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Oct 26, 2009 11:57 AM
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I'd have to say this is probably my favorite episode. It just blows me away every time Kuwabara shakes off Risho and sends him flying. Kuwabara is the only person who ever made me want to be a man.

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Apr 15, 2010 6:41 PM
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Simply_Waiting said:
I'd have to say this is probably my favorite episode. It just blows me away every time Kuwabara shakes off Risho and sends him flying. Kuwabara is the only person who ever made me want to be a man.


I agree, it was so awesome when he did that, that it's the best episode so far (because I'm watching the series for the first time)
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Mar 21, 2011 5:46 PM
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The ending was hilarious. "bad move by Yusuke" hahaha
Dec 10, 2011 1:23 PM
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I must say the ending was just a little bit of... felt anti-climatic for Kuwabara to become so energetic and hysteric all of a sudden after such an emotive moment (which was really beautifully done). Anyway, it was a great episode, Kuwabara "farewell" and then his EPIC SWING on the earth ninja was ooohh so satisfying!

In the end pretty sweet ending. Will these guys have a break now?? Uff... Even I get tired watching this, what a ride!
Dec 16, 2011 7:07 AM
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This was kind of horrible. They are just wining because of plot armor. Wasn't that guy suppose to be as strong as the wind guy. For the love of God he was hot red from speedy attack and the other guy was talking to his girlfriend while taking it.
Apr 4, 2012 2:08 PM
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Jun 27, 2013 5:19 PM
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what a win
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Jul 9, 2013 3:36 PM
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Haha, the power of love!!! It's really stupid but in a funny way.
Jan 25, 2014 2:38 PM
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Kind of lame way to end the fight, but it was fun so whatever.
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Mar 21, 2015 11:00 AM

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Yeah. Shitty end to what would have been a great fight. Kuwabara's speech was insanely epic, but it got completely ruined when he just jokingly got his energy back and won in a gag manner. Would have been much better if he actually won in a legit way
Apr 18, 2015 4:55 AM

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Yet another series of meaningless fights ending without any relevance to the greater story. I'm sure this is set to continue until the final duel.

It's pathetic how lacking this show is of the most basic plot elements.
Nov 26, 2015 10:17 PM

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Good episode. Kuwabara really brought it home!

Risho proved really underwhelming though. One of the strongest members of this so-called "elite" ninja squad couldn't handle a crippled kid with almost no spirit energy left?
Mar 8, 2016 12:32 AM
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this episode made me giggle teehee
Apr 28, 2016 5:58 PM

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Best couple= Kuwabara's sister and scarface guy.
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Nov 30, 2016 4:15 AM

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Kuwabara, definitely the man. Best fight of the series thus far.
Mar 17, 2017 7:21 PM

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Lol dam power of love instead of power of friendship xD. Love can make people do so many awesome things!
Mar 29, 2017 3:26 AM

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Kuwabara is definitely my favourite character. His reaction to Yukina's arrival was hilarious.
Jun 20, 2017 12:22 AM
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Toguro using his finger on the fat bitch guy forehead is good
Jun 20, 2017 12:24 AM
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StevenHu said:
Yet another series of meaningless fights ending without any relevance to the greater story. I'm sure this is set to continue until the final duel.

It's pathetic how lacking this show is of the most basic plot elements.


sorry but you must be illiterate in shounen genre.
Tournament is one of the fixture of shounen, and fuk plot, shounen is meant for fighting
Jun 20, 2017 12:54 AM
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Mediocre ep, mediocre fight. Don't compare with Kuwabara's better fight, the one in the Suzaku arc, in which he actually was able to use some brain and tactic.
There's a lot of name calling (Kuwabara! Kuwabara!!!), fake "goodbye", unbelievable death talk (no one thinks he dies here, not at this stage of the arc, and against such a stupid, arrogant, hateable jerk of an opponent)
The worst, win by the power of love. Haha. Suddenly power up through love. Like, girl is again given the role of cheering up and giving power to men.
Jun 20, 2017 12:58 AM
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Best couple= Kuwabara's sister and scarface guy.


Yes, Like that a lot. Kinda an unusual relationship, when the 2 just meet randomly, clearly there's a connection, understanding, glances, but never got to talk to each other.
I ship them so much, like when Meruem and Komugi. Pls make it happen.
Jul 15, 2017 9:38 AM

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Kuwabara is the man! Like he is the manliest of mans. I liked this episode but the burning life energy which only apparently Yusuke and Kuwabara can do throws me off and the fact Kuwabara won through the power of love also does. But it's typical of this show to write itself in a way that it can do whatever it wants so it's not shocking. Would of been much better if it ended in a draw. Also that rock armor was really ugly looking.

I think the fights have been alright but lacking so far, best being Chu, Rinku and now Jin.
Dec 29, 2017 3:12 AM

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Kinda cheesy, but Kuwabara made it through by force of will and love and all of that.
Feb 4, 2018 8:00 PM

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Kuwabara, what a man
Well his power up is just too cliche, I love it xD
Power of love is too OP!

The nurse didn't get stripped, aww :(
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Aug 26, 2018 10:16 AM

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Anti-climatic has hell... Been waiting for this to come to an epic end (like they hinted at) and they just pull something like that?

5/10
Oct 1, 2018 4:37 PM

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Kuwabaras power up was so random xD

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Dec 31, 2018 7:57 PM
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And once again, they didn't bother to start counting when he was out of the ring. This arbitrariness is so annoying.

The end with Kuwabara and Yukina was cute, although Yukina is oblivious of what "love" is.
But I am at a loss of words for how Yuusuke acted in front of Keiko. Guess he has no tact and doesn't know how to treat girls.
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May 30, 2019 10:29 AM
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Well, that made no sense at all, a little disappointed actually. Kuwabara could barely stand, his bones were literally cracking, yet his spirit energy randomly came back once he saw his "love." Haha Yuusuke at the end, "Is it only because of these pants or do you actually have a nice ass?" I died lmao.
Jun 9, 2019 9:50 AM

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I didn't want to see Kuwabara get a beat down for the whole episode but... at least that could have been better than what we got. Sudden recovery because of the power of love and then acting all goofy. These ninja fights were kinda filler in a way, they could have been skipped and nothing would have been missed.
Jun 16, 2019 12:03 PM

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Interesting end of the episode with Kuwabara haha.
Dec 26, 2019 7:53 PM
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I don't know whether to be disappointed that this match was ended so abruptly or to be relieved that there's a short break from all the fighting episodes, but this episode was incredibly satisfying in more ways than the match. Also, Botan commentating on Yusuke and Keiko's argument was hysterical.
Apr 19, 2020 12:49 PM

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Power of Love > Power of Nakama confirmed.
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Jun 13, 2020 12:04 PM

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Kuwabara actually did something, alright! Tapping into that spirit energy near death to get the results you wanted, pushing beyond their limits (Yusuke and Kuwabara), striking at the heart of the enemy.

That triple close up of Kuwabara. Chillz.

He was such a smug, weak enemy with his rock powers too. He was the weakest of the bunch by far.
Jun 13, 2020 8:58 PM

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This episode cemented Kuwabara as my favorite character from this series, he literally gets a horniness power up
Dec 14, 2020 6:07 AM

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the power of love of kuwabara is superb xDD

and the scene of yusuke with keiko as lovely.
Jul 28, 2021 11:26 PM

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Kuwabara is a beast! HAHA

Dec 28, 2022 12:55 PM

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Really good episode, I loved the ending scenes between Kubabara and Yukina as well as Yusuke and Keiko. Finally that bastard got what was coming to him, thank you Toguro for doing what I wanted to do to him, kill him. The business guy anyway. Not much else to say other than Kuwabara was awesome in this. 
Dec 28, 2022 2:40 PM
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good lol
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Jan 4, 2023 8:03 PM

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Well, he just has to bring Yukina to every fight and he should be almost unstoppable.

The nurse lady getting shocked was funny, though.
May 25, 2023 6:08 PM

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Kuwabara is priceless here, very emotional in the first half very funny in the second.
Nov 29, 2023 7:10 PM
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Favorite. Episode. Yet... probably, I've liked a lot of 'em.
Jan 25, 2024 4:27 PM
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well we just saw what the power of love can do to a man haha
Feb 19, 2024 9:15 PM

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Good fight!

The fake out death was quite a bit tongue-in-cheek, but it was a great episode nonetheless.

Not all too surprised Kuwabara got another fight to shine in here, but it's a little shocking to see him actually pull through and succeed.

Toguro is right around the corner!
Feb 22, 2024 10:03 AM

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I actually like this episode a lot! It was cheesy as hell, but it was fun. Though I'm wondering about the couples and the potential of the women. I just remembered that Mizuki from Card Captor Sakura, Sakura's teacher, said that power attracts power. Basically, powerful people are attracted to each other. We know that Kuwabara and his sister are both tapped into the spirit world and have immense energy. It's a genetic trait. That likely plays a role in Kuwabara having a crush on Yukina, and that mysterious billionaire guy (trillionaire?) having a crush on Kuwabara's sister.
Feb 26, 2024 6:58 AM
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amazing material, everything here was especially fine
Apr 14, 2024 12:18 PM
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Power of Friendship at its finest :p
Jun 15, 2024 6:09 AM

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I don't know about you guys but Shizuru and Sakyou looked so good together! That very short scene of them was the one I enjoyed in this entire episode.

She got him back. If you understand the characters well enough, you'd know she did!

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