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wholesome last ep actually emotional to finally finish this series, it's been such a long journey for me... I started watching this with my now ex-gf years ago and so stopped and started pretty sporadically. Seeing the live action spurred me on to finish the last 30ish eps I had to watch!
I think I will always have a fondness in my heart for YYH now
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Honestly, the ending was sweet and all. But uh... Keiko waiting 3 years? Hell nah, they couldn't be me. And tbh, I hate to say it... But I blame Togashi for the trash state of romance in Shonen. A lot of Shonen writers looked up to him. He popularized the time skip relationship just ending up as a couple.
Though to be fair to Togashi, Keiko and Yusuke do have a history together. It was obvious that they were canon. Though it would've made things a bit more complicated and interesting, if Keiko had a boyfriend during that time. Undying loyalty for years? Yeah, no. Once again, I blame Togashi for the trash state of romance in most battle Shonen.
Though this anime had a strong first half with plenty of amazing moments, it kinda fell short in the second half for me. Throughout the show i always enjoyed the action but it kinda fell short in this last arc but they may just be me.
The animation throughout the show was always great, old anime and the old style of anime has always been something i enjoyed and im glad this show had solid animation throughout.
The best part of Yuu Yuu Hakusho was defintely the dark tournaments arc with Toguro. (best villain in my opinion.) I personally thought Yusuke would win the last fight but i guess he was never gonna be the one to win and become demon king.
Overall this anime has had plenty of great moments along with plenty of bad moments and i would say its worth the watch though some characters can get annoying or are just outright unlikeable.
Man, I love this show so much. The Three Kings arc is definitely not as fleshed out as it could be and is basically just an extended tribute to Dragon Ball but its never bad. And the ending in the anime is a bit more focused than the manga one (which I think I like a little more) and honestly choked me up for a second. Everyone gets pushed off into new full lives without trying to extract every possible thread of content and close off all possible lines of sequel bait content. I mean, I'd love more Yu Yu Hakusho but the fact that Togashi chose to wrap it up pretty cleanly without sucking all possible life force it had and turning it into a disgusting zombie franchise like what Dragon Ball has become is a big part of why its so good.
We have finally Yu Yu Hakusho, I didn't think the ending itself was going to be a very low-key episode, it's everyone apart from Hiei on earth just hanging out, chilling out, catching up on stuff that they have missed it's nice. To think I didn't finish this show until much recently. It was such a stellar show with a memorable cast, awesome fights and a cracking soundtrack, though if I have to quibble, the ending arc was very rushed and Togashi had run out of ideas at that point and wanted it finished.
I'd say my favourite arc was definitely the Dark Tournament which possibly the best dynamics between Genkai and Toguro but tons of great fights as well as having Toguro, Young Toguro that is be one of the most badass villains in Anime history. Most of the stuff past the Saint Beasts was pretty much new territory for me but even then I wasn't ever bored of this show well for the most part that is.
This show was that awesome, it was so engaging as a whole and at this I regard as one of my personal favourite animes and for that I give Yu Yu Hakusho a 9/10.
I was kinda iffy on the beginning of the series; Dark Tournament and the Sensui arcs were peak; the last arc had so much potential and overall it was good, but I think it could've been even better if it was 30-40 episodes longer - the Demon World felt underdeveloped and rushed