Why You Should Watch Yu Yu Hakusho

Everyone should always watch Yu Yu Hakusho. HE USES GODDAMN FINGERGUNS

Fun fact: here in italy kuwabara's voice actor is the same as Spongebob

the drip is forever in this anime. one of my favorite things about it.

I'm writing this before I watch the video: It's odd, the thing that stayed with me about this anime wasn't the over the top fights or fantastical world, though I love all of that. It was the very beginning of the series. A main character depicted as a nobody, an uncaring, self absorbed, angry delinquent who unfathomably sacrifices himself to save the life of a random child. Then there's the funeral scene. Where Yusuke is positive no one will be there, that no one cares that he died. Then, all the people he's convinced hate him, that he thinks will be happy hes gone, they are all at his funeral, and they are all genuinely grieving over his death. This is such a gut wrenching scene overall. But Kuwabara's reaction in particular (who until that point was depicted as an antagonistic bully), it is raw, and irrational. It's also one of the most emotionally honest reactions to death I've ever seen in an anime. This told you from the very beginning this wasn't a typical super power super hero anime. It told you that characters may not be what they seem at first. That their is nuance and dimensions. That the good guys aren't entirely pure and just, and that the villains may have redeeming qualities or sound reasons for doing what they do.

“I actually used to have kind of a crush on Juri, the ring announcer.” Me: ...I’m not alone.

Yu Yu Hakusho has a special place in Brazilian hearts. Here in Brazil, this was one the first series that the voice actor were given more freedom to dub and improvise. Which resulted on a show full of Brazilian slang words and sayings that made watching this series all the more special for the people around here. <3

The strength of YuYu Hakusho was really in it's characters more than anything else. Thanks for making this video.

Reading togishi's word on the end of yyh still makes me tear up. To know the man who made my favorite peace of art had to nearly kill himself to do it is heartbreaking

Toguro alone should be reason enough to watch the anime. That's how good it is!

I actually LIKED how anticlimactic the ending of the last arc was. The main characters get their asses kicked and go down just like so many minor characters before them. It was a great way to show how the heroes aren't the center of the universe and hammered home the themes of humility and maturity.

I honestly cried when Puu brought him water during Genkais trial. Jesus I wasn't ready for that. Such a gut wrenching scene.

I remember having my parents tape episodes of this show on VHS while I was at Tae Kwon Do practice. They’d pop the vhs in, set the timer, and drive me to the Dojo. When I got home I’d watch the new episode. Over the course of my 4 years going from white belt to black belt, I watched that entire show on Toonami. It is by far my absolute favorite.

I just finished yu yu hakusho and I can say without a doubt that this is the hardest post anime depression I have ever experienced

This is about to be a very personal comment and I’ve had too much alcohol but fuck it. I grew up with Yusuke at a time when I was living in a similar situation. I got to school and no one wants me there. I go home and no one wants me there. So I really relate to him and the way his irony and use of quips/humor are his main coping mechanisms, but then as he grows those very same things that saved him at the time are holding him back. His detachment saved him, but only for so long. How incredible for a shonen anime to understand that level of nuance in the mind of a teenager who grew up in such a bad situation. I love the way yusuke eschews apathy and recognizes his personal power and responsibility. It’s a dream for those of us who grew up in abuse and were mired in hopelessness, to find family, recognition and appreciation for the traits derided all of our lives. I’ll stand by this series my entire life and it really was lightning in a bottle. I appreciate that you recognize the power in yusuke and other characters actually sitting in their emotions, because that is an uncomfortable thing and television series are often afraid to let the audience breathe with the characters. Especially in such a male dominated genre. Kudos for acknowledging the power in allowing male characters to feel things.

this has left a social impact here in the Philippines. it was a blockbuster even to adult workers. everyone rushes to home to catch every episodes.

Why you should watch YYH? Because it has an awesome opening theme😂😂😂

The show is considered a popular classic in Japan to the point that they still release new yyh merchandise years after the anime and manga ended. In fact there's an anniversary event that's happening in Japan in 2017 that also includes a yyh cafe themed that will serve food inspired by the show. It surprises me that a show that ended in the 90s still has large events and merchandised released after over a decade it ended and is still popular enough to have events like this.

Justin Cook as Yusuke, love how he delivers Yusuke's sarcasm:)

Hxh and YYH are two of my most favorite animes and I just realized that they were created by one man.

When Hiei fought Yusuke to help him out emotionally I thought that was brilliant!