Netflix’s Yu Yu Hakusho needed more time in the spirit world

No thank you for waking me up.

By Ash Parrish, a reporter who has covered the business, culture, and communities of video games for seven years. Previously, she worked at Kotaku.

Photo: Netflix

When Netflix’s One Piece launched to generally favorable reviews and fan enthusiasm, it gave me hope that the same quality and care that went into it would go into its other adaptation of a seminal work in shonen anime: Yu Yu Hakusho. With the show finally available, my hope was woefully misplaced.

Netflix took one of the best examples of an action anime series, excised its best most emotional, blood-pumping moments, and poorly stitched them together

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