Review of Hunter x Hunter

This is a review of the English Dub. Some minor spoils ahead. Hunter X Hunter is without a doubt the most overrated anime I have so far. Due to the insanely high Mal score, I thought that it would be a long shounen anime done right. However, to my disappointment, it was not. Story: 4 I will keep this "Major Spoil Free". It is impossible to review something without giving away some info. With that in mind, let's jump on in. The story starts out just fine. I actually like the beginning of the show. However, it is not perfect. There are a lot of things that makezero logic. Overall, however, the beginning of the show is quality shounen anime. Sadly, it goes downhill after every story arc. Each story arc was worst than the previous one. Excluding the final arc, roughly the last 12 episodes, the show follows this downhill spire. The second to last arc, "The Ant Arc", was the longest, most boring arc I have ever watched. It should have been half the length it ended up. Also, the ending to The Ant Arc was horrible. The last like 60 episodes left a "sour taste in my mouth". Overall story: 4

Art: 7

I will not spend a lot of time on this section. I thought the art was decent. It certainly wasn't pretty, but it was not bad by any means. That's all I got. Overall art: 7

Sound: 6

The soundtrack was hit and miss with me. There most certainly some tracks that I enjoyed. However, there were a lot that left no impact on me. Now onto the OPs and EDs. I disliked the OP. There I said it. Most people really like it, but not me. I did like the EDs though. I especially liked the first ED. The voice acting was fine. I disliked some of the higher pitched voices, but overall it was fine. Overall sound: 6

Characters: 3

This is were the show fell flat hard for me. I didn't like our characters. Killua, Leorio, and Hisoka were cool, but I disliked everyone else. I especially disliked Gon. He was the most generic, unlikeable character in the show. Ging was also garbage. However, this is just my opinion. Overall characters: 3

Enjoyment: 5

This is swayed by my enjoyment of long, battle shounen. I don't think this was a super enjoyable show. That's not to say that there isn't some enjoyment. There just isn't any emotional value when compared to other long, battle shounen. Overall enjoyment: 5

Overall: 5

Overall, this show was just a disappointment. I also think it was a waste of time. I got very little out of this anime. The 148 episodes were too many to get nothing out of it. This is overrated. Hunter X Hunter is an average show.