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Mar 18, 2009 11:07 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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"That's called a fake!" Great ep, Yuske's got his work cut out in this fight. Can't wait to see what happen's next. Shinsui is a beast, he took that barrage and a dip in the demon water like a champ. The animation for this ep seemed a lot more detailed during the fight scenes. Full bodies fights, which you don't see in this anime often, they usually just go with with the same fist and faces scenes for most of the fight, or the occasional double flying fist moves. So it was refreshing to see some more detailed fighting, which I'm hoping means even more in the next ep, I guess we'll find out. Urahara Out!!
Dec 20, 2009 6:34 PM
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MrHatandClogs said:
THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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"That's called a fake!" Great ep, Yuske's got his work cut out in this fight. Can't wait to see what happen's next. Shinsui is a beast, he took that barrage and a dip in the demon water like a champ. The animation for this ep seemed a lot more detailed during the fight scenes. Full bodies fights, which you don't see in this anime often, they usually just go with with the same fist and faces scenes for most of the fight, or the occasional double flying fist moves. So it was refreshing to see some more detailed fighting, which I'm hoping means even more in the next ep, I guess we'll find out. Urahara Out!!







I agree, the fighting was exceptionally detailed.

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Oct 5, 2010 7:45 AM
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first good punsh cool training scars is suppose things are getting elevated

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But my feels.
Jan 2, 2012 7:25 PM
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Mother of God... This episode was shounen action at its finest level. I freaking loved the barrage of volts against Yusuke.
Jul 16, 2013 3:17 PM
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Damn, awesome fight! Pure fist fight and consistent animation. The best fight episode so far that I have seen in this series.
Aug 23, 2014 11:36 AM
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I definitely agree with the rest of the sentiments about this fight, it was really exciting to see the motion by motion attacks of Yusuke. I'm enjoying the pacing of this one more than Dark Tournament, I thought this battle would take longer to get to.

Aaaand Sensui's shirt comes off. It's funny how it's always conveniently only the shirt that gets ripped up.
Apr 24, 2015 7:55 PM
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This fight is turning out to be much better than any from the Dark Tournament Arc. Yusuke is finally using his brains for once against a more skilled opponent.

However, the clash of ideology is still too black and white for Shinobu Sensui to be an interesting villain.
Apr 27, 2017 5:02 AM
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Action was really good in this episode!

Those scars are disturbing...
Jun 11, 2017 2:41 PM
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Did I miss the Yaoi tag
Jun 28, 2017 12:38 AM
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the pale white arms with eyes on them appearing from behind Itsuki, beautiful.
Jun 28, 2017 12:45 AM
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WHY AM I GRINNING WHY AM I GRINNING WHY AM I GRINNING why am I grinning for like 10 minutes on end????

Jun 28, 2017 12:48 AM
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Togashi is soooo kind to Sensui. We have heard about him from many sources, and now Itsuki.
Itsuki's description of Sensui as a white page absorbing black ink is, what??? Poetic?
Hearing his voice remembering their past while Sensui with an innocent face was sitting by a fire. BOOOOOOOM.
Jun 28, 2017 12:51 AM
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"It's like I've had a cart before a horse"
Jun 28, 2017 12:55 AM
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LEGS LEGS LEGS LEGS LEGS LEGS
Jun 28, 2017 1:09 AM
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It's insane how the Dark Tournament contrasts with Chapter Black.
In one, u got like almost no brain and tactic put into almost every fight. All power-up and plot conveniences.
In the other, suddenly every fight has intelligence and planning and strategies put into it, and things are presented in such details that they all seem believable and victories well-earned.

It's all tied up with Sensui's talk about how Yuusuke's got every skill over him, but still loses.
It doesn't remedy the horribleness that is 80% of Dark Tournament, but the contrast certainly increases the goodness of this arc, and hints that Togashi were making some comment on the nature of strength? (too far-fetched maybe)
Aug 9, 2017 6:03 AM

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Phenomenal. If this keeps up, this fight will easily be the best in the series so far. The first swing was something Yusuke learned from the last fight. The next was a bait. The third was a four way mixup front, back, up, down. The fight looks beautiful and the way it's done is really engaging to watch, it's a rare sight that we see both characters learning and adapting from each other. Seriously lets hope the fight keeps up. Kuwabara's cheerleading was fantastic, really shows why I love him.

Sean_Nessman said:

It doesn't remedy the horribleness that is 80% of Dark Tournament, but the contrast certainly increases the goodness of this arc, and hints that Togashi were making some comment on the nature of strength? (too far-fetched maybe)

I just imagine he improved as he was writing, but I don't know. I can't imagine why someone would initially make dark tournament the way it is. My guess is Togashi improved a lot well writing Yuyu, and my bases for that is how I find the quality in between each arc jumps massively as it goes on.
Apr 5, 2019 2:02 PM

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damn another really strong episode. thats back to back! really strong direction and animation in this episode, loved it.

Humans will always come up for excuses for their evil doings. We can justify any action while the demons just accept their wickedness and make no excuses for why they are so evil.
May 5, 2019 4:32 PM

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Hearing about Sensui from the green-haired guy was interesting and deranged. I'm not sure if I understand what he said about Sensui's fall showing that purity is real though? I might have missed something. It seemed kind of cheesy hearing that Yusuke is stronger in physical attributes only to then see him falter in those same physical attributes. Kind of a weird episode.
Jun 2, 2019 2:58 PM
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Seeing Sensui get punched was real satisfying, he's a real powerhouse though. Seems like the final battle is going to happen next episode. Exciting.
Apr 30, 2020 2:07 AM

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lmao Kuwabara calling Itsuki sus
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Sep 13, 2020 6:39 PM
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the best of all was watching the way Kuwabara-kun was cheering up for his friend xD ♥
Jan 10, 2021 5:11 AM

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the episode made sunsui become best villain so far.

and yusuke haven't used any of his powers so far.
Aug 12, 2021 10:56 PM

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Kuwabara is truly what makes this anime as great as it is. I love him!

May 16, 2022 10:59 PM

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gfsdfgsdgsdfgs said:

I just imagine he improved as he was writing, but I don't know. I can't imagine why someone would initially make dark tournament the way it is. My guess is Togashi improved a lot well writing Yuyu, and my bases for that is how I find the quality in between each arc jumps massively as it goes on.


One thing that is noticeable about the series is how Togashi gradually improved as the arcs progressed. The Dark Tournament Saga fixed issues from the Spirit Detective Saga but introduced new ones. Chapter Black looks like the point where everything comes together.
Jul 6, 2023 9:46 PM

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Itsuki is gay for Sensui. Im calling it...
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Remember when Yusuke could fire gigantic spirit gun blasts that could destroy mountains?
I guess he's saving that energy for later.
Dec 19, 2023 7:42 AM

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I was sure this was the last arc, but seems like it's close to what it has built towards, confused there's another 27 eps still lmao.
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God we are into one of the best fights now. And I gotta say credit where credit is due, young me at some brilliant taste when it came to anime to start off with it’s just a shame that young me never got to experience the fights with Young Toguro or even Sensui’s fight in this episode. This just goes to show that this is shonen at it’s finest. The animation, my god, the animation is so good here.

It’s very interesting what Itsuki had to say about Sensui in general, insane but interesting. I’ve just got nothing else to say but damn this episode is just awesome. Hell yeah I really want to see the rest of this fight. I really do.
Mar 22, 12:05 AM

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So that guy and Sensui are gay for each other? LMFAO! I love it!

And Sensui hurt himself? Yeah, that guy is nuts. I mean we knew that from him trying to end the world, but like...
Nov 2, 9:46 AM

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So Itsuki is gay? It sounded like it to me or maybe I misinterpreted. *Shrugs*

I'm waiting for Sensui to stop holding back. It's like he's still trying to play with Yusuke! It was a great episode nonetheless!

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

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