YYH is tied with Kenshin as my favorite shounen series from the 90s. I *think* that Togashi wanted to extend the Yusuke-ghost storyline a little longer, but his editors "encouraged" him to turn it into a fighting series. Supposedly there was tension at the end of the series too because he didn't want to push the story beyond its natural end like Toriyama did with Dragonball.

I really like Kyoko. She's a refreshing shounen love interest. And I love Kuwabara! I gave my first cat his given name.

I actually got a kick of out your #2 because Yusuke was so useless. How many shounen series completely sideline their main character like that?