Review of a 17 year old animu

So, after many years, I finally re-watched, and finished my favorite anime of my childhood, one that I, along with others stayed up for hours and hours past our bed time, till 11pm to watch.  Yu-Yu-Hakusho.  It. Was. Amazing.  I was filled first of feelings of pure nostalgia, then awe as the series progressed, surprise as I finally caught up to where I'd previously left off, and remorse when it was all over.  It was truly a great show, one of the greatest in my opinion.  My only one gripe is that in an ironic twist, it didn't have ENOUGH filler, Yusuke never had a change to play actual detective, and hardly ever used any of his spirit items.  And Kuwabara only used his duel swords and sword whip once, and Hiei only went into his demon form once, which was a little disappointing in my opinion.

My favorite season was the first, without a doubt, had amazing pacing, captivating plot, full of surprise and intrigue.  I found the Dark Tournament saga to be just a little disappointing in the plot, though great in the fighting aspect and drama. Chapter Black was my second favorite, bring back most everything that was in the first saga, and never came around to disappoint.  The Three Kings Saga on the other hand, just felt off, though still not bad.  The off feeling only came from everyone's "sudden" character development, that came round during a year long montage.  Also it felt like it was mostly there to complete a few things that every anime needs; a beach episode.  Go ahead and think of an anime without a beach episode, or a shonen without some kind of tournament, hah!  Because as everyone knows, tournaments are the natural way to solve all problems!

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