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To be honest, before I watched this I judged this anime by its cover picture. I thought, "Hmm... I see a lot of good comments on this, and it's popular... but it looks kiddish." That was my first impression. I thought it was going to be stupid or it was going to be something like One Piece. I procrastinated to watch it. Then finally I got bored and wanted to try it out, I watched two episodes. Then six, then seven... then after a month or two I got to episode 141 and stopped watching it for about three weeks because it was so good I didn't want it to end. Then finally I forced myself to finish it and the result was crying for the fifth time.
If you judge by the cover like I did, think: Why is it rated R? Well sir/ma'am, it's because there is lots of blood. I mean... not like it's raining buckets, but like as half the characters in AN opening dies in different ways. They die by being eaten, beaten to death, or just get shot or something terrible. It's not THAT bloody, I mean not like Attack on Titan bloody, but sometimes it's a bit too much.
I'm not saying that Hunter x Hunter always seems like it's rated R, sometimes it seems like it's rated PG 13. A lot of scenes it really cute and adorable, but sometimes... not so much. Sometimes you just want to cry your eyes out or just punch the computer/TV/phone until your hands bleed.
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Overall: 10/10!
This is my new favourite anime. There are many who have loved this and I am one of them. It may be long but you just have to find the time to watch it. One complaint though: It has the same opening song every episode but different opening art (for opening song) every arc.
Recommended:
I recommend this anime to people who love action/adventure anime.
Similar to:
Hunter x Hunter is similar to One Piece, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Fairy Tail, but nothing can't truly compare to the awesomeness of this anime.
