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Oct 13, 2009 8:11 PM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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There were some pretty great fights in this episode. I suppose this is where Yu Yu's legacy begins as one of the best action fighting anime of all time.
Kuwabara's spirit sword is so b-a. However, i've yet to figure out if it is actually sharp or not, I mean, it's hard to tell with the way he swings it around like a club and all.

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Feb 24, 2010 9:04 PM
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Kuwabara's spirit sword damn cool
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Mar 21, 2010 1:03 PM
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Next one looks interesting
"The weak get washed away by the tides of fate...The strong drink it up."-Godot
Oct 19, 2011 3:18 PM
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Kuwabara is hardly my favorite character, but I suppose that its nice that he already has his own signature attack.
Bum Bum Dum Dum

Dec 7, 2011 3:16 PM
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So Kuwabara will be the swordsman eh?

Great start to the serious fights!
Dec 8, 2011 12:03 AM
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My favorite characters are Kurama and Yuske.



Dec 28, 2011 6:13 AM
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Jan 20, 2014 2:41 AM
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Pretty cool weapon Kuwabara has.
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Mar 6, 2015 7:25 PM
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There is a severe lack of tension in this episode despite of these fights.
Apr 13, 2015 9:05 AM

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Don't mind the budding sexologist...


Why didn't Rando get suspicious when a stranger (Botan) appeared out of nowhere and seemed to be in the know about everything? Maybe he just didn't care.

In the dub, is there still Genkai smoking and cursing? I remember in my old tape
. Then again, they might not have been so heavy on censoring just yet then, plus it was going to be on Adult Swim anyway.



I enjoyed this episode. :3
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Aug 15, 2016 2:02 PM
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I don't get it, the difference between the spirit realm and human hasn't been established, these random humans want to become stronger spiritually but they are humans so how do they know about the spirit realm, is this like HxH where humans are super powerful as well as normal humans
Dec 19, 2016 11:51 AM

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Was hoping for some longer fights to lead up to the more important ones, but owell.
Dec 31, 2016 9:48 PM

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Seems like Kuwabara is a Jedi
Mar 17, 2017 12:30 AM

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Kuwabara has the weapon shown in the op now. I was waiting for this to happen!

I doubt Yusuke will actually lose this.
Jun 8, 2017 6:39 AM

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"Is that hunch coming from one of those guys?"
"Hard to say, it's hiding really good, It's hanging in the air and I can't tell from where it's coming from, sorta like a, a..."
"Sorta like a fart in a cramped elevator?"

Oh god I'm dying.

Love how all those guys are serious business and well trained, and we have our two heroes that are just school punks.

Kuwabara with that spirit sword showing who's a man, I love this guy. Let's see if Yusuke can comeback from the current situation.
Jul 10, 2017 12:17 PM

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Kuwabara's magic sword and the fart joke were the only things of note in this episode. And that's no good.

StevenHu said:
There is a severe lack of tension in this episode despite of these fights.

That's what stood out to me, too. It's hard to make what is essentially a penis-measuring contest interesting with so many brand new opponents out of nowhere, and I don't think the episode succeeded. It's too bad, because otherwise the action itself looks pretty good, although the arena is a bit plain.
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Jul 14, 2017 1:10 AM

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Most interesting fights yet, getting a bit more in depth.
Dont know why Kuwabara got so strong when he was a normal human up until a few days ago.
May 22, 2019 6:20 PM
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Well, the fights are starting, seems good. Kuwabara's getting really strong, he's probably stronger than Yuusuke now..
Aug 4, 2020 2:02 AM

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Didnt really like this episode, FIGHTSWERE OK-ISH
bOTAN JUST CAME IN AND NO ONE HAS ANY PROBLEMS
If Kuwabara does Propose seriously Botan might say yes because how she has seen him when Yuusuke was dead
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the power-ups are still shounen-like but it feels more as the anime build up those power-ups for the future rather than now.

somewhat yusuke cam out as the underdog here...
Jul 18, 2021 6:17 AM
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yusuke is in a tight situation to say the very least
Jul 18, 2021 10:57 PM

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OMG Kuwabara is so hilarious!

Jan 28, 2022 3:04 PM

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I expected these battles to be very good, but they weren't and I was very disappointed.
I hope Yusuke's battle is much better than the ones they had in this episode.
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Jul 20, 2022 9:46 PM

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When the shounen character is in danger of losing he can pop out a lightsaber, if it wasn't for how charming Yuusuke, Kuwabara and Botan are this might have been quite dull.
Jan 21, 3:48 AM

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Kuwabara tried to rizz up Botan! LMFAO!
Feb 11, 7:22 AM

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Does this mean Kuwabara has to hold that small piece from the wooden sword in order to create that Sword made from his Reiki? It's much more badass if he could conjure that sword in his will without the wood.

She got him back. If you understand the characters well enough, you'd know she did!
Apr 22, 9:12 PM
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arcs take too long
Jun 2, 8:27 AM
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"Yes, you little crap that's exactly what I expect" is a great line. The English dub for this show is so good.
Aug 20, 12:41 AM
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This is starting to feel like typical shonen, which is cool. Will Yusuke survive the fight? Find out next episode!
Nov 6, 3:21 AM
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I don't know how to feel about this. I liked the initial episodes more than this arc. Feels like I am watching bootleg dragon ball.

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