What D&D Alignment is Yusuke? (ft.  

Literature Devil just nailed why YuYu Hakusho is such as classic. And why Yusuke is such a classic character. Thank you for covering one of my favorite shows. Thank you.

Persona fans when they discovered that Yusuke is a normal name that isn’t limited to Persona 5

Yusuke straddles the line between Chaotic Good and Neutral Good, in my eyes. Yes, he is all for doing things the right way, but every now and then he does things the “Yusuke Way” which is typically beating the problem into a pulp.

People always talk about Gon's freakout in HxH, but I feel like not enough people talk about Yusuke breaking during the Toguro fight. I love both, but I have always enjoyed Yusuke's more. Gon's is a "bigger" freakout, but to me, Yusuke's felt more...real. Gon's happens as his limited, childlike view of the world is so completely rejected and he struggles to handle reality. Yusuke's is a sorrowful emotional breakdown where it wasn't just fury, it was frustration, sadness, and defeated confusion. There are layers to Gon's breakdown, but it really still just boils down to raw anger. Yusuke's breakdown has so many emotional components it. Confusion for why any of this is even happening, sorrow at the loss of his loved ones, defeat as he grapples with with what people are expecting from him, exhaustion and just wanting this all to end, and this all funnels through his pre-existing character because these emotions contrast his aloof nature at the start of the series. Gon's freakout is rejection of his own confusion in an attempt to solidify a worldview that is falling apart. Yusuke's breakdown is an abject metamorphosis of his core traits through sheer desperation, bringing the character development that had been built up until now to the surface.

One of my favorite parts of the tournament is when Yusuke admits that he looked up to Toguro, precisely because he didn't have a mentor/father figure, until Genkai told him about Toguro's decision to become a demon and the motivations behind it.

Okay, I already knew The Loading Crew was goated but a crossover with Literature Devil is BEYOND based.

"I'm just like everyone else with power I don't do anything to help"

To this day, Yusuke is still my favorite Shonen protagonist. Too many Goku variants out there, it's nice to see a morally ambiguous protagonist who has a true dynamic character arc from start to finish, while still maintaining his badass attitude. I could go on, but I don't want to write a whole character study speech in the comments lol

The difference between Iwamoto and Genkai is that the former hates him for being stupid the latter is mad that he is capable but chooses to squander it. She never criticized him for failing only for putting in little effort. Also, shouldn't he get a ding for preventing Kuwabara from punching that teacher? The one who changed his test grade?

Yurameshi has always been one of my Favorite Manga Characters, mostly because of how well the Writer's treated him. They gave him(and the rest of the Cast) plenty of Character growth(with time to react to it) and a slow earned build-up for their Advancements. A truly well made Series. Even the one's after the Dark Tournament we fairly decent, especially given the BS the Manga series was going through at the time....

Is it weird to say that Denji is just yusuke without any parental figure in his life

I said it before and I'll say it again, I'd really like to see an alignment analysis of Naofumi from Shield Hero. And a really careful analysis, since as I said before part of what's interesting in his character is the complications. Is it still evil do so something when you're on a time limit to become strong enough to survive a great disaster, and all the alternatives presented to you are obvious one-way tickets to getting betrayed and killed? He's a complicated case in my opinion, all the more so in the novels where you get more info and insights into his choices.

Can confirm: Yuske's funeral scene helped other people too.

irish ninja, 'dr mcninja' series....webcomic back in the day, it's in print now only

Isn't there an entire other arc y'all missed? Like I know it's not the most popular Arc, but it is part of the story ya'll...

I know she's not a fighter, but I'd love a video on Botan's D&D alignment. Honestly, she inspired me to prepare a celestial warlock character for some future campaign of mine.

In the discussion about the importance of the mother and father, I feel that an arguement can be make that Genkai and Toguro serve the "Father" role. Genkai sees the potential in Yusuke and wants to unlock it, but she does so by getting him out of his comfort zone and having him push past his limits. However, there is an aspect of the mother in this as she helps him nuture his abilities through explaniations and having him perform tasks that help ensure his good-hearted nature perserves. Additionally, Yusuke tends to go to her whenever he needs help, which is common between children and their mothers. Meanwhile, Toguro is the pure "father" that removes Yusuke from a comforting environment to help reach his potential by threatening both him and his loved ones if he doesn't particpate in the dark tournament. It doesn't matter how injured or emotionally scarred Yusuke is by the ordeal, as Toguro genuinely believes he can overcome these hurdles and be a stronger person than he was before.

the bit about responsibility in the post analysis has been in my head for a minute now. when I first got out of highschool getting a job significantly changed my outlook on life. I was planning to do 4 years college/ now I work at a prison and it's incredibly fullfilling

Literature Devil sounds like Malcolm from Nostalgia Critic

What Alignment is Dinobot from Beast Wars Kain and Raziel from The Legacy of Kain series (maybe collab with Strictly Fantasy?) Silver from Treasure Planet The Party in The Black Cauldron

Anime starts. Protag dies. Nat 20 scene. Yup, that's Togashi, alright. P.S. Obviously, credit to Sabat for doing it justice.

I always felt that YuYu Hakusho was my all time favorite anime. But I never fully understood why or what specifically drew me into it. Obviously the fights and the soundtrack were big parts for my initial interest as a kid. I knew there was more to it than that as I got older but I could never put my finger on what it was. Thanks to the literature devil, I think I finally understand what it really was that made this show my absolute favorite. Great video. And thanks again for shining some more light on this already shining gem of a show.

Glad to see my favorite anime getting covered. Hope I'm not out of line saying this but there were some moments I felt should been discussed. In the Genkai arc Yusuke attempted to intervene in Kuwabara's fight against Rando to save the former from being tortured. Then when he began his fight against Rando he dedicated his first punch to Kuwabara and followed by saying he had 99 more, one for every psychic whose life Rando stole. I think these have to count for 2 or 3 dings of neutral or lawful good. In the Dark Tournament arc he spares Chuu despite the man reminding him that it was supposed to be a fight to the death and the crowd pushing him to kill, instead Yusuke tells the former to get better and the latter to STFU. After his fight with Jin, he steps in when it appears that the leader of Team Masho is about to attack the announcer, stepping between them to defend her despite having no reason to like her or care about her personally, if anything he had reason to hate her. He also agrees with Hiei's proposal of going after the committee and killing any demon stupid enough to get in the way after their BS. The first two I think would have to be classified as neutral/lawful good and the last one would have to be considered chaotic neutral. On another note, I really loved the outro you and the Literature Devil did for this show, it really highlights why Yu Yu Hakusho is my personal favorite anime, it really is a powerful experience to see Yusuke grow and mature as a person. It is a character arc that I have not seen matched ever since and it truly is something special.

That AMV Hell 3 reference to start things off. Oh yeah, quality content. 2:02

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Hello, I'm from the future. Congrats on hitting $100K!

Hey Yuduke shot his teacher with enrrgy equivalent of a punch.

When the Dub was better than the original jp version THAT IS Yusuke Urameshi Justin Cook did a Badass Job as him

Literally saw this live a minute ago. Gotta a new subscriber

YuYu Hakusho is my favorite anime and has been since I first caught it on Toonami.

Hmmm... I've watched some of Literature Devil's stuff before. And it's a compliment to say that while I disagree with some of his takes, he makes arguments worth listening too. And I will say his closing statement really resonated with me, as someone that just had a rough childhood in regards to school. Great episode and schedule conflict aside, I'm glad this one came out last.

Man i fucking love this show

Jin has to be my favorite of the dark tournament fighters aside from Team Urameshi and Younger Toguro. He's just this delightful, grinning, mischievous little fuckstick that has a personality that along with his Irish accent in the dub makes him come across as a delightfully coked-up leprechaun with airbending abilities.

Yu Yu Hakusho is one of those shows that I always go back to every other year or so because it's so damn good. I never thought about doing such a deep analysis on Yusuke as a character, but y'all nailed him. Sad you two didn't cover the material past the Dark Tournament, but understandable since the show definitely drops off after it. Side note: the English dub is certainly one of those that you absolutely have to watch; much like how it's widely considered the definitive version of Cowboy Bebop. The cast all nailed it.

idk if you're taking suggestions, but the three central characters or No Country For Old Men or Alejandro from Sicario would be fun videos...well, maybe Alejandro would be very fun but you get what i mean.

Yu Yu Hakusho is still one of my favorite stories (at least through Dark Tournament).

Oohkay... So this comment has been promised since the Kuwabara vid. When I said that there were some significant cuts to the ghost arc from the manga, I mean it. Eleven chapters (a majority of the first two tankoban, mostly volume 2) might not mean all that much in the grand sense of 19 volumes, but they do actually add up here. There is also another part that it doesn't cover a single week, but several months. This also explains that Youske died in mid November-early December as the fifth overall chapter is during the then burgeoning Christmas scene in Japan. The first four cut chapters are actually between episodes 2 and 3, and are the most filler, except they do affect the first spirit beast egg that got used to save Keiko and his body in the fire. It also is where we first find out that youkai forms of both Tanuki and Kitsune are in fact real to this world and can see spirits (2 each CG and NG). Next is the temporary revival two parter and explaining that to make sure that his body is still viable, Yusuke needs to actually posses it temporarily to recharge and refresh the physical side, without being seen directly by his mom and Keiko. He then proceeds to accidentally kick of a plot by running into one of Kuwabara's inherited rivals on his way to the pachinko parlor he usually haunts while alive (CN due intimidating a gang leader out of a fight may be good, but needing to gamble on someone else's dime is not). After overhearing the aftermath of his previous intimidation, he immediately goes to rescue his girl friend, while disguised (LG). On the way out of the gang's hideout (backpackers carrying of a seemingly unconscious Keiko) he runs into a very confused Kuwabara who was expecting his rival to be just dead and then explains why he very much wasn't. As Keiko is was just pretending to be KO'ed, she also heard everything. So you know at 6:34 it says to "read the manga"? Yeah... that kid was there because she wasn't a tester, but was a stuck spirit that had been haunting a boy from the early "filler" chapters to the point of nearly killing them. Yusuke decided some tough love to explain the reality of the situation was in order (CG). They both then fight off another, more evil ghost soon after (NG) before the spirit kid asks to shadow Keiko around to make sure that here new friend actually has a good girl. Which leads us to the direct aftermath of the apartment fire. So, that spirit egg in the Dark Tournament arc is in fact the second one that Yusuke gets, but isn't shown until it's about to hatch. Back during the fire's aftermath, Koenma wanting to double check that Yusuke can become a Spirit Detective allows him to more actively help out a former target of his bullying by forcing both to cohabitat/posess the body until the young boxing student can gain some self confidence with Yusuke's mentorship (CG for the protection, and a NG for the pep talk). It is just after the pep talk that we get the second half of episode 4.

Is it weird that im wishing for a part 2 of this? with the ex spirit detective arc.

I loved the first two volumes of the manga, before Yusuke came back to life and it turned into a battle shonen. That arc was EVISCERATED in the anime.

Now do the rest of the series

Well, this was a crossover I did not expect.

Love the video guys but you also miss the demon portal arc and the demon tournament arc!! I agree with the fact that the early arcs help to define Yusuke to grow up and take responsibility as Spirit detective but also the final two arcs define him to be coming an adult which would also probably change his alignment so it's incomplete. I hope you at least intend to complete that alignment by discussing those two arcs. Other than that look forward to more videos.

By the time I backed the KS it was already at 6 digits.

Do they only go to the dark tournament because the video would be crazy long or cause it’s their favorite arc?

17:56 but the videos came out on Tuesdays.

Nobody does a revenge unless they feel they were wronged first, tipping morality back into neutral. Evil only occurs when you harm someone just because you want to. Therefore, revenge is not evil, it is neutral.

I remember episode 3 the most

One of the Waifu Spells is going to be called "Nosebleed" ? Gahahahahahahaha !!!

WAIT A MINUTE! The masked fighter was Gen Kai!? This whole time??? Who could have seen that coming‽

This was a fantastic analysis. I would of love one for Naruto.

God, i love this anime

This is GOOD!

Day 1 of for a D&D alignment chart of Nagash from Warhammer fantasy.

That comment about making troublemakers your assistants Stuart, aside from being just good advice, got me curious: What age group did you teach? Middle School? Elementary? High School?

TLDR: Posession = mind-controll = alleays evil. Plz ding. ... I noticed that you didn't ding any of the posessing people he did as a ghost as evil; even thoguh it's essentially mind-controll, and you said yourself Stuart, that mind-controll allways evil!

Despite this interesting character analysis on Yusuke, I honestly hope that he, Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei have their alignment videos completed with the rest of their character arcs in the series.

I also like the oirish accent!

What Alignment is Ainz Ooal Gown and the floor Guardians from Overlord?

Why don't you go any further into the show? I'd argue he continues to develop in the Sensui arc.

Was the demon rando yaguchi? I swear I’ve heard that name somehere

In defense of Yusuke for shooting his teacher, that teacher stole his students stuff to frame Yusuke. Also that teacher is a corrupt jerk who treat Yusuke, Kuwabara, and other students he hates like crap.

I'm personally surprised lelouch of code ge

neutral good

Please, a video on Violet Evergarden!

Okay, now I get why my parents didn't want me watching Cartoon Network when I was a kid.

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It might not be a joke he is willing to make, but that's not stopping me." I didn't know Japan was in Texas." Alternatively "Japan, shame on you that's cultural appropriation. "

Are you going to do a MASH video?

Love this series, but can anyone tell me who the character on the chart that represents Lawful Evil is?

I wanna see a genkai video now

what about the last 2 arcs?

_Insert request for Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto) here. Is this joke overdone? Yes. But I think it's warranted._

Imagine being such a low-tier jobber that they literally name you "Rando".

"That word" wasn't just "allowed on tv for a while," it used to be the kinder, gentler medical term for someone who was a "moron," which itself had been the kinder, gentler medical term for something else, and so on and so forth. In another 20 years, "neurodivergent" will be a slur and someone will be shocked it was "allowed on the internet for a while." Censorship and oversensitivity leads nowhere. At least nowhere good.

First! (That's not Stewart pinning his comment)

Beta testers?! They're the reason the Waifu Manual isn't out yet!

Second part?

You skipped over the best quote in the entire series "The family jewels have not been stolen". You didn't give him a ding for feeling up a trans demon

Literature Devil: Defends sexual harassment or your money back. Just kidding. You're not getting your money back.

Yeah you guys are less than 2000 away from the next stretch goal still upset there's no living sword wifu weapon

Skipped the final arc darn.

Read the Manga? what is this, Cromartie High School?

Nope incorrect vengeance by itself is neutral at best If you’re punishing evil, it doesn’t harm innocence. It is good

What happened to satsuki kiryuin vid?

You’ve got real nuts to host a controversial RU-vidr like litdevil.

"We're only going to be showing up to the Dark Tournament, where his character stopped cold and nothing ever happened to him ever again." God I hate this channel sometimes. Edit: is this because this is where the show stopped being shown on Toonami or something?

Please do deku