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Respect Yusuke Urameshi! (Yu Yu Hakusho)

"Yusuke Urameshi. Fearless protector of the good stuff with a healthy kicking ass-ness and a general hate for authority! Nothing as trivial as a violent death or a few drops of demon blood mixed in with mine is going to keep me from helping out my friends, saving the world, and kicking the bad guy's ass!"

Yusuke Urameshi is the main protagonist of the manga & anime series Yu Yu Hakusho. He is a Spirit Detective who is tasked with protecting Human World from various supernatural threats over the course of the series.

At the start of the series, Yusuke is a teenage delinquent / street fighter with little to no positive qualities to his character. Over the course of the series, he starts becoming a better person, changing into an almost altruistic defender of the Human World.

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#Spiritual Energy and Techniques

Spirit Energy

Raises when he escapes danger or is in a tense situation.
Turns a piece of paper meant to indicate spiritual energy red.
Goes through multiple video game based exams while applying to be Genkai's student. When a "normal" human with limited spiritual energy scores an 18, and Kuwabara scores a 129, he scores a 155. He does poorly at detecting spiritual energy in the Rock, Paper, Scissors game but offscreen does well enough in karaoke in order to pass.
Gets a boost from Kuwabara's spirit that allows him to break free of Rando's silk trap. The anime gives a little bit more explanation about how durable the silk is and gives a better look at him blowing up the Hate Fish.
Trains under Genkai for two weeks to learn spiritual control.
Balances himself on the tip of a pin.
Makes a small shield around his fists that blocks Suzaku's attack.
Punches away a few of Suzaku's Arrows of Torment by wrapping his hands in spiritual energy.
Manages to fling himself off a pin using his spiritual energy.
Blows a pair of Suzaku clones back with a spiritual energy burst. Per Suzaku's "Demonic Array of Darkness" technique, each Suzaku has an equal portion of his total power. The anime shows a larger explosion that rocked Suzaku's tower.
Protects himself and Kuwabara from small explosions and flames.
Trains with Genkai for 2 months in order to prepare for the Dark Tournament.
Gains a noticeable power up when he sees Kuwabara injured by Team Ichigaki. Genkai says she's never seen anyone's power ratchet up through sheer anger like Yusuke's. The scene in the anime. This also allows him to see Team Ichigaki's attacks that had been invisible before.
Absorbs the Spirit Orb, a concentration of Genkai's spiritual power that greatly increases Yusuke's power at the cost of immense physical and mental pain.
Can sense when Toguro is fighting.
Detects Koenma.
Has a visible aura when focusing.
Begins the battle with Toguro shackled with a pair of Spiritual Cuffs that severely limit his fighting ability. They can be dispelled with the words "Ante Up".
Gains a massive boost after he sees Toguro kill Kuwabara.
Cracks the ground with spiritual pressure just by grabbing Toguro's arm.
Can heal himself using his spiritual energy. The scene in the anime.
Sends a Spirit World Special Forces captain flying with a shout. The Special Forces were all between Mid and High A rank and were used only in extreme circumstances.
After being killed by Sensui and entering the Demon World, has his inner demon activated by Raizen which allows him to completely overwhelm him. The scene in the anime.
In the anime, Yusuke is able to harness something akin to Sensui's Sacred Energy when fighting Yomi and uses it to land a massive punch on Yomi. He loses this fight but the accumulated damage Yomi takes causes him to lose in the next round.

Spirit Gun

Yusuke's main spirit technique that focuses his spiritual energy at the tip of his finger and fires it as a projectile. Koenma states it is "twice as powerful as his physical punches".

KO's Iwamoto by shooting him in the back of the head.
Blows off Gouki's head.
Destroys Rando's Spirit Gun.
Knocks a considerable chunk out of the Saint Beast's castle and damages Suzaku's arm. The anime gives a better look at the damage it does.
Destroys a chunk of rock that spills forth molten rock.
Destroys the demon Yasha.
Blows away one of Toguro's guards with a Spirit Gun. Toguro states his guards are each capable of wiping out a squad of army special forces. The scene in the anime.
Flings Kuwabara forward to impale Toguro. He kept it from hurting Kuwabara by adjusting the power. The scene in the anime.
Matches and destroys Chu's thrown spirit ball. The scene in the anime.
As of the beginning of the Dark Tournament, Yusuke can fire four Spirit Guns a day.
Knocks a chunk out of the Dark Tournament arena. The scene in the anime.
Punches through Chu's spirit ball and hits him by firing multiple Spirit Guns back to back. The scene in the anime. Genkai stated rapid fire Spirit Guns are an advanced technique that Yusuke was not ready for, but managed it anyways.
Blows away Bakken's sweat smokescreen with a Spirit Gun. The scene in the anime.
Destroys a sizeable rock. Genkai told him to use his full power and then proceeded to show him up by destroying an even larger rock. The scene in the anime where Genkai's rock is a lot bigger.
Fires a massive Spirit Gun that can be seen all over Hanging Neck Island. The scene in the anime.
Sends Toguro flying a considerable distance with a Spirit Gun. The scene in the anime.
Fires a warning shot Spirit Gun that tears a massive hole in the side of the Dark Tournament arena and flies out of the sea.
Overloads and kills 120% Toguro with a Spirit Gun that was at full power and tapped into his life force. The scene in the anime.
Blows off Kamiya's arm. The scene in the anime.
Causes a considerably sized explosion when clashing with Sensui's spirit ball.
Blows up a mountain. The scene in the anime.
Defeats Sensui with a demonic energy empowered Spirit Gun that carves out a hunk chunk of the Demon World. The scene in the anime.
Blows away Raizen's throne and forces him to stand.
In the anime, after his Demon blood is awakened by his fight with Yomi, Yusuke uses the Demon Gun again to little effect on Yomi's shield. After combining his Human and Demon spiritual energy, he is able to break through it with several repeated Spirit Guns

Shotgun

A spirit technique that spreads Yusuke's spiritual energy into a shotgun blast pattern to attack multiple targets at once.

KOs five possessed goons at once. The scene in the anime.
Defeats several of Suzaku's clones. The scene in the anime.
Combines his life force with his spiritual energy to blow away Suzaku and destroy the Makai Whistle.
Destroys several large pieces of falling rubble.
Blows away six of Toguro's demon guards.
Blasts the invisible Inmaki by filling a doorway with spirit blasts. The scene in the anime.
Blows away a set of knives thrown by Sniper's ability.

Spirit Wave

According to Genkai, the Spirit Wave is a flexible technique. It is capable of being used long range with a wide spread much like the Spirit Shotgun. However, it is most effective when used over a short distance through a punch or a kick. When the energy reaches the target, it quickly creates a devastating pressure on the target, and dissipates as it exerts an extreme amount of force onto the target.

Parries Jin's punch and hits him with a blast at close range. The scene in the anime.

#Strength

Lifting

When trapped under the Gate of Betrayal, a gate designed to judge the exact strength of those trapped under it, manages to keep it up as Hiei dashes for the lever to raise it.
Climbs a steep mountain with Genkai with heavy weights attached to his legs.

Striking

Beats up Kuwabara and his gang.
Kuwabara says a beating he received from a group of thugs was half of what he would've gotten from Yusuke.
Takes out a building's worth of thugs.
One shots a bully after taking over the body of a meek boy.
KOs a man possessed by a demon.
Downs Gouki, who was still in his human form, with a pair of punches. In the anime, he kneed him in the stomach and punched him.
Blows away several mind-controlled humans with one punch.
Offscreens Baldok the Bat Tamer when traveling through the Evil Forest and brings his body to Genkai. This scene in the anime was a lot different, including Yusuke analyzing Baldok's movements for 30 minutes before attacking and him mentioning he's nowhere near as fast as Hiei.
Sends Shorin sliding with a punch. Shorin states that the punch would have scored over 200 on the punching machine in Genkai's second trial.
After accidentally avoiding Rando's shrinking spell by having pond scum in his ears, defeats him with an elbow drop.
Blows away Suzaku and his clones with a punch wrapped in spiritual energy. Of note, the attack cracks Suzaku's antenna which he states is armored to be harder than diamond.
Kills one of Toguro's guards with a punch.
KOs a group of Toguro's guards.
Kicks Goukimonki through a wall with Kuwabara.
KOs a pair of demons while asleep. The captain of the ship they were on estimated Team Urameshi was using less than 10% of their power to dispatch a boat's worth of demons.
After beginning the Knife's Edge Death Match where both fighters place their heel against an ultra sharp blade trades shots with a buffed Chu and eventually knocks him out with a headbutt. The scene in the anime.
Sends a transformed Dr. Ichigaki flying with a punch, knocking a chunk out of the Dark Tournament stands with his body. The scene in the anime.
Beats the hell out of Bakken, punching him through an arena wall. The scene in the anime.
Damages a cave wall with a punch while going through the Spirit Orb training. in the anime he also destroyed a large boulder that was about to fall on Pu.
Creates a large crater under 80% Toguro with his punches.
Creates a small shockwave under them when he punched Toguro.
Sends 100% Toguro flying with a massive punch. The scene in the anime.
Pummels Kamiya.
Punches Kamiya into a wall and cracks it.
Heavily damages a wall with a punch he admits he was holding back on. The scene in the anime.
Nearly kills Kamiya by punching him out a window.
Smashes boulders thrown by Sniper's ability.
One-taps a random demon.
Tags Sensui and sends him sliding. The scene in the anime. Yusuke comments that Sensui's body is like hitting a steel-belted tire. The anime provides an additional bit of scaling for Sensui when he blocks Kuwabara's spirit sword with his hand.
Causes large swathes of destruction when clashing with Sensui. The scene in the anime.
Destroys a stone tower and creates several large cyclones when clashing with Sensui.
Punches an S-Class demon's head so hard it twists his neck around. The scene in the anime.
Instantly blows away an entire block of competitors. The scene in the anime.

#Durability

Blunt

Killed when he is hit by a speeding car.
Hit by an uprooted tree swung by Gouki.
Hurts his fist on Gouki's iron skin.
Slammed into the ground by Hiei's Evil Eye bindings.
Swung around by Rando's silk trap.
Pummeled by Yasha and thrown through several large rocks.
Has his head smashed into the ground by 100% Toguro.
Survives a bike crash where he was pedaling fast enough to keep up with a truck.

Electric

Blasted by Suzaku's Fist of Dark Lightning. The description of the attack says that "the merest touch means instant incineration for normal mortals".
Zapped by Suzaku's clones.

Explosive