Review of Hunter x Hunter

So many people hold this anime in high regards for very pitiful reasons but enjoyment is a subjective thing. HxH is your typical shonen anime combined with more genres. That is a thing why many people rate this high but in my opinion it is also HxH's downfall. (Little spoilers ahead / Arc description) We start this anime as cheery, comical. Simple goals, simple characters. With mix of seriousness represented by side characters (one of which gets his things resolved later in the anime, other never gets screen time until very end of the anime where he acts only as comical relief) Then we meet characters thatare much more complex that MC like Hisoka. Hisoka carries whole 2 arcs on his back because Gon is shallow, uninteresting and retarded (yes he is small kid so I guess he has a right to be).
First arcs are shitty copy-pasta of YuYu Hakusho (watch that instead if you did not).

Then we have arc that acts sorta like thriller. Interesting concept but with meh end.

Then we have arc in virtual word. So kinda Matrix/MMORPG anime.

Then we have sci-fi DBZ ripoff with random serious moments.

Then we have "political" arc with conclusion of side characters.

This anime dips its toes in many genres but never finishes anything in satisfying matter. Side characters like Kurapika and Illumi are much more interesting and complex. MC and his fuccboi Killua are shallow typical shonen protagonist (Killua was interesting in first 2 arcs then he became copypasta of Gon but more edgy and calm at the same time.)

What I am trying to say is that this anime starts so many things at once that it is just throwing random things that make not much sense in the end. You are watching DBZ then random sidecharacter has one whole episode about existentional crisis and nihilistic point of view of the world. Sure it is interesting to think about but there is almost no cohesion among all arcs.

It is like somebody was experimenting how much edgy and dark they can make an shonen anime. Sometimes it is good concept and you meet few episodes that make you feel or think about things but, in my opinion, it is not worth to wait 148 episodes for it when you can watch some short 13ep anime and get what you want from it.

Sound 8
Music 8 I really like the opening song.
Animation 7 Sometimes very sloppy but most of the fighting time was animated well
Character 5 Complex background on side characters and much more interesting plots than MC plot.
Enjoyment 6 Most episodes well alright. About 30 were unnecessary, boring and very predictable. About 10 episodes from 148 had real value.

Overall 5 I wouldn't recommend this anime for anyone. I would recommend YuYu Hakusho instead.

TLDR:
If you like One Piece, Fairy Tail, etc... you will not see any flaws in this anime, you will rate it 10 and yell at me.