Review of Hunter x Hunter

The Phantom Troupe Arc and Chimera Ant Arc were the only good arcs in my opinion. Luckily, the Chimera Ant Arc is ~50 episodes, and it was all spectacularly crafted. In both these arcs, the story gets dark, and we see some character development in Kurapika and Killua, respectively. The worst part for me was the length of the series i.e. the time it took to get to these two arcs. The other arcs are very stereotypical shounen, with the Hunter Exam Arc being the most intolerable in this respect. Side note: you will get annoyed w/lack of OST in beginning of series. The seriestook me over a year to finish because I kept tuning out midway through these lesser arcs. It took friends nagging to get me to finish, but I'm glad I did. The Chimera Ant arc really redeems the rest of the show.