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Jun 2, 2010 6:31 PM
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Hiei origin episode! YAY!

This was highly anticipated and very well done. Hiei's past is very poetic and I love the colors used during the scenes with the ice apparitions.

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Oct 5, 2010 9:39 PM
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yes this is an excellent episode hieis past is revealed and the trainings are cool

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But my feels.
Dec 19, 2011 5:32 PM
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Hiei was one hell of a creepy baby.
So now we know why he had his power diminished. So now he surpassed A class and his an S-class? So this S-class level has a lot of stages. Yusuke is S class after he awoke his demon blood but compared to his father his power is nothing. So i guess they need more categories.
Btw the spirit realm really is weak since there best fighters can only fight against an A-class but there are quite a lot of different level S-class going around. For example that guy has 77 guards and i bet all of them are S-class.
Mar 30, 2012 6:27 AM
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I loved this episode when I first watched it on Animax way back in 2006, and it was no different today.
Apr 17, 2012 12:35 AM
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So did the animators not notice that that door looked sort of... vaginal?
Jul 8, 2013 9:29 AM
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what is this story telling ? it's really different from all episode until now.
It's not like a shounen anymore, it's more like a psychological or dementia story telling..
Amazing I'd say ...
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Dec 8, 2014 1:23 PM
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only 12 episodes left I'm missing it already ;n;!
I think mukuru is a woman aww and hiei was a cute baby!
Apr 27, 2015 3:30 AM
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What could Mukuro be hiding under the mask?
Perhaps his face has the ability to seduce anyone who sees it into submission.

The Ice Apparitions make for an interesting society and I doubt Hiei will get his long sought revenge on them.
Jan 8, 2016 11:05 PM
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Wow, we finally got some info on Hiei.

Only took 99 episodes lol.
May 4, 2016 2:04 PM
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This episode was really sad! No wonder why he has a huge chip on his shoulder! On that note, that creepy little baby smile that he made was 0_0!!
May 1, 2017 1:14 AM

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It's cool to have some more info on Hiei's background.

I never imagined that he would be fighting that former surgeon.
Jun 23, 2017 3:13 PM

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Sad life for Hiei, I hope in the end he meets Rui and doesnt kill her but forgive her. ;-;
Oct 19, 2018 4:41 PM

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Finally we learned more about Hieis backround. Also kinda amazing how strong he has become, fighting 500 A class demons... wasn't Toguro just B class ? XD

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Jun 3, 2019 8:49 AM
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Hiei's past has been unveiled this episode. Well, Hiei's gotten stronger, much stronger, literally he's been fighting dozens of A class demons for months. While Hiei is way stronger than before now, he is still probably no match for Yuusuke.
Jul 15, 2019 11:58 PM

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Hiei's past made him a "real boy" so to speak. He has actual character now instead of just being an edgy jerk.
Oct 17, 2019 3:06 PM

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Jim_Heart said:
what is this story telling ? it's really different from all episode until now.
It's not like a shounen anymore, it's more like a psychological or dementia story telling..
Amazing I'd say ...

Yes, that's Togashi's territory.
Nov 3, 2019 9:34 AM
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I really hope Hiei doesn't decide to forgive his people in the last moment. I want to see a bloodshed for these assholes
May 3, 2020 9:32 AM

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Baby Hiei was demonic af
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Aug 26, 2020 11:15 PM

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Love little baby Hiei! I actually really liked the brief backstory that we got. The Ice Apparitions are a matriarchal society.. interesting. And yes, that door in the dungeon with Hiei was VERY vagina-like. Why
Oct 7, 2020 7:22 PM
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baby Hiei is soooo cute (despite knowing that he must have been terrifying at that age G_G)
and that chat between him and Yukina is one of that sweetest moments of anime...
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really thought when we are gonna have hiei's background episode, and it didn't failed.
even being a baby hiei were badass xD

and i have some suspicious for mokuro identity based on this clothes and maybe his voice, if my guessing is true, this is gonna be big twist.
Aug 21, 2021 12:07 AM

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So... Toguro was a upper-level B class demon.... and Hiei just defeated 500 A class demons at once....

that is not horse shit at alll...........

Dec 27, 2023 6:57 AM

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Best ep in a while & ofc it's a hiei heavy ep
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Apr 7, 2024 1:31 AM

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I mean, I understand the women's fear of men. Statistically, men do commit more violent crimes. But like... They casually attempted to kill a baby, simply because it was a boy. So, they're not above cruelty themselves.
Apr 20, 2024 5:57 AM

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A Hiei episode and we got to learn about his backstory! How awesome is that! And the fact that he's always rough around the edges is because when he was a baby the people who raised him tried to kill him. The Ice Apparitions were certainly harsh about him though the woman who did raise him try to give him mercy but the others weren't having any of that. Pretty sad when you think about it. And we even got a moment where Hiei has a nice chat with Yukina or at least the closest Hiei will ever have in terms of a conversation anyway. Probably one of the best episodes in a while. There's a reason why Hiei was considered a popular character after his initial stint in the Spirit Detective saga because he has that air of mystery about him and now like I said we get to finally know why he's always got a chip on his shoulder and now we know, now we know.
Jun 6, 2024 12:59 PM
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Nostalgia made me start this series to finish it.

For about 15 episodes, i have sorely regretted it...

All these arbitrary plot reveals this late in the show.
The show should have ended before this entire arc, and even if it did end before this it certainly wouldn't have been on a high note.

I'm going to guess the high score yu yu hakusho is mostly from people who are nostalgic...this anime is relentlessly boring and on life support by this episode...the dark tournament arc was painful, underwhelming, and too long. But, I'd take that over whatever this is.

I wish i could just drop it, but I'm going to watch it till the end and hopefully suck a little more enjoyment out of it
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Feb 8, 6:32 PM

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Hiei as a baby looks scary!😂 Great episode! And as usual, Hiei remains a cool character.

She got him back. If you understand the characters well enough, you'd know she did!

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