Is Hunter x Hunter a copy/rip off of Dragonball?

Anime_No_Jutsu said:
For the sake of HXH,DragonBall,Naruto, Bleach and other manga/anime that have similarities to one another, can we all just agree to them being inspirations?

ThelMi said:
Even if it was a copy of DB, who gives a shit.

Anime_No_Jutsu said:
For the sake of HXH,DragonBall,Naruto, Bleach and other manga/anime that have similarities to one another, can we all just agree to them being inspirations?

Calista777 said:
I don't get all the Mikasa talk... Can someone explain?

AttackOnTetris said:

I'm pretty sure this thread is just in response to Mikasa's countless "everything ripped off Hunter x Hunter" threads, but repeating an annoying trend just makes you annoying.

jal90 said:
Is Hunter x Hunter (2011) a rip off of the Hunter x Hunter manga? Somebody make a thread for this please.

jal90 said:
Is Hunter x Hunter (2011) a rip off of the Hunter x Hunter manga? Somebody make a thread for this please.

FGAU1912 said:
every action based manga in the shonen Demographic tarces its roots back Ring Ni Kakero

_Peksi said:

and it rips-off Ashita no Joe 'cus there's boxing in both of them

FGAU1912 said:


no RnK was made as Tribute to Joe

_Peksi said:

I stand corrected.
But in that case RnK=AnJ tribute
all battle shounen rip-off RnK
=all battle shounen are a tribute to AnJ

jonny5tud said:
Every male character can fit into 4 types, just like every female character can fit into 4 types.. Also, villains are almost always alike in shonen, and a lot of them are similar, especially when you are talking aliens and shit. When your MC is crazy fucking strong, you need to have an almost perfect villain to make it challenging... Derp. I mean unless you want Villains that just get walked on, with no fight whatsoever. But then that would be ripping off SAO.. ;P

robis798 said:
It really is awkward when the supposed rip off is miles better than the original.

F/SN and F/Z has a similar awkward relationship. :>

weflynn said:
first thing people might say when reading the question is that dragonball is an influential series that inspired many of the popular manga in shounen jump like one piece (especially this one), bleach, naruto, etc

but hunter x hunter unlike other shounen jump manga seem to have an almost identical ideas and stuff.

examples:

Gon is extremely similar to Goku to start it will thier names are similar and their hairs are similar. Gon's signature attack (rock paper siccosr) is literally the same as Goku's attack on the first half of dragonball minus the aura and nen of course. Goku has a unique weapon when he was a kid (the red staff), Gon had a unique weapon for the first arc of the story (the fishing pole).

Gon's rage for is very much like Goku's rage when Krillin first died and when he died in the freiza saga (even the same aura like pressure). Gon is selfish sometimes and very determinted about what he wants and Goku can be very selfish, even putting the lives of others and the Earth itself on danger, simply because he wants a good fight (this in particular some people seem to forget). Goku is naive sometimes and very trusting of people when he shouldn't so is Gon.

Personality wise they are exteremly similar cheerful, competitive, like a good fight, trusting, naive, wants to win a fight cleanly, doesn't take people's charity, their rage, etc

Then there is the chimera ant arc and Meruem.

Meruem's character design is pretty much Freiza + Cell. His personality is extremely similar to Cell.

found this post on a site:
''Meruem shares traits with the main villains from the Dragon Ball series. Like King Piccolo, Vegeta, & Frieza, Meruem has a royal epithet ("The King") and various beings who are loyal to him. Also like the previous 3, he is not above showing cruelty and delighting in it. More specifically like Vegeta and Frieza, he isn't above killing those who are loyal to him; Meruem's body also vaguely resembles Frieza's with the purple color scheme (namely, the deltoids and shins) and using his tail to hit others. Meruem's appearance is also similar to Cell's (in particular his hands, tail & color scheme of green & purple). In addition, Meruem shares the same goals as Cell: initially wanting ultimate power, and then later, wishing to test their abilities & enjoy themselves (though in Meruem's case, he mainly does this through gungi with Komugi); they also both represent the idea of perfection in strength, as they are created to be all-powerful. Finally, like Majin Buu, he is significantly changed from a merciless person to a being capable of compassion because of a person who is greatly weaker than him (in the case of Buu, these people are Bee and Mr. Satan)."

Like King Picoolo Meruem invades a palace and take it over.

So Meruem is basically every Dragon Ball Z villain in one.''


So what do you think?

magicalprincess said:
Similarities doesn't make something a rip off. Every show has things in common with other shows. What matters is what sets the show apart. And there are way more things about hxh that set it apart

RedRoseFring said:
Mikasa still hasn't showed up.

Imeon said:
HUH? RIP-OFF? DB is way better than HxH.

Dragon ball is a legend and pillar of anime. What is Hunter x Hunter? Just bad ass characters you can clone and not even original.

CDXX said:
You should PN Mikasa this theory.