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Plot Synopsis

Benoit wrote:

The story is all about a notorious boy whose name is Yusuke Urameshi who dies saving a boy's life in a car accident. Despite Yusuke's punk-attitude, he has a heart of gold which prompted Botan (a beautiful girl who happens to be the grim reaper) and Koenma (the guy who decides who goes to heaven or hell) to give him a second chance in life. Being alive once again, Yusuke discovers that he possesses spiritual powers. This power given by Koenma is known as the spirit gun, which Yusuke can use with his right finger to fire powerful energy blasts. Yusuke also discovers that there is a spirit world, which is why Koenma dubs him as the spirit detective to eradicate any evil that disturbs the balance between the human world and the spirit world. Together with Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei, Yusuke (along with his new powers) must destroy anything that threatens not only mankind, but also demonkind.

Story & Characters

I'm surprised no review has been written on such a great anime like YYH so I decided to write one.
The whole YYH series is in sagas, mainly the Spirit Detective Saga, the Dark Tournament Saga, the Chapter Black Saga, and the Saga of the Three Kings.

To me, Spirit Detective Saga is pretty normal, because it's just like your average shounen style plot. The main characters are not really likable at the beginning as well. Yusuke was a feed-up-with-life sort of character you can find anywhere else. Kuwabara...well...was not likeable even at the end of the series. Kurama's powers were much consealed at the beginning so there isn't much to see. Hiei was plain irritating with his evil smiles and ugly eyes all over his green body.

However, the Dark Tournament was where the story (and the characters) really begins to pick up. The plot involves much of fighting (duh. it's a tournament.), however, the producer managed to make each episode interesting to watch. Each episode, although featuring the same thing (fighting against an opponent and see who wins), varies in its own way. The opponents the main characters had to fight against were very memorable. They each has their own reason to fight, and methods of fighting also becomes more interesting as the tournament proceeds to a more crucial stage. The main characters grew to be more likable. Yusuke finds his reason to fight, Kuwabara become stronger, Kurama perfermed really well (you will soon realised how smart he is), and more about Hiei's past is revealed, not to forget his powerful Black Dragon Hell Fire (sounds so stupid when translated to english =( ).

As the story proceeds on the the third saga, the very important issues YYH explores becomes more obvious. We have the bad guy, Sensui, planning to do really bad things to human world (opening up the door to demon world), and our heroes are going to stop him no matter what it takes. When fighting against Sensui, the main characters become a lot stronger. Yusuke is discovered to be a demon. Hiei and Kurama slowly regains their powers as they reached the demon world. The ending is as suspected (good reign over bad). However, Sensui's reason for destroying the human world leaves us to ponder about if there is really a distinct line between good and bad. Even though demons are seen to be bad, human can actually behaved in a more inhuman way than a demon.

The Three Kings saga mainly took place in the demon world, as Yusuke, Hiei, and Kurama finds themselves to be the second best fighter in each kingdom. A crisis rose as Yusuke's father (Raizen) dies. However problem was quickly solved by Yusuke in his own unique way of doing things. We also got to see the real Kurama as his intelligence shows fully. Hiei's past is revealed (I love it!! ), and we got to understand a lot more about him. The ending is a happy one, where everyone's problems are solved.

The best thing about YYH is not its plot (there are a lot more interesting plots out there) but the characters. Every single character in YYH is very well develped, whether he is a main character or not. You will sure to find one that you like at the end of the series. For me, well, I love every single one of them .

Rating

10 (excellent)

Art

YYH anime is made a long time ago, so the artwork might not be good as the recently made ones (for eg, Last Exile). To be honest, the DVD I watched is rather pixelated. Can't expect too much, though -.-

I guess the main characters have pretty appealing looks. Countless fans of YYH falls in love with Kurama (oh his rose oh his hair). The rest falls in love with Hiei and Yusuke ( my personal love ). erm..all except Kuwabara. Poor guy... But anyway, I thought that the designs of their eyes are very good. Kurama has got deep, charming green eyes, Yusuke's are filled with energy and ready to ignite at all times. Hiei's eyes have this evil shape...that you will fall in love with.

Each character have their own unique features. Hiei's shortness, Kurama's long hair, Kuwabara's hairstyle, Yusuke's...attitude

The other characters are well designed to suite their personality as well. Love the pointy ears of Jin

Rating

8 (good)

Sound

Opening and ending songs of YYH are all very nice, and the opening song (Smile Bomb) captures the energy of the action scenes very well. I never get bored listening to YYH songs .
Some of the songs are sang by the characters themselves (as in, the person who dub them), and its simply fantastic to hear Yusuke singing songs .

Voicing is good. The voices really suite the characters very well. I especially love Hiei's voice..so sexy! Hiei is my baby!! (*gets carried away*)

For the background music...honestly speaking I don't really like it..especially during sad moments they will have this aweful music behind that spoils the entire mood. Oh well... -.-

Rating

7 (above average)

Presentation

YYH is a very enjoyable series.
The characters are the best thing in YYH, they are all very three-dimentional, they all have their own stories and tears and laughter.

Even though YYH is a shonen anime, there is love elements as well. The love in YYH is certainly not skin-deep. It is long lasting and very touching. I especially love Hiei and Makuro's relationship.

The relationship between characters are complex, and realistic. For eg, the love-hate between Hiei and Kuwabara, the friendship between Hiei and Kurama, the relationship between Genkai and Toguro, and so on and so on.

I would recommend this series to anyone who like action and realistic characters and interesting plot

Rating

9 (very good)

Final Verdict

8.83 (very good)

Reviewed by ziam, 2y 3wk ago