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Such as to prevent Hori from getting teased, he cut his hair and stopped wearing his piercings because people looked down on him for them. However, Hori
never needed help. I hate how the
show frames his edgy appearance as a problem he must fix to have a good relationship. Part of what made this show so appealing was Miyamura's distinct appearance from generic high-school anime protagonists. As we found out, that amounted to little more than a marketing gimmick. In the first few episodes, it pitched itself as an emotional portrayal of bullying and depression, but those themes were bait. When it comes down to it, this show doesn’t give a rat’s ass about “Not judging people by their appearance. ” When Miyamura tells his friends about people talking behind his back, they tell him to man up—in a show about bullying that we’re meant to take seriously.
The only problems in their relationship that weren't Hori's fault were caused by contrivances. Miyamura's phone dies for five days, so Hori goes into panic mode and assumes the worst. The grand reunion is played up with dramatic slow motion, loud, emotional music, but it rings hollow.
She reappears again on the administrators' side as a hostage due to her father looking into the Tomodachi Game while discovering the two traitors in her group. She later rejoins as a participant for Game #2. 2 Friend's Battle Royale, as a replacement for Kei, then fully participates in the final Game #3 Friendless Game to find the real truth behind the Tomodachi Game while also finally learning about Yuichi's past. Tenji Mikasa (美笠天智, Mikasa Tenji) Voiced by: Daiki Hamano[2] (Japanese); Josh Bangle[3] (English) Portrayed by: Yuki Yamada,[8] Ryūga Satō (R4)[5] One of Yūichi's
friends who participates in Tomodachi Game alongside them. He is calm, reserved and brilliant, often taking the top place in school and is highly capable of negotiation and mediation. It is revealed that he had participated in Tomodachi Game before, accumulating debt from his past friends' betrayal that was brought to the current Game. He originally bores a great hatred for Shiho, his childhood friend, who supposedly resulted in his past friends' betrayal and his father's death, subsequently stalking her and intending to use the current Game to demoralize her completely. However upon learning the truth behind his father's death, his relationship with Sawaragi is restored. Upon the end of the second round, he accompanies Yūichi for the rest of the Games, winning his trust. Makoto Shibe (四部誠, Shibe Makoto) Voiced by: Tomohiro Ōno[2] (Japanese);
Aaron Campbell[3] (English) Portrayed by: Shimon Okura,[8] Mizuki Inoue (R4)[5] One of Yūichi's friends who participates in Tomodachi Game alongside them. He is the son of a politician, which allowed him to grow up without worry over money, and has a carefree and honest personality.
He praised the excellent characterization of the core duo of Yusuke and Kuwabara, but found Mishima's scripting falters when it comes to the supporting characters due to the pacing required of a five-episode series. [16] Daniel Dockery of Polygon also found the Netflix adaptation to effectively capture the wild tonal shifts and the characters that has made the franchise adored for the last 33 years, but said its length does a disservice to some crucial moments. He called Yu Yu Hakusho one of the few series of its kind to "actually kinda make you feel bad for how fist-pumpingly cool the battles are", as it darts from a spirited contest between warriors into the psychological ramifications of pursuing such battles. [17] Ash Parrish of The Verge praised the performances of Kitamura and Uesugi, as well as the "authentic" and well-choreographed action sequences. A fan of the YuYu Hakusho anime adaptation, Parrish understood why Netflix chose the plot points that they did, but found the condensing of the story into five hour-long episodes left "characters that are formless, uninteresting seat-fillers" in
high school production-quality costumes. [18] In a critical review, Tokyo Weekender's Cezary Jan Strusiewicz found the show "very dark. Not just tonally like the manga and anime, but also color-wise". Labeling original creator Yoshihiro Togashi a master of weaving together serious plot and tear-jerking character moments with wacky cartoon humor, Strusiewicz felt Netflix doubled-down on the darkness and drama, but "when you pair that with a character shooting demons with his magical finger gun, the effect is comical in all the wrong ways. " Although he called the show "disappointing", Strusiewicz wrote that one must
give credit to the "phenomenal" action scenes. [19] Viewership[edit] Netflix announced that YuYu Hakusho was number one on its list of non-English-language rankings in its first week of release, with 7. 7 million total views and 32.
