Review of Hunter x Hunter

*Spoilers* Hunter X Hunter is a good story. It has all the characteristics that make for an enjoyable, suspenseful journey. There are many reviews that will expand upon this anime's strengths. I wanted to write a review on what ruined the entire series for me. The Poor Man's Rose. The author creates a long arc around the chimera ants, the most powerful foe the hunter association has apparently faced. The plan they lay out is to sneak into the castle as a surprise attack and spend months making preparations including entering the castle before hand to create portals for people to enter through. And there's the plot hole.Episode 127. "With the right technology, the bomb could be mass produced in short order". They spend months trying to have people prepare to take the ant king down, when they could have just put a bomb in the castle and killed them all in short order. When the hunter association president attacks from above, they could have just dropped bombs on the whole area. Even with the introduction of the dark continent in the manga, the same issue arises. They could use bombs to get past any problem areas as they dig deeper in. The bombs existence creates problems that cannot be rectified.

The anime ends shortly after these events, and the manga has been paused at 390 for years. It's unbelievably plain to see that the manga continuation was literally thumb tacked on to expand the story another arc. Hunter X Hunter was good, until the author, Yoshihiro Togashi, attempted to expand the universe beyond his 1999 version and wrote himself into a corner, solving that problem with an easily produced bomb. Suffering from chronic medical issues, it was likely an attempt to capture further financial gains, however as the creator of Yu Yu Hakusho and an estimated net worth of $25 Million, that's just speculation.

In conclusion, if you ignore this plot hole, the story is worth the watch. However, if your like me, this detail will ruin the entire journey.