THE LIBRARY

Togashi ended it himself: his body, his standard for the work, and a life outside the desk, in his own Yoshirin de Pon! account.

Planned from the start, on the Kinnikuman model: detective cases first to establish the cast, then the Dark Tournament.

Yes, after the tournament: the manga deposes King Enma and Genkai dies. The anime leaves both out and ends brighter.

Kanzenban editions, the 2018 OVAs, stage plays in 2019 and 2020, and Netflix live action in 2023 at number one worldwide.

Manga artist of Yu Yu Hakusho and Hunter x Hunter, married to Sailor Moon's creator, famous for masterpieces and hiatuses in equal measure.

19 tankobon, a 15 volume complete edition with new covers, and Viz's English run: the formats of Togashi's first epic explained.

19 standard volumes, 15 in the complete edition, plus databooks and the anime era's extras: untangling the counts sellers mix together.

Shueisha's 15 volume complete edition: bigger pages, restored color and brand new Togashi covers drawn a decade after the finale.

Viz kept Togashi's art and changed the dressing: Jump Comics furniture versus Shonen Jump branding, plus the kanzenban covers that never crossed over.

The arc that made the series: a demon world cup bankrolled by corrupt humans, Team Toguro, and the fights that redefined shonen tournaments.

Two 1990s films: a 1993 short feature and Poltergeist Report, the 1994 feature with an original villain and the cast at full strength.

Eizou Hakusho's 1990s video extras and the two 2018 anniversary episodes that finally animated Togashi's last short stories.

Treasure's cult Mega Drive fighter, a shelf of Super Famicom games and the PS2 Dark Tournament: the playable Yu Yu Hakusho across three hardware eras.

Treasure's 1994 Mega Drive fighter: four players, two planes, Dark Tournament cast, and a cartridge that became a retro market heavyweight.

Noriyuki Abe and Studio Pierrot turned Togashi's manga into 112 episodes; how the anime staff's choices differ from the manga's hand.

Netflix's 2023 five episode compression of the whole saga: Takumi Kitamura as Yusuke, spectacular fights, and a sprint through three arcs.

Jump Comics colophons, obi campaigns and Viz number lines: the printing evidence for Togashi's 1990s volumes in both languages.

Togashi illustration collections and the anime's design archives: separating the manga artist's books from Pierrot's production volumes.

Close in plot, generous in expansion: what Pierrot kept, what it stretched, and the early cases and late chapters where the two versions part ways.

One opening for all 112 episodes: Matsuko Mawatari's smile bomb, the ending themes around it, and the singles as collectibles.