May 21, 2018
HxH is one of those shounen anime which are both well written and well executed.I just completed this anime so it'll be easy for me to express my thoughts(this review is completely based on my opinions,so you have all the rights to disagree with me).
I wont give any major spoilers but there can be minor spoilers in my review.
STORY- 10
Unlike most shounens HxH is unpredictable. Its story is not as unique as FMAB but its also not as predictable as Fairy tail or other generic shounen. Let me explain, So basically HxH is divided into 7 Arcs:
1.Hunter Exam Arc
2.Zoldyck Family Arc
3.Heavens Arena Arc
4.Yorknew City
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Exam Arc
5.Greed Island Arc
6.Chimera Ant Arc
7.13th Hunter Chairman Election Arc
In the first 2-3 arcs, even though the story is good, you wont feel anything special about this anime.If you're not a shounen fan, these arcs can be a problem. But at the same time as you proceed you would realize that these arcs were important for the character development of this series.The actual fun part of this series begins from Yorknew City Exam Arc.
The best Arc of this series is Chimera Ant Arc (its also one of the most well written arc I've ever seen).
For me, any anime along with good story,it should have a good ending. HxH has an outstanding story and also ,even though not great but, a satisfying ending.The story continues in manga but I think the anime also ended at a good note.
ART-9
The Art & Animation in this series is great. I like how the animation in the first few arcs was so light and there are not much gory scenes.But as the series proceeds the tone changes and suddenly there is more bloodshed and gore on the screen.The change of tone of animation is done so perfectly that you wont even notice.
SOUND-8
The Osts and other sound tracks of HxH is not as great as FMAB or Naruto
but its good.
CHARACTER-10
The characters of HxH are same as most shounens, i.e.
We have the main protagonist Gon Freecss who is friendly,optimistic and helpful in nature.He is strong in combat but is a weak strategist.So basically he is Naruto of HxH!!
Then we have Killua Zoldyck who is smart,cunning and a good strategist.He is Gon's best friend so basically you can call him Sasuke of HxH(before leaving konoha, jk!).
Then there are Leorio and Kurapika who are also among the good friends of Gon.
But the most interesting character (what I think) is Hisoka, the main antagonist of the series. He is not the generic villian of a shounen like Frieza who just wants to defeat the hero and wants to show everyone that how powerful they are.He is like the Joker of anime who does want to defeat and kill his enemies but only if they are worthy enough. In fact there is a part in the series where he fights along side Gon for a competition.
The character development of this series is magnificent! The writers gave enough time to each character as the story proceeds which eventually pays off for the series.
TLDR: HxH is one of the best shounen anime out there with a great unpredictable Story, great Animation, decent Music and an outstanding Character development.Its a MUST WATCH.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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