Risho reveals his earth powers and completely dominates Kuwabara not only offensively but defensively as well the few attacks Kuwabara gets off are no match for Risho’s armor. However, due to Hiei and the masked fighter being restrained by the Dark Tournament’s “nurse”, Kurama being in no shape to fight, and Yusuke being ruled “unfit” to compete anymore, Kuwabara is the last remaining hope for Team Urameshi to go up against Risho. Having been severely injured by Team Ichigaki, Kuwabara is in absolutely no shape to fight.
One of the best come from behind matches in the series, Kuwabara’s match with Risho in the final matchup of the 3rd round of the Dark Tournament is one of Kuwabara’s finest moments.
With many different fantastic fights throughout the series to choose from, here are the rankings for the Top 10 Yu Yu Hakusho Fights. Yu Yu Hakusho not only fully delivers on these concepts, it also reveals a wide variety of fights in terms of the abilities used, how the fights are fought, and the different tones used, which range from serious and tense to humorous and disbelief depending on the context of who is fighting and their reasons. It also continues to progress into larger and larger fights held at higher stakes as the main characters grow stronger to fight even tougher and tougher opponents. A classic shounen anime is able to grasp and hold the viewer’s attention despite starting off with fights on a smaller scale. Not only is it one of the few shounen anime to stand out in its genre in terms of story and character development, it also shows development in the fighting itself. Yu Yu Hakusho is a perfect example of an older anime that still holds up well even today.