Did Yu Yu Hakusho do it all before?

[saaaaaadpanda]

It's been said that there's nothing new under the sun, and this is certainly the case with manga/anime. Look closely and notice the similarities between Yu Yu Hakusho and Naruto:

A blonde guy that can make clones of himself:

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Naruto's shadow clone jutsu:

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Suzaku's prism of seven:

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A dude that can control people with their shadows:

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Shikamaru Nara's Shadow Imitation Technique:

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Asato Kido's Shadow Paralysis:

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A cocky anti-hero with spikey black hair that uses a sword, black fire techniques, and ocular powers:

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Sasuke:

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Hiei:

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Sasuke's amaterasu:

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Hiei's dragon of the darkness flame:

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Sasuke's sharingan:

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Hiei's jagan eye:

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...and of course, Kurama, the nine-tailed demon fox:

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Kurama (Naruto)

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Kurama (Yu Yu Hakusho)

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Can you think of any other similarities?

 

[ChrisWolf]

I've noticed this too!

 

[Yveltal]

I would the prefer Hiei nice find

 

[AP2k]

They are all archetypes. These "concepts" are thousands of years old. Yu yu hakusho fuking ruled though.

 

[gordo1]

Yessir. They most certainly did.

Chuunin exams are a lot like the dark tournament. Ship = forest of death, tournament itself is the tournament and then the final round of the tournament is like the main final exam.

 

[Shiina..]

Wow O_O............. But still Naruto(shippuden) is waaaaaaaaaaaay better

 

[Punk Hazard]

Well, this is basic stuff and it's kind of shallow to look at things from this perspective when they're much better things to look at, like plot, character development, plot twists, effect of story, impact of certain characters, etc.

 

[ChrisWolf]

Well, this is basic stuff and it's kind of shallow to look at things from this perspective when they're much better things to look at, like plot, character development, plot twists, effect of story, impact of certain characters, etc.

That's very true but still.....you can clearly see where kishi kind of copied they're ideas. I mean personally I don't see anything wrong with it I just feel as though it's a bit too obvious.

 

[AP2k]

That's very true but still.....you can clearly see where kishi kind of copied they're ideas. I mean personally I don't see anything wrong with it I just feel as though it's a bit too obvious.

I wouldnt say "copy", but kishi has said the nine tails is based on Kurama

 

[ChrisWolf]

I wouldnt say "copy", but kishi has said the nine tails is based on Kurama

Well at least he admitts it then, if he was trying to act like it wasn't then it'd be different story lol

 

[gordo1]

Oh, also - there's a main character who never shuts his mouth, acts really tough and refuses to give up no matter how bleak the odds - and then beats the odds. Except Yusuke's a badass and Naruto, well, isn't.

 

[saaaaaadpanda]

Oh, also - there's a main character who never shuts his mouth, acts really tough and refuses to give up no matter how bleak the odds - and then beats the odds. Except Yusuke's a badass and Naruto, well, isn't.

^This is true of basically every anime though xd

 

[Gooner4life]

Shonen mangaka often lift ideas of each other, I mean Luffy is just the reincarnation of Goku, and these and classics like Dragonball and Yu Yu Hakusho would have influenced many manga, especially when they are as good as those too. I wish Naruto was even half as good though, but it isn't IMO.

 

[bahram]

there is another similarity.the guy with the power of words.when you enter his territory you can't use a forbidden word,if you use that , your soul will come out of your body.and one of them (kazuma I think) was sealed exactly like darui.he used two words that if you connected them together, the forbidden word was in them.

 

[AmaniPaz]

I've noticed this as well. Both anime's were good though in my opinion

 

[RockLee X Zabuza]

Hiei would wreck Sasuke 10/10 times in a row

 

[saaaaaadpanda]

Hiei would wreck Sasuke 10/10 times in a row

Lol, DRAGON OF THE DARKNESS FLAME!

 

[Crutch Kaguya]

A lot of the new manga take things from previous series.
Though it would've been better to do the comparison with Bleach, the whole concept is basically from YYH.

 

[Dantee]

People even said Bleach is rip offed Yuyu hokusho as well. Might as well say DBZ is being ripped off every anime ever existed. Seriously it's bs. U_U

 

[saaaaaadpanda]

A lot of the new manga take things from previous series.
Though it would've been better to do the comparison with Bleach, the whole concept is basically from YYH.

Yes, I understand that many of the parallels with Bleach are stronger, but I'm not as close a follower of that series.

People even said Bleach is rip offed Yuyu hokusho as well. Might as well say DBZ is being ripped off every anime ever existed. Seriously it's bs. U_U

I totally agree. I'm not saying it was a total rip off. I'm just pointing out the amusing similarities.