Main Characters
Yusuke - A spiritual detective assigned to guard the Human World from Demons of
the Demon World. In the beginning
of the story, he started as a 14 year old delinquent. He was killed when he
tried to save a boy from an approaching car.
The Spirit world said that his death was unexpected.
Botan appeared to Yusuke and brought him to see Lord Koemna
for judgment. He was given another
chance to live but he has to carry an egg with him. Yusuke must do good deed in order for the creature living
inside the to be good. If not, the
creature will be a monster and devour his spirit.
He was reluctant to come back because he thought that nobody cared about
him. When he saw his funeral, he
saw the principal of his school mourning for him.
The most surprising part was when Kuwabara appeared on his funeral and
mourned for him too. With that
scene, he wanted to be revive. His
body began breathing so he can come back. He
also helped Kuwabara to review for his exam through his dreams.
When Yusuke's house was set on fire, Keiko and Kuwabara rushed to the
scene to retrieve his body. Keiko
got trapped in the inferno. He used
the power of the egg to save her but in return, he could not go back to the land
of the living. However, Koenma was
grateful to him because the creature would have devoured him anyway, no matter
how many good deeds he did. The
last stage of his revival was someone with life-force must kiss him within 24
hours or his spirit will have to wait for another 50 years.
He tried Keiko but she was tending her ill mother.
Botan and Yusuke even tried to let Kuwabara kiss him through his dreams
in order to revive Yusuke. Kuwabara
woke up from that dream screaming. As
time almost ran out, Botan used the body of Keiko's mother to convey her message
to revive Yusuke. Keiko immediately
rushed to Yusuke and kissed him. She
was overjoyed that Yusuke woke up. That
day, he was assigned the job as a spiritual detective.
Kuwabara - Former rival of Yusuke in school.
He challenged him 156 times and lost to him 156 times.
Kuwabara helped Yusuke in his demonic travels.
He was not an official spiritual detective though.
When Yusuke died, he went to the funeral and cried that their score
hasn't been settled yet. Kuwabara was a teenager who loves to fight but has a
tender heart when it comes to his cat Eikichi.
He was a person who keeps his words.
When his evil teacher threatened to cut his friend's part-time job, he
agreed to not to fight for one week. This
was also the teacher's way of expelling him if he didn't keep his promise but he
did. Many gangsters challenged him
and came home beaten to a pulp. He
also kept his words when the teacher gave him a test and pass. With Yusuke's help he passed the test. He also helped his friend to keep his part-time job.
During one his missions, Koenma gave the gang a mission to
save an ice maiden (Yukina) from an evil merchant. Upon laying his eyes upon the tape, he instantly fell for
her. His desire for her, he
completed the mission. Unfortunately,
being naive in all, he doesn't have a clue that she was Hiei's sister.
Hiei and Kuwabara don't get along with each other.
Kurama (aka Shuichi Minamino) - Half-demon, half-human.
He was a perfect student. Number
1 of his class, talented, well-behaved and has charming good looks.
The girls loved to be with him and school clubs loved to have him so it
could attract girls and other students to their clubs.
Despite this qualities, he becomes cold and unmerciful when someone
pushed him to the edge.
Long ago, he was hunted by an unknown entity called the "Hunter" and was forced to go to the Human World. He took over a fetus of a expecting mother. He planned to leave his "adopted" family by the age of 15 but because of his human mother's love for him, he stayed and became loyal to her. Years later, his mother became ill and cannot be cured. Desperate for a cure, he joined a small group of thieves from Makai and stole the 3 most important artifact of Reikai. He stole the mirror that grants the holder their wish but takes their lives in exchange. After explaining his situation to Yusuke, he understood Kurama's intentions. Being a good hearted kid, he offered his life to the mirror instead of Kurama because he cannot bear seeing a mother suffering.. When the mirror saw this deed, it did not take the life of Yusuke and granted Kurama's wish. As for punishment for his crimes, he joined the Spiritual detectives and helped Yusuke with his journeys.
Jaganshi Hiei -
Fire demon from the
land of Koorime, the icy parts of the Demon World.
He maybe small but he is a formidable fighter.
He'll challenge everyone who stands in his way, even enemies stronger
than him. A demon with a dark past.
His strongest attack is the Black Dragon Wave. The dragon tattooed on his arm comes alive and burn
everything on its path. He also
have a third eye called a Jagan.
Hiei's story was a sad one.
In a village in Koorime, one female ice demon was giving birth to twins
(note: Only female demons lived in the village and they reproduce by themselves
with twins), in horror, she gave birth to male fire demon followed by a female
ice demon. With this incident, the
female ice demon, named Hina, exposed her relationship with an unknown fire
demon. The elders were outraged by
this, they ordered Hina to exile the baby and let it die on the outskirts of
Koorime. Hina refused to do such a
thing but she was overpowered. As a
last gift to her son, she shed two tears that turned into pearls.
One for Hiei and one his sister. She
tucked one pearl inside Hiei's
bandages. The elders ordered Ruri,
Hina's friend, to drop the baby on the cliff.
Before she did it, she said to Hiei that when he grows up strong, take
his vengeance upon her. With that
words, she dropped the baby to the cliff. Hiei survived the fall and was adopted
by a group of thieves. He grew strong but his lust for killing disgusted the
thieves guild and left him on his own. He
became a hired assassin to support himself.
Unfortunately, during one his fight with a demon, he lost his pearl and
it fell on a cliff and washed through the river below.
His mission in life was to find the pearl and Koorime.