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Jun 5, 2010 7:40 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Prelims:

poor Chu

and shitty luck for Yomi and Shura

but congrats to Shi Shi, that was awesome

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Oct 6, 2010 9:34 PM
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the Pres were rushed then again there werent any good serious fight next should be a good one

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May 25, 2012 8:15 PM
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I think doing another tournament is a creative retreat but it does mean a return to action comedy and this series is good at that. In that vein, I'm very happy to see Koto again. Most fun character in the series.

I'm also happy to see that Fist of the North Star reject Chuu lose already. If his character design weren't bad enough he was smack in the middle of the worst episodes in the series so getting rid of him prevents a repeat of that.
Sep 6, 2012 8:06 PM
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Seeing that rainbow attack from Suzuka was pretty hilarious.
Oct 1, 2012 4:20 PM
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7 episodes left. The first tournament arc was too long in my opinion, but this one seems like it will be rushed.
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Jul 23, 2013 12:27 PM
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I bet Shura will win. And too bad for Chu. Tsk tsk.
Aug 25, 2014 4:20 AM
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YESSS Koto is back!

This makes me wish that the Dark Tournament had been the shorter one, this easily deserves 40+ episodes instead (assuming it just stays a tournament). One thing that doesn't make sense though is how Shigure is in the competition when Hiei sliced his head in half a few episodes ago...
Feb 16, 2015 5:35 PM
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seems like this tournament might get rushed.. I really hope Shura doesn't end up beating Yomi though, I get that this kid is supposed to some sort of God, but ffs don't just suddenly turn him into the strongest character in the show after all this buildup of the 3 main forces.

also, why are demon people still so surprised about Yusuke? Have they forgotten that he won the dark tournament? He should be a household name by now... Even Koto seemed surprised when Yusuke won his block...
Mar 12, 2015 9:08 AM
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Raitei said:
seems like this tournament might get rushed.. I really hope Shura doesn't end up beating Yomi though, I get that this kid is supposed to some sort of God, but ffs don't just suddenly turn him into the strongest character in the show after all this buildup of the 3 main forces.

also, why are demon people still so surprised about Yusuke? Have they forgotten that he won the dark tournament? He should be a household name by now... Even Koto seemed surprised when Yusuke won his block...



There weren't any S,A, or even B class Demons in the Dark Tournament with the exception of the younger Toguro who was a B class, that is why they can still be surprised.
Apr 27, 2015 7:05 PM

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So Shigure did actually survive despite his duel against Hiei supposedly being one to the death.

I cannot imagine this mini-tournament arc being very exciting, especially with this episode, but perhaps the next one will prove me wrong.
Jul 4, 2015 8:54 PM

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Koto returns <3
May 4, 2017 6:17 AM

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Chu was hilarious in this episode.
Jun 23, 2017 5:51 PM

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Yay Koto is back ;-;

Lol I ship Chu and Natsume! Not sure about the yoyo dude tho with that girl. BUt wtf Shigure is alive???
Aug 14, 2017 2:13 PM

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If there were no overlaps with our heroes I would of lost my mind. I'm glad at least one of them lost. Also pretty excited to see Shura vs Yomi, that should actually be real cool.
Feb 9, 2018 8:29 AM

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Ofc it's Koto xD

7 episodes left and it's father vs son?
Next ep doesn't seem like a very interesting episode, oh well

I still want Toguro to appear, at least just be there :(
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Jorge is an underrated character. he should've appeared more and had bigger role in the story.
Oct 21, 2018 12:46 PM

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Almost no surprises so far, next episode should be interesting.

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Jun 3, 2019 12:17 PM
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Well damn, so many competitors, preliminary was definitely necessary. It's nice to see Koto again, seems like she does commentary for every big tournament. Ah, almost everyone passed with no struggles, that's great, the main dish should be interesting.
Aug 8, 2019 8:29 PM

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Lol so not only Shishiwakamaru's been revived but now also Shigure.
Dec 16, 2019 10:51 PM

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This one was just okay. The tournament is too similar to the Dark Tournament with the same announcer, combatants, Koenma and co. returning, and such. I felt that the Dark Tournament pushed the envelope of reasonable length to the breaking point but made it work; this seems a bit rushed and with poorer character designs (stuff is looking kind of stretched). We'll see how it goes, though.
May 5, 2020 8:25 AM

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Did we really need to waste an episode on theses boring meaningless fights when there's only 8 episodes left, just get into the main fights already

plus that little shura kid is fuckin annoying.
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Sep 14, 2020 8:18 AM

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Good to have Koto and Jorge, love both of them
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Sep 24, 2020 8:00 AM

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what? whyyy!! suzuki doesn't have his clown make up anymore :((

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Feb 3, 2021 10:47 PM

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really wonder how this is gonna wrap up in so few episodes...

that narrator have no life -_-
Jun 17, 2021 12:33 PM

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surprisingly fun episode. and lol that narrator is funny as ever. I'm glad she's back.
Sep 1, 2021 9:10 PM

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lol, chuu.......

Dec 21, 2022 6:20 AM

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looking forward to Yomi giving his son some tough love
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Dec 27, 2023 9:54 PM

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Didn't Shigure die?
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OK the tournament's started, seems alright but again we are essentially just rehashing the Dark Tournament saga, I mean it doesn't help that we got some of the Dark Tournament combatants back again even if it's fun to have characters like Chu and Jin back again even if they are just there for the sake of it, the same announcer of Koto again, Koenma, Botan and Jorge back again for some reason and of course Yusuke, Hiei and Kurama are going to advance in the prelims because they are the main characters at this point. I mean I'm if it just sounds like I'm just complaining here but it just the Dark Tournament again, it's just the Dark Tournament again but much shorter and more rushed. Yomi's going to get the first fight with his son I guess. It just feels like at this point they just completely ran out of ideas and just throw this at us again.

At least when we were at the Dark Tournament arc the reason why it was so long is because Togashi wanted to give us the feel of what a tournament would be like and it feels believable to be quite long even if it dragged towards the end but here there's no reason for another tournament anyway. It's probably gonna be interesting a fight between Yomi and Shuri but I don't know I feel like I'm gonna be more interested in how Yusuke's fight is gonna play out when we actually get to it. For now, I'm just indifferent at the moment but we'll see, we'll see.
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shigure actually survived i thought i saw that dude get his face chopped in half, WTF someone explain I might have missed something. Oh and this kid shuro better be taught a well deserved lesson, I want him to be decimated. There is no way he can even win, he has not being born long enough to have a flashback that will make him win LOL.
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Didn't Shigure die?
@JVskunkape im asking myself that as well, like his face was basically cut in half or am i hallucinating

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