Review of Hunter x Hunter

Hunter x Hunter is truly a "once in a lifetime" anime. It somehow manages to be an outright outstanding shonen series, with plenty of simple storylines and several complex ones to really keep you watching, stunning fight coordination, likeable (and sometimes purposely hateable) characters abound, and so much more. I think what a lot of people miss if they're watching HxH passively is how it's something of a subversion of the genre as well. For every "true good" or "true bad" character, there is another one that's so morally grey, it switches up the story (I'm @ing the chimeras so hard). Shonen protagonists are often extremelyoverpowered, and Gon is no exception. However, unlike other protags I can recall, Gon's power is treated almost as a hubris and a fault. Even little things, like some of the fights being LAUGHABLY easily won.

Hunter x Hunter is a great shonen series for all the reasons a shonen series could be great, but sticks out among the Narutos and the One Pieces by truly using the format of a shonen anime to tell a story, sinetad of forcing a story into the shonen format. It's sad that it doesn't get the same recognition as other Big 3 type anime, but I feel the overall positive reviews of the show speak well for it.