Review of Hunter x Hunter

TL;DR Hunter x Hunter was in short, a lent down. Why did I find it a disappointment? ...The reason is because about 25% of the story I found interesting. The rest was straight up boring. Great battles and fights scenes though. No fillers Nicely animated STORY: 5About a really strong (for unknown reason) 12 year old wanting to become a hunter to search for his father who's also a hunter. Throughout the series, it starts with Gon taking the hunter exams, trying to find his dad, training, making friends, and running into baddies along the way.

I'm okay with that. It's mostly about how well the story is going to be executed that will determine if it's interesting or not. Well..... I was bored. A lot of the scenes felt like I wanted to fast forward through them. There are currently 7 Arcs, and I only enjoyed Yorknew Arc, and latter half of Chimera Ant arc. Those two arcs were worth watching. As for the rest, it just felt like I was watching fillers with boring ass bad guys & other lame stuff. *shrugs* Maybe a few scenes here and there that were interesting, but most of the time it was dull for various reasons such as I found the characters being introduced dull, or the events/scene to be dull.

I also didn't like that Gon and Killua were so strong for their age. It just didn't feel too believe-able. For one of the arcs, a bunch of really strong bad guys show up, and instead of calling in more professionals, they let these somewhat unknown, albeit strong, but still inexperienced kids get involved? I don't know man..... Things just don't feel right at times.

This show's got great battles! If you want shounen for the battles, then HxH is the way to go. The fights aren't just about brawn/strengths but rely on tactics and is well thought out sometimes. This is one of the pros to HxH.

ART: 8

The style is simple, not much different than the average anime look. Just depends on what you like. One thing I appreciated was that the characters aren't overly sexualized. Overall, some plain character designs. That's ok. It's about the story. The animation quality on the other hand, is excellent. High quality animated fight scenes and non fight scenes. So yeah, that was nice.

SOUND: 7

CHARACTER: 6

I only liked a small handful of characters honestly. The rest were...meh or forgettable.

ENJOYMENT: 6

I'm not enjoying the overall story or the journey thus far. The end goal being reached left an unsatisfying feel for me, and felt anti-climatic.

*********SPOILER *********

I'm talking about the part where Gon finally meets his dad. His goal was to become a hunter and find his dad. They made it seem like it was going to be so fking difficult to track/find him. But nope, he's right there. And how they met up was ....hmmm.....boring? I wish it had been written a little better there, because that was supposedly a huge milestone for the story right? But the way it played out was pretty much uneventful, and kinda lame to be honest.

******END OF SPOILER ******

Ah well maybe it's just me being picky.

Other than the 2 arcs mentioned earlier, the rest of HxH just felt bland. I don't understand the praise.

OVERALL: 6.7 ≈ 7

I think Hunter x Hunter is a good shounen (especially for the battles), but personally, I think it's overrated. The story is what brought it down for me. This is subjective, but had it been 5/7 instead of 2/7 arcs that kept me interested, have that "specific event" better executed, and more interesting characters, I would've probably given it a 9.

That said, I'm not a huge of shounen fan, so this review might be better for people like that. However, if you're a big fan of shounen/Naruto, give it a try. You'll probably enjoy it more than I did.