indeed, Kurama would immediately have a full advantage in Youko mode...
i wonder just how old he really is then, didnt say in the series at one point or another?
hes pretty old i think....
...if he's been alive that long and still hasn't gone senile then there's no excuse for others to! lol j/p
Melfi Wrote:It wouldn't matter how fast Hiei was. Kurama could, and would, hit him while he's dodging. The rose whip has a wide attack-range. (after all it is around 10 feet long)
mabye but still Hiei only needs one good hit,and he moves fast enough to get that one hit!

True, but he wouldn't be able to hit Kura if he's too busy dodging the Oujigi plant. Oh, I think Youko is around 500. I've been to several (hundred) sites, and they all say different. I've heard 500, 1000....so it's really up to you to figure it out.
well, I'm pretty sure in one of the movies, they say like "150 years ago" and they have a flash back of Youko so he is at least that much.
not to mention he's lived his life then half of a mortals life as well, i have a feeling that in his fox form he doesnt have to worry about age anyways... then again i will put the fact out there(Youko would kick Hiei's ass!

) that if he was taken down once for being overconfident then i doubt he would be so inclined to make the same mistake again, he is cautious only enough to seek a way to kill effectively without endangering himself, Hiei just looks for the kill. So while Hiei plays hack and slash Kurama challenges him to chess, and then "check mate"
well he only spent 15 years of his life in Suuichi (so far in the series anyway).