Is there any relationship between Yu Yu Hakusho and Dragon Ball?


Is _Yu Yu Hakusho_ inspired by the _Dragon Ball_ series, or is it just a well-
done copy (or the opposite)?

Or is there a closer relationship between these stories beyond mythology?




Not exactly an answer, but what both have in common and not mentioned in the
comments is that they were released in _Shonen Jump_. So, not only do they
share the _shonen_ demographic, they also share the 'color' of the magazine.

In particular, one factor is the editors. If I remember correctly, a volume of
Yu-Yu Hakusho (inside the cover) had a line to the effect "An editor is
sometimes a story writer".

The first editor of Dragon Ball is [Kazuhiko
Torishima](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuhiko_Torishima) and that of Yu-Yu
Hakusho is [Toshimasa
Takahashi](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E6%A9%8B%E4%BF%8A%E6%98%8C).
They worked together closely, like starting the magazine [V
Jump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_Jump), so it is possible that DB's
editor influenced Yu-Yu Hakusho in a broad sense.




Not exactly an answer, but what both have in common and not mentioned in the
comments is that they were released in _Shonen Jump_. So, not only do they
share the _shonen_ demographic, they also share the 'color' of the magazine.

In particular, one factor is the editors. If I remember correctly, a volume of
Yu-Yu Hakusho (inside the cover) had a line to the effect "An editor is
sometimes a story writer".

The first editor of Dragon Ball is [Kazuhiko
Torishima](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuhiko_Torishima) and that of Yu-Yu
Hakusho is [Toshimasa
Takahashi](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E6%A9%8B%E4%BF%8A%E6%98%8C).
They worked together closely, like starting the magazine [V
Jump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_Jump), so it is possible that DB's
editor influenced Yu-Yu Hakusho in a broad sense.

