8.5/102 votes#1 - Surprised to be Dead
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/10/1992
Yusuke Urameshi is having a typical day. He's cutting class, arguing with teachers and getting into fights with his rival Kuwabara. But then Yusuke does something that betrays his killer rep. He dives in front of a speeding car to push a little boy out of harm's way! Yusuke has sacrificed his life for the sake of another, but is this really the end of this brash young man?
Director: Noriyuki Abe
Writer: Yukiyoshi Ôhashi
8.5/102 votes#2 - Koenma Appears
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/17/1992
Pulled by the sprightly, pink-robed Botan, Yusuke enters a realm that is not quite normal -- the Spirit World. There, Yusuke meets Koenma, a 700 year-old ruler with the body of a toddler, pacifier and all! But there's no rom for laughs as Koenma gives Yusuke an ordeal to restore his life. Hatching a Spirit Beast!
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Yukiyoshi Ôhashi
8.5/102 votes#3 - Kuwabara: A Promise Between Men
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/24/1992
Kuwabara was tormented by his rival's death. The loser in all 156 of his brawls against Yusuke , he's now lost any chance he ever had of evening the score! But with Yusuke out of the way, Kuwabara is the new kid to beat... which means he's making plenty of enemies. Yusuke isn't fond of this classmate, but if he wants to win back his life, he will need to give him a ghostly hand.
Director: Kazunori Mizuno
Writer: Yukiyoshi Ôhashi
7.0/101 votes#4 - Suzaku, Leader of the Beasts
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/20/1993
Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama and Hiei rush into the next part of the castle as they reach the final chamber where Suzaku awaits. Unknown to them Suzaku's master plan is being made - to capture Keiko.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Yukiyoshi Ôhashi
7.0/101 votes#5 - The Toguro Brothers Gang
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/20/1993
Yusuke's Spirit Detective team continues toward Tarukane's mountain stronghold, facing a small army of grotesque demon guards. It seems an alliance has formed between human criminals and demon mercenaries, with money as the bottom line. Yet Kuwabara plows fearlessly ahead declaring he's in love with Yukina!
Director: Noriyuki Abe
Writer: Yukiyoshi Ôhashi
7.0/101 votes#6 - Yusuke's Final Test
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 8/21/1993
Genkai tells Yusuke his final test is to kill her. Yusuke has second thoughts. He meets Genkai in a cave and says he can't do it. She tells him that was the first part of the test. She would not give her power to someone who would kill her. She reveals her source of power is her Spirit Wave Orb. She takes out a bright ball of energy. Yusuke's test is to absorb it. He agrees to the terms, though the test could kill him. She puts it in him. He feels nothing at first, but then he collapses and pain. In a new ring, the semifinals begin. Team Urameshi enters, missing two of their members (Genkai and Yusuke). They are facing Team Uraotogi. Hiei and Shishiwakamaru agree to choose the fight by dice. The first fight is Hiei vs Makintaro. Hiei wips out his katana. Makintaro asks him to make a move. Hiei holds up Makintaro severed arm. Makintaro reveals his attack, the Axe-blade fist. Hiei is too quick for him and stabs his head. Meanwhile, Genkai watches Yusuke suffer through her test.
Director: Hitoyuki Matsui
Writer: Yukiyoshi Ôhashi
7.0/101 votes#7 - The Death of Genkai
Season 2 Episode 27 - Aired 10/16/1993
Fifty years ago, Genkai and Toguro were actually teammates who fought and won their own Dark Tournament, before becoming violently estranged. Yusuke Urameshi arrived just in time to see his teacher slain, and assaulted Toguro in a rage, only to be knocked away by one devastating blow. With the final round of the tournament soon to begin against Toguro, Yusuke must find a way to keep that from happening again.
Director: Akiyuki Shinbo
Writer: Yukiyoshi Ôhashi
7.0/101 votes#8 - Out with a Bang
Season 2 Episode 40 - Aired 1/22/1994
With the Dark Tournament at an end, Yusuke must beign to cope with the loss of his best friend at the hands of Toguro. After Sakyo asks Koenma to take his life, the evil billionaire unveils his final evil plan to destroy the entire stadium with everyone still inside!
Director: Hitoyuki Matsui
Writer: Yukiyoshi Ôhashi
7.0/101 votes#9 - Toguro's Wish
Season 2 Episode 41 - Aired 1/29/1994
Team Urameshi prepares to depart Hanging Neck Island the victor of the sinister Dark Tournament to return to the world of the living leaving their fallen mentor and friend behind. But somewhere far away a chance encounter between two former allies seems to hint at what is to come as the most unlikely of people reveals a most shocking secret.
Director: Akiyuki Shinbo
Writer: Yukiyoshi Ôhashi
7.0/101 votes#10 - Closure
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 12/10/1994
Yusuke struggles to continue his fight with Yomi and as his demon blood continues to flow through him, his demon engery also flows out.
Director: Masami Shimoda
Writer: Yukiyoshi Ôhashi
7.0/101 votes#11 - To the Future
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 12/17/1994
High school student Kazuma Kuwabara is having a typical day. He is studying hard for his college entrance exams and fending off the flirtatious glances from his female admirers. But nothing could prepare him for what happens when he arrives at a mysterious meeting with Genkai. Surprise follows surprise as one by one each member of the old gang shows up! But where is Yusuke?
Director: Junya Koshiba
Writer: Yukiyoshi Ôhashi
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"Surprised to be Dead" is the best rated episode written by Yukiyoshi Ôhashi. It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by Noriyuki Abe. It aired on 10/10/1992 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Koenma Appears".