After briefly learning of Yusuke’s troubling life, the beloved blue-haired, pink-robed shinagami Botan explains that, due to a fluke, Yusuke has the option to return to the world of the living by completing several tasks - a feat that, though challenging, has him back in his body by episode five. As he floats above his own corpse, we are formally introduced to Yusuke, a 14-year-old delinquent who, while not dodging class or antagonizing his childhood friend Yukimura Keiko, seemingly lives only to fight. In the very first moments of the pilot, the protagonist Urameshi Yusuke dies while saving a small child from being hit by a truck. Yu Yu Hakusho, unfortunately, overtly and subtly fails its female characters time and again. Although these elements make it worth the rewatch even now, my love for this anime hasn’t completely obscured its flaws. It is this slew of characters that has kept me hooked on Yu Yu Hakusho for the past 18 years, in addition to the “fight your enemies head on and defeat them through raw power and sheer force of will” storyline that will always be a guilty pleasure of mine. However, these elements take their time getting fully established within the bones of the show, giving the viewer time to bond with the series’ gaggle of main characters. In true battle shounen fashion, Yu Yu Hakusho embraces the fighter’s spirit and a taste for the ridiculously overpowered villain in arc after arc. With its superb dub and absolute banger of an opening song, Yu Yu Hakusho made its North American television debut in 2002, a whole 10 years after its initial release in Japan. Content Warning: Fanservice, sexism, transphobia
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