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1 year ago

HERMIT A DAY MAY - DAY 17

EthosLab x Yu Yu Hakusho

Minecraft youtuber EthosLab in the style of Yu Yu Hakusho. He has a fox tail and ears and his eye scar is glowing, along with matching scars on his forearm. His hand is enveloped in spiritual energy that is reminiscent of redstone because I color picked an image of redstone to make it. The rest of him is also glowing with a red aura. Above him is his name in a white, handwritten font that is reminiscent of an ink stamp on a swirling blue background.

For Etho I chose the #1 favourite anime of my childhood, Yu Yu Hakusho!

I sincerely considered rendering Etho in the style of Naruto because I thought it would be funny if I literally just drew Kakashi with a maple leaf patch. However, I actually don't like Naruto very much so I couldn't use that style for this challenge.

So instead I picked YYH because it is by far my favourite shonen anime of all time and still one of the favorite anime in general (possibly my top fav to this day). Plus one of the main cast is a fox demon so, y'know, perfect chance to represent the popular kitsune!Etho fanon.

If you want to learn more about Yu Yu Hakusho and see my style references, continue below the cut!

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Yu Yu Hakusho is a 1990s anime based off of a manga series by the same name. The story follows a delinquent teen named Yusuke Urameshi who opens the show by immediately dying. However he wasn't meant to die, and so he is granted a second chance at life. In return for this second chance, he agrees to become a spirit detective under the lord of the Spirit World, Koenma.

As a spirit detective, it is Yusuke's duty to track down spirits and demons who make their way into the human world and defeat them so they can be returned to the demon realm. Along the way he makes new friends, unlocks powers, and uncovers insidious plots that he must defend the human world against.

The show follows a typical shonen arc (fight bad guy, get defeated, train, power up, fight bad guy again, etc etc) but characters have continuous arcs throughout as they get to know each other and learn more about themselves. The charm of this show comes from the main team of detectives, Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama and Hiei, and their chemistry together and with their other friends.

If you like shonen anime but get a little bored of the filler, I highly recommend Yu Yu Hakusho. It has all the best parts of shonen while keeping your attention with fun characters, unique fights, and, at times, surprisingly high stakes.

Style references:

Four young men standing in a row. The tallest one on the left, Kuwabara, has red hair and is shirtless under a brown trench coat. Next to him is Yusuke, the protagonist, dressed in a blue tank top and ripped blue pants. Beside Yusuke is the shortest member of the team, Hiei, who has spikey black hair in the shape of a flame and is dressed head to toe in black. The last in the group is Kurama, who has long, pretty red hair and is dressed in a dark red tunic.

The gang! From left to right are Kuwabara, Yusuke, Hiei, and Kurama. This is one of the many promo art pieces the creator has released that make them look like a boyband. I used this as a style reference for Etho's clothing, but I rendered him in the style of the show itself rather than the promo art.

An image of Kurama in his natural demon form. As a demon, he has golden eyes, fox ears, and long silver hair. He also has a fox tail but he is only visible from the waist up in this image so the tail isn't pictured. He looks concerned about something in this shot and is standing in a swirling fog.

The show has the same design language but simpler shading. This is also Kurama by the way, he's the kitsune.

Yu Yu Hakusho written in an font that looks like white ink stamped onto background of swirling blue and turquoise smoke. Yu Yu is at the top in a big font and Hakusho is beneath it in a smaller font. The entire image is outlined in a thin white line.

One of the Yu Yu Hakusho title designs from the anime

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YYH fans will know there is a running joke in the fandom that Kurama since he is like a 1000 year old celebrity bad boy or whatever has like hundreds of illegitimate demon children running around in the demon world so who knows maybe this etho is one of them oh shnappers can you tell who my favourite yu yu hakusho character is ethoslab hermitaday hermitcraft etho
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