![]() ![]() Fights are as you would expect: Yusuke and his opponent grapple for power, the opponent momentarily gets the upper hand, but Yusuke pulls off a miraculous comeback victory that has little to do with strategy or character and more to do with arbitrary power-ups. Most of the cases Yusuke is handed entail “defeat X number of incrementally stronger demon criminals”. The set-up – delinquent Yusuke sacrifices his life to save a child about to be hit by a car, is given a second chance at life as long as he becomes a ‘spirit detective’ hunting down demonic criminals – sounds promising but sadly this wasn’t yet the Togashi who could make a satisfying crime thriller as he did in Hunter X Hunter’s Yorkshin. Yu Yu Hakusho’s first season, covering the Spirit Detective arc in the manga, starts off on a good foot. Though “season” is something of a misnomer since Yu Yu Hakusho aired continuously with a minimum of breaks, there seems to have been behind-the-scenes changes for the second story arc that resulted in a product much more highly polished than the other arcs, likely because it was the fan favorite from the manga. Most of the seasons are around 25 episodes in length with the second season nearly twice that. Yu Yu Hakusho is split up into four seasons corresponding to the manga’s four story arcs. A lot of the biggest names in shounen anime started out on Hakusho and the show was very much a trendsetter for Pierrot’s and other studios’ later offerings in the genre. It’s also the first shounen manga adaptation by Studio Pierrot, who today stands as the shounen powerhouse of the industry. Togashi is perhaps now more famous for his Hunter X Hunter than he is for Hakusho, but this was the series that established his name and set him up financially. Yu Yu Hakusho is based on the manga of the same name by Yoshihiro Togashi. Though I’ve found the series to be overall enjoyable, the second season – the Dark Tournament arc – is among the better shounen adaptations I’ve seen. ![]() Committing to Yu Yu Hakusho, a long-running series spanning over 100 episodes, takes some convincing. With classic anime from the 80s and 90s, it’s hard to tell whether something acclaimed or nostalgically remembered by fans is actually worth your time, especially in light of the sheer volume of it all. I haven’t been compelled to write a longform article in a while but watching Yu Yu Hakusho’s second season helped cure me of that. ![]()
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