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dtm42
Posts: 14084 Location: currently stalking my waifu |
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Wow, you really padded that review out, what with all the character background and whatnot. I guess the mediocre ones are the hardest to write about.
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Megiddo
 Posts: 8360 Location: IL |
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Who's Itsuki?
Surprised that neither of the announcers from the Dark Tournament (fox/bat) made the gashopon line. Really lame about Keiko though. |
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ankoku22
 Posts: 73 Location: the American midwest |
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I don't remember too much about Itsuki either. What do I recall is spoiler[when Sensui died, he was the guy who took his body away and disappeared into some dimension... or something. I thought that (and Itsuki himself, for that matter) was kind of creepy.]
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Julia-the-Great
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Even though they look like crap, I still kind of want them.
 I never liked Keiko, so I'd gladly give a pass on her, but I'd definitely want the Yoko Kurama and Bishounen Koenma figures, though. 
They probably included Itsuki to please the yaoi fangirls, since he was in love with Sensui... (that's my theory for the toy, anyway...) Last edited by Julia-the-Great on Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:53 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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here-and-faraway
 Posts: 1529 Location: Sunny California |
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I agree with your rating, but I have to admit that it's exciting to see YYH still in the news, even for something like this.
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CCSYueh
 Posts: 2707 Location: San Diego, CA |
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Wasn't Itsuki the bishie demon who Sensui was going to kill, but he asked to live because he was watching a tv drama & wanted to see the end?
These seem more the type of figure you buy till you get your fav one or 2 & then quit. |
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John Casey
 Posts: 1853 Location: In My Angry Center |
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Thankfully since i just rewatched my DVDs a few weeks ago, I remembered! Itsuki is Sensui's second-in-command, aka "Gatekeeper." He's the creepy guy who's mad in love with Sensui, and all he does is meditate on a boat in the cave. So yeah. There's the reason for your blandness...at the same time, WTF!? They should have put him in a meditative pose... It'd be at least just a wee bit more interesting that way... That said... No matter how bland these are, if they had made a Doctor figurine, it would've been a winner. The dude's just full of potential. |
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topleka
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Any Yu Yu merchandise makes me happy. I would probably spring a couple bucks for some of these, too.
Pity that Yoko Kurama and teen Koenma are only secrets, though. I'd much prefer them over Sensui or Itsuki. I only vaguely recall the Sensui arc. It was a little uninspired. Also, I'm pretty sure Mukuro is clasping her hands because they are bound together. |
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captainbanana
Posts: 191 |
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Muguro has her hands like that because, if I'm remembering correctly, she was handcuffed in the front at an early age (or something). So yeah, it's little consolation for the lack of Keiko (which is BS) but it's something. Then again, maybe I'm completely remembering wrong (I'm not going to bust out the DVD's to check).
The prices on these things always kill me, and make me end up just getting one, if any. 4 dollars for a toy that didn't cost a fraction of that to make? Meh. I love YYH (Blu-Ray releases coming soon in Japan, I can't wait) but this is a pass for me. |
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DemonEyesLeo
 Posts: 844 Location: Japan |
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Ah Yu Yu Hakusho... that takes me back.
Bah, others have beaten me to it but I'll second the explanations of Itsuki and Muguro. Itsuki was Sensui's second and pretty much did nothing but meditate on a boat and expand the portal... I think he also trapped Kuwabara, Hiei and Kurama in another dimension while Yusuke and Sensui fought. I too have to question his inclusion because he barely had a role. Muguro's hands are clasped together... for reasons that escape me. All I remember is that I noticed her hands being bound for most, if not all, of the Three Kings Saga. |
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mike.motaku
 Posts: 160 Location: Indiana |
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Frankly, you had me at gashapon. Crappy or not, I find them all pretty irresistible.
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John Casey
Posts: 1853 Location: In My Angry Center |
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Haw.  That was actually my favorite arc.
I honestly found the Three Kings Saga to be the uninspired one... It was rushed as hell, and something of a cop-out.
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Myaow
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Itsuki was... that one character who I heard a lot about before I actually got to see him in the manga/show, because he was all controversial because he was canonically gay. I was kind of like "In a shonen manga? Wow, that's unusual."
And I waited for it and waited for it and finally he showed up and I couldn't see it. Maybe I'm just jaded about creepy henchmen or "I'm gon' kill you" nakama, because I couldn't see it at all. I got the distinct feeling that I was being lied to for all those years. |
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raidou
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yeah I would't mind owning a couple of them but not the whole set;
although it would of been cool if they had other super forms like Toguro's 120% form, Hiei's demon form, and Yusuke's demon form along with Yoko kurama. oh well YYH is still cool anway
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Sariachan
 Posts: 1507 Location: Italy |
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Wait, didn't you say that you watched all the anime? 
Anyway, I agree about these gashapon: they aren't really good. Too bad, I just finished watching this series few days ago and I would love to buy some good merchandise about its characters. 
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