Three Kings Saga | ||
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Manga Chapters |
Chapters 154-170 | |
Episodes |
Episodes 95-112 | |
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Three Kings Saga is the fourth saga in the YuYu Hakusho series. It spans from episodes 95 to 112 in the anime and from chapters 154 - 170 in the manga. The saga focuses on Yusuke Urameshi, Hiei and Kurama's affairs in Demon World, and their involvement in the realm's political struggle for power.
Summary[]
The story arc takes place immediately following the defeat of Shinobu Sensui. Yusuke Urameshi has fallen into a malaise, due to a demon's interference in his fight with Sensui, and ultimately facing a serious existential crisis. Not knowing who to turn to, he travels to Genkai, in an attempt to figure out what to do next. After subjecting him to her trademark sardonic wit, Genkai suggests visiting the original Spirit Detective for Earth, Kuroko Sato, for advice. Yusuke does so, only to have the visit interrupted by three messengers from Demon World, who claim to have all the answers he has been seeking. They inform him that the demon who possessed him during his fight with the renegade Spirit Detective was, in actuality, his ancestral Demon father, Raizen, one of the Three Kings of Demon World, who is now currently on the cusp of death, due to his refusal to eat his only acceptable food, humans. They also tell him he will be accompanying them back to Demon world to meet Raizen directly, whether he wants to, or not. At approximately the same time, both Kurama and Hiei receive messages from the other two leaders of Demon world, asking them to join their forces for the upcoming shift in balance that will surely be caused by the death of Raizen. The former thief and partner of Yoko Kurama, Yomi, calls Shuichi Minamino to his side, and the mysterious Lord Mukuro asks Hiei to join her army. All three accept their new fates, and set out for the Demon World shortly afterwards.
After a year of training all three of them reach S-Class and Raizen dies. Yusuke decides that the ruler of all Makai should be decided in a tournament of everyone who wishes to participate.
Anime and Manga Differences[]
- In the manga, Kuwabara's desire to quit fighting and study hard to get into a good high school is only lightly mentioned when Yusuke mentions to him that Shizuru told him about it. In the anime, this was extended where Shizuru had become harsh towards her brother and forced him to keep up in his studies as she was tired of him foolishly risking his life.
- As Shizuru plays a larger role in the anime, she was there when Yusuke left for Demon World. In the manga, she only appears in the final chapter for this arc.
- Mukuro's backstory had to be rewritten for the anime, as the original story from the manga, and by extension the character Chikou, was too inappropriate to adapt into the anime.
- The anime adds onto the limited arc by giving in-depth flashbacks and extensions, showing the preliminaries and main character matches.
- Shigure commits suicide after losing his match to Kurama in the tournament for having lost a second time, which is exclusive to the anime.
- Koenma, Botan, and Jorge Saotome disguising themselves as spectators to observe the tournament is anime-exclusive.
- Kurama's desire to leave his former life as Yoko Kurama behind, by not relying on that power during his match against Shigure is anime-exclusive.
- Yusuke's pseudo Sacred Energy from balancing his Spirit and Demon Energy is anime-exclusive.
- Prior to the later release of Two Shots / All or Nothing, the ending of the anime deviated from the manga. However, some of the material from the manga was never adapted in the aforementioned anime special.
- In the finale of the manga, Genkai had passed away as a result of natural causes, while in the anime Genkai is still alive.
- As such, instead of Genkai being present when she presents her will to her friends, in the manga, her spirit temporarily possesses Pu.
- The endings for the main characters and their allies were omitted as well.
- As a result, Atsuko Urameshi, Asato Kido, and Mitsunari Yanagisawa do not appear during this arc in the anime.
- In the finale of the manga, Genkai had passed away as a result of natural causes, while in the anime Genkai is still alive.
Trivia[]
- Due to the author being pressured into ending the series sooner, the original war plan between the three nations was dropped in favor of the tournament format; Yusuke lampshades this by saying he is not suited to replace Raizen as a a leader.
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Chapters: | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 | 160 | 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | 167 | 168 | 169 | 170 | 171 | 172 | 173 | 174 | 175 | |
Saga: | Spirit Detective Saga | Dark Tournament Saga | Chapter Black Saga | Three Kings Saga | |
Anime: | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | |
Episodes: | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 |