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In YuYu Hakusho its possible to see that Yusuke wears a green uniform and
Kuwabara a light blue uniform. Nobody else wears uniforms like that in their
school.

Is there an explanation?


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Why are Kuwabara and Yusuke's uniforms different from other students?


This is probably the case of [Transfer Student
Uniforms](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TransferStudentUniforms)
as described on Tv Tropes:

> New Transfer Students in places where school uniforms are a cultural default
> setting often wear their old ones until the school can provide them with a
> new one. **In fiction, this shows the newcomer or outsider**. When they get
> the current school uniform, this indicates they've been assimilated. If the
> student is meant to be a Fish out of Water, they will keep their old uniform
> throughout the series. In Japanese media, even rebels don't choose to
> abandon uniforms entirely; in American media they will do this even if the
> new school doesn't have uniforms. Compare the Non-Uniform Uniform.

And on that same page, it describes the incident in Yu Yu Hakusho (note
Kuwabara's case):

> Yusuke from YuYu Hakusho distinct green uniform annoys the faculty, since
> while technically acceptable he wears it just to stand out. Even Kuwabara
> wears a slightly different shade of blue than the standard uniform. **This
> is anime-only, though; manga color images usually have Kuwabara and Yusuke's
> uniforms matching** , even if the colors aren't always consistent, unless
> the artist was color-coding them. Keiko calls Yusuke on his green uniform in
> the dub, but the original doesn't really mention it.

It happens in a lot of other anime/manga as well, commonly enough to be
considered a well known trope.


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