History Manga / YuyuHakusho

** Genbu (earth), Seiryuu (ice) and Suzaku (electricity) from the Four Saint Beasts.[[note]]The only one without an elemental power is Byakko, who fights over a lava pond but has no fire-based techniques.[[/note]]
** Hiei uses different fire-based techniques in the Dark Tournament, in which his first opponent (Zeru from Team Rokuyukai) is also a fire user.
** Jin (wind), Touya (ice), Bakken (water)[[note]]Condenses his sweat into a deep mist to make himself invisible to opponents[[/note]] and Risho (earth) from Team Masho.[[note]]As with the Four Saint Beasts, only one member of the team (Gama) does not have elemental powers.[[/note]]

* FacialMarkings: Sensui's bindi, [[spoiler:Yusuke's tattoos in his demon form (also comes with longer hair)]].

* LargeHam: Kuwabara. Also, "Beautiful" Suzuka before Genkai {{curb stomp|battle}}s him.

* MusclesAreMeaningless: Played straight and subverted: Kurama and Genkai possess enormous physical strength but both are fairly thin and lean, whereas each time Toguro powers up his musculature increases and each of his common levels -- 20%, 30%, 45%, 60%, 80% -- give him a relatively identifiable build and power to match. What's odd is that when Toguro powers up completely, Kurama even says, "The structure of those muscles... ingenious." And then absolutely no character around or above Toguro's level follows suit.\\\
** Unlike a lot of {{shonen|Demographic}}, the general build of each character does not change as they become stronger. In fact, with the exception of Toguro the size of one's muscles has no bearing on actual strength. Explained by Genkai that the physical body has its limitations, but the augmentation of spirit power to their body is crucial and allows one who masters it access to higher physical power than any muscles can release.

** The beginning arcs were more about investigative stories of paranormal variety with few fights in-between. It's after the Four Kings arcs where the story focuses prominently on fights.

* GrowingMusclesSequence: Toguro undergoes different ones, depending on the percentage of his power he unleashes. Byakko has one every time he absorbs Kuwabara's blows. Chu gets a small one from drinking a special supernatural alcohol. Suzuka uses a technique to accomplish this.

** This being a shounen series, of course, practically every single character absorbs insane amounts of punishment, though usually offenses that produce cutting force seem much more effective at putting people down. Kuwabara, however, takes it UpToEleven: being not as agile or as quick as Yusuke, Kurama and Hiei are, he tends to get hit a ''lot'' in his fights, which does little if anything to shorten them; no matter how many of his bones you break he just takes it and gets back up for more. This is justified in the Dark Tournament by Rishu, who says that a [[{{Muggles}} normal human's]] body would have died by that point but Kuwabara had been subconsciously using his spirit energy to keep his body alive. He frequently deals out such nasty hits that one foe literally ''ran away'' from him at the prospect of pummeling him over and over again to no effect while attempting to dodge his Reiken (Spirit Sword) for another thirty minutes.

* IWasQuiteALooker: Everyone who sees the masked fighter's face before she's revealed to be a younger form of Genkai agrees that she's beautiful.

* IdiotHero: Yusuke. He's basically a smartass version of [[Manga/DragonBall Goku]].

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Happens in the movie as a KarmicDeath.

* PelvisPose: The entirety of Team Urameshi sans Kurama often stand this way. Hiei in particular stands with his feet apart, as he is more brash and blunt. Kuwabara and Yusuke, who also stand with their feet apart, are both typical tough guys who do a lot of street fighting. Kurama who is known for his intelligence and tactics in contrast stands with feet together.

* BusCrash: Murota. He's also a literal MauveShirt, so it's understandable if you have no clue who he is... He gets eaten, dammit. That isn't cool.

** Even Yusuke suffers this after the ''Dark Tournament.''
** Kuwabara zig-zags the trope. He is never one of the more powerful fighters and actually loses more than wins in the ''Dark Tournament'' (one time being teleported out of the ring by the same basic ability, used by two different fighters). But he has enough pluck and his spirit awareness continually manifests new abilities that keep him relevant and helpful even though, strictly speaking, he is far from the most powerful fighter. He does seem to surpass Kurama and Hiei by the end of the Chapter Black arc, as he remains standing while the other two are blown clean off their feet by Sensui's aura, but then he quits training to focus on school.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Yusuke and Keiko.

** The "mysterious" masked fighter that comes to the ''Dark Tournament'' as the gang's fifth member is obviously Genkai, even wearing the same robes as her and having her characteristically short stature. Despite this, nobody notices until [[TheReveal unmasking time]] comes... sort of. Kuwabara flat-out asks Yusuke if Mask is Genkai, and Yusuke pretty much tells him: "That's what I thought, but that's not her voice." Kuwabara is pretty firm in thinking this, until the mask gets ripped and young Genkai is shown beneath it. Genkai's fighting style has the body's cells rejuvenated to the time they were strongest when it's used. It's... really something of a DoubleSubversion.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Sakyou and the rest of the Black Black Club.

** The Dragon of the Darkness Flame, since Hiei has to use his own body as bait to lure the dragon from the depths of Demon World; losing control would mean being devoured.

*** Also, the usually amoral and even sadistic referee Koto seriously objects to two of Team Masho's members' dirty methods of fighting and Botajiri's rigging of the matches.

** From the same episode, Kaito claims that Demon's Door (the cave where the tunnel is being "built") is "where scorned lovers go to die". [[spoiler:This is likely referring to Itsuki's... relationship with Sensui.]]

* PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars: [[spoiler:Sensui]] is covered in scars to point out how utterly insane he is.

** Earlier in the series, there's Jin, who controls and shapes wind to make whirlwinds and other various tricks. Flight is as natural to him as walking. In the same tournament, there's Bui, who is the first in the series to flying with nothing but his energy.
** Yusuke gains this ability on [[spoiler:becoming a demon]]. During the Three Kings saga, numerous high-level demons demonstrate the ability, including the five out of the Dark Tournament Six who weren't Jin; clearly it comes naturally with a high enough power level.

*** Hiei: [[spoiler:Is evenly matched to start against Zeru and Bui, but both opponents land a strong blow that appears to utterly destroy Hiei. Instead Hiei not only survives through sheer bad-assery but counters with his ultimate technique that soundly defeats his opponent]].

** Another one involving Kaito: when he first appears, he (pretending to be evil) forces the heroes into a battle of wits in his psychic territory, where failure has a horrible price. Though the others are unable to beat him, Kurama eventually wins by getting inside his head and exploiting his weaknesses -- introducing the fact [[HoistByHisOwnPetard that psychics have to play by the same rules in their territories as everyone else.]] Kurama is ultimately forced to deal with the same situation again, with far more deadly results, against [[spoiler:Gamemaster]], and wins in much the same way -- while the things they learned against Kaito come back [[spoiler:as tragic rather than triumphant]].

** During the battle against Kaito in the House of Four Dimensions, Kurama utters this line "I will show you pain. The hue of your soul will cease to matter because you will not be judged when you die, you will no longer exist." [[spoiler: Kurama already hinted his ability to subject his opponent to AFateWorseThanDeath which he puts into action against the Elder Toguro.]]

* FromASingleCell: Elder Toguro can regenerate from anything. The only way to will kill him is by destroying his heart or brain which is a bit difficult as he's able to move around all his organs and body parts to wherever he wants in his body and can even ooze through cracks in the ground.
* TheFunInFuneral: {{Zig Zagging|Trope}}. Yusuke attends his own funeral as a ghost. To his disgust, he finds that some of his classmates are laughing and smiling, causing him to think that they only came just to get extra credit. Then he sees Keiko crying over his death, and Kuwabara mourning over his death and commenting that he was supposed to be there for him. Then he notices Iwamoto and Akash, who seem to be rather glad that he was already dead. But Mr. Takanaka confronts the two, and proceeds inside their house. He follows him, and seems to be a little bit surprised to see the teacher mourn over his death. He also sees his mother, also doing the same. The kid whom he saved is also there with his mother, and as they leave the kid tells his mother that he was really a nice guy even though some people there were angry at him. Seeing how much he's missed by his childhood friend Keiko, his mother, his rival Kuwabara, and his homeroom teacher gives him the resolve necessary to go through some difficult ordeals to get himself resurrected.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair:
--> '''Koto (to Botan):''' Stick to what you're good at, honey, like [[LampshadeHanging dying your hair]] ''[[LampshadeHanging un]]''[[LampshadeHanging natural colors,]] for instance.
** Gets lampshaded a second time when Botan rushes to Yusuke to inform him of an update on his current case, and he jokes "What's the problem, ran out of your hair dye?" Koenma even comments on Yusuke's remark, "That's Botan's natural hair color, it makes no sense to joke about it Yusuke."

* MusclesAreMeaningless: Played straight and subverted: Kurama and Genkai possess enormous strength but both are fairly thin, whereas each time Toguro powers up his musculature increases and each of his common levels -- 20%, 30%, 45%, 60%, 80% -- give him a relatively identifiable build. What's odd is that when Toguro powers up completely, Kurama even says, "The structure of those muscles... ingenious." And then absolutely no character around or above Toguro's level follows suit.\\\
Unlike a lot of {{shonen|Demographic}}, the general build of each character does not change as they become stronger. In fact, with the exception of Toguro the size of one's muscles has no bearing on actual strength. Explained by Genkai that the physical body has its limitations, but the augmentation of spirit power to their body is crucial.

** Also [[YaoiGuys Itsuki and Sensui]], by WordOfGod.

* YaoiGuys: Karasu, Itsuki. Sensui is debatable, since he's not very preoccupied with relationships beyond using people while trying to destroy humankind... but there are [[StraightGay very subtle cues]] in his backstory and in the way he acts.

* NonNaziSwastika: There was a minor villain with a swastika tattooed on his forehead. This was removed in the English dub. Lampshaded in ''WebVideo/YuYuHakushoAbridged''.

** For the most part, this is actually an ''averted'' trope. ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy, while it makes utterly no sense in-universe, is mainly used so the ''reader/viewer'' can understand the ability being used. In the anime, the ''{{narrator}}'' explains the abilities or items characters are using most of the time, and thus this trope stays averted for the most part.

** The demon Raizen attempted to devour a beautiful human woman who worked as a medic, only to discover that she [[PoisonousPerson had incorporated all manner of poisons into her body]]. [[FanNickname The Lady Doctor]] calmly says that if Raizen devours her he'll die within hours, and adds that, whether he tries to kill her or not, ''not'' eating her would destroy his pride as a man-eater. So between eating her at the cost of his life or not eating her at the cost of his pride, he chose to [[spoiler:[[SexFaceTurn seduce her]], which is how they became Yusuke's ancestors]].

A [[ShonenDemographic Shonen]] {{Fighting|Series}} manga authored by Creator/YoshihiroTogashi, and adapted into animation by Creator/StudioPierrot, ''[=YuYu=] Hakusho'' (幽☆遊☆白書, also romanized as ''Yuu Yuu Hakusho'') tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a bitter, beleaguered, junior high punk -- and legendary street fighter. One particularly bad day gets worse for Yusuke after he dies saving the life of a small boy from a car accident. He discovers that the forces of the Spirit World were expecting the boy to miraculously survive the accident but did not expect Yusuke to even be a part of it. Because of this [[PetTheDog surprising]] [[SenselessSacrifice (if ultimately useless)]] HeroicSacrifice, they offer Yusuke a chance to return from the dead. With the help of Botan (a perky female ''{{shinigami}}'' "Angel of Death" or essentially "[[TheGrimReaper Grim Reaper]]") and the approval of Koenma (the snarky son of King Enma, the judge of the dead in the Buddhist belief system, and the part-time stand-in for his father) Yusuke returns to the living world.

* BelligerentSexualTension: Yusuke and Keiko. They fight constantly from the very first episode, but they clearly care a lot about each other. {{Subverted|Trope}} after the ''Saints Beasts'' arc. While we tend to see them argue with each other more often than not in their interactions, neither Yusuke nor Keiko seem to refute the notion that they're in a relationship (or something at least akin to it). Yusuke mentions to Toguro that he hopes to "grow old" with her after winning the Dark Tournament, and a lot of the set-up to the ''Demon Kings'' arc involves Yusuke clarifying his hopes to marry her by the series' end.

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* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY:
** Couple names in the dub: Urameshi = ''Yu''rameshi, Kuwabara = "koo-wah-BAH-rah" (instead of the original "koo-WAH-bah-rah"), Mitarai ("mee-tah-rye") = Mitari ("mih-tar-ee").
** The Brazilian dub had this in a lesser scale, with a few names using "L" in lieu of "R" (Rinku = Linku, Roto = Loto, Rando = Lando), but Chu's name was pronounced like it was separated in two syllables and became Tiyu (pronounced "chi-yu").

->''"And so it all begins. This boy's name is Yusuke. He's 14 years old, and is ''supposed'' to be the hero of this story, but oddly enough... he's dead."''

* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: In the anime, Makintaro's power not only makes him able to [[ShapeshifterWeapon shapeshift one of his arms into an axe]] (like in the manga) but also to regrow his lost arm - severed by Hiei - into the axe-arm.

* AfterlifeAngst: The manga kills off its protagonist, Yusuke, in the first chapter/episode and then shows him at first not realizing he's dead and then attending his own funeral before accepting that he's willing to die—only for him to be offered a chance at resurrection.

* ArtisticAge: Yusuke and Kuwabara are stated to be fourteen years old, but look, sound, and act like young adults, or at least much older teenagers.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Threatening and later possessing Kurama's little stepbrother was a very, ''very'' stupid move. Threatening Yukina will get you cut up by Hiei pretty quickly.

** However the Chapter Black story particularly stands out, with ''numerous'' on-screen fatalities of normal humans, an innocent woman being graphically mutilated by Doctor, Gourmet [[spoiler:''eating'' Murota on-screen, to say nothing of his own gruesome decapitation at Kurama's hands]], the death of [[spoiler:Gamemaster, who is an eleven year-old boy who doesn't truly comprehend what he's mixed up in]] all set against the backdrop of Team Urameshi trying to prevent the apocalypse.

** The biggest one is when Koenma describes the difference between spirit and life energy to Yusuke in the 5th episode. When drained of spirit energy in the climax of the ''Four Saint Beasts'' arc, Yusuke taps into his life energy for a HeroicSacrifice.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Many fans profess that the Chapter Black arc is a ''stark'' contrast with most episodes before it - and usually for the better. Included, but not limited to are some serious moral dilemmas for the characters, ''considerably'' different kinds of adversaries where simple fisticuffs won't win any fights, a deranged and disturbed villain who's not in it for the good fight, but the absolute success of his agenda and the destruction of the human race, and an overall creepier and more ominous atmosphere. Most fans would cite Chapter Black as the series at its most mature and at its peak.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Hiei and Kurama each get 2 episodes in the last arc detailing their backstories in full, and show how they ingratiate themselves to life under their respective Demon Kings (Mukuro for Hiei, Yomi for Kurama).

** In one of the earlier chapters, Yusuke fights a bewitching FemmeFatale who tries to use her femininity to make opponents underestimate her, trying to play on an opponent's WouldntHitAGirl sense of chivalry. After a CrotchGrabSexCheck, Yusuke finds out it's just a regular guy fighter dressing like a girl to trick opponents. Yusuke even berates him for not being a ''real'' transvestite, in one of the series' [[OutOfCharacter odder]] moments of open-mindedness on Yusuke's part. Miyuki accuses Yusuke of violently attacking her because of 'what she is'. He calls her out, saying if s/he hadn't been in the way of the mission, he wouldn't have attacked her at all. In the EditedForSyndication American dub that aired on Creator/CartoonNetwork, [[ShesAManInJapan all the references to the female fighter actually being a man were changed]] to the fighter being a {{Manipulative B|astard}}itch who fakes her injuries so she can make her male fighters feel guilty about beating up a woman—and uses that moment of weakness to strike back.

** [[spoiler:Toguro, as Genkai's former teammate, seeks his own death at the hands of Yusuke, her student, for reasons only speculated in the series—perhaps as a form of atonement, or to prove to himself that the decision he made to abandon his humanity was a mistake.]]

* FlexibleTourneyRules: Boy, are they ''ever''—and intentionally. The Dark Tournament is done as a commercial gig, so teams are allowed to negotiate their own rules and conditions for a match, which adds some variety to the proceedings and makes for a better show. And that's leaving aside the Tournament Committee twisting the rules when bribed.

** Another one involving Kaito: when he first appears, he (pretending to be evil) forces the heroes into a battle of wits in his psychic territory, where failure has a horrible price. Though the others are unable to beat him, Kurama eventually wins by getting inside his head and exploiting his weaknesses - introducing the fact [[HoistByHisOwnPetard that psychics have to play by the same rules in their territories as everyone else.]] Kurama is ultimately forced to deal with the same situation again, with far more deadly results, against [[spoiler:Gamemaster]], and wins in much the same way - while the things they learned against Kaito come back [[spoiler:as tragic rather than triumphant]].

** Yusuke '''(Choleric)''' - short-tempered, cocky, impulsive and insecure
** Kuwabara '''(Sanguine)''' - loyal, clumsy, stubborn and short-tempered
** Kurama '''(Phlegmatic)''' - analytical, calm, calculating and cunning
** Hiei '''(Melancholic)''' - aloof, cold, cynical and reserved

** Yusuke gets these several times; once during his fight with Suzaku when [[spoiler: he's about to use up all his life energy to win]], once while glaring at Younger Toguro from the stands of the Dark Tournament, and occasionally thereafter while powering up or in the middle of a particularly intense fight - especially when, at the end of the Chapter Black saga, he [[spoiler: is taken over by his ancestor, Raizen, shortly after being killed and returning to life as a demon. Where before Yusuke's Glowing Eyes Of Doom have always been blue, these are red, possibly to signify either his new demonic nature or the foreign presence in his body]].

* GreaterScopeVillain: In the manga [[spoiler:King Enma is responsible for just about everything, in the name of keeping his public image as powerful as possible—after all, Team Urameshi work for him, so if they take out a criminal, he can take credit for it]].

* HeavySleeper: Yusuke early in the Dark Tournament. This is explained as Genkai's training being so strenuous that he has to sleep a lot to recover his energies—though it can be pretty ridiculous when he spends the entire trip to the island, all the way through the first fight in the Tournament, asleep. The smell of alcohol finally wakes him up, because it reminds him of his home.

* HomoeroticDream: When Yuusuke is trying to come back from the dead, but needs someone to kiss him in order to transfer a spark of life energy to "jump start" him, Kuwabara gets a dream in which he does just that. It gets better: Yusuke had to provide the dream ''himself'' (as a ghost, he could communicate through the dreams of the living, and Kuwabara is extremely susceptible. Yusuke did this to help him study for a test once). The kiss has to be from one of the three people who care about him the most—who turn out to be his mother, his not-quite-girlfriend Keiko, and Kuwabara, who was a big time AntagonistInMourning. Yusuke was horrified, but he did it anyway. Kuwabara thought it was a hellish nightmare, kissing Yusuke's dead body.

** At first it seems that Yusuke's mom completely averts this trope in the beginning, only making it follow DisappearedDad because we don't see his father at all. However, after the 14th episode his mother doesn't have a speaking part and after episode 27 we never see her again. She's only mentioned once before Yusuke leaves for demon world later.
** At first it seems Kurama's human mother is a doting parent, but after episode 7 we never see her featured in an episode again until she gets married, and even then it's merely cameo appearances. It seems Kurama has to lie to her on a regular basis since she doesn't know he's a fox demon but we never see what his excuses are as for why he goes missing for multiple days at a time.

* InvokedTrope: Toguro invokes [[spoiler:DeadSidekick]] on Yusuke, and Kuwabara ''appears'' to invoke [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]] but really went for [[spoiler:DisneyDeath]]. Subverted later when Yusuke tries to [[spoiler:pull a HeroicSacrifice in order to inspire a HeroicSecondWind out of Kuwabara and the others—which isn't enough to defeat Sensui]].

* LimitedWardrobe: Played with. Most everyone has their regular attire for the average day, but they can and do change clothes often enough depending on the situation. However, their clothes usually remain assigned by color: Yusuke - green, Kurama - red, Kuwabara - blue, and Hiei - black.

** "Urameshi" is what Japanese ghosts who are haunting a house wail; "Kuwabara kuwabara" is a charm against ghosts; "Kurama" and "Hiei" are Japanese mountains said to be sites of demon activity; all of the [[TheGrimReaper ferry girls]] have names associated with flowers and plants ("Botan" - peony, "Ayame" - iris, "Hinageshi" - poppy). This plant naming even goes for Sensui, whose name is a kanji anagram of "suisen" (daffodil) and Itsuki (flowering tree), perhaps to note the severity of their FaceHeelTurn.

* TheMovie: There are two—a half-hour one and a feature-length one.

* MusclesAreMeaningless: Played straight and subverted: Kurama and Genkai possess enormous strength but both are fairly thin, whereas each time Toguro powers up his musculature increases and each of his common levels—20%, 30%, 45%, 60%, 80%—give him a relatively identifiable build. What's odd is that when Toguro powers up completely, Kurama even says, "The structure of those muscles... ingenious." And then absolutely no character around or above Toguro's level follows suit.\\\

* ObliviousYoungerSibling: Shuuichi, Kurama's little stepbrother, is completely oblivious to his brother's demonic heritage and supernatural activities.

* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Kurama shares the same human name with his little stepbrother, Shuuichi.

** Yusuke - Younger Toguro (Team leader, well-balanced)
** Kuwabara - Elder Toguro (Closest to the Leader, versatile abilities)
** Kurama - Karasu (Intelligent and precision fighters)
** Hiei - Bui (Brute force fighters)
** Koenma - Sakyo (The team's boss and only participating in the tournament to fill the vacant slots)

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Koenma, who in fact ''is'' seven hundred years old. Kurama in his true form is over a thousand.

* SingleTargetSexuality: Itsuki is "Sensui-sexual". He even [[spoiler:loves all of Sensui's personalities, no matter how vile. His official favorite is Shinobu, the original one, although Naru--[[TheCutie a young girl]] who is [[NaiveEverygirl naive and innocent]]--comes in second]]. It's worth pointing out that Itsuki's manga version talks about how he started hanging around young Sensui because he knew the other would break eventually and he ''loves'' to see [[BreakTheCutie pure things shattered]].

* SpectatorCasualty: The Dark Tournament is full of these. Just about every major match has at least one instance where an attack--deliberate or otherwise--plows into the audience stands and kills the demon spectators.

* StoryBreakerPower: As per WordOfGod and in-universe examinations Raizen is acknowledged to have formerly been the most powerful demon in the series. Hundreds of years ago when he was in his prime Raizen had a power level so amazing that he could have easily defeated the other Two Kings of Demon World without batting an eyelid. You'd probably then wonder what is preventing Raizen from [[CurbstompBattle ending the war between the 3 kingdoms by himself]]. Raizen does have the potential to regain his old power level, but since he's a breed of demon who gains his power from eating human flesh Raizen's decision to not eat humans out of love for Yusuke's female ancestor has led to him starving to death. In his weakened state Raizen can't fight like he used to and has retired to his castle waiting for a successor to assume his throne before he dies, Yusuke being said successor. Notably, despite having about a year left before his starvation kills him he can defeat Yusuke's newly acquired S-Class power level with a wave of his hand—like an adult kicking a child's ass, showing that Yusuke is still a runt in the litter as far as S-Class demons are concerned. Hell, it takes Raizen being literally '''minutes''' away from death plus a year of hard training for Yusuke to fight on par with Raizen.\\

* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: In episode 80 of the English dub:

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Played straight on multiple occasions, and also somewhat inverted—coupled with CarnivoreConfusion—in the debate over whether ''demons'' have the right to eat ''humans''.

** Exactly what Elder Toguro says [[spoiler:after being forced to fight an illusion of Kurama for the rest of his life - for all eternity, actually, since he can't die]].

** Sensui [[spoiler:sets up eleven-year-old Amanuma so that the only way the heroes can advance is to kill him. If they let him live, the Makai Tunnel opens without a hitch, and Sensui can die happily. If they kill him (which they do), Sensui knows that Koenma will [[BatmanGambit feel guilty and drain his energy resurrecting the kid, thereby rendering him unable to defeat Sensui]], and the Makai Tunnel ''still'' opens without a hitch and Sensui dies happily]]. Either way he buys himself time.

* CharacterMagneticTeam: At the beginning, it was only Yusuke and Botan. By the ''Dark Tournament'' arc, four more members join to form the FiveManBand, six more by the end of that arc, three allies by the ''Sensui'' arc and finally over a dozen by the final arc. The majority were [[DefeatMeansFriendship former enemies]] in some form or another.

* StrawmanFallacy: The Chapter Black video. Koenma flat-out says it was never meant to be seen by itself; presumably there's at least one companion video showing the other aspects of humanity.