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Dec 1, 2015 8:41 PM
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Recently, I've come across this topic a lot while searching the internet and I've been wondering is YuYu Hakusho really better than DBZ?

And when I say better I mean:

* Characters (Main cast)
* Writing
* Quality
* Story Arcs
* Character Development
Dec 1, 2015 8:52 PM
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Dragon Ball Z. Yu Yu Hakusho's writer even likes DBZ more. That's why he made Meruem, a ripoff of Cell, for Hunter x Hunter.
Dec 1, 2015 8:53 PM
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I hope you're baiting op. dbz is god awful even to people with nostalgia goggles on.
There's nothing that could make it even comparable to yyh. a shame dbz made it bigger into mainstream though, a real shame.

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Dec 1, 2015 9:08 PM
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lmao good one
Dec 1, 2015 9:09 PM
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The better one
Dec 1, 2015 9:23 PM
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Before this gets taken down, YuYuHakusho is better in most every way. Better pace, better characters, story pays off better in the end, Dragonball still has some nice arcs outside the fighting tournaments but DBZ is much weaker.
Dec 1, 2015 9:54 PM
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Yu Yu Hakusho was fair Good, but DBZ overwhelmed it not only by quantity but also quality i think








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Dec 1, 2015 10:13 PM
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semss said:
Yu Yu Hakusho was fair Good, but DBZ overwhelmed it not only by quantity but also quality i think
Slow, drawn out, repetitive villains, episodes where everyone just waits for Goku to start fighting cause all we got is Krillin and Gohan, die revive rinse repeat quantity.

And who dares say any DBZ villain has quality over Sensui (Vegeta doesn't count, he's already beat by Hiei)
Dec 1, 2015 10:15 PM
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YYH has a better OP and bettr cast
inb4 salty DBZ fans
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B4 this X vs Y thread gets locked, YYH.
Dec 1, 2015 11:02 PM

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devinder said:
Dragon Ball Z. Yu Yu Hakusho's writer even likes DBZ more. That's why he made Meruem, a ripoff of Cell, for Hunter x Hunter.
Dec 1, 2015 11:04 PM

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welll..........yyh only goes to Supr S class....

DBZ can kill all of the Supr S classer and destroy the planet with just one SS[?whats the newest version now?]
Dec 2, 2015 12:18 AM
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Animu: YYH is better

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Dec 2, 2015 12:49 AM
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Saw YYH way back when it aired on Toonami and that was quite a long time ago, so I don't remember it that well.
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Dec 2, 2015 12:54 AM

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inb4 vs thread

/locked
Dec 2, 2015 1:17 AM

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I don't know YuYu Hashuko, but I love DBZ.
Dec 2, 2015 1:20 AM

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Yu Yu Hakusho had a more interesting plot initially (until the demon world arc, I'd say). Dragon Ball was interesting, but after Z, it was cut and dry; new baddie appears, people gotta power up and defeat it.
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Dec 2, 2015 6:39 AM

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comparing the mangas: kid goku DB = YYH > adult goku DB
which for me means anime: DB = YYH > DBZ
early DB and YYH are not the same, but they're both equally enjoyable, at least they have a story and are not all about powering up (even if YYH toward the end falls for it too)

Yomiyuki said:
a shame dbz made it bigger into mainstream though, a real shame.
Ptrico94 said:
YuYuHakusho is better in most every way. Better pace, better characters, story pays off better in the end, Dragonball still has some nice arcs outside the fighting tournaments but DBZ is much weaker.

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Ptrico94 said:
semss said:
Yu Yu Hakusho was fair Good, but DBZ overwhelmed it not only by quantity but also quality i think
Slow, drawn out, repetitive villains, episodes where everyone just waits for Goku to start fighting cause all we got is Krillin and Gohan, die revive rinse repeat quantity.

And who dares say any DBZ villain has quality over Sensui (Vegeta doesn't count, he's already beat by Hiei)
Funny considering hiei is a vegeta clone

And everyone knows the first dbz had paving issues. Do it with kai or the manga instead. And the only dbz villian close (still far) to sensui is frieza
Dec 2, 2015 7:58 AM

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Obviously DBZ 'cus it's more popular.
Anyone that claims otherwise is edgy/hipster/elitist/casual/fanboy/retarded/fanboy that's salty 'cus something is more popular than his fav series/someone with shit taste

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Dec 2, 2015 8:00 AM

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i loved both but DBZ for me...
Dec 2, 2015 8:09 AM
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Both.

Yu Yu more due to pacing, and characters development and focus, plus interesting martial arts theme, I really enjoyed the Genkai training segments, and the music. Which was missing in DBZ.

However that said, the fights intensity in DBZ was just brilliant, and brought in a lot of concepts that were brilliant, also training segments with King Kai, Time room, pulling the sword etc etc. But I was let down by the Gohan's future development in the Buu arc.

Overall both shows are just similar but really different, Mainly cause Yu Yu does the same thing as Dragon ball up to Z, in a different order and way.

Not watched the Kai series, but thats mainly due to me having watched Dragon Ball - Z in the Old Cantonese dub, and the Kai series is dubbed by a new cast of VA's.

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Dec 2, 2015 8:13 AM

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Haven't watched YuYu Hakusho and it's not that popular .

so DBZ is the answer

Dec 2, 2015 9:25 AM

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Yu Yu Hakusho simply because it knew when to end.
Dec 2, 2015 9:32 AM

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Yu Yu Hakusho has a better developed cast and the animation and fight choreography especially during the dark tournament was so good

Dec 2, 2015 9:45 AM

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yyh since its the best battle shounen, not to mention the last dbz saga was rubbish.
Dec 2, 2015 11:32 AM

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SojiroThunder said:
Recently, I've come across this topic a lot while searching the internet and I've been wondering is YuYu Hakusho really better than DBZ?

And when I say better I mean:

* Characters (Main cast)
* Writing
* Quality
* Story Arcs
* Character Development

Haven't watched YYH in forever but DBZ(not Kai) wins in all these categories, except perhaps character development(since Gohan got the most of that).

The problem is of course the pacing. It's better in these aspects maybe, though I should really rewatch YYH sometime. Kai is most certainly better though, but the original and YYH is a harder question.

Now, I don't remember YYH being too bad, but even than non-Kai DB is probably still better. YYH wasn't particularly outstanding, and it doesn't really matter which is better. Their both on the same level, again, not counting Kai, or the manga. Which, unless I have a drastic epiphany on re-watch/re-read is almost certainly magnitudes better.
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Dec 2, 2015 11:39 AM

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inb4 vs thread

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Dec 2, 2015 11:49 AM

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Dragon Ball do have pacing issues but it's still more enjoyable that YuYu for me. By far.

Good lock.
Dec 2, 2015 12:03 PM

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YYH, because Kuwabara is a man and Yajirobe is... never there.
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Dec 2, 2015 12:15 PM

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Yu Yu Hakusho is definitely the more solid series of the two.
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Sometimes I can't even believe that I read what some people write here in MAL. Obviously without contest Dragon Ball(all of the series) is way better than Yu Yu Hakusho in all of those aspects.
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It's hard to compare because DBZ is all about screaming and flying around, but at least it was a kind of inspiration to create YYH.
Dec 2, 2015 12:33 PM

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YYH in all categories except fights and animation
Dec 2, 2015 10:02 PM

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I find it annoying how people overlook YYH's flaws.
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Waifu_Strangler said:
I find it annoying how people overlook YYH's flaws.
I find it annoying how people single a group out for doing something everyone does
Dec 2, 2015 10:05 PM

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Yu Yu Hakusho. NO CONTEST.

I find it annoying how people overlook YYH's flaws.

ahahaAHAHAHAHAHAHA

...........do you really want me to talk about DBZ's flaws? There are way more.



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Yu Yu Hakusho. NO CONTEST.

I find it annoying how people overlook YYH's flaws.

ahahaAHAHAHAHAHAHA

...........do you really want me to talk about DBZ's flaws? There are way more.


We know DBZ has flaws but so does Yuyu Hakusho.
Dec 2, 2015 10:26 PM

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Waifu_Strangler said:
Chiibi said:
Yu Yu Hakusho. NO CONTEST.


ahahaAHAHAHAHAHAHA

...........do you really want me to talk about DBZ's flaws? There are way more.


We know DBZ has flaws but so does Yuyu Hakusho.


Well, there's no such thing as anime without flaws. Humans are flawed creatures so they create flawed creations.



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Yu Yu Hahusho NO CONTEST

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