Yeah same because it is uttered by a man who knew he wanted that kind of life and didn't get it because of the things that happened. That's like saying, yes it is beautiful, but I don't walk our path anymore
In the Japanese dub, he says "I've been nothing but trouble for you, haven't I?" Signifying his deep regret in what he put Genkai through all these years. YYH is one of those anime that whether you watch Dubs or Subs, the anime is still flawless.
For me it’s the fact that with utter regret for the ways things played out with genkai he still remembers her. It’s his human side crying out to the demon that they both ended in the wrong way. A broken man with a broken dream thinking of the women be loved
*Genkai:* The motherly figure that Yusuke needed to strengthen his body as well his love and empathy. *Toguro:* The father figure that pushed and aspired Yusuke to be a better man that he could never become.
Plus Kuwabara was the friend that they both admit there son needed in life I mean Genkia back in the chapter black season confronted Yusuke for not protecting Kuwabara and Toguro didn't kill him off
feels like yusuke has themes to his arc: beginning: initiation + motivation maize castle: discipline and motivation dark tournament: strength and motivation chapter black: morality and motivation three kings: legacy and the future...... and motivation
Toguro is the definition of S tier writing. We meet toguro before episode 20 and over the next 40 episodes we are invested in seeing him be one of the most ruthless hateable villains in storyboarding history. Then in just a 3 episode span, the conflict of the human heart revealed in his character is so relatable that it erases any ill feelings the audience developed as his story rips your heart out. And also somehow plugs it back into your chest in a changed way leaving you speechless. Hands down the best villain I've ever experienced in a story.
Plus he prefers orange juice over alchohal and wears a helmet while riding talk about a great influence he may be a bad guy but that doesn't mean he's a bad guy
@@hadbetterdays8118 Yea thats also true. He said oj on the rocks when Sakyo offered him that filth. Not only does he wear a helmet while riding but he also wears his sunglasses underneath the helmet still like a true giga chad
He might have shown himself to be a serious, calculating, and a cold-hearted person, but in reality he was the most emotional. To become what Toguro became, you'd have to have been a person that was the opposite who faced something that made you what you were later.
@J.D. See I can't agree with sensuous having poor exposition. While in a SLIGHT way sensual motives were cliche, what wasn't cliche was the pacing, mystery, and teists that happened during the psychological deep dive that was chapter black and sensui arcs. It kept things so fresh coming off of the token Shonen fighting tournament. Even if that had its own unique twists that defied cliches. I hear this a lot tho actually. I agree there is an exposition issue but not much of one for my tastes. I'd Def not call it poor. I actually relate to sensui more than toguro while I think toguro was till the better written and superior villain. I'm also a super fan who believes season 4 should never have happened and never liked it, so hey.
Toguro taking his glasses off is him opening up to her. The impact and the symbolic and literal act of opening up to Genkai. Thats the first time we as the audience see him him take his sunglasses off. No anime has ever been able to do what Toguro did here.
@@jacobalvord3480 Thank you sir. I watched that fight when I was younger but never got to see it all the way through because of life circumstances. So thank you. I appreciate the response.
Taking them off and getting knocked off is a whole different thing, yes I agree it is such an impact especially with the lines he said while taking it off, letting Genkai see the sincerity in his eyes while saying they could've had a beautiful life
@@olddays2253 Sensui had really understandable ways as well. In this way he thought he was doing good and felt bad for the innocent demons. I now understand Toguro and I still think he’s better than Sensui.
Nah. I love their back story and tragic love, but Toguro was the biggest bitch in the series. Sensui is 2nd, anyone who has picked up a history book wouldn't have broken that hard.
@@alexlynn5111 there is a difference between reading history and seeing all of humanity's worst actions in like an endless tape. Plus, there are probably some unrecorded mega dark shit that we can't even imagine.
I've seen this seen a bunch of times but I only just now realized that what Toguro is walking towards at the end is the ruins of his school/dojo where his students were killed. :(
@@papavinci bruh y’all must’ve just not been paying attention because they literally focused on that. He has to relive that moment for eternity, that’s the punishment he requested.
Toguro was complicated. He was basically atoning for the sins of his failure to protect his students against that demon by becoming what he hated. And he wanted to be beaten by someone stronger and going down the path he should’ve gone with Genkai. It’s a tragic story. But a beautifully written one.
I can't tell you how many times that line ruins one of my dates. "you're a beautiful woman." "thank you" “I can’t help but think our human lives are nothing but a cruel joke: Here long enough just to know what we want, and then it erodes.” Date always ends there for some reason.
Yusuke was what Toguro wished he could be. A young man that didn't run from his mortality and found a way to accept what he was without letting the trauma from loosing Genkai turn him into a monster.
@@adventuresoulz Yes but he didn't become a demon because he was running from his own mortality or to become stronger. It was something that was out of his control. So I see no point to your comment sense the subject is CHOOSING to become a demon not becoming one because its in your DNA and transmigration set in after becoming strong enough for the gene to activate after dying.
I am like Toguro i would of sold myself for power. Let me get the chance now. I am going all in for Superman, Goku powers , demon or Angel. Anything more then human. So im not going to sit here and act like i wouldn't do it myself. The issue is i can't say i would be a killer or good guy maybe in the middle.
He felt the same way about Genkai. That's why he hated Genkai for not turning into a demon because he would lose her forever to age just like everything else. That's why he enjoyed the Genkai fight because he was actually angry with her & had to let his anger out over her decision to leave him for eternity.
That line goes to show that he’s still a villain. Genkai accepts life and death for what they are, for better or for worse, while Toguro still clings to a childish notion that one can live forever.
Sensui was completely bodied by a possession power up out of nowhere. I think his death is the only bad part of that arc which unfortunately leads right into the 3 kings arc which was rushed and sloppy.
whichDude by that time shonen jump was rushing him to finish. He lost interest in the series and wanted to finish it quickly to give the fans an ending. Same thing can be said about HxH, there isn’t no more chapters or pages cus Togashi don’t want to make more. It’s bad for his mental health and he is already well off along with his wife who drew the sailor moon manga and made it.
@@عمار-ج2خ the interesting thing there is if you compare this to the Japanese version, almost none of this deeper story is there. Now I haven't read the Manga for this, but we definitely have to give credit the the dub writers
Yes! Taking his glasses off while telling Genkai they could've had a beautiful life letting Genkai see the sincerity in his eyes, I loved that scene so much
@@rayallan3650 Basically, Toguro would have loved and enjoyed living his life with Genkai if he wouldn’t have chosen the dark path he ended up taking. It would’ve been a beautiful engagement.
Toguro’s love for Genkai sadly wasn’t enough to overcome the intense guilt he felt over his students deaths. If it was he might of been willing to forgive himself and not force himself to become what he became.
i never realized how much this scene revealed toguro as a father figure to yusuke, when genkai said yusukes like a son to me you must feel the same way
Deep down, Toguro isn’t thankful that Kairen gave him the opportunity to become stronger. He’s thankful because his quest for revenge set him on the path to what he became and allowed him to learn the error in his ways. His immediate wish was to become an extremely powerful demon that nobody could oppose, allowing him a chance to succeed where he had failed before in protecting the ones close to him. At the same time, however, he effectively diminished the human compassion he still had within him. It simply took his lover leaving him and her death at his hand for him to realize trading compassion for physical strength was ultimately not worth it. In his final fight with Yusuke, he wanted to pass that wisdom on to him and fulfill his role as a sort of father towards him. What he ended up leaving him was one simple lesson: the measure of a man is based on how he uses power in relation to the people in his life.
Ironically enough Yusuke was like the son that genkai and toguro always wanted and he passed all their high expectations. And to me this scene was the most beautiful part of the show.
Genkai:Don't ever feel regretful the things between us Toguro:No Genkai. But it would've been a beautiful life. -it took me years to realize that they had a relationship before.
haha, did you miss the fact that toguro had a sexual relationship with genkai too? the younger toguro stated that she was extremely intimate in bed, which caused toguro to quickly lose his temper, later killing him out of disrespect.
@@traidahhsien7378 Now I cannot unsee that in my head. Taguro is basically a giant, while genkai looka like she is just 8 years old. Some twisted sexual relations.
This is a better story than most any that try to pull this kind of, antagonist having a romantic history with one of the protagonists. Movie, book, anime, whatever.
That's the way he was through the entire arc. If you remember how nice he was to Hiei's sister or how regretful he was about having to kill the giant cat. Hell he even scared Yusuke to get Yusuke to go back to Genkei for more training so that Yusuke would be able to survive the dark tournament. Hell Toguro even lost the tournament so that his boss wouldn't be able to flood the world with demons.
@@GeorgeMonet yep. Toguro was never as evil as people thought he was, or even how he thought he was. Hell he probably killed Genkai knowing that he would ask Koenma to bring her back.
This is just perfect, I mean absolute perfection. It's a blend of everything that makes it perfect, a bittersweet ending that satisfies you enough, yet leaves some to the imagination.
That is exactly how I felt watching this more than 20 years ago. Made me feel really sorry for both of them. I realized then that Taguro was actually a good man who was a victim of fate and the poor choices he made. They are my favorite couple in anime.
ManFrom Rome it’s sad that this anime is over and there’s no sequels, but in a way I like that. It stands on its own, flaws and all. It danced on stage, took a bow and left for good. YYH was one of those things in life that proove that things are beautiful because they fade
@@f.b.i3821 honestly FMA and YYH are my absolute two favorite animes. I grew up watching DBZ so that is my favorite TV show of all time, including anime and all other types of TV shows. Mostly out of nostalgia though. I find myself rewatching FMA and YYH the most
ArkansasGamer I used to like YYK too when i was a lot younger, i keep rewatching it but then as i grew older i begin to feel like something is lacking in it, things that i found on Inuyasha, FFMA and Code Geas, Yeah YYH is good but not really on top, even HxH is a lot better.
This scene really did it for me and re-watching years later man it still hurts. Toguro's story is such a tragic one filled with self-hatred and consumption from power and selfishness just because he couldnt protect the people he cared for and felt like a failure for it.
@@laodemon22I’d said they either kill themselves (suicide), move on and accept the grave consequences of their actions, or lash out angrily because of a lack of empathy
@@phantomthiefjoker939 Ultimately... no. Toguro took that horrible event and used it as an excuse to draw further within himself, and choose a path of hate and pain. Toguro chose to turn himself into a demon. After that, what followed was his fault entirely
I am currently trying to rewatch this series and Inuyasha. As a child, I didn't quite understand yet the depth that these shows actually had. Watching this scene, I think the show offers so much more than the fight scenes.
I disagree, the fighting is really well done in the end it depends what you are watching these shows for. I like anime for its fights more than anything else.
it's possible that they both take place in the same world. it's mentioned in yyh that a long time ago humans and demons lived together in the human world, much like the feudal era that we see in inuyasha. i think yyh is a better series by far. the story takes forever to progress in inuyasha. also yyh has better fights and characters.
Yu Yu Hakusho stomps on Inuyasha as far as character development. Very straightforward and the sadness, comedy, and audience engagement is definitely on form here. Every character gets to shine without even a hint of annoyance unlike Shippo and Kagome.
You can see the pain in his eyes there at the end, he truly wanted that life with her, but he couldn't change it no matter how much he wanted. It broke him, and it ate him even more inside because they both wanted to have a life together. Chiron took that from them too in the grand scheme of it all.
J Mass It would be a failure because people don’t care or know about Yuyu Hakusho it’s not popular anymore. Maybe 25 years ago it would’ve been a good idea.
Toguro is the most complex anime villian in my opinion. 1. Fear of losing what he earned:he despised the fact that all his training would be nullified because of human limitations such as aging. 2. The proof of being vulnerable: he lost his students even though he was the strongest. The failure to protect the ones who he probably saw as his own children broke him mentally. 3. The inability to find peace: because he chose to become a demon(the one who murdered his students in fact) he felt he deserved to suffer. 4. The desire to be wrong: he wanted a human like Yusuke to beat him and prove the answer he had found was wrong.
Anime of this era focuses more heavily on the content which made it easy for the audience to be involved in the character development. Today anime is more of just putting something out there to make money and collect views. Hell anime of this era actually taught you life lessons, morality, and consequences. This new era is more silly, nothing serious, microwave television.
The genius of Toguro is you don’t know where the facade starts and ends. Perhaps he became a demon because he sought strength. Perhaps he became a demon to punish himself. Or both. Everything he does is monstrous, but underneath it all he doesn’t commit. He kills Genkai, but knew she would be wished back. He pretends to kill Kuwabara. He acts as a monster, perhaps is a monster, but underneath it all is just a man. And through it all he wanted the ultimate fight, but also to help Yusuke grow. Perhaps because he sees a bit of himself in Yusuke. And maybe he doesn’t want Yusuke to go through what he did. He had to be Yusuke’s teacher, his first real obstacle, to show him how the world really is, and deep down, he expected to be overcome and (IMO) wanted to be beaten all along. Sacrificing himself to his aspirations and also serving as the catalyst for Yusuke’s evolution. So Yusuke can be better than he ever was, both in power and in character.
This is peak analysis! And maybe it's possible that over time Toguro himself couldn't figure out where his own facade started and ended as well. Truly a genius character
I believe him when he says Genkai is wrong about him. I don’t think Genkai is wrong either, but Taguro is honest about his feelings with becoming a demon and the killing. Long ago he made the choice to become a monster, even before he won the tournament and made his wish to become a demon.
@@MrSoopSA Agreed; when he lost his students and saw what he was up against, he chose then and there to sacrifice his humanity to atone for the lives he failed to protect. It was equal parts vengeance and atonement - once he fulfilled it though, what then? He was a demon with no further purpose - he went on atoning for what had been lost, never able to let go of the students he'd failed to protect. Yusuke offered a way out: a student trained by his lover, steadily going down the same path he once had - he would inevitably encounter the same struggles, only this time things would go differently. Toguro could change the path for someone still innocent: he could push him to his breaking point, force him to choose a path seeing exactly what one would bring him, and in the end his method worked. Toguro ensured Yusuke would stay on the path he himself had abandoned because he had no guidance. Toguro was a demon from the moment he made up his mind about joining the Dark Tournament: he knew he was going to become the villain and he was going to do a masterful job at it, but he would do it for good reason. He was a monster, a villain, a demon through and through: but he retained his humanity beneath it all. I agree he had a hard time seeing it in the end; maybe he just felt one wasnt enough to outweigh the other, much like his love wasn't enough to outweigh his guilt?
This scene always makes me teary eyed. Yes Toguro needed to be taken down and wanted to be taken down to be a part of his atonement for failing the students he cherished, but at the end of the day he was nothing but a broken man who failed to live up to his own ideals. That led him down a path of self loathing so profound that he hurt everyone else in his life and himself. My heart weeps for what “would have been a beautiful life.”
It’s been raining for 2 days straight. I’m sitting at my table eating soup I made. And this scene and music pops up in my head. Had to come here and feel.
Yes, and the last actually good moment in this show, to me it chapter black dropped the ball and ruined what this built up...also genkai being revived...lame
Toguro is a complex case. He's like an anthill - the deeper you dig the more tunnels appear, and inside each is a creature ready to bite. Layer upon layer of bravado facades, contradicting desires, and intensely wrought obsessions. But beneath it all I suspect you would find just a normal man with a wounded heart and a broken dream.
This shows just how strong a bond Genkai and Toguro had for each other. Toguro stays stubborn to keep his image of staying strong even though it kills him inside throughout each of his actions and Genkai is very compassionate and brings out the strongest emotions that people forget they have. They truly would have been a great couple together but Toguro’s stubborn pride and guilt made him go through with what he thought was best and Genkai not wanting to go along with such a deed tried to remind Toguro of his humanity before he meets his end. He never showed that she got through to him but he knew she was right and accepted what she told him in the end
This time when he took of his sunglasses, he seemed a lot more human. More innocent...especially compared to the last time he lost his sunglasses. It's almost as though his death cleansed him in some way. True, Younger Toguro was a villain, but he wasn't truly evil. Not like his brother Elder Toguro. This scene just made me feel for Toguro here.
One of the most underrated and beautiful anime and anime moment of all time. The love, pain, emotions, drama, bitterness & psychology between Genkai & Toguro is amazing.
You can't avoid feeling sorry for Toguro. He was a villain since he murdered many deffenceless people. Nevertheless, he was deep and at all time hid his pain and self-blaming with the tragic event involving not being strong enough to protect all his students from being killed by a demon. Best character for me in Yuyu Hakusho.
@@neilbertmillar9960 he killed all those demon spectators in the stadium at the dark tournament. Literally sucked in their souls. Tuguro was a villain, but a complicated one.
@@slicesofsib5572 a villain doesn't have to be someone purely evil. you can't deny that toguro did a lot of horrible things. He was an assassin for many years, and worse than that, he abandoned and eventually killed the woman he loved because he was too much of a coward to face his demons.
@@linkszxx a villain doesn't have to be someone purely evil. you can't deny that toguro did a lot of horrible things. He was an assassin for many years, and worse than that, he abandoned and eventually killed the woman he loved because he was too much of a coward to face his demons.
I think in a weird way they both wished that they were married in a different life with Yashuke as their son. He embodies both of them and that would have been a beautiful life indeed.
Toguro is the most likeable villain because his intentions were to train yusuke. Not kill him. But sensui is 100% the best villain. Maybe in all of anime. Complex. 7 personalities. Reached sacred energy that genkai couldn’t even do. Heart disease. Knew he was gonna die and still made a passage to demon world and only lost because raisen saved his sons ass by taking over his body and using the mazoku power the right way.
Guys, I’ve been watching anime nearly my whole life since the age of 4. I’m glad there’s others my age that share the same love for this media as I do. I’ve grown up and even been shaped mentally by some of the morals and lessons I’ve learned in these series. I’m am so grateful that other human beings from a completely different culture and part of the world can have the same feelings and thoughts of triumph and come up with amazing stories and transfer them to these works of art. Storie that really resonate with us all the way here. Yu Yu Hakusho has done that for me. Thank you.
@@theoutsiderspost4982 yes I did indeed. But you being an edge lord in the comments trying judge someone you don’t know, shows me you have no tact or sense of social cues. Which in part leads me to believe you aren’t very smart and are coming off as a completely douche in a UA-cam comment section. Go hate your life somewhere else kid. I can tell you aren’t mature enough to be an adult.
@@theoutsiderspost4982 These are cartoons in appearance, but deep down these cartoons are messages whose authors try their best to transmit as accurately as possible to the audience.. Which is kinda the point of art, how's that surprising
Toguro was by far THE pivotal villain for YYH. He wasn’t the strongest, but his writing, and characterization were top tier, beyond even Sensui. He was deep, complex, great at subverting everything, all while being a Villain you actually liked, while sometimes despising his action.
Dont ever feel regret for the things between us... So nostalgic and misterious, damn this scene is so sad ;_; it is really beautiful, the music, the visuals, the pacing. This resolution brings tears to my eyes every time. Just perfection
They had sex as elder said...she caused him to miss kiran killing his students probably by having sex with him...as she said she was going to show him that mortality is ok with her body basically...so he didn't fear death and losing his power ..l..love allows us to not fear death...it's worth it....and that's why he blames her..
One of the most tragic relationships in all anime, or any media tbh. Part of me wishes they could’ve worked things out, but that’s not the type of story YYH is.
Toguro is one of my favorite characters after this scene. I think it's good that he didn't end up in a happy state despite being a bit redeemed. Even Koenma was able to judge that his punishment could be justly reduced for the good he did. It left a hard truth that for those with any good in their heart and self-awareness, they are also their own harshest judge. Toguro didn't feel he deserved anything but the harshest punishment for his mistakes. Can someone who is willing to judge themselves that harshly truly that bad? It's some food for thought at least.
Toguro has a sad story. He was a good person until the demon killed his dear students. Enraged by hatred and greed for power, he sold his soul. At least, before he was lost forever, he remembered his once lover.
Perhaps Toguro’s real reason is because he was hoping to find one last student. One he knew who would have the power to defeat any demon that threatened the human world and all it’s inhabitants, especially those they truly care about. After the deaths of his students he realized a true power that can only be awakened by one’s emotions when dealing with the sudden loss of life, taken by another’s hands. He defeated Kairen, but felt that he had failed the right to become humanity’s greatest defender, so he decided to become a demon in order to create humanity’s true defender. He wanted ultimate power so someone would overcome it and be even greater than he ever was. Become strong enough to defend what’s important, and realize what is important. I honestly feel that Toguro missed Kuwabara’s vitals on purpose considering we’ve seen how effective he is at killing people. Killing someone so close to another, especially one he respects and seeks as humanity’s true defender, was a line he would never cross. In a way, perhaps all of this… everything Toguro did… was all in the effort to train one last disciple. His and Genkai’s true successor, Yusuke Urameshi. The one who would surpass them in more than just strength.
I watched this scene twice this morning already. This is the kind of stuff in anime u just wanna shove down peoples throat cuz it’s so good . Thank u for uploading 🤙 “You’re a beautiful girl genkai “
I was once like Toguro. I lost someone, I was hurt, broken, drowned in despair, then, I became detached from everything. Only drowning in hate, anger and sadness. I kept feeling guilty and blaming myself for everything happened. But I was different from Toguro, I didn't stop there. In the process, I knew the source of my suffering, I didn't understand myself and reality. Since then, I felt great compassion for all beings. Hence, I vowed to live an ascetic life, disciplined myself , striving for enlightenment. Hopefully , one day free from suffering, so I can guide others towards the same path as well. But deep down, I felt a bit similar to what Toguro said at the end "No, but it would have been a beautiful life" I did picture it, but it's just no longer my path to walk in life anymore.
That' nice. I hope you find all the wisdom you seek. God knows how much I long for peace of mind, but yet again I'm still so ignorant and entangled in so many vices... Best of luck for us all!
5:06 best moment, just awesome, how we all choose our own way to end our life and it coud be so diferent if we don't keep some people arrond, just sad but fair
It would be nice to see Toguro show up again in a future OAV. Maybe the writers can write a story on Limbo being breached unleashing a wave of Class A demons on both the spirit realm and the realm of the living. Then Toguro reunites with Genkai and Yusuke to help stop the threat.
I havent watched this in years. And today i watched this episode. And man did the tears flow. This scene and the show as a whole is an absolute masterpiece.
i love that genkai is in her young form even thoe she prefers her old form as it was her last gift to toguro letting him see her like that 1 final time
this was probably for me the most beautiful and sad scene in the whole series 2 star crossed lovers who had one final farewell and I agree I think together they saw Yusuke as the son they never had ......only thing that would've made this perfect is if they'd kissed before he walked away
"No Genkai, but it would have been a beautiful life" That line is what really makes this scene for me.
Yeah same because it is uttered by a man who knew he wanted that kind of life and didn't get it because of the things that happened. That's like saying, yes it is beautiful, but I don't walk our path anymore
In the Japanese dub, he says "I've been nothing but trouble for you, haven't I?" Signifying his deep regret in what he put Genkai through all these years. YYH is one of those anime that whether you watch Dubs or Subs, the anime is still flawless.
Anthony Basmadjian I don’t at all think that is his true intent.
For me it’s the fact that with utter regret for the ways things played out with genkai he still remembers her. It’s his human side crying out to the demon that they both ended in the wrong way. A broken man with a broken dream thinking of the women be loved
I agree
Everybody gangsta until they see Toguro take off his sunglasses
FACTS!
These aren't tears. My eyes are just sweating really hard.
Toguro is an OG...🤟🏼😎...
At that moment, it reminded me that Little Toguro was once human. Dude looked so tired.
*Genkai:* The motherly figure that Yusuke needed to strengthen his body as well his love and empathy.
*Toguro:* The father figure that pushed and aspired Yusuke to be a better man that he could never become.
Plus Kuwabara was the friend that they both admit there son needed in life I mean Genkia back in the chapter black season confronted Yusuke for not protecting Kuwabara and Toguro didn't kill him off
*Frieza:* "Concentrate on what's important Yusuke, then commit to it all the way."
feels like yusuke has themes to his arc:
beginning: initiation + motivation
maize castle: discipline and motivation
dark tournament: strength and motivation
chapter black: morality and motivation
three kings: legacy and the future...... and motivation
@@Super-Saiyan-Blue-Gogeta Isn’t that one of Genkai’s lines?
Togure is a father figure..?? No way..😝😝
Toguro is the definition of S tier writing. We meet toguro before episode 20 and over the next 40 episodes we are invested in seeing him be one of the most ruthless hateable villains in storyboarding history. Then in just a 3 episode span, the conflict of the human heart revealed in his character is so relatable that it erases any ill feelings the audience developed as his story rips your heart out. And also somehow plugs it back into your chest in a changed way leaving you speechless. Hands down the best villain I've ever experienced in a story.
Plus he prefers orange juice over alchohal and wears a helmet while riding talk about a great influence he may be a bad guy but that doesn't mean he's a bad guy
@@hadbetterdays8118 Yea thats also true. He said oj on the rocks when Sakyo offered him that filth. Not only does he wear a helmet while riding but he also wears his sunglasses underneath the helmet still like a true giga chad
Very well said.
He might have shown himself to be a serious, calculating, and a cold-hearted person, but in reality he was the most emotional. To become what Toguro became, you'd have to have been a person that was the opposite who faced something that made you what you were later.
@J.D. See I can't agree with sensuous having poor exposition. While in a SLIGHT way sensual motives were cliche, what wasn't cliche was the pacing, mystery, and teists that happened during the psychological deep dive that was chapter black and sensui arcs. It kept things so fresh coming off of the token Shonen fighting tournament. Even if that had its own unique twists that defied cliches. I hear this a lot tho actually. I agree there is an exposition issue but not much of one for my tastes. I'd Def not call it poor. I actually relate to sensui more than toguro while I think toguro was till the better written and superior villain. I'm also a super fan who believes season 4 should never have happened and never liked it, so hey.
He's just a normal man.... with a wounded heart.... and a broken dream.
@Gregor Constance it was a continuation of the Exchange. Why are they an ass
Yusuke = The Son they could have had if they were able to live Normal Lives.
Agreed...
😥 Very true
hmmm but maybe not since Genkai would be too old to be his mother but interesting to think
@@veIvette Genkai does see Yusuke as a son.
@@veIvette when they were young and didnt part ways cuz of toguro's path of being a demon
Toguro taking his glasses off is him opening up to her. The impact and the symbolic and literal act of opening up to Genkai. Thats the first time we as the audience see him him take his sunglasses off.
No anime has ever been able to do what Toguro did here.
Not true, when he fights Yusuke in the dark tournament he does not have his sunglasses on.
@@jacobalvord3480 Not saying you're wrong but can you tell me when takes them off?
@@StrayNebarius technically you are correct. He doesn't take them off but they get knocked off during the fight by Yusuke.
@@jacobalvord3480 Thank you sir. I watched that fight when I was younger but never got to see it all the way through because of life circumstances.
So thank you. I appreciate the response.
Taking them off and getting knocked off is a whole different thing, yes I agree it is such an impact especially with the lines he said while taking it off, letting Genkai see the sincerity in his eyes while saying they could've had a beautiful life
If you had any hate for Toguro as a character, at this point, all that goes away in just a 5 minute conversation with Genaki. Truly masterful writing!
I had hate for Toguro but not for the younger one
@@noobydoobydu yeah
Elder toguro was a douchebag
younger toguro was by far my favorite antagonist in Yu Yu Hakusho
@@olddays2253 Sensui had really understandable ways as well. In this way he thought he was doing good and felt bad for the innocent demons. I now understand Toguro and I still think he’s better than Sensui.
Nah. I love their back story and tragic love, but Toguro was the biggest bitch in the series. Sensui is 2nd, anyone who has picked up a history book wouldn't have broken that hard.
@@alexlynn5111 there is a difference between reading history and seeing all of humanity's worst actions in like an endless tape. Plus, there are probably some unrecorded mega dark shit that we can't even imagine.
I've seen this seen a bunch of times but I only just now realized that what Toguro is walking towards at the end is the ruins of his school/dojo where his students were killed. :(
Wow I just noticed now that you mentioned it
Wow. Well done. That’s crazy.
@@papavinci bruh y’all must’ve just not been paying attention because they literally focused on that. He has to relive that moment for eternity, that’s the punishment he requested.
Daaaaaam
@@spaghettioverlord3247 fun fact about the human brain. It cannot notice EVERYTHING or else it would melt
Sometimes, folks miss things.
“No Genkai, but it would have been a beautiful life” That line alone just makes Toguro my favorite YYH antagonist.
i think he's an anti-hero
@@ajsantiago4776 I agree
Toguro was complicated. He was basically atoning for the sins of his failure to protect his students against that demon by becoming what he hated. And he wanted to be beaten by someone stronger and going down the path he should’ve gone with Genkai. It’s a tragic story. But a beautifully written one.
The complexity of a villain seeking resolve for his choices.
Facts...Sensui is a great villian and all and hes more powerful but Toguro hits home 4 me tho 💯
I can't tell you how many times that line ruins one of my dates.
"you're a beautiful woman."
"thank you"
“I can’t help but think our human lives are nothing but a cruel joke: Here long enough just to know what we want, and then it erodes.”
Date always ends there for some reason.
no homo but it would win me over
That's because you're being too god dam DRAMATIC by saying those anime lines 😄
lol
I really needed that laugh. Thanks
😂😂
Yusuke was what Toguro wished he could be. A young man that didn't run from his mortality and found a way to accept what he was without letting the trauma from loosing Genkai turn him into a monster.
And then yusuke becomes an all powerful demon
@@adventuresoulz Yes but he didn't become a demon because he was running from his own mortality or to become stronger. It was something that was out of his control.
So I see no point to your comment sense the subject is CHOOSING to become a demon not becoming one because its in your DNA and transmigration set in after becoming strong enough for the gene to activate after dying.
I never thought of that! That's why he killed genkai, to see what yusuke would do and react. Good job in analyzing that!
I am like Toguro i would of sold myself for power. Let me get the chance now. I am going all in for Superman, Goku powers , demon or Angel. Anything more then human. So im not going to sit here and act like i wouldn't do it myself. The issue is i can't say i would be a killer or good guy maybe in the middle.
@@1bossofbosses Me to i agree with you.
“I can’t help but think our human lives are nothing but a cruel joke: Here long enough just to know what we want, and then it erodes.”
Shit hits different
Mans had an existential crisis that took me until I hit 30 to understand why he was the way he was.
It’s a thought process we don’t want to think of tbh. Getting older, becominh history.
He felt the same way about Genkai. That's why he hated Genkai for not turning into a demon because he would lose her forever to age just like everything else. That's why he enjoyed the Genkai fight because he was actually angry with her & had to let his anger out over her decision to leave him for eternity.
That line goes to show that he’s still a villain. Genkai accepts life and death for what they are, for better or for worse, while Toguro still clings to a childish notion that one can live forever.
Whoever the writer was, sure knew how to make all the guys badasses and cool with the way they left.
Yoshihiro Togashi sure is a genius.
yoshihiro togashi
the same guy that made hunter X hunter
Sensui was completely bodied by a possession power up out of nowhere. I think his death is the only bad part of that arc which unfortunately leads right into the 3 kings arc which was rushed and sloppy.
whichDude by that time shonen jump was rushing him to finish. He lost interest in the series and wanted to finish it quickly to give the fans an ending. Same thing can be said about HxH, there isn’t no more chapters or pages cus Togashi don’t want to make more. It’s bad for his mental health and he is already well off along with his wife who drew the sailor moon manga and made it.
@@Matt-or9tq I thought he had to rush YYH ending, because of his health.
He taking his glasses off has such a impactful feeling to it...
@@عمار-ج2خ the interesting thing there is if you compare this to the Japanese version, almost none of this deeper story is there. Now I haven't read the Manga for this, but we definitely have to give credit the the dub writers
Yes! Taking his glasses off while telling Genkai they could've had a beautiful life letting Genkai see the sincerity in his eyes, I loved that scene so much
"Don't ever feel regret for the things between us."
"No Genkai, it would've been a beautiful life."
Man that was one big closure.
I just felt that too 💔🥺
Genkai can through yusuke gain redemption....and feel less guilt for her pal failing
Can anyone explain...I don't understand this part
@@rayallan3650 Basically, Toguro would have loved and enjoyed living his life with Genkai if he wouldn’t have chosen the dark path he ended up taking. It would’ve been a beautiful engagement.
@@alexitorico6686 thanks
One of the saddest scene in the anime history. I want more of this!
Try the ending from samurai x reflection
Emotional moments makemecey and not deaths things like these moments is what gets me
Togashi excels in writing sad character conclusion
Expecially in hxh
People like meruem, toguro, etc
3:03 he puts his glasses on to hide what looks like tears. Man Togashi was so good at writing even back then
he always did 💜
The only time that younger toguro actually removed his glasses within the series.
Toguro’s love for Genkai sadly wasn’t enough to overcome the intense guilt he felt over his students deaths. If it was he might of been willing to forgive himself and not force himself to become what he became.
Underrated comment😔
would * have
@@Wraithguard92 yeah.
i never realized how much this scene revealed toguro as a father figure to yusuke, when genkai said yusukes like a son to me you must feel the same way
I whole heartly agree
They're like the divorced couple that could of been better had things not of messed up and Yusuke was the kid that brought them together
Deep down, Toguro isn’t thankful that Kairen gave him the opportunity to become stronger. He’s thankful because his quest for revenge set him on the path to what he became and allowed him to learn the error in his ways. His immediate wish was to become an extremely powerful demon that nobody could oppose, allowing him a chance to succeed where he had failed before in protecting the ones close to him. At the same time, however, he effectively diminished the human compassion he still had within him. It simply took his lover leaving him and her death at his hand for him to realize trading compassion for physical strength was ultimately not worth it. In his final fight with Yusuke, he wanted to pass that wisdom on to him and fulfill his role as a sort of father towards him. What he ended up leaving him was one simple lesson: the measure of a man is based on how he uses power in relation to the people in his life.
Very true
Toguro was making sure yusuke doesn’t make the same mistake and suffers the consequences like he did.
Ironically enough Yusuke was like the son that genkai and toguro always wanted and he passed all their high expectations. And to me this scene was the most beautiful part of the show.
Genkai:Don't ever feel regretful the things between us
Toguro:No Genkai. But it would've been a beautiful life.
-it took me years to realize that they had a relationship before.
haha, did you miss the fact that toguro had a sexual relationship with genkai too? the younger toguro stated that she was extremely intimate in bed, which caused toguro to quickly lose his temper, later killing him out of disrespect.
@@traidahhsien7378wuttt? I didn't know this and I've watched this anime 20 yrs ago is this really true?!
yeah maybe
Traidah Hsien older toguro
@@traidahhsien7378 Now I cannot unsee that in my head. Taguro is basically a giant, while genkai looka like she is just 8 years old. Some twisted sexual relations.
A better love story than twilight.
Lol much better.
yeah haha
Not even slightly ironic.
This is a better story than most any that try to pull this kind of, antagonist having a romantic history with one of the protagonists. Movie, book, anime, whatever.
toilet
It's hard to watch this scene and remember that she was also Frieza from
DBZ.
And the voice actor for Toguro was also the voice actor for Cell.
While Toguro's va is Cell and Paragus.
I was today years old when I figured that out omgggg
You just ruined my day thanks
Frieza X Cell hahahahaha
The way he is in the end, must be the way he was when he was with his students before they were killed by a monster.
That's the way he was through the entire arc. If you remember how nice he was to Hiei's sister or how regretful he was about having to kill the giant cat.
Hell he even scared Yusuke to get Yusuke to go back to Genkei for more training so that Yusuke would be able to survive the dark tournament.
Hell Toguro even lost the tournament so that his boss wouldn't be able to flood the world with demons.
@@GeorgeMonet yep. Toguro was never as evil as people thought he was, or even how he thought he was. Hell he probably killed Genkai knowing that he would ask Koenma to bring her back.
@Extended Long yeah that’s all right. I feel like toguro wanted to prove his ideology as that’s all he had left.
This is just perfect, I mean absolute perfection. It's a blend of everything that makes it perfect, a bittersweet ending that satisfies you enough, yet leaves some to the imagination.
That is exactly how I felt watching this more than 20 years ago. Made me feel really sorry for both of them. I realized then that Taguro was actually a good man who was a victim of fate and the poor choices he made. They are my favorite couple in anime.
ManFrom Rome it’s sad that this anime is over and there’s no sequels, but in a way I like that. It stands on its own, flaws and all. It danced on stage, took a bow and left for good. YYH was one of those things in life that proove that things are beautiful because they fade
This anime will, and forever be, the best.
Tell that to Full metal alchemist.
@@f.b.i3821 honestly FMA and YYH are my absolute two favorite animes. I grew up watching DBZ so that is my favorite TV show of all time, including anime and all other types of TV shows. Mostly out of nostalgia though. I find myself rewatching FMA and YYH the most
ArkansasGamer I used to like YYK too when i was a lot younger, i keep rewatching it but then as i grew older i begin to feel like something is lacking in it, things that i found on Inuyasha, FFMA and Code Geas, Yeah YYH is good but not really on top, even HxH is a lot better.
@@f.b.i3821 HxH is a cheap imitation.
@@f.b.i3821
Tell that to Dragon Ball
Ah yes Cell and Frieza having a heart to heart.
Long before TFS
This scene really did it for me and re-watching years later man it still hurts. Toguro's story is such a tragic one filled with self-hatred and consumption from power and selfishness just because he couldnt protect the people he cared for and felt like a failure for it.
Men can only do one thing when seen as a failure and that to kill the old Ver. Of himself
@@laodemon22I’d said they either kill themselves (suicide), move on and accept the grave consequences of their actions, or lash out angrily because of a lack of empathy
Toguro looks so angelic the moment he took off his glasses
Wow. Thanks. That's a great analysis.
Yes. I really feel bad and awful for him. It was the demon who messed him up.
@@phantomthiefjoker939 Ultimately... no. Toguro took that horrible event and used it as an excuse to draw further within himself, and choose a path of hate and pain. Toguro chose to turn himself into a demon. After that, what followed was his fault entirely
First time he let down his facade and acted like his past self
I am currently trying to rewatch this series and Inuyasha. As a child, I didn't quite understand yet the depth that these shows actually had. Watching this scene, I think the show offers so much more than the fight scenes.
Mike Vin How is Inuyasha this time around? Watched it a bit as a kid, but didn’t get too into it
@@timjergans5792 Inuyasha's first 3 seasons are good, after it gets kinda repetitive and predictable. Overall it's ok.
I disagree, the fighting is really well done in the end it depends what you are watching these shows for. I like anime for its fights more than anything else.
it's possible that they both take place in the same world. it's mentioned in yyh that a long time ago humans and demons lived together in the human world, much like the feudal era that we see in inuyasha. i think yyh is a better series by far. the story takes forever to progress in inuyasha. also yyh has better fights and characters.
Yu Yu Hakusho stomps on Inuyasha as far as character development. Very straightforward and the sadness, comedy, and audience engagement is definitely on form here. Every character gets to shine without even a hint of annoyance unlike Shippo and Kagome.
You can see the pain in his eyes there at the end, he truly wanted that life with her, but he couldn't change it no matter how much he wanted. It broke him, and it ate him even more inside because they both wanted to have a life together. Chiron took that from them too in the grand scheme of it all.
Toguro walked his life and went out on his own terms, even after dying
Vegeta and Toguro two people that didnt fear going to hell
True that
Vegeta is absolutely trash compared to Taguro
I’d pay to see a spin off series of their back story if done with the same quality as yu yu hakusho.
J Mass It would be a failure because people don’t care or know about Yuyu Hakusho it’s not popular anymore. Maybe 25 years ago it would’ve been a good idea.
Ultimate Hit if yu yu was remastered with new animation like hxh or the ova I promise you it be good
Jacob Bailey maybe if they put reruns on Toonami and released some video games
Ultimate Hit nah it’s decently popular
The only arc in the series that had any quality was the Dark Tournament arc.
ICONIC scene. YYH was way ahead of its time. Influential is an understatement.
Toguro is the most complex anime villian in my opinion.
1. Fear of losing what he earned:he despised the fact that all his training would be nullified because of human limitations such as aging.
2. The proof of being vulnerable: he lost his students even though he was the strongest. The failure to protect the ones who he probably saw as his own children broke him mentally.
3. The inability to find peace: because he chose to become a demon(the one who murdered his students in fact) he felt he deserved to suffer.
4. The desire to be wrong: he wanted a human like Yusuke to beat him and prove the answer he had found was wrong.
This scene never gets old.. gives you deeper feels everytime you watch it.
Anime of this era focuses more heavily on the content which made it easy for the audience to be involved in the character development. Today anime is more of just putting something out there to make money and collect views. Hell anime of this era actually taught you life lessons, morality, and consequences. This new era is more silly, nothing serious, microwave television.
I don't watch nothing new, and anytime I interact with the youth I tell em go watch the older ish. It's healthier for your brain
the moment he took off the sunglasses and said the line, a just for a second, his humanity returned, and he was the old Toguro again
A normal man with a broken heart and a broken dream. It does hurt my heart.
Torey White 😢
The genius of Toguro is you don’t know where the facade starts and ends. Perhaps he became a demon because he sought strength. Perhaps he became a demon to punish himself. Or both.
Everything he does is monstrous, but underneath it all he doesn’t commit. He kills Genkai, but knew she would be wished back. He pretends to kill Kuwabara. He acts as a monster, perhaps is a monster, but underneath it all is just a man.
And through it all he wanted the ultimate fight, but also to help Yusuke grow. Perhaps because he sees a bit of himself in Yusuke. And maybe he doesn’t want Yusuke to go through what he did. He had to be Yusuke’s teacher, his first real obstacle, to show him how the world really is, and deep down, he expected to be overcome and (IMO) wanted to be beaten all along.
Sacrificing himself to his aspirations and also serving as the catalyst for Yusuke’s evolution. So Yusuke can be better than he ever was, both in power and in character.
This is peak analysis! And maybe it's possible that over time Toguro himself couldn't figure out where his own facade started and ended as well. Truly a genius character
I believe him when he says Genkai is wrong about him. I don’t think Genkai is wrong either, but Taguro is honest about his feelings with becoming a demon and the killing. Long ago he made the choice to become a monster, even before he won the tournament and made his wish to become a demon.
@@MrSoopSA Agreed; when he lost his students and saw what he was up against, he chose then and there to sacrifice his humanity to atone for the lives he failed to protect. It was equal parts vengeance and atonement - once he fulfilled it though, what then? He was a demon with no further purpose - he went on atoning for what had been lost, never able to let go of the students he'd failed to protect.
Yusuke offered a way out: a student trained by his lover, steadily going down the same path he once had - he would inevitably encounter the same struggles, only this time things would go differently. Toguro could change the path for someone still innocent: he could push him to his breaking point, force him to choose a path seeing exactly what one would bring him, and in the end his method worked. Toguro ensured Yusuke would stay on the path he himself had abandoned because he had no guidance.
Toguro was a demon from the moment he made up his mind about joining the Dark Tournament: he knew he was going to become the villain and he was going to do a masterful job at it, but he would do it for good reason. He was a monster, a villain, a demon through and through: but he retained his humanity beneath it all. I agree he had a hard time seeing it in the end; maybe he just felt one wasnt enough to outweigh the other, much like his love wasn't enough to outweigh his guilt?
This scene always makes me teary eyed. Yes Toguro needed to be taken down and wanted to be taken down to be a part of his atonement for failing the students he cherished, but at the end of the day he was nothing but a broken man who failed to live up to his own ideals. That led him down a path of self loathing so profound that he hurt everyone else in his life and himself. My heart weeps for what “would have been a beautiful life.”
Man you hit the nail on the head there.
I love this scene, Toguro is the GOAT!! FUCKING LEGEND!!!!
It’s been raining for 2 days straight. I’m sitting at my table eating soup I made. And this scene and music pops up in my head. Had to come here and feel.
This was the first anime that ever cut me so deeply
"Maybe he'll actually listen to you the way i could not" 😔
And this is exactly why toguro is the best character in the entire anime/manga imo.
Hiei and Kurama really grew on me in the last episodes.
Yusuke is the best character in my opinion. Has the most growth. Best villain is a tie between Toguro and Sensui.
Yes, and the last actually good moment in this show, to me it chapter black dropped the ball and ruined what this built up...also genkai being revived...lame
@@majintoguro4952 Disagree
@@majintoguro4952 😂
Toguro is a complex case. He's like an anthill - the deeper you dig the more tunnels appear, and inside each is a creature ready to bite. Layer upon layer of bravado facades, contradicting desires, and intensely wrought obsessions. But beneath it all I suspect you would find just a normal man with a wounded heart and a broken dream.
3:58 The Brokenhearted Theme
This shows just how strong a bond Genkai and Toguro had for each other.
Toguro stays stubborn to keep his image of staying strong even though it kills him inside throughout each of his actions and Genkai is very compassionate and brings out the strongest emotions that people forget they have.
They truly would have been a great couple together but Toguro’s stubborn pride and guilt made him go through with what he thought was best and Genkai not wanting to go along with such a deed tried to remind Toguro of his humanity before he meets his end. He never showed that she got through to him but he knew she was right and accepted what she told him in the end
This time when he took of his sunglasses, he seemed a lot more human. More innocent...especially compared to the last time he lost his sunglasses. It's almost as though his death cleansed him in some way. True, Younger Toguro was a villain, but he wasn't truly evil. Not like his brother Elder Toguro. This scene just made me feel for Toguro here.
"I can't help but think that our human lives are nothing but a cruel joke. Here just long enough to know what we want, and then it erodes."
😭
That line made me identify with Toguro. I didnt understand it as a kid but at 25 it hit hard.
I'm feeling that way in real life right now but the possibilities in this anime don't exist here so there's no way to run away from mortality.
One of the most underrated and beautiful anime and anime moment of all time. The love, pain, emotions, drama, bitterness & psychology between Genkai & Toguro is amazing.
You can't avoid feeling sorry for Toguro. He was a villain since he murdered many deffenceless people. Nevertheless, he was deep and at all time hid his pain and self-blaming with the tragic event involving not being strong enough to protect all his students from being killed by a demon. Best character for me in Yuyu Hakusho.
i dont think he murdered innocent people.
Thats why he emphasized his strength for so long
@@neilbertmillar9960 he killed all those demon spectators in the stadium at the dark tournament. Literally sucked in their souls. Tuguro was a villain, but a complicated one.
@@braddillon4311 all those demon spectators wants urumeshi dead anyways
He killed Genkai lol
Toguro is my best villain
He is not a villain in my eye!
Hes not really a villian tbh
@@slicesofsib5572 a villain doesn't have to be someone purely evil. you can't deny that toguro did a lot of horrible things. He was an assassin for many years, and worse than that, he abandoned and eventually killed the woman he loved because he was too much of a coward to face his demons.
@@linkszxx a villain doesn't have to be someone purely evil. you can't deny that toguro did a lot of horrible things. He was an assassin for many years, and worse than that, he abandoned and eventually killed the woman he loved because he was too much of a coward to face his demons.
@@pIayingwithmahwii you do know that was all part of a big plan right?
Togashi is just good at making a perfect villains.
I think in a weird way they both wished that they were married in a different life with Yashuke as their son. He embodies both of them and that would have been a beautiful life indeed.
Toguro is the most likeable villain because his intentions were to train yusuke. Not kill him. But sensui is 100% the best villain. Maybe in all of anime. Complex. 7 personalities. Reached sacred energy that genkai couldn’t even do. Heart disease. Knew he was gonna die and still made a passage to demon world and only lost because raisen saved his sons ass by taking over his body and using the mazoku power the right way.
Guys, I’ve been watching anime nearly my whole life since the age of 4. I’m glad there’s others my age that share the same love for this media as I do. I’ve grown up and even been shaped mentally by some of the morals and lessons I’ve learned in these series. I’m am so grateful that other human beings from a completely different culture and part of the world can have the same feelings and thoughts of triumph and come up with amazing stories and transfer them to these works of art. Storie that really resonate with us all the way here. Yu Yu Hakusho has done that for me. Thank you.
If you get your lessons from a cartoon. That is pretty sad.
@@theoutsiderspost4982 yes I did indeed. But you being an edge lord in the comments trying judge someone you don’t know, shows me you have no tact or sense of social cues. Which in part leads me to believe you aren’t very smart and are coming off as a completely douche in a UA-cam comment section. Go hate your life somewhere else kid. I can tell you aren’t mature enough to be an adult.
@@theoutsiderspost4982 These are cartoons in appearance, but deep down these cartoons are messages whose authors try their best to transmit as accurately as possible to the audience.. Which is kinda the point of art, how's that surprising
this and yusuke absorbing genkai's spirit energy are easily my favorite scenes in the show
Togashi is really a genius.
I have watched / read 3 of his manga/ Anime :
Level E, Yu Yu Hakusho, and Hunter X Hunter. All good works.
Ive been meaning to check out Level E
@@Ffeoli1039 If you want to read the manga, check Internet Archive.
@@rekaadang thanks a ton
@@Ffeoli1039 NP.
05:06 most epic moment in all Yu Yu Hakusho's 112 episodes.
agreed
Absolutely
That or Sensui's passing.
Along with the cave scene with puu
Such beauty and pain, I've rarely experienced something quite like this.
Toguro was by far THE pivotal villain for YYH. He wasn’t the strongest, but his writing, and characterization were top tier, beyond even Sensui. He was deep, complex, great at subverting everything, all while being a Villain you actually liked, while sometimes despising his action.
3:20 - 3:50 I actually can empathize with him here. Trying to hide emotional pain and instead redirecting that negativity into motivation.
The fact he killed her and she was waiting for him tells you how much she cares for him.
that's true, she must've waited a week or so in real time before the finals happened and toguro died
Dont ever feel regret for the things between us... So nostalgic and misterious, damn this scene is so sad ;_; it is really beautiful, the music, the visuals, the pacing. This resolution brings tears to my eyes every time. Just perfection
They had sex as elder said...she caused him to miss kiran killing his students probably by having sex with him...as she said she was going to show him that mortality is ok with her body basically...so he didn't fear death and losing his power ..l..love allows us to not fear death...it's worth it....and that's why he blames her..
damn he looks so tired man..hope he finds peace..
Definitely no peace 10,000 years in limbo
One of the most tragic relationships in all anime, or any media tbh. Part of me wishes they could’ve worked things out, but that’s not the type of story YYH is.
Rewatching YYH and this scene hit soooo much harder when you grown . Always thinking what could have been but still pushing forward 🤞🏾🙏🏾😭😔
One of the best moments in anime history
I love this scene.
He was the best and the most complicated bad and good guy bring this show back and his character
A true antihero.
“Our beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.”
Toguro is one of my favorite characters after this scene. I think it's good that he didn't end up in a happy state despite being a bit redeemed. Even Koenma was able to judge that his punishment could be justly reduced for the good he did. It left a hard truth that for those with any good in their heart and self-awareness, they are also their own harshest judge. Toguro didn't feel he deserved anything but the harshest punishment for his mistakes.
Can someone who is willing to judge themselves that harshly truly that bad? It's some food for thought at least.
Toguro has a sad story. He was a good person until the demon killed his dear students. Enraged by hatred and greed for power, he sold his soul. At least, before he was lost forever, he remembered his once lover.
Perhaps Toguro’s real reason is because he was hoping to find one last student. One he knew who would have the power to defeat any demon that threatened the human world and all it’s inhabitants, especially those they truly care about.
After the deaths of his students he realized a true power that can only be awakened by one’s emotions when dealing with the sudden loss of life, taken by another’s hands.
He defeated Kairen, but felt that he had failed the right to become humanity’s greatest defender, so he decided to become a demon in order to create humanity’s true defender. He wanted ultimate power so someone would overcome it and be even greater than he ever was. Become strong enough to defend what’s important, and realize what is important.
I honestly feel that Toguro missed Kuwabara’s vitals on purpose considering we’ve seen how effective he is at killing people. Killing someone so close to another, especially one he respects and seeks as humanity’s true defender, was a line he would never cross.
In a way, perhaps all of this… everything Toguro did… was all in the effort to train one last disciple.
His and Genkai’s true successor, Yusuke Urameshi. The one who would surpass them in more than just strength.
That’s pretty much spot on if you ask me.
For a man to willingly torture himself after being in pain for a major part of life... Respect. On his own terms.
They could have been the parents that yuske never had
Yeah.
Toguro was cool we can understand whta happend to him and feel shimpathy whit him!
Toguro was the most interesting villain in Yuyu Hakusho to me
Yeah, Sensui was pretty cool as well
Meet the voice actor for toguro and I asked him if he could do that one line “no genkai, but it would have been a beautiful life”
@J.D. yeah it was pretty dope lol
3:20 to 3:50 : the REAL toguro. He didn't, become like kairen the monster he most hated; he became better
This was so good bro
I watched this scene twice this morning already. This is the kind of stuff in anime u just wanna shove down peoples throat cuz it’s so good . Thank u for uploading 🤙
“You’re a beautiful girl genkai “
I cannot help help but think our human lives are cruel joke
That line always caught me it is very true😢
I was once like Toguro. I lost someone, I was hurt, broken, drowned in despair, then, I became detached from everything. Only drowning in hate, anger and sadness. I kept feeling guilty and blaming myself for everything happened. But I was different from Toguro, I didn't stop there. In the process, I knew the source of my suffering, I didn't understand myself and reality. Since then, I felt great compassion for all beings. Hence, I vowed to live an ascetic life, disciplined myself , striving for enlightenment. Hopefully , one day free from suffering, so I can guide others towards the same path as well. But deep down, I felt a bit similar to what Toguro said at the end
"No, but it would have been a beautiful life"
I did picture it, but it's just no longer my path to walk in life anymore.
That' nice. I hope you find all the wisdom you seek. God knows how much I long for peace of mind, but yet again I'm still so ignorant and entangled in so many vices... Best of luck for us all!
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Love and Peace brother, you will find what you are searching for :)
Well, your life is a limbo
Good luck my brother, wish you the best in your journey
It's clear they were both in love with each other. This is such a tragic story.
5:06 best moment, just awesome, how we all choose our own way to end our life and it coud be so diferent if we don't keep some people arrond, just sad but fair
Oh god 3 years and I still feel the same pain
It would be nice to see Toguro show up again in a future OAV. Maybe the writers can write a story on Limbo being breached unleashing a wave of Class A demons on both the spirit realm and the realm of the living. Then Toguro reunites with Genkai and Yusuke to help stop the threat.
I dont think he would escape ,ALL considered ,he probably would Just wait ti go back to his punishment
Nah. Would ruin this moment. He chose his punishment. Perfect way to end his development.
So much depth behind these two.
Let’s not forget the impact of that musical score
I havent watched this in years. And today i watched this episode. And man did the tears flow. This scene and the show as a whole is an absolute masterpiece.
I use to hate torguro when I was beginning the dark tournament but after getting to this scene it makes me realize he’s a amazing character
i love that genkai is in her young form even thoe she prefers her old form as it was her last gift to toguro letting him see her like that 1 final time
I feel bad for them but love how they both love yusuke
this was probably for me the most beautiful and sad scene in the whole series 2 star crossed lovers who had one final farewell and I agree I think together they saw Yusuke as the son they never had ......only thing that would've made this perfect is if they'd kissed before he walked away
Toguro being Genkai's original dimwit is just so perfect