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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?


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


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.


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