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This is a blog I said I would write but didn't have enought time to do so. I personally feel both re equally good but not all would feel that way. Thus, I will summarize my views now.Let's get started.

One Piece

One Piece

vs

Yu Yu Hakusho

Yu Yu Hakusho group

First, One Piece;

It's a cool show. As everyone knows, it's the story of Monkey.D. Luffy, a boy who wants to be the greatest pirate and his adventures as he works his way toward his goal. The concept of pirates is original and it's cool in almost every way. It's got a good story, fair amount of humor,cool and creativetechniques and Devil fruit powers, and good fights and villainsas well: all the things that make up a great anime.

The primary limitation is: the plot is fairly cliched. Luffy goes island after island with his friends fighting bad guys and winning. But to make up for that, Eiichiro Oda has introduced cool villains with varying goals and techniques.(Crocodile's plan was to take over Alabasta, Eneru's plan was to destroy Skypiea and take Five survivors including himself to the new land, Lucci's was just to escort Nico Robin through the gates of Justice etc.)

Moreover, it's one of the few anime that still keeps people interested in spite of going on for a fairly long time.

Yu Yu Hakusho:

Another cool show.It has good amount of humour(by anime standards),interesting techniques good fights, and good villains(who could ever forget Sensui). This show kicks @$$. The one flaw I can find with it is the fact that the ending is rushed but that can't be helped.It's also the only show I've seen so far that has more than 100 episodes without a single filler.

Thus, I conclude that, in terms of techniques and story, both areon the same level. But overall, YUYu Hakusho is superior but One Piecehas the potential of surpassingit.

But, on a sidenote, both shows are individually way better than both Bleach and Naruto.

Feel free to comment.

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Posted by isildurelendil, 7:24pm
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I pretty much agree with everything that you've said, however I like YYH more than One Piece. One Piece is getting better for me though, and I can definitely see it surpassing Bleach in terms of quality, but my favorite anime of all time is still YYH so far. It would've been Death Note, but then they had to really rush the second arc in the anime, which really does make a big difference to me, and that's why its now my second favorite anime, but still my favorite manga . Rurouni Kenshin (putting Death Note aside), probably would've been my favorite anime of all time, had they not totally skrewed the show over with the fillers (they aren't bad, but they seriously take down the quality of the story; especially the ones coming after amazing Kyoto arc ). But, as I'm sure you know, Death Note and Ruoruni Kenshin are my 2 most favorite manga of all time (so far anyways ).

BTW, if you like shounen like YYH and OP, you should definitely check out Hunter X Hunter (and, in fact, its made by the very same person who created YYH, Yoshihiro Togashi; so you can expect it to be good, even though the series starts out a little bit slow). Hikaru no Go is another series that you should check out. Just like DN, its not an action series, but its highly addicting (and the manga for it, is actually done by the same person who did the artwork for DN, so the character designs look extremely simillar; and Isumi looks a lot like Light :shock ; perhaps his character design was a prototype for Light's ).

As for the series you recommended to me, Jigoku Shoujo, I have yet to find any subs for it, so if you could give me a link to where I can watch it online, I would really appreciate it .
Posted Aug 9, 2007 5:08 pm PT
Considering Jigoku Shoujo, I don't really wath anime online. I prefer to download them and watch at my leisure. If you wanna download, try g2anime.net or animea.net
Posted Aug 10, 2007 5:45 am PT
Well, I used to download anime all the time, but as I've mentioned before, that was on my laptop, which my brother had wrecked. So, I now have no choice but to watch anime online, because the only computer that I have available for use, is my father's computer, and since he uses it for business, he doesn't allow me to download anything on it, unless its school related . Anyays, that's OK, I'll probably come across some online subs for it eventually.

With that said, I still recommend that you try watching Hunter X Hunter, Hikaru no Go, and Hellsing Ultimate (the OVAs), when you get a chance. They are really great series, although you should give both HXH and HnG a few episodes, because it takes a little bit of time for those 2 series to get really good (but its worth it, because they are highly addicting shounen). As for the Hellsing OVAs, they only have 3 episodes out so far, and their all great IMO, so I would give them a try, if I were you (although the episodes are usually longer than 40 minutes, each; also, there is a lot more blood and gore than what you found in the TV series, as well as what you would find in typical anime TV series in general). The only sucky thing about the OVAs, is that it takes a few months for a new episode to be released (however, the 4th OVA is scheduled for release in October ).
Posted Aug 11, 2007 10:31 am PT
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!! 1. yuyu hakusho is the best d**** anime ever made. point blank!!! 2. bleach is second on that list yes even over one peice despite how kick@$$ one peice is!
Posted Sep 22, 2007 1:01 pm PT
what r u sayin? One Piece blows Bleach right off.
Posted Sep 26, 2007 7:00 pm PT
Actually, I currently only find One Piece to be slightly better than Bleach. I personally find it to be an average shounen so far, and can't see what's so great or compelling about it, as of yet. Perhaps it feels to formulaic in comparison to other stuff that I have seen and read, like Rurouni Kenshin, Fullmetal Alchemist, Hunter X Hunter, Death Note, Yu Yu Hakusho, and other shounen manga and anime.
Posted Nov 22, 2007 10:52 am PT
No bleach is straight trash and the guy who invented it deserves nothing. It's ment to be no more than mainstream garbage. Op is yards better. Yu yu will always have a place in my heart for bringing that dbz element to a much more simple anime. I love it and i don't rate it. I found it perfect. And bleach is not somewhat formulaic, it's freaking piece of garbage with no intuitive thought or imagination at all.
Posted Nov 26, 2007 7:53 pm PT
Yusuke vs Luffy would be epic and kuwabara vs zoro would be good too
Posted Aug 14, 2008 11:59 am PT
Hi, I think the best anime's are Naruto,Bleach,and One Piece.After watching yu yu hakusho til the end of the togoro saga,I honestly got bored.The 3 animes that I listed are REALLY ADDICTING and there's probably no anime that's more addictingly crazier then them.You just gotta admit Naruto,Bleach,and One Piece kix @$$!!!!!!
Posted Nov 10, 2008 5:06 pm PT
one piece was and still is a great show, as it has an original concept wacky villans and an extremely varied plot although a bit jumpy. as a side note the guy who did Ruroni kenshin, nobuhiro watsuki, also did a manga called gun blaze west did anyone notice?
Posted Nov 21, 2008 7:44 pm PT
oh and shaman king rocked too.
Posted Nov 21, 2008 7:46 pm PT
Yu Yu Hakusho Episode
Posted Aug 4, 2009 1:56 am PT
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