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“Boy seeks father by becoming elite Hunter; faces brutal exam with new friends in perilous adventure world.”
Hunter x Hunter
HUNTER×HUNTER
8.78
53 rank · 313,911 readers · 26,838 favorites
Shounen
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Boy seeks father by becoming elite Hunter; faces brutal exam with new friends in perilous adventure world.
"Secret treasure hoards, undiscovered wealth... mystical places, unexplored frontiers... 'The mysterious unknown.' There's magic in such words for those captivated by its spell. They are called 'Hunters'!" Gon Freecss wants to become a Hunter so he can find his father, a man who abandoned him to pursue a life of adventure. But it's not that simple: only one in one hundred thousand can pass the Hunter Exam, and that is just the first obstacle on his journey. During the Hunter Exam, Gon befriends many other potential Hunters, such as the mysterious Killua; the revenge-driven Kurapika; and Leorio, who aims to become a doctor. There's a world of adventure and peril awaiting, and those who embrace it with open arms can become the greatest Hunters of them all!
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 49 sampled reviews
8.7
/10
What 49 readers settled on.
95%
recommend
Score distribution
median 10
mode 10
σ 1.76
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.76 · some divergence
The polarity gap
5.3 pts
Recommenders 9.3 · others 4.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 0.29
Running avg · Sep 2008 → Mar 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “The Manga of HxH is good and the Anime sure hold its place, but it's an inconstant Manga. I enjoyed it, but its not the best Manga I've read not even in top 5 but still good. I think the Anime did...”
- 10 “This manga is an absolute masterpiece, and I'll never stop recommending it. Character development is incredible and the story is engaging. Pacing is pretty much perfect. While I was reading the...”
- 10 “this is just the best perfect story with every kind of feelings inside, based on friendship like all other animes but this is just best of them the thing that seperates this anime/manga from others...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 41%
Long · 27%
Read Order & Related
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A Manga Publication
- Published Mar 1998 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0024 catalog