Yu yu hakusho manga vs anime reddit

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I've decided to rewatch the anime because I never got to reach the final arc when I watched it as a kid. I read a little of the manga too, but I didn't reach the Dark Tournament arc. However, I do remember that even in the first arc alone, there were already some big differences between the manga and the anime. So now I'm wondering: what are the significant differences between the manga and the anime? I'm deciding on which version I should watch/read based on whichever gives the best overall experience.

YYH is much more of a basic series with some really fantastic, believable, likable characters. While HxH focuses on Gon and Killua, this series focuses on the group of four that Kurapika and Leorio might have been a part of. All of the main characters have their counterparts in this series. You can see early inspirations of Hisoka, Knuckle, Killua and Alluka, and many, many more. I'm of the belief that there isn't a bad villain in the series. In the first saga, there's some 'Meh' ones, but it gets better

The first main saga of the series (20 episodes) is rather slow with an okay ending. Then, the final arc of the first saga sets up a lot of things. After that is a pretty long fight-centered saga, with a lot of non-fighting story stuff going on. It certainly has its thought provoking moments in it and character development, but it's definitely more "basic Shounen" rather than "Shounen turned on its head". Then there's a saga that would be similar to Chimera Ant in terms of heaviness that is certainly the most thought provoking of them all, even if it's not as critically acclaimed as the previous saga.

If you do end up giving it a shot, don't let the slow first 20 episodes or so make you not want to continue. It certainly gets better.

Also, there's currently a rewatch on r/anime going on now that actually just finished the first 20 episodes as of yesterday.

The biggest differences are early on and near the end: the first part, with Yusuke dead is significantly longer in the manga. A lot of the stories are very sweet, but since the manga basically changes tack immediately but only after getting some distance in the "slice of life" genre it does feel a bit sudden, as opposed to the anime where he's back within 4 or 5 eps.

As for the ending, Togashi's health was basically in freefall before he finished YYH early as a result of it, and sadly it shows in some of the final stuff with often significantly weaker designs and messy art and some plot elements are introduced that were neither thought through enough nor had time enough to flourish (for example, a chapter in the manga ends with a powerful demon going "so this is Urameshi, I've been wanting to fight you" as a cliffhanger and then we don't see them fight). The anime significantly fleshes out the Three Kings arc (even though it still feels rather short) and gives some great anime-only moments.

There is some stuff at the end of the manga, more slice of life stuff that hasn't been adapted (like one incident with a ghost and a school) and then there's a final small action piece to end the series, that forms the basis of the second half of the recent OVA. (The first half is a flashback piece unique to the OVA that shows how Hiei and Kurama met).

Honestly YYH is one of the times where watching the anime is probably the better way to experience it (in my opinion), because of how well it's been adapted and how well they flesh out the Three Kings arc. But the manga is still pretty excellent as well.

The anime is hard to not recommend, but the manga also has some fantastic art. In particular when it progresses to the Dark Tournament Saga and beyond there is some really intricate, beautiful chapters.

My recommendation is start with the anime, and dubbed if you're an English speaker. If you're really into a fight/scene, check it out in the manga.

The anime is generally an improvement on the manga. The english dub for yyh is especially beloved among togashi fans. The yyh manga has a much longer first section (a lot of episodic filler type material, which is fun, but messes with the pacing). The anime is more concise in that regard. Also, the manga ends abruptly and doesn't really have a conclusion (togashi essentially got sick of writing yyh) - the anime expands the abrupt ending in the manga into a genuinely satisfying one that ties the series together really well. In general I'd recommend starting with the anime dub, then check out the manga or subbed anime if you want more. The manga does go into a bit more detail in a very areas, but on the whole, the anime was clearly made by a team who love the source material and is generally an improvement.

Note that coming from hxh, yyh will seem to take a very long time finding itself - it doesn't really get going until the dark tournament arc. Togashi was a much more inexperienced author when he wrote yyh

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