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Yu Yu Hakusho - Yoko Kurama (Uncut)

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definitely the most intense fight of YYH. not a second is wasted. and the results are extremely surprising. kurama vs. karasu is a gripping, exciting match. yoko kurama shows up again to battle, and karasu unmasks! what happens when the two powers meet up?

a little bloodshed, but an awesome fight

Well, with this volume, fans who don't want to wait until Cartoon Network starts showing the episodes(not to mention fans who want to see it uncut) get to see Kurama and Karasu go at it in the first match of the Ankoku Budokai finals. Karasu finally gets to show his true face, but it's a bit disappointing for me(I was hoping he'd be really scarred without his mask, but he's nothing but a pretty-boy!). Shuichi Minamino turns back into Yoko Kurama for a second time, but even then, it may not be enough? Does Kurama bite the big one? Well, I won't spoil that! Also, one reviewer said that the subtitles on the 3rd episode, Yoko's Magic, were screwed up. I guess it's only on some volumes, because the version I bought was fine. Anyway, Yoko Kurama fans are going to have to wait about 35 more episodes before he makes his return(in the Sensui saga), but until then, enjoy this one!

This is the finals and the ending to the dark tournoment arc of the Yu Yu Hakusho series. Kurama and Karasu step into the ring and prepare to fight.

Now Kurama is over very old (300 yrs old in the anime and over 100 yrs old in the manga) 15 years ago, the spirit fox Yoko Kurama was thought to have been killed in a botched burglry. In actuallity, he was greatly injured. With the last bit of energy he had, Yoko turned into a spirit and saught refuge in the human world. There he became the proud baby of a human family named Suichi.(and that's not how you spell it). He would stay there for 10 years so his spirit energy could safetly recover. 15 years past, and Kurama is still there. He can't leave his human mother behind. But now, he has "priorities" toprotect....like his mother.

Now, jump to the dark tournoments. Kurama, Hiei and Kuwabara are fighting Team Ura Urishima in the semi finals. Kurama steps into the ring and is tricked by Ura Urishima. He begs Kurama to kill him because of what he's done. (and he'smaking a force field as this is going on and Kurama has no idea) Then once the force field is made, then he releases the Idunn box, which would turn the person except for the user into a hepless child once they breathed in the smoke. However, Kurama breaths too much and is turned back into Yoko. Now Kurama wanted to know the secret of this box to turn into Yoko once again.

Flash to after Team Urameshi beats Team Ura Urishima. Sazuka meets up with Kurama and Kuwabara and tells him how Toguro humiliated him in the past, so he wanted to show him that you could win without using just strength. So Sazuka made those items in orderto beat Toguro, however, he is defeated by Genkai. So he shows Kurama what he did to make the Idunn box and gives Kurama a juice that made the steam. And he gives another thing to Kuwabara Kurama says they're basically guinea pigs since Sazuka does not know of any affects. This is how Kurama will transform in the battle.

When I first saw this, I had it on a poorly subtitled version that cut down entire fights into a 5-minute, overall view of the violence and outcome. Even with this terrible version, I loved it! I may not be a Kurama fangirl (I'm not a girl in fact) but I got to say, Kurama kicks butt in this.
Karasu seems to be the worst of the enemies we've seen so far. He uses some sort of energy bomb to blow up what ever he touches. As the fight goes on, he releases some sort of Bat-bomb Traps that eventually hook onto Kurama and blow his leg open (Note: I was also watching the uneditted version so I saw his bone sticking out). If you're a Kurama Fangirl, you might like him as Yoko Kurama but the fight deteriorates into him transforming back and having his body blown up from every which way, leaving him bloody and tired, not the way I'm guessing you like him. But in the end, he uses a seed of the Death Plant to suck what I'm guessing is Karasu's blood out of his chest.

Overall: Good, bloody, and a Kurama Fangirls' best dream and worst nightmare! Five Stars!!

I read a review where one fan bought the uncut copy of Yoko Kurama, and noticed that the cover on the actual disk shows the edited volume's picture of Kurama. I would like to say, do not despair! That is the actual uncut disk! It just has a different picture, but it is the uncut volume! The disks used the regular covers beginning with the next volume, Sword and Dragon, while the edited volumes probably still have the picture of a character on them. Well, hopefully this will put your fear to rest, so that way you can now go and watch this excellent DVD!

The first episode is kind of boring. It mainly recaps what happened before, but that is fine with me, because it has been about a year since I last saw those episodes. In the 2nd episode, the fight begins. Karasu seems to have the lead. But, Kurama becomes the legendary bandit Yoko Kurama. The tables turn. Kurama is destroying Karasu's deadly bombs one by one, then unleashes a giant plant, the Ojigi. The plant nearly kills Karasu. Karasu escapes the deadly plant, and he himself becomes a huge bomb. He attacks Kurama headfirst and creates a huge explosion, killing many demon spectators. Yoko Kurama becomes Suichi Minamono once again (Kurama in human form). Kurama is takes many hits and at one point nearly his whole body was soaked in his own blood. Then he unleashes a giant plant using his life energy.

I'm not going to tell you what happens, I have probably spoiled enough already.

This is one awsome dvd,Kurama and Karasu fight to the death. Kurama goes into his demon from to smite Karasu but is it really enough? This is the best fight so far that ive seen, i hope to see sword and dragon soon and tell you about it.

These episodes are great. Kurama shows his true abilities by chemically releasing yoko kurama the fox spirit who hid inside the infant that grew to become the kurama we know so well. Very elite in the supernatural realm, the king of thieves is wise and summons demonic plants to protect himself. Unfortunately the wicked Karasu has the ability to create kamikazi bomb demons mentally and picks away at regular kurama quite a bit before the transformation occurs. Botan shows much grief for the passing of Genkai, and Yusuke can't admit to himself that she is gone for good. There should be three more discs in the dark tournament series, one for each of the other matches. Bui and Hieh should be next. THAT will be one you must have. I don't know about any of you but Hieh is the most interesting character in the series to me. Back when a friend would send me episodes from Japan as they aired I was always rooting for Hieh even though I had no idea what was happening. Having seen way past this area in the series I really hope they keep putting out dvd's since it gets better and better from here. Everything up to this point is just developing the characters for the real battles ahead. Anyway enjoy!

I love Yu Yu Hakusho, and as soon as this came out I bought it!

There is ONLY ONE FLAW on this DVD though. If you perfer to watch it in Japanese with Subtitles, they messed the subtitles up on "Yoko's Magic" (a.k.a. "A Desparate Kurama: A final Measure"), so the first half of the episode has the introduction subtitle stuck at the bottom of the screen. This is the ONLY reason why it lost a star from me. But to be really honest, if you watch the English version, then go back and watch the Japanese, it doesn't make a lot of difference ^_^

The final round, the fight between Team Urameshi and Team Tugoro, is finally beginning, and the battle between Karasu and Kurama is the most beautiful fight in the world, so this is still definately worth buying. Don't miss out on this great action in Yu Yu Hakusho!

i made a review for the dubbed wersion of this and I was so sad when I saw Kurama get hurt in it. Uncut made it so much worse. I was almost in tears. But Kurama kicks so much tail! ALL HAIL UNCUT!!! Karasu is still as sadistic as ever so it still creeps me out. But I'm a major Kurama fan so this kicks butt! Check out my other reviews. They usually say holla and 5 stars baby 5 stars. They can be slightly ghetto but ya gotta love 'em! so as always, this is a must have for any Kurama fanatics like me! 5 stars baby 5 stars! Holla at ya girl!!!