Yusuke Urameshi | The PERFECT Protagonist (Character Analysis)

[@Kickinthescience]

Yusuke Urameshi the best dubbed shonen protagonist ever

[@elthestampede4910]

Can't forget Vash The Stampede. Top 2 for sure

[@VampireA1056]

Or Goku and Edward Elric

[@VampireA1056]

@@elthestampede4910 Trigun is a Seinen

[@Kickinthescience]

@@VampireA1056 Goku and Edward’s dub didn’t trash talk like Yusuke’s dub did.

[@TheShockVox]

Straight up. Justin Cook elevated that character even more than I think he would’ve been with anyone else. As much as I love Goku, I can totally take different people voicing him. I can’t handle ANYONE else playing Yusuke.

[@winster32]

Yusuke and Shulk and Ichigo and Nero are some of my favorites MCs. He isn’t just some basic generic MC who is clueless and just.. friendly. He’s a punk with a good heart. And I FRICKING LOVE HIM as a character.

[@hollowify_tensa_zangetsu]

Idk if you can tell...I like Bleach😊 HXH was my top 1 for a bit. Then I saw yu yu Hakusho and loved it. I stopped it. Bleach grabbed me and ain't letting go soon. I started it back up....and now I can say.........KUBO STOLE FROM YUYU😂 But its never a .1 to 1 with ichigo/yuskuke. They are one of the best MC's the sad part is yuskuke, ichigo, gintoki never get the Credit...like Naruto or luffy. And it's DAM shame those three are the unsung heros

Ichigo is trash

[@datingsimulator-tk4xs]

nice to see someone give yusuke his flowers . i just finished my annual rewatch of yyh and i definitely felt that smile bomb is told from yusuke’s perspective

[@mishaberreau3510]

I feel,that the second verse of Smile Bomb can be about him wanting a second chance. But also not knowing how to and/or accept help from other. Last line show how he is starting to grow thanks to the knowledge that others care for him.

[@KamonXV]

Yeah I agree. The whole thing is up for interpretation but it's nice how much personality is conveyed in it

[@125SonGoku]

“I want to stop and grow up again” isn’t a stretch though. Watch it till the end and you’ll see during the last couple episodes that the whole show was supposed to be us watching the already recorded Spirit World Files on Yusuke’s life. The Ogre George is the Narrator, and the whole show is footage of the story of Yusuke’s life so you’re watching him growing up (which already happened) and at the end it says “Thank You for Waking Me Up.” Because it was due to that second chance that he got to live the adventure and story they are telling to you. The whole show is a masterpiece and beautifully done. No other anime compares to this one to me.

[@KamonXV]

Love this interpretation. Though to clarify I was more saying my analysis was a stretch, when I was writing the script I couldn't exactly put it into words lol

[@jorgerascon1212]

Did you just say yuskue is not a complex character? A big part of his character is that he has many layers to his personality and that his not straight forward with himself or others.

[@No-ik8kv]

Well, I think it’s fair to say that at the beginning, he’s a fairly simple character. That’s what makes the ending of the show so satisfying. You got to watch these complex layers develop organically over time.

[@raulbetancourt5795]

If he really complex?

[@sancti__4018]

The danny phantom reference at the end killed me 💀

[@nopenop1495]

Yusuke and Edward Elric top my list of favorite shonen protags.

[@chiphxncho9501]

Really appreciate this video. I just finished watching YYH fully and this story and characters just feel so organic and real and its weird with all the anime ive watched this one felt different i cant explain it

[@KamonXV]

A lot of older anime have a unique feeling to them that's hard to explain, YYH is no different!

[@chrisblanc663]

The fight against heie doesn’t just show that he’s a lucky fighter, but he has learned heie’s fighting style enough to know which way he would dodge his spirit gun and aim for the mirror in such a way to deflect it in the right direction. Yes it’s lucky he didn’t just bust the mirror, but everything else there was extremely impressive.

[@KamonXV]

Yeah thats true. I had to cut out a lot of Analysis or else the video was too long but I did notice that as well

[@S_047]

Hei*

[@noshield]

Biggest and sweetest anime punk asshole. Truly translates so well feeling the most real / human of any main character with all his flaw and internal barriers. "You can't end a good party without someone on the floor." - Yusuke Urameshi

[@gregoryfuller9736]

Yusuke is such a great character he the best mc in shonen

[@chantra244]

You could have just summed it with maturing. Yusuke was 14 when the series started and had few life experiences and by the series conclusion he lived a life worth living. Character analysis was very convoluted.

[@donaldson9410]

I think you explained Yusuke's character in Yu Yu Hakusho completely well! You get 9.5/10 points! To be honest, I do think there are a lot of main and supporting characters that are misunderstood and underrated but there are qualities that make them special and important. At least, that is my opinion!

[@RyuuseiBlizzard]

Loved the vid bro. Recently finished yyh for the first time and it's become one of my all time favs already, and i've been consuming content like this about yyh a lot lately. I know it came after, but I watched bleach first, and yyh and bleach (ichigo and yusuke) actually got a decent amount of parallels between them The danny phantom parallel is also real lmao

[@KamonXV]

Thanks for the support and I'm glad you enjoyed the video! And yeah you can definitely tell there are a lot of similarities with YYH characters and a lot of characters that came after its finish

[@dracoyosh]

U had to much fun writing this script…smile bomb unapologetically the best song from anime

[@PentragonCosplay]

I liked Yusuke a lot pretty early on. It was easy to like him. The only other main characters that I found that interesting are Edward Elric and Gintoki Sagata (yes, both very different from each other and Yusuke but they all represent different character traits I just enjoy seeing)

[@Ometecuhtli13thGate]

Yusuke's mom in the manga is a bit more explained tbh. She has ties with the yakuza and she exploited that to get him back in school. I enjoy Atsuko.

[@hannahneloms1143]

10:56 No, the best line in anime history comes from Dragon Ball Super Random pleb: tries to shoot Goku with a missile Future Trunks: Hold your fire! This man isn't Black! No you don't get context.

[@KamonXV]

I know exactly what youre talking about and that is a really great one LOL

[@hannahneloms1143]

@@KamonXV it's the best one

[@sancti__4018]

Alright ya know what that was pretty fucking iconic

[@malrofo]

I second that

[@elgatochurro]

DBZ is shit

[@ambasstj]

Dude. What an awesome breakdown

[@devonakimmer9402]

Happy birthday to you Yusuke!🎉🎂🎁🎊

[@nissutobor9078]

I'll fully admit to being a sap when it comes to music... always have been, probably always will be, and thats probably why I became a musician. But I'm somebody found It difficult to cry at my own Grandfathers funeral (somebody I was pretty close to at that), yet EVERY TIME I hear Smile Bomb, I can't help but tear up with this rush of emotion. I cannot rationally explain why. Perhaps its because this show has a deep connection to my childhood? But this song has always had this effect on me. You were absolutely killing me when you went through and played each segment. Every time you'd pause, I'd compose myself like "I'm not crying... Ok I'm good" while you dissect the segment. Then you'd start playing it again and it would happen. Never fails, lmao.

[@KamonXV]

(OH then you're gonna hate me for this LOL) doing this video made me realize how popular Smile Bomb is, so much so that I learned someone used a orchestral version of it as their walking down the aisle song at their wedding

[@kilogreene8738]

I fell in love with this show as a kid and never knew how much it would help me in my adult life lol

[@KamonXV]

I had the opportunity to watch it as a kid but never got past episode 2. I love this show as an adult and wish I watched it back then 😢

[@tetsuyatsurugi9250]

The guy who made Yusuke Best is Justin Coock

[@VampireA1056]

Yusuke is the original Ichigo Kurosaki

[@frankbarrie6785]

Lol thats funny. I actually almost always HATE main characters.. And always have.. Usually drawn more to the like Hiei and Kurama types of character(s). Yusuke is really the only one I can think of off the top of my head that I legit like/love. Like for example Naruto, Dragon Ball, and etc., I hate the main character(s) - Naruto, Goku, etc.

[@KamonXV]

I think a large chunk or YYH appeal comes from Yusuke having so much charisma so that's definitely understandable

[@ncogneatoafterdark]

“If I had to guess Yuske is worried about his friend, and he didn’t really go to that arcade” “You OBVIOUSLY don’t know Yuske” *cuts to Yuske in the arcade*

[@strongsuccessfulweeb1400]

2 of his Villains Toguro and Sensui wanted themselves killed. If they went all out from the very beginning Yusuke would be dead as fried chicken. His fists are rated E for everyone though so that kinda makes it up and he truly has a good heart.

[@GrandmasterFive]

To be fair, Sensui DID kill him and tried to again lol Raizen saved Yusuke.

[@strongsuccessfulweeb1400]

@@GrandmasterFive That is true but I think he still was kinda holding back at first. He could have literally vaporized him he moment they met as Yusuke, Kurama and Heie were useless to him and only Kuwabara had any actual use. Considering he was an S class and at this time Team Urameshi were still on the upper B class maybe barely A. This was evidenced by Sensui inner monologuing during their battle when Yusuke was revived just before Raizen possessed him. But it is true he did finally dispose of Yusuke.

[@GrandmasterFive]

@@strongsuccessfulweeb1400 yeah I completely agree. Sensui DID want to die. He even expressed his gratitude as he was dying. But whereas Toguro had a soft spot for Yusuke, and kept giving him chances, Sensui was willing to kill Yusuke if he proved he wasn’t strong enough to finish Sensui. But I 100% agree that Yusuke should have been obliterated by both characters lol

[@trashxl2909]

nice analysis, ive only watched it once but ive been getting a lot of yyh recommended. i might give it another watch

[@jaharigarner174]

My favorite anime character ever

[@assassingio9847]

I love this dude

[@KamonXV]

Glad you enjoyed it! If you wish please check out some of my other content

[@hollowify_tensa_zangetsu]

The OP song is great...i kept humming it after dropping it 4 months ago

[@kamauz4]

Yusuke has a lot of depth if you look deep enough

[@jaden149]

yusuke is on of the best protagonist in shonen we just dont get main characters like him anymore

[@spacey9707]

he is the best shonen character, not one of, people would get attached with goku and naruto bcs of nostalgia (including me)

[@wreday720]

​@@spacey9707 guts

[@wreday720]

@@ParkHyungSeok-j3n true that

[@kefkapalazzo1]

Just has so much charisma

[@apersonontheinternet595]

I really enjoyed your analysis particularly at the 11:00 comparing urameshi and kuwabara. Can you do more character analysis and maybe even arc analysis? Like the "entertainment arc" from demon slayer. Maybe you can do character analysis arc by arc?

[@KamonXV]

I've definitely thought about doing More Character Analysis. I don't know about the Demon slayer one though since I haven't seen past the first season

[@apersonontheinternet595]

@@KamonXV I just mean arcs of shows you like. For example, you could talk about what you like and what worked and didn't work with the dark tournament arc in yu yu hakusho.

[@dimensionsicks]

Definitely loved this analysis 🧐🙃 keep up the great work man ❤😎

[@descendantofartorias2067]

For me the two best shonen protagonists are Yusuke and Jotaro from Part 3. Both of which are pretty similar and both have great character arcs.

[@KamonXV]

Jotaro is a favorite of Mine but I'm way to similar to Josuke for him to nit be my favorite Jojo

[@Bornagainvillain]

Favorite Yusuke Line: “hey, earth to Todler B***h!!!”

[@FitnessInFandom]

If the first half of the song is Yusuke, the second verse is Keiko. The last might be both of them.

[@hayrgutierrez8349]

Great video and very well said. Although there have been a lot of good animes in recent years most of them lack this very thing as you say, the protagonist sucks cause there's barely any actual showcasing/development due to plot driving priority. Yusuke is always best and YYH still remains king of anime for me!

[@TheGoldenConnorific]

Yusuke is fr top 3 protagonists for me Yusuke Kenshiro Ichigo

[@armpower9602]

This video was really well done! you deserve way more subs! good luck!

[@KamonXV]

Thank you! I'm slowly working my way to earning more! If you liked this video please check out my others!

[@marvellesaulsberry]

If the first verse of smile bomb is about and by yusuke the 2nd verse sounds like it's supposed to be Keiko

[@ThePastAnalysis]

The pinnacle of Yusuke being an idiot and being rewarded for it is when he offers his life to the mirror. His stated reason is that it's because he's seen what happens when a mother mourns over their dead son. Amazingly, he doesn't think about how forfeiting his life will cause his mother to mourn over him *again*! And then the show does a cop out and doesn't take Yusuke's life because he was so selfless.

[@marvelous_jack5228]

KZbin fucked up and didn't notify me of this upload... But great video, dude! I haven't watched ir read Yu Yu Hakusho, however, i still love watchin video essays on series, characters, etc that people love, that love makes me even more interested in the video and therefore series! Have ya watched and/or read Hunter x Hunter? I'm guessin ya saw that Togashi is back with new hxh chapters? I'd love to see videos on Hunter x Hunter if ya up to that? Btw the editin is much better than ya aot video! Ya've already grown so much!

[@KamonXV]

Damn sorry that it didn't go through dude. Try unnotifying and then redoing it with all uploads. And yeah I recently finished the Hunter x Hunter anime and I'm super hyped for all HxH fans. And I appreciate it, that means a lot. I try to do my best on every video with my editing. Every video I do Solo so I have to put my best in for the whole process. I hope to see you in the comments on other vids!

[@marvelous_jack5228]

@@KamonXV oh, ya will see me in future comment sections. Ya videos are highly underrated, dude!

[@ThePropht]

Love your videos, would also love to see a remake of your One Villainous Scene video now that you have more editing and experience under your belt, especially with more of the last arc now animated

[@KamonXV]

This is very much appreciated! I'm working hard to improve my video quality aincw then. In all honestly I'd prefer to just leave that video as is. It definitely gave my channel a boost but any subs that I gain going forward I want to get because of my other videos as well. I hope you continue to enjoy my videos moving forward!

[@alexlynn5111]

I usually dislike a lot of Main Characters, esp Shonen MCs, but YYH is one of the few I can think of that I really love the MC (and pretty much all the main cast)

[@KamonXV]

I think the reason Yusuke works is because of his Charisma and many other MCs being nothing like him which adds on to his uniqueness

[@wingzero-0014]

Yuskue is no doubt S-Tier among Shonen main protagonist plus kickstarted a genre which was new at the time and is common today

[@wingzero-0014]

@arikadoriyama4724 Oh my bad I meant Yuskue started the archetype of Street punks which characters like two if the big three Naruto and Ichigo for example follows

[@wingzero-0014]

@arikadoriyama4724 Appreciate the information so that street Punk delinquent character archetype existed before character like Yuskue,but do u agree that the archetype was still rare when Yu Yu came out in the early 90's and it helped to normalize the archetype in the 2000s and beyond

[@wingzero-0014]

@arikadoriyama4724 Thats a great elaboration of the school delinquent archetype and how it really gain steam I believe in the 90's, I do tend to gravitate more towards the realistically portrayed characters in any genre more than say like an OP character archetype like Goku tho i like DB series, there's more anime series to watch:)

[@Yoel-s]

You should have focus on Yusuke saying what am i even fighting for very important speech

[@vdubponce]

calling botan bulma was outta pocket 🥲

[@kuwabarathegoat1511]

Best Dub of all time. Only closely rivaled by bebop n brotherhood

[@GreatPerson-c9x]

art just got progressively better and than sunk down to shit during the eggintofire episode

[@GreatPerson-c9x]

forgot about atsuko and takenaka

[@digitaladventurer2142]

Honestly hes the standard anime protagonist. Overall a good caring person who defends the weak and helpless but at the same time is something of a dumb selfish pr!ck. Seriously Goku, Naruto, Luffy, Ed Elric, Ichigo, etc..

[@missskabls2247]

💚💚💚

[@shin.z_]

Imo yusuke and ichigo are the best protagonists ever

[@toshikiwriter]

Please make a Hiei character analysis video

[@KamonXV]

Hiei is such a great character. Dragon of the Darkness flame was such a sick moment as well

[@toshikiwriter]

Togashi really outdone himself when writing Killua and Hiei

[@jeffreyredding9229]

Way better than Luffy

[@ramstine3495]

wtf this is the first time hearing that opening song in English lmao

[@KamonXV]

The opening is a bop in english!

[@ramstine3495]

@@KamonXV I remember hearing the original version in '98 and was instantly hooked to this anime.

[@johncolomb8173]

I vote Denji as the perfect MC Lol

[@adrian_veidt]

Yusuke, Joe Yabuki, Denji and Amuro Ray>>> generic trash mcs like deku, that brat from demon slayer and most shounen nowadays

[@acevan98]

Never is he a perfect protagonist