Review of Hunter x Hunter

There was a huge amount of hype for this anime, so going into it I had huge expectations. I'm not gonna write a long review about all of the factors (story, art, character etc.), just a couple things that I liked and disliked about hxh. The first episodes (1- ~80): From the start to the end of the Greed Island arc, everything was great. The hunter exams, heaven's arena and especially the yorknew arc were 9s and 10s. Greed island toned it down to an 8 but it was still great nonetheless. Spectacular worldbuilding and characterisation got me invested into all of the main cast, my favouritebeing Kurapika after the fight with Uvogin. Everyone was interesting and the display of the possibilities with nen allowed for an absurd amount of development and potential for all the characters in the show.

Chimera ant arc:

This is really a 'make it or break it' arc for everyone; you either love it or you hate it. I'm on the hate it side. When I saw the new version of the OP I thought "sick, it's a filler arc about ants, lets get this over and done with so we can get back to Kurapika and Leorio". Turns out this 'filler arc' lasted a whole lot more than 12 episodes and did nothing for the characters. The only useful thing I can think of that this 50+ episode arc achieved was a setup for Gon's recovery after the fight with Pitou, but that was resolved in a single, 12 episode arc by a character that defies everything that the show built up. There were some great fights in this arc but if you just want the fights you might as well go search them up on youtube.

The rest:

The next arcs are just kind of there. I liked how it set up Leorio's new power but due to the fact that the anime stopped, that doesn't really mean much. The election arc built some interesting characters and had a touching ending, but I couldn't really accept that this was the end because of the bad taste left in my mouth from the Chimera Ant arc.

Story: 8
Art: 6
Sound: 7
Character: 9
Enjoyment: 8
Overall: 7