Why Hunter X Hunter (2011) Kicks Ass!
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- Опубліковано 5 січ 2015
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"Komugi, are you still here?" Didn't know a demigod in the body of a ninja fucking turtle could make me cry, but fuck dude.
Omg yes. ALL THE RESPECT. ALL.
Well damn dude. I guess people have diferent opinions, but wow. The last few episodes of the Chimera Ant arc was literally what made me think "this is the greatest work of fiction ever made". And I have seen a lot of fiction.
@generic name you'll understand when you grow up
Hunter X hunter was amazing. And the 2011 anime ended so fucking well, made me want to cry.
***** The hawk scene....i cri ;__;
***** Haha I thought you were referring to the ultra-feels scene in the final episode that shows the dead bodies of Meruem and Komugi holding hands with intertwined Gungi pieces, so I referred to another feels-scene where Meruem saved Komugi from the hawk
aaron Gregor Right now I'm still watching episodes but I'm going to be sad when I'm done with it ;_;
TheAwesomeBoy We will be waiting for you in the Hiatus Club
aaron Gregor It ended poorly in my opinion. Quite a lot of the plot was not resolved which, for a huge series like Hunter x Hunter, is really not good.
"A man says to Gon." God you're good at keeping spoilers
Yes! I had the same thought.
Probably just a minor character, definitely not anyone's dad
I completely forgot who said that. Can somebody tell me please??
+HereIsYourDad Spolier Alert: Ging said it to Gon in the final episode when they meet on the world tree.
Thanks mate!
GOD, Hunter X Hunter is like, THE BEST SHOUNEN MANGA/ANIME EVER.
The story,character,development,and tension is all there
it's perfect.
Too bad it's called Hiatus x Hiatus for a reason....
I personally disagree but I still do love it (my favorites are jojos bizzare adventure and dragon Ball z )
+LILIANA ORTIZ dragon ball lmao
FMA:B is still the best IMO. Hxh is a close 2nd. No denying FMA has a way deeper story with way more overlapping themes.
+Paradox Haze well with the latest developments with the manga with the dark continent it could beat it
Shikese With the pacing we will never see the end of hxh lol. Togashi should have ended it,
I just finished this entire show in life 1.5 weeks. Now my life feels empty. I can't watch another anime in fear that it won't live up to this masterpiece.
same here
+Kevin Chandler One really good anime that isn't very well known is World Trigger.
Asteria Reaper I'll check out the first few episodes now. Always looking to find some great anime/manga.
Yeah, it's on animeseason and crunchyroll.
+Kevin Chandler Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, FATE/Zero and Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works, Durarara, One puch man, Jojo Bizarre Adventure and My Hero Academia whenever that comes out next year
Jeez, Fine I'll watch Hunter X Hunter!
Ten minutes later
"Why has no one told me of this majesty before?"
Minutes? you mean seconds.
Badr40 facts
What you guys are taking about I watched 5 episodes and it's not looking good
utkarsh dixit i wouldn’t give up on it yet
@@utkarshdixit5567 keep going dude you wont regret it
One of the most fascinating things about the HxH anime/manga is that it provides a real sense of danger, where anybody can die at any time, including the main characters. Another thing is how every villain is likable and are not just one dimensional characters like many other shounen animes.
Actually, it`s funny that the anime/manga is categorized as a Shounen, because of its gory content and lack of many cliches that all shounen follow.
gerizzyYMcrew Fate/Zero is awesome too. It`s definitely in the top list of best animes.
Most of the Chimera Ants are unlikable and one dimensional. I do love the anime, but it has plenty of tropes and cliches.
A boy that never gives up with a dream.. never seen that before
@@lsevent They are not really villians though
@@NamenIoser "a boy that never gives up" clearly never finished the anime eh? i feel like the only people that shit on hxh are the ones who didnt finish it. 100%
"Easy to sit through"
*Insert every dark scene in Chimera Ant arc*
"arguable life-partner, Killua" is such a good sentence.
Something that stood out to me about Hunter X Hunter was how it mixed a sense of child-like wonder and adventure with horrifying acts of cruelty and depravity without ever feeling off.
I wish i could wipe it from my brain and watch it again
Never have I related to a post this much in my life
Same
This is my favourite anime ever, if my profile picture didn't say enough.
Same man
Skywreckdemon Same
It is one hell of an anime.
Killua Zoldyck Toguro was one of Togashi’s best written characters.
I feel you bro
Here's hoping Shaman King gets the HXH treatment of a reboot.
+horaciosi idk if you said this because you know this already, but at Otakon this year, Masao Maruyama (former Madhouse president, current MAPPA president) expressed his desire to work on a reboot of Shaman King. So it's possible!
***** OoO * plays Ode to Joy and We Are the Champions *
Oh, but it wouldn't be animated by Madhouse......whatever * Songs play again *
***** Are there any more news about that? I desperately need to know more!!
+horaciosi I would cry tears of joy
+Digibro HOLY SHIT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE HAO IN IN ACTION AGAIN though i wonder what they'll do about the ending that everybody seemed to hate
The show can't end where it did ): ging explained that there is much more to see in the world and gon and killua are so young with so much to gain! It would be a waste to throw that away. I also want to see gings abilities and a showdown between Hisoka and gon. There's so much that's not resolved and it hurts my heart. This anime is amazing and I'm craving much much more.
Dylan Owens I feel your pain this is the HxH struggle
TuneUhhFish Yup The Togashi struggle.
Jorge Perez Exactly Togashi really needs to get his shit together, then madhouse has to go back and continue the anime till its finished. Then my life will be complete
Dylan Owens
I really want to see whats going to happen to Gon now that Killua wont be around to protect him and him losing his Nen. I don't think that's the last were going to see of Gon's Nen. Gon's finial Nen form showed us one potential of his power but now i think when Gon rediscovers his Nen it will be different. They forced it out of him the last time because they couldn't do it the proper way so this time Gon has the time to perfect it the natural way. I sense a time skip as well in this anime's future. God i wish they'd show more. TT
Wow spoiler
*marathoned hxh in less than a week*
I'm guilty
I'm going to do short pauses now, so I can savor the series before it's over.
i really liked this anime because there is no clear good guy or bad guy, only a "good guy of the opposite side" kinda thing, if you get me...
You had me thinking for a moment thats true until I went through all of the characters in the Ant Ark and boy does that idea of there being no clear good or bad guys fall flat on its fucking face.
Hell you don't even have to go that far, the first Ark has Hisoka and while he does help Gon in some things that is purely for his own satisfaction and if he goes too long he will actually go into murder with draws as if its a drug to him.
In fact the only reason 'bad guys' in other arks such as Bomber or Hisoka don't automatically feel like bad guys is because of how death in hunter x hunter is handled, which is that its such a common thing that No one cares unless its someone very close to them. ( Seriously one episode like 10 people die right in front of the main group and they are cheerfully eating and having a good time like an hour later after totally forgetting people died not 5 feet away from them. )
Riko Wolfin tl;dr? i aint reading all of that
TheOPLucario TL;DR You are wrong there are a ton of Bad guys that are just bad guys and Good Guys that are just good guys.
Riko Wolfin but i like how gon doesnt see it that way, remember zepile that fuckin cheat. but gon didn't give a fuck.
Gon saw the bank Ruptcy guy as being a 'Good Guy', too much of one in fact. He also saw the Cat girl as evil even while she was trying to save some ones life.
But Morality in HxH is strange, its not just Gon who doesn't see people who do bad things are evil its pretty much the rest of the cast as well. Especially during the ant ark where a number of ants get off scott free after murdering and feeding thousands of people to a ant monster.
Cheats and murderers aren't seen as that bad of people in the show, its only when you attack some ones friends personally does it suddenly become a bad thing worth killing them over and Gon is a huge hypocrite in this department near the end of the anime.
Good video. Also worth pointing out that Hunter X Hunter 2011 actually develops villains very, very well, sometimes even more than main characters. It's unique that villains like Phantom Troupe, Hisoka and Mereum all have multi-faced personalities who doesn't merely want to destroy the whole world or conquer shit but actually have their own ambitions, develop throughout their arcs and basically drives the whole story forward. I love how Hunter X Hunter 2011 manages to create a very subtle love story in the Chimera Ant (people who watched till the end knows what I'm referring to) which in the surface seem more like brutal, fighting arc. Hunter X Hunter 2011 also doesn't shy away from lengthy dialogue to flesh out their characters and their motivations, and is very rewarding following the story till the end.
lifeloverNorris Well, Togashi commented that he wants the focus to be shifted to the villains more than to Gon.
+lifeloverNorris Oh boy this love story that you are talking about has a sad end .... I cried for it, and I'm sur I'm not the only one.
+lifeloverNorris you're goddamn right i love all villains in this anime
Before I continue, let me clarify that I also like most of the villains in this anime, mostly Chrollo and Mereum. With that said, some of my problems with the show somewhat center around them.
I was kind of bummed that Gon never got to fight Mereum, seeing that he was pretty much the strongest villain, though I guess his fight with Pitou was well enough.
I never really liked how Gon never got to defeat Hisoka before he lost his powers, it almost seems like a wasted build up.
And my biggest bone to pick, the Phantom Troupe. It's been a while since I saw the show, so I don't remember all the little details, but if I remember right Kurapika never really got his revenge against them. Don't get me wrong, I like some members of the Troupe, but it's kind of disappointing that they got off scott-free.
man I am kind of dissapointed by your comment which let's me think that you were not fully understanding the greatness of this show; #1 Gon couldn't possibly fight meruem for the simple reason that it wasn't his purpose and he couldn't stand a chance even in his rage mode. It follows the shows logic and doesn't simply apply the rule the hero fights the biggest vilain.
#2 Same thing Gon was no match for Hisoka before the chimera ant arc and in this arc there was no reason for Hisoka to show up ! It's again following HxH's logic.
#3 We have yet to see the phantom squad again we got a hint of what will happen between them and kurapika in the last episode. (And Kurapika beat Uvogin so yeah part of his revenge.)
What I really like about Hunter x Hunter is that no matter how bad a character is, you just can't not like them! There are only a few people that I don't like in this series, the rest is just so ... Human that it's rather difficult to hate them.
Gevoian Yasin I can't stand Pouf. Pitou kinda redeemed herself by healing Komugi, I'm still not so sure.
Gihnmilden
yup, i agree
+Gihnmilden I'm not the first to say this but...
...It really hurt to see Gon just murder the crap out of Pitou. Hurt in a good way, mind you, in that it shows how well the show engages the emotions of someone invested in the characters. I completely understood Gon's reasons but as someone who used to be so insistent that no one was beyond helping, even sociopaths like Genthru; for him to kill someone who was beginning to develop more of a conscious for revenge...It was sad seeing what Gon was becoming and gut wrenching when he snapped at Killua.
GoldenSonic64 yup but i think he was made to dislike, just like joffrey from game of thrones if u watch that, and pouf from royal guards was made to dislike
I agree
I'm just going to say that when I finally finished this series, I just sorta wandered around the house dumbfounded at how good it was.
Why hunter x hunter kicks ass? Togashi x madhouse
Oh hell yeah 😁
This review was perfect minus one thing: The Nen system.
Let's face it, majority of Shonen anime have a dull, nonsensical mana system like chakra in Naruto, Ki in DBZ, reaitsu in Bleach, etc, but Nen is incredibly diverse and complex with all the techniques, the counter techniques, the Nen types, the limitations and restrictions, etc.
Naturally, you'd have to avoid spoilers, but alittle talk about Nen would've been nice. Had I never seen HxH before, I would've thought to myself after watching this video:
"Wow, this anime sounds great. Too bad it probably has a shitty magic system though"
Anyway, enough about the negative nitpicking. Your video was excellent, and came across as professional. You stated everything (almost everything) that I would've said if I were trying to convince someone of this show's worth, and THEN some. You've earned a subscriber.
You should probaby add "This review" because I thought you didn't like the Nen system for a second there. I agree, tis one of the best 'power' systems in any series.
Edit: thanks for editing it :D
Melodeath Ted I don't know about magic systems in other shounens, but i agree Nen is amazing. The posibilities are endless and really cool.
Melodeath Ted Okay, so after having received so many thumbs ups, and therefore being reminded of this comment over and over again, I finally decided to point out how hilarious it turned out to be.
I still agree with all of the things I said, but I found it funny that my first comment to this dude was mostly nitpicking, when 2 months later he becomes one of my favorite reviewers.
I never in all my days expected the words 'Opeth" and "Agalloch" to both be uttered in an anime related anything. This guy is my friend James reincarnated, I swear.
Keep up the cool work, and take it easy. \m/d[-_-]b\m/
Mybloeby *fixed
Melodeath Ted On the contrary, the one that's nonsensical is Nen. Author can pull off anything because he didn't set any universal limitations on Nen; he does it only on case by case level, which means he can do anything he wants when creating individual abilities, and that's nonsensical. The great example are chimera ants (esp. at the beginning of arc) which shouldn't have stood any chance against nen users, and yet they're somehow incredibly powerful and complex right out of the birth of its species.
In HxH abilities are completely random (rules on individual level give it illusion of having sense), while in, for example, Naruto, there is a clear division between types of abilities, and the roots i.e. ways they came into being are explained in great detail and go back in time for centuries. While Naruto comes full circle with its story and the way its world is made, in HxH strong users of abilities are made up into the story without any backbone, i.e. supporting story and history. Sure, after point of creation everything is amazing, but it doesn't change the fact that the framework is random. That's the main reason Kishimoto and his complex writing is way better than Togashi's.
15 people have told me to watch this since Im a Huuuuuuuuuge Shonen Anime fan haha Okay Ill check it out then
Dude. You will love this more than you can even possibly know.
*****
considering he likely saw Yu Yu Hakusho I'm surprised he didn't at least try the 99 adaption at some point.
Don't watch it too fast, because you will wish that i wouldn't be over just yet ;_;
watch fmab if you havent seen it yet.
Dude I've reading this since the early 2000's. It is by far the best series besides Dragonball. It my favorite and I'm sure you love it too JB
I'm so hyped about Leorio and Kurapika in the Dark Continent Arc!
MelodiousBlitz Huh?
@@Phoenix-kv3ou Kurapika is going to shine
Is the dark continent arc finished? Because i only watched up until the Greed Island game
@@nappingkyoshiro3393 hahahaha not even started
lol
One thing worth noting is the writer of Naruto took the vast majority of his early story from HxH. There are *HUNDREDS* of things that can be directly compared
Yep, he even admitted it.
Not just Hunter x Hunter, but Yu Yu Hakusho too.
And jojo
@@gaaraxnaru and Dragonball!
I don't think dragon quest is a health issue......
Ed Knight It should be lol
I know that it's a health issue for me
+Ed Knight Thats because you arent japanese hue
+Ed Knight this joke is getting tiring, he has chronic back pain, it's not uncommon among mangaka.....
+Meng Jue Not to mention the occasional depression, if I'm not mistaken.
"Instant best friend, and arguably life partner" I was laughing so loudly startled my dog
Are we supposed to say Hunter Hunter instead of Hunter x Hunter ? 0.o I've been saying Hunter X Hunter all my life lol
Hunter x Hunter is fine. Digi is a bit weird in his pronunciations, especially with Killoooh a instead of how every character in the anime says it, Killua.
yeah the show is supposed to be called Hunter Hunter the x is silent hence the titles of the episodes are [title]x[title] you don't pronounce the x but since not many people really know about it you can get away with calling it hunter x hunter
togashi himself said that you should say 'hunter hunter'
Thank you, this was very relevant information. Do you know if Hunter Hunter is the original title or an English translation of it ?
Kura Pika hunter x hunter is the original title :)
You shouldve just given the anime a 10 bud
+Alexis The Pro There is nothing youll ever find in Shonen anime that will match that Chimera Ant Arc
+Alexis The Pro - But I did give it a 10...
***** you did? I thought i saw like a 9.14 or something
+Alexis The Pro that was the My Anime List rating
oh... hows it goin Hisoka ;-)
My friend introduced me to HxH and I was a little hesitant, seeing as I don't normally go for English subbed (dubbed means I can draw while I watch), but this was totally worth it. Amazing show, love the characters (especially Killua) and all around one of my favorite anime now. :)
Cool
Awesome ^^
Honestly everything about the 99 HxH stated here was BS. Lackluster animation? It had carefully hand-drawn extremely detailed Sakuga that anime only get nowadays in the opening songs. And had the best execution of all shonen up to date to be fair.
+Faisal Al-tajer I'll confess, the statement about the animation was based on hearsay which has since been corrected to me by a bunch of people.
+Faisal Al-tajer Aye, it's still one of my favourites. The fact it never got to the chimera ant arc was a point in its favour imo, but that might just be me.
Started rewatching the 99 ver last week, and saying the art wasn't good enough had me astonished.. So kids, don't believe on others opinions until you have the time to check it for yourself
I recently watch it myself, I wouldn't use astonishing or lackluster to describe the animation. It's pretty good though.
Ah, finally someone talking sense! 99 has better art direction than the 2011 version imo. But, regardless, I watch HxH for the story. Animation, only second. :)
Chimera arc is one of the most jaw dropping things i've ever witnessed in the visual medium. An incredible depth and subtlety to the themes and narratives going on. Fucking exquisite on all levels.
That's the arc that for me made me believe Togashi is capable of masterful storytelling. Interestingly though I hated this arc at first! It took me something like 10 episodes to start coming around, but by the end I was floored.
I agree! It's master-tier writing. Everything else was good but..I honestly wonder if he can even top it. Yeah, it's a really slow burner...but the narrative tension is immense.
I haven't really known what to do with myself since finishing it about a week ago
Rhys Sinclair chimera ant arc is the greatest arc I've seen in any anime it's a damn masterpiece
"Arguable life partner" couldn't agree more. If the story skipped forward 20 years and Killua and Gon were married I wouldn't be shocked in the slightest.
The lack of kurapika in this video is staggering. I'm really surprised you didn't even speak once about the absolute badassery he brings to the anime as a whole, including the fact that the Yorknew city arc includes some of the most well-presented and intellectually sound episodes in the entire series, and frankly of any anime ever made.
Andrew Adshead Like I said, I didn't want to get into specific details. Kurapika's arc is pretty far into the show and to talk about it would basically just be me fanboying and spoiling stuff.
*****
Ah, I get what you mean. However, I meant as more of a reference to the fact that kurapika is extremely level-headed, to the point in which he makes up for most of the long conversation scenes that include talks about tactics and such, just because he is almost abnormally skilled in the understanding of fighting techniques. For example, in his duel with a certain villain towards the middle of his arc. You touch on it in the video, and it's super interesting, especially when used as frequently as it is in the 148 episodes.
***** An episode where you fanboy over it would be pretty cool to see, though a big SPOILER heading would be necessary. I'd especially like to hear your thoughts about episode 131 (memorized because, well, because)
***** A video of you fanboying and spoiling stuff would actually be awesome! :D
probably because his arc ends hella abruptly and then exits the show basically permanently from there on out.
this anime is AWSOME! its most likely my favorite of all time!
Me and you both
The only problem with finding a great new fave is that it sets the bar higher and you're left wondering how you can enjoy anything less again.
It's how I felt after Mushishi.
I could say the same :)
+John Doe mushishi is different and that makes it great
Hunter x Hunter = 10/10
Yu Yu Hakusho = 10/10
Berserk (1997) = 10/10
Hellsing Ultimate = 10/10
Dragon Ball (Orignial) = 9/10
10/10 dragon ball bro
Man, Dragon Ball before Z is a perfect 10
DBZ is 0. Incredibly dumb, repetitive, boring show with zero plot, retarded characters and terrible power system. Dragon Ball started as a parody and it should've stayed that way.
Hellsing ultimate got at 10/10? I'd give it like a 4 or 5.
solidmoni And that makes it less boring how?
Gon x Killua is still a better love story than Sword Art Online.
+Crimson Sunbird Thank you
+Crimson Sunbird MadHouse pretty much shipped them in the hunterpedia.
Someone agrees with me
Sao is hated more than Donald Trump
EVERYTHING is a better love story than Sword Art Online! Even Twilight! And that's saying something.
This series moved me deeply...it's truly a masterpiece...an holy shit the Chimera Ant arc, still can't get over that
Joey Peles 135*
SPOILERS
Hunter X Hunter is one of the most original animes I have ever seen. The superpowers and concepts are incredibly unique, the creator does his best to invoke, subvert, and avert every shonen trope in the book all at the same time, and the characters are some of the best in the series. Just when you think a character might get dry or stale, there's something that pulls them into a territory that makes them awesome again.
I was just about ready to give up on Gon until the Chimera Ant arc where the tropes that usually apply to the Kid Hero and Idiot Hero for shonen are subverted, and subverted HARD, making Gon into much less of a Marty Stu and more of a relatable character.
I thought nothing of Knov until I saw him breakdown in the anime, with the VA giving a tremendous performance.
I wrote off Netero as just "The old guy whose stronger then he looks" like Master Roshi or half the old characters in Toriko, but his powers, his conversation with the king, his sacrifice, and just the line "You think I need both hands to pray?" brought him back to amazing.
I wrote off the Chimera Ants as just unstoppable villains with little to no personality. Villains that the creator set up as unbeatable. But then more and more I saw that they were getting just as much, if not more development then other characters. We find out more about Colt or Shirabouf then we do about Hisoka or Ging.
Hunter X Hunter is an incredibly well written, well done manga and anime, (Along with one of the hypest anime intros EVAH!) and the day that a new chapter is finally released, I will cheer for joy that some of my favorite characters will be continuing their journeys
killua drags so many deep and painful feelings out of me that he might as well be my therapist
My least favorite arc is Greed Island
Favorite is Chimera Ant followed by the Phantom Troupe
+zenbun12ha same here xD
^This
the hunter exam was the worst to me
+Micah Bost I don't know if the worst means that it was bad or not as good as the others, cause I love every single arc in hxh
Actually, yeah! I think Greed Island Arc was was definitely better than the Hunter Exam one.
"The badass gay clown Hisoka!" Never said better!! 😄
I actually began Hunter x Hunter last saturday. I'm already on episode 48. I had know about it for quite a while, but finally decided to start and holy friggin shit it's better than I thought it would be, even though I knew about everyone praising it.
I love how every episode either feels intense, exciting or mysterious.
Anyone else wish that the Phantom Troupe had just a bit more presence during the second half of the show? I like when they brought back older characters, but I felt they didn't do it quite as much as they could have.
Everyone in this show do whatever they please. So making them do something that doesnt fit their character wouldn't work and I get that. I get why they go to meteor city in the first place and help clear out the ants. But it'd be pushing it to write them in just for the sake of writing them in. I do wish we get see them more, but I'm glad they didn't overly write them in for no reason other than them being badasses. It would make them lose badassery points
Yeah, Easily best part of the series. It was the Phantom Troupe arc that really hooked me to the show. In my opinion, the Phantom Troupe arc is leagues above the Chimera ant arc with its anticlimactic ending.
in the new chapters, they have some presence (Lololol)
Yea now that I'm on Greed island arc I'm seriously starting to lose interest. I will hold out though and finish it through
for sure. when they came back briefly during the chimera ant arc i was so hype
this show is one of the greatest things on the planet earth. its astoundingly good.
Not even good at all
This may be biased but HxH easily surpasses all of the big three (naruto, bleach, one piece) in potential, emotion, and intelligence. The unique action fighting scenes and the narration really set this anime off and this may be spoiler but if you've ever read the manga. The world has the potential to be quite MASSIVE on Toriko and one piece status. This anime always seems to keep me guessing unlike the predictable big 3. In HxH I never seem to know who is going to die and who is going to win. It also involves human morale and certain views of life people are sometimes unwilling to address in society. HxH is intriguing, it's action packed, and certainly one of the best out there. We should give this anime more attention so togashi can get off his ass xD
+Madara Uchiha
Unlike the big three, it's one of the only shounen series I've seen that essentially gets better each and every arc. Bleach and Naruto (I haven't seen much One Piece, honestly) objectively declined in quality from the beginning to the end, every once in a while getting interesting again before going back down; but HunterXHunter defies this trend by improving constantly. The last full arc, Chimera Ant, was unquestionably the best of the series, and it came nearly 200 chapters after the series started.
You pretty much nailed why I love HxH so much. No filler besides 2 recap episodes (episodes 13 and 26), so much strategy and tactics in the fights when they happen, and the fantastically developed characters. I always kind of take issue with people simply dismissing HxH as a battle shonen when it hardly ever relies on physical strength in the battles in the first place. Also, thank you for recognizing that Killua and Gon's friendship is one of the best relationships in anime, ever. It is so genuine and beautiful! It's just a masterful series and I hope more people go watch it. If only someone in North America would license it and give me some HxH merch because there hardly is any and it sucks! :'(
Great video Digibro! :D
How do you manage to watch so many shitty anime after experiencing something something of a much higher quality like hunterxhunter? After I was done with the anime I couldn't watch anything else, I always feel like there was something empty that only hxh could fill, and since then I have only been able to watch the animes that are still airing that I used to watch before seen hxh.
+Mike Nie Legends of Galactic Heroes maybe, if u can handle older anime
Omg ,I feel exactly like you !!!!
Steins;Gate?
try assassination classroom, it has a similar feel to hunter x hunter, as it is a story of adventure and growing. the characters are awesome and you will get attached to most. assassination classroom just like hunter x hunter is an awesome experience.
@Natural Emprezz
Personally, I'd recommend exactly the opposite. I think the best cure for this feeling is to go in a completely different direction and try something as different as possible from the style you're pining away for. You're not going to find something that matches up to HxH, so you just need to let the feeling fade. Better to get *interested* in something new and unfamiliar than trying to fill an unfillable void. I'd recommend Nichijou, or Clannad.
this is the best show ever and nothing will take it's place in my mind
Well, it's my favorite too, but ya gotta keep your mind open.
Fadosious yeah, you're right
Don't ever let Hunter x Hunter be one of the first animes you watch! It'll ruin most of the rest of your anime experience.
a man of culture That's what I thought about Death Note until I saw Hunter x Hunter lol
So don't lose hope
I see youre a man of culture as well
I love how rich Killua and Gon's relationship is, it stands up to analysis and subverts shonen tropes at the same time. I don't think I've ever loved two anime characters more
I used to be really worried about Hunter x Hunter remaining unfinished.
I thought that Togashi would just up and die and leave the story unfinished. I realize now that attitude was selfish and kind of shitty. Hunter x Hunters world is the type of setting that even if the manga remained unfinished forever I would be happy with what we were given. It almost feels like a tabletop RPG book. All the locales feel so alive and the characters live a life of their own. HxH will forever be in my top favorite anime/manga. That said I hope mr Togashi gets better and continues the manga. The premise of the Dark continent arc sounded really intriguing in the manga.
after seeing beyond and somme of ging abilitys and even pariston ad the 4th price will fuck its a senni mANGA NOW
Togashi is basically Ging
I typically don't like long shonuen anime. I barely liked Naruto (I have a soft spot for Bleach) and despise One Piece so when my friend tried convincing me to watch this I was like "EHHHHHHHHHH" but then I found out it was written by the guy who's married to Naoko Takuechi (Sailor moon creator, I love sailor moon) So I decided to give it a try and it did take me like a good few months to finish it but thats only cause I marathoned up to Meruem's birth and then stopped because I was kinda trauamatized and wanted to pretend what had happened didn't actually happen. Having recently forced myself through the rest of the show I am so glad I did because fucking Meurem and Komugi are my favorite characters now. I remember seeing comments about people loving Mereum and being super confused because he was just a crazy asshole who killed people and oh my god I was wrong, so wrong. I cried like a bitch twice during episode 143 and episode 144 and then again in episode 148 because of that FUCKING scene where they showed like everyone that was in the show.
This is my favorite comment :) totally relatable
Despise OP, what a sin, OP os thebest shonen by FAR
Fucking Netflix, not posting all of season five...
Why I'd never pay to use it...
ummm use kissanime. What are you a casual lol
"casual"? Seems to me that the most hardcore fans tend to buy all their anime legally.
So you consider Digibro to be a casual? He mentioned during one of his vlogs that he watched an episode of an anime on kissanime because Chrunchyroll was fucking up for him.
The term "casual" and "hardcore" is only useful when determining who is passionate about anime. Afterwards its useless. If someone checks out every new show every season and didn't watch older shows, would that make that person a casual?
It was a joke. Casual meant only using netflix and waiting all long like a dickhead
Watching a show after Hunter x Hunter is like getting your masters degree just to work at McDonald
The one thing I can't get over with HxH is how much the Chimera Ant arc diverges from the rest of the series and it's characters. The end of it was incredble tho
HxH is basically a perfect shounen series. To expand upon the whole "side characters are discarded at the beginning of a new arc" thing, I think it's important to consider the alternative. While we might want to know more about what happens to, say, the Phantom Troupe, if a series continues to keep all of its side characters around you end up with a Bleach situation. And no one wants that. HxX chooses to instead introduce new characters and only focus on them for a single arc. I think this is better in the end, because it allows us to enjoy a bunch of interesting characters without growing tired of them (again, like Bleach or something).
As for the battles, the most important thing for a battle manga is for its battles to "make sense." A viewer should be aware of the abilities the characters have and the outcome of a particular fight should make sense in light of that. Ideally, a good battle shounen series will be one where the viewer can have fun imagining the outcome of various match-ups. Most shounen series fuck this up, with their characters having poorly defined abilities and just arbitrarily being stronger/faster than each other as the plot demands. The only series I can think of that really do this right are Hunter x Hunter, World Trigger, and early Naruto. In each of those series, you know the abilities characters have and they use them in creative and interesting ways to win fights.
Never regret watching hunterxhunter 99 and 2011. Hunterxhunter is my life.
I have a friend who is all crazy about this show, she literally lives and breathes HxH and has told me to watch this. Despite that I can't stand shounen anime these days she insist I will like it. So as a person who generally gets bored by long running shounen is this show really worth giving a try? I mean there might always be exceptions.
garowice I have only seen like 2 long-running shows I ever loved, and this is one of them.
This one is far different than say, Naruto, One Piece, or Dragon Ball. The beginning may start out seeming like it will be more of the same, but it will quickly take a huge turn. Not to mention the Anime actually ends below 150 episodes, unlike the others I listed lol. And whlie the Manga is technically still going, it's on Hiatus for god knows how long, and the Anime ended in a spot that actually works really well as an ending, so no worries if you don't wanna wait for the manga to come back lol. The actual animation is beautiful, the writing and general world-building in Hunter X Hunter is really well done. Music is good. If you DON'T like the norm for Shounen anime, then I really think you will like this.
I had the exact same problem with endless running shows and I normally only watch 13/26/52 anime, because I cannot stand watching an animation, while having more than enough time to think about how they dragged this scene out to have more episodes...
That being said:
Go and watch it, you will not regret it.
early on it will be just as you expect from another shonen, but later on it is AMAZING, I like some other shonens but this will always be my favorite, most others suck.
***** Is the other one Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood?
I really love the Killugon fanservice in the hunterpedias. XD
i love how your patreon is dedicated to helping davoo. bless ya, davoo.
I didn't like how they altered the relationship between Kite and Gon in the 2011 version.
But Kite wasn't even introduced in the 1999 version?
I question as to whether or not you even watched the 1999 version.
Kite would slap you.
+"So where are you going?" (chapter 81 verse 26) kite was one of the first characters to be introduced to gon in the 1999 version 😂
SamVision Forgive me, it was a long time since i watched the 1999 version. After watching some scenes it came back to me.
I think a big part of it is how human the characters are. For example, even though he's a badass assassin with a dark past, I can easily imagine Killua watching a comedy movie, asking a girl on a date, crying at a funeral, etc. Take the equivalent Naruto character (Sasuke), and he's incredibly 2D. I can't imagine him doing anything except training.
THIS SERIES IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN NARUTO
If you wanna stop being a weeaboo, please watch HxH
Quality show, and manga over quantity.
I'd take 30+ volumes of Hunter X Hunter than any of the 70 BS volumes of Naruto
and to mention that naruto is copied after hxh
Berserk Gantz Naruto and Sasuke's "relationship" is utter, toxic, cringeworthy, relationship in every shape and form. It's the Anti-GonKilua
*****
Gon and Killua's relationship is interesting. There is a lot to analyze about it. Just check this site doughtier.tumblr.com/post/73543844932
HxH is awesome
I'm impressed by the lack of spoilers in this video. Very well done! Especially on the part where you said "a certain character tells gon" [enter quote here]
Dude, what a well thought out video. Nice analysis of the series, I just started watching yestwrday
i just marathoned it in about 4 days and holy shit, is it a great series.
the beginning of the series is basically naruto, but better.
i tried watching the original anime a few months ago because i thought the 2011 version was a continuation rather than a remake and found it to be extremely slow paced and instantly dropped it, but gave the 2011 version a try once i found out it was a remake.
+BattousaiHBr what made me drop the 1999 series wasnt the animation and the filler, but the horrible voice acting (killua and hisoka sounded retarded as fuck, like they didnt know how to talk, so they take breaths and talk at the same time)
Hunter x Hunter came way before naruto so it's not like naruto, naruto is like Hunter x hunter
Chad Gatchalian
doesnt matter what comes first and what comes later.
i have absolutely no problem with "plagiarism", as long as you develop and expand better into the original concept.
i guess the original content maker would care because he is after all losing profit because of that, but me as an end user only care about my final experience.
+BattousaiHBr Majority of Shounen anime is Naruto but better
Well, it inspired some Naruto characters lol. So I guess you could say Naruto is similar but worse.
Hunter Exam arc: Great start to an amazing story
Heaven's Arena arc: Great battle arc
Phantom Troupe: Delves into the dark and depressing aspect of this story that is usually covered up by the happy-go-lucky tone that was set up from the start. Easily one of the best arcs in the series.
Greed Island: Wack as fuck.
Chimera Ant arc: The best arc within the entire story. It's dark, gritty, action-packed, and incredibly heartbreaking on a multitude of accounts.
13th Hunter Chairman Election arc: Good arc, developed on relations within the Zoldyck family, and gave some much needed characterization to the Zodiacs (namely Ging and Pariston). More of a mini arc than anything else.
+Aaron Urban you forgot the other arc
kumagawa i have to change my name because sam flatman thinks my name is stupid misogi Which one?
+Aaron Urban the election arc where they try to heal gon and pick a new chairman
kumagawa i have to change my name because sam flatman thinks my name is stupid misogi Oh yeah, I'm on it.
well Greed island was pretty cool. I think it was a refresh from the normal concept
Well I guess that concludes it. I'll start watching the series tonight.
I'm so glad that I can always come to your channel and trust your judgement when looking for new shows to watch:D
instant best friend and arguable life partner child assassin... what a great description 10/10
You basically listed the reasons why I fell in love with early Naruto, clever strategies and more of a focus on the world and supporting characters as opposed to the main cast.
Damn, I'm kinda hyped now.
The first part of Naruto was more than inspired by HxH (borderline ripoff).
Most notably the hunter exam, Sasuke is very similar to Kurapika, with both character (later) and entire backstory but not as well written, chackra and nen, the akatsuki and the phantom troupe, Tsunade and Bisky, Sasuka and Killua retrival and so on.
I've heard people make this argument a few times but personally it was always the under tones of war and lose that really pushed early Naruto further for me, I don't know if HXH has that but I suppose I'll find out. I never gave HXH a chance before as I never liked the aesthetics, I understand the mishmash of styles is supposed to hint at a this wider world but the uniform look of Naruto (again to do with it's military themes) is what I tend to prefer. However it turns out it will be interesting.
docterfantazmo Definitely give it a chance, you will not regret it.
Nice! I hope you end up liking HxH! It really is brilliant! :D
docterfantazmo just make sure to keep watching even if you're not imressed at first, the show gets better with every arc.
I swear every episode felt 5 mins long. Every time the credits popped up I was shocked that all was in the episode. Marathon-ing it is beyond easy.
This video was really well made. I really love HunterxHunter but because the show is so complexed I sometimes struggle to explain (if asked by my non Anime friends) why it is one of my favourite shows. You managed to count a lot of things which make this show great.
And after watching this video I feel like, even if I can't fully explain what it is that makes Gon's adventure so interesting there is someone who did it decently ;)
So I salute to you with my imaginary hat out of appreciation for putting so much effort and thought to this video.
"Hisoka is implied to be one of the strongest characters in the series"
Not anymore :(
My favorite thing about him is during the first ending, his balls are glowing. :)
THE CLOWN
IS NOT YET DOWN
still is
I do still hate him for killing my favorite troupe member.
Andrew Zhao My favorite troupe is still alive, even though not sure how her fate is going to be
...and Gon's best friend and arguable life partner Killua...
Yeah. That's pretty close
Aww Digi, you're late!
HxH is 9.15 now. ^-^
Nanet Whoa, that's neat, especially since I took that stat less than 24 hours ago.
Killua is NOT significantly more powerful than Gon after nen is introduced. At best, he is consistently half a notch above him.
Maybe without his murderous intent
Bovine Intervention so Killua didn't push more than 3 times the amount of doors to get into his house? Gonna struggled with one and he had help. Ben amplifies base strength so... Could Gon land a hit on killua in his godspeed mod is the question I have for you 🤷🏽♂️
Jason M I feel like Gon got physically stronger after being introduced to nen as well, though. Plus, Gon is an enhancer, so he's able to enhance his strength far more than Killua is. But I guess Killua would still win in a one-on-one battle, just considering that his abilities are far more varied and efficient than Gon's one jankengu ability.
I'm super glad that someone else likes to hear Just Awake. That ED was music to my ears at the start of the series.
Wonderful analysis. I wonder what you have to say about Togashi's other really famous work, "Yu Yu Hakusho," especially in terms of how the anime and manga differ.
MINOR SPOILERS
Gon completely losing his shit in the Chimera ant arc is one of my favourite anime moments ever.
you have a fantastic way to present your ideas to people bro!
Listening to this while working on my Meruem cosplay :'D
Just can't stop loving this amazing piece of art
i liked how nothing was ever as it seems in hunter x hunter..every villan had a drive to a point that i found myself cheering for the villans and heroes at the same time lol
You explained this perfectly!!!! I'm seriously so satisfied with your video. I applaud you!! Brilliant
im glad that there were no spoilers in this video, at the time of watching this im near the end of the Chimera Ant ark and the closest thing to a spoiler was you talking about a huge final battle at the end which to be honest i already expected
I agree with so many things you said. The world Hunter x Hunter created was so immersive, that's one reason I liked it so much.. the action was intricate, the characters felt genuine, the character design was really diverse, the plot kept moving, and everything looked really nice. I don't watch a lot of Shounen Jump, so I was hesitant to even watch it, but I fell in love with Gon in the first episode and stuck around, and now it's one of my favorites. I could talk about it forever ^-^ but none of my friends watch anime, so thank you for this video.
Probably for me the best part of HXH is......Shipping Gon and Killua....xd.
Its looks so "natural" to the environment of the series and looking that way the focus of HXH it really open even more drama on Some parts, like Chimera Arc (in the castle siege), or Greed island (near Bisque appearing).
IMO the HXH 1999 had a real shonen ai focus on gon x killua, but the 2011 just deluded it a bit just to not being too shonen ai to the spectator.
Then this is just a bonus on the plot, the series is great for itself.
+Dark Helel
In 2011 they took all the Killua/Gon subtext and put it in the Hunterpedia omake segments after each episode, and then expanded it until it was almost fanservice. Right on the freaking whiteboard behind them in every segment is their names under an umbrella, which is the Japanese equivalent of carving you and your love's name into a tree surrounded by a heart. They even kissed in one of them.
I read somewhere that togashi wanted to make them a couple or whatever, but he changed it because of their ages or something? Correct me if I'm wrong. Bottom line, EVEN THE MANGAKA SHIPS IT!
Martha Tedla
I don't think he would ever come right out and say that. But unlike most shounen artists, he's not afraid of playing with gender and sexuality, so it's possible. Just look at Sensui and Itsuki in YYH; they were obviously a couple, if a bit one-sided.
Honestly, I can see Alluka being a transgender 10-year-old being more controversial than a couple of gay 12-year-olds.
Yonkage
But is all about Japanese controversial decisions,Since usually shonen characters are depicted as "perfect life form examples",these two being on a couple being so young it would be very hard to handle to their community,and also to global community which follow HXH...I mean,now you have for example,Owari no Seraph,but since the story is kinda cannon from the start the relationship in a more explicit way,is more accepted,more when theyre a bit more grow up than gon an killua.
Then other case which could have been similar IMO was naruto,I think togashi from the start wished to end in SasuNaru,but towards shippuden he noticed that the series got massive impact and also because the producers he had to change the story to a more accepted ending(which in the last battle is kinda "romantic" in some way too....).
Martha Tedla I hope togashi make them as a couple. Sorry but I really ship them. T^T
I honestly loved the first HunterXHunter anime, animation was worse but the darker colour palette fit the mood better imho. Also, when I first watched it I hadn't read the manga so I didn't know that the battlecruise exam was a filler, but it was awesome anyway xD
I personally think it was a very good filler arc that let us learn more about the characters like Hanzo, Kurapika, Puckle etc...
Same here guys. Furthermore that scene where Hisoka saves gon and Ilumi takes the help of the ship .. the music, the animation, the fact that we don't see their faces. The execution is just flawless and always makes me shiver !
The music was also fantastic. The little moments they added in between Gon and Killua and with Kurapika also made their characters more fleshed out.
I would just like to thank you for this video, I was a little hesitant to start the series when I found out there was over 100 episodes and I was under the impression you could only watch the version from the 90s. all in all I was very hesitant now I cant eait until my marathon starts tommorow!
to be honest i actually like a proper dragged out story, and the biggest reason HunterxHunter was so great was because it followed 1 true goal and it kept evolving with no serious repetitions.
HxH is a great anime, but during the Chimera Ant Arc, the narration was way too excessive. Am I the only one with this opinion?
***** Yes you are .
In my opinion, this is what made the arc so amazing
***** i thought so too and couldnt finish it due to it (its great but too much narration). one of the best scenes ive ever seen was ruined by it.
***** No... those who red the manga were also commenting about the narration, saying that tOGASHI SAN is just being lazy
***** The narration was what made it beautiful in comparison with other anime in which characters spout boring and unnecessary dialogue then beat the shit out of their enemies with no thought whatsoever.
I think Hyori Ittai is definitely the best ED song. Hunting for your Dream is pretty damn good though. Just Awake is...... well...... something....
Which ending is that?
seg-yoos? lol its definitely seg-ways
This xD
I was triggered so hard
I was about to tweet him about that. Wow... so triggered...
Omg, Killua made me cry so much. I love that boy. I loved all of the characters, and I mean literally loved each one that was introduced. Though I loved some more than others, very rarely does it occur where all the characters in a show were likeable.
In my opinion, I would've been more satisfied with the ending if they never showed Kurapika. When they showed him, I instantly felt another arc coming (which is continued in the manga, I think. I dunno, I never read), but the anime ended.
But I still loved everything about HxH, and I still do. I'm waiting for anime-merchandise studios to release the DVDs for it still. (T v T )
Will this be the only video you make on Hunter x Hunter, or will you be doing another more in depth and spoiler filled one in the future? Personally, I'd love to see you thoroughly analyse the show, but I understand if that's not something you'd be particularly interested in doing.
SomeonesReviews I would be interested, but probably not for a long while, since I'd have to rewatch a lot of stuff to do it.
Hunter x Hunter is and will always be a masterpiece. It's the best shonen anime i have watch so far.
HxH is better than yu yu haki should in my opinion
Hxh 😂😂😂
Super wack
I started watching HxH after watching this, really enjoyed the anime and it's not the first I've watched on the strength of your recommendation and found really satisfying, thanks digi!
I really wish you had gone in more about the Chimera Ant Arc. My top Arc of any anime ever! The character development and action and questions of morality are all so just damn good!
Just finished last night and it's easily become one of my favorites. 😩 don't know what to do with my life now
Guys, I just finished hxh and I'm experiencing a severe case of post anime void. I have no idea what I should watch to fill this void so please give me some suggestions...
They're dubbing the 2011 now so you can watch it all over again!!!!
Paigey-poo Yusss
shokugeki no souma, re:zero, both are good :D After I finished watching hxh, most of the anime in my bookmarked list lost its appeal to me and i dropped them after watching a few episodes because hxh is just too good it's hard to find something just as good. but i manage to finish and enjoyed those two anime even if i watched it after hxh.
Chris tine seen them both lol
assassination classroom
It's interesting to point out that the first ED song from this anime, is from a band called "Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas". Name that was inspired by a namesake book that created the whole gonzo jornalism style, something that Digibro defines himself. Also, the author of said book is Hunter S. Thompson.
... I'm speechless.
I concur 100%. You explained most of what I loved about this show. Next to Brotherhood, this was by far one of my favorite anime ever. Also, I couldn't get enough of Hisoka. Those times where he'd just loose his cool to blood lust and times where he really had to make an effort not to climax all over Gon always got me to laugh. And his smug attitude around the other villains got me to smile.