Yu Yu Hakusho Kanzenban Edition (15 volumes) + databook - YYH Official Characters Book Reikai Shinshiroku (2004-2005)
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This
A5 size (15*21 cm) edition,
approximately
230 pages per volume, was released from August 2004 to March 2005. Besides the high quality of the paper, covers and finishing, it presents some new illustrations drawn exclusively for this version: watercolour and chibi versions of the characters. All the chapters originally published in color in the Weekly Shounen Jump magazines were also reprinted in color. Do not mistake these chapters, painted by Togashi in the 90′s, for the Yu Yu Hakusho Digital Color Edition, released by JUMP in 2015.
List of the color chapters (I added a few pages to illustrate):
Volume 1: Chapters 1 (Goodbye, Material World!) & 4 (The Old Dog and the Boy)
Volume 2: Chapter 18 (The New Mission!!)
Volume 3: Chapter 31 (Genkai’s Successor is Chosen!!)
Volume 5: Chapter 52 (The Dark Tournament Begins!!)
Volume 6: Chapter 60 (Knife-Edge Sudden Death!!)
Volume 7: Chapters 69 (A Battle All Alone) & 78 (The Top Four!!)
Volume 8: Chapter 91 (Unforgivable!)
Volume 9: Chapters 94, only opening pages
(The Rules Rule!!) & 101 (The Elder Toguro at his Peak!!)
Volume 10: Chapter 108 (Testing the Limits!!)
There are no more color chapters after volume 10 and “The Dark Tournament Arc”. Regarding the databook, it was released in 2005 after the 15th volume and all its references follow the volumes and pages from the kanzenban. JUMP followed the manga to the letter to write the characters’ profiles. At the end, there’s also an interview with the author and a comment section where Togashi himself makes remarks about some characters (I’ve already translated this content on this Tumbrl).
Trivia: During the serialization of
Hunter × Hunter, Togashi commented in some WSJ magazines that he was working on the kanzenban covers. Here are his quotes:
“The Complete Version (kanzenban) of Yu Yu Hakusho will be
published from August. I did my best to draw. Thank you.“
- Shounen Jump Issue 32, 2004 (HxH, Chapter 217);
"Finally, Yu Yu Hakusho kanzenban will
be released on August 4th. Thanks for everyone’s support.” -
Shounen Jump Issue 35, 2004 (HxH, Chapter 219);