#YYH Spoilers

[deersweets]

Techwear Youko Kurama…save me…

Techwear Youko kurama

[sinningtree]

saw this somewhere and was inspired. (Source added.)

[yaoioioay]

[starry-beetle]

"My heart did stop. In fact...It's still stopped. Weird, huh?"

"Your core now beats, instead of your heart."

[genkais-arcade]

Yu Yu Hakusho 幽☆遊☆白書 052 "The Death of Genkai" 幻海散る! 50年目の決着

[nightblood]

I think it was a smart choice to merge Hiei's part of the opening arc with the Yukina Rescue arc because it lets us ignore his weird characterization at the start in favor of the more aloof personality he has for most of the series.

And I'm fine with them condensing Genkai's training arc. But they didn't really build up her dynamic with Yusuke, so it was just weird for her to give him the Spirit Orb. Especially this early on.

I'm only three episodes in, so I don't know if she's really dead. But it'd be a waste if she is.

[emeraldspiral]

My hot take on YYH Netflix is that normally condensing a story this drastically would not work at all, but YYH is kind of a special case because Togashi very obviously was making things up as he went along and it takes quite a while for YYH to settle on what the story actually is.

Like, if you just saw the first episode you'd probably think the show is about Yusuke's ghost shenanigans and the story's over when he comes back to life. They spent a whole four episodes on it in the anime, and that's after cutting out a lot more issues from the manga. But there's not a lot that happened while Yusuke was a ghost that's of any consequence to the rest of the story, and anything that was, like Kuwabara becoming a good student, didn't need Yusuke to be a ghost in order to happen. Like, while he's a ghost he learns ghost abilities like being able to possess people or talk to them in their dreams, but when he comes back to life he doesn't retain any ghost powers like Danny Phantom, he gets completely different abilities that he only learns about after coming back to life.

So it really doesn't feel like we missed out on anything by having Yusuke get resurrected right away and establishing the threat of demons invading the world from the beginning and having that be the reason Koenma wanted to resurrect him, rather than introducing all of that only after Yusuke came back to life. It doesn't feel rushed, it just feels like it knows what the point is and gets to it.

The story also doesn't really dally around with the idea of Yusuke doing actual detective work, which also gets abandoned pretty quicky in the managa/series. He doesn't get any gadgets or get assigned a bunch of different cases that all just end up being a gauntlet for him to fight through, he pretty much just has the one big case. I think combining the Three Thieves arc with the Rescue Yukina arc is actually a significant improvement for the story. Cause like, originally the Thieves arc was just a vehicle to introduce Kurama, but then Hiei ended up becoming a regular character too and his appearance in that arc was totally inconsistent with everything established about him later. It makes so much more sense for his motive for participating in the heist to be his sister, rather than wanting to take over the world with an army of demon slaves. It also doesn't feel like we lost anything of value by cutting out the 4 Saint Beasts arc when helping Hiei rescue his sister is a much better motive for him to cooperate and bond with the others than Hiei just being forced to do community service. It also eliminates that awkwardness of Hiei kidnapping Yusuke's girlfriend and trying to turn her into his demon slave and then being instantly forgiven by Yusuke the next time they meet and never addressing it again.

Where I feel like it went too far was bringing in the Dark Tournament stuff. Having Yusuke drop everything to go train with Genkai for a whole month in the middle of a case while Hiei apparently makes no progress toward finding his sister just didn't make any sense. We didn't get to know Yusuke well enough to really understand how much growth he had to go through to earn Genkai's spirit wave or what emotional barriers he needed to overcome to beat Toguro. We didn't get to know Genkai long enough for her death to hit as hard as it should. We didn't get to see enough of Yusuke and Kuwabara's bond to understand why it made more sense to kill him instead of Keiko in order to motivate Yusuke. We didn't get as much build-up for the opponents the fab four would be facing and things like Kurama's fox form and Hiei's dragon are just there and not things that that were built up as their only desperate options to have even the slimmest chance of survival.

It really feels like a shame that they didn't go with the original ending of the Rescue Yukina arc where the Toguros took a dive on Sakyo's orders. Like, if they were worried about not getting a second season, the story already had a perfectly satisfying conclusion that you can just accept as an ending as long as nothing else comes afterward to tell you the bad guys are still alive. But Toguro, Bui, and Karasu are all clearly unambiguously dead by the end of the Netflix series and all the important plot points about Toguro and Genkai's past has already been put out there, so there's no way to go back on that and do the Dark Tournament proper with a more fleshed out story and fan-favorite characters now.

Hypothetically, if there were more seasons though, because the vast majority of the series is already covered and there's really only two arcs left that are too distinctly separated to be combined I could see a season 2 and a season 3 that adapt Chapter Black and the Makai arcs in a way that's more satisfying.

Like, S2E1 could cover just the House of 4 Dimensions, ending with the reveal that Genkai has been brought back to life, or at least can contact the living world in order to continue Yusuke's training and prepare him for what's coming.

S2E2 would be Yusuke and the gang looking for Sensui and his goons and we'd get the battle with Doctor in the A plot and Kuwabara's battle with Seaman in the B plot.

S2E3 would be Seaman's backstory and revelations about who Sensui is and what he's trying to accomplish. Kuroko could maybe be introduced here to fill in some of the exposition gaps. The episode would end with Sensui finally appearing and kidnapping Kuwabara, with Sniper foiling Yusuke's attempt to rescue him.

S2E4 would be Seaman taking the gang into the tunnel, Game Master would be skipped over and we'd get straight into Yusuke vs Sensui, ending with Yusuke's death.

S2E5 would be Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei breaking out of containment to avenge Yusuke and Yusuke awakening to defeat Sensui, only for Spirit World to suddenly turn on him once they realize he's related to Raizen. The season would end on a cliffhanger with Yusuke being forced to go on the run into demon world.

S3E1 would then open with Yusuke already in Demon World, wandering around until he eventually finds Raizen. Meanwhile back in the human and Spirit Worlds everyone is dealing with the fallout and the episode ends with Hiei and Kurama being summoned/deported to Demon World.

S3E2 would be Hiei and Mukuro's stories.

S3E2 would be Kurama and Yomi's stories, with Kuronue from the movie thrown in there as well.

S3E3 since we skipped the Dark Tournament we can't have Kurama recruiting old opponents under the guise that they'd be serving Yomi only to turn the tables and reveal that they're all loyal to Yusuke. And besides, it was kind of a waste in the original series to set Kurama, Hiei, and Yusuke up on opposing sides and then just instantly resolve the conflict by having Yusuke propose a free-for-all that everyone gets on board with. This could be a great opportunity to have some actual conflict between the three with Yusuke fearing what the other two Kings would do with total control of Demon World, Kurama not wanting to work for Yomi but having to pretend like he does, and Hiei not knowing what he wants.

S3E4 would see the three kingdoms go to war, until Yusuke and his friends learn about Spirit World's plot to pit them all against each other to further their own control of Demon World and convince the kings to set aside their differences and unite to battle Spirit World.

S3E5 would see Spirit World defeated and King Enma overthrown and replaced with Koenma. New policies would be put in place respecting the Demon World's right to self-govern and allow its citizens to travel between worlds. Yusuke and Kurama would finally be able to return home to their loved ones while Hiei would stay in Demon World to be with Mukuro.

[giggly-squiggily]

Kurama cares for Yusuke so much that sometimes when he’s comforting him, he accidentally calls him kit or cub in this essay I will-

Edit: Reread the ask and now I gotta change things up janznansn 😭💀🙏🏻

*screeches*

OH MY-

Kurama who’s always the first to calm someone down and provide comfort cause he’s the oldest and therefore “big brother” of Yusuke and Kuwabara- always giving pats and words of console whenever things get difficult or exhausting or they just need someone to tell them things are gonna be okay

Originally Yusuke refuses to accept anything of the sort at first cause he’s all “I don’t need anybody” but after Genkai and the dark tournament and the whole thing he finds himself leaning just a little (keyword: little) bit on Kurama and his honey coated words that seem to make him feel safe and less like he’s alone fighting his demons- literally and internally.

Yusuke after a particularly bad event happens is trying not to- what? Scream? Cry? Kill everyone and then himself? He’s frustrated and angry and wants to be alone but doesn’t want to be alone and Kurama’s right there whispering his soothing words and petting his shaking back and at some point he hears “It’s quite alright little kit: just let it out” so he does and it’s the first time he’s cried in years and it feels both horrible and amazing and it isn’t until after many many days that he finally asks “did you call me…Kit?”

And Kurama’s just: “…….Oh.” And gets all flustered and red as his hair while he’s looking away and Yusuke does another thing he hasn’t done in what feels like eons: he laughs cause it’s so rare to see the usually smooth fox demon embarrassed and it makes Kurama’s heart do little flips he can’t explain and then and only then does he know things are truly gonna be okay.

They never share any of this with Hiei and Kuwabara cause Yusuke would likely set the world on fire but also I like to think they kinda already know? Yusuk is still Yusuke but he’s no longer nearly as angry or stressed and Kurama seems a bit more relaxed and the vibes are better than ever and everyone feels closer than before.

That was a hell of a ramble whsnwnsnwn the point is I LOVE 😍😍😍😍😍 Thank you for sharing this darling thought with me! 🥰🥰🥰

[sunlightfeeling]

Yu Yu Hakusho: Episode 2 (2023)

Inagaki Goro as Sakyo

[kentonanamisupremacy]

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The video won’t post so I’ll just add the link. Sensui’s breaking point reminds me so much of Geto’s spiral and massacre of the village…

It makes me wonder if the ending for Gojo and Geto will be similar to Sensui and Itsuki…

[lookingforcactus]

Yusuke and Hiei's fight in ep 3 is so funny. They’re so lucky Kurama was there. Hiei is so deeply uninterested in clarifying anything.

Like, Hiei totally could’ve stopped the fight at any point to clarify what the hell was going on - including at the start of the fight! and esp after “Who the hell is Keiko?”! but he just had zero interest in doing so. “This guy doesn’t believe me? It's Sword Time.”

Also, sidenote: “Who the hell is Keiko?” Keiko!Winter Soldier AU now

[triggerblaze345]

[sarayashikidays]

me writing fic where Yuusuke experiences some of his Mazoku bloodline urges ( ie "humans sure smell like food sometimes...just sometimes") just to practice writing someone like Kurama being nervous and realizing he has some preconceptions about Yuusuke he didn't think about and also to write basically this:

[skrunksthatwunk]

i kinda gotta wonder how kuwabara feels about genkai after the dark tournament. like i don't think he'd hold a grudge per se (nor does he seem to) but like. she pointed at him and said "go kill that one" thereby 1) basically sending toguro to kill him 2) putting his bf(f) in The Situation. kuwabara knows how bad it was to lose yusuke and to watch toguro coming at him and yusuke being unable to even make him flinch, thinking he was gonna die and yusuke was going to have to go through all that grief (or at least some grief) as well except he had to see it happen and fail to stop it and just deal with that like... and genkai leaving without telling him... again she didn't tell anyone but i think even after everything's explained it's still probably a sore spot for him, as one of the more emotionally honest/open members of the cast. again i think he loves genkai i just think it'd feel weird is all.

[brokenangelwings22]

I didn’t know that Michael Jackson was in Yu Yu Hakusho 🤣

[fallenqueen2]

Yu Yu Hakusho Netflix Live Action Review

As a long-time fan [this is my favourite anime] I did enjoy the acting/characterizations [they all fit their characters well], CGI, Costumes, Locations and Fight Scenes

But, it's like they took canon events and new ideas, tossed them in a blender and hit 'speed-run' for the plot & character development thus relationships and deaths weren't as impactful as they were in the anime/manga [I still sob at Genkai's death in the anime], but those feelings just didn't appear in the short time Genkai was on the screen.

It was so rushed that by the point of the last 2 episodes [even with the Spirit Wave Orb], Yusuke and Kwubara should never have been ready to fight the Toguro Brothers.

Even Kurama shouldn't have been able to become Yoko so quickly, not to mention somehow Hiei had the Dragon Of the Darkness Flame ready to go already summoned on his arm?

I can't recommend this as your first look into the world of Yu Yu Hakusho.