn to open himself up to people and use his gifts for good, he still becomes even more obsessed with fighting then when he was a punk and it starts to define him all the way till the end. But while fighting may be who he is fundamentally that doesn't mean he can't make the choices that best tie him to his humanity; his relationships (unfortunately the "demon" versus "human" allegory becomes on the nose by the end but that's for another time). Even in the end he is struggling to find a balance between the two. But that's what growing up is: reconciling with who you are and who you want to be, balancing a career and your interpersonal relationships, or however you prefer to compare the fantastical metaphor for being an adult. More then any other Shonen it nails that metaphor, at least for me.

[@KaweerMonger]

“brother?” 🤢 thats cannonic 6:36 his boyfriend

[@freshoffthehook904]

Is it unusual for a story to start with a dead main character? Im pretty sure “hit by a truck” is the start of every Isekai now days…

[@The_Ciple]

True, but usually that transports them into a new world where they have more freedom than their previous life. Yusuke is mostly still a ghost and has less agency here like "its a wonderful life".