| I've watched up to eps 25-27 (when Gon faces a guy who uses spinning tops to slowly wear down his opponents), and to be honest I don't see what all the fuzz is about. Sure, it's not a bad series, but I don't see why it's rated so high. How many more episodes do I have to watch until this show gets good? Or should I just give up on it if it hasn't caught my interest yet. |
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| Show gets fucking brilliant from episode 37+ when a fan favourite arc begins. |
| For me, it was episode 35 with the Gon and Hisoka fight. The animation was simply top notch and got me hyped for the fights to come, which were equally epic. |
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| Whenever Yorkshin starts. |
| Sieg Zeon! |
| Kay, I'll get to the arc you guys mentioned and decide. I really want to like it, but it has been quite hard to watch to this point haha. Thank you! |
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Kalypze said: Kay, I'll get to the arc you guys mentioned and decide. I really want to like it, but it has been quite hard to watch to this point haha. Thank you! As Agafin mentioned, if you didn't like these first episodes I'm not sure the show will be for you. "Hard to watch" for the Hunter Exam/Heaven's Arena arcs is kinda concerning, especially since I was already hooked onto the show since the exam. I thought that it was a solid introduction to the series and established what it means to be a Hunter rather well. Nonetheless, get to the said arcs, they are definitely the best of the show. |
jreginald said: Kalypze said: Kay, I'll get to the arc you guys mentioned and decide. I really want to like it, but it has been quite hard to watch to this point haha. Thank you! As Agafin mentioned, if you didn't like these first episodes I'm not sure the show will be for you. "Hard to watch" for the Hunter Exam/Heaven's Arena arcs is kinda concerning, especially since I was already hooked onto the show since the exam. I thought that it was a solid introduction to the series and established what it means to be a Hunter rather well. Nonetheless, get to the said arcs, they are definitely the best of the show. Maybe those weren't the right words to describe the feeling I had while watching HxH up to this point. It wasn't bad and I didn't really have to push myself to watch it until ep 22~ (I think), but at the same time it didn't catch my attention as much as I expected it to. For comparision, the shows in my top 5 had me hooked by ep 2 (if ep 1 hadn't interested me that much, the case of Baccano!). The last 5 eps before I put HxH on stand-by were a pain to watch, though. It might just be this arc, though, so I'll get to the arc you suggested. |
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| Ep 1 if you get it. Ep. 149 if you do not. |
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| I don't think you will like this. It may not be your cup of tea. It does get better at yorkshin, but I never met someone that didn't like the show before reaching Yorkshin. |
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| I thought it was good since the beginning; strange considering I'm not a fan of shonen. |
tsudecimo said: I for one agree with this.I don't think you will like this. It may not be your cup of tea. It does get better at yorkshin, but I never met someone that didn't like the show before reaching Yorkshin. Though as the HxH fangirl that I am, I'd still recommend you to at the very least go through Yorkshin and then drop the series if you're still not convinced. |
| Proud founder of The Official Anti-Ging Freecss Fan Club Join now! Kellhus said: GuusWayne said: there is a limit to the suspension of disbelief And it's the fan that did it. Not the smoking porn reading rubik cube genius rape ape with a magic boat. |
| I guess the beginning of Yorknew (ep 37) was the starting point primarily but really if you didn't like Hunter Exam either then this is probably not for you |
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| I felt the same way as you do but then I became addicted to the series starting from Yorknew arc. |
Hanabi33 said: There is always someoneI'll just say this. There are two kinds of people in the this world. People who like HxH from first arc. And people who start to like HxH from yorknew arc. There is no: "I watched HxH and didn't enjoy it." |
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| I liked the Yorkshin City arc and my favorite by far is the Chimera Ant arc. The others were average for me, not a lot of things happening. |
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| I thought the early arcs were way superior to the other ones, Yorknew and Hunter Exams were miles better than the rest. Chimera Ant was too slow, Greed Island was too Yu-Gi-Oh |
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| Since the beggining of the show. Well, I'm not trying to compare HXH 2011 version and HXH 1999 version but if you would like to try, you can watch Hunter Exam arc in 1999 version first and then just continue the rest of the episodes with 2011 version. Yorknew Arc is about a tie for me both for 2011 and 1999 version. But yes, 1999 version is good, and so is Hunter Exam 2011 arc version |
| People told me it was a very mature and psychological anime. So I watched this expecting something like Psycho-Pass where there are thought provoking aspects and some psychological tension between the characters, but it ended-up being a typical battle shounen with just a bit gorier. It was an overall disappointment. I don't think it's a bad anime, I honestly think it was a good battle shounen, but I don't really like action anime and surely not when it's made by Madhouse. So, I think people should calm down calling this anime a mind-blowing masterpiece and a must-watch for everybody. Hunter X Hunter is nothing more than a battle shounen like Soul Eater or Katekyo Hitman Reborn. The characters development is really pretentious, nonetheless... |
| It gets much better later on. Both Yorknew and Chimera Ants arc are fantastic and really showed what the battle shounen genre has to offer. |
Hrybami said: People told me it was a very mature and psychological anime. So I watched this expecting something like Psycho-Pass where there are thought provoking aspects and some psychological tension between the characters, but it ended-up being a typical battle shounen with just a bit gorier. It was an overall disappointment. I don't think it's a bad anime, I honestly think it was a good battle shounen, but I don't really like action anime and surely not when it's made by Madhouse. So, I think people should calm down calling this anime a mind-blowing masterpiece and a must-watch for everybody. Hunter X Hunter is nothing more than a battle shounen like Soul Eater or Katekyo Hitman Reborn. The characters development is really pretentious, nonetheless... If you have posted this when the show was still airing you would have been eaten alive lol. |
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| Once it gets to the Phantom Troupe arc you'll be hooked, then it slows down a tad but is still very good then blows your mind for the last 50ish episodes |
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Hrybami said: Hunter X Hunter is nothing more than a battle shounen like Soul Eater or Katekyo Hitman Reborn. It's either that you're blind... or you didn't even watch it in the first place. |
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| Episode 1, good. |
Aoiyuki7 said: Hrybami said: Hunter X Hunter is nothing more than a battle shounen like Soul Eater or Katekyo Hitman Reborn. It's either that you're blind... or you didn't even watch it in the first place. Kids fighting to death against some powerful adults. They will become OP after training hard. They will defeat their opponent because they have strong wills. Add to the story the importance of friendship, to believe in yourself and in your friends and to stay optimist despite the hardship of life. What did I miss? This is clearly a battle shounen to me. |
Hrybami said: Aoiyuki7 said: It's either that you're blind... or you didn't even watch it in the first place. Kids fighting to death against some powerful adults. They will become OP after training hard. They will defeat their opponent because they have strong wills. Add to the story the importance of friendship, to believe in yourself and in your friends and to stay optimist despite the hardship of life. What did I miss? This is clearly a battle shounen to me. You missed the story |
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AttackOnTetris said: Hrybami said: Kids fighting to death against some powerful adults. They will become OP after training hard. They will defeat their opponent because they have strong wills. Add to the story the importance of friendship, to believe in yourself and in your friends and to stay optimist despite the hardship of life. What did I miss? This is clearly a battle shounen to me. You missed the story The story apart. The anime bring the same pattern as a typical battle shounen. Adding gruesome fights won't change entirely that process which is strongly defined by the anime itself. As for the story, there is no reason that it could change the concept of the anime which is a battle shounen. Each anime have their own story. The story of One Piece is different than the story of Fairy tail, as well as the story of HxH. In ancient fables, there were occasionally thought provoking topics and they were mainly meant for children. Anime isn't a different thing and so isn't Hunter x Hunter. |
| I don't get what point you're trying to make. Nobody denies that it's a battle shounen. It's a battle shounen, and so... what? Battle shounens are popular for many reasons, but keeping popular elements doesn't mean you should extend a collective judgment onto HxH as something lesser. And if you really think it's anything similar to Soul Eater apart from "training and fighting", then you really need to rewatch. None of the kids become "OP" as a result of simply training hard by the way. Something makes me think you haven't watched all of it or paid attention anyway. |
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tsudecimo said: Hrybami said: People told me it was a very mature and psychological anime. So I watched this expecting something like Psycho-Pass where there are thought provoking aspects and some psychological tension between the characters, but it ended-up being a typical battle shounen with just a bit gorier. It was an overall disappointment. I don't think it's a bad anime, I honestly think it was a good battle shounen, but I don't really like action anime and surely not when it's made by Madhouse. So, I think people should calm down calling this anime a mind-blowing masterpiece and a must-watch for everybody. Hunter X Hunter is nothing more than a battle shounen like Soul Eater or Katekyo Hitman Reborn. The characters development is really pretentious, nonetheless... If you have posted this when the show was still airing you would have been eaten alive lol. And rightfully so. KHR? Lmao |
QuattroVaginas said: Whenever Yorkshin starts. This. There are really just 2 stand out arcs, and the second one tends to be polarizing, so at least you may leave the series enjoying one arc. |
| "Let Justice Be Done!" My Theme Fight again, fight again for justice! |
| I started to like it when the heaven's arena arc started. The exam and the zoldyk mansion arc sucked for me. |
| It's overrated bullshit, actually You should drop it |
guywholikesanime said: It's overrated bullshit, actually You should drop it Says the guy with a Shinji avatar! |
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AttackOnTetris said: I don't get what point you're trying to make. Nobody denies that it's a battle shounen. It's a battle shounen, and so... what? Battle shounens are popular for many reasons, but keeping popular elements doesn't mean you should extend a collective judgment onto HxH as something lesser. And if you really think it's anything similar to Soul Eater apart from "training and fighting", then you really need to rewatch. None of the kids become "OP" as a result of simply training hard by the way. Something makes me think you haven't watched all of it or paid attention anyway. There's no such differences between HxH and the others battle shounen and this is exactly what I'm trying to say. Like I said previously, I'm not a fan of these kind of anime and watching HxH wasn't an experience dissimilar as watching Soul Eater. And yes, I did pay attention on the story and the characters. Also, remember that I even said that I think it is a good battle shounen. I was introduced to this anime with the warning "Don't judge a book by its cover" and not to mention all the praise I got from a close friend about this anime to be "One of the best ever" and "A shounen disguised as a seinen". I already knew that the anime would be dark and contain several complex characters. While I do agree with these elements, I mostly disagree with whoever want to raise this anime above any others battle shounen by calling it a mind-blowing masterpiece. This is in fact your typical battle shounen like you usually have. |
| Well if you were not entertained by it, then fine. The reason why I consider it a masterpiece is it entertained me on so many different levels like nothing else I've ever seen, maybe the primary factor just being good old suspense. |
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Hrybami said: AttackOnTetris said: I don't get what point you're trying to make. Nobody denies that it's a battle shounen. It's a battle shounen, and so... what? Battle shounens are popular for many reasons, but keeping popular elements doesn't mean you should extend a collective judgment onto HxH as something lesser. And if you really think it's anything similar to Soul Eater apart from "training and fighting", then you really need to rewatch. None of the kids become "OP" as a result of simply training hard by the way. Something makes me think you haven't watched all of it or paid attention anyway. There's no such differences between HxH and the others battle shounen and this is exactly what I'm trying to say. Like I said previously, I'm not a fan of these kind of anime and watching HxH wasn't an experience dissimilar as watching Soul Eater. And yes, I did pay attention on the story and the characters. Also, remember that I even said that I think it is a good battle shounen. I was introduced to this anime with the warning "Don't judge a book by its cover" and not to mention all the praise I got from a close friend about this anime to be "One of the best ever" and "A shounen disguised as a seinen". I already knew that the anime would be dark and contain several complex characters. While I do agree with these elements, I mostly disagree with whoever want to raise this anime above any others battle shounen by calling it a mind-blowing masterpiece. This is in fact your typical battle shounen like you usually have. People still use the "seinen disguised as shounen" line? Sheesh. That should always set off warning bells. |
| "Let Justice Be Done!" My Theme Fight again, fight again for justice! |
| Well, I think people use phrases like "seinen disguised as shounen" to feel mature cause they are self-conscious abut their own "maturity", and would rather feel like they're watching a seinen than a shounen. Although if the Dark Continent arc were published as a standalone and completed, it may end up fitting more within the seinen demographic. Not like these designations mean anything at all, but HxH does happen to be sort of an atypical Shounen Jump story from the Chimera Ant arc on. |
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| Rarely see anyone not think it's good this far. Probably won't get any better for you. |
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| Did you like the Hunter exam ? if you don't that's okay , if you did like it then the next arcs are way superior. Particularly yorknew and the chimera ant arc. In my opinion the chimera ant arc blows the series itself out of water. Of course people didn't rate 10s and 9s for arcs that are similar to the hunter exam btw. |
| Given the right situation , the right story , anyone can be shaped into Snake. -Revolver Ocelot , MGS2 |
| I just watched 1-21. I already love this show/version. |
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| Episode 1 and that's a safe thing to say. I watched the first 9 episodes in quick succession one after the other. |
AttackOnTetris said: Although if the Dark Continent arc were published as a standalone and completed, it may end up fitting more within the seinen demographic. Not like these designations mean anything at all, but HxH does happen to be sort of an atypical Shounen Jump story from the Chimera Ant arc on. I tend to agree; I've seen very little in that segment that would appeal to younger readers. |
AttackOnTetris said: guywholikesanime said: It's overrated bullshit, actually You should drop it Says the guy with a Shinji avatar! 2deep4u |
Hrybami said: The characters development is really pretentious, nonetheless... How can character development be 'pretentious', exactly? I'd like to know. |
| Proud founder of The Official Anti-Ging Freecss Fan Club Join now! Kellhus said: GuusWayne said: there is a limit to the suspension of disbelief And it's the fan that did it. Not the smoking porn reading rubik cube genius rape ape with a magic boat. |
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