

Atsuko Urameshi, an alcoholic, gave birth to him at the age of fourteen and took a backseat in raising her son. Yusuke Urameshi is a street-brawling delinquent with a tough guy approach to everything. Yu Yu Hakusho has been watched by a large number of television viewers in Japan and a wide range of age groups in the United States.
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The animated series won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize for the best anime in 19. Yu Yu Hakusho has been well received since its debut, with the manga selling over 49 million copies in Japan alone and winning the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga in 1993. As the series progresses, the series strays away from a detective story to a more fighting-oriented story. Yusuke travels with his friends Kuwabara, Kurama & Hiei, the other protagonists of the story. While in the afterlife, he is named the Spirit Detective by Koenma & Botan and must investigate cases concerning demons and apparitions. The series tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a teenage delinquent who is struck by a car while trying to save a child's life. We can then guess that she is waving to the heroes as they struggle to defeat their enemies, while she stands cautiously in the background as usual.Yu Yu Hakusho (translated as Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files, Ghost Fighter and/or Poltergeist Report) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. Of course, the guide to the spirit world, with the Botan POP figure, is not without her witch's broom on which she flies at an amazing speed to shuttle between the Earth and the spirit world.įinally, on this Funko POP figurine of Botan, we find her sitting on her broom, her left hand raised. Indeed, Botan's figurine refers to a traditional and outdated imagination, while the character is supposed to be timeless and at least centuries old. In addition to her strict appearance, Botan's POP is dressed in an old and traditional pink kimono, which is tightened at the waist by an Obi, a traditional Japanese belt. A haircut that many female characters in Shônens at that time wore. She wears a long, disheveled head of light blue hair. The Funko POP figure of Botan does justice to this guide to the spirit world. But she's still brave when the circumstances call for it. Botan is indeed clumsy, noisy and a bit silly. However, when Yusuke, Hiei and Kurama move away from the guardianship of the spirit world, she will no longer be able to follow them.Īs a guide, one could expect Botan to be serious and wise, although the situation is quite different. Botan is not a fighter but simply a guide of the spiritual world and keeps as far away from the tumult as she can.Īcting as Emma Junior's right hand, she will always accompany Yusuke's gang in their adventures, including during the events of the Dark Tournament. The latter will then give him the tools and the information he will need but will be careful not to fight. As such, this one will be then missioned by Botan for each of his adventures.

Thereafter, Botan will become the liaison between the spirit world and Yusuke, the latter having become a detective of the spirit world. Botan, then, will propose to him to find his place among the living by submitting himself to a test that she will indicate to him. Botan will be introduced for the first time during the first chapter, when Yusuke will kill himself while saving a child's life.

She is the one who brings the spirits of the dead to the spirit world so that Emma can decide whether they will go to heaven or hell. This is the case of Botan who, without ever fighting, will follow the heroes' journey in a diligent way during all their adventures.īotan is a guide to the spirit world. However, some female characters will manage to make a place for themselves. And for good reason, Yoshihiro Togashi's shônen, based on bloody fights, is primarily aimed at a male audience. It can be said that the cast of the main characters of Yu Yu Hakushô lacks femininity.
