The Yu Yu Hakusho Netflix Live Action Was Awful

The Yu Yu Hakusho live action series on Netflix was awful, but also good? Huh?
#yuyuhakusho #netflix #liveactiononepiece

[@jmctrd]

I swear, anyone that makes live action anime films have to have been a Yugioh player at some point. Nobody reads the source material

[@bigred212]

FACTS

[@TheProject_Clu]

Does this mean that Nino ISN'T the best girl then?

[@jellybean0000]

yeah but who’s best girl

[@MoistHorny69]

Bro finally conceded

[@jmctrd]

@@MoistHorny69 It’s in another comment, go find it

[@dayeenahmed8793]

I think this adaptation was pretty good for the most part. I feel like these five episodes should have just been spirit detective saga and the next season would be dark tournament but overall it was pretty solid. Hopefully chapter black is even better if they renew for a season 2.

[@ScopesTheLastAirbender]

Dude it did pull together pretty well. The only problem I had was a couple storyline changes and the dub.

[@dayeenahmed8793]

@@ScopesTheLastAirbender yeah I can understand where you're coming from.

[@masonswider5767]

I agree. It watches better as a movie than a show.

[@Repsahj]

I agree, I forgave them for changing a bit because overall the show was great.

[@giiotm8272]

Wait so you guys were cool with them basically turning what was supposed to be a big epic tournament full of demons into an empty amazon warehouse fight? 😂😂😂 Am I the only one who feels like they fumbled the best tournament arc in anime?

[@livenspirals6580]

They had to do what they could without relying on a season 2, which is never guaranteed. Everyone wanted Toguro vs Yusuke. But there's no way they could do everything and get to the Dark Tournament in one season. I appreciate the work they did to condense the story.

[@PathBeyondTheDark]

*Gasp* Someone with reasonable expectations. I do agree in a perfect world they should not have adapted as far as they went, that it did feel rushed (especially episode 3), and speaking of episode 3... *damn* did they disrespect Genkai. But overall, it was entertaining, incorporated a fair amount of the emotional beats, it looked great for the most part, and the characters were done justice even if a couple were half-baked (aside from Genkai).

[@ArtSnob101]

If they can't do it right then don't do it at all. The reason why dark tournament works so well is because the earlier seasons laid so much ground work and established some great characters and gave them great arcs.

[@PathBeyondTheDark]

@@ArtSnob101 Or just don't watch it. YYH is my favorite anime, and if Netflix literally made Yusuke female I would still be like "welp, not touching that" and moved on (just an extreme example that wouldn't even faze me). I thought it was fine, not ideal but better then anyone should have expected.

[@GamersVersus]

​@@ArtSnob101FR tho, if only there's a tournament it would be perfect

[@rayg4988]

Just let it die with these stupid fans

[@Derekrife1]

I think there was a lack of faith they'd be picked up for a second season so they rushed to the dark Tournament material. A lot of the cuts make sense. The original anime made cuts and additions that made a lot of sense. You don't need the revival or Genkai Tournament. You could also just skip Saint Beast as well. But they shouldn't have done the dark Tournament stuff. Just end it on Rescue Yukina and that'd be fine.

[@SoulSilverCast]

That was my thought as well, there's a whole arc the anime left out. : /

[@TheJmill31]

Totally agree with the sentiment that they lacked faith it would be picked up for the second season. Also agree with cutting the Genkai tournament if you had to but I think not having the Saint Beasts Arc was a mistake. That arc is Important in regards to some character development for Kuwabara, the dynamic between the four of them as it’s their first mission together and builds upon Yusukes relationship with Keiko. Granted I love the Saint Beasts Arc so I might be a bit bias lol

[@leonelalva8713]

The fight scenes were dope, the characters and cast was amazing, but yeah a bit rushed but then again the budget

[@boboboy8189]

The budget is not an excuse for mixing different arc in 5 episode tv shows. Just make 1 arc per season, its will be much better plot wise

[@alanguages]

68 half hour episodes condensed to 5 one hour episodes. That is not rushed, that is light speed.

[@Grionlam]

@@boboboy8189 pay the budget yourself and sell your organs if it's not enough lol. So many people whiny about how it should execute. This is not anime where you can just rushed production like Mappa and still make it. It's very time consuming and budgets consuming, a lot of props, blocking, actor and actress scheduling, hundreds of underpaid teams working in this kind of series. Usually in anime they only need more or less 20 to 30 people to create even shows that have hundred episodes, but making live action never been easy or worth that much to cover even something that only have trilogy season type of anime that consist 36 episodes or less

[@boboboy8189]

@@Grionlam why would i paid the budget for myself when i'm the customer? Your mentality is why hollywood is now crumbling because of rushing production and bad writing

[@Grionlam]

@@boboboy8189 your mentality is the reason why things going bad. You demanding something but not balancing with what a production capable to serve. I got it it's not like entertainment nowdays is glamorous as back then since the production can't catch up with a lot of people ideas of what a good show suppose to be. A lot of the ideas is simply repetitive from time to times some people like it some people don't. This is why not every shows is for everybody liking, you may not like the live action and you blame the quality because it's not fit the Anime or manga or whatever the original source , but a lot of people also like it so I think it's still deserve the appreciation for the production. If you really don't like it then you and the other customer should open your own production and create it like the way y'all preferences cause it doesn't make it better anyway

[@KytheYT]

The first two episodes were legitimately sick, then halfway through the third it started just this huge down spiral that even good actors couldn't save. Yusuke and Kuwabara did excellently, though Hiei and Kurama really needed some work in the outfitting department because they often times looked insanely goofy, despite Yusuke and Kuwabara's outfits being done perfectly. The idea of splitting up the fight with Hiei into two halves is fine, and putting the Genkai training in between that is also not a bad idea because it turns Hiei into more of a threat. If they would've just upped it to six episodes, you could've had the Genkai Tournament, the training arc, and then the get back on Hiei happen in the span of an episode and a half, then fused the Saint Beasts into the rescue operation and end it off with the encounter that Yusuke and Kuwabara have with Toguro in the actual show. You set up for the Dark Tournament and don't ruin the potential for a future season, of which I don't see them having the ability to get into, since Chapter Black is such a dependent story on the struggles they've all gone through, of which have mostly been skipped. That said, it did so much wrong so fast that I am still having trouble recovering. Not tying in Hiei's eye to the Dragon of the Darkness Flame at all was baffling, then there's the Spirit Wave Orb, which I compare to Kami teaching Goku the Super Saiyan as a technique before his fight with Piccolo at the Worlds Martial Arts Tournament. It's such an important, and insanely pivotal, point of the story that really changes Yusuke from the Delinquent into the Hero, and is one of the strongest scene's in anime due to the undertones of him accepting himself with Puu, and it's just given away with what's essentially zero effort on behalf of Yusuke. There's also the Spirit Gun that he couldn't use immediately, which again is antithesis to the character they're portraying as him originally being able to use it no problem shows that he's a prodigy that needs so much work, both in the need to train and his need to tone down his ego and arrogance and think ahead, and overall just shows the misunderstanding of why the characters like each other and an unwillingness to build that comradery, that ultimately killed the shows potential.

[@EliteHenz]

Don't think you meant "Super Saiyan" technique

[@KytheYT]

@@EliteHenz Exactly what I meant. It's like compressing the whole transformation down to some random technique Goku can use, at a point way earlier than when he's supposed to use or learn it, with no build up or real showing of what it means.

[@loombandz6722]

Yes yes!!! I thought i would see rose in that titanic ship 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Extraspectacular92]

Basically how I felt. If given the time and proper budget, this could've been waaayyyy better. For what it is, I did like it.

[@wholovescatsilovecats5828]

Its better than cowboy bebop live action cuz at least the live action yu yu hakusho is something i can recognized them being way more faithful to anime then the cowboy bebop was

[@Zinogre_]

My friends and I enjoyed the Yu Yu live action a lot. We came under the parody consensus that Ogre was writing the live action and Koenma in all of his glory made himself look cooler and more involved to spice things up within the live action LOOOL.

[@jadino4233]

Wait this is the best way to think about it

[@TravissMcCoy]

That's genius! 😂

[@kenm2709]

I shouldn't have to tell myself that though, it's just bad,

[@six8thegreat50]

You're spot on. I loved seeing it but there was no payoff in any of the character building. I didn't believe Yusuke and Kuwabara's friendship, I didn't believe Yusuke and Keiko's relationship, hell, I didn't even believe that Toguro and Genkai had a past. In the show that's what made us care about something bad happening to someone. But I understand they tried to do a lot with a little. Overall, i enjoyed it.

[@YakultLitro]

yep, keiko and yusuke should already have a somewhat deeper relationship.. heck, keiko's parents in anime were so welcoming to yusuke and acts like he's keikos boyfriend already.

[@adrian_veidt]

Let's see, they butchered: -Yusuke's trials to earn his second chance. The live action handing it on a silver platter to yusuke completely misses the point of that trial -Yusuke's resurrection which is actually emotional in the anime - Yusuke not being able to use a spirit gun right away - Yusuke fighting a mini tournament to chase down rando. Thus earning his chance to train with genkai. - His training with genkai was also ruined - Completely skipping the four beasts arc which showed Yusuke's growth as spirit detective - Completely butchering the dark tournament, which btw is the best tournament on any fuccing shounen. - Yusuke's actor being wooden and trying to be edgy and stoic. Yusuke can be a goofball and funny most of the time. That's the part of his charm - Yusuke's final trial with genkai, butchered again. Like come on, yusuke overcoming that trial was him fully growing a spine and showing maturity -Since they fucced up the dark tournament arc, they couldn't show Toguro making Yusuke sh*t his pants. This was a very important scene cause it forces yusuke to grow up and train hard cause lives are at stake here. Plus this was the first time in his life he felt genuine fear and awe at someone's power. -They fucced up Hiei's background story. He lost his Harui stone which is another reason why he sought out Shigure for the jagan eye -Genkai demonstrating her mastery over the spirit waves is such a treat in the anime. The moment she showed her own spirit gun to yusuke was epic asf. Too bad, netflix butchered it too -They fucced up Toguro's final battle with genkai and yusuke's reaction over it. -Completely fuccing up that iconic scene where yusuke uses his new spirit gun as dedication to genkai Seriously, fucc this adaptation. Whoever is behind this abomination should get slapped for the lack of respect to the source material.

[@georgewashington2813]

Kuwabara's growth throughout the anime and manga is also such an important motivation for Yusuke. He is also hyper sensitive to spirit sensitivity which adds a ton of depth to the character. When he forst gets his spirit sword it's really a big moment for the character and they did an ok job of adapting that but it still lacked a lot of the personality that the source material has. Eradicating the makai insects could have been it's own 5 episode ordeal

[@boboboy8189]

We got this kind of bad adaptation because of mentality of they never promise a second season. Of course there's no second season if fans hate it...... Just adapt one arc, why so hard to do that? They can do 5 episode with spirit detective saga. No need to mixing future arc and make it more mess. Its same director as rurouni Kenshin but Kenshin works because they only focused on first arc.

[@BubblesChika]

They gave Yusuke a "heart of gold." Granted, Yusuke isn't a total bastard, but he's not someone who goes around stopping bullies. Him saving the little boy was supposed to be a surprising moment despite his flaws. Genkai's character as a whole was terribly depicted. I could tell immediately from her weak posture that she was utterly out of character. She wouldn't hold her hands limply like a ghost, she would fold them behind her back and stand tall and imposing despite her height

[@Dragons4Dummies]

-They ruined Yusuke's battle with Hiei -They dropped the shotgun technique entirely. -They made Koenma waaaay too old looking, but in their defense I doubt they could have cast an actual toddler -Yusuke 2-shots Toguro at 100% -Toguro has 0 reason to insta-kill his brother -Hiei is supposed to get a face-down with the guy who had kidnapped his sister

[@datboilol3849]

Agreed with all of this and more. But seeing in these comments that a lot of people like this trash shows these clowns don’t even need to try to write a good live action. One and done season just for some quick engagement.

[@Dakrem]

The biggest problem I noticed with the Netflix version, is it tried to reinvent moments from the original series, but a lot of the moments weren't earned. Yusuke beating Tugoro, Genkai passing on the Spirit Wave to Yusuke, Tugoro killing Genkai, none of the characters' motives had enough time to be setup properly in the narrative, so it felt a little hollow. Like yeah, the moments were there, but it felt like they just didn't have as much overall narrative significance as they should have. The fights were good, the CG was sometimes messy but passable, and the acting and most of the casting was really solid, but the story was just too condensed and rushed. This should have been 2 or 3 seasons worth of story, not a single 5 episode season.

[@boicer11]

Legit, it's like they had a checklist of emotional cool scenes that people love to shoot and just made the series around that. But nothing is earned or emotional like it is in the anime. Like there was basically zero character development and definitely zero team building and the whole power structure is just like wtf etc. Like the actors were fine and most costumes were fine and sure the fight scenes they shot were cool. But like if you're going to do a live action could you do it right? Like if they had to change stuff fine but they still could've done something for Yusuke to earn being Genkai's apprentice and then after finishing the stolen items arc they could've done some sort of team building thing to represent maze castle and then end on Yukina arc with post credits of Toguro being alive and setting up for some version of the dark tournament. But this was just a rushed mess that looked okay. I'd rather it be better thought out and set up but look kinda bad personally. Than hey that looked good but i feel nothing and am confused

[@boicer11]

Also i think with 8 or 9 eps for a 1st season they could've done better as well. Like 5 eps is nothing for something like this. Like 5eps would've been okay if they just said hey watch anime up to this point and the live action takes place here in the story or something like that

[@Dakrem]

@@boicer11 Definitely agree, I was fine with them changing some stuff here or there, like them making Kuwabara be partly motivated by not being able to protect his buddies was okay, but the delivery on that and some of the other changes just wasn't really there.

[@boicer11]

@Dakrem exactly. Like i need more than just it looking cool. Especially if you're starting at the beginning. Like Yu Yu Hakusho is a slow build to develop the characters and their motivations etc. And yeah anime/manga isn't perfect, but at least the emotional component was actually there

[@umbrellaunderdog]

It was fan service nothing more..

[@kyo3547]

the thing that disappointed me the most is in the manga after he learns about Genkai's death and fires off the shot into the sky to show her just how much progress and power he's gained thanks to her just becomes this scene with way less impact since this is between him learning to control his KI and receiving the Spirit Wave Orb. Like that scene should've been way more emotional between master and student. But again like you mentioned its good but its not at the same time

[@leonelalva8713]

Honestly the best part was the drop kick in episode 1😂😂😂

[@nickweischedel3601]

Who was getting drop kicked??

[@SuperNeos2]

@@nickweischedel3601Yusuke dropkicked Kuwabara in episode 1 and it was hilarious 😂

[@nickweischedel3601]

@@SuperNeos2 I may get Netflix just to see that scene. I remember the first chapter of the manga where he beat the snot out of him and I couldn't stop laughing

[@Salman.khan786]

YOOOOO that shit was hilarious 😂 Idk why that caught me so off guard

[@javenartis1280]

It honestly wasn’t even bad with the budget they had

[@leonelalva8713]

Agreed

[@blazingnomad]

The issue is, they included events that made no sense, and would've been better off being completely left out. It was rushed and it was confusing for both older fans and new viewers alike.

[@AlexHiddleson-ip7cj]

@@blazingnomad I consider it a 5 out of 10 at VERY best

[@JustinMedina-ro8du]

​@blazingnomad it's live action . You're stupid for thinking it'd be that close

[@calvinwilson3617]

"It wasnt that bad" is a pretty low bar. They blew through the entire source material because they thought they might not get a season 2? Imagine if OP live action had tried to cover the entire pre-timeskip. No way it would have worked. They set themselves up for failure with the script, budget was irrelevant

[@Gonellfamily]

It did it justice for 5 episodes. I definitely enjoyed it as a huge fan

[@MrBayarea001]

Although they rushed a lot of the storytelling. I have to say I was really Surprised with How good It came out. I Really hope we get a Season 2.... Cause I definitely wanna see Shinobu Sensui

[@PathBeyondTheDark]

Full Dark Tournament with Sensui as villain. It could work, IT HAS TO WORK.

[@MrBayarea001]

@@PathBeyondTheDark That's not a bad Idea. And they can have all the Demons who were not involved in the First Season, and they can also use The Human Fighters too from Genkai's Tournament to Sensei's Psychics.

[@umbrellaunderdog]

I don't see how they're going to redeem themselves unless they do flashbacks in season 2 to help flesh out the characters and story they rushed through. Otherwise, this series doesn't have legs to stand on and will fail..

[@JaganshiLork]

I honestly think this is worse when you haven’t seen the anime. It felt like they were relying on you to already be familiar with the context of things from the original but it doesn’t work cause we barely got time to bond with these versions of the characters.

[@Jeyblox]

i havent seen the anime and i enjoyed it a lot. The action and cinematography especially. I was shocked when i realized anime fans are disappointed, i thought it was good. The fast pacing kinda helped the fact that they probably missed a lot, it was fun to see the story move on point to point. I avoid old anime cus of how slow they feel and how much fillers there are. It's a good introduction to this show imo

[@sunekoo]

I haven’t seen the anime and thought it was excellent

[@BubblesChika]

It's really not a good introduction. It's a little upsetting to hear you say that when you haven't seen the anime. I highly recommend watching YuYu Hakusho dubbed. It's one of the few classic anime that has no fillers and an outstanding English cast that outshines the original. You'll see how much Netflix butchered the characters and key developments. In the series, Genkai is such a certified badass, but here she's just some generic, wise old teacher @@Jeyblox

[@SerDinoOfficial]

Nah, from everyone i know that's seen the live action and not the anime, it's the exact opposite lol about 6 of my friends really enjoyed it and are keep to watch the anime, few others are good with just the live action and don't care to see the anime itself but ove3rall, this show was clearly designed to be enjoyable without any prior knowledge of the show.

[@BubblesChika]

@@SerDinoOfficial The generation of casuals that Demon Slayer created makes me sick

[@alekcoble6140]

3/5 they literally missed the mark on so much, but honestly? They rushed it so damn hard, I mean literally Genkai meets Yusuke, and TWO WEEKS LATER she's like "alright.... you guys are done. Take this orb and kill that guy I knew or whatever." It's such a brain melting mistake. Honestly episode 1 and 2 were fantastic... it should have ended with Rescuing Yukina, keeping to the plan, and bait us for season 2 boom dark touranment hype occurs.

[@lamenoise8158]

The thing is season 2 is never promised and fans wouldve been upset with just an entire training montage they wanted to get to the main juice. With Budget and time constraints they did everything wonderfully

[@alekcoble6140]

@@lamenoise8158 Hard disagree. This live action series rushed through 50+ episodes of the anime skipping out on some of the best characters, moments, and arcs. We didn't NEED a live action 100% Toguro, and frankly I'd rather have one HELL of a good S1 and beg for a S2 that will never come over what we actually got. For the same price we could have seen either Rando, Maze Castle, or some combination of it all. Hell we could have literally skipped every single one of those, and JUST done the rescue Yukina arc, ending with an invite to the Dark Tournament, and I would have been HYPED. Instead we got a rushed mess of a show that looked damn good, and while grasping the basis of each character, only lightly touched upon them at a surface level. The show was shallow with all the flare of a flash in the pan. A perfect middle ranking with One Piece/kenshin LA being a perfect example of an adaptation, and Death Note/Bebop (Netflix LA) being the biggest slaps in the face to anime fans in my 35 years on this god damn planet.... and this is coming from a man who watched the entire run of Ex-Arm.

[@lamenoise8158]

@@alekcoble6140 I definitely agree with some points but it isn’t as bad as you make it seem arcs like maze castle weren’t needed and would only serve the purpose of fleshing out the world when it wasn’t entirely necessary they definitely could’ve done Alot better with the cramming that being the main issue but they hit the story beats that truly matter and are integral to the story like I said with no promises of a renewing or second season but if they are greenlit for a second season I just hope they fix the cramming issue it’s definitely somewhat redeemable

[@alekcoble6140]

@@lamenoise8158 I meant character arcs. Yusuke never learned any lesson, and the heroes journey was never completed. Even his relationship with Kuwabara arguably one of the most integral friendships in anime had the literal equivalence to Tommy Weiseaus The Room sequence after Chris R gets taken down and he just looks down at Denny like "Let's go eat huh?" Genkai who trained her whole life and decided she wanted a successor literally spends 30 days with two random high school kids, and because Yusuke got his shit together after TWO WEEKS of being a fucking idiot (mostly off camera) she decided that he was perfect, and he needs the spirit wave orb. PS. Her speech about letting others in, and accepting you're not king shit is nixed for two seconds of "btw Toguro killed genkai and that's hilarious right brother?" followed by Yusuke and Kuwabara looking like someone told them their Grandmas friend died. They gave you all the pay off with none of the hard work. I don't think we needed to flesh out the world by any means, but we needed to see the characters struggle/grow appropriately. It's not about set pieces, and costumes... it's about seeing growth in others. That is literally the theme of shonen anime especially YYH. I highly recommend the youtube channel savage books for tips on writing, and god help me of all people Dan Harmons speech about the heroes journey. Both of these can help anyone get an easy understanding of what it takes to write a good series. In short.... I'm saying they effectively skipped story beats altogether to make this series, and while it looks damn good, and the actors crushed it... they absolutely missed the mark. Keep in mind I am still saying it's 3/5. It is the perfect middle ground from being great vs being absolute horse shit.

[@JustAJollyDude]

As a man with a cowboy bebop tattoo for the past 14 years be thankful this is all they did to your favourite. Good lord.

[@wholovescatsilovecats5828]

i was drinking water and almost spit it out cuz u was laughing hard when i read this comment XD

[@shshshs2]

I hate when people use kenshin and death note as their main argument of a good live action. I’m like of course they will be good because they are grounded series. But I’ll give to these actors, they brought 100% into this series

[@goku7090]

Which live action Death Note are you referring to as good live action???

[@ludd4411]

​@@goku7090 ​Hes probably referring to Japanese Death Note live action.

[@deviantassassin8141]

They squeezed 64 episodes into 5😬 That was all I needed to hear.

[@rhymestyle]

yeah thats the ONLY weakness they had

[@nickweischedel3601]

​@@rhymestyleI feel that when finding out Yusuke was a descendant of a badass demon that literally kept other major demons in check even in his weakened state was down right cool but it did make me question a few things about Yusuke himself

[@brandonjackson7953]

Like what?​@@nickweischedel3601

[@unnamedx2]

The effects, the sets, costumes and dialogue were all good in my opinion, i was fine with the changes and actually stood very close to the vibe of the early story

[@21SHINOABURAME]

100%

[@fruitloop69]

hey rhyme, how do you play dbz budokai tenkiaichi 3. I tried several different ways but I can't find my hyper v program to uninstall it. Do you know another way?

[@burningkenshin]

Yeah I agree... the live action was way too condensed. The training with Genkai and the rescue of Hiei's sister/Dark Tournament should have been expanded. They needed more episodes, at least 12 imo (hour long eps) to cover the Genkai training *including fighting Rando), The Beasts of Maze Castle, then the Rescue of Hiei's sister. They could have ended it with Yusuke being convinced to enter the Dark Tournament, then end season one. Season two could have been solely based on the Dark Tournament alone. Other than that, the casting, set design, fight choreography and dialogue were all on point. They should have taken pointers from the recent One Piece live action adaptation. They did a surprisingly great job on that imo.

[@brandnewshawn1739]

I Actually give It A 6/10 The Action Was Good and I Laughed A lot At The Comedy. But After Episode 2 The Spacing Was Just Two Fast And They Cut Out A Lot Of The Story And Character Development

[@rhymestyle]

yeah this! I agree

[@dariynfleming5415]

Good?! WTF are you on? They cut out SOOOOO much story and condensed it into 5 episodes. You are fucking high as balls dude. They ruined mine and A LOT of peoples favorite anime. Yu Yu was the introduction to anime for me, and so many others. So tired of these people trying to be successful with there live action bull shit. None are going to be as good as One Piece is. That is because the OP live action ACTUALLY PAID CLOSE ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND WAS CAREFUL NOT TO EXCLUDE IMPORTANT CHARACTER BUILDING AND STORY DEVELOPMENT.

[@donaldzuramp4404]

Theres a comedy?

[@PathBeyondTheDark]

The Dark Tournament is literally untouched aside from Team Toguro and Sakiyo, so if that's the issue then fret no more. It would take only a little finagling of the plot to justify another big bad team, and wala, Yu Yu Hakusho Season 2.

[@brandnewshawn1739]

⁠@@PathBeyondTheDark I Expected Them To Stop Before The Dark Tournament

[@jmkos86]

I truthfully gave it a 7/10. It’s not bad and it’s not mid also. The only downside to this I thought was how they condensed the whole first season into 5 episodes. I’ve learned to let go of nitpicking as far as “following the source material 1 to 1”. If I was to, sure, there were many changes but generally, they kept the whole “spirit detective” thing true. Koenma being an adult right off the bat, botan not flying on her paddle…but again it worked because the main idea they’ve kept to their word.

[@SardonicVida]

They condensed 4 seasons into 5 episodes, not 1 season

[@jmkos86]

@@SardonicVida sure, I just always categorized YYH as having 3 main seasons. Toguro, Sensui and Yomi. Everything else happens to get to those main endings. But sure. It was 4 into 1.

[@R1ck_Ryder]

Bro this is a 7/10 like how fat girls on tinder think they're 7/10 😂

[@coldchillin8382]

@@jmkos86shoot the dark tournament was an entire box set by itself

[@jmkos86]

@@coldchillin8382 i am aware. What I mean is that as an example, in dbz during the Namek Saga you have captain ginyu and freeza but in my mind, it’s all the “freeza” saga because the entire thing is ultimately about that. I’m aware there’s a lot that happens in the dark tournament saga but it all boils down to Toguro vs Yusuke.

[@jaynguin]

Friends have asked me how it was i said after episode 2 it gets weird due to compacting 3 whole arcs into 3 episodes. The action and choreography is easily the standout though! Kurama's choreography especially was amazing! Itll probably be the standard for whip combat now. Also the presence of Takumi Kitamura was 100% Yusuke irl lmao.

[@349Kim]

Yu yu Hakusho was, and still is my favorite show ever. I was a lonely and abused kid and these characters literally shaped who I am as a person. Kurama was the sole inspiration for my passion for botany and agricultural. I really connected with Yusuke because he too, had a pretty awful home situation and was the black sheep. That show was my EVERYTHING as a kid. I knew the live action wasn't going to be exactly like the anime, but I didn't realize it was going to be THAT bad. To be clear, I really liked the acting and action. The failure of this show isn't on the shoulders of the actors. It was the story line and the zero attention given to the character development that hurt the show so badly. When watching this show, you don't have enough time to develop ANY connection to the characters. In the original show, it took a good 10 episodes to get going. The original show had ZERO filler episodes. Everything was important for the development of the characters. We got great build up and knew the motivations for nearly every player, even the secondary characters had great development! The live action gives us nothing but cool fight scenes. The tournament arc was what put yu yu Hakusho on the map, and the live action was so lazy it couldn't even be bothered to do the biggest arc in the entire show. I was SO excited to see some of my favorite characters like Gin and Chu. But we didn't even get the tournament, let alone all the cool friends, Yusuke and the others made in that arc. Yu yu Hakusho is a coming of age story. It's a story of redemption and learning self sovereignty. It's also about questioning authority and not seeing things as so "black and white" The original show was so deep at the end it was heartbreaking. The live action gave us none of the depth. What was the reasoning for taking all of Yusukes humor away? What was the reasoning for changing names and back stories? What was the reasoning for taking all of the depth out??? Yu yu Hakusho should NOT have been a difficult adaptation to get right. The strength of the story is in the STORY, not the fight scenes. It's a crying shame what this show was reduced to. It was super lazy writing and was rushed for a quick nostalgic cash grab. This series could have been the next Supernatural, but they blew it.

[@coldchillin8382]

Yea it sucked pretty bad. First 2 episodes were passable (I thought they were going to finish with the assault on Tarukane’s mansion). Halfway through episode 3, they lost the “plot.” I couldn’t watch anymore partway through episode 4. The fight were cool but without the story, it doesn’t mean anything. Welp, back to Frieren.

[@NyQuiiLx]

The biggest travesty was skipping over how people mourned Yusuke, and he had to watch people he thought didn’t care, visibly suffer without him. I don’t like how Genkai’s training was brushed over, and how his relationship with her was actually developed into a mother-son thing after so much training, and heated exchanges. Not emphasizing the human aspect of Kuwabara, when he’s teamed up with demons is something I missed. The whole 4 man crew element was sorely missed as well. Yusuke and Kuwabara became instant friends, but they don’t even try to get Heie in the mix. At least Yusuke helped with Kurama’s mother, but I don’t feel a 4 man unit, like the original. I honestly hate Yusuke’s death as well. The original was just a chance car accident with no outside influence besides the spirit world not anticipating a guy like Yusuke to save a child, who wasn’t even going to die without his interference. I would’ve kept his death untouched vs some creepy insect demon going on a joy ride in a truck. I don’t like the adaptation at all.

[@MightyKirkhammer]

True, the first chapter/episode of YYK is a full complete arc

[@lamenoise8158]

You're takes are garbage Bad Take 1: People did mourn and show respect to yusuke, In Japan it's not respectful to cry out in the open while others mourn but you see in private yusuke's mother and keiko cried over yusuke obviously kuwabara doesnt care about societal norms so he cried outloud those 3 were the only ones who really cared about him so why would alot of people mourn over someone they feared or hated. Bad Take 2: Due to budget & time constrictions unsure of a season 2 they had to give the fans something if it never got renewed the live action would be boring because yusuke trains but no proof of his growth. Bad Take 3: Kuwabara & Yusuke always had a friendly rivalry even before yusuke became spirit detective, It just took them finally working together to flesh it out (LITERALLY LIKE IN THE ANIME) Ofc Hiei isnt in the mix immediately in the context of the live action they barely interacted with him outside of fighting. Bad take 4: He dies literally like in the anime the only difference and kindve a better change instead of a speeding driver it was a demon bug possessed person which makes sense why they wouldnt have expected his death because no one knew about the hole or the plan to fuse the spirit and living world. The adaptation is great you just lack common sense and an attention span

[@BubblesChika]

Exactly. It also misses the point of Yusuke's character, making him some tryhard edgelord 100% of the time when the anime/manga version can be playful and silly

[@NoukfromPMG]

I watched it cause it’s in my Top 5 of all time. It was honestly okay for what it was.

[@rhymestyle]

That’s the wild part. It’s prolly in my top 5 anime live action too

[@alexandergavin3104]

Could y’all help me find a song in this show?? They only play about 20 seconds of it and it’s during the beginning of episode 3 (9:38). I would really appreciate the help! (The lines go something like this: “…like I’m going to miss the bus. I wont stop until I finish every bite. Genki for life! Genki for life!”

[@Shadowdragon_TV]

The problem is people going into these live-actions expecting it to be just like the animes/mangas. Its an adaptation, not a recreation. It wasn't completely good but it was well done imo. The characters, the outfits, the fights, mostly everything fit well for a realistic adaption. Them cramming it into a few hours is my only biggest problem. But I guess they did it since they weren't sure if it would be received well and the possibility of them not having a renew for Season 2.

[@darkningcell]

They nailed down the characters, the action but they cut out so much story and other characters.

[@wholovescatsilovecats5828]

yes true

[@SaiyanHeretic]

As far as adaptation goes, I was actually impressed with how they streamlined the story. If you can put aside your fandom for a second, YYH the manga is kind of all over the place. It has the highest highs, but also the lowest lows. Separating the wheat from the chaff is not a bad thing. As for the Dark Tournament, let's be real, that would have quintupled the size of the cast and the budget. Just not feasible. If we get a season two, I fully expect it to cover both Chapter Black and Three Kings, because they already dropped hints that Yusuke's hidden power could grow out of control.

[@SpeakHerMusic]

Nah that shit was ass and even more all over the place than the source material bc they cut out key character development and connecting moments.

[@alexisaguilar1110]

I haven't watched the Netflix version yet, I'm still finishing up the anime, also what next anime series would you like to see next, @Rhymestyle? To me, I would like to see Saint Seiya, still waiting on the Duffer Brothers Death Note and maybe Berzerk or Fist of the North Star, those are my picks on my next anime series getting a live action series.

[@ArttMann09]

The only thing that made me mad was them rushing into the Dark Tournament which is arguably the best arch in anime history into a season one finale? I would have wanted the Dark Tourny to be a season 2 or 3 event... the Genkai Tourny to find Rando should have been season one...

[@c2HitsButtons]

I liked it a lot. Yuyu is literally my favorite anime and I wasn't offended by the consolidating of the story beats. I'd like to have seen the saint beasts or the Genkai tournament, but I'm real pleased with what we got.

[@gyreezus]

I couldn’t agree more with this! The anime is my all time favorite, and I was happy with the outcome of the show as opposed to others that get the live action treatment lol

[@R1ck_Ryder]

Raise your standards. People like you and the DB Super fans are why why can't have nice things. They'll never put any effort as long as you guys keep eating slop

[@jmctrd]

Oh boy, here we go

[@davidh7832]

First off, say you love this series on Netflix for a better next season for this anime! I kinda wanted to see where they fight the tiger in the saint beast castle along with the ice dragon from that same castle. I appreciate their effort to making the live action, but there were a lot of hiccups with it. Like hiei didn’t have a dagger, he had two swords in the anime series. I thought it was gonna live up to the hype when I saw the performance with Goki, the red monster with the horns in the junk yard, because they made him look strong but then the series started to feel rushed after that point. Edit: plus, hiei only did one fire move, and karasu didn’t turn blonde :/

[@daylenmann1322]

66ep turned into 5 was pretty crazy and I completely agree from a visual aspect and the overall action is was great! But as soon as you think about the actual story it’s like OH :/ kind of a let down :•|

[@showmikakand7694]

finished re-watching the original series a few weeks ago and then watched this but I gotta say-when it comes to live adaptation,you have to bear in mind that not everything's gonna be in that version of the adaptation..that's what manga and the anime is for...that being said-they could've emphasized on Genkai's relation with Yusuke and Kuwabara a little more than it already was plus an entire episode which would give a throwback to the younger days of Genkai and Toguro other than that not a bad adaptation

[@DubExp]

I wouldn't say it was awful. It was okay and pretty fun. Togashi apparently oversaw the live action. The issue was the quick pace and pushing the later stuff into the earlier arcs while skipping like 2 or 3 arcs. Didn't really give us much time with Yusuke and friends building their bounds. Also lots of fun characters and character moments were out the window. But one of my favorite moments that felt anime af was the Yusuke and Kuwabara little scuffle in the first episode. The last thing is I wouldn't mind if they sprinkled the Sakyo and Togoro Bros involvement for a season or two letting them be the villains in the background until the DT.

[@TheKamotechunks]

For me its okay to cut the minor arcs but they should have not pushed for the Dark Tournament Arc to be included in the 1st season. They should have focused on character developement and relationships of the characters. The whole Taguro killing Botan and Alfreds deaths was pointless because you cant feel thw connection between the characters. Kudos for the actors and figth coordinators for carrying the whole show but they can only do so much.

[@Royalplue]

I think it was really good and was hoping yosaka transform eventually for a second just to see how they would have done it

[@aelelrjamot]

All things rhyme said here 100% valid and I agree. There’s literally so much I liked and disliked at the same time. Ik it’s not the same people making it but after the one piece live action anime I had hope for future live action. This for sure better than other live action animes. I do hope ppl who have never seen yyh outside of the live action watch the anime or live action gets enough attention with a potential season 2 or a anime remake.

[@JonnyRocket1990]

I actually liked it I didn't mind

[@danielhilgeman798]

I really like this adaptation I don't know if I like it as much as the anime but I really enjoyed it the acting was fantastic the fighting was incredible for me I love yu yu hakusho in my opinion they nailed the character portrayals I just love the adaptation I hope they continue with if they do they've got to cover less content so it be covered much better fantastic video love you man 😊❤🎉

[@Ffeoli1039]

It was a good attempt. The fact that its being discussed like this is a good sign for the overall series. I look at this film as an abridged version of the original and also a stepping stone for anyone who hasnt seen the anime yet. Like a sample version or something. And for the new fans, they'll still have tons of surprises when they check out the anime

[@FairyDeadlySins]

In my opinion I enjoyed it, I found it even better than the One Piece live action series, the fight scenes in Yuyu live action was incredible and the acting was good, the only part I didn’t like was the pacing was too fast and they cut things off from the anime/manga but other than that I loved it, it’s my favourite live action adaptation so far, One Piece comes second.

[@rhymestyle]

the fights and effects were godlike. Imo, one of the best we seen in a live action

[@pandamonnium9891]

That and the live action Knights of the Zodiac movie on netflix has a similar feel bad story pacing but godlike fight fighting choreography

[@xjayEra]

i really liked the small changes to the story. it lowkey flowed smoothly and the changes still made sense. i hope they make a season 2

[@SpeakHerMusic]

A season 2 of what? They killed so much material here that a season 2 will be jarring in pace compared to this

[@mostcreativename1]

The way you feel about this series (it didn't make as much sense as expected but it looked good) is how I felt about DBS. I'll have to check it out when I get a chance

[@justindrummond6235]

This is my opinion. Someone at Netflix saw a small niche group of super fans of this show like us and saw an opportunity to squeeze decent profit out it. So they just took all the "best" parts and squeezed it together to basically gave us fan service. I'm in the same camp with you rhyme. I hated it but loved it at the same time. I would of loved to see genkais tournament with rando, I would of been okay if they skipped the saint beasts but that saga did bring the boys back together so it had a purpose, and what I'm really sad about is that we didn't get to see chu or Jin or any of the other awesome badass characters from the dark tournament.....we didn't get to see hieis one time use of his demon form which I was excited for.....I could rant forever, my god no knife edge boxing match....so much content they could have made this show amazing but they settled for fan service. Anyways I'm just ranting. It is what it is and I'll always have the o.g. show to watch and love.

[@oscaplaz2794]

I kind of liked it tho… 😐

[@marcoalonso7209]

I get what you're saying but chances are that they had a limited budget and for the looks of it, they really wanna show love to this franchise so I am actually glad that we got what we got and I hope more people goes back and watches the anime and I really want a second season. This shit was fire lmao

[@skyjmpr1227]

I liked it I thought it was pretty well done for taking a risk on it. But Chapter Black and Plu evolving and saving Yusuke how will that happen, was kinda hoping for a quick spirit cuff like maybe they were put on when we didn't see a day of training. Over all it could have been so much better but I'll take what I got cause I wasn't expecting it to be good at all.

[@boredbeck]

It was great until the 3rd episode. 4th episode I realized they're skipping the 4 Holy Beasts, they're skipping Rando, and they also combined Yukina's rescue arc with the Dark Tournament...AND THEY KILLED TOGURO AND GENKAI😑 Like it literally felt like they gave up the last 2 episodes and admitted they won't be getting a 2nd season...everything wouldve been fine if Toguro got defeated, the post credits reveal that he faked his defeat, and we get the Dark Tournament Arc next season...that wouldve been hyped, but they basically admitted defeat and killed one of the best villains in Shonen history just like that. I also hate how cosplayish Kurama/Youko and Hiei were...they look like they should be in Boys Over Flowers instead.

[@jmctrd]

Day 272 of convincing Rhyme that Nino is best girl

[@ggnore8501]

Day 272 of dying asking who tf is Nino and why are you convincing Rhyme that Nino is best girl?

[@rhymestyle]

i cant believe we're going to see 365 in less than 100 days

[@tozicfade6162]

Nino from quinsental quintuplets

[@nickweischedel3601]

​@@tozicfade6162Wtf is that?

[@NinoBestGirl]

Day 122 of helping you convince Rhyme that Nino is best girl

[@kyouma1621]

Itsuki is Best Girl Day 237🔥🔥🔥

[@chainedunfree727]

As a person who watched countless reruns of the animé. This Netflix adaptation is a version of its own. They really rushed it (story wise). Delete all the enemies prior Toguro's group. Genkai's mini tournament arc and Rando gone, Suzaku gone, The introduction to probably one of most iconic antagonist in animé Toguro where he destroys a building to showcase his power towards Yusuke... Gone .. as viewers we felt Yusuke's fear. They did the "We are mad because you killed our master and now we take revenge" troupe but they were trained by Genkai on a really short period. All the build up where Genkai fought secretly and mysteriously as the masked fighter to help our heroes..... Gone! That is the whole reason Genkai's death was disheartening not only to Yusuke but to the viewers. Genkai was like a teacher who was always there to the rescue.. that is gone... This adaptation really went and omitted all the great story telling from the original. Edit: Actors were great. Kuwabara's actor is my favorite, Keiko also knows how to fight a little 😂. CGI and fight scenes were great. My only gripe is they omitted a ton out of the original story.

[@darwinoro6337]

I think they are testing the waters that's why the story was rushed, the studio was not expecting much because of how live action was received by audiences prior to one piece live action. They made a story so rushed, that it's ok if it got cancelled or if it succeeded they might have a chance for season 2. I hope YuYu Hakusho will get season two, and i hope they will let important plot points to cook so we can have a satisfying season ender. I don't mind how they change some parts of the story here and there to give a refreshing take on the anime and manga, what i would not like is if there are so many changes it becomes a story of its own using the Yu Yu Hakusho title.

[@Noahlowery1]

Rhyme I just realized the other day the first time I watched you was dragon block which means I’ve been subbed to you for like 10 or 11 years and that shit is crazy to me.

[@rhymestyle]

Maaaaan

[@ericbreese3071]

Great Kurama sweater. Who is your favorite character from the series?

[@joboi]

I Treated it like a What IF Show. It helped me cope.

[@UniXTCG]

Been asking you questions about the LA on Twitter. I agree with all your points. It was a good show, just could've been named anything else but Yu Yu Hakusho and it still would've been good

[@TheKaijuKai]

I’m just surprised we got it in the first place. Is it perfect no, is it Yu Yu also no. But it does have some of the same spirit and I’m okay with that. Hopefully it does well enough to be a gateway for people into the manga and anime. I’m just glad we’re getting anything new Yu Yu at this point.

[@verynick]

I like it for what it is. I’m thinking people who will watch this and not familiar with the series would not like this as much. The pace is wayyyy to fast and I can already see people saying like you mentioned how the hell did he get strong so fast and the Genkai relationship with all the characters were more deep then what they showed. Overall I like it want season 2!!! Haha

[@openedmango]

I just finished up the live action last night and felt disappointed, as a Yu Yu Hakusho fan....but i agree. The live action had amazing fight scenes but i could have have used more yelling from Yusuke. Did not like the fact that they took poo out. I was really looking forward to that.

[@neoncrows1754]

the first two episodes were super fun and i enjoyed them a lot, the changes they made worked surprisingly well and compressed information in an efficient way. but episode three onward was uhhhh not very good. the way they compressed the story by combining the two arcs did not work. my main issue with the series is that it cut so many important character moments- it tried to have the same major emotional beats (genkais death, yusuke v toguro etc) but it just didnt hit the same way because all the build up got cut!!!!! it was incredibly frustrating and honestly the first two episodes being as good as they were just made the downward spiral of the last three feel so much worse than if it had just been bad from the beginning.

[@JohnDoe-pg2xp]

Same thoughts! I was like oh this is getting good, but then wait this is almost over. I even thought there is going to be a second part of the show.

[@failurextreme7084]

For a 5 episode run, I feel like it's pretty solid. It's fast-paced enough and follows the source enough that it entertained my mom who had never watched the OG. She is now interested in watching the original. Same thing that happened with one piece. If an adaptation is done well enough that it gets someone interested in seeing the original, I think that's overall a success. Does it have flaws? Yeah of course, they speed ran the plot and I wish it would have just been the spirit detective arc, but as someone who hasn't watched the show in years and is now able to rewatch it with someone I love I'm not complaining to much.

[@vgoten1]

My cousin and I really enjoyed this show. Yes it was compressed and maybe rushed due to only being 5 episodes, but we really liked the casting and action!

[@highrider9168]

If we counted IRL the way yu-yu-hakusho live action was written. This is how we would count... 1. 2. 9. 17. 55. 99. That's how bad they screwed the recipe up. One piece's director needs to do all of them and follow the same recipe.

[@Msxallisonwonderland]

Now that I have seen One Piece live action and how anime live adaptations SHOULD be... Yu Yu Hakusho just didn't cut it for me. I grew up with this manga and show and felt weird while watching it. I didn't have the same connections with the characters as I did with One Piece nor the motivation to keep watching (watched it cuz I forced myself to... lol). We can say "but the visuals were good..." but so are many other films and shows nowadays, but it doesn't make them "good." I think though one thing you said truly encompasses how I feel which is: if you can ignore the OG material or anime and just see this for it's own thing... it's actually pretty ok for being only 5 episodes. Kind of what I had to do with Wednesday on Netflix... it's not Addamns Family, but it's inspired. Overall, I'd give it a 5.5/10. And wth is Kuwabara being so damn tiny!!!! LOL!! He needed to be much bigger IMO!

[@robayers-si5mi]

Yu Yu Hakusho is definitely my favorite anime in comparison to my love of dragon ball, I have to say they did a good job with some of the fights, they did a great job with the casting and how the characters looked. But they screwed the story up horribly and completely ruined the dark tournament 🏟️ like completely shit the bed with it. The dark tournament is what every fan knows about and it’s the best tournament arc in all of anime. How do you fuck that up I’ll never understand. Also no baby enma, no George the ogre, no kuwabara sister. I give it a 5/10. If it wasn’t for how well the characters looked and the fights scenes it would have been on dragon ball evolution level to me. Good watch but very disappointed at the same time.

[@aelelrjamot]

I wasn’t a fan of it if I’m being absolutely honest maybe it’s me being a YYH glazer but the things they cut out were the things I really liked. Anime felt a little slow paced which I chalk it up to it just being an “old” anime. The live action felt very rushed considering.

[@FoolShortOG]

I see comments defending the show based on budget, yet, Godzilla minus one had a tiny budget, especially compared to most hollywood films (and even series) and is a critical success among fans and critics alike. This is because they focus on character development, most hollywood products now, focus on pushing messages, leading to often terrible products. Just look at Disney/Marvel now.

[@mr.pastaman]

I will say this, I kinda agree with you. A couple days before it hit netflix i told a coworker there was no way they'd hit the Dark Tournament in 5 episodes. Well I'll be damned they did. The moment I noticed thats where they were going i looked at the show in a totally different light. I then turned off my YYH brain and pretended I'd never seen the show before, after that i had a blast haha. But i for sure see where youre coming from.

[@haydenhoupt4772]

I started and said "Oh only 5 episodes, i guess they will release the rest of the season in a 2nd part." I did like the action and the characters werent bad. But it was so rushed they missed out on all the emotion in the story. Really disappointed

[@Delightfulcritics]

It was too condensed and they took out a lot of the struggles out. Though I did enjoy it so far, I didn't like how they changed some things. Like if this is a full season, they could have stretched to make more emotional connections to the characters background.

[@3sha214]

I just wished they put more budget so they can make a 15 episodes and that's because I love the Live Action actually. But now that I am thinking about it, my favorite part is the bigger Tournament. Every fight is very strategic. That would be a good 2nd Season on Netflix and since the first season is a success they should get way more budget and more Episodes. Again loyal fan, I was more disappointed on RuRouni Kenshin with Sanosuke. Those 2 are my most faves anime along with Saber Marionette.

[@starscream11216]

I don’t think they had the budget one piece had so that’s why my expectations weren’t as high they didn’t even mention chapter black at all

[@Metaphorically7]

As someone who never saw the original anime, I loved the Netflix series. But maybe that’s why. Made me go back and start watching the anime. And it’s probably some of the best live action anime fight scenes I’ve seen.

[@chrisbiggs5415]

The first episode delivered promise imo but then things went down hill after that. The actors were fine. Thought they did a great job mirroring the anime characters minus Genkai… She was too sweet, less insulting like in the anime. They botched her character. They botched her history with Toguro. That alone should have been explained in further detail to get the audience connected to their backstory. One of the problems this series lacked was emotions. I felt nothing when Genkai was killed. Didn’t even play into Yusuke’s final battle with Toguro. I didn’t feel any emotional connection between Yusuke and Genkai. Yusuke and Kuwabara had a nice connection. I enjoyed their back and forth but they didn’t connect with Hiei and Kurama as much as they should have. First off, 5 eps wasn’t enough. They skipped important arcs that mattered in the development of all the characters. They rushed to the Toguro brothers. Thought the action was fine. I did enjoy the team up at the end. I don’t mind adapting away from the anime a little bit, but key moments and key elements were needed and they weren’t there. One Piece was given more care. Avatar will be better than this… Just sad for Yu Yu Hakusho fans that we got the short end of the stick… If Netflix renews for a second season, they gotta do better especially with Shinobu Sensui. They can’t fuck up his arc…

[@coreydarden8481]

I really like the Live Action Show : Yu Yu Hakusho But I'm kind of Disappointed It rushed too fast to kill Off really good characters They Could save them for the Second Season The Fight Choreography is really fantastic

[@joeyjojo337]

2 fun facts they were playing the opening theme on the truck in the first episode and Johnny yong Bosch was Kurama in the eng dub

[@anthonyd9844]

For what it was, Netflix did an amazing job. But as you mentioned they took on way too much without planning for the future. Killing of Genkai and Togoru brothers so early on really limits what can be done in future seasons. It was a nice watch though.

[@keylimecookies]

I loved the pace thought they skipped the right amount of stuff but combing dark tournament and yukina rescue was not cool. And the final victory did not feel any where close to earned

[@VanLe-gk3ie]

Fans set their expectations too high which makes them disappointed in the YYH live-action. I enjoyed the mini series and the actors did a great job in portraying their characters. The action, the condense story and CGI was done incredibly well which reminded me of the Rurouni Kenshin live-action.

[@davidh7832]

Actually, I thought some of the CGI was pretty crap, and I’m talking about the monster Toguro punched in front of the rich guys and Toguro’s bulked up state itself.

[@HUYI1]

i agree and feel the same, but i'm keeping my expiations low with this one, i don't expect a season 2 to happen, this is Netflix after all

[@ydoihave2picaname]

only 5 eps???? Why... Thats really hard to work with. My main worry was Kurabara. He just doesnt look anything like what the character should be but I know when you bring a really good actor to a role they can win you. This is what im hoping for.

[@lamenoise8158]

He has a pompadour tho

[@absolutionveil8632]

It looked good, but I was upset at nearly everything that happened. I remember getting angry at the fact that the school uniforms werent even the right color. Its 100% a hate watch for me.

[@woojin214]

Fighting / actions scenes are goooood! Reminds me of Jackie Chan, during the Goki fight. But the pacing and story telling is rushed. No character development especially Genkai. The giving of spirit orb? that was traaash. No Pu. I think the best they could have done is instead of the Toguro team fight, replaced it with the 4 Saint Beast during the rescue scene and got the audience hype up for Toguro in Season 2, but what's done is done. I want to be optimistic. The tone and the atmosphere we got from this live action is fit for the Chapter Black arc. Imagine this Yusuke doing some detective stuff that leads to Sensui. That would be Season 2. And can we still get a Tournament? Maybe if they have the budget? Remember that 3 Kings saga has a tournament too... Maybe that will be our Dark Tournament in this live action and that's for Season3.

[@JamesOnen]

Not a bad series, the action choreography was great. But the Yusuke actor over did it with the exaggerated hunch back swagger. Looked goofy as hell. Thought he would fall over. Lol. Japanese actors need to learn how to look 'bad ass' without overacting. Also, I didn't like how the 'Rei Gun' didn't feel like it had weight. Looked too ethereal and thin, or 'airy' to me - not the kind of heavy blast you'd imagine could eviscerate the enemy. Visually could have been better depicted, in my opinion.

[@racefoxxproductions8975]

They should have done 5 episode season of the first season of the anime and the dark tournament as a second season of 5 episodes but with out a guaranteed second season I can see why they condensed it I do hope we get a second season and they don't try to condensed as much like they did the first season

[@Loneleo90]

It was good, I love the fighting in it, they took a lot of the key element of the development and I get it their budget but it’s also like they skim through the manga, the anime and choose what they like the most and said we will write a story around it and make it modern and simple like I was wanting more for the fight between yusuke and toguro. Also I didn’t like that took genkai fight from toguro away that would made it more emotions in the story

[@Zer0DigitalStudio]

I haven't read it watched very much of YuYu Hakusho, but I'm familiar with most of the early beats. I thought this show had some realky quick pacing, but was overall pretty enjoyable. The narrative made logical sense, even if it didnt carry as much emotional weight as a longer series would. But the thing that sticks out in my mind is that theres nothing in this first season that automatically disqualifies it from adapting the Dark Tournament arc in the next. Outside of that Toguro thing, which they would need to address properly.

[@suspectv322]

Dang, from the trailers I thought they were only doing the detective arc for season 1, which would've made so much more sense. If they did it well, S2 would've had so much hype.

[@tatsukinomiya]

I was waiting to finish watching the film to finally say this: Ok, it isn't 100% reliving the source material and that's fine. As I've stated, watching it from an alternative universe lense helps with the experience a lot more. Sakyo being the main antagonist focus was what the character needed for years. It always felt like he was randomly placed in the anime. Team Toguro's costumes and actors were on point imo. Team Urameshi were cool and their outfits started to grow on me. Every time Kurama is just standing there watching something it looked as if he was farting haha! Yusuke being 17 when he starts his journey as 14 made me chuckle. Genkai not being as involved was a bit saddening, but I get it. There's a lot to nitpick in this film especially if you know the franchise but it wasn't a HORRIBLE experience. It wasn't terrible but it wasn't excellent. It was straight, I'd give it a 7/10. It was a fun lil ride. Nothing lower than 5/10, nothing higher than 7/10. This is a harmless live action.

[@umbrellaunderdog]

I wouldn't say the Funimation dub for YYH was that great either. They mispronounced a lot of Japanese words and names, Kurama's VA sounded nothing like his Japanese counterpart. As bad as the ANIMAX dub was at least they gave Kurama a voice that sounded like the JP VA. Funimation never cares or cared for their dubs until Kai. EN dub VA's don't get paid enough so they don't give a sh**.

[@Powerdup1111-uv9vf]

it wasnt to bad its way better then any other anime live shows in recent years.they skipped alot but it was expected

[@xpertninja13]

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