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yyh4ever · 1 month

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Yu Yu Hakusho WEBKUJI Volume 11

~capture a moment~

The 11th Yu Yu Hakusho Web Lottery has been announced! The boys are sexy and gorgeous.

Official Site: WEBKUJI

Lottery type: BOX type

Sales period: April 27 to June 11, 2024

Shipping: mid to late August 2024

Price: 750 yen/ticket

Prizes:

Prize A: BIG die-cut Cushion

Size: H300mm x W700mm

Material: Suede, filling

Prize B: BIG Acrylic Stands (7 types)

Size: Maximum height 235mm (depending on the chara)

Material: Acrylic (3mm thick)

Price C: Tumblers (6 types)

Size: H135mm x φ85mm

Material: PP

Prize D: Lid Mascots (14 types)

A revival item using illustrations from past WEB lotteries! You can put it on the lid of a plastic bottle!

Acrylic size: H70mm x W50 / Cap size: H16.7mm x φ34

Body material: Acrylic (3mm thick) / Cap part: PE

Prize E: A4 Art Board (8 types)

The English quotes are really cool!

Size: H297mm x W210mm (A4)

Material: Cardboard (interleaving paper)

Prize F: Large Can Badges (7 types)

Size: φ76mm

Material: Tinplate

Benefits:

Last Win: Life-size Tapestries (7 types, available only online)

If you draw all the tickets in the box, you will receive a tapestry! You can choose your favorite character from a total of 7 types.

Size: H1880mm x W700mm

Material: Polyester (suede)

Last Win: Younger Toguro Cushion (available only at stores)

If you draw all the tickets in the box, you will receive a Younger Toguro die-cut cushion!

The back of Younger Toguro's cushion comes with his famous quote: "Pure strength beyond technique - that's power!! ".

Gift Campaign: Photo Chance

Those who get the in-store limited "last win prize" (Younger Toguro Cushion) can enter the campaign to win an Elder Toguro die-cut cushion. 10 people will be randomly selected from among the customers.

To participate, you need to follow the WEBKUJI X account and post a photo of the Younger Toguro Cushion with the hashtags: #幽遊白書 and #WEBくじ_フォトチャン

The back of Elder Toguro's cushion comes with his famous quote: "I often break my promises".

Purchase Bonus: Postcard (7 types)

You will receive a random postcard for every 5 items purchased per transaction!

Size: H148mm x W100mm

Material: Paper

One more Chance: Acrylic Panel

10 people will be randomly selected from among the customers who purchased lottery tickets to receive an acrylic panel as a gift! Those who purchased the tickets at the store can apply using the serial code on the lottery ticket stub.

Size: H150mm x W235mm

Material: Acrylic (3mm thick), metal (foot parts)

#Yu Yu Hakusho WEBKUJI Volume 11 ~capture a moment~#Yusuke Urameshi #Kurama #Hiei #Youko Kurama #Kazuma Kuwabara #Older Toguro #Younger Toguro #Toguro Brothers

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landofanimes · 5 months

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Yu Yu Hakusho Behind the scenes

Team Toguro (and guest!)

#yu yu hakusho #yu yu hakusho live action #toguro #sakyo #karasu #bui #gonzo tarukane #younger toguro #older toguro #yyh bts #yyh cast #go ayano #goro inagaki #kenichi takito #hiroya shimizu

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tinirainboom · 7 months

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☆Compilation of dreams i had from yyh dr during this time☆

Good morning, afternoon or evening! I'm back after so long! Oh God, I have a lot to tell about these dreams I had about my YYH dr. I haven't traveled to my desired reality of YYH yet, but my goodness, they were quite real and so clear, as if I had already traveled there.

WELL , I'LL EXPLAIN FIRST HE HE LOADING ° ° ° ⋆｡˚. ੈ⋆｡˚. ੈ⋆｡˚. ੈ

DREAM 1 "Yusuke's concern and anger with the older Toguro":

The first dream could be called "Yusuke's concern and anger with the older Toguro." Why do I call it that way? There is context.

The dream begins in the Dark Tournament saga, already in the final against the Toguro team. The Urameshi team is in the third round which is against the older Toguro, Kazuma enters the ring and the atmosphere felt tense because Genkai had been killed by the younger Toguro, we all knew it except Kuwabara.

Well until then it was the same as the manga and anime, but then something changes.

Toguro the eldest begins to make fun of Genkai, using his power to copy the figure of Genkai in his hand (as in the manga/anime), Kazuma finds out about Genkai's death and I insult Toguro the eldest by telling him some truths that They made him angry, like: "You're a shitty coward who the only thing he knows how to do is talk and treacherously attack like a viper." At that moment, Toguro the eldest attacked me using one of his fingers as a dagger and hurt my left shoulder trying to silence me. The boys were surprised by that sudden attack and I heard Yusuke shout "Reiko no!" with a worried voice.

I could hear Yusuke's voice loud and clear in the Latin dub at that moment OMG!

Yusuke was the first to jump towards me because the older Toguro's surprise blow when he crossed my left shoulder caused me to fly backwards out of inertia, and Yusuke caught me and I could see his worried and frustrated face.

He told me "Reiko, don't die, please don't leave me!" The scene between the two was like in the Kunfu Panda movie when Shifu relaxes at the end of the first movie on the ground and Po thinks he died, well it was technically that, because I told him "I'm not dying you moron! The blow hit me on my shoulder Yusuke, don't worry." The rest looked at me worried as they approached me, except Kazuma since he couldn't get out of the ring because otherwise he would be disqualified, but he was still worried about me.

The entire Urameshi team looked angrily at Toguro the eldest, mainly Yusuke, it was evident in his voice and in his face that he cared so much about me that he held me carefully and protectively. 💖🥰

Then I was starting to wake up and saw that Kazuma turned around and angrily went back to fight against the older Toguro because he hurt my left shoulder. I saw my blood running in my left shoulder and it hurt very little, Hiei and Kurama were close to me, although Yusuke held me carefully and protectively.

That's as far as sleep goes, and that happened two months ago one afternoon when I was studying and I accidentally fell asleep!

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DREAM 2 "Fighting and using the Reigan (Spirit gun) perfectly!":

okay! This dream was three weeks ago, and it was shorter T~T, I will still give context!

The dream begins that I am fighting and in a moment I fly away and roll on the ground. Then I returned to the battlefield and jumped against the enemy that looked like a demon and used the reigan (spirit gun) with all my potential and defeated the demon. Apparently he was on a mission as a spiritual detective, I think it was when Yusuke was trying to recover the artifacts of darkness and the place was blurry but it looked a lot like the forest where Yusuke first fought against Gouki.

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DREAM 3 "Vacations in the mysterious beach" :

Finally, this dream that I had I think a week and a half ago, it all begins with me traveling to a beach in the style of the ending of yyh in the anime. Although I was traveling alone, because I felt like I had to meet someone, so I look at my cell phone and I get a message from Keiko that I should go to the beach. Then I took the bus to get to the place so I had to walk a little, and as I looked out the window I saw an orange butterfly that flew and turned blue. At that moment I realized that I was dreaming, because the blue butterfly inside the shifthing is a good sign that you are close to traveling to your desired reality! And then I got off the bus and went to the beach coast since I had to meet Keiko.

There the dream ends, and I remembered the dream very well.

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Well that was all! *i sigh* I feel more and more motivated to want to reach my desired reality of YYH, it was the only one in which I had several dreams, I mean with these there are 6 dreams in total and there are several, in the last Dream I couldn't see Keiko but I knew I was going to see her.

♡Well have a good day, afternoon or night♡

~Reiko Yukimura~

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genkais-arcade · 1 year

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yyhimagines · 8 months

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anime-chick · 5 months

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YYH live action - disappointments and highlights!

disappointments:

off the bat - it's five episodes and the pacing and storylines are squished, but you just have to accept these limitations and embrace this for what it is - MOVING ON

the music - it was generic and had some weird choices and overall didn't feel very cohesive?

hiei's zoomies - the sound effect when he's going fast is a bit cartoony in a bad way

3 times the cgi was noticeably iffy: genkai's younger face, when yusuke and kurama went into the mirror of forlorn hope, the blooms coming out of karasu

skipping over hiei and kurama's backgrounds - this is what made me think this series is more for yyh fan than anyone else, at the very least i would think there would be some exposition about youko kurama or hiei being a thief

bui - he was flat and really just there for hiei to show off his dragon (which isnt a bad reason! but in comparison to karasu, he didn't have much of a personality, even after taking off his armor)

highlights:

fucking everything i loved it askldjhsdfg

SMILE BOMB!!!!

but really - kuwabara's introduction, yusuke's flying drop kick, it perfectly captured their dynamic

kuwabara in general, he was everything i hoped he'd be

the costuming: while there wasn't as much variety in what yusuke and co. wore, there were lots of details that made everyone's clothes stand out (the chains and lining on kuwabara's uniform, yusuke's cropped uniform top, everything hiei wore to the buckled strap for his sword in the back, kurama's magenta uniform with the gold lining that IS NOT his school uniform but just - something he wears i guess?? which makes it even more insane and i love that)

THE FIGHT SCENES, they put so much effort into each fight and you can tell and it makes the show stand out SO MUCH in comparison to other live action adaptations

the way they, despite having to condense so much of the story, managed to tell a very interesting and entertaining twist to the story without losing too much

hiei and kuwabara arguing - hiei going out of his way to tell kuwabara to get away from yukina <- i'm still laughing

speaking of - THE HUMOR, it was serious! it was funny! it did a great job of balancing out the two

the dynamic of the group is just like in the anime/manga (though we didn't get as much of them interacting as i'd like, we got some and i enjoyed every bit of it!)

karasu. he was creepy. he was gay. his eyeliner was sharp. his attacks looked awesome. his fight lived up to his anime counterpart

the toguro brothers. while we didn't get as much of a lead up, they were perfect. older toguro was straight out of a horror movie. younger toguro managed to be complex and not just a big muscular villain. there was depth to him that felt very authentic.

hiei diving off the tower, i really enjoyed seeing his demonic abilities on display (though where were his fire powers???)

YOUKO KURAMA. i was so worried he'd look terrible in live action but he was just pretty and fluffy and aslkdjhsdfg

hiei and yukina's reunion. awkward. sincere. sweet. sad. the fact that hiei was surprised yukina even spoke to him. i wanna squish the two of them

everyone was beat to hell, their clothes were crunchy and gritty and i like that no one was left 'pristine' like in so many other shows - these boys got nasty

everything honestly just everything i watched the entire five episodes grinning and having a blast

controversial opinion:

i like kurama's wig. i said it. yeah. i do.

#yu yu hakusho #chit chat #hiei #kurama #yusuke urameshi #kazuma kuwabara #theres so much i wanna highlight but im just askdjhvslfjkghasdgd

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yo-yo-hakusho · 3 months

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Rewatching the Dark Tournament saga, and feeling so much appreciation for Genkai and her arc. I just got to the part where she gives Yusuke her orb. In the discussion they have before it, she tells him she never thought of herself or her power as heroic and never needed that excuse to grow or become more powerful. It just was and it was hers and that was enough.

And add to that her whole juxtaposition with Toguro. She doesn't regret aging, she has embraced it - she has embraced her life's natural progression. And how hard it must have been for her to see the man she loved go down such a different path. Plus she deserves way more credit for not stomping everyone into the dirt for how they kept calling her ugly / whore / hag etc but I digress

Maybe it's just from getting older, but my appreciation and love for her just grows each time!

#i may have talked about this before because i just got deja vu but #who cares?#genkai #dark tournament saga #if anyone has written any fic about genkai's life send it to meeeeeee #my thoughts

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lola1b · 4 months

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I'm writing a fic about Genkai's early life and chapter 3 is up!

"“I’m not ashamed, I’m disgusted. Have you seen yourself? You’re a greasy slime ball and I don’t want your stink contaminating my bath water.”

The other boys ooh ’ed and ahh’ ed at that, and elder Toguro looked visibly upset; his face was red, his fists were balled up.

“Listen here, I’m the oldest. What I say goes.”

Genkai could feel her heart race. He was older, he was likely a favorite. What else could she do? "

#yyh #yu yu hakusho #yuyu hakusho #幽遊白書 #genkai #toguro #my stuff

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yu-yu-hakusho-memes · 5 months

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Live Action Yu Yu Hakusho Episodes 1 - 3 Spoiler Review???

*All images are from the official Netflix Japan Twitter Account*

Wanted to watch all 5 episodes but it’s almost midnight, so I’ll watch the last 2 tomorrow

Compared to both the manga and the anime, the live action moves very quickly but it isn’t rushed. Seriously can’t believe there are only 5 episodes… I need at least 10.

I really enjoyed how we got to see what Yusuke and Kuwabara are up to while Sakyō plans to open up the portal and Tarukane winning money at casinos. I think the idea of seeing both sides (earth and the demon world) work at the same time is genius. I also love how Yusuke has become an older brother figure to the boy he saved from the car crash 🥰

ACTION SCENES = PERFECTION 🤌

The only thing I didn’t like so far is the mirror that Kurama uses to bring back his mother. It’s called a mirror but looks likes an iPad. The staff couldn’t find one at IKEA or a home store???

Genkai and Toguro 😭😭😭 while there wasn’t a battle, the two had a conversation about their past before her death. I was also surprised that it happened in ep 3.

Goki is terrifying I mean look at him. I don’t really need to say anything except that

Overall, I’m really enjoying this series and it may be my favourite live action anime adaptation.

Super excited to watch the last 2 episodes!!!

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antoniettap1303 · 5 months

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Yu yu hakusho:manga vs live action Pt.3

Pt.2 here: https://www.tumblr.com/antoniettap1303/736717703133495296/yu-yu-hakusho-manga-vs-live-action-pt2

Younger toguro

Older toguro

Sakyo

Karasu

Bui

#anime #manga #japan #yu yu hakusho #yusuke urameshi #kazuma kuwabara #shuichi minamino #youko kurama #yyh hiei #keiko yukimura #yyh botan #yyh yukina #yyh genkai #younger toguro

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yyh4ever · 6 months

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Megumi Ogata - Hohoemi no Bakudan (Smile Bomb)

Our dear Megumi Ogata (Kurama VA) was a guest at the Oishi x Nakamura's Memories Anime Song Club last month, and sang the opening theme of Yu Yu Hakusho. I love her voice!!

🎸Guitar and back vocals by: Masayoshi Oishi and Shugo Nakamura

A-R-I-G-A-T-O-U G-O-Z-A-I ... MASU!!

She also sang "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" (Neon Genesis Evangelion). I hope they upload on YouTube too.

Megumi also talked about the upcoming Netflix's Yu Yu Hakusho live action this Wednesday (November 15, 2023), on the "Megumi Ogata's Roar Yell ROCK!". The broadcast is available on the audio service "AuDee", operated by TOKYO FM.

She watched the live action teaser PV and thought it was really good. She was surprised in many ways, like by Yusuke's spirit gun (reigan) and the best VFX team in the world doing the visual effects. She was really impressed by that scene from the trailer when Kurama throws the rose and it goes flying through the air. She thinks the main cast is really good.

She also complimented the additional cast, fangirling over Kenichi Takito's Elder Toguro. She was really excited to see him on Younger Toguro's (Go Ayano) shoulders, and is really looking forward to seeing Takito-san's laugh (if you guys watched the trailer, that creepy laugh of Elder Toguro was scary XD). Megumi-san can't imagine other person playing the older brother!

She also recognized that Keiko-chan is actually Sei Shiraishi-chan, who has worked with her quite recently. She also mentioned Keita Machida-kun's Koenma. She thinks it must be incredibly difficult to talk with that pacifier in his mouth and definitely wants to see it in live action version.

In short, she's looking forward to the live action ^^

#Megumi Ogata #Masayoshi Oishi #Shugo Nakamura #Kurama #Yu Yu Hakusho #Oishi x Nakamura Memories Anison Club #緒方恵美の咆エールROCK！#yu yu hakusho live action #netflix #Youtube

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thuganomxcs · 6 months

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jay talks about characters meme / accepting / @take-ya-to-the-ghey-bar

🗣 + Kurama, since i wanted to send smth-- but keeping in within muse fandom seemed like the best bet lol

Lol that’s pretty fair considering you don’t know how I roll. I’ve seen dbz, naruto, fma, fairy tail, ygo, inuyasha, demon slayer to name a few and played a widespread of rpgs too XD

Either way ya wanna know what I think about Kurama. My boy Kurama is the definition of ‘if looks could kill’. To be honest he was the first choice for me to portray but that fox is not just clever but he’s freaking smart and I don’t think my dumbass would do him any justice. Granted I wouldn’t have to even try to write as him now cause there’s someone that already does a phenomenal job (always here to compliment the homies). Either way Kurama’s introduction was that of a momma’s boy and I do mean that in a positive light. From what little we knew about him at the start is that Koenma considered him a big deal and he was MORE than willing to sacrifice his life for his mother.

From then on I’d say Kurama had been a sort of ‘mother’ to the group, the person that they can go to if they needed sage advice. I love that he was such a bro to Kuwabara too, the man was an excellent leader. Why I thought so? Well as far as we knew he was a demon that ran into a woman’s womb and turning his mother into a japanese virgin mary. Also given that Hiei mentioned (in the anime) that the reason he looked for Kurama was so he doesn’t have to fight him himself gave us an idea that this man could box and YET he was training a human. Where Hiei gave blunt criticism Kurama offered encouraging positivity.

You know me, I like that. Ate that up. Let’s not forget the fact that this man is also a ride and die type of person for his homies, man was willing to fight one of the Three Kings all FOR YUSUKE. You know what it’s like to go into a man’s house, go into his fridge, take his drinks and then say ‘bruh if you so as much as breath on this man, you better upheave them hands’. NAH MAN, Kurama is also my GOAT.

NOW let’s mention the brilliance that is the duality of Shuichi and Kurama. LORD watching up to the dark tournament we’ve only heard stories of the legendary bandit and during that one fight WE GOT TO SEE the legendary bandit. Not just aesthetically but on a personal level too. I’m not gonna say Shuichi is a punk because push comes to shove the man will KILL you. But KURAMA!?!?!? HOOOOOOOOO, the shit YOKO KURAMA does really lets you know that he was the one. We let Yoko cook and find out that the enemies were the ingredients. Do we need to remember WHAT he did to the older Toguro?? NAH man, this man is a demon.

#❛ mail ━━ when i rush make your butt pucker the fuck up.#❛ ooc ━━ i can be as gentle as the sky is wild.#probs got people like 'get off this man's dick'#take ya to the ghey bar

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geekcavepodcast · 6 months

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Yu Yu Hakusho Teaser

Teenage delinquent Yusuke Urameshi surprises everyone when he saves a kid from being hit by a car, at the cost of his own life. Even the son of the ruler of the Spirit World is shocked, and so offers Yusuke a job as a Spirit Detective and a chance to be revived.

Based on the manga by Yoshihiro Togashi, Netflix's live-action Yu Yu Hakusho adaptation stars Takumi Kitamura (Yusuke Urameshi), Jun Shison (Kurama), Kanata Hongô (Hiei), Shûhei Uesugi (Kazuma Kuwabara), Ken'ichi Takitô (Older Toguro), Gorô Inagaki (Sakyo), Gô Ayano (Younger Toguro), Keita Machida (Koenma), and Kotone Furukawa (Botan). Robot Communications is the production company behind the adaptation.

Yu Yu Hakusho hits Netflix on December 14, 2023.

#yu yu hakusho #live action yu yu hakusho #yoshihiro togashi #takumi kitamura #jun shison #kanata hongo #shuhei uesugi #ken'ichi takito #goro inagaki #go ayano #keita machida #kotone furukawa #yusuke urameshi #robot productions #netflix #TGCLiz #Youtube

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fetus-cakes · 4 months

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Yu Yu Hakusho review episode 3

episode 1x, 2x

Oh boy, we're just speedrunning this aren't we? so instead of Hiei being defeated as an early level 1 boss, he just hangs around moping in an empty warehouse until he's needed again by the plot, which seems very out of character for him when Yukina is involved and there's people's bones he could break to gather information.

This is another missed character development moment because he was NOT defeated by Yusuke. I do think it's important that Hiei was defeated by Yusuke when Yusuke was much weaker (pre-Genkai training). It was humbling for Hiei that he was defeated by a significantly weaker human because Yusuke was able to strategize on the spot [we're also missing yet another instance of Yusuke demonstrating that he's book-dumb but very clever at fighting].

I don't think it's exaggerating to say that later in the manga when Hiei and Yusuke team up, Hiei only agrees because he has a (begrudging?) respect for Yusuke's fighting skills. There's a marked difference between how Hiei treats Kuwabara and Yusuke and that's because Hiei has not been defeated by Kuwabara, so he's beneath his notice. insert joke here about Hiei only being interested in men who can defeat him in battle and that's why Kurama is his forever husband

I'm not sure I like Genkai taking on Yusuke and Kuwabara as students just because Koenma asked her to. I preferred her tournament style of picking students, because it made her more discriminating about who she passes her technique on to. They didn't even have to do the whole tournament, we could have caught glances of it where Genkai thinks to herself that Yusuke and Kuwabara show promise, but they're both still rough. Her praising Yusuke directly and being somewhat motherly (??) seems to nice, she's not that nice. Her sending Yusuke away and dying alone in her home also hits different from her sacrifice in the tournament. It's also to save Yusuke, but now it feels that she's sparing his feelings too. also it feels weird that they specified that his training took exactly 20 days instead of a vague summer vacation time.

Younger and Older Toguro have already been introduced and they already kidnapped Keiko. I guess we're doing THAT now? this moves fast!

how nice of Toguro to wait until Yusuke is back from training and getting stronger to kidnap Keiko. what an attentive villain

if they can use computer effects to make Older Toguro so small they can also make Hiei smaller. Where is our Short King! we have been robbed

#yu yu hakusho #yu yu hakusho live action #fetus talks

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nightmarist · 5 months

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Oh while I’m here

Cowboy Bebop live action and Yu Yu Hakusho live action

I watched Bebop when it came out. I actually really loved most of it. I was very disappointed with Spike and Faye though, and I realized later it was probably because they never watched the original. I feel like there was nuance lost. If not the fault of “not doing your homework” then the directing should have at least tried to help. It felt like the ennui was completely lost on them. I get having your own approach and all and don’t want or think a 1:1 is necessary or possible but wow. They were sadly not good. Jet, however, I loved him, Mustafa did a great job and I liked his story the most, even and especially the additional backstory they gave him. I got very disappointed towards the end. I think maybe Julia and Vicious Could have worked if it wasn’t over the top soap opera.

The sets design, the staging, it was all so beautiful. You could tell the people involved with the set design LOVED the show. I just wish John Cho and Daniella Pineda were either directed better or bothered to watch the show prior. Could also have just been….. the script… idk why but the overarching episode plots felt good and Jet was phenomenal but everything else was….. not.

The Mad Pierrot episode I was nervous about it being too cheesy but they pulled it off genuinely well. It’s probably my favorite in both the anime and the live.

As for YYH I liked it. It felt interesting while still familiar. I do Not recommend it to anyone who has Not seen the anime. It felt very very reliant on the audience being a fan of the show. But they put a lot of good care into it. The character differences weren’t too bad, Yusuke is a little more aloof than his hot headed anime counterpart, but I got over it quickly in the second or third episode. Kuwabara’s actir was so fun, and the English dub of him did a good job without overtly copying Christopher Sabat.

I was a tiny bit disappointed in Kurama’s hair choice, I think all of the cast could have benefitted a little from taking hairstyle and makeup advice from Old School Visual Kei, but their outfits were nice. I actually really loved that Kurama’s uniform was a rose brocade. A beautiful detail that helped prevent it from being boring. The special effects were pretty good, a tiny bit cheesy but not off putting.

I LOVED the Toguro brothers though holy shit. And Karasu my BELOVED. I thought Sakyo’s actor was such a handsome choice. I usually picture Sakyo as more Pretty Boy / Clsssic Bishounen but Inagaki is a great actor and soooo handsome. And Gonzo. All the villains were actually so fucking good. But I LOVED the Toguro brothers especially older the most. Vile little shit head bastard. I love him.

Seeing. Koenma. As a real life adult human. With a pacifier. Really puts how silly his character design is to perspective. I loved it.

Honestly not bad. Cheesy, but fun.

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fruiteggsaladit · 1 month

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(volume 2, page 41)

Botan having a canonically unknown age and birthday has much potential for plot ideas and headcanons.... I know most people read her as being middle-school-aged, but honestly I read her as being a grown (superantural) woman playing pretend at being a kid bc it's fun and people pay less attention to a kid than to an adult. (Coming to mind, Atsuko wearing Keiko's uniform which was sold to her by Yusuke in the epilogue chapters.) Also makes for funny hijinks for if someone figures out her deal!

Personally I think she's at her funniest if thought of as being in her actual thirties and in denial abt it. Like she died and became a ferrygirl instead of doing the normal thing and reincarnating (or.........? [1]). Either way, by the time we meet her in the canon narrative start, she's in her 30s. She's older than Atsuko and once made aware of it she Hates It! [2]

Okay but canon evidence for Botan being at least 20 years old:

Shizuru: the one who came up with the idea for the drinking in the first place. Immediately red-faced. Immediately seems a little bit drunk.

Botan: is chugging. And for several seconds more than Shizuru is, halts to admire it (like she's pleasantly surprised about the taste), and gets right back to it.

In the Dark Tournament, there's the evening after the fight with team Rokuyukai [ep 33: "A Day in Waiting"]: Botan and Shizuru drink alcohol while Keiko drinks juice. Shizuru is 17-18 during the course of the series, having turned 18 by the time of the Dark Tournament in the manga [volume 12, chapter 108, page 143] and is in her early twenties in the anime (likely aged up bc of the legal drinking age being 20, and because someone wanted to extend the scene a little and have it end on a funny note) [episode 63, 13 minutes in]. She mentions as much in the Toguro-Yusuke fight, in the latter half and a little before Toguro gets inspiration on how to make Yusuke fight him better.

There is the possibility that she's a minor and pretending not to be, but 1) I don't think Shizuru's intuition would fail her like that, and 2) I don't believe either of them would encourage underage drinking, least of all in front of Keiko.

Follow-up Questions!

[1] .... did she accumulate some sins somehow...? What kind has she committed, was Botan like a serial offender?? ...or.. is it a similar deal to Yusuke's, "we saved you somehow, you owe us your labour"...? or... did she go to ferrygirl university and spend 10 years to her studies [1-b]

[1-b] What is the real-world equivalent to a ferry-girl education and job? An end-of-life nurse? A loan shark? An accountant office worker? (later) A COMPETITVE ROWER (the oar)????

[2] I think it's funny if she hates it, and it adds a sense of baggage Yusuke has towards adults and authority figures if she is one (he just can't escape it!!) and I especially think it's funny if she's figuratively losing hair from the stress of helping Yusuke out wo telling him everything (the spirit beast egg eating him if he's "being bad"). Her being in her 30s and in denial abt it just feels like a natural part of that progresion. But I could see her embrace her age too? "Glomping you :3" is very Botan, I just personally like to put her through the comical wringers.

#botan #yyh #yyh botan #shizuru #i really appreciate the 100% maji “girls secret party” battle event for including the thing about shizuru liking squid #its such a small detail and yet! it was taken note of <3 bonus knowledge #long post

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