Anime!

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I understand why you'd compare Yuyu Hakusho to Bleach but Bleach is way better (and mind you, I like Yuyu)! The art, the animation, the story, the battles, everything is better! Bleach is definitely a must, even if I liked it better in the beginning (I'm talking about the manga now).

As a manga, there is no question that I like Bleach better. I think the Yu Yu manga sucks, because as you say, the art is know where near as good. As far as the fights go, well, I'm jumping from manga to anime in my comparisons, so I can't really comment to well on it because one has a handy cap. But as far as animation goes for both anime (I have seen screens of Bleach), well, Yu Yu is a lot older, so well duh you know lol. But really, the only similarities that matter are the ghost/after life themes that run through both.

Also, I know it is personal biased that I like Yu Yu Hakusho because it was my gateway anime but beyond that I just liked better because of the characters. And especially the bad guys. From the Dark Tournament on, all you get is tortured souls that somehow ended up bad, and you almost feel sorry for them. And Even though some of the main characters feel stock, they were fairly complex and layered, and I felt more connected to them than I do anyone from Bleach.

Also as a small rant, volume 9 of Bleach was rather blah, and I picked 10 up today and was pretty angry to find more blah. A lot of stuff felt unnecessary and I just found myself not giving a damn and being like, "Hurry up and get going already!!!" Are they starting pump manga with filler now?