Yusuke Urameshi

The hero of the story. Yusuke Urameshi is a troubled juvenile at the start of the series; he sacrifices his life to save a little boy from getting run over by a car. However his death was unexpected and Yusuke was given another chance at life. He had to go through an crazy fiesco to hatch a spirit egg that fed off of his energy. If his energy was negative from negative actions, a beast would hatch and devour him. On the flip side, if he did positive things, a guide would emerge from the egg and lead his soul back to his body. Many of his teachers hated him, and they go out of their way to make Yusuke very angry. Even Yusuke's name alone strikes fear into anyone who has even heard of him. When Yusuke's girlfriend Kayko was stuck in a fire, Yusuke gave up his only chance at coming back to save her by using the power of the egg. However, Koenma decided that Yusuke had passed the test and Yusuke was fortunately granted his life back, but as a price Yusuke had to take on the position as a Spirit Detective solving cases for the Spirit World.

The long time rival of Yusuke, Kuwabara was always picking fights with Yusuke and losing each 100% of the time. Kuwabara is very loyal to his friends and follows his own special code of honor. He also has a very high awareness of the Spirit World or Spirit Awareness, and can sense the super-natural extremely well. When Yusuke dies, Kuwabara is a wreck because he needed someone to fight, and he didn't want Yusuke to leave undefeated. Kuwabara also became the guy to beat as he was the strongest fighter next to Yusuke. This gave him some problems, and the evil teachers at his school needed someone else to pick on with Yusuke gone, so they came after Kuwabara as well. Kuwabara helped revive Yusuke because he was a connection because of his high spirit awareness. He helped save Yusuke's body from a fire, and saved Kayko from some thugs making him a valuable ally for Yusuke. Kuwabara has some very special tricks hidden up his sleeve.

A rogue and loner (and triclops), Hiei leads a very mysterious life. Born as a fire demon to an ice demon mother, Hiei was an outcast and kicked out of his mother's village. Hiei managed to survive however, and started acquiring some skills for battle. Hiei made some close connections in the Spirit World, among them was a longtime friendship with (Yoko) Kurama. After initally fighting, Hiei and Kurama gained a mutual respect for each other and became friends. Hiei later learned he had a sister, but the odds of finding her were very small. So Hiei underwent a painful operation to have a Jagan eye implanted in his head. It not only allowed him incredible powers, but with it he could more easily sense his sister's energy. He wears a white bandage around his forehead to cover up the spirit eye. He also wears the bandages around his arms to cover up the dragon tatoos. The one on his right arm sometimes "acts up" so he hurts his arm for that "wierd" reason.

Kurama's many origins are strange. He was originally a spiritu fox who had a knack for breaking puzzles and stealing treasures. But he made a powerful enemy and used his remaining strength to put his spirit energy in to the body of a human. He grew up with only his mother who he always thought was inferior until she almost died (he wished off of a mirror for her to be safe). Hiei tracked Kurama down to help steal three artifacts from King Yama, but Kurama got out of the alliance and used the Forlorn Hope to save his human mother's life. Now he fights with Yusuke and the others and he is very formidable in battle. They fortunately were able to become allies.

As a master psychic, Genkai held a tournament to find a sucessor for her incredible powers. Yusuke was chosen as her sucessor and has gone through many rigorous months of training. Genkai joins Yusuke and the others in the Dark Tournament in disguise to help Yusuke defeat her rival, the evil Toguro. Genkai holds the power of the "Spirit Wave" and a bunch of other techniques. She is also able to transform back to her youth form. Genkai loses most of her powers when she transfers her Spirit Wave Orb to Yusuke, and is eventually killed by Toguro. Yusuke took this situation very seriously.

Botan acts like a guide to Yusuke. Early on she was a ghost like Yusuke, and couldn't make contact with a human. After Yusuke gets brought back to life, Botan takes on a human form to assist Yusuke. She actually serves under Koenma and is actually the Grim Reaper. Botan's age and experience are crucial to Yusuke in some situations; however she can sometimes be a big moron.

Koenma is the Prince of the Spirit World, and he is usually in charge of it, as his father King Yama travels a lot. Despite his looks Koenma is very old, and wise (he looks like a toddler or a teenager). He often is forced to send Yusuke on cases where Yusuke has no chance, but Yusuke's emotions help him pull through. The reasons he chose Yusuke as the Spirit Detective go unknown early on. He went crazy because he was very dedicated to his job.

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Published on: 2005-02-27 (2913 reads)