Yu Yu Hakusho: Volume 25 - In The Blood (UNCUT)

Pros: Four uncut, uncensored episodes (87-90), just the way they were meant to be seen, raw, unbridled action that makes the rest of the series seem tame by comparison.
Cons: None whatsoever.

My Take:

Yusuke said it best in the first "next episode" tease: Holy crap!

After the Dark Tournament, Ghost Files returned to its more familiar quest format. These episodes are currently airing on Cartoon Network's Toonami right now (check it out Saturdays at 9:30 PM EST/PST). The following synopsis may be perceived as "spoilerish" to those that haven't seen the entire series. So, if you're squeamish about ruining the aura of not knowing what comes next, head over to the Dark Tournament Saga Set 1 review and relive the episodes that made it a hit last season on Toonami. Otherwise, continue on.

Are they gone? Good, let's continue.

Sensui makes Toguro look like a wounded little puppy. Well, at least the edited Toguro, the uncut Toguro is still bad-ass. While Itsuki has trapped Hiei, Kurama, and Kuwabara in the Ura-Otoko, a distant void Itsuki tamed, Sensui, the original spirit detective, has created the canvas for the beautiful battle scenario between him and Yusuke, the current spirit detective. This volume begins in the final moments of the battle. Koenma, in his self-described "teen heartthrob" mode, knows that the fate of all existance lies within the outcome of this battle, so he unleashes a secret he has been keeping between his teeth for so long, a weapon he had been waiting to use 200 years from now when the world would enter another dark period (oh, this wasn't dark enough?). However, Yusuke interrupts Koenma, telling him that this was his fight and his fight alone. Of course Yusuke is fighting a being with multiple personalities, each one with phenominal powers and attitudes deadlier than the next. Sensui unleashed his most powerful personality, the ringleader of them all, Shinobu and begins to effortlessly pummel Yusuke. Koenma revealed his power, but in the end, it was all for naught. Despite knowing that he's not strong enough, Yusuke decided to end this fight once in for all, hoping that something positive will result from his actions. Kuwabara watches in horror as the battle commences and reaches its shocking conclusion.

What follows is perhaps one of the most beautiful death scenes ever seen on television. It's up there with Spike's death at the end of Cowboy Bebop.

Meanwhile, back in Spirit World, a special force gathered by King Yama is preparing for the ultimate battle. But will they be enough? And what will be the response of the heroes who are now in the Demon Realm?

You know how people think the Japanese version of the series is better? Well, apparently, and thankfully, FUNimation don't think like that. You couldn't change the look of the series, but you could change the dialogue. I think they've learned a lot since Krillian's first death on Dragon Ball Z when Freeza said the most inappropriate thing ever: "Pop goes the weasel." I think "The trial of humanity; the defense rests" has more of a dramatic impact than "He just died." There's a reason why many people feel this is the spiritual successor of Dragon Ball Z (and I mean that metaphorically and literally), and these episodes are the reason why.