Title: Yu Yu Hakusho
Alternate Names: (Us only) Poltergeist Report, Ghostfighter
Author: Yoshihiro Togashi
Length: 19 volumes
Genre: Adventure/Suspense Bit of romance
Plot Summary:
Yusuke dies saving a young boy from being run over by a car. He then gets a chance to live again by Koenma, the prince of the Reikai (spirit world) but on one condition, which is to be a detective for the Reikai. With the aid of Botan Yusuke accepts and returns to life and to his girlfriend, Keiko. His first mission as a detective was to recover the stolen treasure of the Reikai. He meets the thieves, Kurama and Hiei, and later on became his allies. Together with his best friend, Kazuma Kuwabara, The four of them became a team and accomplished several missions issued by Koenma. Later on they join a tournament together with Yusuke's teacher, Genkai to face Toguro, who once they beat during one of their missions. Unfortunately for them, Toguro did not show his true power and now must face his wrath in the tournament.
After Genkai's death, Yusuke had revenge as he beat Toguro in the tournament. He wished for Genkai to be revived, which was fulfilled. Their next mission was to stop a man named Shinobu Sensui, former spiritual world detective, from opening a portal between the human world and the demon world. Yusuke dies in the encounter, but eventually came back to life as he had the blood of his ancestor, Raizen, a Class-S demon (demons are ranked according to their powers, Class-D, C etc. with class-S being the highest)He did beat Sensui when his ancestor's help.
The latter part of the series was all about just Yusuke, Kurama and Hiei. All three of them were summoned by Raizen, Yomi and Mukuro respectively to the demon world to compete in a tournament with the winner becoming the new leader of the demon world. A friend of Raizen wins the said tournament, and Yusuke returns to the human world to finally live with Keiko, as the series ends.
Personal Opinion:
This would be something interesting to read. I mean, it's not often that the main character dies in the beginning of the series to end up being one of the most powerful beings at the end. In fact, not much mangas have the main character staying dead for long, as this one did.
Yusuke is one of the most surprising characters in here. You would expect him to do something, only to find him doing something completely unexpected. It is interesting to see his interactions with other characters; you would see someone he cares about being teased or beaten up.
All in all, this is a good manga...
