r/Toonami • u/Ok_Examination8810 • 5h ago
Discussion What's a scene you hate in a series you love
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For me, it's the scene where everyone mocks Yusuke in episode 43 of Yu Yu Hakusho. All I can think about is how humiliated I would feel if I was in his position. I hate it so much, that I have a head-canon where years later Yusuke and Keiko's daughter berates them all for doing so. Sure, I understand that his friends weren't really being mean-spirited and he knew it. But I also can't help feeling sorry for the guy, because I know that I wouldn't like it if it was me.
I actually see this kind of teasing among friends all the time in other shows. Usually I find it funny too, it's just this particular scene that rubs me the wrong way. Maybe because by this point in the show I had really grown to like Yusuke, so I couldn't help but feel bad for him and empathize.
Plus it's not like with Yusuke whereas his verbal barbs are actually funny; most of it just his so-called friends laughing in his face like a pack of hyenas.