Review of Hunter x Hunter

I don't normally watch long anime because it takes me a long time. Last time I did it, I almost dropped everything I was doing just to watch it. And I only did so again just because my friend was. So the 2011 Hunter x Hunter series was a series that my friend wanted me to watch, as he was going to start watching as well. We wanted an anime that we BOTH were going to watch at the same time, and HxH was chosen. Honestly I'm glad I watched this anime and don't regret it at all. The story pacing from the very beginningwas fast and did not stick around the boring set-up for long, although I will admit we don't exactly know a lot about Whale Island and it's inhabitants other than Gon's family.

Soon from the first episode, we are introduced to both Leorio and Kurapika, who both have their intentions of taking the exam, revealed from the get-go. We don't take long to try to figure out who in the world is this person and why he's here.

We later meet Killua at the First Phase, and he quickly becomes friends with Gon due to them being the same age. They get along quickly and stay friends throughout the entirely of the series.

Ging is one interesting person. He leaves his son behind just so he can become a Hunter, which later he apparently "planned" that Gon would become a Hunter himself, and set up a whole bunch of people to meet him and make his son stronger. I was a little pissed at him during the Chairman Election Arc though, but Leorio had that handled for me. Thanks Leorio!

The entire plot of the series flowed to the next perfectly. We had our characters have some sort of "reason" to make it to the next arc, without any needless filler. After the Exam arc, our characters go their separate ways and promise to meet in Yorknew City, which leads to the Heaven's Arena arc while alliterating what Satotz had wanted to say before, but was unable to. We were all left wondering what it was, and that was that Hunters need to learn Nen in order to be a full-pledged hunter. Kurapika is able to learn it in time to defeat a member of the Troupe in Yorknew City, the city in which Greed Island was being auctioned.

With the Troupe no longer a threat, Gon and Killua head into Greed Island, which Gon learns more of his father. They head to where they think Ging is, only to find Kite instead, who was studying the Chimera Ants, which would eventually lead into a war with the Ants, especially the King and his Royal Guards. With the Ants defeated, peace returns and an expedition to the Dark Continent begins.

The whole story flows like it's just one plot line, which each arc containing clues to what's to come in the next arc.

This series is definitely worth the watch!