I feel like Atsuko was meant to leave a lit cigarette around the massive piles of trash and it was meant to cause the fire instead of Rando McPyro. My theory connecting back to the first negative note was that I believed this fire was originally intended to be caused by Atsuko’s negligence. Granted, yes, she felt bad about it, but she moreso felt bad about not being there when the fire happened, not that she was doing a shit job of taking care of her son in the first place. What mother who just got blessed with her dead son coming back from the grave would treat their son like this? It’s repulsive. Also, the house wouldn’t have caught fire nearly as easily if there wasn’t loads of trash everywhere. The house is a pigsty, covered in loads of garbage, and even Yusuke is covered in trash and dust. Not only is Atsuko not home, but she’s also clearly drinking and partying. How is he even being giving nutrition? There’s no IV, and he’s in a coma so he can’t eat or drink. It seems like Keiko hasn’t visited Yusuke in a while due to the fact that she’s shocked as to the state of the house. She didn’t call Keiko to take care of Yusuke for her – she just left a cartoony note that, for all she knows, Keiko wouldn’t have found for days. How long she hasn’t been home, I don’t know.
In this episode, Atsuko is just not home. I know I briefly talked about how the funeral in episode one showed us that Atsuko really did love her son, no matter how shitty of a mother she was when he was alive, and this is compounded briefly in episode two when she’s so happy to see that Yusuke’s still alive, even though she was going to slap his corpse for DYING, but now…. Which leads me to the hatred part of this episode – Atsuko. I haven’t read the manga yet, and I doubt this is in there, but I always felt like this was originally meant to be Atsuko’s fault. It’s the deep suspicion that I truly believe this was a hasty rewrite. The randomness and convenience of this guy isn’t even what fully gets me. There’s even weirder dialogue later where they say there’s been 12 fires just that day, despite the arsonist only being linked to two, so the fire department conveniently can’t get to Yusuke’s house in time. It’s literally ‘Hey guys, it’s mighty hot, so remember to stay hydrated, keep your pets inside (OR well watered, dub?) and oh yeah, there’s an arsonist around that you can do nothing about who is putting your lives in mortal danger.’ They warn people of staying safe in the heat, and then they tag on that there’s a suspected arsonist who has already set fires to two homes. This guy comes out of nowhere, has no face, is never caught and is never brought up again.Īlso, the Neighborhood Watch Committee’s message on this is strange. To achieve this, they put in a random arsonist/pyromaniac who, of course, has Yusuke’s house set as his next target. We needed to put Yusuke’s body in massive peril so Keiko would have to save him. Let’s cover the least infuriating first – the random arson on Yusuke’s house. There were, however, a couple of things I disliked about this episode, and one of them is pretty much hatred. Running into a burning building to get Yusuke’s body shows insane levels of courage.
Plus, despite the fact that Keiko’s very much a passive character throughout about 99% of the show, this is one moment where she gets to shine. His outburst after his mom apologizes to his body is quite heartbreaking. The fact that Yusuke sacrifices his chance to come back to life, seemingly anyway, to save Keiko’s life is really touching. What about people who are really great but have no friends or family because of circumstances beyond their control? I feel like it’s a bit on the cruel side to say that there’s no point in bringing Yusuke back if he doesn’t have people who want him back. Keiko cares for Yusuke’s body, waiting for him to return, but when his body is suddenly put in, ironically, mortal danger, she has to find some way to save him or else he can never come back.īreakdown: This is another really great episode, particularly for building Keiko and Yusuke’s relationship even more. She is particularly focused on Keiko since a big part of bringing people back to life is ensuring the person in question has people who actually want him back.
If he’s bad, the egg will hatch into a horrific monster that will consume his soul.Ī spirit world investigator named Sayaka arrives to keep an eye on his case. If he’s good, the egg will hatch into a guide who will reunite Yusuke back to the world of the living.
YU YU HAKUSHO EPISODES TRIAL
Plot: Yusuke has been given a spirit beast egg as part of his trial to come back to life.
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