Yu Yu Hakusho Season 1 Episode 1

Character Notes
The name of the soccer ball kid who ran into the street is Masaru.
Akashi-sensei is the teacher with the buck teeth.
Iwamoto is the other bad teacher with the glasses.
Kuwabara's three friends are: Okubo, Miyamoto/Kirishima, and Komada/Sawamura.

(Differences in the Manga)
1: When Kayko was talking about Yusuke, one of her friends claims that people in high schools and colleges are all after his life.
2: Yusuke makes his escape from Takanaka by using a stuffed doll dressed in his school uniform, not with a fake ear.
3: Yusuke's mother tells him of how she had to give up paying for her school fees for him when she was fourteen years old.
4: Right before his fight with Kuwabara, the shop owners didn't scatter, but rather blocked the entrances to their stores.
5: Yusuke never says anything about the western Grim Reaper, but Botan does.
6: After Botan explains to Yusuke about why he needn't have died saving the little boy from the oncoming car, he doesn't fall, but instead threatened to hit her.
7: We learn from the manga the name of the little boy that Yusuke saved, his name is Masaru.

This episode is based on the events from chapter 1 in volume 1 of the manga.

In the manga, the boys that lied about Yusuke being their cousin are actually forced to give Yusuke their money. Yusuke doesn't get in trouble for that either, he instead gets in trouble for the cigarette his teacher found on the ground.

This episode originally aired in Japan on October 10th, 1992.

In the manga, Kuwabara does not cry at Yusuke's wake.