UPDATE: Now that I got the proper rest after my latest project (Check out my "Song of the Splash Mountain" video if you haven't already), scripting for a certain "Yusuke VS Toguro" coverage has begun...And by begun, I mean I'm 14 pages in and just reached the start of the "fight". This is where the fun begins...

The thing I appreciate the most about Toguro is despite his gimmick being grotesquely bulging muscles and insane physical strength, he wasn’t a full blown “brute” he had brains to go with his brawn.

The fact that everyone on the team just wanted to kill Toguro was so interesting and cruel. They weren’t teammates, they were slaves literally fighting for freedom.

I wish I could erase my memory of Yu Yu Hakusho and watch the Dark Tournament for the first time again.

My favorite scene is where Toguro is straight up carrying the entire fighting stage on his shoulder to the tournament grounds.

Are you ready for me to blow your mind? The first fire user Hiei fought in the dark tournament was the guy who gave him the idea to absorb the Darkness Flame, like he did to his own conjured flames to boost his strength. It was why he considered it a shame to kill him, because he taught him something.

The Dark Tournament is like a measuring stick that I compare pretty much every anime arc to, especially tournament arcs. It’s so good.

Bui has a whole fanbase of his own lol. That's how awesome these guys were.

How could you leave out the sheer terror Togoro caused when he carried the ring after Hiei and Bui's match? It was a solid blow to the morale of team Urameshi.

It amazed me how much the spectators of this fight was so willing to watch it even though a great many number of them gets routinely massacred with each match.

Togoru breaking the parking lot was scary asf to me as a child cuz you could see and feel yusukes fear in that moment it was so real

Team Urameshi: Gets told you must have 5 members Team Toguro: Has 4 members Toguro kills Genkai outside of the tournament to make it an even fight or else that would have been really awkward later.

What I really like in this anime is that, the demon characters' designs. They are really unique for each of them.

One character I feel deserves to be mentioned is Sakyo. We met him either before the Toguros or shortly thereafter. Sakyo, more than any other character in all of YYH, radiated pure evil. This was a man with pleasures so vicious, he scared demons. He wanted to open a portal to the scariest demons that would render all his wealth & status irrelevant, because _that_ was his idea of "interesting". What's worse was how calm yet confident he was in everything. He never raised his voice or showed even a hint of concern at anything that went on. He calculated every major play and flexibly adjusted for unexpected factors with ease. Karasu liked to play with his food, Bui couldn't do anything less than obliterate a foe, and the Elder Toguro was as sadistic as they come; but none of them exuded that "higher evil" menace like Sakyo. The man enjoyed the idea of bathing the entire world in blood more than inflicting it himself. *That* is scary.

Toguro was obviously inspired by T2. Toguro was Arnold and the Elder Toguro was Robert Patrick’s T-1000.

Team Toguro was power scaling done so very well. Even as someone who loves series like Dragonball, YYH remains the only series that seemed to get scaling down right. Well, up until late Chapter Black and the Three Kings saga, that I never felt was handled properly and it seemed like Togashi was trying to end things quickly (case and point, the manga) but the Dark Tournament is the paramount of power scaling.

Team Toguro is one of my favorite villain teams.

Just finished rewatching this arc and it was amazing. Sakyo’s monologue at the end was a personal favorite. Now to rewatch Chapter Black & Sensui for the 1000000th time

I absolutely loved every fight. It shows the determination and grit Team Urameshi went through, while still maintaining the raw power of Team Toguro. They didn't rely on the "power of friendship" and made the antagonists weaker. It was just a straight up brawl with everyone going at 100%. YuYu Hakusho is one of those shows that you can justify rooting for the bad guy because he's just that badass.

Toguro's so called 85% as you called it really was 100% of Toguro's power, and his final increase in power is referred to as 100% of 100%, or 120% in one case.

The dark tournament arc was always my favorite arc in YYH. I know everyone might think I’m crazy but my main man was always Kuwabara. I don’t fucking care if he was the weakest one of the group, Kuwabara kicks fucking ass!!! And the dark tournament is where we get to see him at his fighting best. When he stepped out from the final story arc I couldn’t bring myself to care anymore.

I remember watching this fight and the next day my classmates would be talking about it like how massive boxing fights or championship UFC match happened... I never got over how well the toguro arc was written, one of my inspirations in how to build up an antagonist when IO am writing stories.

I think we missing a big point. Koenma only had Yusuke and Kuwabarra as a line of defense. He sent them in to get slaughtered in almost every arc. He could have sent in the spirit world defense team or you know choose someone else like genkai or a retired spirit detective.

No wonder Bui's attire is so damn intimidating. He doesn't speak, so his armor has to speak *FOR ME.*

AMAZING VIDEO. This show will always have a soft spot for me, the fights & teams were all better than most expected them to be &show yusukes team be shorthanded at every turn. You did what you set out to do..hyped me up enough to wanna watch it again!

I think it's worth mentioning in terms of the pre-fight intimidation that until Toguro, Yusuke had never shown anything near this level of heart-stopping, brain-melting fear before. He's been uncertain, and doubted whether he could win- but he's never been completely speechless, frozen to the spot, trembling like a scared child. The ability to break clean through all of Yusuke's machismo and reflexive defenses had never been seen until he was forced to confront exactly what Toguro's power really looked like compared to where he was at, and that's a paradigm shift that you just can't help but feel uneasy about.

I still get that nostalgic feeling when I go back and watch this show. Truly a masterpiece 👍

7:34 oh men i once decided to read the manga, that fight was a massacre

17:57 So I did some digging to check out which came first, Karasu or Yoshikage Kira, because if there's one thing I know about Araki, it's that he's been in the business forever. Karasu demonstrates his power when he first shows up, so his first appearance in the manga will be the first demonstration of his explosive touch of death. This occurs in chapter 52, which made its first debut in Shonen Jump in 1992. Yoshikage Kira's first appearance in the Diamond is Unbreakable manga is 1993 in chapter 334, and he doesn't reveal Killer Queen until Jan 1st, 1994 in chapter 345, so yeah, this makes Karasu the OG Killer Queen by roughly two years. Don't know if Trevor knew that from the manga or was just going on the fact Yu Yu Hakusho's anime started WAY before the Diamond is Unbreakable anime, but either way, he's right.

During the entire dark tournament arc I had no idea how Yueske’s team would win. It felt hopeless and terrifying. Man this was the best

I love how Bui just shows up and stands there menacingly.

what impresses me abt Toguro is that his power is Upper B Class (Possibly a lower A Class) . and he still wears a helmet when he rode a motorbike so kids if you are riding a motorcycle please wear a helmet . even taguro wears a helmet

everyone, yusuke fought his heart out against yomi it was commendable yes. But remember he was literally knocked into next week. That is all.

Prolly been more than a decade since I last watched anything Yu Yu Hakusho, but your passion and enthusiasm is making me want to watch it again, just gotta figure out where. Great Video, keep it up.

Karazu is the most brutal in team toguro for me. I like his ability. It was a lucky day for kurama.

What i like about Toguro is that he could have killed Yusuke from the get go if he wanted to in the Tournament . But the man just had a death wish.

I know I'm very late to comment but thank u for this golden video from the editing to the fear I felt from the explanation to the character being used in voice over dubs for screen transition, this was the best yu Yu vid I've ever seen

Dude..you left a small part out..when togouro went from 85% to fill 100% ...the mocking he did of yuske when he got hit with a spirit gun...an yuske calling him out for faking it...that was iconic there as well...you can't forget that part

There are 2 types of tournament stories. Only 2 parties have a chance of winning or anyone has a chance of winning. The dark tournament is the former and it does such a good job of it. Yusuke and his team are the ONLY guys who have a chance and the pressure is slowly building. Great stuff. Good video.

Yoooo! It's so surreal to see the thumbnail for my Dark Tournament video essay at 0:39 in another content creator's video! Dude, I REALLY enjoyed this analysis of Team Toguro. Keep it up, man!

After watching this show twice I gotta say... the win against Elder was the hardest in the show. That's saying a lot.

I love how the dark tournament was so unfair to the humans. Togashi-san really knows how to build tension in subtle ways: it made every win feel like a triumph against all odds

A fantastically fun video over a fantastically fun villain team. Great work! Also, I caught that Skies of Arcadia music there. I approve. 👍

"and I have a sword!" Good job kurabara. Good job.

If we're discussing terror factors, I'm surprised you didn't mention the emphasis on the confidence of Team Toguro when it's revealed that they only have 4 fighting members of the team because the manager is also a member.

This is the only anime where I was completely into the bad guys. TEAM Toguro were so bad ass and Toguro himself was so good that I could not get myself to like team Huramishi

Toguro looking more like Arnold Schwarzenegger than an anime character was a great touch. It's such a departure from the goofy colors and hairstyles you're used to in anime that it makes Toguro feel creepy.

Hello there, everyone! I hope you all enjoy this new video. If you like any of the music used in this, be sure to check the description as all credits with links are listed there. And on that note, All Hail Toguro

Dude Team Toguro is legendary! You're absolutely correct when saying that they are more than a match for our heroes, and not just in raw power: they stack up to our heroes when it comes to speed, the games of the mind, and just the raw terror that they exude. The fact that our heroes scrape by, by the skin of their teeth, is unthinkable. And yet it happened. Glad to have watched your video man. You did a great job keep it up!

Oh you definitely sold me. Though you didn't have to work that hard. Karasu has always been my favorite member of Team Toguro and his fight with Kurama remains my favorite fight in all of Yu Yu Hakusho. I'm looking forward to your covering the fights further in depth, especially that one. Thanks for highlighting not only some of my favorite villains in Yu Yu But some of my favorite in all of anime as well.

Great video man! Really enjoyed it

I just found your video and I'm glad you made a video about the entire Toguru Team

BY THE BULGING MUSCLES OF THE SUNGLASS MAN! This video has skyrocketed. Thank you all so much. On that note, I just want to let you all know: - Yusuke VS Toguro is coming. I have a giant project that I want to get done first but it will come one day. Don't you worry. - All music I used is in the description with links since I got comments asking about that. So please check there. - Um.....Can't think of a third point...............................Play Skies of Arcadia

Younger Toguro: I wish to be made into a demon of the highest class. Elder Toguro: Make me a nasty Mr. Fantastic that kinda looks like Jimmy Page.

Halfway thru the video, this is awesome bro good work 💪

I'm surprised you didn't mention how younger togoro kills Butajiri. I don't think I've ever seen a better display of power from a bad guy before or since.

I love how teguro was a legit threat and backed up his talk...IMO yuske vs Teguro is on one of the most iconic anime fights

Toguro wanted yusuke to prove he chose the wrong patch choosing becoming a demon. Truly a great antagonist with a heart

Regarding Hiei absorbing the dragon, yes he gets a huge power boost but after what? 5 minutes he faints for hours. Even if he was strong enough to fight Toguro, which I dont belive he was, he woundt last long enough to finish the fight

Yu yu hakusho is still my favorite anime of all time and it’s sad a lot of people haven’t even heard of it and the dark tournament saga as a whole is one of the best arcs of any anime as well

Yu Yu Hakusho needs a remake to clean up the last arc, but I don't trust anybody to do it.

I feel like Karasu was later inspiration for Kubo in the TYBW arc in bleach I think the villains name is Asnot.

The problem with Kuwabara as a character in power scaling, is it was made clear since day one, he was always a lesser, knock off with traits of his teammates. He was primarily a spirit manifestation user like yusuke, with no where close the same power potential as it's shown that spirit energy is an obvious natural talent and not something you can really train He was a sword wielder without anywhere near close the level of technique and skill of Heihei, no where close the speed, and would never even be fifty percent the swordsman he is. He was also a tactician, shown to be clever and creative in how he problem solved his fights against greater opponents, but when compared to kurama, he' might as well be a child competing against an adult genius. If he was a fighting game character, he would basically be a B tier shoto, with traits of everyone, but a master of nothing, and I find this would be his downfall as a fighter. For what made his teammates become top god tier level fighters, is they chose something and perfected it to the fullest. Yusuke was by far the best spirit user and hand-to-hand combat fighter Hiei was by far the best swordsman, and also fully mastered specific techniques like darkness flame Kurama was by far the smartest, and fully mastered his plant style as primarily a long-distance zoner-type fighter. But then you get to Kuwabara, what did he master? and the answer is really nothing, he just got good at a bunch of random things, and never even really had a proper fighting style that was well put together. Even at his peak, it was always clunky. If i was the creator and wanted to make the character more relevant, I think the direction I would of went is this. -I would of given him a sensei that recognizes his ability to turn his spirit energy into actual objects, and we could of given him this spirit manipulation ability where he could create any type of weapon he wanted. Spears, swords, axes, hell even armor, really let him go almost green lantern mode with his spirit energy. I feel it would of fit his style really well. -Also buff his psychic abilities, its very clear he had a natural talent in it that was never perfected, give him the ability to be two seconds to even ten seconds ahead of his opponents in reading, make him go almost Sasuke stage one Sharingan mode. I feel these buffs would of made sense for his character when you read what he was capable of, while not overly breaking him to overshadow Yusuke. Hell you could of done a whole training arch where he temporarily surpasses Yusuke, and he ends up teaching Yusuke a thing or two, that would of been cool. I love shonen manga, but unfortunately, they have a bad habit of leaving their sidekick character to rot in development.

Toguro is an absolute wall in every meaning of the word. I was afraid for Yosuke, having to fight this monster but he prevailed despite all.

🇧🇷 We Brazilians keep this anime in a very special place! In our version Toguro got Stallone's voice and Genkai by Woopy Goldberg by their official lipsing actors!!

Love that during the TEAM STARE DOWN Botan is on Team Urameshi’s side. I always thought maybe she would be the replacement 5th member with shinigami powers. I just love Botan.

Back for the live action show these guys are making a comeback, Bui and the Toguro's looked sick in the trailer, I hope its good.

All the fights in Yuyu Hakusho but especially Team Toguro fights are incredible. I think it's because the fights are short and sweet but they portray so much action and emotion in every scene

God thank you for reminding me how much feelings I felt watching this man this was best tournament ever

The imagery of all four of them walking up to Team Urameshi is the most hardest thing in any anime.

This is one of my favourite anime arc's ever as well as one of my favourite anime villains ever. I feel like this is tournament arc done right and despite his looks Toguro has plenty of depth and relation to the story which makes the whole arc as engaging as it is. There's always things going on in the background and shows all the characters involved grow a great deal.

That "cut top episode 33" clip was hilarious

Waiting on that Yu Yu Hakusho reboot, seeing as HxH got one, yu yuy hakusho deserves one

2 Titans, a Warlock, and a Hunter. Lol

Tugoru looks like Wesker from Resident Evil but he took way to many plagas 😭🤣

Thx for the trip down memory lane

Yu Yu Hakusho was the very first anime that I really felt disturbed. On one matches of the Toguro Team, the older Toguro indiscriminately killed an entire team, including a woman. One was also begging for his life and he tortured them to their deaths.

I think Togoro was The nightmare version of what team Yurameshi could have been

These series got me into anime. I bought all the seasons.!! Great watch

The buildup for the final match was intense and effective, however, I always found that by the time I get to the actual fight that I am exhausted hallway through the watching because its so long and drawn out especially after the 2 and a half seasons worth of episodes in buildup.

I honestly thought toguro would return during the 2nd tournament and was excited what power up he would have and who he will fight. Sad it didn't happen.

Good video, would love to see a video on each fight.

New fan…. Love ur videos

This is one massive KZfaq anime abridged reference.

Wowie, greater video than i anticipated ... wish i had watched this sooner! :O Karasu is my most favourite of Team Toguro, and fave of the baddies in YYH. ♡ Perhaps his fight with Kurama is my second most favourite anime/manga fight after Android 17 vs Piccolo from DragonBall Z, ngl. Aah, Karasu being described as a "horror villain" is dead on - I was initially attracted to him in my rewatch in 2017 (I had watched as a young teen years before, but missed most of his episodes and was more familiar with him in the video game), but then TERRIFIED of him once I heard more of his dialogue later on. Combine this with traumatic/depressive psychosis and I ended up blacking out their fight and then hallucinating Karasu afterwards ... and that's been everyday since 2017 right before my birthday back then. Thankfully I have a wonderful supportive brother who helped me rewrite the narrative and suggest I befriend/accept Karasu and what was happening to me, so I did so ... and he's now my imaginary SO / Husband, as well as part Eric Draven from The Crow, so I have an alternate version of Karasu on my hands and in my heart. ♡ Thankyou for this awesome video! Your narration reminds me of the DBZ one, who is funnily enough played by Karasu and Gohan's voice actor in English! =^-^= ♡

PARADISE KILLER MUSIC? IN THE INTRO? I love it thank you that's all

Great breakdown good sir.

This is an excellent video and you will have a new subscriber soon. I'm hoping that you create the yuskue vs togoro video soon. :)

Team Toguro (TT) is the dark inversion of Team Urameshi (UT) TT are bonded only by their desire to kill the Toguro Brothers. While there is a history of animosity and bickering among the members of TU, they want to fight with, against, and for Yusuke. They have a brotherhood, not a flimsy alliance. Yusuke and Kurabara are best friends with a brother like bond, and while they fight, they would never betray each other. The Younger Toguro (YT) betrayed the Elder (EY) (to be fair, he had it coming with the disgusting comments about Genkai). YT- represents everything Genkai fears Yusuke could become, if he chooses demonic power over humanity, Fear over Love. ET- A monster who is cold, cruel, and can move his heart anywhere is defeated by the only pure human on the team, who is all heart, fueled by love and compassion for his friends (and Yukina). Bui - probably the best expression of who Hiei is deep down. Powerful, restrained, devastating when let loose, has a sense of honor despite himself. Karasu- represents Kurama's true nature as a demon, which makes it fitting that Kurama doesn't defeat him as Yoko, but in his human form, being willing to die to help Yusuke (reasoning it would at least end in a draw). His very human desire to die fighting and take his opponent with him is what saves his life.

"So if kuwabara supposed to fight elder toguro, THEN FUCKING HOW?!" You're the best sir hahahahhaa

2 years later still waiting for that follow-up video.

When watching the entire series again last week, I noticed that after Yusuke removed the spirit cuffs, his spirit image was that of what eventually became pu. And the fact that it was a so called Phoenix which is a symbol of resurrections, made me realize how Togashi had this all planned from the beginning. Unlike DBZ where everything is all pulled out of their ass.

Elder Toguro used to scare the shit out of me lol Younger Toguro I thought was scary but cool.

Wow you been say this 10 years and only 6k subs. You deserve mote

I'm just noticing this for the first time, Karasu has a tiny little pair of glasses attached to his mask. Really takes away from his intimidating vibe lol

Fear, fascination and sheer charisma, the hype around Team Toguro was done so right!!

Toguro was a very popular villain, even before anime became mainstream, when it aired on tv. Friends and acquaintances that aren't anime fans to this day, know the name toguro.

i love how it seems like bui is about to be a problem and then it’s a washout. shows why Hiei is the goat

I L O V E D this show I was hoping to see an adult version to this. Thanks for the memories

the live actions didn't even come close to capturing this level of torment