Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho

One fateful day, Yuusuke Urameshi, a 14-year-old delinquent with a dim future, gets a miraculous chance to turn it all around when he throws himself in front of a moving car to save a young boy. His ultimate sacrifice is so out of character that the authorities of the spirit realm are not yet prepared to let him pass on. Koenma, heir to the throne of the spirit realm, offers Yuusuke an opportunity to regain his life through completion of a series of tasks. With the guidance of the death god Botan, he is to thwart evil presences on Earth as a Spirit Detective.

To help him on his venture, Yuusuke enlists ex-rival Kazuma Kuwabara, and two demons, Hiei and Kurama, who have criminal pasts. Together, they train and battle against enemies who would threaten humanity's very existence.

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Urameshi, Yuusuke Main

Sasaki, Nozomu Japanese

Hiei Main

Hiyama, Nobuyuki Japanese

Kurama Main

Ogata, Megumi Japanese

Kuwabara, Kazuma Main

Chiba, Shigeru Japanese

Botan Main

Miyuki, Sanae Japanese

Toguro, Younger Supporting

Genda, Tesshou Japanese

Sensui, Shinobu Supporting

Ishida, Akira Japanese

Genkai Supporting

Hayashibara, Megumi Japanese

Koenma Supporting

Tanaka, Mayumi Japanese

Jin Supporting

Yamaguchi, Kappei Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer, ADR Director

Watson, Barry Producer

Kimura, Kyoutarou Producer

Shimizu, Kenji Producer

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Jun 6, 2024

Dompa112

Recommended

As someone more interested in more plot driven shounen like Naruto/One Oiece rather than more simple battle shounens like Dragon ball/Hunterxhunter i was surprised by how much i ended up enjoying this. Sure enough it doesnt have as deep lore, world building or plot as previous examples but somehow i really enjoyed this.

Sure enough its a slow start. Its really in the dark tournament things get going. After that theres two more arcs which starts to build towards something that could be more plot driven. But unfortunely it leaves so little time to it and feels underdeveloped and dropped to quickly. While dark tournament ... is good i feel the later parts got to little time in comparison.

But yeah overall i enjoyed it more than i thought. Some of the best shounen fights. The tension is unlike the others in the same genre. The antagonists are among the best there is. Characters overall are very likable.

With more focus on the later arcs and more developed plot there this could rival the best for me but still whats here was great and i enjoyed it more than i thought.

8/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Mar 16, 2023

alberto167

Mixed Feelings

Its ok...

For a 90's shounen anime its kinda impressive but its didn't age too well.
Don't get me wrong I still enjoyed the show none the less but it's not even close to one of the best shounen ever made.
My biggest issue with the story is the lack of identity.every arc the tone of the show changes drastically and new ideas are put in out of nowhere without much explanation.

There were 2 things that I really liked.
Team Urameshi were a very good and interesting cast of characters that made me keep watching even tho the plot went of the rails (especially Kuwabara who was the most ... relatable protag)

And of course The Dark Tournament which was the whole reason I decided to pick up the show in the first place. And while it wasn't perfect the battles that were good we're really good (Fight against Team Toguro or the fight against Chu are great examples)

The animation is dated even for the time and the Japanese performances were a bit flat. The dub was a little more tolerable but a bit cringe at times. The music is great no complaints.

It's a fun story with fun characters that you can turn your brain off while watching.

If I were a kid when I watched it then I could have given more but for me now it's a solid 7/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Nov 9, 2022

Zolp

Not Recommended

Funny

The show starts mostly underwhelming; goes into straight up awful and disappointing by the end of the Dark Tournament arc; then goes on to its best written and IMO its only good arc, the Chapter Black; then hastily finishes neatly but underwhelmingly, supposedly diverging from the manga which the author didn't even want to work on at that point.

I wanted to see hxh's older sibling show, and even if it was mostly underwhelming mixed in with awful, it wasn't all bad. Crazy how much better hxh is, but there were hints of that brilliance in the Chapter Black arc which I could guess might've been ... even better if the author was given more freedom to finish it as he intended.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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