Review of Hunter x Hunter

First things first. My "reviews" system is explained on a blog entry. Which can be found through my profile. ------ review done after re-watch ✦Story Hunter X Hunter story is something I would call beautiful and powerful. It's battle shounen Anime with a great value of characters. The growth of characters, the adventure, the emotions and it's deliverance was absolutely beautiful. I felt this was a great enjoyment story-wise. A boy who aims to find his father and in process of that he meets great friends, worst enemies, many lessons of various aspects of life, death battle. Of course story'wise quite a bunch of other characters also get attentionwhich allows you to grow into them.

Cannot really say much else without spoiling anything, think main point is that the growth and emotional value is stunning in this series.

Even though last arc of the Anime was quite slow paced, but when I first watched it, It felt tense, spot on. It was suppose to be tense and have slow build-up. It gave a very strong emotion and value to the characters, their relationships the enemies and the battles that came along. Giving us absolutely powerful finale. Whilst re-watching I didn't feel that tension as much and rather felt simply that the episodes were dragged on. But thats the effect of rewatch.

Although, I cannot give it perfect score, as throughout the series I felt that something was "off" to my taste. Couldn't figure out what, but that lowered my rating a bit.

✦Art & Sound
Stunning yet simple art, absolutely great effects that came with battle sequence deliverance. Plus it had a bunch of moments where they made artistic scene or an image. Some of the facial expressions were truly powerful. So Art'wise I cannot complain.

Now as for music, to be honest I wasn't fond of opening songs and so, they felt too adventurous, hype and "boy'ish" for me, they weren't bad, just not my cup of tea. Aside that the OST itself was splendid. Especially some of the "epic battle music" tracks and few a bid mod mysterious and unique tracks.

✦Character
Well, this paragraph is impossible to review. There were many characters with more than one dimension to their character. Lot you could love, hate, of course plenty of cannon fodder as well, but point stays.

I'm going to only comment the main character himself. Gon, Gon is an adventurous kid with a strong sense of justice, morality and value. And such things come with great deal of stubbornness. He isn't exactly the intelligence type of character, but rather he is more a "heart" person. Meaning that his values are in correct direction, where lot of "excuses, debating etc.." are simply irrelevant. As the core of the thought remains, no reasoning can change those. In a sense in more of a cheesy way of saying "He is an strong sun, that warms and illuminates everyone around him."

✦Enjoyment & Overall
There were few little nitpick of an issues that won't affect the score. But something felt "off" for me, thus why I cannot give it perfect score. I cannot explain what it is, but it simply felt so. In the end, when I watched this Anime the first time, I absolutely enjoyed, now that I marathon re-watched it. I can still say it's one of the best battle shounens out there. Although this one here is a bit darker and deeper battle shounens than the ones we are used to.

I wanted to add it to favorites, but no, it's something I really enjoyed, but simply cannot "favorite" it.