Chimera Ant Arc: Why do people like it?

Hrybami said:
I don't get it either. People praise the entire arc, but only mention the same 2-3 episodes which are not even good to begin with.

Biochemistry said:
This arc is probably one of the most divisive arcs I have ever seen. Fortunately, I loved it. It had everything I could have wished for. Great writing, realistic characters, engaging plot, well thought out fights, the "feels", awesome music and a wonderful payoff. Still my favorite arc.

CorporateChad said:
I agree, but the main reason I choose to comment this reply is because I love your Kurisu pfp. I just finished Steins;Gate and am in immense despair but just wanted to show the appreciation! Carry on

BlueCloud5 said:
I found this arc to be pretty boring and long. Half of an episode was based on a guy who was revealed to be dead after his back story. We didn’t see as much of Gon and Killua as we wanted. The narrator commented on useless things and dragged out the fight scenes.

So why do people like it? I am not trying to hate on HxH I just am curious as to why people enjoyed this arc.

Jim_Heart said:
Checked your favorite: Naruto Shippuden, Kimi no na Wa. I am done here.

Jim_Heart said:
Checked your favorite: Naruto Shippuden, Kimi no na Wa. I am done here.

Jontayy said:
also cmon man you like girls and panzer 😂

Jim_Heart said:

GuP is the opposite of boring. Have you watched it by the way ?

Jontayy said:
nah I’ll binge it eventually but I watched some with my girlfriend and we made fun of it and turned it off eventually, I’m just surprised that you have over 200 days and that’s in your top 5 lmao

Jim_Heart said:
Checked your favorite: Naruto Shippuden, Kimi no na Wa. I am done here.

mshotaro said:


Haha facts, people s*** on chimera ant arc but suck off naruto like it’s good. Don’t talk to me.

Jim_Heart said:

Yeah it's useless to talk to them when our taste on which is boring and which is not are different.

ArArAgl said:


IDK man y people say it is the best shonen arc..........This was slow as f.....it wasnt even the best arc in HxH...........now some people may say there r amzing fights in chimera ant arc........But if we judge an arc only cause of fights then many other shonen arcs like enies lobby arc from one piece are better arcs with better fights than entire HxH ..............for me tooo chimera ant was boring for most of the part cause the pacing was slow as f..........but I agree that Gon vs Pitou and Netero vs Meruem was awesome ........not the best tho

ArArAgl said:


IDK man y people say it is the best shonen arc..........This was slow as f.....it wasnt even the best arc in HxH...........now some people may say there r amzing fights in chimera ant arc........But if we judge an arc only cause of fights then many other shonen arcs like enies lobby arc from one piece are better arcs with better fights than entire HxH ..............for me tooo chimera ant was boring for most of the part cause the pacing was slow as f..........but I agree that Gon vs Pitou and Netero vs Meruem was awesome ........not the best tho

Emanon0 said:
The narrator : he's the strongest part, whithout him the arc would've lost many advantages.
The narrator isn't telling clears things, to make fun of the watchers . The arc is long, many events are happening at the same time and many characters are participating. So the narrator was telling what's going on, even the smallest details, so the watchers don't get lost or get confused. If there wasn't a narrator, the characters would have to talk and make useless conversations during their fights, like inner conversations or normal conversations to explain their feelings, what are they doing or talking about their abilities, so the narrator made it simpler by talking about it instead of them which made things and fights more clear and easy to follow without any conversations interrupting. For example netero and zeno's entrance, Knuckle, Shoot, And Killua Vs. Menthuthuyoupi etc.. There are many complicated fights in the arc which the watcher can't understand by his own, making conversations in the middle of the fights would make it longer and boring, imagine how many talks would netero, zeno and neferpitou make to explain how they got in, the dragon daif ability and neferpitou's feelings and thoughts during this scene it wouldn't be as interesting and impactful as the narrator made it look like. In the other hand, the fight against Menthuthuyoupi, which is the hardest to follow because it's not one vs one like most of the fights, the fights features 3 vs 1, to explain each's role, weak and strong points and portray their feelings and thoughts would take much longer considering the four of them taking turns to explain things for the watchers and it would loose the joy of the fight because half of it would be just Babbling.
Besides, his quiet, irreverent voice fits the atmosphere.
Jairo's backstory : he's not dead, he just disappeared, no one knows who and where he is and what are his motives, his character will remain one of hunter's mysteries. And i don't think togashi would waste a whole episode dedicated for a character that it's not gonna participate in the later events and even making him dissappear without revealing much about him. The story is unfinished so no one knows if he was going to appear later or not. Based on his backstory and togashi's way of writing i think he would be an important character later like a villain or maybe a friend.
So we can't really tell anything clear about him because the story didn't reach the end just by the way he was introduced anybody could see something coming for his character in later arcs especially cuz he remain mysterious.
Gon & killua : this arc is not revolved only on the main characters, which is clearly a good thing, togashi reached the peak of writing in this arc, for the characters, the arc isn't there for gon and killua to be the heros and acquire the whole arc, in fact this is an arc for them to understand and see the nature of hunters jobs, which perfectly serves gon's motif in the first place which is discovering the hunters world and learning why ging preferred this world over him ( many people misunderstood gon, he didn't want to see him, he wanted to discover the world that Captured his father's heart and made him leave his only son, gon himself said that in early episodes)
Gon and killua saw the horror of being a hunter and learned that there are things that surpass their imaginations, things that people don't know it exist which lead us to the next arc and by the way the next arc isn't about them either. A writer who handled many characters in the same time and gave them all their peaks and time, this says how much a great writer togashi is and he is one of the few writers that actually succeed in this. It's a rare thing in shonen stories because it mainly focuses on the mc which is not the case in hxh. We got to see many great fights, new characters and made us understand both sides, the nature of hunters job and learn more about hunters ranks and members along with great abilities and a realistic storytelling.
Finally, if you find it boring it's ok no one forced you to like it. But don't assume that the narration and writing level are bad because it didn't fit your standards.

Zac22 said:
'cause it looks cool I guess? Chimera ant is not even my fav arc,as you said it's very slow paced that it's so painful to watch. I don't even know why people pity to meruem or like pitou. I just thought they deserved it. And gon vs pitou is the only epic fight to me.

Aerosmith224 said:
Is there any Shounen Arc with better THEMES???

Aerosmith224 said:

Lol I've watched Magi
It's one of the most Overrated Shounen of all time
Dull side Characters, decent Worldbuilding, but in terms of themes I don't remember what were they can you elaborate?

Main central theme of Chimera Ant is Humanity and Monsters

Jim_Heart said:

Yeah it's useless to talk to them when our taste on which is boring and which is not are different.