#Yu Yu Hakusho live action spoilers

[islandofthesnakes]

OUGHJTITN THE LIVE ACTION YU YU HAKUSHO WAS SO GOOD

AHHH IT WAS SO FUN TO SEE THEM ALL TOGETHER W THEY COLOR CODED ASSES

my only gripe is the pacing towards the end like they coulda ended it w the first tournament arc and then like next season coulda been dark tournament

OH AND MORE SPIRIT DETECTIVING I WISH I COULDVE SEEN THE GUYS BONDING N STUFF AHH IT WAS TOO RUSHED WE COULDA HAD IT ALLLLL

[brokenangelwings22]

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

[maesonc-artistic-adventures]

Watched the YYH live action and I’m obsessed! They did such a great job adapting the show and I just had so much fun watching it! Enjoy some doodles!

[hlkproductions]

this guy is hands down the funniest fucking creature to ever

[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.

[sunlightfeeling]

Yu Yu Hakusho: Episode 2 (2023)

Inagaki Goro as Sakyo

[alotofrandomfangirling]

Would seriously DIE for him

[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

[honoviadakai]

So the live action series for Yu Yu Hakusho drops tomorrow…

Possible spoilers down below. If you don’t wanna see spoilers, keep scrolling!

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Imma level with ya’ll…my expectations are so low for this to be good that the bar’s not even in hell, it’s under it.

Like this

This scares me.

It could potentially be interesting. Like maybe he was viewed as too violent and brash so he was initially denied the jagan eye surgery. Instead of calming down, Hiei steals a jagan implant and does an impromptu surgery on himself with 0 medical training, thus proving Shigure’s point.

That would be cool right?

Well…

This looks like a warehouse…in the human world…

This kinda looks like he gave himself a jagan eye using the conjuring blade he stole in the spirit detective saga arc…

I really hope they don’t have him do that, especially not in the middle of his fight with Yusuke

But I’m also just fully prepared for that to 100% be the case…

I could list other things that scare me but this is already getting long and I just wanted to point out Hiei cuz he’s my favorite character. Lol

We’ll see what happens but man do I want this series to prove me wrong.

(Also…did anyone else notice they lowkey gave Hiei a pompadour??? Hiei straight up stole Kuwabara’s look XD)

[rouge-the-bat]

huh. well. i didnt want to keep my hopes up to high for the yyh live action, and thankfully so bc then it ended up being better than i was expecting! itll never be able to live up to the anime, but it was enjoyable enough at least.

unfortunately it was. extremely fast paced. they condensed so much into so little time, giving the characters very little room to banter with each other and show their, yunno. character. at least for kurama and hiei, which are my favorite characters of ever (tied with my two faves from sth). kurama never even got to show any of his dorkiness or love for messing with others, especially hiei! their interactions were so limited... it makes me so sad :( also the fact that kuwabara made a jab at hieis height even though hiei is now only a few inches shorter than him ..........

while the humor was rather limited, im glad that it was there at all (bc i worried it was only going to be super serious), and there were def some moments that really made me laugh! n i liked that hiei was still a little shit to kuwabara lol. and also that keiko got to have some badassery :) the action scenes were all pretty cool too, and i do think it was cool how they made some stuff a lot creepier (like those demon bugs possessing people and like, elder toguro in general lol)

ill also say, while as weird as it was to have so much of the story condensed and altered, it was also kind of interesting how they were able to tie in everything into a more streamlined story. while i way prefer the pace and storyline of the original, it was neat how they made each major plotpoint slide into the next like they did.

[oldassweeb]

YYH LA EP1 first watch thoughts

They are clearly not trying to make a 1 to 1 recreation. It feels more like an alternate universe. I suspect once people accept this and try to enjoy it as a new original piece of canon media they will have more fun with it. I have fully accepted this so I will not be nitpicking the details here.

!!!!!Spoilers Under Cut!!!!!

I love Yusuke's new death and the early "in your face" approach to the demon insects and Sakyo's plan/chapter black with the sink hole.

Yusuke smoking was more prominent in the manga I think. Glad they brought it back.

Smile Bomb playing on the radio has already made this whole series woth the watch. TY

Yusuke's wake photo is sending me. This poor little autistic boy.

The characters' personalities are very on brand despite minor appearance differences. Yusuke is my favorite performance this episode. Though Kuwabara was a very close second. I didn't think I was going to like the new Kazuma but he really does the old one justice.

Kinda sad Kazuma and Yusuke don't go to the same school anymore.

ALL OF THE GIRLS ARE SO PERFECT

The heaven and hell name drop yeeted me into a little wall ngl. Not sure if that's because I liked the original spirit world after death process more or because of my religious trauma though.

In regards to SW! I'm so glad we get to see Botan as the ferie man in the boat. Also it was way too pretty! How do I vacation there?

Who lives in all of those houses in sprit world!? I need to know. (And maybe make an OC)

So no spirit egg? I am going to miss Puu.

Keiko is the real MVP of this story, per usual.

I wonder if they are going to do Maze Castle with all of these insects or if they will chop up these round worms solely to Sakyo's efforts to destroy the barrier between worlds.

I love how much episode one feels like a zombie flick at some points. The grundy horror additions are really working for me. And these stunt performers look like they were having fun.

Sakyo really looks like the perfect Naraku.

I'm so fucking hyped that we got to see Kurama and Hiei fight in ep1. And the artifacts look super cool.

Wish the fight scenes (the whole show really) was a little more in focus, though.

I kinda want a multiverse crack fic where the anime and live action casts team up f9r a joint mission now

[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.

[busylazy]

YuYu Hakusho (Live Action) Trailer

Random rambles (spoilers):

Keita Machida as Koenma is a perfect fit. 🥰

I love the foursome:

Takumi Kitamura as Yusuke Urameshi Shuhei Uesugi as Kazuma Kuwabara Jun Shison as Kurama Kanata Hongō as Hiei

They all look better than the anime. Sei Shiraishi as Keiko too.

I've seen Kanata Hongō in other anime adaptations (Attack on Titan, Full Metal Alchemist, etc.) and I remember him from Kingdom (2019).

Lol at that Karasu vs Kurama introduction, "do you use hair treatment?" Said vain ninja to red-haired Kitsune.

Amazing how they condensed such a lengthy anime series into 5 episodes. I look forward to the rest of the series. I'd love to see how they interpret the introduction of the Demon Plane rules Raizen, Mukuro and Yomi.

[asterofthevoid]

The way that the live action is like watching the Saint Beast arc, the Save Yukina arc, and the Dark Tournament arc simultaneously.

Aside from lamenting the short span of these episodes, the bits that they kept are iconic. The little details are like nods to existing fans.

The fight scenes are impeccable.

And most importantly they got the boy's dynamic right.

Yu yu hakusho: Helen's revenge

Highlights:

BOTAN

iPad of Darkness

Gouki's tummy

Kuwabara

KARASU

keiko and yukina tag team

Dislikes:

- lack of shizuru

- keiko got nerfed a bit

-spirit orb was too easy to absorb

I'm sure I'm forgetting things.

[brokenangelwings22]

Seriously Netflix? 5 episodes? That’s unfair. How can I judge something that brief?

[sunlightfeeling]

Yu Yu Hakusho: Episode 5 (2023)