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Series
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 One of the
more popular animé shown in the country, and based on
the manga created by Togashi Yoshihiro, It was first
aired in Manila by IBC ch. 13, then by GMA ch.7. The
series has about 112 TV episodes, 2 OVAs, and 2 movies (Both
were already shown in the country) under its belt.
Urameshi Yusuke is an ordinary 14 year-old juvenile
delinquent high school student, whose life changed when
he saved a kid from being run over by a car. He died in
the process but was later returned to life by Koenma
Daioh after he performed some tasks for the Spirit World.
Yusuke befriends Kurama and the aloof Hiei during this
time. Then Yuuske and Kuwabara recieves training from
Genkai and improves their skills. The Team Yusuke fights
four "sacred" demons, Genbu, Byakko, Seiryuu
and Suzaku, who planned to control the world with an
enchanted flute. Then they rescued Hiei's sister Yukina
from a mob boss, and they meet and fought Toguro for the
first time.
Afterwards they recieve an invitation from the Makai to
join the Ankoku Bujutsukai. They fought Roku Yukai Team,
Hiei injures his hand when he used the Ensats Kokurytha
for the first time in combat. Then the group fought a mad
scientist team and defeated them after a while, then they
fought the wily Mashou Tukai Team with Touya and Jin
providing stiff resistance, then they fought the Uratogi
team. Kurama's opponent brought back his true form, that
of a Youko but its effect was not permanent. Shishiwaka
then transports Kuwabara out of the ring and fights with
the masked member of Team Yusuke, who was revealed as
Genkai. Finally they fought the Toguro team with Kurama
facing Karasu, Hiei defeating Bui, Kuwabara "defeated"
the elder Toguro and Yusuke barely defeating Toguro,
after overcoming his grief with Genkai's passing and
Kuwabara's fake "sacrifice".
After some time, Team Yusuke were confronted with people
who have the ability to enforce "territories".
They befriended some like Kaito, Kidou and Inagi who were
under Genkai's orders to test Team Yusuke. Koenma brings
them a mysterious video which prompts Team Yusuke to
investigate Sensui Shinobi, a former Reikai Tantei like
Yusuke. They confront different members of Shinobi's
group which had the intention of opening the seal of the
Makai. After barely defeating Sensui, with the unexpected
help of Raizen. Yusuke, Hiei and Kurama then separately
goes to the Makai to entertain certain invitations, which
turned out to be a sort of war between the ruling S-class
warlords. Yusuke prevented an all out war from breaking
out when he introduced the Makai tournament to determine
the Makai's fate. Most of Yusuke's friends joined the
tournament along with some pretty powerful youkais led by
Mukuro and the blind Yomi. Kurama fought Shigure(the one
who implanted Hiei's jagan) and barely defeated him even
in his Youko form. Hiei was defeated by the powerful
Mukuro and Yusuke was barely defeated by a powerful Yomi
in the semi-finals, who in turn was defeated by one of
Raizen's friend in the finals and promised to rule the
Makai wisely. Yusuke went back to the Ningenkai and is
still is the Reikai Tantei, he is with Keiko whom he
promised to be with forever.
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| Dramatis
Personae |
| Name: |
Urameshi
Yusuke (Eugene) |
| Age: |
14 years old |
| Abilities:
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Rei-gun |
| Background: |
Yusuke is 14 year-old
high school delinquent, whose life changed when
he died in a traffic accident but was later
returned to life by Koenma Daioh after he
performed some task for the Spirit World. He now
serves as a Reikai Tantei(Spirit Detective) to
protect the Ningenkai (Human World). He became a
disciple of Genkai and studied the Reiki under
her. Later he was revealed to be a descendant of
an S-class Youkai and ruled his country after the
youkai's death. He made a pact with the other two
rulers to hold a tournament every three years to
maintain the peace in Makai(Demon World). |
| Name: |
Kuwabara Kazuma (Alfred) |
| Age: |
14 years old |
| Abilities:
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Dimensional Rei-ken |
| Background: |
Another trouble-maker
like Yusuke, they go to the same school. He is
the tallest among the group and is the only full-human.
His weapon is a Rei-ken which can cut anything.
He became Yusuke's rival then his best-friend,
who is very loyal though dumb-witted at times. At
the end of the series he is shown that he passed
the exams to enter a university. |
| Name: |
Minamino Shuichi, aka.
Kurama (Dennis) |
| Age: |
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| Abilities:
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He can manipulate all
plants and turns them into weapons. |
| Background: |
He used to be a Youko in
Makai but when he was mortally wounded and he
entered Minamino Shiori's womb and entered the
Ningenkai as Minamino Shuichi. He met Yusuke
after stealing the Reikai mirror to save his
mother, he came to a compromise with Yusuke and
worked with him ever since. He regained his
former Youko form during the Ankoku Bujutsukai
just before the Urameshi team faced the Toguro
team. Kurama has the ability to manipulate all
plants and turns them into weapons and effective
killing tool. At the end of the series, he
decided to stay in Ningenkai and work in his
stepfather's company. |
| Name: |
Jaganshi Hiei (Vincent) |
| Age: |
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| Abilities:
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Extraordinary speed,
excellent swordsmanship |
| Background: |
Hiei is the shortest
among the four and is the most adamant and aloof.
He was a being of fire but was born to the world
of ice and was banished as a child. He had a
purple Jagan(Third Eye) implanted on his forehead
to look for his mother and twin sister (whom he
cares for a lot). He is an excellent swordsman
and and an efficient fighter but his main weapon
is Ensats Kokurytha, which is a destructive
dragon made up of fire from Makai. He joined
Yusuke because of Kurama and fought with him to
protect his twin Yukina and the Ningenkai. He
stayed at the Makai as Mukuro's right-hand to
have a chance to fight others. |
| Name: |
Genkai (Master
Jeremiah) |
| Age: |
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| Abilities:
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Master of the "Reiki"
("Spirit Wave" technique) |
| Background: |
Genkai is the master of
the Reiki(Spirit Waves) that trained Yusuke of
ways to strengthen and increase his Rei powers.
She was later revealed to be Toguro's love
interest and was killed by him in the Ankoku
Bujutsukai. She was resurrected when Team Yusuke
wished for her to come back to life(this was
their prize for winning the Ankoku Bujutsukai).
She now acts as Team Yusuke adviser and
counsellor. |
| Name: |
Botan (Charlene) |
| Age: |
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| Abilities:
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| Background: |
She is Yusuke's pretty
spirit guide, and usually the one who brings
assignments from Koenma to him. She accompanies
Team Yusuke in their quests no matter how hard it
is. |
| Name: |
Yukina (Michaela) |
| Age: |
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| Abilities:
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Her tears can turn into
pearls, and she has the ability to heal others. |
| Background: |
She is Hiei's long-lost
twin who came from the land of the Koorime(Snow
Demons) and was separated from him when Hiei was
thrown out of their village. She was imprisoned
by a greedy human but was freed by Hiei and Team
Yusuke. She doesnt know that Hiei is his long-lost
brother. Kuwabara who saw her fell in love at
first sight. She now joins Team Yusuke whenever
they are in tournaments primarily as a healer. |
| Name: |
Yukimura
Keiko (Jenny) |
| Age: |
14 years old |
| Abilities:
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| Background: |
Keiko is Yusuke's
girlfriend, who often chastises him for fighting.
She is a caring and thoughtful girl but sometimes
acts harshly on Yusuke, whom she usually smacks. |
| Name: |
Kuwabara Shizuru (Suzie) |
| Age: |
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| Abilities:
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ESP |
| Background: |
She is Kazuma's smoke-chaining,
older sister, who usually is with Keiko and
Botan's company. She is also sensitive to spirits
and often acts as an "alarm bell" for
the group. |
| Name: |
Koen-ma Daioh(Master
Jericho) |
| Age: |
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| Abilities:
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| Background: |
He is Yama-sama son and
is in-charge of processing the papers of the dead
in Reikai. He is the one who usually gives Yusuke
his assignments and sometimes accompanies the
group. |
| Name: |
Sakyo-san (Mr. Valdez) |
| Age: |
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| Abilities:
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| Background: |
He is thr Toguro team's
manager and is the brains behind the Ankoku
Bujutsukai. She was Shizuru's brief liason, which
was abruptly cut-off when he killed himself after
the Toguro team lost in the tournament. |
| Name: |
Toguro |
| Age: |
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| Abilities:
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| Background: |
A B-class Youkai, who was
a former human, he bacame a Youkai because he
wished immortality and power when he won years
ago togeteher with Genkai. He now works as a
mercenary and fought Yusuke in the Ankoku
Bujutsukai. He lost even tough he used 110% of
his abilities. |
| Name: |
Sensui Shinobi |
| Age: |
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| Abilities:
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| Background: |
An A-class human, and
former Reikai Tantei. He is revealed as an
unstable and schizoprenic, but powerful entity.
He planned to open the gates of the Makai to
witness the Youkai's extermination of the human
race but was barely defeated by Team Yusuke. |
| Name: |
Ichi Raizen |
| Age: |
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| Abilities:
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| Background: |
Raizen is an S-class
youkai who had "interacted" in the
Ningenkai and thus bore descendants. Yusuke is
one of these and is the only one who inherited
Raizen's incredible fighting skills. Raizen is
feared in the Makai and is the one who holds its
fragile balance. When he stopped eating humans,
he signed his death sentence and thus he wanted
to meet Yusuke to insure his country's existence
will continue with Yusuke at the helm. |
| Name: |
Yomi |
| Age: |
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| Abilities:
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| Background: |
He is a blind S-class
Youkai and a former partner of Kurama. He is
quite powerful and even defeated Yusuke in the
Makai tournament(after 60 hours of non-stop
fighting). His power includes a near impenetrable
shield and powerful ki blasts. |
| Name: |
Mukuro |
| Age: |
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| Abilities:
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| Background: |
Mukuro was shunned all
her life because of her looks and abilities, is
the third of the the three most powerful figures
in the Makai. Her power includes the ability to
"cut" dimensions. |
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