| | |  | ACTION / ADVENTURE | Home » » » YuYu Hakusho, Vol. 16 | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Yusuke Urameshi was a tough teen delinquent until one selfless act changed his life...by ending it. When he died saving a little kid from a speeding car, the afterlife didn't know what to do with him, so it gave him a second chance at life. Now, Yusuke is a ghost with a mission, performing good deeds at the behest of Botan, the ferrywoman of the River Styx, and Koenma, the pacifier-sucking judge of the dead. Itsuki locks the others away in a separate dimension so Yusuke and Sensui can fight undisturbed, and under intense pressure, Sensui's real personality, suppressed for so long, starts to come out. Then Koenma shows up and things really start to get hot, and Yusuke has to resort to desperate measures to draw their enemies out.Kuwabara and the rest of the crew escape Itsuki's clutches and plunge into the Demon Plane after Sensui. Meanwhile, the Underworld special defense force goes looking for Yusuke. What secret do they know about Yusuke that is enough to sign his death warrant? Yusuke Urameshi was a tough teen delinquent until one selfless act changed his life...by ending it. When he died saving a little kid from a speeding car, the afterlife didn't know what to do with him, so it gave him a second chance at life. Now, Yusuke is a ghost with a mission, performing good deeds at the behest of Botan, the ferrywoman of the River Styx, and Koenma, the pacifier-sucking judge of the dead. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Yoshihiro Togashi | | Paperback:
| 210 pages | | Publisher:
| VIZ Media LLC | | Publication Date:
| December 02, 2008 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1421515172 | | Product Length:
| 7.4 inches | | Product Width:
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| 0.4 pounds | | Package Length:
| 7.3 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.0 inches | | Package Height:
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Well, this was a surprisingly short story arc (or was it?).Mar 30, 2009
By Robert P. Beveridge
"xterminal"
Yohsihiro Togashi, Yuyu Hakusho: Into the Demon Plane (ViZ, 1993)
The final battle of this storyline--or is it? Yusuke faces off against Sensui, but this is no ordinary battle. Yusuke is on the verge of finding out something about himself, and he feels this fight will reveal it to him. Meanwhile, Koenma's willing to do whatever it takes to stop the portal from opening. But, of course, as the title of the volume tells you, it's rather unlikely that that's going to happen. Another volume that's as close to nonstop action as it gets. Good stuff. Wish I didn't have to wait four months to get the next volume. ****
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The fight to the deathDec 17, 2008
By E. A Solinas
"ea_solinas"
The path is clear for Yusuke Urameshi and his friends to take out their most lethal opponent yet, the polite, bloodcurdling mastermind Sensui. But then the sixteenth volume of "Yu Yu Hakusho" manages to provide some truly shocking plot twists for our punky hero as he tries to save the world from a demon invasion. And Yoshihiro Togashi pretty clearly is enjoying the ride.
Kuwabara, Kurama and Hiei are all pulled into a sort of limbo dimension and trapped there by Itsuki, leaving Yusuke to fight Sensui alone. And he soon realizes that he's badly outmatched -- even though he's the better fighter, Sensui's spiritual power and experience make him nearly invulnerable to attack. In other words, Yusuke's getting his butt handed to him.
Unfortunately, it turns out that Sensui is not only insanely powerful, but has seven separate personalities -- including an insane murderer.
When Koenma shows up with a MacGuffin in hand (or mouth), Yusuke refuses to let him interfere in the duel between Spirit Detectives. But when the strongest of Sensui's personalities emerges -- and his spectacular power is revealed -- Yusuke finds himself being battered to death by an opponent he can never hope to defeat. And his loss may be the only thing that can inspire new power in his friends...
The sixteenth volume of "Yu Yu Hakusho" is pretty much packed with shocking twists and revelations -- one of the characters dies, another almost destroys himself, Sensui's fragmented mind is revealed, and his Yusuke's team is maddened by what they see to the point of gaining new powers. Oh, and we finally learn why Koenma has that stupid pacifier in his mouth all the time.
The majority of the plot is really just an extended punchfest between Sensui and Yusuke -- spattered blood, spirit-energy blasts and savage punches and kicks in the gut. Every time Sensui is defeated he suddenly reveals a new level to his power, and every time Yusuke is defeated he comes back swinging -- even with a broken arm. This only ends after several chapters, and the shock of it lingers for quite a while.
Then suddenly everything explodes into a frenzied do-or-die four-way duel, with the survivors pursuing Sensui into the tunnel. We finally get a glimpse of the much-talked-about Demon Realm -- and even though the situation is grim (bordering on hopeless) Togashi manages to inject some humor with Kurama's "plant wings." It's all pretty bleak.
And yet... the last chapter also hints that not all is lost -- and reveals something truly shocking about Yusuke Urameshi.
Togashi also fleshes out the villains during the fight. Sensui is absolutely chilling with his multiple personalities and calm demeanor, and Itsuki reveals the rather amusing way that he and Sensui met (not to mention a subtle love affair). And in a brief flashback, we see how Kuwabara first got to know Yusuke and the source of all their fights.
The sixteenth volume of "Yu Yu Hakusho" is a harrowing, bloodsoaked fightfest -- with some unexpected twists along the way. Not to be missed.
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