Review of Hunter x Hunter
(will try not to spoil, no promises! O and Merry Christmas! :D) So a friend of mine finally managed to convince me to watch this anime. And many years ago I saw scenes on youtube, so curiosity finally got the better of me and I decided to give it a shot, this popular anime that I see as one of the "mainstream" anime. So I watched it, I bingewatched it and 1,5 week later I finished it. Wew! He warned me of a boring first couple of episodes, but they were honestly not that bad, I really enjoyed the first one actually. He also told meof amazing scenes and touching scenes, and that there were going to be some 'real life' parts in there, 'disturbing' scenes, said it can turn dark and that this anime isn't all jolly for these more serious parts. So that reeled me in pretty much.
The anime is mainly about Gon, a boy trying to find his father who left his family behind to become a hunter. So Gon wants to become a hunter too, to search for his father. On the way he meets other characters like Leorio, Kurapika and Killua. This third one grows really close to Gon and they become very close friends. From then on the story will be about the both of them.
You see both their motives, their stories, their approaches, their struggles. You see them improve and train together, I love it. Character development. Also they are like the main characters in the shows, but they get their ass handed to them. Plot armor doesn't make them invincible like some shows would have them.But you see them struggle together and work hard to try and beat the next obstacle.
There are a few things that bored me a little, and when I think about what these things are, I'm like, yep that's THREE things in 148 episodes, which isn't that bad :) of course it's subjective! One of them is...politics. Those who watched will understand.
And the good scenes? Yeah there are a lot of awesome memorable scenes in there. Some of the fights/Challenges or just simple word exchanges that left me satisfied, shaking or holding my breath.
My favorite ARC: The...CHIMERA ARC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *dramatic music*
I think it'll be the favorite one for many people, there are just so many episodes and scenes that got me hunger for the next episode. Hell, I watched 148 episodes over the course of 1 week and a half, I was hooked, I threw away an already crappy sleeping schedule and averaged 4 AM, especially during this ARC.
That arc had me hold my breath, shake, ... oh and cry. Yep I cried, a few times. Friend warned me about certain episodes. He didn't spoil it, he just mentioned the episode number. I was like "I'll be the judge of that"...and after the episode I was like "yeah u right" LOL sorry, this happened a few times. After that episode he put up another episode number, and I broke down again despite feeling 'prepared', but I was so wrong.
One episode that really had me filled with several emotions like Anger, Sadness, Pity, Fear and Admiration. I'm talking about that infamous episode 116.
The Animation in there...The Sounds...And my GOD the Voice Acting was...sublime. Episodes like that had me immersed, hooked, and it's this rollercoaster of feelings that I'm after when it comes to watching anime, if you can give me that, I can only say 'thank you', 'waw', 'I tip my hat to you'. It's art.
I recommend it, I really do, give it a shot! Just don't sacrifice your sleeping schedule over it. I just finished it a couple of days ago, discussed with a friend and as I'm writing this we have just reached 5 AM. I'm off to bed now, tired, but happy that I watched it, and sad that it's over....on to the next anime I suppose! :3
Cheers!