| I just started watching Yuu Yuu Hakusho a few days ago for the first time and my initial impressions are not great. I just finished episode 21 and my rating is currently sitting at 5.5/10*—just barely above average (and even then, most of the points come from the old school animation style which I'm a fan of). So far, it doesn't look like that number is gonna go much higher either. As I'm watching the show, I can spot the influences it had on the anime and manga that followed it (including some of my own all-time favorites like Naruto), but everything that may have been ground-breaking about the show when it first came out only feels derivative and done to death when watching for the first time in 2023. Every trope you see here has been repeated time and time again across hundreds of shows since YYH came out. The pacing has also been fairly atrocious and in fact if I wasn't watching on 1.75x speed, I would have quit at episode 7. And somehow even on 1.75x speed I'm dangerously close to falling asleep during most episodes... I can respect the show for paving the way for the great stories that were inspired by it and followed in its footsteps, but going back and watching this show in 2023... it's starting to feel more and more like a bad idea. * Full breakdown of my rating for those interested in that kind of thing:
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hiddenhokageJan 24, 2023 6:41 AM
| Yusuke is anything but bland, especially by todays standards. Itadori, Deku, Ichigo etc are completely flat in comparison. Especially later in YuYu where Yusukes character growth starts to become more apparent, his arc is easily one of the best in all of anime. Up there with Ed, Kenshin, Gintoki. Yusuke is a punk kid that we watch grow up, learning to overcome big issues in his life. All that ties into the narrative of yuyu well too. |
| Alright, but who asked? Just drop the show if it isn't for you. |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
| It used to be one of my favorite childhood anime, then I rewatched it a few years ago and can confirm that the dreadful pacing* is indeed the main reason it didn't age well (probably because back then anime were intended to be watched weekly and not binged). I'm ok with the writing, aside from maybe some not particularly complex battles, and that's why I like the manga much more. *meant as the amount of interesting information delivered per second, not as the speed at which the plot progresses. For example, I like the pacing of the Chimera Ant Arc because it's slow but rich of interesting details. |
NirinboJan 24, 2023 7:52 AM
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giffica said: ecliptyk said: Yusuke is anything but bland, especially by todays standards. Itadori, Deku, Ichigo etc are completely flat in comparison. Especially later in YuYu where Yusukes character growth starts to become more apparent, his arc is easily one of the best in all of anime. Up there with Ed, Kenshin, Gintoki. Yusuke is a punk kid that we watch grow up, learning to overcome big issues in his life. All that ties into the narrative of yuyu well too. Bingo this commnet is correct. Yusuke is the most interesting shonen protagonist in manga. Bar none. He is a delinquent with a prostitute mother, no father, a very few if any real friends other than Keiko. His best friend Kuwabara used to bully him and get into fights. No Shonen protagonist has stronger motivations and characterizations. Unlike other protagonists Yusuke, despite his background, is actually human. Unlike Naruto. Unlike Goku. Unlike Jojos. Unlike Kenshin. Disliking Yusuke means you dont enjoy humanity. This is quite a generalization to make lol. "If you don't like Yusuke, you don't like humanity" By the way, he's only half human, you know he's half demon right? He's just as much a superhero with special powers as any other shonen protagonist you mentioned. Are you referring to Kenshin from Rurouni Kenshin? Because he is a straight up human lol, there is no supernatural shenanigans going on in Rurouni Kenshin, it's as grounded and realistic as a shonen anime can be. |
giffica said: SaMMy17BST said: You sound like a clown, grounded and realism are irrelevant. Yusuke being a demon is a metaphor for actual life jesus chrsit learn narrative deconstruction. This is quite a generalization to make lol. "If you don't like Yusuke, you don't like humanity" By the way, he's only half human, you know he's half demon right? He's just as much a superhero with special powers as any other shonen protagonist you mentioned. Are you referring to Kenshin from Rurouni Kenshin? Because he is a straight up human lol, there is no supernatural shenanigans going on in Rurouni Kenshin, it's as grounded and realistic as a shonen anime can be. You can't be serious, or you're incredibly dense. It may also work as a metaphor thematically, but....... Yusuke is half demon, that's not up for debate, it's a fact lol. |
| "Hasn't stood the test of time"? What a pretentious take on the series. I'm not even a big fan of it having only enjoyed a few arcs, but its legacy is undeniable; YYH walked so that Bleach and JJK could run. |
| Damn a wrong opinion. You cannot in good faith criticize a show by comparing it to what came after it. Nor can you accuse it of tropes when it was the one which invented said tropes. |
| 64 Show's watched, talking about the "test of time" ...makes this kinda hard to read. You're talking about stuff like: "Paving a way" ...."every Trope" ...."great Anime" , influences and followings, when you're just starting to explore the Medium^^ You've not seen enough Anime to really be able to even have a fundamental understanding of what you're actually talking about, I think. |
Merve2LoveJan 24, 2023 12:45 PM
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giffica said: SaMMy17BST said: I guess you're one of those bible literalists as well lmao FYI Demons are real. There are half-demons in humanity. You can't be serious, or you're incredibly dense. It may also work as a metaphor thematically, but....... Yusuke is half demon, that's not up for debate, it's a fact lol. Who tf is talking about the Bible lol. You sound like a lunatic. |
| The only reason to recommend Yu Yu Hakusho to anyone is for cultural purposes: to have a better understanding of the evolution of the action shounen genre, since it was one of its cornerstones that helped in defining what the genre is today. Because beyond that, for actual entertainment, watching-experience ones, there's not much actual basis for, when it's up there as one of the least engaging, least satisfying and least fulfilling major fighting shounen anime of all. It's so lacking on so many fronts and leaves so much to be desired that it's virtually impossible to hold it in higher regard than most of the others, be they predecessors or successors. It does slightly improve later on during the third arc, but not to such an extent to justify sitting through its entirety. Not to mention the conclusion is nearly an insult to all the time and effort you had invested in the series all the way. So if it isn't working much with you, you'd better off just dropping it and trying something else. |
| "I just watched 18% of the anime, then I can totally tell already that it's trash", lol okay. And bring Naruto and state it at one of your favorites... sorry but that just make me think that your standards are very poor. |
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| Arguably one of the few shounen that did age well. |
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