Review of Hunter x Hunter

The hype that is created around this anime is all bark and no bite. I don't think this anime is bad, but it sure is disappointing and I won't be writing the good staff about this anime since you can find it on other reviews, So proceed at your own will, The premises of the anime is a boy on his quest to find his dad, is just not appealing at all. The plot gets even worse in the story arcs because each arc starts with a bang but as it progresses the focus keeps shifting from the main motives to stupid things. The wholefighting becomes plotless time and time again. There are some good designs like Hisoka but most of the characters designs are average or below average. The main focus of this anime is character development but it messed this thing up too.

The decisions of various characters are out of order for their developments. Someone who wants to fight strong guys is running after kids to give him a satisfactory fight. Someone who is trying to save his brother is trying to kill his brother. Someone who wants to overtake whole world spends most of his time playing board games with a blind girl. Someone who says that he is a gangster/mafia boss has no strong people in his ranks in a world where they can be easily available. Someone who wants to take revenge for his clan from a terrorist group leaves most of the group members go on their way and terrorize other people without any thoughts. Also, the concept of being a hunter is vaguely described. The last thing is that every arc is unfinished. There is no world building, challenges is introduce with no/vague description So that some just die doing that incorrectly just for the shock factor, there are nen victims every where in the show yet no one is able to know about that, People are constantly been murdered yet no one acknowledge that people are being killed, it's like saiki k is switching the memory for people in the world every time phantom troupe kills bunch of people. There are a bunch of different places but these places has no interconnected histories or present. For example a nation can be destroyed completely but it has no impact on the adjoining countries There are only few epic music and fights, most of them are mostly boring and have no consequences on the future. There's also a period of few episodes where instead of characters, the narrator kept talking which is the most boring piece of media I've ever watched. The final arc is one the the trashist arc in shonen anime history and ends on an really stupid cliffhanger that makes zero sense. Overall, it was a waste of time. Because the best thing about hunter x hunter is its character development and that aspect has so many flaws in it. I don't recommend it to anyone.

Story 3/10
Art 9/10
Sound 8/10
Character 6/10
Enjoyment 5/10
Overall 6/10