#chapter black arc

It's all about his youki. His youki, before he lost much of its strength and downgraded from the level of an A class, could be transformed into an armor. It's just like Sensui's which both of them recognized as true even if Sensui's was stronger.

So in the Dark Tournament, Kurama with a much weaker youki was basically fighting naked. His original fighting style with a spiritually conjured ki armor was risky because he relied on its defense to tank out the damage. He was willing to take hits just to plan his strategy but that (very old demon) habit came from when he had better defenses with a stronger demonic energy. His white clothing as youko only failed against Sensui because of their difference in power level with Sensui being S class. Kurama in the the Dark Tournament with his A class ki armor could probably take a hit from Toguro's 100% because Toguro was only Upper B class when Kurama used to be A class.

In post canon, however, it's safe to assume that Kurama surpassed A class already because his awakened youki (after witnessing Yusuke's death and revival) that made him able to shapeshift at will became stronger than before his peak in his previous life. His ki amor could have gotten stronger too. In conclusion, Kurama post canon is gonna be more unhinged and reckless in his suicide strategies. 😅

the parallels are NOT funny guys it drives me crazy

"we each care for one of the men out there."Dude

LIKE KUWABARA DOESNT EVEN DISMISS IT HES JUST LIKE "PFT OK WELL OBVIOUSLY BUT AT LEAST YUSUKE ISNT AS CRAZY AS SENSUI!"

also like can we talk about how kuwabara is yusukes guy on the sidelines commentating like this whole couple of chapters is kuwabara screaming URAMESHI!!!!!!!

but i WANT the dwelling. i want yusuke to deal with the fact that after killing all these demons, hes now killed a human for the first time. i want him to question the morality of it- not whether its okay to kill one person to save many others, but with the fact that hes made demon friends and has been shown through the course of the series that demons still have hopes, feelings, family, friends, and various other things just like humans do. they are not just mindless creatures hes been slaughtering, and while these times have been in self defense, the same can be said about his fight with the doctor.

On the one hand... I do really like Keiko’s character. But I can’t help wishing she did a little more throughout the series. ‘Cause like... Shizuru is another 100% human character, and she never feels out of place like Keiko does. 

But it doesn’t feel right to dismiss Keiko as yet another female shonen character who exists to be nothing more than a love interest... Because she does have so much personality. I can’t throw her in the ‘damsel in distress love interests’ category without there being this indignant shout from somewhere within my mind, bringing me back to Keiko running into Yusuke’s burning apartment to save his body... Keiko refusing to accept his cover story and forcing her way into the Dark Tournament arena to support him.

Like, it’s not even inherently a problem that she never really gets used to all the violence. She is fucking justified to be at her breaking point. The love of her life has now died more than once and is in a position where he’ll continue to throw himself into danger like this, and I sympathize with that. 

This last arc really made me think about how they could have given Keiko more to do while keeping her exactly who she is. Chapter Black decided it wanted to address human evils, and who better to have a part to play in this arc than Keiko? Arguably the most human of them all, as she doesn’t even have Kuwabara and Shizuru’s 6th sense. Keiko, who’s always excelled at her studies and likely knows quite a bit about human wars and the awful things we’ve done to each other throughout history... Like, she doesn’t have any meaningful interactions with any of the human psychics who’ve decided to turn against their own kind... And that actually really sucks.