Hunter x Hunter

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English: Hunter x Hunter

Synonyms: HxH

Japanese: HUNTER×HUNTER

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Type: Manga

Volumes: Unknown

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Publishing

Published: Mar 3, 1998 to ?

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Shounen, Super Power

Authors: Togashi, Yoshihiro (Story & Art)

Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)

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Score: 8.69¹ (scored by 38641 users)

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Ranked: #45²

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Popularity: #31

Members: 75,639

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MangaShounen Jump (Weekly)Togashi, Yoshihiro (Story & Art)

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Hunters are a special breed, dedicated to tracking down treasures, magical beasts, and even other men. But such pursuits require a license, and less than one in a hundred thousand can pass the grueling qualification exam. Those who do pass gain access to restricted areas, amazing stores of information, and the right to call themselves Hunters.

(Source: Shonen Jump)

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Hunter x Hunter has been published in English by VIZ Media under the Shonen Jump Advanced imprint since April 5, 2005; in Spanish by Panini Comics since October 2012; and in Brazilian Portuguese by Jbc since January 2008.

The series has been serialized irregularly since 2006 due to Yoshihiro Togashi's health problems.

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Side story:	Hunter x Hunter: Kurapika Tsuioku-hen
Adaptation:	Hunter x Hunter OVA, Hunter x Hunter: Greed Island, Hunter x Hunter: Greed Island Final, Hunter x Hunter Pilot, Hunter x Hunter, Hunter x Hunter (2011)

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Zoldyck, Killua

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Freecss, Gon

Main

Kurapika

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Paladiknight, Leorio

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Morow, Hisoka

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Meruem

Supporting

Neferpitou

Supporting

Lucilfer, Chrollo

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Netero, Isaac

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Feitan

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Sep 15, 2008

273 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 9

holdenn (All reviews)

186 people found this review helpful

Welcome to the world of Hunter X Hunter where people pursue to become Hunters. But to become one, one must undergo the Hunter Exam. Thousands of people participate in this exam. Among them is a kid name Gon Freecs who longs to meet his father, a great hunter, but in order to do so, he must become a great Hunter and follow his footsteps. Along the way, he meets Killua, a kid whose family is famous for being assassins, Kurapika, a kind and loyal friend but at times reckless due to his revenge motive and Leorio, a brash man who aims to be a successful Hunter specializing in medical treatments.

Yoshihiro Togashi is the same guy who wrote the 1994 hit YuYu Hakusho, a successful long running shounen. And this manga is no exception.

Nearly all long-running shounens throughout anime history has already been labeled tedious, dull and unimaginative. Without fail, HxH will relieve you of that perspective.

Hxh simply has it all. Action, check. Pragmatic characters, check. Psychological contest, check. It can be a psychological thriller or an action-packed manga. Either way, HxH is superbly crafted.

The anime played out with touches of pathos and humor creating a superb atmosphere. The manga provided numerous slap-stick comedies to lighten the mood a little. But when its serious, its serious. The intensity of HxH cannot be denied.

While it isn't groundbreaking in the concept aspect, the real treat is in the execution. Supernatural abilities aside, this manga undertakes a realistic approach. The little things actually matter from getting adapting your eyes to the dark to increasing efficiency on running, every small thing counts. This results to intense an conflict for both the mind and the muscle during battle's. HxH concentrate's on the adventure aspect more so than the fighting aspect. So dont expect any out-of-this-world "sudden power outbursts" to save the day because HxH wont allow it. And thats one of the many things you'll like bout this manga.
Regardless of this, HxH still proves to be enough to considered an action. The action does play it safe but it is still highly invigorating. It succeeds in keeping many readers on their toes, and often leaves readers with cliffhangers that are big and small.

The rather slow paced scripts are fleshed out with a set of tremendous central and supporting characters. The various other characters and factions involved in playing the manga do not end up seeming flat. They take the time to develop and flesh out even some of incidentally encountered characters appearing only for a chapter even if it would have been easier to simply have them appear for their necessary encounters without giving us any real insight into their personality.
Also character developments are a plus. While Gon remains static, Killua and Kurapika in particular, goes through massive changes throughout the manga .

To some the art is horrible. But I dont think its bad at all. I mean, it isnt amazing but is simply good. Another issue is the amount of text. Sometimes it can be overwhelming to the reader, since HxH will rain you with texts everywhere on the panel. HxH doesnt want to seem miss any explanations and leave some plot holes. It wants to be rational, as much as possible. Incredible sense of detail shows in key points of the story.

Once you reach the Hunter Exams, everything will shift to overdrive. If that arc doesnt interest you in the slightest, I suggest you stop reading it from there as by that time, it should have caught your attention.

This anime is light years ahead of all shounen out there. No shounen anime holds a candle to Hunter X Hunter when it comes to being ardent and scrupulous. Amidst all monotonous shounen that have come out on the heels, HxH was able to crank it up a notch.

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Jan 2, 2012

330 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

checkmate_19 (All reviews)

129 people found this review helpful

This my favorite manga of all time, so I may be a little biased when it comes to this review. I love every work that Yoshihiro Togashi puts out! I'm not exactly sure what a typical shounen is, so i'll just start by saying that it starts out with a boy named Gon Freecs going on the most challengeing hunt of his life, to find his elusive hunter father. And the story shows his development as a hunter throughout.

Story: 9/10
I give the story a 9 because the first 12 or so volumes had a great story and a lot character devolopment with the four main read more

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Dec 30, 2014

Unknown of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

Izaya (All reviews)

42 people found this review helpful

Okay, to start off, I'm going to go on a little tirade about the early chapters of this manga's art. If you don't care or whatever, then keep scrolling until you see "TIRADE END", I guess, haha.

*TIRADE START*

When I read this manga, I was shocked that the art style of the manga that managed to tie with OP was so bad. It actually looked a lot like my current art style.

I was actually sort of happy.

You see, I'm an aspiring mangaka (bleh, I know that's not what you call it outside of Japan, but bleh), and I was always thinking that my art style read more

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Apr 14, 2015

349 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 8

Giwrgos_Gln (All reviews)

32 people found this review helpful

Hunter x Hunter could've been a masterpiece under certain circumstances. First of all, let me give you a short rating of it's arcs. The first one,'Hunter Exam arc' is a great introduction to the plot and the main characters' aims. Next up is the 'Zoldyck Family arc' ,which is the shortest arc. It can't be really described as 'boring' since plot has a regular flow. Next is the 'Heavens Arena arc' which is one of tho most boring arcs. It's boring for me because it takes so much time to explain 'nen' and it is so thoroughly described that whole chapters were only describing 'nen'. read more

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