Yu Yu Hakusho

Fourteen-year-old thug Yuusuke Urameshi spends his days skipping school and causing trouble for the adults in his life. Yuusuke regularly engages in street brawls against rival Kazuma Kuwabara and ridicules his childhood friend Keiko Yukimura. Filled with self-loathing and the burden of an alcoholic mother, Yuusuke sacrifices it all in a split-second decision—he tackles a small child out of the way of an oncoming car, losing his life in the process. Spirit guide Botan intervenes, allowing Yuusu...

Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho won the 39th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen category in 1993. The series was published in English as Yu Yu Hakusho by VIZ Media under the Shonen Jump imprint from August 18, 2003, to March 2, 2010. It was also released in Spanish by Glénat in 2004; and in Brazilian Portuguese ...