Review of Hunter x Hunter

And the trip goes on .. was the feeling that i had when I finished this series. An impressive journey actually, through the unknown world of Hunter x Hunter with a big revelation in the end that just makes us want another season of it. 148 episodes of ? Fun, epicness, some drama and also some gay moments (like really weird moments) Hunter x Hunter is a story that follows a young 12 years old kid named Gon who is looking for his father and for finding him he has to become a "Hunter" and start a journey around the world looking for him. Boring?Crappy plot? Well is everything except that.

When i heard that Hunter x Hunter looks like One Piece (the general setup is really similar, both start a journey to reach their dreams) i got scared, i was thinking that it was another over rated anime with nothing new to show .. how wrong i was ..

Story: 8/10. In one hand, the story is really engaging.. in the other hand, the execution of the inicial setup of each arc really makes us wonder how good it actually is.. I mean that each arc ends in a strange way. "That's it?" Was the question that I always had in the end of each arc. There are 6 arcs.

Another tiny problem, is how this anime looks like other animes that i've seen. The setup looks like One Piece, and the special powers and everything related looks like Naruto. The thing is, both are better than Hunter x Hunter on doing it. But while both Naruto and One Piece are just too big and get boring, here such thing doesn´t happen.

The pace of Hunter x Hunter is what really suprised me. For a shonen, it kinda moves really fast. The fights don´t take more than a couple of minutes (excluding the last arc, where the entire fight takes several episodes). There are no flashbacks, no fillers, there is no development on the evil guys what so ever, so the anime moves much faster than most of the shonens out there.

The last thing i have to say, this anime has a lot of tiny plot fails that i just can´t forget. In some way, it seemed that the author forgot some parts of it's own story.. but well those are rare and meaningless.

Art: 8/10. Well .. i wish it was better. The detail on the background for the most part is weak or non-existant. Only few landscapes are awesome. The rest is pretty baddy. The character desigh is not outstanding as well. So why the 8/10?

IT HAS ONE OF THE BEST FACIAL EXRPESSIONS I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.

We can actually imagine the situation by looking at their faces. Really impressive. The best point is when they are presenting feelings like rage or fear, it just looks awesome.

And then ... there is one face that i will never forget. Towards the end .. just .. WOW. I can even say the entire episode sucked compared with that last moment (and the episode is actually one of the best episodes here).

Sound: 8/10. There is one problem. The soundtrack is always the same. For 148 episodes .. it gets boring hearing that. The only part when they change a bit the tracks used, is ont he 5th arc (the best one) but still way too repetitive.

What really makes up for it, is the opening(which is always the same as well) but it is just way too good for it's purpose.

Character: 9/10. Well, this is odd. In terms of developemt, there is not much of it. But .. they characters are really likeable. we have a huge cast so we have a huge variety of characters. Feel free to pick one because i'm sure you will find one that you will like.

About our main characters, Gon, Killua, Kurapika, Leorio. While Gon and Killua have their place in every single arc, Kurapika and Leorio seemed like they were there for nothing.

There are some arcs where they don´t even appear. I can say, Gon is the main character, Killua the second main chracter(less important than Gon) and Kurapika and Leorio act like secondary characters. I didn´t liked that. I wanted more of them, especially from Kurapika. He has a entire arc for himelf, but still is not enough.

Enjoyment: 9/10. Well.. for a long time i didn´t saw 10 episode each day for a weak .. the anime starts slowly, but once it gets good, is good until the end. The arc that i disliked more and probably is the worst one, is the 4th arc..

There are some memorable moments, I laugh, I almost cried.. this anime as it. A combination of pure action, some drama (only in the 5th arc but it was good as hell), epicness.. there is everything here.

Another great point, is the relation between Killua and Gon. Being a shonen often means themes like friendship. Here we can actually see a slow evolution of their relation as friends and really pays off in the end. I felt that i learned something about friendship with this anime .. which is rare because most of the anime out there, when they talk about friendship, is always clichê stuff..

For last, the feeling of adventure is present in every arc and it really felt good. I personally loved it. "Fight for your dreams, and you will see that in the process you will find what really matters" was the sentence that i liked more..

Overall: 9/10. I reccomend it. It has my seal of approval. Don´t get scared with the 148 episodes,.. because they are 148 episodes of pure fun.