Jan 15, 2016
I consider this one of the best Anime I've ever seen.
I'm writing this after a long time after finishing this.
In the following i will try to point out the good parts of Hunter x Hunters story the good and the bad parts and hopefully I will show you what to expect when you watch this story.
I will start with the Story.
The story was around a 8.5 before the chimera ant arc to me. I'll now give it a straight 10 though.
The story as is an adventure anime with fighting. It fills some of the stereotypes of the average adventure story.
It isn't very predictable.
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Story is divided into several arcs. It isn't finished and probably never will be finished since it's author is on hiatus due to illness.
The story is probably one of Hunter x Hunters biggest strength.
It get's very boring during arc changes and at the beginning of new arcs.
But it then slowly builds up and describes a small living part in the world and shows what is happening to our characters in that part. It then uses the characters described in other arcs. While it focuses mainly around the characters displayed on the cover it often drifts away and describes other characters and what happens to them.
Another strength of Hunter x Hunters story is that it stays true to itself. In a lot of other stories that describe other worlds the authors have difficulties of keeping the world consistent. They often have to introduce new types of magic or the magic suddenly changes it's nature very very often (Yeah I'm looking at you Naruto). However that doesn't happen in Hunter x Hunter.
A lot of scenes make you wonder whether they have a deeper meaning or not. In very few cases you can directly see it. But mostly they don't have any at all.
Towards me it's a straight 10.
Art:
I have really no idea what I should rate here. I'm neither an artist nor do I aspire to be one. And which art exactly should I rate here?
The drawing style - How well it fits the story? Whether it describes what is happening or not?
At least that's what I'm going to do here.
I think the drawing style differs only slightly from the average look. What I also liked about it is that there are a lot of ugly and odd people.
In a lot of other fighting Animes it is difficult to see what's going on. So the authors have to slow down the fight or use a lot of "What just happened" scenes (Optionally with another flashback scene). This doesn't happen here either. I also think that the Art fits the Story. But I can't really judge that.
As I'm unsure on how to rate this exactly I will give it only a very minor role in the final rating (5%). I will give it a 9 here.
Sound:
As far as I know the Sound was perfect except for one little thing.
The voice actor of one of the male characters is female. It's quite disturbing.
I will still give a 9 though.
Characters:
We have a lot of stereotype character here. Yet that doesn't decrease their depth. A lot of characters are introduced. Some were better some were worse. Some were enemies. Some were friends. All of them developed. And all of them had their own character - a thing that is pretty rare for an Anime with that many characters.
But first and foremost they felt realistic. In a major amount of other Animes character are often very 1 Dimensional and always and only act upon their motivations. In Hunter x Hunter feelings are introduced as well as the fact that those feelings can take you over and completely wipe out your logic.
The characters are interesting and you can relate to them.
I will give a 10.
Enjoyment:
The Enjoyment is a tough one. On one hand you won't be able to take your eyes of the screen during arcs and especially during fights. You will just sit there with your Heart racing unable to sleep until that part is over. When suddenly it gets interrupted by a mind blowing scene (e.g. Fight against the Ant king).
On the other hand you have to wait some time before it slowly but steadily starts building up.
I chose to priorize the good scenes due to the fact that the boring moments are very few.
This results in an 10 rating.
Overall:
Taking everything into account I will give the 10 rating. If I were in a bad mood this would be an 8.4. And on good days you can find me contacting the administration of this site to ask them if they can increase the maximum rating to 11.5.
I hope you liked my first review.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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