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Oct 26, 2007 7:21 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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I just get the feeling that all episodes are about exams.
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Oct 26, 2007 10:21 AM
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Nah, only the first arc has anything to do with the exam. The 5 story arcs in Hunter X Hunter (counting the manga) are actually a lot different from one another imo. If you count the OVAs, 4/5 are animated so...have fun =)
Sep 8, 2008 3:12 PM
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great episode!!
Sep 8, 2008 3:14 PM
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good episode

great anime


Aug 7, 2009 12:00 PM
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Although nothing special, the animation is not bad either. It does its job well.

Interesting episode, although I hope these 'mind games' don't make the series formulaic.
Nov 7, 2009 4:05 PM
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Another good episode.
Nov 16, 2009 2:57 AM
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Gon is a pimp
Dec 2, 2009 10:01 PM
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Its getting kinda interesting. :)
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.~
Jun 9, 2010 6:38 AM
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Indeed, but it's kinda strange how Gon is like... awesome at everything. I find it kinda annoying, because I think that the main characters should be pretty bad in the beginning, and then get better and better as the story progresses. It's like when you watch Naruto, and he's pretty bad in the beginning, but then he gets awesome in a couple of episodes... and suddenly: "What!? I didn't know Sakura and Sasuke AND everyone else had gotten super awesome too!". And he keeps getting more and more imba awesome super ultra, BUT so does everyone and everything else in some way... I hope you understand what I mean.

The last one was better, but this is really getting more interesting.
Jul 17, 2011 1:26 PM

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Gon is so calm and collected compared to most shounen protagonists. It's pretty cool ;)
Aug 18, 2011 8:44 PM

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damn, if i took the exam, i would have failed every single test, lol
but damn this gon really does have som good skills, though i dont think he would be good at fighting.


Dec 16, 2011 10:07 AM

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Feeling: Expectation

OMG I want them to reach wherever they are finally going soon !!! Im getting high expectations from it, and hope the series wont fail me :D
Gon's new skill: sensing movements!! And identifying magical creatures!!
I hated how the Kiriko looks... but the suspense they add is good

Overall: Very good!! But i want them to reach the place now haha
Jul 23, 2012 12:01 PM

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That was pretty cool! Not fan of talking animals though, no matter how magical of a beast they are :P
Dec 19, 2012 1:16 PM
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great episode ;> Now we know another Gon's skill;>
Mar 6, 2013 1:31 AM

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A really fun test. Can't wait to see more.

Sep 16, 2014 4:56 AM

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Can't wait to see how the actual test looks like :)
Jun 30, 2016 9:24 PM

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I really liked this episode.


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Jan 31, 2017 4:08 PM
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this is preety good but not comparable to 2011 in my opinon which having seen 5 episodes here could be done better (talking about the 2011 version episode1) @Talon184 you should watch the 2011 version as well it goes beyond what this one goes
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Jan 31, 2017 6:14 PM

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LouM said:
@Talon184 you should watch the 2011 version as well it goes beyond what this one goes


It's definitely on my list!

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Jan 31, 2017 6:36 PM
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Talon184 said:
LouM said:
@Talon184 you should watch the 2011 version as well it goes beyond what this one goes


It's definitely on my list!
the 1st episode is different in the 1999 version is the legit one but after that the 2011 follows it better
Talon184 said:
LouM said:
@Talon184 you should watch the 2011 version as well it goes beyond what this one goes


It's definitely on my list!
also just so you know the 1st episode is different about Gon's Father in the 2011 version which is a mistake on the 2011 version.
Apr 7, 2017 3:52 AM

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Knew it was going to be a trap, but the way they did it was certainly interesting.

Not bad so far.
May 31, 2017 8:33 PM

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Pretty great development, quite loved that ending actually!
Oct 28, 2017 4:09 AM
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Telling which tree a leaf fell from. This is some high-level skills right here!
Oct 25, 2018 6:32 AM

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Pretty obvious that it was another test, but they still managed to make it kinda fun to watch. Now I wanna see more characters instead of only those three though.
Dec 28, 2019 3:45 AM
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I liked this episode a lot. All of them discovered something on their own and I feel like Leorio did something for the first time in the series. It might not actually be the FIRST TIME but it felt like that since he did it by himself.
Jan 30, 2020 1:09 AM
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Those three together are so nice, a seriously amazing team! Found this episode a bit boring though.
Jul 30, 2020 9:07 PM

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This was cool, I always like how this anime is related to nature in many ways, and that’s where Gon shines, lets give credit to Leorio too, Kurapika is a pretty interesting guy.
Mar 26, 7:47 PM
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This episode is always an early highlight in this series. Its also a good showcase of the similarities and differences between Hunter x Hunter and Yuu Yuu Hakusho.

I didn't like Gon's scene with the shapeshifter as much in this one though. In the 2011 version and the manga Gon's reaction is a lot more confused. This one had a sort of "heh, nothin' personnel kid" feeling to it. Plus his methodical explanation of how different the two beasts are makes him seem a little too serious.

Leorio once again, getting a bit of a glow up is good though. Its not like he's a whole new character or anything but so far he's getting treatment that makes you think "yeah this guy could hang around Kurapika and Gon" rather than his other versions where he feels more like Yamcha than the Krillin/Piccolo level the series tells you he should be.
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