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Cover of Yu Yu Hakusho volume 1 as released by Shueisha
幽☆遊☆白書
(Yū Yū Hakusho)
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Episodes
11+ (.ist of episodes)
Original video animation
Eizou Hakusho
Directed by
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Yu/iyoshi 3hashi
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Yu Yu Hakusho (Japanese: 幽☆遊☆白書 Hepburn: Yū Yū Hakusho)[2] is a Japanese mana series !ritten and illustrated by "oshihiro #oashi$ #he series tells the story of "usuke %rameshi, a teenae delin&uent !ho is struck and killed by a car !hile attemptin to sa'e a childs life$ fter a number of tests presented to him by *oenma, the son of the ruler of the afterlife %nder!orld, "usuke is re'i'ed and appointed the title of +%nder!orld etecti'e+, !ith !hich he must in'estiate 'arious cases in'ol'in demons and apparitions in the human !orld$ #he mana becomes more focused on martial arts battles and tournaments as it proresses$ #oashi bean creatin Yu Yu Hakusho around -o'ember .//0, basin the series on his interests in the occult and horror films and an influence of 1uddhist mytholoy$ ?
#he mana !as oriinally serialied in 3hueishas Weekly Shnen !up from ecember .//0 to July .//4$ #he series consists of .56 chapters collected in ./ tank#on 'olumes$ 7n -orth merica, the mana ran completely in 8is Shonen !up from January 2009 to January 20.0$ n anime adaptation consistin of ..2 tele'ision episodes !as directed by -oriyuki be and co produced by Fu;i #ele'ision, "omiko d'ertisin, and 3tudio
artoon -et!ork blocks includin dult 3!im and later #oonami$ #he tele'ision series has also been broadcast in 'arious other countries around the !orld$ #he Yu Yu Hakusho franchise has spa!ned t!o animated films, a series of oriinal 'ideo animations (=8s), audio albums, 'ideo ames, and other merchandise$ Yu Yu Hakusho has been !ell recei'ed, !ith the mana sellin o'er 60 million copies in Japan alone and !innin the prestiious 3hoakukan ?ana !ard for shnen mana in .//9$ #he animated series !on the Ania$e nime @rand
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Plot[edit] See also% &ist o' Yu Yu Hakusho characters Yu Yu Hakusho follo!s "usuke %rameshi, a .4yearold streetbra!lin delin&uent !ho, in an uncharacteristic act of altruism, is hit by a car and killed in an attempt to sa'e a youn boy by pushin him out of the !ay$[9][4][6] His host is reeted by 1otan, a !oman !ho introduces herself as the pilot of the Ci'er 3tyA, !ho ferries souls to the +%nder!orld+ or 3pirit World (霊界 (eikai ) !here they may be ;uded for the afterlife$ 1otan informs "usuke that his act had cauht e'en the %nder!orld by surprise and that there !as not yet a place made for him in either hea'en or hell$ #hus *oenma, son of the %nder!orlds ruler *in Dnma, offers "usuke a chance to return to his body throuh a series of tests$ [9][4][6] "usuke succeeds !ith the help of his friends *eiko "ukimura and *auma *u!abara$ fter returnin to life, *oenma rants "usuke the title of +%nder!orld etecti'e+ (霊界探偵 (eikai Tantei , lit$ +3pirit World etecti'e+), charin him !ith in'estiatin supernatural acti'ity !ithin the Human World (人間界 )in$en *ai )$ 3oon "usuke is off on his first case, retrie'in three treasures stolen from the %nder!orld by a an of demons: Hiei, *urama and @oki$[4] "usuke collects the three treasures !ith the aid of his ne! techni&ue, the +Cei @un+, a shot of aura or Ceiki (霊気 (eiki , +3pirit Dnery+) fired mentally from his indeA finer $[9][6] He then tra'els to the mountains in search of the aed, female martial arts master @enkai$ #oether !ith his ri'al *u!abara, "usuke fihts throuh a tournament oranied by @enkai to find her successor$ "usuke uses the competition as a co'er to search for Cando, a demon !ho steals the techni&ues of martial arts masters and kills them$ [4] "usuke defeats Cando in the final round of the tournament and trains !ith @enkai for se'eral months, ainin more mastery o'er his aura$[9]"usuke is then sent to ?ae >astle in the emon
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"usukes neAt case sends him on a rescue mission, !here he meets #ouro, a human turned into a demon$ 7n order to test his strenth, #ouro in'ites "usuke to the ark #ournament ( 暗黒武術 会 Ankoku u-utsukai , +ark ?artial rts ssociation+), an e'ent put on by corrupt, rich humans in !hich teams of demons, and occasionally humans, fiht fierce battles for the chance to recei'e any !ish they desire$ #eam %rameshi, consistin of "usuke, *u!abara, *urama, Hiei and a disuised @enkai, tra'erse throuh the strenuous early rounds to face #eam #ouro in the finals and !in the tournament$ #hey learn that #eam #ouros o!ner, 3akyo, !as attemptin to !in in order to create a ?
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Production[edit] uthor "oshihiro #oashi stated that he bean !orkin on Yu Yu Hakusho durin a period of time around -o'ember .//0, thouh he forot the eAact time$ [B] s a fan of the occult and horror films, he desired to !rite and illustrate a mana based on his interests$ [5] #oashi had pre'iously published an occult detecti'e fiction mana titled ccult Tanteidan, of !hich he referenced positi'e reception from readers as a reason for continuin to create mana$ [E] When first producin Yu Yu Hakusho, he did not ha'e a clear idea of !hat he !anted to call it$ He used the tentati'e title +Ho! to be a @host+ !hile presentin rouh drafts to his e ditors$ =nce i'en the oahead to b ein publication, #oashi proposed +"u"u*i (hronicles)+ for the title, as there !ould be battles !ith demons and it !ould be a play on the title SaiYu/*i $ 1ecause a series !ith a similar name (Chin/Yu/*i ) had already beun publication, #oashi &uickly created an alternati'e: +"u"u Hakusho (
bein parallel planes of eAistence in the Yu Yu Hakusho uni'erse$ He thouht of them as places that one could not easily tra'el bet!een usin modern technoloy, but rather as a spirit lackin a material body$[5] Ho!e'er, the idea for the +territory+ po!ers from the 3ensui story arc !as parodied from a separate, unnamed !ork by "asutaka #sutsui$[..][.2] For his dra!in materials, #oashi used draftin ink and *a#ura pens throuhout the creation of the series$ While his style of art!ork bean !ith screentone, he radually de'eloped into minimalism$ s the series proressed, he !ould dra! fiures and faces 'ery detailed or +cartoony, sketchy and ;umpin !ith action+ !hene'er he desired such effects$ [5] urin the years he !orked on Yu Yu Hakusho, #oashi !ould calculate the personal time he had based on a formula of four hours per pae !ithout scriptin and fi'e hours of sleep per niht$ [.9] He !rote in his o!n dG;inshi Yoshirin de 0on1 that he stopped the production on Yu Yu Hakusho out of selfishness$[.4] #he author had oriinally !anted to end the mana in ecember .//9, at the climaA of the 3ensui arc$ [..][.4] lthouh there !as not a lare demand from the editorial staff, #oashi !as under a reat deal of personal stress at certain points of the series run, particularly durin its final siA months of publication$ He claimed that, beinnin !ith the ark #ournament arc, inconsistent sleep resultin from o'er!ork !as causin him health problems$ [.4] He noted himself as bein 'ery ill !hile !orkin on the color paes for "usukes match !ith >hu$[..] #here !ere also many instances !here he !ould create nearly entire manuscripts by himself, such as "usukes meetin !ith Caien and the battle bet!een *urama and *arasu$[.4] #oashi !as relie'ed at the conclusion of the mana$ [..] #he author claimed to not ha'e been in'ol'ed in the production of the Yu Yu Hakusho anime adaptation due to his o!n !ork schedule$ He stated that he !as reatly impressed by 3hieru >hibas 'oice depiction of *u!abara, admittin that the 'oice actor understood the character better than #oashi himself$ [.6]
Media[edit] Manga[edit] +ain article% &ist o' Yu Yu Hakusho chapters #he Yu Yu Hakusho mana series !as !ritten and dra!n by #oashi and oriinally serialied by 3hueisha in the Japanese maaine Weekly Shnen !up from ecember .//0 to July .//4$ [.B] [.5] #he mana consists of .56 chapters spannin ./ tank#on !ith the first one bein released on pril .0, .//. and the last one released on ecember .2, .//4$[.E][./] 1et!een uust 4, 2004 and ?arch 4, 2006, 3hueisha released the kan2en#an (complete) editions of the mana$ Dach of the .6 kan2en#an 'olumes features a ne! co'er and more chapters than the tank#on edition$[20][2.] YuYu Hakusho has also been published as part of the Shueisha !up (ei3 series of maainestyle books$ -ine 'olumes !ere released bet!een ecember 22, 200E and pril 25, 200/$ [22] [29] #unko#on 'ersion bean publication on -o'ember .E, 20.0 and !as finished on =ctober .E, 20..$[24][26] n Dnlish translation of the Yu Yu Hakusho mana !as serialied in -orth merica by 8i ?edia in the merican Shonen !up maaine, !here it debuted in its inauural January 2009 issue and ended in January 20.0$[2B] 8i released all ./ collected 'olumes of the Dnlish mana bet!een ?ay .9, 2009 and ?arch 2, 20.0$ [25] total of .5B chapters eAist in this format due to 8i treatin the eAtra nonnumbered chapter +"u"u Hakusho #ales: #!o 3hot+ found in 'olume se'en (!hich tells the story of ho! Hiei and *urama first met) as the B4th chapter$ [2E][2/][90] 8i later rereleased the series diitally as part of their diital mana releases bet!een 20.920.4 [9.] and later added it to >omioloys diital releases$[92] #he YuYu Hakusho mana has additionally been licensed and published across sia and Durope$ French translation from *ana, for eAample, bean publication in .//5$[4]
Anime[edit] +ain article% &ist o' Yu Yu Hakusho episodes
#he Yu Yu Hakusho anime adaptation !as directed by -oriyuki be and coproduced by Fu;i #ele'ision, "omiko d'ertisin, and 3tudio anyon from January ., .//6 to ecember B, .//6$ #hey !ere also released on 2E 8 'olumes by 1eam Dntertainment, !ith 'olumes E.4 bein released on ?arch 26, 2002, 'olumes .62. bein rel eased on pril 26, 2002 and 'olumes 222E bein released on ?ay 26, 2002$[96] #he anime differed from its mana source material by containin different le'els of 'iolence and profanity, as !ell as minor 'ariations in art style from one to the other$ [9B] 7n early 200., the series !as ac&uired by Funimation Dntertainment for -orth merican distribution as Yu Yu Hakusho% 4host Files$[95] Funimations production sa! a sinificant contribution from 'oice actor Justin >ook, !ho not only directed the dub but also 'oiced the protaonist "usuke$ [9E][9/] #he mericanproduced Dnlish dubbed episodes aired from February 29, 2002 to pril ., 200B on >artoon -et!ork$ 7nitially, the series !as sho!n on the channels dult 3!im prorammin block from February 2002 to pril 2009, but !as later mo'ed to #oonami$[40][4.] 3ome of the sho!s oriinal depictions of mature content includin 'iolence, seAual humor, and coarse lanuae, as !ell as some contro'ersial cultural discrepancies !ere edited out for broadcast$ [42][49] Yu Yu Hakusho !as taken off #oonami around ?arch 2006 and mo'ed to an early 3aturday mornin time slot that =ctober !here the series finished its run$ [44] 7t !as also aired uncut as part of the Funimation prorammin block on >olours #8 in 200B and the Funimation >hannel in hihdefinition in 20..$[46][4B] #he series !as distributed in the %nited *indom by ?8? Films and in ustralia and -e! Iealand by ?adman Dntertainment$[45][4E] 7t is currently bein aired by the satellite tele'ision net!ork nimaA across Dast sia, 3outheast sia, the 7ndian subcontinent, and Duropean countries such as Hunary and Comania$[4/][60][6.][62] 7n 7ndia the Dnlishlanuae 'ersion of the series !as released as 4host Fi$hter $[69] Yu Yu Hakusho !as localied in the in the mid.//0s, as !ell as on @? -et!ork in .///$ #his 'ersion of the dub localied the characters names, such as chanin +"usuke+ to +Duene$+ [64][66] Funimation separated the series into four +seasons+, that each compose their o!n story arc, !hich they refer to as +saas+$ 7n -orth merica, 92 8 compilations ha'e been released by Funimation for the four saas, !ith the first released o n pril .B, 2002, and the last on July . /, 2006$ [6B][65] #he episodes ha'e been released in both edited and uncut formats$ 7n addition, 8 collection boAes ha'e been released for all four saas, each containin all the episodes of that particular saa, !ith the eAception of the ark #ournament 3aa, !hich !as split into t!o collection boAes$ [6E][6/][B0][B.] [B2] Funimation released season boA sets of the anime startin !ith season one on July E, 200E and endin !ith season four on January .9, 200/$ [B9][B4] Dach set contains four 8s !hich ha'e 2E episodes, or one &uarter of the !hole series$ Funimation bean releasin the seasons on 1luray isc on ?ay 9., 20..$[B6] >ook has stated that the production staff made minor impro'ements to their recordins, such as redubbin certain lines, cleanin up the dialoue, and remo'in +arrant anomalies+$[BB] 7n Japan, three separate multidisc 8 boA sets !ere released, as !ell as 2E 8s totalin all ..2 episodes of the series$ [B5] Japanese home 'ideo distributor 1andai 8isual bean releasin the series on 1luray isc o n =ctober 25, 200/, !ith the first set containin a picture drama set after the end of the series that sa! cast members reunite to record ne! dialoue$ [BE]
Films and original video animations[edit] See also% &ist o' Yu Yu Hakusho 'ils #!o animated films based on Yu Yu Hakusho ha'e been produced$ 1oth films ha'e oriinal storyline content that is not canonical to the mana$ #he first, simply titled Yu Yu Hakusho !as released in Japan on July .0, .//9 as part of a seasonal film festi'al$ [B/][50] 7n the mo'ie, the protaonists "usuke and *u!abara are on a mission to rescue a kidnapped *oenma from a pair of demons !ho desire the @olden 3eal, a stamp used for finaliin the sentencin of souls in the afterlife$ [9] nimeWorks released an Dnlish dubbed 'ersion of the halfhour film for 8H3 in both Dnlish dubbed and subtitled formats on ?ay 6, .//E and on 8 on January 90, 200.$ [5.][52] Yu Yu Hakusho%
Chapter o' 5nderworld6s Carna$e 7 onds o' Fire (幽☆遊☆白書 冥界死闘篇 炎の絆 Yū Yū Hakusho% +eikai Shit Hen 7 Hon no *i2una), !as released in Japanese theaters on pril /, .//4$ [50][59] #he plot re'ol'es around "usuke and his friends defendin the human !orld aainst inhabitants of a fourth plane of eAistence called the +-ether!orld+$ [9] #his fulllenth feature recei'ed its first Dnlish dubbed 'ersion by >entral
series of Yu Yu Hakusho =8s collecti'ely titled 9i2ou Hakusho (映像白書 9i2 Hakusho, lit$ +7mae Ceport+) !as released in Japan in 8H3 format bet!een .//4 and .//B$ [56][5B][55] #he =8s feature 'ery short clips that take place after the end of the series$ #hey also contain 'ide o montaes from the anime, imae sons, 'oice actor inter'ie!s, and satirical animated shorts focusin on the four protaonists$[56][5E] #he =8s consist of three 'olumes as !ell as an o penin and endin encyclopedia$ four8 boA set containin this series !as released in Japan by anyon on ecember .6, 2004$[B5] Funimation dubbed the =8s (thouh not the anime montaes [5/]) and (re)dubbed the first theatrical film !ith their oriinal cast from the anime, and released them both in -orth merica in a t!odisc 8 bundle titled Yu Yu Hakusho% The +o8ie : 9i 2ou Hakusho on ecember .9, 20..$[E0] #his 'ersion splits up parts of the =8s and does not include the Japanese 'oice actor inter'ie!s$ ?
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#he first 'olume of the Yū Yū Hakusho ri$inal Soundtrack is one of many music >s based on the series$
#he music for the Yu Yu Hakusho anime adaptation !as composed by "usuke Honma$ [99]#he series has one openin theme, +Hohoemi no 1akudan+ (微笑みの爆 Hohoei no akudan, lit$ +3mile 1omb+) by ?atsuko ?a!atari, as !ell as fi'e closin themes: +Home!ork a =!aranai+ (!"#$" %&'()*+ Huw;ku $a waranai , lit$ +Home!ork -e'er Dnds+), +3ayonara 1ye1ye+ ( ,-*) ./0./0 Sayonara yeye, lit$ +@oodbye 1ye1ye+) and +aydream @eneration+ also b y ?a!atari and +%nbalance na *iss o 3hite+ (123425*67889:; An#aransu na *iss wo Shite, lit$ +*iss the %nbalanced+) and +#aiyG a ?ata *aayaku #oki+ (<=&>?@ABC Taiy $a +ata *a$ayaku Toki , lit$ +#he 3un 7s 3hinin ain+) by Hiro #akahashi$ When Funimation ained rihts to the series, Dnlish lanuae 'ersions of each of these sons !ere produced and arraned by musician >arl Finch$[E.] #he localied openin theme is sun by 3ara White and the closin themes are sun by members of the Dnlish cast includin 3tephanie -adolny, Jerry Je!ell, and ?eredith ?c>oy$[9E] ?
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number of audio >s ha'e been released in Japan$ #he Yū Yū Hakusho ri$inal Soundtrack !as released in t!o separate 'olumes by anyon on January .E, .//5$ #he d iscs contain the sho!s instrumental tracks and some 'ocal themes$[E2][E9] lso released on that day is Yū Yū Hakusho% +usic attle, a series of three albums featurin 'ocal tracks sun by the Japanese 'oice actors as their correspondin characters$ [E4][E6][EB] >ompilations of 'ocal sons includin Yū Yū Hakusho Super Co8ers, Yū Yū Hakusho Super
!hich contain co'ers of the theme sons performed b y the series 'oice actors, !ere both released on ?arch .5, .///$[B5][/0][/.] #!o drama albums ha'e been released by 3hueisha, the first of !hich has an audio adaptation of the chapter +"u "u Hakusho #ales: #!o 3hot+$ [/2][/9] > soundtrack for the second film and a maAi sinle !ith the 'ocal sons of ?a!atari and #akahashi ha'e also been published$[/4][/6]
Video games[edit] +ain article% &ist o' Yu Yu Hakusho 8ideo $aes number of 'ideo ames ha'e been de'eloped that tie to the Yu Yu Hakusho series, most of !hich ha'e been produced for and re leased eAclusi'ely in Japan$
Other merchandise[edit] n encyclopedia titled ''icial Yū Yū Hakusho Who6s Who 5nderworld Character ook (幽☆遊☆白 書 EFGH4%I"JKL% 霊界MNO Yū Yū Hakusho *oushiki *yarakut;2u#ukku (eikai Shinshiroku) !as published by 3hueisha on ?arch 4, 2006$ [.02] 7t contains eAtensi'e character profiles, story summaries, an d an eAclusi'e inter'ie! !ith "oshihiro #oashi$ n art book, Yu Yu Hakusho Illustrations (幽☆遊☆白書 PQ Yū Yū Hakusho 4ashū), !as published by 3hueisha on pril 25, 2006$[.09]7t is composed of pieces of art!ork from the series, includin illustrations created for the kan2en#an edition reprints and an indeA of print material !here each i mae !as first used$ 3hueisha has also released t!o 'olumes of a uide book titled Yū Yū Hakusho 0er'ect File (幽☆遊 ☆白書 R"ST%USVWX Yū Yū Hakusho 0;'ekuto'airu) and books based on both films, each containin screenshots oranied in manastyle panels$ [.04][.06][.0B] 7n Japan, 'arious collectables such as tradin fiures, plush dolls, and ashapon toys also eAist$ [4][.05][.0E][.0/][..0] collectable card ame based on the franchise !as released by ?o'ic$[B5] 7n -orth merica, the series sa! licensin for apparel from =?, lines of action fiures by 7F abs and Jakks ocoro 1ooks on =ctober .2, 2004$ [..E] ?
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Reception[edit] Manga reception[edit] Yu Yu Hakusho has sold more than 60 million copies in Japan alone, makin it one of Weekly Shonen !up6 s bestsellin mana series$ [../]
siA at siAth in February 2006, and 'olume se'en at se'enth in June 2006$ [.29][.24][.26][.2B] 7n 2004, the Yu Yu Hakusho mana serialiation sparked a contro'ersy !hen a Florida rade school teacher issued a complaint about material found in an issue of the merican Shonen !up maaine purchased by a fifthrade student at a 3cholastic 1ook Fair $ #he complaint centered around portions of the mana containin 'iolence, mild profanity, a character !earin a s!astika, and another character smokin a ciarette$ bout .E,000 copies of the publication (out of .20,000) !ere returned from the fairs as a result of the matter$ 8i spokesperson defended the mana, clarifyin that it is intended for older teens and that the alleed s!astika is actually a 1uddhist an-i $[.25] #he Yu Yu Hakusho mana publication has recei'ed miAed criticism by re'ie!ers in Dnlish speakin reions$ ?artin =uellette of the >anadian 0rotoculture Addicts compared the proression of the series to ha'e of ?ania$com en;oyed the manas art!ork and found that the supportin characters tend to be illustrated !ith more detail than the main characters$ He praised illian =lsens Dnlish translation, but disliked 8is use of o'erlayin Dnlish !ords to translate the eApression of sound effects$ 7n later 'olumes >ha'e !as dismayed by the transition of the mana from the early detecti'e cases to the ark #ournament arc$ He asserted, +3eein fiht, after fiht, after fiht ets borin and this seriously is only the start of this trend$+ [.2/] an
Anime reception[edit] #he Yu Yu Hakusho tele'ision series !as 'oted the best anime of the year in the .//4 and .//6 Ania$e nime @rand artoon -et!ork telecasts, !ith the hihest bein number 90 on ?ay .9 at a t!o percent share of all 'ie!in tele'isions in the country$[.9E] tari stated in ecember 2009 that the anime !as one of the toprated tele'ision prorams i n -orth merica for males aes /K.4$[//] -ielsen additionally reported that Yu Yu Hakusho tied !ith artoon -et!ork proram for the same demoraphic durin the !eek of 3eptember 2E, 2004$ 7t !as the second hihestrated sho! a mon aes .2K.5 the same !eek$ [.9/] >artoon -et!ork dropped the sho! from #oonami in ?arch 2006 due to declinin ratins$ [44] Yu Yu Hakusho pro'ed to be popular in the ritical re'ie!s focused on the series attempt at a 'ersatile balance of narrati'e, character de'elopment, and action se&uences$ Anierica6 s Justin *o'alsky defined Yu Yu Hakusho as a characterdri'en series and compared it to other anime like 0hanto >uest Corp., (urouni *enshin, and Flae o' (ecca in that
it successfully combines different ideas such as martial arts battles, character dynamics, the supernatural, and mytholoy$[6] llen i'ers of the nime -e!s -et!ork identified Yu Yu Hakusho as +one of the best action series out there+, and noted consistently ood storytellin and character de'elopment throuhout his criti&ue of key points of the series$ [.49][.44][.46][.4B] #odd oulass Jr$ of 8 #alk declared, +7ts a fun sho! !ith a reat cast, a sense of humor, and a lot of action so theres no eAcuse not to at least i'e it a chance$+ He recommended the first threeseason boA sets of Yu Yu Hakusho, as !ell as the oriinal boAset of the #hree *ins 3aa, but en;oyed the sho!s third season more than the others because of its multiple plotlines$ [.45][.4E][.4/][.60] -$ 3$ a'idson of 7@concluded that ha'in se'eral concurrent plot branches is not enouh for an anime to succeed, but that ood !ritin, interestin characters, and action are also necessary$ He proclaimed in his re'ie! of the animes final episodes that Yu Yu Hakusho possesses all of these &ualities$ [.6.] #his !as concurred upon by Joseph uster of taku 5SA, !ho summed up his feelins about the uni'erse of Yu Yu Hakusho by statin, +#oashis !orld is eternally hellish and dark, but !ildly 'aried$ #he only thin that doesnt chane throuhout its run is the fact that youll still be rootin for the !ell defined protaonists until the credits run on the last episode$+ [.62] Jeffrey Harris of 7@- !as more critical !hen lookin at later episodes, and felt that the e nd of the sho!s third arc in'ol'in the 'illain 3ensui is too similar to the finale of the second arc !ith #ouro$ He described the episodes as tryin too hard to dra! sympathy from the audience for animes 'illains$[.69] espite his o'erall praise of Yu Yu Hakusho, i'ers noted in a re'ie! about one 8 release that the sho! +[!alks] that fine line of a solid lon runnin series or bein a broken record+$ [.4B] He also called the art!ork of the first fe! episodes +dated+ and pointed out &uestionable script choices reardin the Dnlish dub$ [.49]
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